A Rose of an Argument
Hermione and Harry both watched as the four Elflings and the two Hobbits glanced around. Both were reminded of their awe when they had first come in contact with the wizarding world. For Harry, it had been an escape from his life with the Dursleys. But with Dudley and his aunt now on his side, the only problem now would be his Uncle Vernon and his sister.
Hermione had to admit that with the Elflings and the Hobbits that there was a major difference between her and Harry's reaction and theirs. They didn't have the ignorance of not knowing about the magic world. No, at least two of them had come from a time when one could easily say magic was just beginning to take shape, or when it had been less like what it was now.
What was awing the small group that had come with them was the whole place and the look. It was a place out of time, as if everyone had stepped back in time, or in the case of the Hobbits, stepped forward in time. It also had a unique infrastructure to it. It was quite obvious that Ai's eyes had been drawn to the Gringott's bank, but then it became obvious why when he pulled out a book with a spiral.
He also pulled out a pencil and began to sketch the building in front of him, making quick movement with his fingers. Hermione glanced over his shoulder as did Harry. Ai quickly sketched the detail quickly and accurately. Harry placed a hand on his shoulder. "That's very good."
"Ai doesn't speak, whether it is through lack of ability to do so or lack of want to I don't know." Ainel spoke up. "So, he learned to communicate other ways. He isn't normal for our people. But then again, many of the new generation are different."
"Well, we should break up into groups to do what we need to get done." Ms. Figg said, pulling her purse over her shoulder. "I thought of sending the Hobbit's with Harry, and going with Ai and Ainel to get Ainel's school supplies. But… I am not sure if it is such a good idea."
"Why not? What trouble could a Hobbit be?" Harry asked. "Surely I have faced worse."
"Perhaps you have faced worse like us," Merry spoke up, glancing at Pippin as he did so. "But we are extremely mischievous. Particularly my cousin."
"Not to mention they are likely to bore you with their linage." Mrs. Figg spoke up. "I spent enough time in Anwe with the peoples to know this."
"Hey, our linage is important." Pippin spoke up. "All of us Hobbits from the Fellowship are from the same family tree now."
"Yes, and anyone who knows Tolkien's work back and front already knows that." Hermione stated. "Harry doesn't know anything about Middle Earth."
"So…" Mrs. Figg spoke up. "The Hobbit's will come with me. Harry, Ai and Ainel will go with you. You'll be able to help them with getting Ainel's school supplies. Ainel, you have the money your father sent you."
"Yes," Ainel stated dryly, glancing away from them.
"I know that you don't like your father, but please… Hogwarts is a very nice school to go to." Mrs. Figg stated.
"The only reason I am going is because my Grandfather wishes to get rid of me." Ainel stated.
Harry looked at him with confusion. China noticed this and leaned over and whispered into his ear. "His mother is an Elf, his father a Wizard. It isn't a happy situation."
"Anyways, the girls will go in the last group. We'll meet up at two o'clock for a late lunch back at the pub."
"What about second breackfasties." Pippin piped up.
"Second what?" Harry looked at the Hobbit in confusion.
"You don't want to know," Ainel said, handing the cage to Hermione. "See you guys later. I am hoping to get this done quickly.
M
Hermione walked with the two female Elflings. She was trying to figure out where they would go to get the Quiditch Supplies. She knew that their was a Quiditch Supply store, but she wasn't sure if they wouldn't get a better deal on the robes at the place that one would get their robes for school in two years. Not to mention if they could find brooms for a better price else where. In the Muggle world, specialty shops tended to charge more.
"Hey, Hermione!" Someone called out to her. She turned with the two who were with her towards the ice crème shop. A boy and girl with red hair were sitting eating ice crème. "We didn't think you would make it as we didn't get a message from you."
Hermione held up the cage and the girl laughed. "Ron, you sent Errol, our owl. You know it takes him forever to deliver mail. And then he's to exhausted to fly. Plus, Hermione's parents are Muggles. She would have problems getting to a mailing center."
"Expesully since my family had to move. Ginny, Ron, these are two of my new friends from where I moved too. China, Irumi, these are my old friends, Ron and Ginny Weasly." Hermione stated.
"What is with their ears." Ron stated, his tone not to polite. He made a face at them.
"Ron!" Both Hermione and Ginny snapped at him. Though Ginny continued to speak. "Though, Hermione, I do have to admit, I've never seen anyone with pointed ears like that."
