10 Things I Hate About You
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Chapter 1
"Another firewhishky pleash…" Ron Weasley said drunkenly to the barman in front of him. He is in the Hogshead, "celebrating" his first blunder as the Gryffindor Keeper for the year. He went there immediately after Harry ended the game against Slytherin with a score of 170-100 in favor of the Gryffindors. He figured that they were all now in the common room celebrating while he was here, sulking. He was really thankful that Harry caught the snitch 16 minutes after the game began so that he wouldn't have to suffer any more humiliation. He really thought that he would have a better year ahead of him because of his last great performance last year when they won the Quidditch Cup. But after this match against Slytherin, he really didn't know.
But it wasn't really his fault that he wasn't able to save those Quaffles. Especially the first one which led him to more disastrous attempts of saving the others that came his way. Because he was supposed to save the first one successfully if he hadn't seen Luna Lovegood and that dreamy look on her face as he made his first attempt to save the Quaffle. And because he lost his concentration, he wasn't able to save it. It didn't help that the Slytherins were still singing that "Weasley Is Our King" song once he committed his very first miss in the match.
Meanwhile, at the Gryffindor common room, the Gryffindors were all partying to celebrate their very first winning for the year. Someone snuck in several cases of butterbeer and some pastries from the kitchen. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan would be seen at the center of the room distributing three bottles of firewhisky to the sixth and seventh years and some first years who were curious on what a firewhisky tasted like. Harry and Hermione were seen at one corner with Neville Longbottom and Ginny Weasley who is now one of Gryffindor's best Chasers recounting the match that took place. They were now discussing about Ginny's feint which caused the Slytherin Keeper to have a sprain in his back.
"Speaking of Keepers, where is our very own Gryffindor Keeper?" Harry asked, searching the crowd for his red-headed best friend.
"I dunno. But I last saw him in the third floor corridor near that statue of a one-eyed witch," Neville said. Harry and Hermione exchanged looks of worry. What is he doing in there? Unless…
"I need to go to the dormitory. I need to get something," Harry said quickly. He mouthed, 'I'll get him' to Hermione behind Neville and Ginny and rushed to the Dormitory to get his invisibility cloak and Marauder's Map.
He put on his cloak before he went out of the room and activated the map to make sure that Ron isn't really there. When he can't find Ron's bubble, he quickly made his way out of the common room and proceeded to the statue of the one-eyed witch, tapped it, muttered, "Dissendium," and went inside.
Harry removed his cloak and broke into a run in the passage until he reached the steps. He quickly climbed it and snuck out of Honeydukes to find Ron.
He looked for him everywhere; from the Three Broomsticks to even Madam Puddifoot's but he couldn't find him anywhere. People were also looking at him. What would a Hogwarts student with Gryffindor Quidditch robes be doing at Hogsmeade when it clearly isn't a Hogsmeade weekend? Panic was beginning to rise in his chest until he remembered that he still hadn't checked one establishment-Hogshead.
He ran quickly and went inside Hogshead. It was still dark inside and there were still a fair few amount of strange people inside. But there was no mistaking that red hair and red Quidditch robes at the farthest corner of the pub. It definitely is Ron. And he doesn't really look great either. His hair is disheveled and he looks about ready to pass out at the number of firewhiskeys that he has consumed which is evident at the amount of bottles strewn all over the table. (A/N: Its about 5-6 tall bottles) He could hear him muttering something as he approached him.
"Ron? Are you alright? It's me, Harry," Harry attempted to poke him at the side. Ron muttered something incoherent as he lifted his head. "Come on Ron, we've got to get back," again, more incoherent muttering. Harry, who is growing impatient, finally gave up and rummaged at his pockets to pay for what Ron ordered. Remembering that they both were in Quidditch uniform, he summoned his moneybag from Hogwarts and dropped a few sickles at the table. After that, he proceeded to carry Ron back to Hogwarts.
When he reached Honeydukes, he faced a problem; How can they get to the cellar without the shopkeepers noticing them? He hid behind some of the boxes outside the store and placed a Disillusionment charm at the two of them and a silencing charm at Ron.
In about twenty minutes, they were back at the common room where everyone stopped to see what happened to Ron. Hermione, who just came down from her dormitory came to them quickly and asked, "Harry, is he drunk?"
Author's Note:The next chapter would be uploaded tomorrow or maybe even later. I hope you would review to tell me what you think : )