As soon as the other students came back to the castle Draco was at Alyson's side. Madam Pomfrey said she would have to miss the first week of her classes which she didn't mind she wasn't focused on studies right now just trying to stay alive. Now that her feelings for Fred had been placed out in the open she knew the Death Eaters would be more ruthless than ever. Fred told Alyson not to worry as he left for work for the first time in weeks. George had to practically beg Fred to come help him out at work. Fred finally caved in when Ginny volunteered to watch over Alyson which shocked all three of them. Ginny did have to attend her classes so of course Alyson was in the hospital wing alone when Draco burst through the doors.
"Alyson! I'm so sorry" he said as he fell to his knees next to her bed and took her hand in his.
"Draco don't make a scene" Alyson giggled at him.
"I was so worried, Greyback said he had attacked you and was making sure that I was around whenever he mentioned it" Draco said as he closed his eyes and pressed Alyson's hand to his face.
"I'm fine really I am but they burnt down Molly's house" Alyson whispered.
"They did what? Is everyone okay?" he asked as his head shot up and his eyes locked with hers.
"They're fine I got them out just as the house was exploding. They were smart about it they drew out the strongest fighters into the field before coming after me." Alyson explained as she looked down.
"I cant believe he did this to you, I'll kill him!" Draco spat as he looked up to Alyson who was covered in bandages, had two IVs in both arms, and was covered in bruises and cuts.
"No Draco you cant." Alyson said as she tried to pull herself up towards him.
"I'm not going to just sit here and let him get away with this, the dark lord has no idea he did this to you." Draco hissed.
"And what about Fred, does he know about him?" Alyson almost whispered.
"Why would he know about Fred?" Draco asked as his eyes locked with Alyson's.
"They tried to get me to kill him, I refused. You know how I am around my mom and I just let it slip." Alyson whispered.
"And that's when Greyback snuck up behind us and threw the spell at Fred, so I pushed him out of the way and got hit. Greyback wasn't attacking me, he was attacking Fred" Alyson confessed.
Draco let Alyson's hand fall from his as he turned his eyes to the floor.
"What did you tell them?" he asked bluntly.
"The truth" Alyson replied her eyes on Draco hoping he would understand.
"And what's the truth?" he asked still not looking at her.
"Draco, I love him." Alyson said.
"Draco I'm so sorry" Alyson whispered as she reached her left hand out to try and comfort him. Draco's eyes darted towards her hand as a look of disgust crossed his face.
"You're engaged?" he sneered suddenly as he got to his feet.
"What? No! Draco!" Alyson called after him as he turned and rushed out of the room before hearing anything she had to say.
Alyson laid there starring at the ceiling sighing heavily.
"Let him go, it's probably for the best" said a voice as Snape appeared from out of the shadows.
"Snape?" Alyson said as he neared her bed and sat in the chair next to her.
"So it's true you did tell your mom you loved that boy. I didn't believe it at first I didn't think you'd be that stupid." Snape said boldly.
"It just slipped out I didn't mean to say it" Alyson said as she turned her eyes down and played with her ring.
"You're not engaged though?" Snape asked eyeing Alyson up looking for any signs of dishonesty.
"It's a promise ring" Alyson explained as she looked up at Snape.
"And you took a spell for the boy" Snape exhaled as he looked her over.
"If that's not love I don't know what is" Snape replied as he patted Alyson on the hand.
"Did Bellatrix tell the dark lord?" Alyson asked quietly not looking at Snape.
"No. I think she wants to handle this on her own because…" Snape started but didn't finish.
"Because I'm promised to the dark lord, and expected to carry his child" Alyson growled under her breath.
"How did you?" Snape asked as he looked up at her suddenly.
"I heard you and Draco in the astronomy tower"
"I should have known, wherever Draco is you usually aren't too far behind and vice versa" Snape chuckled.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Alyson grumbled.
"I know it was you who put the idea of a unbreakable vow in his mother's head" Snape confessed to her.
"You did? But why didn't you say anything? Aren't you mad?" Alyson asked as she looked up at him suddenly.
"No, I think it was brilliant. You guaranteed his safety and the best part is the dark lord has no idea" Snape replied with a slight chuckle.
"You wish you would have done the same for Lily" Alyson said slowly.
"I do, you and I have quite a bit in common Miss Frost. But I must warn you Miss Frost you shouldn't parade around with Weasley if the dark lord finds out he will destroy him just as he did Lily" Snape warned as he got up looked at Alyson for a second and then turned on his heel and exited the room.
Alyson laid there starring at the celling, thinking about everything that had happened the last few months. How she had gotten from being the most loyal death eater to a secret member of the order, one the order didn't even know about. Alyson laughed to herself and laid back in the bed. Fred Weasley was going to be the death of her she just knew it. But she also knew she was madly in love with him and would do anything and everything to keep him safe including taking on the dark lord alone.
It took Alyson a few days to get back in the swing of things. Fred had made Harry, Ron and Hermione to walk her to and from every class. Making sure she was never alone though Alyson didn't mind it, it kept her mind off of Draco. Alyson was sitting in the Gryffindor common room with Hermione doing their potions homework, they found they could get a better score if they worked together and since Hermione had be struggling in that class Alyson agreed to help her out.
