Chapter 10
The Best Birthday Present
As the potion ran down Ron's throat, his eyes widened at the bitter taste. He thought that the potion would be a bit like Poyjuice potion, but it was a bit different. He felt his stomach start turning sideways, and felt some of his organs move and replace others, leaving a numb and burning feeling. Ron coughed and fell forward, gasping for air. He felt parts of him shrink, and parts of him grow. His throat started to shrink and grow, and he felt a sudden coldness in his veins. Ron noticed his vision become blurry. Before he knew what had happened, he fell on the floor and blacked out.
Ron suddenly had a weird dream. He was looking at a reflection of himself in a mirror, with his hair growing longer and shrinking, growing longer and shrinking. Suddenly the room flashed pink, then to a navy blue, then pink again. "Ron!" He heard his mother yell.
"I'm upstairs!" He yelled back.
"Ron! Wake up!" His mother called again.
"I am awake. I am awake!" Ron called, and started to move toward the door, but he realized he was moving very slowly and couldn't go faster.
"Ron! Ron! Ron!" His mother's voice started growing fainter.
"I can't move!" The room started swirling, mingling together to form a dark purple..
"Ron!" Ron slowly opened his eyes to see a worried Hermione on all fours, looking over him. "Are you all right?" She asked, looking as if she were about to cry.
"Yes." Ron replied hoarsely. His throat hurt and sounded much lower, it was probably even lower than it was in the first place because he should have grown in the last 3 months. Ron slowly got up and looked around. Everything slowly started coming into focus slowly. Myrtle was hovering straight above him. Apparently she was pretty disappointed he was all right.
"How long was I out?" Ron asked.
"About an hour." Hermione said with a choked sob. Tears started forming in her eyes. "I thought that the potion had somehow went wrong, and it killed you."
"I'm all right. Don't cry." Ron said, trying to comfort her. He got to his feet and looked around the room before he started to walk around slowly.
As he walked, he could feel a difference as he walked, and put his hands to his chest. He was the same again. Ron couldn't help grinning. Ron quickly ran to a large mirror in front of the sink and looked at himself, touching his face. He felt that his chin was a little coarse, from a few baby whiskers that haven't grown out. His shoulders were a bit square, and his hips had shrunk back, the same as before. He lifted the bottom of his robe and looked at his right leg. The calf looked stronger, and so did his arms.
"Ron Weasley is back." He whispered to the mirror happily. Then he grinned and turned back to Hermione. "I'll go outside for now, alright?" Hermione nodded.
"I'll come out later," she replied. "I need to pack up all these potions. Go on without me."
"All right," Ron pushed the door open and slipped out of Myrtle's bathroom. He walked outside and saw that the Great Hall was full of people who came in for an early lunch. Harry and Ginny were already sitting there, so Ron sat between them.
"Back to normal?" Harry asked.
"How did you-"
"We both counted the days until you turned back," Ginny interrupted.
"Welcome back, old chap." Harry gave Ron a thumbs up.
"Thanks." Ron sat down and grabbed a drumstick. Now that he turned back, his sudden happiness made him amazingly hungry. He quickly helped himself to a serving of fish and chips and a lumpy blood pudding.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Ginny suddenly said, "Happy birthday, Ron."
Harry suddenly snapped his head back. "Oh, I completely forgot to give you a present!" He groaned. "I'll give you a late present next week. I am really sorry about that."
"It's all right," Ron laughed, "I forgot, too. Besides, you gave me those omniculars last year!" The three sat uneasily, eating in silence.
"Where is Hermione?" Harry finally asked.
"She's in the bathroom. Packing up." Ron cleaned off his plate with his tongue and scooped up a spoonful from a large bowl of custard with rosemary.
"Well, well, well." A cold voice came from behind Ron. "Weasley, are you trying out for a glutinous food eating contest? I heard the food there is free, it could last you and your family for days." Ron turned around and saw Malfoy with his cronies walking over to the Gryffindor table.
"Or," Malfoy continued as Crabbe and Goyle laughed, "Are you pregnant, as well as being a girl?" He said this in a low voice so nobody else besides he, Ron, Crabbe and Goyle heard. Crabbe and Goyle were now laughing, clutching onto their sides.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Ron snapped, and started walking away. He was out of the Great Hall in an arched corridor when Goyle and Crabbe grabbed his arms to hold him back. Malfoy stopped in front of Ron with a grin.
"What do you want?" Ron spat at Malfoy, trying to free himself from Crabbe and Goyle's grasps.
Malfoy grinned. "Do as I say or I'll tell everyone everything what has been going on with you for the past three months."
