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"We are all gathered here today to mourn the loss of a brother, son and great friend to all. There would be no doubt what type of a boy Fred was, one who would always being the
cause of any mischief around, but the life and laughter of any party. Whether, as Hogwarts experience it be formal or informal.
Ron gripped Hermione's hand, not wating to show any sign of emotion. He had to remain strong for his family, they needed someone who could help them when they were feeling
down. But more importantly he needed to stay strong for Hermione. Seeing a tear fall from her beautiful cheek Ron slowly wipped the tear with his hand and whispered "It's ok Mione,
Im here', normally this would be a selfish thing to say as Hermione would put it. But Ron new that her dreams were often posioned by the image of Ron dieing instinctively he put his arm
around her shoulder as a protection. Then came the words that he was dreading all day, 'And now ladies and gentlemen I believe Ronald has a few words to say.'
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For the first time since Ron could remember his father had asked for every make Weasley to meet in the garden shed. Ron chuckled slightly as to why the last 'meeting' took place. Fred
and George had played a nasty prank on Ron, hiding all Ron's belongings in the shed. While confuding the trolls, dressing them in their mothers dresses and instructing them to protect
Ron's clothes as they would there own lives.
Snapping back into reality, Ron felt hollow knowing that this meeting would be one male Weasley short. George was the first to speak up 'Dad, honestly what are we doing here? I mean
Fred and ..' realising what he had said George fell silent, for the second time in a space of a minute Ron had felt like finding a hole and hiding himself in it. 'Yes, well Fred is the reason why
we are all here. I mean we need someone to talk at his eulogy' Mr Weasley ended his speech with a whisper.
Ron wasn't quite sure what had gotten into him, or more like who had taken over his mind. Almost instinctively Ron nodded in agreement and spoke up 'I will do it,' almost as shocked as everone in the room. Ron smiled and shrugged his shoulders 'I mean, Fred would have loved to see me struggling through a speech at such an important event in front of hundreds of people, wouldn't he?' Then came a noise that Ron was sure he would never hear again, that of George laughing 'Your right Ron, he would enjoy seeing you make a complete git of yourself infront of hundreds of people, I quiet like that idea to'. The tension in the room seemed to have eased and everyone started laughing. All with the same thought in their minds, whether or not Fred were ever he was was laughing with them.
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Walking up slowly Ron immediately forgot everything that he and Hermione had rehearsed. Stepping up onto the stage he truely realised how drastic the situation was, looking over at George he saw a beaming smile, that Ron questioned as not a encouragement but an anticipation of how much of a screw up his speech would be. Slowly and delebrately Ron spoke up "Fred was not not just a great brother. Fred was apart of a great bond, both George and Fred or Forge and Gred, are still inseperable. Without these two i wouldn't be half the man I am today. And that would make a dull family no doubt. We could sit here and reminise about how much of a good boy Fred was but Im not sure he would apriciate that. So I can say that not a day will go by where I dont wake up thinking about Fred , or go to sleep thinking about him. But rest assured that he will be looking over all of us. Just like the time both he and George turned my underwear into bats that only appeared at night in my room and hung from my ceiling. Fred where ever you are mate, know that I still owe you one for that !
The rest of Ron's sentence was drowned out by the aruption of both laughter and applause from the croud, the sheer joy that Fred gave was iminant through the whole ceremony.
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'That was beautiful Ron' Hermione whispered. Laying on the couch with the girl he loved, Ron felt complete 'Yeah I just spoke from what my heart told me Fred would have wanted to hear'. But their was something on Ron's mind 'Mione, I know the funerals are over but I was just wondering have you thought any more about when we can leave and go find your parents? I mean I'm sure He was stopped abruptly by the fierce hug and kiss that Hermione had planted on his lips. Now on-top of Ron Hermione stated "Well I would like to leave as soon as we can, I mean not only do I miss my parents alot, I need to introduce them to someone special'. Oh ? Ron asked teasingly. 'Yeah , Hermione responded his about so tall and has this vibrant ha. 'And is about to snog you senseless ?'