"This is impossible" Hermione sighed as she went over the directions to a sleeping draft.
"No its not, let me go see if Harry will let me borrow that book of his" Alyson said as she rose to her feet.
"Good Luck!" Ginny laughed from the sofa.
"You wont be able to part him from his half blood prince" Hermione snickered as the girls laughed with her.
"You'd think he sleeps with that book the way he goes on with it" Alyson giggled noticing that Hermione and Ginny were not laughing with her.
"He does" Ginny confessed with a giant smile which made Alyson and Hermione roar out with laughter.
"Wait so wait, You're telling me that when you and Harry are sleeping together you have to share the bed with not only him but the half blood prince as well?" Alyson asked through her laughing.
Ginny didn't say anything she just looked down making Alyson and Hermione laugh even harder.
"Well Ginny you chose him" snorted Hermione threw her laughs.
"Here, Here!" Alyson said as she lifted her drink to Ginny.
"To Ginny, harry and his half-blood prince" Alyson teased as she sipped from her cup while Hermione did the same.
Just then there was a commotion coming from the top of the steps. Alyson's eyes darted to the stairs as Ron and Hermione came climbing down.
"Oh the moon is so beautiful just like her" Ron sighed loudly.
Harry's face was red and he had his hand on Ron's robes while he dragged him quickly behind him.
"Just like who?" Alyson asked as she looked to Ron and harry who stopped dead in their tracks.
"Lavender of course" huffed Hermione as she turned her attention back to her books.
"No ew who could like a girl like that honestly" Ron replied.
Alyson's jaw dropped and she turned to Hermione.
"Then who were you talking about Ron?" asked Ginny.
"Romilda of course" Ron said as he sighed heavily.
"I'm sorry what?" Alyson shot as she looked from Ron to Harry.
"Well we'll just be going" Harry said quickly as he grabbed Ron's arm and pulled him along.
Alyson watched as they climbed through the portrait.
"What the bloody hell was that about?" Alyson asked as she looked from the portrait to Hermione but Hermione had disappeared from her spot. Alyson looked around the room and noticed her climbing up the stairs with tears flowing down her face.
"I'm just gonna go…" Alyson said as she started towards the stairs.
"Don't, there's nothing you can say that will make that better" Ginny said softly as she looked to Alyson with sympathy in her eyes.
"The poor girl" Alyson said as she sat next to Ginny.
Alyson and Ginny headed to bed not to long after that and Alyson had just fallen off to sleep when the domintory door banged open and the light came on over head.
"Bloody Hell Mom please can I have five more minutes!" Ginny cried as she pulled the blanket over her head.
"Miss Granger, Miss Saunders I need you two to come with me now" said a voice.
Alyson forced her eyes open and before her stood Professor McGonagall.
"Ugh are you kidding" Alyson glared as she looked over at the clock and noticed it was four am.
"No I most certainly am not, please get dressed and meet me in the common room, now" she added as she made her way out of the room.
Alyson groaned and threw the sheets up. Hermione was already struggling to pull her clothes on.
"What do you think she could possibly want at this time of the day?" Alyson growled as she pulled on Fred's sweater that he had let her borrow while she was in the hospital wing. Alyson loved it because it smelt like him.
"I don't know but I want to find out" Alyson replied as she got up and headed towards the door.
Alyson pulled her pants up and zipped them before slipping into her flats and heading down the steps after Hermione.
McGonagall was waiting downstairs near the fire for them.
"Quickly lets go" she replied as she made her way towards the portrait.
"Aren't you even going to tell us what's going on?" Alyson huffed as she threw up her arms in the air in frustration as she fell in step behind her and Hermione.
"It may better if you see if for yourself" she replied quickly as she swept down the stairs and headed towards the great hall.
"UGH!" Alyson groaned as she stepped off the last step.
Professor McGonagall lead them down another hallway and then up another flight of steps. Alyson fell behind as she climbed up the stairs cussing the entire way up under her breath.
As Alyson came up the top step she realized she was near the hospital wing. She looked around and saw Harry and a bunch of the professors gathered around a bed. Hermione was standing at the foot of the bed with a look of horror on her face.
Alyson didn't need to see another thing as she burst into a sprint and came upon the bed. In the bed was Ron and he was out cold and was very pale.
"RON!" Alyson exclaimed as she made her way next to Harry and looked over at him.
"What happened?" Hermione sobbed.
"Very powerful love potion" Harry mumbled.
"What? What is he going on about?" Alyson asked as she pointed to Harry.
"Ron ate a box of chocolates that had been tampered with. He came to me for help and I gave him a drink to cheer him and it was laced with poison" Slughorn explained as he looked at the ground.
"Lucky Mr. Potter here came up with a quick solution" Snape said flatly.
"Harry you?" Hermione said as she looked from Ron to Harry and then in an instant threw herself at Harry and hugged him.
"You saved him" She sobbed into his shoulders.
"Hermione it's going to be okay" Harry said softly as he rubbed her back.
"Why did you poison the drink Professor" Hermione cried out.
