Dru had put on a cardigan and walked out into the garden. Everybody inside was talking about Rose's new found family. But all she could think about how she was going to lose hers. It was breaking her heart, but she knew it was the right thing to do, she wanted to be with Neville.

But when Arthur told her and Ginny that they had to stay in hiding until the war was over, she had felt her heart stop. She had to figure out a way to get to Neville safely, but with all the safety measures, just apparating off the grounds wasn't possible. Only members of the Order could take people to and away fromMuriel's cottage.

She walked into the orchard and sat down on the table. She closed her eyes, trying to think of what to do next.

Fred had followed Dru out to the garden and put an arm around her. "Welcome home," he said with a smile. "Are you okay?"

Dru took a deep breath and shook her head. "No, I mean, I am, but we're not."

"I know we're not, but I just want to make sure you're okay first before talking about us."

She looked at him and swallowed, before she looked back to the ground. "Rose told you."

"Yeah, sort of. I'm just afraid that you're not okay, that whatever happened with Goyle that it has destroyed you and I just need to know if I can do something or something." Fred said slowly, trying to find the words. He didn't really know what to say. He was almost positive that Neville had helped her through it all. "But I suppose that you've had help at Hogwarts already to deal with it all, haven't you?"

Dru nodded. "I...I'm not there yet, but I'm getting there."

"I'm so sorry that I didn't... well couldn't do anything to get you out sooner. This shouldn't have happened."

Dru looked up at him and placed her hand on his cheek. "Fred, this is not your fault, nobody could have stopped this. This was coming for a long time, I'm just sorry that Rose got dragged into this."

He covered her hand with his and looked into her eyes. "I know it's not my fault, but still... I love you, you're my wife. I should have been there for you," he took a deep breath. "I want us to get through this, and it's probably harder now that we're stuck at Aunt Muriel's but I promise you, from now on it's just you and me."

Dru looked down to her hands. "Fred, I don't think we can."

"Yes, we can," he smiled at her and caressed her hair. "I know we can, because you know why?"

"No,"

"Because I love you and you love me and that's all that matters. You and me. Noone else."

Dru shook her head and got off the table. "You always say that, but sooner or later you'll chose George over me again. I can't do this anymore."

"No, I mean it," Fred said and pulled her back towards him. "When the war is over, you and I are going to move to our own apartment, wherever you want it to be. You were right all along and I was just too stupid to see that. We should have moved out the day we got married, which was my original plan but... "

Dru looked at him. "What?"

He smiled at her. "George talked me out of it," he gave a shrug. "But mum was right, George and I sabotage each other's lives because we really want to stay together and that's just wrong. I married you, not George. We had a huge row about this a few weeks back, but we both see sense now. You're my wife. You should come first, always. Anytime, every time and forever. I love you."

Dru swallowed hard. If he had said this four months ago, she wouldn't have given in to her feelings for Neville. This was all she had wanted to hear back then, but it was too late now, wasn't it?.

"I want us to become a better couple, I am trying to be a better husband and I want this to work. Please give me another chance?" He was on his knees now and had taken hold of her hands. "Please Dru? I honestly don't know what I'd do without you."

Dru shook her head. "It's too late. I can't do this anymore. I mean.." She started crying.

He got to his feet and put his arms around her, pulling him close to her. "I love you, so much, Dru. Please don't let it be too late, give me one last chance, I'll prove to you that I can change, that we can be great together."

"I love you too, but I...I came back to tell you it's over." she said softly.

"Please tell me you don't mean that," he looked at her. "Please, Dru?"

Dru's bit her lip. "I..." She just didn't know what to say anymore. She loved Neville more than she had ever loved him before and it was right between them, but she had never stopped loving Fred. He had always found a way to sweep her off her feet. "I don't know what to do anymore."