Realization suddenly hit Ron and he swore at Malfoy.
"Language, Weasley." Malfoy shook his head from side to side, like a teacher disappointed at a student's behavior. "I'll tell everyone what has happened to you, unless you would-" Malfoy paused. "Forget that, nothing is great enough compared to telling everyone about your little *incident.*"
Crabbe and Goyle laughed with Malfoy, while Ron felt his ears turn red. Malfoy was about to go back into the Great Hall, probably to tell everybody what had happened, and Ron knew he was going to be unable to stop Malfoy and regretted the fact he didnt pull his wand out of his robes before Malfoy came over.
"What are you doing, Malfoy?" A feminine voice rang out, that stopped Malfoy in his tracks. It was Hermione.
"Go away, Granger." Malfoy sneered.
"What's going on?" Hermione turned and saw Crabbe and Goyle holding onto Ron.
"He's going to tell about what happened to me!" Ron yelled toward Hermione.
Hermione paused, thinking. This called for a fast reaction. Ron would be poked fun of for the rest of the time they were in school. In fact, he would still be poked fun of when he graduated or got a new job. Then an idea came into Hermione's head, and she pulled out her wand.
Malfoy took a step back. "What are you going to do, curse me?" He scoffed. "I'll just tell everybody about that, and not only will Ron be taunted for the rest of his life, but many points will be taken away from Gryffindor as well."
"Hermione, don't." Ron said, "It's hopeless."
"Oh, it isn't hopeless." Hermione said, with her wand pointed at Malfoy. "In fact, Malfoy is just like Peeves. You have to blackmail both of them to have them do what you want."
Before anybody else knew what was going to happen, Hermione moved her wand hand in the shape of a heart and whispered, "Rescindo genitalis." A shot of pink light came out of her wand and hit Malfoy in the stomach, making him fall and slide a few feet across the floor, wheezing.
Malfoy got up and looked at himself with a sneer. "Is that the best you could do, Granger?" He scoffed. His eyes suddenly paled when he heard his voice was much higher than usual, and he put his hands gingerly to his throat with his eyes widening. Malfoy then looked at Hermione fearfully and started running to the Slytherin dungeons, with Crabbe and Goyle following him, asking what was wrong.
Ron stared at Hermione. "Did you just-"
Hermione nodded.
Ron's open mout turned into a huge grin. "That's bloody brilliant!" He exclaimed. "Malfoy deserved it," he paused. "And he doesn't know the potion to turn himself back!"
Hermione giggled. "I don't think that was too smart of me." She said modestly.
"Smart?" Ron looked at her. "Are you kidding me? That was the smartest thing I have ever heard of!" Then, to his horror, he added, "I could kiss you!" before he could stop himself.
Hermione stopped laughing, and Ron felt his face grow hot. [Now I've done it,] he thought, though this time Hermione couldn't read his mind. Then, to his surprise, she smiled.
"What was stopping you?"
"What?" Ron asked, stupidly.
"What was stopping you from kissing me?" Hermione smiled, and Ron felt as if two hands plunged into his stomach and tied every organ together into a large knot.
"Nothing," He said, uneasily, and gave her a daring kiss on the cheek. Hermione gave him a kiss on the lips in return. They stared into each other's eyes for a while until Ron broke it off by laughing.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked, curiously.
"I was just wondering if Malfoy realized he turned into a girl yet." Ron replied simply.
Just then everyone in the Great Hall jumped as a feminine voice screamed bloody murder from the direction of the Dungeons. Ron and Hermione caught each other's eyes and burst out laughing again.
*********THE END********
Weeheehee, that was fun to write!
*************REVIEW REPLIES*************** Afan- That was funny. Coolone007- No, luckily Ron makes it safely, though you already know the answer by now. C-Chan- Wow, I never even knew there was a fanfic section titled neopets! Thanks! MW- Her email was Pwrede6492. She replied the next day! Kristina- Like I said in the beginning of 2 chapters, I got the idea when my best friend and I were talking about which gender it was easier to be after we saw a pervert come up to a girl and snapped her bra, even though he didn't know her. I don't mind, I never read the authors note of other stories either ( noclue- Your right. I think I fixed that, or did I? I forgot. I think I did. Hpfanatic- Yeah, I made him forgive Hermione because he forgot girls had periods at that time. Besides, he likes her.
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Will you make another story like this?
I don't think so o_O I wrote this fanfic a year and a half ago and it's the last story I've written about Harry Potter. Besides, easily run out of ideas.
