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At the age of eight and a half Ron knew he wasn't a girl. While he was the 'daughter' his mother always wanted, he didn't live up to what she expected from such a child. 

Dresses? No thanks.

Tea parties? He'd rather hear about Percy's homework.

Overly polite? Far from it.

While not all trans people know young or like things the 'opposite' gender should like, Ron did.

And his mother hated it.

Luckily Ron had a younger sister that -while rambunctious- was everything Molly wanted and so it took some pushed femininity and guilt off of Ron.

While being only 8 and a half Ron knew he didn't want the body he was in, he wanted a body like the twins. A boys body. He wanted a voice like Bills, deep and directional and he wanted more than anything to not be called his birth name. After a month of overthinking everything; like that he was going crazy or maybe he just wanted to be cool like his brothers, he knew he was a boy and so he went through names.

Bilius: it was his middle name and had sentimental value to his family, but just no.

Then he went through names beginning with R since that's what his deadname began with.

Rupert: nope

Rowan: too fancy

Ryan: just doesn't fit him

Rory: nope

Ronald: yes! Ron for short yes, yes, yes!

He stood in front of the bathroom mirror on his tip toes, his shoulder length, ginger hair irritated him. Another thing he wanted, short hair, but he ignored that for now.

He stared into the mirror. "Hi I'm Ron, Ron Weasley" he smiled brightly. It worked! He said it! He liked it! He looked like a Ron! He is Ron.

-*-

Two days after Rons ninth birthday and almost crying over everything being gendered, he built up the courage to come out. 

He shuffled into the living room and walked up to his mum who was reading a book to Ginny. "Um...mum?"

"Yes dear?"

"Can you call a family meeting?"

"Whatever for?"

"You'll see...please"

"Okay dear. Arthur, Fred, George, Percy, Charlie, Bill! Family meeting!"

Arthur walked out of his office, the twins out of their shared room, Charlie and Bill out of there's and Percy out of his, quickly they were all in the living room.

"What's this about? I was reading" Percy says.

"[deadname] has something to say" Molly said looking to her child.

"Well um...Merlin this is scarier than I thought it would be. I um, well yeah so I uh I'm...I'm a boy I'm not a girl. I'm a boy, my names Ron and please, please don't disown me" by the end of it Ron was shaking and crying, expecting to be screamed at and kicked out.

Molly walked out of the room. 

Arthur ignored his wife for the time being. "Well this is big news but I fully accept you...son. And Ron is a great name, it suits you. Anyone else have anything to say?"

"Dads right, Ron is a great name and feel free to steal my clothes whenever you want" Charlie said with a bright smile as he ruffled his brothers hair.

Ron sniffled a smile slowly appearing.

"Ditto on what Charlie said" the twins said in unison.

"I will always support you" Percy said with a small smile.

"I'm so proud of you mate"  Bill hugged Ron but soon pulled away.

They all looked at Ginny, the only one yet to say anything.

"What?" the seven year old asked.

"Do you have anything to say to your brother Ginny?" Arthur asked softy.

"She's not my brother, she's my sister"

"Ginny. Ron is your brother now" Arthur said in a more strict tone.

"Well mum walked away and she's in charge"

"Ginny...lets just hope you accept him later" Arthur sighed, she was seven and he didn't have the knowledge to explain more than Ron had himself.

Ron walked away after that and into his shared room with Ginny. He grabbed his covers, posters, the small amount of clothes he actually liked and his lion teddy Gryff. He then walked into the twins room and dumped it all on their floor.

"Uh Ron..." George started.

"What are you doing?" Fred finished.

"Moving in? I'm sorry I probably should have asked first, but I'm not staying in the 'girls room' or with Ginny, who doesn't respect me"

"Luckily we have room for another bed in here, since we have bunkbeds" Fred stated.

"We'll get dad to move your bed in later" George smiled.

-*-

A week later Ron brought up the discomfort his long hair brought him and so Arthur cut it for him with a barber spell, it didn't look the best but Ron was ecstatic that it was short. Molly on the other hand screamed and yelled at how Arthur had 'ruined their daughters beautiful long hair' Arthur tried to explain that Rons happiness was more important but it worked to no avail.