"Give me some time to make things right again. If it doesn't work out, then it doesn't work out, please? I mean, I've been preparing a nice picnic with just the two of us in a secluded area of Aunt Muriel's orchard for weeks and I thought we could do that tomorrow, after you've rested a little and settled in? I have all your favorite fruits. Nice sweet strawberries and all that." He softly kissed her lips. "I want to make us work."

Dru felt her heart break and started sobbing against his chest. She didn't know how to chose now. She loved both her men.

"Remember our vows? I said I will always remain faithful to you through good times and the bad ones, I will always be at your side, through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. and you said that you couldn't love anyone the way you love me and no matter what happens as long as I have you with me, I'll know I'll make it through, you said. Please, Dru. Give me another chance."

She slowly nodded, biting on her bottom lip.

He softly kissed her lips and wiped her tears away. "I promise, I'm going to do better," he said softly and softly kissed her again.

She put her arms around his neck as she let herself get lost in his kiss. She pulled him closer to her. "But you have to promise me, never to put George before me again."

"I won't, I swear, I won't."

She nodded and closed her eyes as she put her head against his chest. She was still crying as she felt how she had broken her own heart in two, but Fred was right, she was married and it wasn't fair to just give that up, no matter how much she loved Neville. "How long do we need to stay here?"

"I don't know," Fred sighed. "To be honest, I'm already fed up with Aunt Muriel and the lack of space, but there are plenty of places in the Orchard that we can use if we want to be alone and out of the wind and warm and all that. I've already checked out the best places and for our picnic tomorrow we have a wonderful view of the lake." He softly caressed her back. "But at least we're safe here."

Dru nodded. "Could we stay out here for a bit longer then? I don't want Adrianna to see me cry."

He chuckled and smiled at her. "We can stay as long as you want... well until Mum yells that dinner's ready."

She looked up to him and gave him a small smile. "Alright."


Dru was sitting on a picnic blanket by the lake. Fred had really pulled out all the stops. Not only had he made a basket full with finger foods that she loved, he also had made their spot very romantic with candles (it was daylight, but it was sweet all the same), and he had covered the ground with red and pink rose petals.

"You're really have put a lot of work in this, haven't you?" Dru smiled at Fred, who was lying on his side next to where she was sitting.

"Like I said, I'm going to do everything to be a better husband." He smiled at her and pulled her next to him and put his arms around her. "I really missed you, Dru."

Dru smiled at him. "I missed you too." She took a strawberry and held it out in front of his mouth, only to pull it away just as he tried to bite into it. She giggled when she saw his pouty face.

Fred grabbed her wrist and bit into the strawberry, it was very juice and the juices were dripping down Dru's fingers. Fred smiled and licked her fingers clean, making Dru giggle even more. "Hmm, you taste sweet."

'That's the strawberry's." Dru giggled.

"You taste sweet." Fred leaned over her and kissed Dru.

Dru kissed him back. It still felt wrong somehow to kiss him, but she decided to ignore that feeling. She needed to give her marriage a fair chance. She buried her fingers in his hair and raised her knee, which made her skirt ride up.

Fred caressed her thigh and let his fingers slowly slip under her skirt. "You're so beautiful"

Dru giggled. "No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are and adorable too." he chuckled as he kissed her collarbone.

Dru moaned as Fred's fingers were caressing her skin along the line on her panty.

"I missed you, But I don't want to do anything to hurt you." Fred said hoarsely.

"I tell you when to stop." Dru moaned.


That night Fred and George had made a fire outside and the two couples were enjoying the night. Ginny was leaning against a tree chunk and Adrianna had curled herself up against her. She was scared that Lupin hadn't found her mother yet and now all of a sudden, the seventh year student she had looked up too, turned out to be her cousin. "So, let me get this right. Lupin is Rose's godfather too and Remus' wife is Dru's cousin and her guardian."

"Yes, so that makes you part of this family too now." George smiled.

"Just like Hermione and Harry." Ginny said.

"I still can't believe you guys know Harry Potter." Adrianna gushed.

