Origins

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

Title: Origins
Author: earth_dragon
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even the teddy bear.
Warnings: Irate, screaming children.
Summary: His little brother was so weird sometimes...



A/N: No beta. I'm sorry, but I really just needed a distraction so I wrote this. I was anxious to get it posted. This is my first post here, and though this is just an odd, wee little thing, I hope ya'll enjoy it. If anyone finds any mistakes, or if it just really sucks, please tell me. Thanks!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"You broke it!"

"Nuh-uh!"

"Did so!" Fred threw both pieces of his broken broomstick down to the floor and scowled. His little brother was such a pain! "I told you not to play with my broom."

"Mummy said I could!"

"It was mine."

"Hafta share," Ron said. "Mummy says so."

Fred's nostrils flared in anger. "Then you have to share too." He lunged for the old, worn teddy bear clutched in Ron's arms. "Give it!"

"No!" Ron yelled, and he kicked furiously at Fred's shins, holding Teddy steadfastly to his chest. "It's mine!"

Fred tugged on the bear's arm so hard that the seam began to rip. He smirked, Ron had broken his broom, well, he could rip Ronnie's teddy bear. But then Ron wailed and viciously sank his sharp, little teeth into the back of Fred's hand.

"OW! I'm telling! You bit me and I'm telling Mummy, and she's gonna turn Teddy into a big, hairy monster, and he's gonna eat you all up!"

Ron sat back on the sofa and sneered. "Nuh-uh, Teddy's not a monster."

Fred's face flushed bright red. Mummy wouldn't really turn the bear into a monster, but it was fun to tease Ronnie and make him mad. He kicked at the sofa and clutched his fists tightly. "Teddy's gonna be a big, hairy monster, and he's gonna eat you!"

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

Fred kicked hard at the sofa again, his face felt hot and he was pretty sure his ears were smoking now. "WILL." *kick* "TOO!*kick* He huffed and stalked off for the kitchen, determined to find his Mum and show her what Ron had done to his broomstick. Behind him, Ron started screaming something about Teddy, and all of his legs and his big teeth.

His little brother was so weird sometimes.

Comments

[tailoredshirt.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, is that when it turned into a spider? Poor Ron! Fred is so mean sometimes. I totally want to run in and save Ron now. :(

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's when it turns into a spider. i maybe didn't do so well explaining that, tho. i was kinda thinkning that maybe fred's magic got away from him (like when the smoke started coming out of his ears) and the bear began to change then.

most definitely 'poor ron'. something like that would scare a grown man, let alone a little bitty kid. thanks for reading, hun!

[hedwigs-bane.livejournal.com]

I knew it! I knew there was a spider coming into this somehow!

That was all sorts of wonderfulness! I don't know if it had to go that far, but Ron definitely had it coming... sorta... kinda...

Now, was it just Fred's magic getting out of control, or was George hiding someplace, and making the teddy change?

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

i wish i had found some way to explain the thing with fred's magic better. the way i saw it, fred's magic just gets away from him and the teddy changes.

I don't know if it had to go that far... whooooooo boy, you have no idea! when i first started this, i had it from ron's POV, and i had this whole descriptive section about pincers growing out of teddy's eyes, and spindly, black legs ripping through teddy's seams, then all of those legs wrapped around ron's little shoulders...

'tramatizing' wouldn't have even come close.

thanks for reading, hon!

[hedwigs-bane.livejournal.com]

i wish i had found some way to explain the thing with fred's magic better. the way i saw it, fred's magic just gets away from him and the teddy changes.

Actually, this wasn't a problem. I assumed it was Fred's uncontrolled magic. I was just imagining another scenario, especially since George was conspicuously absent and there were shenanigans afoot. :-)

[star54kar.livejournal.com]

This was brilliant! You know, for some reason that I cannot explain, I never thought of the "Fred turns Ron's teddy into a spider incident" as a possible case of accidental childhood magic.

Fred, being well, Fred, I never even considered that possiblity, and I think it works really well here!

Excellent Job:)

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

fred's accidental magic mostly came from the fact that children aren't supposed to be able to use controlled magic outside of school. i really liked the idea of the two little kids arguing because kids are so unabashed when they want something, or when they think they've been wronged.

i'm glad you liked this, thanks so much, hon!

[plotbunniofdoom]

Aw poor Ron. Great fic, you capture the fighting kids really well.

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

thanks, hon. i'm really glad you liked it. heh, i know about fighting kids, i used to work at a daycare.

[reid-lady.livejournal.com]

It makes perfect sense though, if it happened when Ron was little then Fred and George wouldn't have been in school yet either, since they're only two years ahead/older, so it would have had to have been before they got their wands.

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

see, exacly, that's what i thought, too. i'm glad you see it that way. thanks for reading, i appreciate it.

[rupert-talley.livejournal.com]

Found it. Awww, Dove's picture sure fits this. Never thought about not using wands but makes so much sense.

[earth-dragon.livejournal.com]

well, they're not *supposed* to be able to use magic outside of school when they're underage, but we all know how many times that's violated in canon.

anywho, i'm glad you liked this, and yeah, i think it works great with dove's picture. i just adore baby ron! ^_^