The Best Birthday Present
As the potion ran down Ron's throat, his eyes widened at the bitter taste. He thought that the potion would be a bit like Poyjuice potion, but it was a bit different. He felt his stomach start turning sideways, and felt some of his organs move and replace others, leaving a numb and burning feeling. Ron coughed and fell forward, gasping for air. He felt parts of him shrink, and parts of him grow. His throat started to shrink and grow, and he felt a sudden coldness in his veins. Ron noticed his vision become blurry. Before he knew what had happened, he fell on the floor and blacked out.
Ron suddenly had a weird dream. He was looking at a reflection of himself in a mirror, with his hair growing longer and shrinking, growing longer and shrinking. Suddenly the room flashed pink, then to a navy blue, then pink again. "Ron!" He heard his mother yell.
"I'm upstairs!" He yelled back.
"Ron! Wake up!" His mother called again.
"I am awake. I am awake!" Ron called, and started to move toward the door, but he realized he was moving very slowly and couldn't go faster.
"Ron! Ron! Ron!" His mother's voice started growing fainter.
"I can't move!" The room started swirling, mingling together to form a dark purple..
"Ron!" Ron slowly opened his eyes to see a worried Hermione on all fours, looking over him. "Are you all right?" She asked, looking as if she were about to cry.
"Yes." Ron replied hoarsely. His throat hurt and sounded much lower, it was probably even lower than it was in the first place because he should have grown in the last 3 months. Ron slowly got up and looked around. Everything slowly started coming into focus slowly. Myrtle was hovering straight above him. Apparently she was pretty disappointed he was all right.
"How long was I out?" Ron asked.
"About an hour." Hermione said with a choked sob. Tears started forming in her eyes. "I thought that the potion had somehow went wrong, and it killed you."
"I'm all right. Don't cry." Ron said, trying to comfort her. He got to his feet and looked around the room before he started to walk around slowly.
As he walked, he could feel a difference as he walked, and put his hands to his chest. He was the same again. Ron couldn't help grinning. Ron quickly ran to a large mirror in front of the sink and looked at himself, touching his face. He felt that his chin was a little coarse, from a few baby whiskers that haven't grown out. His shoulders were a bit square, and his hips had shrunk back, the same as before. He lifted the bottom of his robe and looked at his right leg. The calf looked stronger, and so did his arms.
"Ron Weasley is back." He whispered to the mirror happily. Then he grinned and turned back to Hermione. "I'll go outside for now, alright?" Hermione nodded.
"I'll come out later," she replied. "I need to pack up all these potions. Go on without me."
"All right," Ron pushed the door open and slipped out of Myrtle's bathroom. He walked outside and saw that the Great Hall was full of people who came in for an early lunch. Harry and Ginny were already sitting there, so Ron sat between them.
"Back to normal?" Harry asked.
"How did you-"
"We both counted the days until you turned back," Ginny interrupted.
"Welcome back, old chap." Harry gave Ron a thumbs up.
"Thanks." Ron sat down and grabbed a drumstick. Now that he turned back, his sudden happiness made him amazingly hungry. He quickly helped himself to a serving of fish and chips and a lumpy blood pudding.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Ginny suddenly said, "Happy birthday, Ron."
Harry suddenly snapped his head back. "Oh, I completely forgot to give you a present!" He groaned. "I'll give you a late present next week. I am really sorry about that."
"It's all right," Ron laughed, "I forgot, too. Besides, you gave me those omniculars last year!" The three sat uneasily, eating in silence.
"Where is Hermione?" Harry finally asked.
"She's in the bathroom. Packing up." Ron cleaned off his plate with his tongue and scooped up a spoonful from a large bowl of custard with rosemary.
"Well, well, well." A cold voice came from behind Ron. "Weasley, are you trying out for a glutinous food eating contest? I heard the food there is free, it could last you and your family for days." Ron turned around and saw Malfoy with his cronies walking over to the Gryffindor table.
"Or," Malfoy continued as Crabbe and Goyle laughed, "Are you pregnant, as well as being a girl?" He said this in a low voice so nobody else besides he, Ron, Crabbe and Goyle heard. Crabbe and Goyle were now laughing, clutching onto their sides.
"I don't know what you are talking about." Ron snapped, and started walking away. He was out of the Great Hall in an arched corridor when Goyle and Crabbe grabbed his arms to hold him back. Malfoy stopped in front of Ron with a grin.
"What do you want?" Ron spat at Malfoy, trying to free himself from Crabbe and Goyle's grasps.
Malfoy grinned. "Do as I say or I'll tell everyone everything what has been going on with you for the past three months."
