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✧. * 018. The Firebolt ✧. *

T H E   F I R E B O L T
"I gave it to him because he is my brother, Ron. He is the only family I have left!"

IT LOOKED LIKE THE END of Ron and Hermione's friend​ship. Each was so an​gry with the oth​er that Aurora couldn't see how they'd ev​er make it up.

Ron was en​raged that Hermione had nev​er tak​en Crook​shanks's at​tempts to eat Scab​bers se​ri​ous​ly, hadn't both​ered to keep a close enough watch on her and was still try​ing to pre​tend that Crook​shanks was in​no​cent by sug​gest​ing Ron look for Scab​bers under all the boys' beds.

Hermione, mean​while, main​tained fierce​ly that Ron had no proof that Crook​shanks had eat​en Scab​bers, that the gin​ger hairs might have been there since Christ​mas, and that Ron had been prej​udiced against her cat ev​er since Crook​shanks had land​ed on Ron's head in the Mag​ical Menagerie.

Per​son​al​ly, Aurora didn't think Crook​shanks had eaten Scab​bers. It could've been another cat. It could've been Llewelyn. The hairs could've been from Ron's ginger hair.

Harry on the other hand had thought Crookshanks ate Scabbers. When he tried to point out to Hermione that the ev​idence all point​ed that way, she lost her tem​per with Har​ry, too.

"OK, side with Ron, I knew you would!" she said shril​ly. "First the Fire​bolt, now Scab​bers, ev​ery​thing's my fault, isn't it! Just leave me alone, Har​ry, I've got a lot of work to do!"

Hermione raced off before Aurora could say anything. She honestly felt so bad for Hermione. The boys blamed her for everything lately... maybe she needed to talk to them about their attitudes. Gosh, she felt like the mother of the group.

Ron had tak​en the loss of his rat very hard in​deed.
"Come on, Ron, you were al​ways say​ing how bor​ing Scab​bers was," Fred said brac​ing​ly. "And he's been off colour for ages, he was wast​ing away. It was probably bet​ter for him to snuff it quick​ly. One swallow – he prob​ably didn't feel a thing."

Aurora was sitting with Harry and the Weasleys. She left Hermione alone to collect her thoughts and to do homework/assignments. She didn't want to bother her at the moment.

"Fred!" Gin​ny said in​dig​nant​ly.

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

"He bit Goyle for us once!" Ron said mis​er​ably. "Remem​ber, Har​ry?"

Wow. He was ignoring Aurora. Asshole.

"Yeah, that's true," Har​ry said.

"His finest hour," Fred said, unable to keep a straight face. He looked over at Aurora who quickly turned her head away from him so she wouldn't burst into laughter. Oh, how Ron would hate her even more if she started to laugh. "Let the scar on Goyle's fin​ger stand as a last​ing trib​ute to his memory. Come on, Ron, get your​self down to Hogsmeade and buy a new rat. What's the point of moan​ing?"