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Weasleys revenge: missing scene HBP
A few days after Ron getting poisoned Harry, Hermione, Ginny, and Luna sat in the hospital wing with him. Ginny had dropped off a stack of old editions of Quidditch Monthly that she’d thought Ron would like. Luna placed a large pink crystal next to his bed that she swore would speed his recovery.
Hermione grimaced but at the look Ginny shot her said it was a very nice thought. Hermione tried to convince Ron to catch up on some schoolwork but he just groaned “what’s the point of nearly dying if I can’t even get out of a few essays.”
The doors to the hospital wing swung open and Romilda Vane came charging in flanked by two girls Harry vaguely recognized from the train. It took him a moment to realize it was in fact Romilda because her pale skin and dark hair had turned a deep green color. She looked like the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz that he had seen glimpses of before the Dursley’s had quickly changed the channel on the TV.
Romilda looked straight at Ginny and spat “you did this to me didn’t you!!!”
Ginny looked up at her in mock surprise and said simply “ I don’t know what you are talking about. What is it you think I’ve done?”
“This, you witch! My hair! my skin! I look like I’m covered in moss. Get it off me!!”
Despite being shouted at Ginny looked up calmly.
“Are you accusing me of turning you green?”
“Of course I am! Who else would’ve been mental enough to do this?!”
Hermione jumped up clearly in Prefect mode when Ginny stood and walked towards Romilda.
“Well Romilda, poisoning another student is a serious accusation. Something like that would be enough to earn someone a month of detention if they weren’t suspended. So I hope you have some evidence other than me being mental.
But we should get to the bottom of this. Tell me did whoever poison you leave something behind, like I don’t know were they stupid enough to sign their name?”
At this she held out a small bit of parchment toward Romilda that Harry recognized as the note from the box of spiked chocolate cauldrons. He wondered briefly how she had found it before turning his attention back to the scene unfolding. Hermione looked concerned. Ron was looking on in great interest as nothing this exciting had happened in days.
Romilda stared down at the note.
“Oh come on! that was harmless.”
Ginny calm was gone at this. Anger flushed her face and the note in her hand was crumbled in her clenched fist.
“HARMLESS!
You tried to poison my friend, you actually poisoned my brother and he could have died!”
“That wasn’t my fault and I got that potion from your other brothers BY THE WAY!”
“Oh believe me Fred and George already got an earful and they have learned their lesson and recalled the last of those awful love potions. Nothing about this was harmless and Ron wouldn’t be in that bed if it wasn’t for you! So maybe whoever turned you green wanted you to know what being forced into something outside of your control feels like!!!”
“THAT IS ENOUGH!” Everyone jumped to see madam Pomfrey standing behind them looking livid.
“Miss Vane, I’m am sure the coloring is temporary. Go grab a bed over there and I will be right with you. I’m sure your friends can leave you alone for a little while.”
Romilda marched to a bed as far from Ginny as possible and hid herself behind a curtain.
Madam Pomfrey looked at Ginny. Who had gone back to her seat between a stunned looking Ron and a gleeful Luna.
“Now do you have ideas on what might remove that coloring, Miss Weasley.”
“I never said it was me who did it.” Ginny said trying and failing to look innocent.
Madam Pomfrey rolled her eyes. “Of course not. I only meant hypothetically”
Ginny looked up at her and said slowly “hypothetically it would probably wash away with a bit of rosewater”.
The matron turned and walked towards her medicine cabinet.
“Wow Ginny” said Ron smugly “I had no idea you cared so much.”
“Oh shut up and read your magazine. And don’t look at me like that Granger you once trapped a woman in a jar and transported her across England, so don’t judge me.”
Harry burst out laughing. Ginny’s glower disappear and she started laughing too. The monster in his chest was beaming.