Chapter 4 The barn owl

His heart sank as he found only Harry waited for him in the common room, he told him everything that happened and after some homework they retired to their room. Ron found a white barn owl waiting for him at the side of his four post bed, perched sleepily by his trunk, it carried two notes written by Anna, the first simply said: "Read the next one in private and take the owl with you", he didn't quite understand this but didn't want to argue, so he took the bird and closed the curtains of his bed. He took the next note which just read: "Try not to scream". As he lowered the piece of parchment he noticed the owl wasn't there anymore but instead, there were it had once been now stood Anna with a finger upon her lips signaling Ron to keep quiet. He jumped gasping, Anna quickly covered his mouth, and whispered "Sorry to scare you, I'm an animagus, promise me you won't tell anyone". He nodded still wide eyed, so Anna let go.

"She does have a date" she whispered.

Ron remembered why he had waited for her letter in the fist place, and he felt something inside him churn at the thought of someone else holding her, dancing with her kissing her goodnight.

"Ron, don't you wanna know who it is?"

His first impulse was to go find this guy and make him regret the day he was born, but then he would think how much she would hate him for that, and all because he hadn't had the bolloks to ask her in the first place.

"Ron? Are you ok?

He snapped out of his trance, frowned and just said while he laid down and covered himself up to his head with his blanket "I don't wanna know anymore, she can go with whoever she bloody well chooses"

Anna made one swift movement and took Ron's wand and made a quick silencing and impertuable charm on his curtains before yelling.

"Why you great prat!" she stood up on the bed and kicked him hard on the bum while he was still curled up under his covers. He jumped and glared up at her, she looked positively menacing which was really a funny sight considering she was in her nightgown and had her arms on her hips.

"Ow, what was that for?" he yelled at her choking back a laugh "I'll still go to the ball with you!"

"You are daft!" she sat back down at the bed with a sigh "I don't care if you dump me or not, but you clearly like this girl, and you don't seem to do anything about it"

"I don't like her!" he yelled aggravated.

Anna just glared back, "she likes you too, if that's what you're wandering"

Ron gasped he watched Anna eagerly, his ears turning a bright shade of red "Did she tell you?" he couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice.

Anna smiled "No, but I can tell, and your reaction proved my point"

He scowled and once again cover himself up in the covers.

"Come one Ron" she threw all caution to the wind and snatched his pillow and started attacking him with it.

"Whaa.. quit it" He sheltered himself under the covers.

"Ron come one you can still win her back"

"Oh yeah, how? he murmured under the covers.

"I have a plan" Anna leaned in and whispered to his ear.

"But I'll need your help".

"Oh yeah what's the plan?" he spoke almost bored.

"Just look at me"

Ron uncovered himself slowly, Anna was sitting at the far end of his bed, looking at herself with a large mirror that she had apparently transfigured out of the pillow with his wand the mirror was blocking her but she was apparently doing something to her face.

"I can't see you behind that mirror" growled Ron but immediately sat up as she pulled the mirror away.

"What do you think, am I close?

Ron couldn't believe his eyes, there sitting on the far end of his bed was Hermione, only it wasn't her, she had blue green eyes and her voice wasn't hers.

"Anna?" he whimpered.

"Yup, what do you think, could I fool you? she beamed in a very Hermionish way.

"Your eyes and voice are still yours" He almost squeaked he couldn't stop gaping at her, his mind started spinning, imagining Hermione sitting there on his bed in her nightgown, only it wasn't her.

"Oh right, I can't really change my voice, I would have to fake it but let me see what I can do with the eyes" She put up the mirror again and had to conjure up a candle in the air to look at herself better she took a while before she put the mirror down again.

"Is that it?" she smiled at Ron who couldn't even blink.

"How can you do that you didn't even use polyjuice potion!" He couldn't believe the resemblance.

"Well that would certainly be easier, since I can only transfigure some of my features and hair this way, I still can't manage changing my body that much though, but I noticed my body is not all that different from hers I'm an inch taller but a pair of heels can fix that"

"Wait and what is all this for?"

"So you can go with her, the real her to the ball"

"I think people will notice if there's two Hermiones in the ball!"

"Don't worry about that, we'll be careful" she smiled malevolently.

Hope you like it so far, I still have various options of how to continue this story so please tell me what you think of it... R&R