Ron Weasley x Reader (3rd Year)

Chapter 3

As soon as the five of us entered the Great Hall for breakfast, Malfoy started tormenting Emily and Harry again.

"Leave them alone Malfoy! It's not like you're any better!" I shouted.

"Nice one, (y/n)," Ron whispered in my ear. I blushed but hid it as soon as he looked at me. We went to our table and Emily sat next to Fred and Harry. They started passing out schedules and Fred said to Emily

"Here love, make yourself useful for once," and handed her some schedules. She looked at me with that glint in her eyes, giving the secret signal. (Ok, so one day Emily told me that the next time Fred said something stupid to her, we were gonna prank him. I'm going to slide under the table and tie his shoelaces together which then, Emily will spray his hair pink. That will distract him while she grabs his food off his plate. Emily will then run away with the food and Fred, knowing that he's a hog, will run for his food and know that he'll get it because he has longer legs. Since I tied his shoelaces together, he'll fall on his face trying to run, giving the students and teachers a good laugh.)

I discretely slid under the table while Emily pulled out the hairspray. The Gryffindor's watched in amazement as Emily sprayed the ginger's hair. Fred immediately looked up and tried to grab the can from Emily. She put it on the table and Fred took it. "Hah!" he said. "Now you can't spray my hair!" Emily smirked and grabbed his food off his plate and started running. Fred tried to run after her but since his shoelaces were tied, he fell, causing the Great Hall to roar with laughter. You could even see Dumbledore was chuckling slightly behind his hand. I slipped back into my seat and I turned to Ron. "You're welcome," I said, causing him to grin. "You did that?!"

"Well, if his shoelaces weren't tied together, he wouldn't have fell on his face." We stared at each other for a while until Ron's ears turned a bright shade of pink. He looked away, obviously embarrassed.

Our first class was Care of Magical Creatures. Ron, Harry and Emily were walking together and Hermione and I trailed behind. Hagrid was standing outside his hut with a giant bird-like creature. I set my book down on the little wall surrounding Hagrid's property. There was a growling sound and I turned around to see Neville on the ground wrestling his book that was trying to eat him and tear up his clothes.

"How the heck are we even supposed to open these?" I asked Hagrid.

"Yeh ha'e ter stroke the spine o' course." Hagrid said like it was obvious.

I stroked the spine to my book and it instantly calmed down.

"Now!" Hagrid said in his normal booming voice when the class started. "This is Buckbeak. He's a Hippogriff. Do we have any volunteers who would like to ride him?" A moment of silence rippled through the class.

"Great, (y/n)!" Hagrid boomed. I looked around quickly to see that everyone had taken a step back but me. My heart started beating faster and my palms got sweaty at the thought of trying to ride Buckbeak.

"Now" Hagrid said, "You ha'e to bow ter show that you aren' any danger."

I stood there and stared at Buckbeack.

"Wimp!" I heard Malfoy scream from the back. I ignored Draco's comment and walked up to where Hagrid was standing.

I looked up at him and he said "Go on now, he won' bite. Just don' forget ter bow." I walked a little closer to Buckbeak and looked him in the eye. I slowly bent down and I heard a cat call from the back. Friggen Malfoy. Buckbeak started to freak out and Hagrid told me to back up. The giant bird put its leg on the ground and bowed.

"Well done, (y/n)!" Hagrid boomed. I smiled at what I had accomplished.

"Now" Hagrid said as he walked over to me. He picked me up and set me on Buckbeak's back. Don't rip out his feathers, he won't fancy you for that. Come on now, get going!" Hagrid said while slapping Buckbeak's butt. The bird screeched and broke into a run. I grabbed onto Buckbeak as he soared into the sky. My eyes were closed and when I opened them, I was about 20 feet off the ground and soaring over the forest. Buckbeak seemed comfortable with carrying me so he sped up. The wind blew my hair gorgeously behind my back. We dipped down to a lake and that's when I decided to let my wild side get to me. I let go of Buckbeak and shot my arms into the air. A "WOOHOO!" escaped my mouth as I dipped my hand into the water. This was the best thing I've done in years. Soon enough the fun ended and I was back on the ground. Everyone was clapping for me as I graciously slid of Buckbeak. I walked back over to my group and Emily and I did our handshake.