"Ginny used to snog Harry." Dru giggled.

"You what?" Adrianna sat on her knees and looked at GInny. "You've snogged the Harry Potter, the chosen one?"

"He's not the chosen one here, here he's just Harry." Ginny rolled her eyes at the little girl.

Dru leaned against Fred. Having sex that afternoon had been nice and very familiar, it gave her hope that maybe she could work this out with Fred, even though she did feel a huge void in her heart. "I love these fires outside that you two make."

"When we get our own place, we're definitely going to see if it comes with a yard so we can make these in our own garden," Fred smiled at her and softly kissed her.

"Or a roof terrace." Dru smiled. "I need a big kitchen. And we need three bedrooms, one for us, one for our kid and one for our guests."

"You're still only going to have one kid?" GInny asked.

"Maybe two, but not more," Fred chuckled. "It's easy to get lost in a big family and we don't want to do that to our kid."

"No, I love big family, but I love my figure more." Dru chuckled.

"Oh, vanity," Ginny giggled. "Or something else too?"

"Something like what?"

She shrugged. "I dunno."

Rose took a sip of her glass of wine (for some reason Aunt Muriel had a basement full of wine) and leaned in to George. "How many kids do you want?"

"5 or 6." he chuckled.

"Well, we can try... I mean I'd probably have exploded or cracked when we get to three or four..."

George laughed. "I don't want 5 or 6 kids, Sweetie. I'm just messing with you."

"Shame," she shrugged. "Would be fun though, never a quiet moment and they can help you guys out in the store too. Free workers!" She took another sip of her wine.

George smiled as he finished his glass of wine. "You do have a point. If Fred and Dru are only going to have one kid, then we need to have more to even it out."

"You know Rose, I read in one of those medical books you've left behind at Hogwarts that if one of a couple is a twin or comes from a family with twins that there's a higher chance that you'll get twins too. I suppose that now that your family has twins too that it's an even higher chance." Ginny grinned.

"Kaboom!" Rose chuckled. "Exploded Rosie."

"Oh, I'm so not having a kid with you now." Dru said to Fred.

Fred laughed and softly kissed her. "Yes you are, because you love me and I want a mini-Fred."

"But that would ruin my figure. I'm only a tiny person."

"Honey, I will always love you, no matter what you look like."

"Okay, but what if I have a girl, I'm not naming her Fred then."

"Sure you are. Frederika."

"No." Dru playfully hit his chest. "Oh, I so shouldn't have married one of a twin."

"Maybe you should have married Neville then." Ginny remarked as she poured herself another glass of wine.

Dru looked at Ginny in shock. "What did you say?"

"Our Neville?" Adrianna asked.

"Yep, the old married couple," Ginny snickered. "Dru is so lucky to have two boys love her so much that they're both willing to do anything for her."

"Don't be so stupid, Ginny. I'm married to Fred, not Neville." She tried to hold back her tears, she didn't want to be remembered of Neville.

"Ginny, maybe you shouldn't drink more," George said.

"Neville did hate it when Lavender tried to cut of Dru's hair." Adrianna remarked as she sipped on her pumpkin juice.

"Yeah, but he didn't like me cutting off my hair either." Rose pointed out. "And to be honest, I regret it a little."

"Yes!" George cheered. "No more cutting off the hair!"

Dru looked at Ginny as she crawled against Fred. She was wondering if Ginny knew more than she should. "Neville is just a friend, Ginny, you know that."

"But you did sleep in his bed a few times." Adrianna said sheepishly. A few of the students went looking for Neville and found the two lying in each other arms on his bed.

"Alright nosey," Rose chuckled. "Time to go to bed." She wanted to get up but maybe had a little bit too much and fell back into George's lap. She sighed and got up even slower, managing to stand up straight and waited for Adrianna to get up too. "Come on, your bed awaits."

"Neville was because he didn't want me to sleep alone if I got depressed, that's all." Dru said to Fred, it wasn't a lie, technically.

