Kassandra Bauer and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)

Chapter 14: Hidden in the Dark.

(Kassandra P.O.V)

Well... that's it. Ron and Hermione's friendship was now officially over. They've been so mad at each other, that I don't have any clue how they could make up. 

Ron was enraged that Hermione had never taken Crookshanks attempts to eat Scabbers seriously, and hadn't bothered to keep a close enough watch on him, and was still trying to pretend that Crookshanks was innocent by suggesting that Ron looked for Scabbers under all the boy's beds. Though he's not saying anything about the Gods. Who just let cats do whatever they wanted. That's probably because these were Gods and it was never a good idea to be enraged at a God. Not without something bad happening. 

And on the other hand, Hermione was enraged at Ron because he had no proof that Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers, that the Ginger Hairs might have been there since Christmas, and that Ron had always been prejudiced against her Cat ever since Crookshanks had landed on Ron's head in the Magical Menagerie.

Harry seemed to think that Crookshanks had eaten Scabbers, and when he tried to point out all the evidence to Hermione that it led to Scabbers and was hard to ignore, Hermione had lost her temper with Harry too. 

"Okay, side with Ron, I knew you would! Everything is all my fault isn't it?! First the Broom! Now Scabbers! Just leave me alone! I've got a lot of work to do!" And Hermione stormed off. "You think Ron is being a jerk. Right, Kassie?!" She said to me. 

"Um... I'm staying out of this one." I said quietly. 

"Will you stop it, Hermione?!" Ryan begged. "I hate it when people fight like this!" 

Hermione didn't say anything. She just stormed off. 

And Ron looked like he had taken the loss of Scabbers hard. I mean... really hard.

"Come on, Ron, you were always saying how boring Scabbers was." Fred said bracingly. "And he's been off color for ages, he was wasting away. It was probably better for him to snuff it quickly- one swallow- he probably didn't feel a thing." 

"Fred!" Ginny snapped as if to say that Fred wasn't helping. 

"All he did was eat and sleep, Ron, you said it yourself." George added. 

"He bit Goyle for us once!" Ron said miserably. "Remember, Harry?"

"Yeah, that's true." Harry answered.

"His finest hour." Fred declared unable to keep a straight face. "Let the scar on Goyle's finger stand as a lasting tribute to his memory. Oh, come on, Ron, get yourself down to Hogsmeade and buy a new rat, what's the point of moaning?"

Ron continued to moan.

"Well, now I feel at home." Ryan grunted.

"It's going to be okay, Ryan." I said.

"Ron and Hermione are friends, they shouldn't be fighting. We gotta make this right, Kassie." Ryan told me.

"But how?" I asked.

"I don't know." Ryan answered.

I later went up to bed that night. Hermione was so focused on her work, that she completely ignored me. 

"Um... Hermione?" I asked.

"I am extraordinarily busy, Kassie." Hermione told me. "Look, why don't you just stay out of my affairs if you're going to not help me when Ron comes on my case?" She asked at me completely frustrated. 

"I'm sorry." I said. "I just don't like it when you Ron fight is all-" 

"Kassie. Just... stay out of it. That's what you're good at." Hermione snapped at me.