Ron Gets Dumped

In theory.

Harry being the first to find an aquatic magical creature guarding a badge should have been exciting.

Arthur Weasley, Harry's father-in-law and one of the commentators, should have been especially excited.

Yet, like the spectators in the stands, his excitement was only superficial.

"Ha ha, Harry is amazing! We finally know that the first magical creature is a Kelpie."

The reason they reacted this way

was that Harry had made almost no movements throughout the entire process of drinking the potion, entering the water, and finding the magical creature.

His pale eyes and skin, his black hair drifting like aquatic weeds, and his stiff body carried along by the current.

Anyone unaware of the situation might have thought he was a corpse swept along by an underwater current.

If Harry had not occasionally moved his arms a few times along the way, it would have been even more unsettling.

Even so, Ginny still cheered.

So did Neville, Draco, Anthony, and the others.

But Ron alone was missing.

The one who should have cheered first.

At that moment, he was clutching a piece of parchment in his hand.

His face was even paler than Harry's beneath the water.

Dumbledore keenly sensed that something was wrong. He pressed his "earpiece" and temporarily switched it off.

Lowering his head, he asked, "What's wrong, child?"

"Nothing," Ron said, shaking his head repeatedly.

Ten minutes earlier.

At the time, Dumbledore's attention had still been focused on Harry.

Terry, seated beside Ron, handed him a letter. "Here, this is a letter from Lavender."

Ron immediately put down what must have been his umpteenth fried chicken drumstick, wiped the grease on his robes, and opened the letter.

Hey, Ron

I'm writing only to tell you that you're an irresponsible, childish, lazy, perverted bastard! I honestly