The next year and a half continued with arguments over Rons identity: him being in the twins room, his hair, the glamour spells to look more masculine and finally the fact that his Hogwarts letter had said Ron on it.

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It was the week before Rons first year at Hogwarts. While excited, he was also scared. He had to go shopping and since Arthur was at work Ron would have to go with his mother, said mother was currently telling him to take off his glamour. 

"Take off that stupid glamour, you are my daughter!"

"Ron is a boy! And I'll take him shopping!" Bill said walking into the living room.

"No you wont! you'll get him all the boy things, best believe I'm not letting my daughter go to Hogwarts as a boy!"

Ron snapped "I'm your son! I'm a boy! Everyone but you sees me as a boy!" Molly walked off not continuing the argument.

"Come on Ron, put on your shoes and jacket and then we'll apparate to Diagon Alley" Bill said softly. Ron pulled on the red trainers he got as hand me downs and his grey jacket Fred let him borrow as long as he put it back to proper size after. "Ready?"

"Ready, thank you for taking me"

"It's what big brothers are for, take my arm" with that they apparated to the top of Diagon Alley. Ron doubled over dry heaving almost being sick.

"I never want to do that again"

Bill chuckled "I'm shocked that you weren't actually sick and alright we can floo home"

"That's only slightly better" Ron whined.

"I know, now come on what are we getting?"

"Um, I'm taking Charlie's old robes so not that and I'm taking your old books, so just a wand?"

"Give me the list" Ron passed him the list from his jean pocket "okay, robes got it, stupid little hat, also got it, winter cloak? Are you taking Charlies old winter cloak too?"

"No I asked and he said George has it"

"Okay winter cloak is what we will get first" Bill said with a smile and set off to find Madam Malkins, Ron on his heels.

All went smoothly; Ron got a boys winter cloak with no problem.

"Wand is next!" Ron said excited, one for getting a wand and two from just being gendered correctly by a stranger, she called him sir and everything!

Getting a wand wasn't as easy, Ron went through five before getting the right one, he blew up a few things and burnt some of Bills long hair, Bill clearly didn't mind though because the two were laughing the whole time.

While leaving Ollivanders, the two still giggling, Bill asked "What's next?"

"You're the one with the list idiot" Ron laughed.

"Oh right yeah" he laughed too "Lets see, cauldron, do we have any of those left in the hand me downs?"

"Nope"

"Cauldron it is"

The rest of the trip was easy and fun and they soon took the Leaky Cauldrons floo home. 

Molly was nowhere to be seen but Arthur was on the couch looking at some random muggle artefact.

"Dad, dad, dad! I got a boys winter robe, my own wand and so many other cool things! Bill even treated me to ice cream!"

"That's lovely Ronny! I'm so happy Bill took you instead of your mum" Arthur smiled.

"Me too, I had so much fun! Thank you so much Bill!" Ron attacked his brother with a hug.

-*-

It was the day Ron went to Hogwarts, he had his glamour on and his brothers at his side, his brothers that promised no one would know his secret. Molly had stayed at home with Ginny, saying good bye to everyone but Ron, who at this point didn't even care.

"Alright guys platform 9 and 3/4 is this way" Arthur said walking with his family when a young boy, with shaggy black hair, around Rons age stopped him.

"I'm sorry to bother you sir but did you say platform 9 and 3/4? because I'm sort of looking for it"

"Yes I did young man, I'm Arthur Weasley and this is my family, you can come with us, it's Rons first year too" Arthur said pushing Ron a bit forward to talk to the black haired boy and then kept walking.

"Uh hi I'm" he paused for a second "Ron Weasley" he stuck out his hand.

The boy shook the others hand then quickly dropped it as the pair walked to catch up with the rest of the Weasley clan "Harry, Harry Potter"

Ron audibly gasped "Wow! Nice to meet you!"

The Weasleys all said their goodbyes to Arthur and soon they were all on the train; the twins in one compartment, Percy in another and finally Harry and Ron in one of the last empty ones. 

"So what house do you think you'll be in?" Ron asked.

"House?"

"You know the Hogwarts houses? All my families been in Gryffindor for generations"

"Oh...well I guess I want to be in Gryffindor if that's where you'll be"

"Yeah it's always good to be with a friend" Ron said as he took a bite of a chocolate frog Harry had bought.

