Ternion || Oliver Wood

Chapter 78

Jumper

"Would you like some, Renee?" asked Susan who was sitting beside me in the Hufflepuff table, offering some chocolate frogs.

"No, thanks, Susan." I said and she just nodded her head before offering some to her friend, Hannah Abott.

Breakfast was the usual excitable affair; the Slytherins hissed and booed loudly as every member of the Gryffindor team entered the Great Hall. My eyes set to Ron who looked anxious and sad. "Can you excuse me for a second?" I uttered to Susan and Hannah who was chatting, they both stopped and gave me a nod. I approached the Gryffindor table that looked like a solid mass of red and gold as they cheered for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. "Good morning, Renee." Greeted Ginny as I sat beside her.

"Bonjour," I greeted her back as I looked around the Great Hall and saw Luna who was once again wearing her bellowing Lion hat.

I smiled at Luna who caught me looking and waved at me cheerfully. She stopped and gestured me to look at her Lion hat, she reached up and tapped the hat with her wand and it began chewing a serpent. It was her request last year so I helped her do it and it came out better than we both expected. Luna really is the sweetest and softest person I've ever met.

"Cheer up, Ron!" called Lavender. "I know you'll be brilliant!"

I saw Ginny roll her eyes while Ron on the other hand ignored Lavender.

"Tea?" Harry asked Ron. "Coffee? Pumpkin juice?"

"Anything," said Ron glumly as he took a moody bite of toast.

"Where's Hermione?" I asked Ginny who was taking a bite of her bread.

"She was tired of Ron's unpleasant behavior that she had not come down to breakfast with those two prats." Ginny explained while I nodded. "Oh wait, here she is." She uttered looking up.

I turned my head and saw Hermione who paused on her way up the table. "How are you both feeling?" she asked Harry and Ron tentatively, her eyes on the back of Ron's head.

"Fine," said Harry, who was concentrating on handling Ron a glass of pumpkin juice. "There you go, Ron. Drink up."

Ron had just raised the glass to his lips when my gaze drifted to Harry's hand, my eyes widened.

"Don't drink that, Ron!"

"Don't drink that, Ron!" Hermione and I both said sharply in chorus.

Both Harry and Ron looked up to both of us.

"Why not?" asked Ron looking confused.

Hermione was now staring at Harry as though she could not believe her eyes.

"You just put something in that drink." I uttered and Harry looked at me with wide eyes.

"Excuse me?" said Harry.

"You heard, Agape, we saw you. You just tipped something into Ron's drink. You've got the bottle in your hand right now!" said Hermione pointing at Harry's hand.

"I don't know what you're talking about," said Harry, stowing the little bottle hastily in his pocket.

"Ron I warn you, don't drink it!" Hermione said again, alarmed, but Ron picked up the glass, drained it in one gulp before uttering.