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Letters Chapter 42: Ron Returns
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Letters

1: Hermione Starts Her New Job

2: The Boys Respond

3: The Pranks Begin

4: You Mean The Teachers Play Pranks? Wicked!

5: A Look At The Photos

6: More Details Please

7: More Photos

8: Dunkings and Friends

9: Hermione Joins in the Fun

10: Relative Tameness

11: Where Are You?

12: Cue The Fireworks

13: Thanks... Or Not

14: The Beginning of Something

15: Finally A Visit

16: The Year Begins

17: More Revelations

18: Information Is Let Slip

19: She's Not Surprised

20: News About Malfoy

21: It's Official

22: An Explanation

23: Pick Up Lines

24: More Updates on Draco

25: Scary Women and Scarier Tattoos

26: A New Friendship

27: Suggestions

28: Advice Taken

29: Oh, Just Say It Already

30: What A Surprise

31: Stubborn All Around

32: Official

33: Relative Peace

34: Predictable

35: Peeves

36: Unpleasant Realization

37: Antics

38: Moving On

39: So THAT'S How You Do It

40: In Which Harry Demonstrates That He's Learned to Value Safety

41: Advice From Severus

42: Ron Returns

43: Disappointment

44: Consistent

45: An Accurate Assessment

46: United Front

47: Holiday

48: Karma

49: In Hand

50: Resolution

Ron Returns

Letters

Chapter 42 of 50

felinefelixfelicis

While Harry's relationship is going great, Hermione might be about to hit a bump in the road.

Alternate Universe Potions Under Duress 13,786 Words 50 Chapters Complete
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3 December

Dear Hermione,

Sorry for the delay. I've been busy with the move. I'm all settled in here at the Manor now and really enjoying it. For the record, Draco pays the house-elves and gave them a suite of rooms complete with elf-sized furniture for their living quarters. I knew you would ask if I didn't assure you of that immediately.

We've gone to visit a few places to look at horses. I have to admit to being rather taken by a couple of them, though what criteria he's using to choose is very much over my head.

No, there isn't enough evidence. Most of what Greyback did was bite people, and he can't legally be held responsible for what he does while transformed due to Werewolf transformations falling under the mantle of temporary insanity.

Love,

Harry

5 December

Dear Hermione,

Did you hear that Harry moved out? I've got the flat to myself, so we could, you know, get back together. I'm single, you're single, we should do this.

Love,

Ron

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Latest 25 Reviews for Letters

371 Reviews  |  7.25/10 Average

10/10

snitchette

It's alomost a shame it's already finished. I would have loved to know more about wedding preparations and adoption/surrogacy.Anyway it's a lovely story and a very original way to tell things.

0/10

esmelle

I just finished Letters and quite enjoyed it. I hope Molly keeps a Ron on a very short leash as I don't have much hope for him growing up. I liked the "letter format" of your story; what a great way to tell a story by just hitting the highlights. 5 stars.

10/10

sunny33

Good old Molly. :)

10/10

sunny33

What about Moody?   They didn't fix him. :)

Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Letters)

The explanation proposed jointly by myself and another commenter somewhere in here is that they can't fix curse-related loss of body parts (Moody, George's ear) or the three complex senses (vision, hearing, touch). Muggle science or not, the three probably go together/follow the same patterns of damage and treatability in the magical world too.

Response from sunny33 (Reviewer)

Leaves the field open for a story from you then. :D

10/10

Jinxie

Well ended.  Thanks for sharing!  :)

0/10

Severus49

This was a really refreshing take on the Granger/Snape pairing with a few lovely twists on others as well! Great work, author!!

9/10

PDamian

Wonderful! But you need two last chapters, if I may be so bold. What of the letter that Ron sends to Hermione, either apologizing for being a jerk or severing that relationship for good? And the letter Hermione sends back, accepting (or rejecting) his apology, or bidding him a regretful farewell? Please? Pretty please?

0/10

debjunk

I agree with Hermione.

