Harry broke up with Lina. A lot of people seemed happy about it, but not as much as Hermione. After what had happened to Ron she hated Lina more than ever. It was already bad enough having one of her best friends going out with her, but what Lina had tried to do to Hermione and did to Ron, she could not forgive. Lina wasn't happy though. She had skipped dinner the night he broke up with her.

Hermione was pleased and was getting happier as Christmas break approached. Harry, Ron, Riley, and Hermione were staying at Hogwarts for the break. Riley was so happy, that she actually volunteered to help with the decorations. Harry and Hermione would help her while Ron was sleeping. They all didn't think it would be smart for Ron to help, so they did it while he was sleeping. Under the special circumstances Dumbledore agreed. Ron was starting to remember what had happened the day of the fight, but he didn't seem to know everything. He claimed that he wasn't the one who blocked Hermione. They all would laugh at that and Ron would just frown.

Christmas Eve had finally come and the school grounds were covered in white powder. Draco had also stayed at Hogwarts and started throwing snowballs at everyone. Hermione told Ron that he should stay out of the fight, because he might hurt his head again.

"Oh, stop worrying Hermione! I'm fine," Ron, shouted running in and immediately getting hit by a snowball that Malfoy had chucked at Harry.

"Malfoy, don't hurt him!" Hermione screamed. Draco laughed as Hermione ran up to Ron.

"Hermione, you know what I want for Christmas?" Ron said, getting more impatient, but understanding, "I want you to stop worrying about me! I'm fine as I told you before. I understand that you are trying to protect me and do me a favor, but you don't need to pay me back. Okay?" Hermione smiled and nodded. Ron ran over and took a snowball from Riley and threw it at Hermione. She screamed when it hit her and grabbed a handful of snow. She ran up to Ron and pushed him to the ground and threw the snow in his hair.

"Oh you are going to get it Hermione!" Ron yelled. Harry came over to help him, and they both flung snowballs at her. They stayed out there for an hour and went back inside for dinner. A whole day over fooling around in the snow had left them really cold. They all went down to dinner in jackets. Riley leaned over to Harry and whispered in his ear.

"I think their fight is over."

"Yeah" Harry answered. After dinner they all went up to bed. Harry had some last minute rapping to do for the girls. He had gotten Hermione a whole pack of lollipop ice cream butterflies, and he got Riley some cat treats (wink:wink) and chocolate frogs. Ron's present was all different kinds of candies from Honeydukes, a Professional Qudditch player handbook, and some galleons. Once he was finished, he got into bed.

…is dead after being captured by you-know-who. A Friend, Hermione Granger is here to comment on what has happened.

Riley woke with a start. The dreams she had been having were not making her happy. No one knew her secret except her aunt Lily Potter, who was dead. Riley laid her head back down on her pillow, and soon drifted off again.

Stop! Don't hurt him!

Take Riley and go Tracey, Lily has taken Harry! You must keep her safe. She and Harry are our only hope! Help…

James Potter's voice rang through her head. She had never heard this dialogue before. She would hear her uncle every once in a while and he would mention Harry. That was how she knew when Harry's birthday was and who Harry was in the first place. Something moved at the other end of the room. She sat up in her bed, and saw Ron placing something in Hermione's arm, who was sleeping.

"Ron what are you doing?" Riley hissed, in a whisper. Ron jumped, and then looked over at her.

"I'm giving Hermione her Christmas present! Go to sleep!" Ron said. Riley didn't feel like getting into a fight with him so she went back to sleep.

"Thank you! This must have cost you a fortune! I'm sorry," Hermione was hugging Ron once again. Harry looked over and saw Ron telling him, not actually saying, but lip talking, "Get her off of me"

"Hermione really, get off him," Harry said rubbing his eyes. She stepped back clutching a big book. The cover read, Hogwarts A History, Present, and Future.

"You're welcome." Ron said, beginning to rub his head. When he saw Hermione starting to look worried he stopped.

"This book just came out today! The school doesn't even have a copy yet!" Hermione screamed happily. Ron smiled at her then sat down on the floor to open his own presents. Riley walked in dressed in all red and green. When she came in Ron whistled and a dark gray owl, very much like Hedwig, flew over to her. She screamed, sat down, and started to play with it. They all decided to go down to the common room to open the rest of their presents. Ron got a sweater once again, but this time it wasn't maroon.

"Thank You! It's not maroon! It's green!" Ron cried, examining it. Then he looked at the card. It was a howler, but it didn't seem to want to explode.

"Open it," Riley said. He opened it and Mrs. Weasley sounded like she was about to cry.

"RON, ARE YOU OKAY? SWEETIE, I NEED TO KNOW! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? I HOPE HERMIONE SAYS THANK YOU! WHAT YOU DID WAS BRAVE, YOUR DAD AND I ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU! ANSWER US, SO WE KNOW YOU'RE OKAY. IF YOUR HEAD STARTS TO HURT GO RIGHT UP TO THE NURSE! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME YOUNG MAN? GINNY TOLD ME EVERYTHING THAT THE LETTER DIDN'T SAY. BYE HONEY WE LOVE YOU!"

Everyone sat there. Ron then said what everyone was thinking.

"My mother sounds like Hermione," he said, laughing. Hermione frowned. Ron put his arm around her shoulder.

"That's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just you're both worried about me, that's all." Ron said still laughing. Riley was about to pick up one of her presents from Harry when the door knocked. Hermione got up and opened it. Draco Malfoy stood there, smiling. He came in and Riley got up at once. In his hands, he was holding a little light gray kitten, with white paws. Riley took it and started petting it. The cat climbed out of her hands and ran over to Mittens, Riley's new owl, and started to bat at her.

"They like each other," Riley said, joyfully. She ran over to Draco and pecked him on the lips, "I think I will name her Sugarfoot."

Harry ran up to her and handed her his last present for her. She opened it and found the cat treats inside. Riley looked between Draco and Harry.

"You planned this," she said, sounding amazed.

"Well I said that you were hard to shop for and Draco said he was getting a cat for you, so I decided to get you some cat treats for your new kitten," Harry said. Draco looked at him, surprised, and then he smiled. Riley ran over and started to pet and play with both of her pets. Hermione walked up to her next.

"And these are for your owl," she said quietly. Ron looked up.

"I thought you thought I wasn't going to get her an owl," He said, eyeing her suspiciously.

"Well then I realized that you always waste all of your money on your friends, so I…" Hermione started to explain. Ron smiled and stopped her. Then they heard Riley laughing. Mittens was holding Sugarfoot and flying around the room. Harry then knew that this was one of his best Christmas's.

"Ron," Harry said, "You wouldn't mind if I got back together with Lina, do you?" Ron thought for a second and then spoke.

"No, as long as she doesn't almost kill me again." Ron answered. Harry smiled and patted Ron on the back.