A/N: Hi, everyone. The reviews of the last chapter were amazing. I'm really glad you guys loved it. So, I wanted to reply to some of your reviews.

fickle. flake: Yeah, I didn't think Romione was the best pairing, either. J.K. said that she almost put Fred and Hermione together. That I would have loved to see. I also think at another point she said something about Draco and Hermione being together, too.

Melanie4, DJturnitup, BamBooks15: Thank you all, I'm glad you liked it. :)

Finch98: Nah, but if she did it wouldn't be Ron's. ;)

Kimm Possible: Same here, I always thought Percy was a git.

Aubree Malfoy: Draco will find out very soon.

Alrighty then, here is Chapter 21. Enjoy! :)

Chapter 21: Ron's Punishment

Hermione's POV:

When Fred and I started headed downstairs I felt sick to my stomach. The Ministry would be sentencing Ron, even when I knew he tried to rape me I couldn't help but feel bad for him. Maybe they wouldn't send him to Azkaban. We got downstairs and everyone was there in the living room including Kingsley Shacklebolt who was now head of the Ministry.

"Ah, Hermione, dear. Come sit beside me, will you?" Mrs. Weasley said to me.

I nodded to her and went to sit beside her on the couch.

"Hello, Ms. Granger. Nice to see you, again." Shacklebolt said to me with a smile.

"You, too." I smiled back.

"Now, that we're all here. Would you please explain to me in your own words what exactly happened?" He asked.

"Well, I was in Ginny's room when Ron came in. He had asked to speak to me privately, and I agreed then we went into his room. He shut the door behind me, and he apologized for acting the way he did when I first got here. I accepted his apology and told him if that was all I would leave his room. But that's when he stopped me, and told me that he loved me. He had brought it up the day before we left Hogwarts and I didn't believe him. He said he would prove it to me then he kissed me, and I tried to pull away from him. He, then pushed me onto his bed, and he got on top of me forcing his tongue down my throat." I stopped and tried to keep from breaking down in front of everyone.

Mrs. Weasley handed me a tissue. "Thank you." I said.

"Go on," Kingsley said.

"I felt sick with his hands all over me. I hadn't seen that side of Ron before. I was scared, I tried to push him off me, and I kept telling him to stop, but he just wouldn't budge. He put his hands on breasts then down inside my pants. He said, I thought I was too good for him and that he would show me who was too good for whom. That's when he started to unzip his pants and he pulled my pants down," I swallowed trying to calm down. "But before he could do anything Fred came into the room, and he stopped Ron." I glanced at Fred, then noticed everyone else was looking at him.

"I see." Kingsley said. "Well, it's good that he did. Mr. Weasley - Excuse me, Fred. Will you please explain to me what you did?"

Everyone including myself looked at Fred.

Fred's POV:

"Well, when I saw him on top of her, I screamed at him to get off. And of course, he screamed back at me, but didn't get off of her. So, I pulled him off, and I slammed him up against the wall a few times. I told him that what he was doing wasn't right. I also punched him, too. Everyone rushed into the room after I told George to go get mum. Mum had me put the body binding spell on him and sent him downstairs after yelling at him, of course. She went down to owl you. And I stayed upstairs comforting 'Mione until you got here."

I looked over at Hermione and smiled. She smiled back. Then I looked back up at Kingsley. He was taking down notes.

"I see well, I believe I will have to do something with Ron, then. Of course, since he only attempted to rape her I cannot send him to Azkaban. I trust you know that, correct?" He looked over at mum.

"What do you mean you can't send him to Azkaban?" I said to him as calm as I could.

He turned his head toward me.

"Because he didn't actually rape her, Mr. Weasley. That is why we cannot do that."

"Well, what can you do? I do not want my son even near her, let alone in my own home." Mum said in a cold tone.

"Yes, I understand that. What we can do is revoke his wand, and send him to a place where they have underage children under house arrest. It is a sort of home for underage juveniles for boys since he cannot be tried as an adult."

"Well, he would not be allowed back to Hogwarts then?" Mum asked.

"No, not under these circumstances he wouldn't. But he would be taking classes the muggle way, and if he did well in his studies there he would graduate. And be released after his 18th birthday."

"What then after he turns 18?" She asked.

"Well, he would be put to work, and monitored. Then once he made enough money to get his own place, where he would not be monitored he would be on his own. Until reported by someone or caught actually raping someone he would then be tried as an adult and put in Azkaban. That's about all we could do." He said.