"Yeah, I figured as much," Fred softly kissed her. "As long as he didn't get the wrong idea."

"He didn't and besides that, I'm not going back to Hogwarts."

"I trust you, remember?" He smiled at her. "And yes, even when it concerns Neville, he's done a good job in helping you through all of the shit lately because I couldn't be there so I should be grateful that you had him."

Dru nodded and rested her head against his shoulder. "I probably will hardly see him now anyway."

"After all of this is over we should throw him a thank you party." Fred smiled. "For keeping the three of you safe."

"That's a good idea, but I don't think he would be up for that."

"He'd better be," George gave a nod.

"He's not planning coming near Rose again. He feels so guilty."

"Rose knows it wasn't him, Neville shouldn't feel guilty."

"He feels guilty for the both of us. They used him to get to us, because they knew Rose and I trust him more than anyone else at Hogwarts. When he found out that Crabbe was still looking like Neville, it broke him."

"Yeah but it's not like he laid a hand on Rose, so he shouldn't feel guilty. It's not his fault, nor yours, nor Rose's." George said.

Dru sighed. "What is they had used your hairs as then had raped Ginny, imagine how you would feel. Neville has been looking at Rose like a sister for years now. And he knows it wasn't him, but he can't shake the feeling. I'm worried about him. He's all alone now."

"We can't go to him, it'll put him and his grandmother in danger," Fred said and shuddered. "And yes, I feel sorry for Neville because I just threw up in my mouth a little, thanks for the imagery, Dru."

""Well, that's how our life has been like." Dru said cold.

Ginny was shaking and crawled to George and sat next to him. "Don't worry, I know you'd never hurt me."

He put his arm around his sister and gave her a small smile. "You're safe now, that's all that matters."

Dru scooted a little away from Fred. "You guys just don't get it."

"They'll never get it, don't worry," Rose said, making her way back over to the group. She inelegantly sat down on the other side of George and put her head against his shoulder. "You can try all you want but it'll only frustrate you and it won't help anyone." She picked up her glass again and downed it on one go before reaching for the bottle and refilled her glass.

After a quiet five minutes George looked at Rose. "Have you thought of names for our kids?"

She blinked at him and then looked at her stomach before looking back at him. "I'm not pregnant yet."

"Well, apparently I'm having either Fred of Frederika."

Rose looked at Dru and blinked. "Are you pregnant then? How?"

"No, you moron." Dru laughed. "I'm not having a baby for another three years or so."

"I just don't see the point in picking out names before, you know, there's actually a pregnancy or a kid."

Dru shrugged. "Fred wants a mini-Fred."

"Let's hope then that Fred can make mini-Fred's because it could be that he could only make the female versions and then you get mini-Dru's."

"I hadn't thought about that." Dru looked up at Fred. "Sorry, no mini-Freds for you."

"Rosie, they're just having a talk about the future." George smiled and winced as Ginny kicked him in her sleep.

"She's a kicker," Rose laughed and reached over to tickle Ginny to make her turn around. "There you go, kick free."

George scooted over to Rose's side and pulled her on his lap. "Well, when are we going to start making babies?"

"After May, apparently." She gave a nod and put her arms around his neck. "I'm drunk," she giggled.

"I know, I love you drunk." George chuckled, he too was getting drunk, "So, this May?"

"Yeah, after May. I just said that, didn't I?" she blinked at him and looked at him for a moment. "Wrong ear? No..." she chuckled and softly kissed him.

"Wait, you're going to have kids now?" Dru said shocked.

"Well not before you poop one out." Rose shrugged. "But after May is a good time to start practising."

"I'm not having kids for another few years. Fred and I had decided it was too early for kids."

"I love pratice." George smiled as he kissed Rose passionately.

"Oh, that's interesting," Rose said and blinked at George. "I didn't see that one coming."

