McGonagall's footsteps echoed down the hall and everyone began to scatter. Mickey ran back to the Hufflepuff common room in a flash while the Slytherins quickly disaperted before the headmistress turned the corner. "Oh, that just isn't fair at all, is it?" Matt scoffed.

"Fair?" Rory yelled. "I'm about to get in trouble again and it's all your fault."

"There you have it!" Filch pointed his bony fingers at the three students covered in soot. "A confession!"

"Why is it always you three?" McGonagall crossed her arms.

"I ask myself the same question every day." Rory rolled his eyes. They didn't get expelled, but they had to help Hagrid clear out the mess in the forest left by the explosion. They also had to spend a whole Saturday weeding his garden.

"Great way to start out our summer, guys." Amy rolled her eyes as she pulled weeds beside Hagrid's hut.

"I sort of like gardening. I find it relaxing." Rory worked happily beside her.

"You're the top of our class in herbology so this isn't punishment at all for you, is it?" Matt joked.

As the sun began to set, Hagrid invited the three inside for some tea while they waited for Vastra and Jenny to come and fetch them. "You know.." The half giant began. "Something about you three feels... You three are meant to be. I've noticed the best teams come in threes." He smiled. A witty muggle born witch, a half blood with a dark past he tries to ignore, and a pureblood who's so obviously beyond obsessed with the muggle born witch. One of them even looked like a Weasley.

Vastra stormed into Hagrid's hut with Jenny not far behind. "What in Goddess's name were you thinking, Matthew?!" She grabbed the boy by his ear.

"I'm sorry." Matt winced.

"Ma'am, please.." Jenny intervened. "Now, we're very cross with you but we're glad you're all safe."

"And I'll bet this was all your doing and your little friends got caught in the crossfire... quite literally, in this case. An actual fire." Vastra rolled her eyes. The children hopped into Vastra's carriage and headed back to the Smith's mansion.

"I've never been in such big trouble before." Rory sat at the bottom of the winding staircase next to Amy as they waited for their parents.

"I bet you've got some trouble maker hiding in there somewhere." Amy began to tickle him.

"No.." Rory started laughing. "I don't... I..." He couldn't talk anymore as Amy was winning the tickle fight.

"You fought off a death eater at age 12. Vastra's sister, remember?" Amy nudged him.

"Well.." Rory blushed. He could tell the way Amy was looking at him from the corner of his eye. She went in and kissed him softly on the cheek.

"What do you think will happen next year?" Amy asked.

"I don't know." Rory shrugged. He smiled at Amy as she got up and started walking towards the window. He was truly in love with her. They'd only just finished second year but he knew she just had to be the one. "But whatever happens, we'll be together. Right?"

"Yeah." Amy smiled.

Little did they know that in Nocturne Alley there was a fellow student handing off the names of all the muggle borns in the school to a woman in a shop.

"Amelia Pond, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Craig Owen, Sophie Haggard ..." The woman looked the list over.

"That's not including the half bloods and blood traitors." Mary Denby scoffed. "The worst of the bunch is Rory Williams. No relation to Rhys, Rory's pure blood but he's head over heels for muggleborn Amelia. He's signed up for Muggle Studies next year and is obsessed with muggle culture. He'll be in third year after the summer's over. A scrawny little thing but he's deceptively stronger than he looks." Mary replied. "He's the one who took down Alaya."

"Wait a minute.." The woman in the shop chuckled. "Rory Williams, father Brian Williams, mother Ellie Williams?" She watched as Mary shook her head yes before continuing. "His mother was responsible for the survival of many muggle borns during the second wizarding war." The Mistress smiled. "But I was responsible for her death so... I'm sure killing her son won't be too difficult." The Mistress smiled.