Irumi decided to change the subject. "So, this owl that my brother played with this weekend, he's yours?
"Oh, yes, Errol is ours. He's an absolute klutz. He's also old, so he gets tired very easily and doesn't have much stamina." Ginny stated, a smile on her face.
"Why the bloody hell was your brother playing with our owl? You can't play with an owl!" Ron muttered under his breath.
"You aren't a very nice person." Irumi stated. "But that's alright. I don't like Wizards."
This caused Hermione to slap her forehead. Ron however was still irritated with the two kids he didn't know. "So, your one of those tom boy girls who would rather punch a guy."
"Ron!" Ginny snapped at her brother. "If you don't stop, I will hurt you. I don't have six brothers for nothing! I can hold my own against you guys!"
"Fine, gang up on me." Ron stated, glaring at the two girls.
"Yeah, well, it isn't boys I have a problem with, nor is it humans. I am completely fine with Muggle males, except Mr. Pig. What I have a problem with is Wizards." Irumi stated, only causing Ron's ire to rise.
"So, why are you friends with Hermione?" Ron asked, glaring at her.
"Look, Ron, she hates males of the Wizarding community, not females." Hermione spoke up. She then decided to change the subject. "Look, in your letter, you said something about talking about the future."
"Oh, wonderful. Let's let the two love birds talk. We can listen in from another table." Ginny said, leading the two over. The two Elflings glanced at Ron and Hermione, a confused look on their faces. Ginny noticed. "Look, my brother isn't always that bad… I think. Seriously though, I don't see what she sees in him. But then, he is my brother."
The three settled in and began to listen to Ron and Hermione speak. "So, since we were dating at the end of the war and were officially a thing and we were speaking about getting married, we might as well speak about what our future plans will be."
"Ron, that won't be for another seven to eight years." Hermione said, giving him a look. He seemed not to notice the look though and continued on.
"Well, I'm thinking about having one child, a boy. A boy with my name." Ron stated.
"Ron, first off, there is no guarantee that the child would even be a boy. There is a fifty-fifty percent chance that the child will be a boy, or they will be a girl. Also, I would like to name my first child that is male Hugo. I've thought that since I was little. On top of that, I want to have more then one child." Hermione spoke up.
"First, this is the Weasly family we are talking about. Look at my family, there were six boys before they had my sister. Second, what is with the name Hugo? I think it sounds way too academic, too bookwormish. If we were to have a daughter first, then, we would try again for a boy."
"Oh, so that we'll keep having kids until we get a boy?" Hermione stated, her lips thin.
"Well, my mother did it until she got her daughter." Ron stated. All four females in the vicinity looked at him like they would slap them.
"You know, that is different coming from a male then a female." Hermione stated, only to be interrupted by Ron.
"Well, you were saying that you wanted more then one kid. You are also the one who never had to deal with siblings." Ron said, only to have Ginny mutter loud enough for him to hear that was the wrong thing to say. "Well… anyways, if we had a daughter, we would name her Rose. That is a pretty name, no?"
"Ron… you aren't very bright are you? You want to name a girl, when her family is known for having red hair, Rose? Do you know how much she'll be made fun of for that." Hermione stated.
"Yes, well there is no guarantee; because if there was, there would be a guarantee that the first child would be a boy, so then we wouldn't have any more kids. So, since there is this fifty-fifty chance, it's the same for her having red hair. She might not be made fun of for it."
"Ron… your not letting me have a say so in this are you?" Hermione stated.
"What is there to decide? I mean, it's obvious what will happen." Ron stated. "I mean, it is so obvious that we can date other people until we graduate."
Hermione's face suddenly became filled with rage. Ginny hurried over to Hermione's side. "Ron, you defiantly know how to say the right thing. I thought Fred and George gave you a book to help you with women."
"They did." Ron stated, only to receive a glare from his sister.
"You go find our brothers. We are having girl time." Ginny stated. Ron glared at her and then took off.
"I can't believe that you like him," China stated, shaking her head.
"He isn't always like this," Hermione stated, starting to try to calm down. Ginny nodded her head behind her, indicating that yes, her brother was like that a lot.
"Anyways, Hermione… tell me about your friends. From that one girl's words, one can tell they aren't human." Ginny then listened in as Hermione told her how she had met the two girls, about Tolkien's work and what else was going on. "This Fellowship… they sound cool. I would like to meet them."
