1. Harry Potter Promise NR.11


    Date: 9/18/2017, Categories: Fiction Fan fiction, Author: zimbi

    ... tell that spring was on its way. The snow was melting, and here and there, flowers could be seen bravely peaking up from the ground. Unfortunately, this also meant that exams were looming, so the students couldn't really enjoy the cease in bitter cold weather. Ginny and Luna were more harried than the younger and sixth years, as their OWLs were only a couple months away. Ron's seventeenth birthday was a festive occasion, as Harry once more asked the house elves to provide a feast for the entire House. They complied, and the Gryffindors spent that Saturday afternoon congregated in the common room, enjoying the food and celebrating their housemate's birthday. Ron was almost as shocked as Hermione had been back in September, when so many of his housemates wished him a happy birthday. He just hadn't thought he was that popular. Sure, people paid him attention, but he had always figured that was just because his best friend was Harry Potter. Hermione gave her boyfriend a new set of keeper gloves, something that surprised and pleased Ron, as he certainly wasn't expecting the Quidditch-related gift. Harry and Ginny got him two tickets to a Cannons game that summer, and Neville gave him a gift certificate to Honeydukes. It was a great day for Ron, and he still couldn't believe he was of legal age. His parents sent him a beautiful watch, as was the custom for a wizard who came of age, and a large box of sweets. Fred and George gave him a box of joke products, and Bill and Fleur, a ...
    ... magical razor. Charlie sent him a pair of dragonhide gloves from Romania. When the party started to disband as students headed up to bed, Ron looked at Harry and smiled widely. "Thanks, mate. Today was great." Harry nodded, smiling in return. "Any time, Ron. Happy birthday." XXX Apparition lessons for the sixth years were proving to be quite a trial. Harry was so far the only one to really make any progress, though several more people had splinched themselves. Ron had gotten really excited a few weeks into the lessons when he opened his eyes to find himself inside the hoop, until he saw several people laughing around him, and realized he had merely leapt the few feet to arrive at his destination, rather than apparated. Others were caught flickering, an act where they apparated very quickly to their destination and back again, appearing to the rest of the world to simply flicker in their spot, not really traveling anywhere. It was yet another byproduct of not being sufficiently determined, Twycross informed them. More than one student was getting frustrated with Twycross, and had come up with their own 'D's' behind his back. Dog-breath, and Dipstick were perhaps the kindest of these names. Several also suggested where Twycross could stick his hoops. Harry managed to have some success in early March, safely apparating into his hoop to applause from his friends. A few days into March, Harry was heading up to the common room one evening, when the sound of hushed voices caused him to ...
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