"We're frien-" 

He got cut off. "Have either of you seen a toad? A boy named Neville has lost one" a bushy haired, brunette, girl asked.

"Nope" Ron said.

"No sorry" Harry replied to her.

The girl paused and noticed the lightning bolt scar corvering the boys forehed. "Oh my god! You're Harry Potter! I'm Hermione Granger, nice to meet you" she then looked at Ron who had half a chocolate frog in his mouth. "And you are?"

He swallowed the chocolate "Ron, Ron Weasley"

"Pleasure" she said sarcastically and then left.

"Well she wasn't very nice" Harry mumbled.

"No, no she wasn't" Ron agreed. "What where you gonna say, before she interrupted?"

"Oh just...are we friends?"

Ron grinned "of course we are!"

-*-

The pair had been sorted, both getting into Gryffindor and both so happy to be in the same house. 

Although, as Percy explained the dorms and how unless invited, boys can't enter the girls dorms and girls can't enter the boys dorms, Ron got worried. What if he tried to go to his dorm and the stairs collapsed, outing him to his entire year?

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Harry was three steps up the stairs and stared at Ron who stayed a foot away from them "Are you coming or what? We share a dorm it's gonna be great!"

"Uh yeah...I'll meet you up there, I just need to talk to Percy real quick"

"Okay, see you later!" with that Harry ran up the stairs. 

"Um, Percy?"

Percy turned around from his conversation with Oliver. "Yes, Ron?"

"The...um can we go somewhere private?"

"Of course" Percy pulled him out of the common room and onto the moving stairs "what's wrong?"

"The...the dorm stairs. What if they collapse for me?"

"Oh Ron, I know this castle is old but it's magic, it will know you're a boy I promise."

"But...but what if-"

Percy cut him off "I'll come with you okay?"

"Thanks Percy."

The pair stood in front of the stairs. Ron looked at Percy.

"Go on you'll be okay."

Ron stepped onto the stairs.

"It worked, it worked!" Ron bounced up and down.

"Told you so" Percy smiled. "Go to your dorm now, welcome home Ron."

"Home?"

"Hogwarts will become your home, believe me."

"Okay, Percy, bye!"

"Bye." 

-*-

"Ron!" Harry shouted as Ron walked in. "You finally made it!"

There was three other boys in the room.

"Uh...hi" Ron said as he sat on the last empty bed. "I'm Ron."

"Seamus! Nice to meet you". a short Irish boy responded.

"I'm Dean." 

"I'm N-Neville."

"You already know me." Harry laughed lightly.

"Nice to meet you all." Ron smiled. I'm in a boys dorm! With other boys! And none of them are even slightly suspicious! Ron thought to himself excited.

"So what classes are you guys excited for?" Dean asked.

"Honestly I didn't even look at my time table." Seamus laughed

-*-

Ron was sat next to Harry in potions, it was the second class of their first day and the professor was highly intimating. Harry took notes while Ron just tried his best to listen, apparently taking notes was wrong anyway...

"Then again maybe some of you have came to Hogwarts, having knowledge so great, that you feel it's okay to not pay attention." the professor got louder and snapped at the end of his sentence; causing everyone to jump slightly. Harry stopped taking notes but looked confused. "Harry potter, our...new celebrity" after that the professor, known as Snape asked questions that no one but Hermione knew. "Clearly fame isn't everything. is it Mr Potter?" 

"Clearly Hermione knows, why don't you ask her?" Ron butted in, supporting his friend.

"Ah yes, another Weasley. Detention after dinner for both you and Mr Potter."

-*-

Detention was hell, the pair had to clean out dirty cauldrons and cut up gross ingredients but the worst part was Rons glamour was beginning to deteriorate and he didn't have his wand to fix it.

"No, no, no, no." Ron mumbled to himself feeling the glamour weaken and his face turn more feminine, a small change but a noticeable and dysphoria inducing one.

"I said no talking Mr Weasley." Snape spoke dryly. 

Ron walked up to his professor. "Please can I have my wand Sir? It's important."

"And what is so important?"

Ron looked back at Harry but he looked preoccupied with trying not to throw up, so Ron didn't need to worry about him over hearing. 

"Well?" Snape pressed.

