An explanation

[alt_draco]

Since people have asked me about my interpretation of the events multiple times, I'm going to put this here and hope that it puts the matter to rest.

I don't know what, exactly, Crabbe, Goyle and Bulstrode were doing during the demonstration, only that they were arguing with each other about something. I know it was them because I remember looking over at them specifically, which is why I didn't see the hippogriff rearing back.

I didn't see Ron Weasley get in front of me (like I said, I was looking at my housemates). The only thing I registered next was a lot of screaming and flailing. Well, it might've been only one person screaming, but it's hard to say as it was right in my ear. And then Weasley was laying there all bloody and Professor Brutka was calming the creature and taking it away.

Whether by accident or with intent, the sudden appearance of Weasley's body in front of mine does seem to have prevented injury to my own person. I know that my Father and Mother are grateful for its sudden appearance, as am I.

I have no comment on the question of whether or not Weasley is, in the after math, trying to get more attention than is his due. I'm not sure it really matters, since the attention he is garnering isn't of the most positive nature. With that said, I think it time we all move on to other matters.

Comments

I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up To No Good

[alt_ron]

Oh that's nice.

He's glad my body got in the way? They're all grateful for 'its' sudden appearance.

I'm an actual person, you git, not some target dummy.

[alt_blaise]

Well, said.

[alt_hydra]

Heh, I keep giggling at what you wrote because it makes it sound like someone used accio to summon Ron Weasley's body in front of yours just in the nick of time.
Oh, but is that what happened?

From,
Hydra

[alt_padma]

So he really did step in front of you, then? That's what Parvati said but she madee it sounds a little more deliberate on Weasley's part, which I think gives him too much credit for being either clever or heroic. Still, it's a good job he didn't let you or Harry get injured, no matter how it happened.