"You don't understand!" Hermione exclaimed angrily to Harry and Ron for the millionth time.
"I understand perfectly, Hermione." Harry replied coldly.
"He's not evil. He's joined the Order and you just can't deal with it. I like him, and…and he likes me. Why can't you just be happy?" Hermione asked, mimicking Ron's words.
"Because no matter how long he will be in the order, I will never trust him. You shouldn't either. Look at these past few years. He tried to kill Dumbledore, Hermione. These are pure facts. You just can't face them!" Harry spat at her.
Ron was standing farther back than Harry, a dark look on his face. Until now he had been silent.
"Hermione, I understand. But you know we can't trust him. Not after Hogwarts." He said sadly.
"Yes, you can! It's called a second chance!" Hermione exclaimed, shaking with rage.
"Dumbledore gave Snape a second chance, look what came out of it!" Harry snarled.
"Fine! Be angry! See if I care." She said, shaking with rage as she walked out the door.
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Hailey and Misty were eagerly awaiting the next week. After all, that's when Ron's family would be coming.
"You know, Ron's pretty cute. I bet his brothers are, too." Hailey said mischievously.
"I know!" Misty exclaimed excitedly.
"You know I can hear you, right?" Ron asked, his ears red, coming through the kitchen door.
"Oh no, Hermione and Draco?" Hailey asked sympathetically, getting up and starting to make tea.
"Yeah." Ron sighed.
"Oh just leave them alone. They're cute together." Misty said innocently, grabbing a cup of tea.
"It's a lot less simple than that. We were enemies at school. Arch enemies. He tried to kill Dumbledore." Ron explained sadly.
"We know, it was in the papers. I truly believe that he's switched sides, though. If you saw he and Hermione together, you'd understand." Hailey said smiling.
Hailey gave herself and Ron a cup of tea and they sat there, quietly sipping, for a few minutes before Ron said, "Really?"
"Yes." Hailey and Misty said in unison with grins.
Ron grinned too and walked out, probably off to find Hermione.
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Sirius was putting up a huge Christmas tree in the living room when Serenity came in.
"Hi Sirius. Can I help?" Serenity asked pleasantly.
"Sure." Sirius said smiling.
Serenity could hear Harry and Hermione arguing upstairs. She thought that Hermione and Draco were indeed a cute couple, but that Harry had a good reason to not trust him. It made Serenity sad to think of all the confusion Hermione must have been going through. She was lucky to find Ron so easily.
Sirius noticed her sudden halt of putting lights on the tree and said, "Don't worry, they'll work it out."
Serenity smiled. She listened for a moment and heard Harry scream something. His was louder than usual and she was pretty sure she heard him say, "HE'S AN EVIL BASTARD, HERMIONE!" before she strung another strand of white Christmas lights on.
"They'll work it out." Sirius repeated, looking her in the eyes.
Serenity wasn't sure she believed him, but why question it?
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(AN: Lets just skip forward a week here. Harry and Hermione are still fighting. Ron made up with Hermione, but still doesn't fully trust Draco.)
Misty, Hailey, and Serenity were all in Serenity's room getting their make-up on and their clothes picked out.
"Hey Hailey! Try a red shirt, it'll look good with your hair." Misty called through the avalanche of clothes pouring out of Serenity's closet.
"Thanks!" She called back, ceasing the clothes storm.
Serenity picked out a dark-blue tee shirt with her favorite pair of faded jeans. Misty ended up wearing camouflage pants with a black tee shirt and Hailey put on the red tee shirt Misty had recommended with dark brown corduroys.
"They'll be here in an hour or so, you don't need to do this now!" Ron said walking through the door.
"And in an hour or so when they get here, we'll be done." Hailey said exasperatedly, reaching for the curling iron.
Ron mumbled, "Women." Quietly before disappearing down the hall.
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Draco and Hermione were talking quietly in Hermione's room. He had been explaining what had REALLY happened 'that night' (as they called it) when Ron walked in awkwardly.
"Um, Hermione, Misty wants you down the hall." He said quietly.
Ron stayed rooted to the spot while Hermione went to Serenity's room.
"Weasley." Draco said without the usual edgy tone in his voice.
"Look, I'm sorry about Harry, but he makes a point." Ron said quickly, trying to get it out of the way.
"Ah yes, Potter. He has been rather nasty lately, hasn't he?" Draco asked coolly, sitting up on Hermione's bed.
"All I'm saying is that if you want us to trust you, prove it." Ron said daringly.
"I will, don't worry." Draco said with a small smirk.
"You really care about her, don't you?" He asked quietly, the smirk getting smaller.
"Of course." Ron replied, his face blank.
But before he walked out again, he turned back and said, "If you hurt her you'll find yourself fearing for your life." Rather softly and went to the kitchen.
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Harry had been locked away in Buckbeak's old room for almost two days now. The fact that Hermione wouldn't believe him no matter how much he argued worried him.
' Harry, they'll know you're right in the end.' A small voice in his head (that deeply resembled Ginny) said.
But a bigger one came in and argued, 'But it's Draco Malfoy! She should know that I'm right NOW.' This one sounded more like himself.
Harry looked at his watch and reminded himself that the Weasleys would be here in about half-an-hour. With that he went to take a shower and change.
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When the loud doorbell echoed through the house noting the Weasleys' arrival, Misty and Hailey were making last minute changes to their hair, Serenity was looking for a bracelet, Ron was putting an ornament onto the tree, Harry was sitting on the couch moodily, and Hermione and Draco were drinking coffee in the kitchen. But when they heard the bell, everyone stopped what they were doing and quickly made it to the front door.