"I didn't!" he squeaked sounding so guilty.
"He bought it as a present for me, he didn't know. It's not his fault Hermione" Dumbledore said trying to help calm her.
When the words left his lips Alyson's anger began to grow. She instantly knew who had done it. Her fingers dug into her palms as she clenched her hands together and her body tensed. Her blood was pumping and she was pissed.
"Alyson your eyes are red" Harry whispered so that only her and Hermione could hear it.
Hermione glanced up and looked at Alyson.
"I need to go get Ginny and owl Ron's family" Alyson said as she turned to leave.
"We already sent an owl." McGonagall said quietly.
"But Ginny should have been here before me that's her brother" Alyson growled as she felt her body start to shake.
"We wanted you here first to be here when Fred arrived" she explained.
"Tell him I'll be right back" Alyson hissed as she dashed out of the hospital wing and took off for the dungeons.
She was so furious all she could see was red and as she descended down the stairs towards the Slytherin common room she didn't get far because who was walking down the hallway alone other than Draco Malfoy.
Draco glanced up when he saw Alyson and quickly turned away.
"What do you want?" he asked coldly.
Alyson didn't stop she walked up to him pulled her fist back with all her might and punched him in the face.
Draco dropped to the floor covering his nose with his hands.
"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WAS THAT FOR!" he shouted at her through his hands.
"YOU'RE A FOWL GIT!" Alyson said as she screamed at him as she pulled her wand out and aimed it for him.
"HEY!" he screamed back at her as he rolled out of the way as she threw a curse at him.
"YOU ALMOST KILLED HIM!" she screamed as she shot another spell at him.
"KILLED WHO!?" he shouted back.
"IF I COULD ID KILL YOU MYSELF RIGHT NOW!" Alyson shouted as she shot another spell at him.
Draco again dodged it and grabbed his own wand out and started shooting spells back at Alyson.
"Stupefy!" he shouted but Alyson flicked her wand and deflected it as Voldemort had taught her to do.
"Crucio!" Alyson spat as the spell shot at Draco and missed bouncing off the walls leaving a deep burn mark in the wall.
"ARE YOU CRAZY!" Draco shouted at her before he ran and tackled her to the ground.
Alyson's wand flew out of her hand as she thrashed like mad to get away from Draco. She swung her arms but he was stronger he pinned her arms to the ground and so she kicked him hard. Draco gasped and rolled to the side as Alyson made a dash for her wand. She held it in her hand in was about to cast another spell when someone shouted from behind her.
"Expelliarmus" Snape said as Alyson's wand jumped out of her hand and Snape caught it.
"Stop it!" Snape shouted at her as she tried to hit Draco again.
Snape ran up and placed his arms around her trying to keep her from attacking him again.
"I TRUSTED YOU! AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME BY POISONING FRED'S BROTHER!" Alyson shouted at Draco who was lying on the ground.
"Alyson he didn't do this on purpose" Snape exclaimed as he tried to calm her down.
Tears poured out of Alyson's eyes as she sunk to the ground.
"HE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM!" she managed to shout through her tears.
"Alyson please see reason, he was just trying to complete the task" Snape argued.
"What if it was Fred laying there instead of Ron" Alyson cried as she buried her face in Snape's arm.
"It wasn't Alyson, he didn't mean it. Please stop this" he said to her as Draco slowly got himself off the ground and made his way towards them. He reached out his hand to touch Alyson but she flinched away.
"Stay away me!" she spat.
Draco's stepped back and starred at her with pain written all over his face.
"I hate you" she whispered as she looked up at Draco with tears falling down her face.
It was the last thing she said before she pulled herself out of Snape's arms and took off running. She didn't know where she was going but she had to get out of here. She had just stepped outside Hogwart's front doors when she saw someone rushing towards her.
"Alyson, oh god what's wrong?" Fred called as he ran to her and she collapsed in his arms.
She grabbed him tightly and buried her head in his chest and sobbed like mad.
"It's okay, Ron's going to be okay" Fred said as he rubbed her back.
"No its not okay" Alyson replied through her tears.
"Oh come on now its going to be fine" he replied.
"No it won't. It's not ever going to be fine"
"Look at me, im here and nothing is going to happen I promise" he said as he took her chin in his hand and pulled her face up to his.
"It could have been you" Alyson admitted as more tears escaped from her eyes.
"Oh Alyson" he said as he pulled her into him again and squeezed her tight.
"Shhh" he cooed as he tried to calm her.
"Alyson, look at me." He said as she slowly brought her face up to his.
"I can't promise that things are going to be okay. But I can promise that I will fight like hell for you. I want to be with you Alyson and I'm going to marry you and there's nothing in this world, not even death that can keep us apart." Fred whispered as Alyson pulled him into her and kissed him roughly on the lips.
"I love you Fred" she whispered as they pulled apart.
"And I love you, now come on before you catch a cold" he said as he helped her back into the castle.
Fred stayed with Alyson for the rest of the day in the hospital wing with Ron. They sat close together huddled in the corner next to his bed holding each other's hand tightly. Alyson didn't know what she would do without him. Fred was everything to her and she was so scared that something terrible was going to happen to him because of her.