"Swish and flick, Ronald, how many times." Hermione huffed.

The group of first years found themselves in Professor Flitwick's Charms class and to Ron's immense displeasure he was paired with Hermione.

"Hermione I am!" Ron fumed, swishing his wand wildly in the air.

"Look Ron, stop. This is how it's done." Bella smirked smugly, turning back to her feather. "Wingardium Leviosa."

Bella's feather began to gently rise into the air.

"I can do that." Ron huffed, turning his back on his grinning sister and pointing his wand at his own feather.

"Wingardrium Leviosar! " Ron waves his wand frantically, Hermione reaches out towards him.

"Ron, you'll take someone's eye out doing that. Besides it's Leviosa, not Leviosar." She corrects him.

"Fine then, you do it." Ron spat, sitting back in his chair, arms crossed. Hermione took a deep breath as she steadied herself.

"Wingardium Leviosa." Hermione swished her wand as their feather began to rise into the air.

Ron fumed silently in his seat for the rest of the lesson, the first out the door when the bell rang.

"Don't pay him any mine Hermione." Bella said softly, grasping the other girl's arm gently. "He has a wicked temper, my brother."
Hermione smiled before taking her leave from the classroom.


Bella found Hermione in the courtyard, nose in a book as usual.

"Hey Hermione." Bella called over to her. Hermione raised her head from her book, looking at the other girl questioningly. "We're headed for dinner now if you want to come with us?" Bella gestured to her, Freya and Emily.

"Yeah sure." Hermione smiled. Putting her book in her bag Hermione stood to join them, Bella slipping her arm through Hermione's as they set off towards the Great Hall.

The further the group walked they could see Ron and Harry up ahead talking animatedly. As they reached them they could finally hear what the boys were talking about.

"It's Levioooosa, not Leviosaaaar." Ron mocked. "She's a nightmare, honestly. No wonder she hasn't got any friends!"

Hermione dropped her arm from Bella's and pushed past them, shoving Ron in the process.

"Ronald Weasley!" Bella yelled. "You git! That was horrible. What has Hermione ever done to you?"

"What hasn't she done?" Ron fumed back, waving his hands around.

"You better apologise to her Ronald or I promise I will write to mum, I don't think you'd like to get a howler when she's in a bad mood."

Ron's face visibly paled, he looked down into the stern angry face of his sister and could only nod. She was right. He didn't want to feel Molly Weasley's wrath.

All throughout dinner there was no sign of Hermione and Ron had a sheepish grin plastered on his face every time Bella glared over at him.

"What has ickle Ronniekins done to upset our darling sister this time?" Fred asked, dropping into the seat beside Bella.

"He was rude about Hermione and now she's disappeared."

"She's probably in her dorm, I wouldn't worry about it sis." George said from her other side.

"No I don't like this I'm going to find her."

Bella had only just risen from her seat when the doors to the Great Hall were thrown open and Professor Quirrell came rushing into the hall.

"TROLL! IN THE DUNGEON! T-TROOLLL IN THE DUNGEON!" He yells panic stricken. "I thought you ought to know."