"I see. Well, I'll leave you to it then." My mum said to him.

He nodded, and got up from the couch to release Ron from the body binding spell. Ron glared at all of us and looked up at Kingsley.

"Now, Mr. Weasley, I am going to have to confinscate your wand."

"My wand? You're not taking my wand."

"Now, now Mr. Weasley, you do not want to get into anymore trouble as it is. I suggest you listen to me."

I heard Ron curse under his breath and handed his wand to Kingsley.

"Please, go and gather some clothes of yours and a few other necessities for your trip." He said to Ron.

He sighed and cursed a few more times in a low voice. I couldn't understand anything he said. He turned and walked up the stairs towards his room. Kingsley followed behind him.

It was an awkward silence between us all. Until Kingsley and Ron appeared back downstairs. Ron had a suitcase in his hands glaring at us.

"Well, I guess we'll be off now. As for me, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. Lovely to see you all, again." He said to us all.

"You, too. Goodbye, Kingsley." My mum said to him.

He smiled and nodded then walked out of the house with Ron. They quickly disappeared afterwards.

I heard my mum sigh and she got up from the couch, and said, "Well, now that that's all over, lunch is ready."

She gave Hermione a hug and whispered to her. Then she walked into the kitchen setting out plates and silverware.

I walked over to Hermione after Ginny and Harry were done speaking to her.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

"Yeah. I'm a little shocked, though. I can't believe Ron won't be returning to Hogwarts with Harry, Ginny, and I."

"I bet. But he got what he deserves." I hugged her.

"Thank you for being there for me. You've been a great friend, Fred. I don't know what would have happened if you weren't there to stop him." She said hugging me back.

"Don't think about that alright? And you're welcome. Let's go have some lunch." I let go of her and smiled.

She nodded and we headed to the kitchen.

Hermione's POV:

The lunch was lovely, even though I could hardly eat after what had happened. Fred kept looking over to me to see if everything was alright with me. I smiled at him. He really was a great friend. After lunch, I got up and decided I should write Draco since he didn't know. I dreaded the feeling he would get once he read the letter, but he should know what had happened. I went upstairs to Ginny's room to get some parchment and an ink quill then began to write:

Dear Draco,

I'm writing you because you need to know what all has happened. I got to The Burrow and everything was going okay until Ron flipped out about the bracelet and how I was wearing your necklace. Later he came to apologize to me, but he wanted to talk to me alone. I know, I made the biggest mistake doing that. He lead me into his room where he forced himself on me. He almost raped me, but his older brother Fred ended up saving me. Ron was later sentenced to a juvenile boys home where he will learn the muggle way. He will not return to Hogwarts with us this year. I just needed you to know. Please do not worry about me, I am fine now. I cannot tell you how much I miss you, though. I can't wait to see you soon.

Hope everything is going well with you and your mother.

Love always,

Hermione

I folded the letter up, placed it into the envelope and sealed it. I went back downstairs and sent the letter off with Errol. I really missed Draco, but I just hoped he wouldn't do something reckless knowing how angry he gets at some things.

I had a few more hours until it was dinner time so, I went back upstairs to get a book from my trunk. Once I had my book I went downstairs to read it on the couch. I hadn't seen Harry, Ginny, the twins, or Mrs. Weasley since lunch time. But I was guessing they were all outside playing in the snow except for Mrs. Weasley, she was probably in her room sowing or something, I didn't know. I sat down on the couch and opened my book from Harry and Ginny. And began reading it. I knew every page, front to back of my favorite book. Hogwarts: A History. I always thought the school's history was fascinating and finding out about the four founders of the school. But the one founder, Rowena Ravenclaw always fascinated me the most. I knew that the sorting hat wanted to place me into Ravenclaw in my first year. I would have been happy to be accepted into such an amazing house, but I was happier to be in such a house like Gryffindor was.

A voice snapped me out of my thoughts and out of the book.

"Hey," Fred said smiling at me. "You wanna come outside and watch us play some Quidditch?"

"Sure, why not." I sat my book down on the table in front of me, and headed outside.

A/N: A little shorter chapter, I know but I did want to work on Draco's part once he got the letter. That will be in Chapter 22. So, you will get to see how he reacts and such. :) ~VampireQueenBrittany