10/10

sunny33

Ron deserved that. :)

10/10

sunny33

At least those four get on. :)

10/10

MsTree

I sad to see this story is ending, but happy that you're going to continue writing. I think it would be enjoyable to see a disabled OC used in a story. I'm in a wheelchair myself, but even I don't write a character into one. ^_^

10/10

sunny33

That boy needs a good slapping! :)

10/10

darktidings

Sad to see the Letters ending because they were delightful little snippy glimpses of our favorite folks.  I agree with the other reviewer that disabilities are possible in the magical world.  Moody is definitely proof everything can't be magicked away, and I can't see James Potter wearing glasses if there was a magical fix for his eyesight.  Recall also that George's ear couldn't be regrown either, so perhaps a disability stemming from a curse, thus preventing healing, if you wanted staunch canon.

Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Letters)

I agree wholeheartedly. Based on my scientific background in sensation/perception, I'm going to hypothesize that they can't fix any of the three complex senses--vision, hearing, and touch-- since treatment options for damage to those follow a similar pattern of methods and effectivity in the Muggle world or anything caused by a curse. Other disabilities? Maybe. I don't know. As I said in my response to the other reviewer, the idea came about because I am deaf and realized that I'd struggle in the wizarding world because magic messes with electronics and therefore my hearing aids wouldn't work, nor would CI or an FM system!

10/10

Jinxie

Too cute the way you're rounding the story off.  Sorry to see it ending, but glad you're doing it in a roundabout way.

9/10

Jinxie

Aww.  Sweetness.

Ron getting it mad the wait worth while!

10/10

MuseAmusant

Hermione's right, Molly's probably the only one who has a decent chance of getting through to Ron at this point, short of his brothers getting together to (literally) knock some sense into his rather severely swelled head. At any rate, if Ron tries to stick his nose into Hermione and Severus' relationship, I have a feeling Severus would be only too pleased to hex it off for him.As to your next fic, I wouldn't mind reading one about a disabled character. Take Alastor Moody for example, he had quite a lot happen to him over the years, including losing his leg and his eye. He might've had some rather effective magical prostheses, but it had to be a rather tough adjustment, especially at first.

Response from felinefelixfelicis (Author of Letters)

Disabilities would take a lot of adjustment on all ends, for both the person and those around them. And imagine if it's a Muggleborn character... the stuff they use to cope will not only be foreign to wizards, but likely a lot of it also won't WORK in the presence of magic. I'd love to visit the magical world, personally, but If I did I wouldn't be able to communicate real well because I'm deaf and my hearing aids probably wouldn't work since magic screws up electronics.

Response from MuseAmusant (Reviewer)

That's a very interesting idea. How would magical medicine cope with so many disabled war veterans? Would they find a way to adapt Muggle equipment for use in the magical world (like magical wheelchairs and prostheses) or would they use them to design a magical equivalent that would work? Not only that, but how do you deal with disabilities that are complicated by a curse? Like, say, you have a wizard who lost an arm due to a werewolf attack. Or like George, who lost an ear due to a curse. Suppose it resulted in eventual hearing loss? There are really so many ways you could go with something like that.

0/10

PDamian

I *lurve* this series. Thanks for writing! As to what you should write next: the answer is always SS/HG. My favorite! And karma is indeed a witch, isn't it?

10/10

Sampdoria

Loooooved the update, the engagement and Ron getting booted from training truly made my day:-))

0/10

debjunk

Awww, what a great present!  Too bad Ron can't grow up.  I guess that's why Hermione decided not to be with him, though, right?

9/10

sinbad

I really enjoyed reading this story.  The short snappy chapters were easy to follow and funny as well.

0/10

cellardoor

Please do longer letters, they're not long enough! I just believe Hermione would be someone who writes long - winding letters. If her essays were always 5 inches longer than required, surely her letters would be long and rambling too? Also add more with Severus! Maybe Ginny or a girlfriend could come in and start writing letters, and the female-to-female letter writing would lead to more discussion and gossip about what Severus is like as long-term partner! I love it though - so addicting!

10/10

Sampdoria

Lovely as always

10/10

littleone17

OMG!  I was so shocked by what Ron (the prat) had written that I actually dropped the piece of chocolate I was going to eat onto the floor.  Looking forward to the next chapter. Thank you. 

0/10

debjunk

Ron keeps piling it up, doesn't he?

0/10

debjunk

Glad Hermione told it like it is.

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