"I am so tired of your jokes" Ron growled "everything's just fine for you isn't it? Perfect Potter and his perfect life, everything's just goes your way doesn't it? Money, fame, handsome, being good in class and now you've got all these girls fawning over you. I bet you never had to work for anything in your life!" Ginny had grabbed her wand, she was going to give Ron her strongest bat bogey when she saw the cold look in Harrys eyes, when she realised that he was doing his best not to destroy Ron and the castle she decided her time would be better spent doing damage control if needs be.
"You listen and you listen good Weasley" Harry spoke in such a cold and low voice that even the girls shivered "you never try or even care about class so don't blame me if I do better at it than you, I've worked Hard to get to my level of magic now. I learnt how to fight to defend myself, I constantly practise to improve, I learnt to cook because I could have ended up in hospital if I didn't"
"Hospital?" Ron asked
"My muggle relatives" Harry spoke "they made me spend the first few years of my life living in a cupboard, my only possessions were my fat cousins old clothes, his old broken toys and a bucket so I didn't waste their toilet paper" The girls all gasped in shock, Ron had a slightly guilty look but he still hadn't gotten the picture yet so Harry continued "if I was lucky they feed me three times a day with bread and water, my only friends the whole time I was living in that bloody cupboard were the spiders"
"S..Spiders?" Ron blurted out, everyone knew he was deathly afraid of them
"Yeah, it's hard to be afraid of them when they're the only ones in the bloody house who wouldn't hurt me. If I didn't clean and cook and do whatever they wanted then it was a broken bone and a full day in the cupboard, sometimes they'd do it just for fun. No birthdays presents, no Christmas, no life. They actually praised each other, they probably were betting who could break more bones.
Just pain, chores and that bloody cupboard, that was my entire life until I discovered magic and ran away. I don't even remember how long it took me to fix all the damage they did to me, broken bones and starvation, sometimes I still have night mares about it. My first hug actually came from Ginny, she was the first person who touched me without wanting to hurt me or wanting anything in return" All the girls couldn't help feel guilty for wanting to take him away from Ginny, at least when they weren't angry at Ron for being an insensitive git, even Hermione felt bad for him.
"You ever wished for death Ron?" Harry asked as if it was just common breakfast conversation "I have, I remember attempting to kill myself at least twice" All the girls gasped, even Ron was stuck with his mouth in an o shape.
"You…you wanted to kill yourself?" He blurted out
"Yeah" Harry's voice went colder as he rose so he could look Ron face to face "would've worked both times if my magic didn't heal my body. Now listen to me you insufferable, insensitive idiot. My money did a fat lot of good to me when I preferred jamming a knife in my stomach to living another day in that bloody cupboard, my fame didn't do good when my relatives told all the muggles that I was the bad boy and blamed me for whatever my cousin did.
If you think the fact that you can't do anything in public without getting noticed is great, then by all means take my place. I only got my fame because of a stupid scar and the fact that my parents died at the hands off a madman, if you really want that then go to the daily prophet and claim you did it. My handsome looks weren't doing me any good when I my cousin and uncle were taking turns punching my face, and for your information I wasn't good in class all the time. If I ever did good at school then I'd get the pleasure of being called a cheater and beaten when I got home.
It's really hard to pretend to be worse than my cousin, especially since he can't spell to save his life. I'm finally good at something, and I'm not letting anyone tell me not to b just so they can feel better about themselves" That last part was directed just as much to Hermione as it was to Ron and everyone picked up on it
"As for having girls fawning over me, I have to admit I'm more surprised than you seeing as I used to be a scrawnier little twig for all those years, besides why would I care when I have Ginny. Money and fame, that's what you want right?"
"Uh…Yeah?" Ron wasn't even sure if that was right
"You wanted that all your life? That's why your jealous of me? Funny considering you have everything I've always wanted, a loving family full of people who take care of you. Constant food and constantly having someone of your own to care for you, Ginny told me all about what your mum and dad do if you misbehave, I'd gladly swap because even the occasional slap or hex seems like child play compared to what would happen to me if I spilt my uncles tea.
You have a home, people who care for you and a family so I hope you understand how stupid I find the fact that you're fussed over me having more money and being famous? I know all about every brother of yours, you know I do. Bill the ex-head boy and current curse breaker, Charlie who works with dragons after being quidditch captain, Percy the prefect and head boy who plans to work at the ministry, while there's also the twins who are known as two of the funniest and best pranksters in Hogwarts."
"What's your point?" Ron was rather nervous and hoped Harry would start taking it easy on him
"You're jealous of them as well" Alas, it wasn't meant to be "anybody could see it. Even Ginny, only girl and second best in class. You can't blame her for being a girl, even wizards know there's only a fifty per cent chance of a baby being a girl, so it's really just a coin flip. Not her fault the coin landed on boys six times before her"
"Yeah but.."
"Interrupt me again" Harrys voice upgraded from cold to deadly "and you'll be the first Weasley boy to turn into a girl permanently. Like I was saying, her gender is not really her fault but she got to where she is because of her hard work and determination. Contrary to your belief the teachers don't help her in class, because she spend a lot of time practising with me, she worked hard and earned her place with dedication and focus." Ron actually raised his hand out of fear of what would happen if Harry decided he was interrupting him again
"What?" Ron lowered his hand
"Well, Hermione tries her best but she's not at the top"
"Didn't you hear the part about dedication and 'focus'?" Harry sighed "if she wasn't too busy trying to be the best and just did her best then she could be a lot better, but even a blind man could tell that in class all her focus is on beating me and Ginny"
"That's not…" Hermione made to interrupt but Ginny wouldn't allow it
"Are you really going to deny it?" She asked, even the girls besides Hermione raised an eyebrow, she wisely sunk into silence
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