"You could quite possibly meet all except Legolas." China stated. "Irumi's cousin is missing because of Wizards… old dark magic that doesn't exist any more. So Irumi tells me and Ai shows me."
"Thanks for blurting out loud that he is my cousin." Irumi said, rolling her eyes.
"Well, I don't understand everything that you told me, but it must be pretty cool to be related to somebody famous," Ginny commented.
"Is it any fun being friends with someone famous?" China said, referring to Hermione, Ron and Harry.
"Well, we haven't had problems at the borough about that book, but Da… he's had problems at work. He works at the ministry and works in the department of Muggle items that should not have magical spells put on them. Well, he's gotten an ear full. And… as a friend of Harry's, it was more of my older brother and Hermione who got the brunt end of Harry being famous."
"I want to be a hero like my cousin, and the other members of the fellowship. I mean, the whole concept of an adventure and getting out there into the world. But, I don't want the fame that would go with it. Look at all the Sue writers that are out there." Irumi stated matter factly.
"Sue writers? What is a sue writer?" Ginny shook her head in confusion.
"She is talking about fanfiction, where people make up supposed stories for fandoms that are not supposed to be real. In our case, our fandoms are real. Well, a Sue writer, from what I gathered, is an over idealized and over perfect character written by some of these writers."
"Or under idealized and under perfect. Or taking a canon character… that would be you, Hermione, Harry, your brother, out of character." China stated.
"So, is there somebody at your school that is really annoying at this, Sue thing?" Ginny stated.
"Yes." All of the other girls chorused. Hermione suddenly laughed. "While it isn't funny that she has a major crush on Irumi's cousin…"
Hermione suddenly whispered into Ginny's ear. Her face went wide in shock. "What! Not way! I would have thought surely that Harry would have been, I mean… he is so awesome."
"Yeah, but she shouts about how she's this pure-blood who's also an Elven princess. She marries him and then goes and shouts how she will marry her prince Legolas." Hermione said, waving her hand.
"Wait… so, if Irumi's cousin is a prince, that makes her a princess, right?" Ginny stated.
"Thank you Hermione for blurting that out." Irumi said. She had a very irritated look on her face.
"Well, if you're Royalty, that explains why your grandfather wouldn't let you out of this." Ginny stated. "Oh, to change the subject, how is your sister?"
"As horrible as ever. She insists that I am the cause of why we had to move. She even accused me of bewitching the Elves and Hobbits to be my friends. The nerve of her." Hermione leaned on one arm.
"Hobbit? Tell me, tell me! What is a Hobbit?" Ginny said with excitement. She was filled in by Irumi and Hermione about the Hobbits.
Hermione then reached into her book bag and pulled out her Lord of the Rings books she had brought. "This is a hard read Gin, but it should give you more information about Middle Earth."
"Oh, thank you. I'll try to read it." Ginny said, putting the books into her tote.
"Be forewarned," China spoke up. "The first part of book one is boring! But if you get past that and can stand war, it becomes easier. Of course, I had to read boring old history texts that were much drier then the Professor's readings."
"Is the Professor alive? Even if he is a Muggle, maybe he would like to come speak at Hogwarts. He sounds cool." This caused some laughter from the other three.
"First, Tolkien's work is considered dry." Hermione spoke up. "Second, he died a long time ago. Third, he is a professor of language. Can you say, Hogwarts history class all over again?"
This caused Ginny to laugh. She then commented further. "But you can't tell if he was as bad as our professor?"
"No," China spoke up. "We had best go and get what we came here for."
Author's note –
Ginny pops up onto screen. "Apologies to those who think the authoress has character bashed Ron. Ron is the character who did the least amount of character growth in the books and one of the ones who needed the most."
"The whole thing of Ron getting over his insecurities wasn't believable to the author in that there is no way that destroying a magic item will make them just go away. Also, the whole kiss scene, Ron hadn't even had a clue what Hermione was so happy about."
"Personally I and the author can't see what some one else sees in my brother. Of course, as I said, Ron is my brother and the authoress can't figure out why so many girls crush on her brother either."
"So, the authoress apologizes for the opinions she splattered into this chapter. That is what they are. But, because she had these opinions and has a hard time seeing how Ron could mature, that is why she had the time-rewind from right after the war and not the epilog. She hopes that you did enjoy her references back to the epilog here, even though they too are filled with opinion."