Disclaimer: I own all the Harry Potter books. Unfortunately I didn't write any of them. That would be J K Rowling.
Author's Note: Not really much to say except enjoy! This chapter's different to the comic strip version, because otherwise the story would end at the end of this chapter, but I wanted it to be longer.
Chapter 4 - Freddy
Ron was still pacing around outside in the dark waiting for an idea to come into his head.
"Grrrr. I still haven't thought of an idea but I'm freezing out here. I'll go inside and think."
Then a frog jumped onto Ron's face.
"AARRGH! What's that?" screamed Ron like a girl. He pulled the frog off his face. "Oh it's a frog. I have an idea!"
Ron walked towards the castle with the frog held tightly in his hands. He would wrap the frog up and give it to Hermione saying it was from Harry. Then the frog escaped.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"screamed Ron.
He ran after the frog. It jumped through a hedge, so Ron jumped through after it. Then the frog climbed up a tree. Ron was scared of heights but he climbed the tree anyway thinking of Hermione all the time. Then the frog jumped out of the tree but Ron was too scared to, but a big gust of wind came and blew him out of the tree anyway and he landed on his head.
"Ow," said Ron, but he carried on chasing the frog anyway. He was bored of calling the frog 'the frog' so he decided to call it Freddy the Frog.
Freddy jumped through some brambles, thistles and nettles. Ron followed and got scratched, pricked and stung. Then Freddy jumped into the lake. Ron jumped into the lake too. He followed Freddy down into the water but then something slimy and wet got caught round his waist. It lifted him up out of the water. It was the Giant Squid. Ron panicked and bit the point of the Giant Squid's tentacle. The Giant Squid let him go and sucked the end of its tentacle. Ron looked around for Freddy and found he had landed on top of him and Freddy had got caught in his jumper. He quickly swam to the edge of the lake and ran to the castle with Freddy safely clutched in his arms.
When Ron got into the dormitory, he quickly locked Freddy in his trunk to stop him escaping. He was looking for some wrapping paper to wrap Freddy up in, when he noticed there was a present on Harry's bedside table. He went to look at it. It had a label saying "To Hermione, Love From Harry." Ron had an even better idea. He would unwrap the present for Hermione and replace Harry's present with Freddy so Harry would give it to Hermione thinking it was the present he had bought her. He carefully unwrapped the present, taking care not to rip it, put Freddy in a box, and wrapped the box up. The present was now a different shape and the wrapping paper didn't quite fit, but Ron hoped Harry wouldn't notice.
In the morning, Harry took extra care getting dressed. He made sure he put his top on the right way round, checked he hadn't put his trousers on inside out and took a while working out which way round his shoes went. When he was sure he'd got it all right, he tried to flatten his hair. Then he picked up the present and walked downstairs to the common room with Ron. Hermione was already there waiting for them with Crookshanks purring on her knee.
"I've got a present for you Hermione," Harry said, holding out the box.
"Oh thank you Harry, you're so sweet!" Hermione said, taking the present from him.
Ron watched with glee as Hermione slowly peeled open the wrapping paper and opened the box. He expected Freddy to jump out onto Hermione's face, like he had done when Ron first met Freddy, but nothing happened.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaww! Isn't it sweet. What an unusual present." Hermione said, her whole face softening like a mother cooing over a baby.
"Wha-?" Harry and Ron said together, both confused. They looked into the box and saw a frog with big round eyes looking up at Hermione with its head slightly on one side.
"Freddy!" Ron growled, trying to contain his anger at the frog for looking cute instead of leaping out of the box.
"Wow that's a good name for a frog! Freddy the Frog!" said Hermione said, picking it up. Except it's a girl. You can tell by the shape and colouring. I'll call it Fredina instead.
Harry was utterly bewildered. He was going to mention that it had been a book before, but decided it sounded stupid. Anyway, Hermione liked it so he had no reason to complain.
Author's Note: Review! Now! Please. It is so annoying when you get loads of hits but hardly any of them review. I have now put chapter names in but you can still think of better ones and tell me if you feel like it. Same goes for the title.
