This was just something a friend of mine has been bugging me to write for ages, and since it is soon/is now/was her birthday (depending on when you read this) I figured I might as well put it up as a mini-pressie (happy birthday!).
Yeah, I know they're all a little OOC, but what the heck...
Disclaimer - Do I look like JK Rowling to you?
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Psst! Ron! RON!
Huh? Wha…
You weren't asleep again, were you?
Uhh…
Oh come off it, that's the third lesson this week! I've had no-one to play hangman with. You're never known boredom til you've actually been paying attention in History of Magic.
Is it really my fault if Binns sends me to sleep?
Forget it, let's just play hangman. I'll start. It's got eight letters.
Firebolt.
How'd you guess that one!
You choose it every time. Based on the law of averages, how could he not guess it?
Hermione?
Yes, Harry?
Shut up.
You're just in a bad mood because Ronald finally managed to win a game of hangman against you. Honestly, if anybody saw you now they'd think you were a first year.
Stop laughing, Ron.
Sorry mate, but you've got to admit, you do pick 'Firebolt' every time.
And then 'Nimbus'.
Then 'Seeker'.
Then 'Chaser'.
Alright, alright, I get the idea. Okay, how about... ten letters this time?
Gryffindor.
I hate you.
So does Malfoy.
Your turn, 'Mione.
Don't call me "'Mione", Ronald…nine letters, space, six letters.
'A'.
Since when has 'a' been in-– never mind… Lose one life.
Hey, 'Mione… Stop glaring at me… Okay, fine, Hermione, shouldn't you be taking notes right now?
Oh, shoot…
Couldn't guess it, huh?
Nope. You?
I'm hopeless at Hermione's ones, you know that.
Everyone does, mate.
Thanks, Ron.
Don't mention it.
Uhh… Speaking of Hermione, where'd she go?
Duh! She went to take notes. Where've you been?
No, she's actually gone…
Meh. She probably went off to fetch something for Binns. My turn - four letters, space, nine letters.
'A'.
Nope. D'you always start with 'a'?
Maaaybe…. 'b'
Nope.
'C'.
Nope.
'D'?
YES! Three letters and 'd', space, three letters and'd', then five letters.
'E'?
Three letters'd', space, three letters 'd', 'e', then four letters.
'F'.
You can't just go through the whole alphabet, that's cheating.
Yeah, but that way I know which letters I've said and which I haven't.
Can't argue with that, I guess. You just lost another life, by the way.
Shoot…
And another.
How did I lose a life there!
You said 'shoot'. That counts as a guess.
And that's cheating.
You started it. Come on, then, next letter.
'T'.
Three letters 'd', space, three letters 'd' and 'e', then three letters 't'.
How in Merlin's name am I meant to get that!
It's not like you've never heard it before.
What's that supposed to mean?
I think it's supposed to mean that it should be very familiar to you by now, and I'll be very surprised if you don't guess it, because it'll mean I've given your intelligence far more credit than it deserves.
That you, Hermione?
Why would I want to pretend to be a mudblood?
Malfoy?
That little twit? What in Merlin's name makes you think I'd be him!
Ah dunno. So who are you then?
You have eyes, I presume?
Yeah…
So why not use them to look and see for yourself?
Uuh… Ron? You there mate? …Ron?
No, he isn't here.
But… You… You're… Here…
Why do I bother? Yes, I am here.
Well, if you're here then I'm gone. Hope I don't see you again.
Ah well. Might as well fill in my name and finish this game off… L o r d / V o l d e m o r t.
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There's nothing like a game of Hangman to bring people together...
