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Tweak says, "BEEFCAKE!"

hermoniny (hermoniny) wrote in pandorarpg,
@ 2012-01-31 21:19:00

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!status: incomplete, ^date: november 14 2003, character: hermione granger, character: ron weasley

WHO: Ron and Hermione
WHAT: Collecting Harry's things from his place
WHERE: Ron's flat followed by Harry's flat
WHEN: Nov 14, a little after 5pm
RATING: PG-13 in case of language

Hermione was fully healed finally, though still a bit stiff in the arm, but nothing she couldn't deal with. And she'd finally heard back from her parents and found out everything was fine on their end. She had replied suggesting they extend their stay in Australia until things settled down in England. She doubted they'd be thrilled about it, but she didn't care as long as they were safe. She'd send Ron off to stay with them if she thought she could get away with it, especially after his run in with that murderer, but she knew that would never happen. Still, even with that slight relief, she wasn't having a wonderful day. They needed to go to Harry's flat and get his things, and she knew that there was a very strong chance that when they got there she'd burst into tears anew, which for Ron's sake she did not want to do.

First thing was first though, getting Ron. Because she couldn't do this by herself, as much as she would like to be able to, because even though Harry had been her best friend, he and Ron had always shared a bond that she could never share with either of them. Not necessarily stronger, but different, and she'd always respected that, and still did. She had her own bond with both of them, so there was no problem, but she wondered if Ron was ready for this. They didn't really have a choice of course, because the landlord was threatening to throw things out on the curb before much longer. So it wasn't exactly something she was looking forward to, but it needed to be done.

She reached Ron's flat and knocked on the door. She waited for it to be answered, and smiled a sad little smile at him when he answered. "Hello," she said. "There's something we need to do if you have the time for it this afternoon." Better to just jump right into why she was really there than beat around the bush, it would just make it harder in the end, and she would feel like she was lying to him if she made him think she had come for some other reason.

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hermoniny
2012-02-12 09:04 pm UTC (link)

Hermione watched as he unfurled the parchment, and stared in amazement at the strange writing on it. The magic she had felt at first only intensified when it was open, but looking closely at it didn't help any. She had never seen anything like this before, and had no idea what it could possibly be, or why Harry had it in his possession. Especially without telling anyone else he had it. She carefully reached out to touch it and almost felt a pulse from the magic it held.

"I haven't the slightest idea what that is, but it definitely isn't Runes." Runes had been one of her favorite subjects at school, she was quite familiar with the topic, and this was alien to her. "It seems saturated in magic, I have no clue if it is dangerous. It doesn't feel dangerous, but it doesn't feel right either." Hermione was torn between taking it straight to the Ministry, or sharing it with the DA first, to see if any ideas could be made over this. Perhaps someone there would have known, maybe someone Harry had worked with, or who may have been with him when he found it. Perhaps he'd only come across it close to his death, and that was why they hadn't heard anything from him about it. But whatever it was, clearly it was important, or he wouldn't have placed it in that hiding place. "What do you think we should do with it? Ministry or DA?" Hermione was starting to lean more towards the DA herself.

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pigwidgeoned
2012-02-12 09:29 pm UTC (link)

Ron considered her question whilst staring down at the parchment. Who knew what it could say and what was the magic it held? Where did Harry get it from and why did he keep it with his other things? It was important, that much they knew, but just how important was it and was it related to everything that was going on? How close to his death had Harry come across this? There were just so many questions and not enough answers, which to Ron meant that they needed to hang onto it a bit longer. "We can take it to both, but let's get the DA to look at it first as the Ministry is going to confiscate it the moment they see it and probably take it to the Department of Mysteries. But maybe you'll still have access to it since you're the one who found it? Have they assigned you to a particular study division yet?" If Hermione could get assigned to study this piece, it could work out perfectly for them.

Finally, Ron rolled the parchment back up and set it down on Harry's bed atop the Weasley jumpers Hermione had laid out. Despite the newfound object, they still needed to get the rest of Harry's prized possessions out of the compartment. He reached back in and his fingers found a cloth material which he pulled out and watched as the Cloak unfurled down, not nearly as long as it used to be - or at least that's how it seemed because they were so much taller now. Ron actually smiled as he remembered the morning that Harry first unwrapped the Invisibility Cloak and the mysterious message that had been written there and his and Ron's wonderment as they watched Harry's body disappear beneath him when he put it on. They went on to have many adventures with this cloak and it was possible it had saved their life a few times too. Ron shook his head, still smiling. "It's a bit small now, yeah?" He held it up toward Hermione. "Well, you're about the same size," he said with a smirk.

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