A/N: Written for Queerditch March Pub. Prompt was Ron/Hermione - a blood-curdling scream. First to review still gets a story.

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Hermione was just sitting down by the fire in the common room when she heard a blood-curdling scream coming from the boy's dormitory. Fearing the worst (and attack or something similar), Hermione rushed up the stairs and burst into Harry and Ron's room.

It was then that she spotted Ron. He was standing on a chair, shaking from head to toe and pointing in absolute horror at the corner behind her.

In slow motion, Hermione turned, fearing to find herself face-to-face with a Death Eater. Instead, she found... nothing.

She looked quizically over her shoulder at Ron. "Down," he whispered in terror. She turned her gaze downward and found... a spider. Not even a big one, just a regular, tiny spider.

"Honestly, Ronald," she said in exasperation before storming out of the room.

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