Authors note: I do not own any characters created by J.K. Rowling. Full credit goes to her for all situations and information mentioned in any of the 7 books or interviews, etc. as well. However, the storyline of this fanfic is all me and the little voice in my head.

*year 3 - age 14*

"Crookshanks!"

How dare he?
Just go yelling around about how my cat did this?

That rat of his was ancient! And sick!

And yes, I did feel sorry for him, I really did, but did he honestly expect me to keep Crookshanks in my dorm all day?
He needed his freedom too, you know.

And besides, it wasn't even really sure that Scabbers was dead - there was no body!
Let alone the fact that, if it turned out that he was dead, there was no proof that Crookshanks was the one to kill him!
For all we knew he might as well have died all on his own...

I could see that Ron was about to re-introduce me to the famous Weasley-temper; his ears were starting to turn an alarming shade of red and his hair actually seemed to be on fire.
But at that moment, I really didn't care.

It wasn't as if this was the first time Scabbers disappeared.
And Crookshanks wasn't the only cat in Gryffindor - he wasn't even the only cat in my dorm!

So what right did Ron have to just go and accuse my cat?
And what right did he have to go off at me for that?
And why did het get to be furious over something that he wasn't even sure had happened?

Especially when he actually reprimanded me for throwing Scabbers out of our dorm when I found him there knibbling on my favorite pair of jeans?
They were ruined - but Ron still told me that it was just in his nature... As if!

It was in Crookshanks nature to eat mice and rats, and now that suddenly wasn't good enough of a reason anymore?
This was just so typical!

It was almost as if he did it just to get on my nerves!

And I knew he would just go on and on about it, and he would force Harry to pick a side, and it just wasn't fair!

It wasn't as if I could've stopped it from happening, you know?

And besides, rats weren't even allowed at Hogwarts!

In the end I just walked away.
He wouldn't stop yelling at me.
And I had to find-

"Crookshanks"

I always felt like Ron really was being a bit (or more than a bit) of a hypocrite in the whole Crookshanks-Scabbers discussion. He really didn't have any actual proof, and to hold such a grudge over something like that... Just looks a bit childish (okay, he was 13, but still :D).
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