Dru shook her head and poured Fred and herself another glass of wine. "Are we seriously now going to watch them make out?"

"We're not going to make out," Rose said and shook her head. "No, not here."

"I have a different opinion."

"I'm in control. I might be drunk but I'm in control." She glared at George.

"Ah, but these opinions change when you mix them with alcohol. If both parties are drunk, the control shifts." George pushed Rose on her back. "Don't worry, I'm only going to kiss you." he whispered in her ear, before kissing her neck.

"No, George, we're not doing this now." Rose gently pat his shoulder and made her way out from under him. "Not with them here and not now and..." she shuddered and scrambled to her feet. "Yeah, better stop now because now you can still stop," she muttered as she walked off to the house. "Don't forget to bring Ginny inside."

George sighed and picked up a sleeping Ginny. "Don't forget to put out the fire, Freddie senior." He walked inside, nearly banging Ginny's head on the doorpost.

"Oh, we're alone now," Fred chuckled and softly kissed Dru on her lips.

Dru kissed him back, but suddenly looked up as she felt the DA galleon burn in her pocket. She got it out and read the edges. Are you really not coming back? N Dru swallowed. She and Neville had found out how to spell the galleon so that only they could send message that only their two galleons would pick up. "Neville wants to know if Ginny and I are really not coming back." Dru said as she saw Fred look at her.

"George wrote Neville a letter to explain to him that we're in hiding and that it's too dangerous for you two to return to Hogwarts. This was a joint decision between our parents, us, and some of the order before we went into hiding. I mean, we could have stayed at the Burrows so that you could return but it's not safe there, so we went here."

Dru nodded and turned the galleon in her hand. "I know." She bit her lip. We can't come back she patted on the galleon with her wand sending the message back to Neville.

"Don't worry, Rose knows that he'll be safe. She told us about a contingency plan you three had that involved the Room of Requirement?"

"No." Dru shook her head. "Neither me or Neville know anything about that. But Rose was very confused when she left. I think she might have come up with that on her own without telling us yet." She kept holding the galleon in her hand, wondering if he would send a message back.

"Oh, that'd be inconvenient."

Dru shrugged. "Neville will find a way to keep everyone safe. He always does."

Fred softly kissed her and pulled her back in his arms. "I love you, you know that?" he said softly and caressed her back. "What do you want to do tomorrow?"

"I don't know. We could hide some Easter eggs."

He snickered. "Yes! This place is big enough to keep everyone entertained for hours while we sit back and watch them look!"

Dru smiled at him and put her head against his chest, closing her eyes.


The following month passed quietly. Rose was glad that Lupin had managed to track down Adrianna's mother and he had returned her to her. The day after that, Tonks gave birth to their son, Teddy Tonks and much to Lupin's relief, the little boy seemed to take after his mother. Rose and Dru had been allowed to leave Aunt Muriel's place to go and see the new addition to the family.

Dru took Rose's hand and pulled her to the house of her aunt. "I can't believe I have a nephew." Dru gushed. She knocked on the door. "Oh, don't freak out. Auntie looks like Bellatrix." Dru was holding a small package. Rose and Dru had bought some baby clothes last Christmas.

"Uh... okay." Rose said carefully. "Got it."

The door opened and Lupin appeared, looking tired, but he was pointing his wand at them nonetheless.

"Hello, remus. What were our Boggart when -"

"It doesn't work that way, I have to ask you a question but I'm too tired to think of something," he shook his head. "Oh, Rose, the name of your uncle."

"You didn't tell me -"

"I did."

Rose thought for a second. "Uhm... Ben Freeman?"

Lupin lowered his wand and took a step back to let the girls in. "Nice to see you two," he smiled.

Dru walked into the kitchen. "Hello, Auntie Andy."

"Dru! You're looking positively glowing!" Andromeda Tonks greeted her with a warm smile and hugged her.

"Well, Little Teddy does me a lot of good. This is my best friend and sister in law Rose. I told you about her."

