Rating: R, for mature themes and language

Summary: Because of a plot to kidnap Harry Potter's best friend, Albus Dumbledore decides she would be safer off in the protection of Professor Severus Snape. Warning: Altered character, AU. NOT slash!

Pairing: RW/SS

Spoilers: All four books

Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoat Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. Other citations will be made where necessary.

A/N: This fanfic is EXTREMELY AU! I've turned Ron's character into a female. Bad Silverflame! Rondiana Weasley is tough, bitchy, and a bit conceited. Personally, I love her. She reminds me a bit of…well, me. So if you have issues with non-canon stuff, please do not torture yourself by reading this. Unless you're a masochist. In which case, keep reading, and please get some help. For all you other people out there who don't have a problem with my altered character, happy reading!

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Albus Dumbledore sighed and rubbed his temples. He had a pounding headache. Yes, his life had never been exactly what you would call "relaxing", but recent events had upped his stress level from "moderate" to "extreme". Add to that the fact that very soon two of his most beloved friends would hate him with a passion, and you had a recipe for one hell of a migraine.

Voldemort had regained his power two years ago. Since then, Harry Potter and his best friends Rondiana Weasley and Hermione Granger had been able to ward him off. But soon even that Terrific Trio wouldn't be able to stop the Dark Lord.

Through his spy, Severus Snape, Albus had learned of Voldemort's latest plan. The Death Eaters were planning to kidnap Rondi and use her as bait to lure Harry to them. They knew Harry's character well- he would do anything, including risking his own life, to save Rondi. She was the most important thing in the world to him- the thing he would most miss. There had always been a lot of suspicion as to the true nature of their relationship ever since they had first come to Hogwarts. But Albus knew that they were only best friends, nothing more or less. Harry and Rondi had that special soul bond that usually only twins possessed. To them, the thought of being romantically involved probably seemed like incest.

Be that as it may, Albus knew that it was only a matter of time before Voldemort and his little gang succeeded in their plot. He could only do so much to protect Rondi; he couldn't have his eye on her 24/7. She was seventeen years old and absolutely beautiful, for God's sake. You can't keep a girl like that tied down.

Unless…

She was married. And not to just anyone. To a man who would be able to hold his own in a relationship with a confident, assertive woman. A man who wouldn't be so bewitched by her good looks that he would let her walk all over him. A man who would be able to deal with Rondi's sometimes-bitchy, always forceful attitude. A man who couldn't be hypnotized by her alluring, charismatic je ne sais quoi.

In other words, a man like Severus Snape.