Realization suddenly hit Ron and he swore at Malfoy.
"Language, Weasley." Malfoy shook his head from side to side, like a teacher disappointed at a student's behavior. "I'll tell everyone what has happened to you, unless you would-" Malfoy paused. "Forget that, nothing is great enough compared to telling everyone about your little *incident.*"
Crabbe and Goyle laughed with Malfoy, while Ron felt his ears turn red. Malfoy was about to go back into the Great Hall, probably to tell everybody what had happened, and Ron knew he was going to be unable to stop Malfoy and regretted the fact he didnt pull his wand out of his robes before Malfoy came over.
"What are you doing, Malfoy?" A feminine voice rang out, that stopped Malfoy in his tracks. It was Hermione.
"Go away, Granger." Malfoy sneered.
"What's going on?" Hermione turned and saw Crabbe and Goyle holding onto Ron.
"He's going to tell about what happened to me!" Ron yelled toward Hermione.
Hermione paused, thinking. This called for a fast reaction. Ron would be poked fun of for the rest of the time they were in school. In fact, he would still be poked fun of when he graduated or got a new job. Then an idea came into Hermione's head, and she pulled out her wand.
Malfoy took a step back. "What are you going to do, curse me?" He scoffed. "I'll just tell everybody about that, and not only will Ron be taunted for the rest of his life, but many points will be taken away from Gryffindor as well."
"Hermione, don't." Ron said, "It's hopeless."
"Oh, it isn't hopeless." Hermione said, with her wand pointed at Malfoy. "In fact, Malfoy is just like Peeves. You have to blackmail both of them to have them do what you want."
Before anybody else knew what was going to happen, Hermione moved her wand hand in the shape of a heart and whispered, "Rescindo genitalis." A shot of pink light came out of her wand and hit Malfoy in the stomach, making him fall and slide a few feet across the floor, wheezing.
Malfoy got up and looked at himself with a sneer. "Is that the best you could do, Granger?" He scoffed. His eyes suddenly paled when he heard his voice was much higher than usual, and he put his hands gingerly to his throat with his eyes widening. Malfoy then looked at Hermione fearfully and started running to the Slytherin dungeons, with Crabbe and Goyle following him, asking what was wrong.
Ron stared at Hermione. "Did you just-"
Hermione nodded.
Ron's open mout turned into a huge grin. "That's bloody brilliant!" He exclaimed. "Malfoy deserved it," he paused. "And he doesn't know the potion to turn himself back!"
Hermione giggled. "I don't think that was too smart of me." She said modestly.
"Smart?" Ron looked at her. "Are you kidding me? That was the smartest thing I have ever heard of!" Then, to his horror, he added, "I could kiss you!" before he could stop himself.
Hermione stopped laughing, and Ron felt his face grow hot. [Now I've done it,] he thought, though this time Hermione couldn't read his mind. Then, to his surprise, she smiled.
"What was stopping you?"
"What?" Ron asked, stupidly.
"What was stopping you from kissing me?" Hermione smiled, and Ron felt as if two hands plunged into his stomach and tied every organ together into a large knot.
"Nothing," He said, uneasily, and gave her a daring kiss on the cheek. Hermione gave him a kiss on the lips in return. They stared into each other's eyes for a while until Ron broke it off by laughing.
"What's so funny?" Hermione asked, curiously.
"I was just wondering if Malfoy realized he turned into a girl yet." Ron replied simply.
Just then everyone in the Great Hall jumped as a feminine voice screamed bloody murder from the direction of the Dungeons. Ron and Hermione caught each other's eyes and burst out laughing again.
*********THE END********
Weeheehee, that was fun to write!
*************REVIEW REPLIES*************** Afan- That was funny. Coolone007- No, luckily Ron makes it safely, though you already know the answer by now. C-Chan- Wow, I never even knew there was a fanfic section titled neopets! Thanks! MW- Her email was Pwrede6492. She replied the next day! Kristina- Like I said in the beginning of 2 chapters, I got the idea when my best friend and I were talking about which gender it was easier to be after we saw a pervert come up to a girl and snapped her bra, even though he didn't know her. I don't mind, I never read the authors note of other stories either ( noclue- Your right. I think I fixed that, or did I? I forgot. I think I did. Hpfanatic- Yeah, I made him forgive Hermione because he forgot girls had periods at that time. Besides, he likes her.
****************************************************** Common Questions and Answers
Will you make another story like this?
I don't think so o_O I wrote this fanfic a year and a half ago and it's the last story I've written about Harry Potter. Besides, easily run out of ideas.