Chapter 6: Spell-o-tape


Ron was not one for hard work, but right now it was the time. Some monster was roaming the halls, and that moron Lockheart was not helping at all.

He needed to be able to protect himself.

He needed to be able to protect his sister.

Grabbing his trusty wand, he took an advanced spell book, and went in search for an empty classroom.

His wand. Twelve inches, Ash, with a single unicorn hair. It has belonged to his older brother Charlie for a time. Before that it had been from some uncle of his.

It had not been the greatest of fits in the first place.

First year he had been having trouble with the simplest of spells. His troubles with the levitation charm had caused him to lash out against the only person that was willing to help.

It was broken now. Damn tree. He'd fixed it though; a few wraps with Spell-o-Tape and it works again. Well, sort of... Sometimes it gets the correct result, sometimes he ends up spitting up slugs. But, oh well.

Finding a suitable room, he quickly rushed inside.

He quickly perused through the book. Ha! Like a tickling charm will do anything to a giant monster! A stunning charm? Not bloody likely. Ah! A blasting charm! that could work. If they can use it to mine ore, then it can probably do some damage.

Reducto. Worth a shot.

Deciding to give it a try, Ron missed a couple things. The blasting charm was far too advanced for his current level. Charms like that one require both power and finesse. He had the former, but was sorely lacking in the latter.

Too much power and no control will result in a very large blast.

The other thing he missed was that a broken wand needs to be repaired by an expert.

Spell-o-Tape does not a new wand make.

They found what was left of his body the next morning. Filch had a hell of a time cleaning the brain matter from between the stone cracks.

Anyone with half a brain -- and with what Filch scraped up from the floor, maybe he didn't? -- would know to stay away from using that wand. Hell, earlier that year a relatively easy spell backfired and had him eating slugs!

If a easy spell failed, then why should a difficult one work?

But then again, wizards are stupid.


AN: I assure you, this will not be the last time Ron's stupidity gets him killed.

Trust me.