"Merry Christmas Molly!" Sirius said happily as he opened the door.
"Oh merry Christmas to you too!" Mrs. Weasley said with a hug.
Hailey cleared her throat loudly and Sirius said, "Oh, yes, meet our guests!"
But before Mrs. Weasley could, the others came piling in.
(AN: I really couldn't think of any other way to make it make sense other than to have everyone be the same age as they were before. Ginny sort of grew up from her 16 year old self, yes, but every one else is the same. I'm truly sorry because this sort of ruins it. Please keep reading.)
Fred and George came in first in bright red and green Christmas sweaters.
"Merry Christmas everyone!" Fred and George said merrily.
"Merry Christmas!" Ron said brightly, giving his brothers a hug.
Bill and Charlie came in next, Bill wearing his usual attire, Charlie wearing his hand-knit jumper. Ron hugged these two, too. Last to come in was Mr. Weasley.
"Hello Sirius, Ron, Harry, Hermione…ah, forget it. Merry Christmas." He said happily, joining Ron and Charlie's hug.
"Hello, I'm Misty Swann. Auror." Misty said, sticking out her arm.
"Hailey Madison. Also an Auror." Hailey said, also putting her hand out to be shaken.
"Hi, I'm Serenity Lupin." Serenity said with a cheery smile.
Everyone shook hands and the Weasleys introduced themselves.
"Fred, George." The two said in unison.
"Bill." Bill said happily.
"Charlie." Charlie said with bright eyes and a grin.
"I'm Molly, this is Arthur." Mrs. Weasley said, beside herself.
"Well now that we're all friendly, anyone want butterbeer?" Sirius asked joyfully.
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Hours later when dinner was over and everyone was full, there were many conversations around the table. Fred and George were talking to Misty and Hailey about their business, Bill and Harry were having a talk about the tight security at Gringotts, Charlie was telling Serenity about dragons, Mrs. Weasley and Hermione were discussing the efficiency of different household cleaning spells, Mr. Weasley was having a chat about the Ministry to Sirius and Ron was talking to Draco awkwardly.
"Ron, I'm t-t-tired. I'm going up to bed, do you mind?" Serenity said with a shaking yawn.
"Nah. Here, I'll take you." Ron said, abandoning his conversation with Draco and taking her upstairs.
Hailey and Misty shared looks while the Weasleys seemed confused. Mrs. Weasley caught on first.
"That's cute." She said smiling.
By now the rest of them had gotten it, too and were smiling.
"Ahem, we need…to go…do…some things…Misty, Hailey, would you like to join us?" Fred said quickly, offering his hand to Misty.
Hailey giggled and Misty took his hand.
"Yes, we would."
They got up and left the room, no doubt off to get their extendable ears.
Upstairs
"Thanks Ron, that was sweet." Serenity said happily outside her bedroom door.
"No problem." Ron said sheepishly.
"You family is really nice." Serenity said.
"Thanks." Ron said quietly.
"Good night, Ron." Serenity said, kissing Ron on the cheek.
"Night Ren." Ron said, but before he went back downstairs he pulled Serenity into a kiss.
"Hey want to stay with me for a while?" Serenity asked into Ron's shoulder.
"Love to." He replied quietly.
Downstairs
Fred and George were stifling laughter when they heard Serenity and Ron's conversation. Misty had a dreamy look on her face and was cooing at random moments. Misty looked happy, but otherwise bored.
"This…is so…good!" George said, holding back fits of laughter.
Hailey playfully slapped him on the arm.
"Oh, don't be mean! They're so cute together." Hailey said, the dreamy look coming back.
"See, we hear this every day. It gets boring. But…" Misty started with a mischievous grin.
"Draco and Hermione are always a mystery to me." She finished, still with the grin.
Fred and George's mouths fell open. They dropped the extendable ears.
"Hermione? Hermione Granger? With Malfoy? Together? Is this a joke?" Fred was looking very confused when he asked this.
"Nope." Hailey replied.
"Oh that's it…Fred, let's go." But Fred was already heading for the stairs when George said this.
"No! You're acting like Harry!" Misty and Hailey both blocked the stairway.
"Who's acting like me?" Harry asked, coming from the kitchen.
Misty groaned.
"We are apparently. Tell me, is Malfoy hurting Hermione in any way?" Fred asked nastily to Harry.
"Probably." Harry spat.
"Oh for the love of… Listen! All of you! Hermione likes Draco, Draco likes Hermione. Can't you just get over it already? Just let them be, there isn't enough love in the world to squash it out." Misty said impatiently.
Fred and George looked at each other before mumbling, "Sorry."
Harry, however, did not say anything. He just glared at the twins and went upstairs.
"What's his problem?" George asked, sitting down next to Hailey.
"He and Hermione have been fighting for about a week about this." Hailey sighed.
"I would be too. They're really together?" Fred asked again, sitting next to Misty.
"Yeah. And they're really good for each other." Misty said.
Fred and George smiled. "That's good." George said.
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Ron and Serenity were cuddled up on Serenity's bed, Ron stroking Serenity's hair.
"This is nice." Serenity said quietly.
Ron nodded.
"I can't believe this is actually happening." Serenity whispered.
"What?" Ron asked.
"That I'm getting whisked away by three heroes and taken to my Godfather's house. I keep on thinking that I'll wake up one morning back in Rita's condo." Serenity said with a small grin.
"I hope not."
AN: Lots of crazy stuff happened. Including some romances…. MUAHAHAHA! Oh, by the way, this is an updated version and I fixed my 'let them be' thing for Hedwig.