Ron could feel the glamour waring off more "I'm...uh...I'm trans and I need to fix my glamour please." Ron whispered.

"Oh...yes of course, here." Severus handed him his wand.

"Thank you!" Ron fixed up the glamour, his face once again turning more masculine and his chest fully flat again, he sighed in relief and then gave his wand back to the professor.

"Back to work now, Mr Weasley."

"Yes Sir."

Ron walked backed over to the cutting board covered in...Merlin knows what. 

"You okay? I stopped gagging and looked up and you were talking to Snape." Harry whispered. 

"I just wanted to ask how to cut this gross...what even is this?" Ron lied smoothly with a laugh.

"Alright" Harry shrugged, laughing too.

"Quiet" Snape snapped.

-*-

The pair returned to the common room at eight.

"Sooo how was your first day?" the twins asked as they surrounded their younger brother.

"Oh bugger off!" Ron laughed but continued to fill them in, Harry joining the conversation aswell. 

-*-

The first week went well other than a few mishaps; like offending Hermione but they worked it out and now she was friends with both Ron and Harry. So far no one but a few professors and his brothers knew that Ron was trans, well at least to his knowledge and he had great friends. Those friends being his dorm mates, Hermione and a few other aquentences here and there, he was enjoying himself.

Percy was right.

Hogwarts is now his home.

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Late night conversations.

Something that had became a trend in the dorm room quickly. Staying up till 2am chatting about utter nonsense and then sometimes it turned into deep meaningful conversations. It was mainly Ron and Harry having these conversations; the pair sat on one of their beds both whispering, while the other three boys slept. Normally talking about funny stories, what happened in class that day, gossip they may have picked up...

Childhoods.

Both seemed the avoid going into the topic of childhoods when the other brought it up. Ron mentioning his brothers and dad but his mother never coming up. And Harry mentioning he lived with muggle family members but with little to no detail and not if they were nice or...not so nice

The other never asked, never pushed but did of course wonder. Wonder why it was so avoided and if the other had a childhood like theirs.

Now, alot of Harrys childhood was widely known by the world. Parents murdered, godfather sent to Azkaban for killing them, other people he could go to unfound or unable to care for him and then he was sent to family for blood bound security.

Haha sure...security...merlins beard.

What wasn't known was that Harry was seen as someone they got stuck with, practically treated like a slave and viewed as a freak to his family. He was so happy to go to Hogwarts and finally get away. But winter holidays were coming up and he was going to have to go back.

Ron was having the same issue, dreading going home...his mother still hated him, he hadn't got one letter, not that he was sending any to her.

-*-

"Harry?" Ron spoke after a moments silence it was 1:12am yet another late night conversation.

"Yeah?"

"Are you excited for the winter holidays?"

"Are you?" Harry dodged the question. 

"I asked you first." 

"Um...I might just stay here as Dumbledore said that's an option"

"Wait that's an option!?" Rons face light up. 

"Yeah, many people do it apparently" Harry shrugged, internally he was so happy that Dumbledore had told him this though the old man didn't seem pleased about Harrys decision.

"We should stay here together!" Ron announced. 

"Yes!...wait arent you going back home with your brothers?

Ron looked at the bed sheets and fiddled with them "I...I don't know" 

"Oh...why not?"

"Well...why don't you want to go back home?" Ron asked to deflect the attention off of him.

Harry looked away and pauses before thinking of an excuse "Well Hogwarts is really magical,. Why would I go back to the Dursleys when I can stay here?"

"The Dursleys? Is that your muggle family members?"

"Yeah my Aunt, Uncle and cousin. But back to you, why would you stay here, you already know magic?" 

"Lets just say, there's some...issues, back home"

"But you're family seem amazing!" Harry said shocked. 

"Oh they are! Bar...one, well two"

"You're mum?" Harry asked, Ron hadn't mentioned her before, and if Ron was ready to talk about it Harry was all ears. 

Rons eyes welled up "y-yeah"

Harry shuffled over and hugged his bestfriend, "If you want to talk about it I'm here"

"I...not yet, I'm not ready to tell you yet"

"Thats okay Ron." 

Ron sighed in relief and hugged Harry back. "Um...if you want to talk about you're stuff...the Dursleys, I'm here too."

Harry smiled "Thanks."