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A/N: Written for the Globetrotter Drabble Competition II, One Million Words Added Competition, A Bit of Motivation Competition, and the If You Dare Continued challenge.
Prompt: Country 18, Saint Petersburg Russia - Write using the phrase "Three times' the charm" as inspiration. Spun Dizzily. Between 100 and 500 words.
Magic Three
Stress poured off of Ron as he stared down at the puzzle in front of him, he slowly read all of the information while doing his best not to miss anything important out.
"Three times' the charm," Ron muttered to himself as he ran a hand through his bright red hair and as he stared down at the puzzle in front of him, "I am never letting 'mione buy me another muggle puzzle book."
Printed innocently in the book in front of Ron was the puzzle he had spent three hours trying to solve, to anyone else the question would of been an extremely simple one but to Ron it was the hardest question he had ever been asked.
"What is the name of the piece of technology that we use to contact people with by talking into it?" Ron said as he spoke the question out loud as he tried to think of the answer, "A fire call maybe?"
Looking down at the small white boxes where the answer would have to fit in Ron found the word to be too long.
'Damn, this is harder than it looks' Ron thought as he ignored everything around him 'No matter what I am going to answer this question before I do anything else.'
Half an hour later Ron let out a frustrated cry as he threw the puzzle book onto the floor and glared at it angrily.
"That is the last time I am ever going to let Hermione buy me a muggle puzzle book," Ron muttered as he folded his arms, "Even if it has the word magic in its title it is obvious that 'Magic Three' is a purely muggle puzzle book!"
End of Drabble.