"Hello," she smiled.

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Tonks," Rose smiled.

"So, is Dora in her room?"

"She'll be down in a second, don't worry," Lupin smiled at her. "She's just changing his diaper and I was just about to take a nap while she and him were awake."

"Don't let us stop you, Remus. We know how tired you are." Dru smiled at him.

"Are you kidding? My goddaughter is here, I'm not going to sleep." He chuckled and sat down on the sofa.

"Well I could leave so you could go to sleep," Rose shrugged.

"Not a chance." Tonks's voice sounded from behind her and when Rose looked around she saw a little bundle of baby in her arms.

Dru shrieked and bounced on the balls of her feet when she saw the blue hair. "Dora, you are a mother."

"I know!" she chuckled. "Sit down, you can hold him."

"Rose first, she's the oldest." Dru said.

"Oh, age before beauty, isn't it?" Rose smiled as she sat down in a chair.

"Yep and then I get to hold him longer too."

"I knew you two were getting a beautiful healthy boy." Rose grinned as Tonks carefully placed the baby in Rose's arms. "Oh look, he's so adorable!"

Dru sat down on the armrest next to Tonks and patted her on her shoulder. She suddenly felt a bit down. She was having a lot of ups and downs lately.

"How's my favourite cousin?" Tonks smiled widely at her.

"She's alright." Dru gave her a small smile, but she wanted to hide in Tonks's arms and tell her everything that had happened between her and Neville. She hadn't spoken about him and only left him cryptic messages over the galleon, she wasn't brave enough to tell him she had was giving her marriage a second chance. but she couldn't do it with Lupin, her aunt and Rose there. So she just tried to bury her feelings away again. "I'm fine."

"As soon as we've all settled down a little, taken some few nice naps and all that, you and I are going to have a girls night. Just you and me. I need one. Bad. Please."

Dru smiled and nodded, trying her best to not to cry, but she could feel her eyes welling up. "I need one too." she said with a small voice.

"Dora, why don't you show Dru Teddy's room?" Andromeda suggested. "Lupin can show Rose, when Dru's holding Teddy."

"Great idea," Tonks gave a nod and got to her feet. "Come on," she smiled and tugged on Dru's arm. "Girl talk too."

Dru followed Tonks to the baby room. It was very colourful, it was filled with about every colour of the rainbow. "It's beautiful." Dru smiled. She picked up a teddy bear from the swinging chair. "I'm glad to see you so happy, you and Lupin are going to be such great parents."

"You think?" she smiled.

"Of course." Dru smiled as she sat down at the chair. "You're going to get every bit of the life you deserve."

"Uhuh, I hope so," she replied. "Once Remus stops trying to save the world by himself and reunite students with their mums."

"Yeah, but we girls love boys that save to world."

"Oh, do we now?" Tonks said teasingly. "What's going on inside that pretty head of yours?"

Dru looked down. "I messed up, Dora. I really messed up."

"You? Messing things up?" Tonks sat down on the floor in front of the rocking chair Dru was sitting on and smirked. "What else is new? What's going on?"

"I...I..." Dru closed her eyes. "I'm in love with Neville."

"That's no secret, sweetie," she smiled and put her hands on Dru's knees. "You've always loved Neville."

"I've been fooling around with him and I had planned on leaving Fred. But then we got back home and I can't leave there anymore. And Fred begged me to give our marriage a second chance."

"Oh, yes, that's uh... well, I don't think you've messed up at all. Sure, you've fooled around with Neville, but there still must be something there between you and Fred otherwise you would have just walked out."

"I love Fred, I really do, just not as much as I love Neville. I've always loved him more, I've just been telling myself I didn't. Everyone always thought Fred and I were so much of a better couple, that I started believing it too and tried to forget that nagging feeling that I wanted Neville back." Dru slid off the chair and sat down next to Tonks, who was looking at her cousin in absolute shock. "I'm sorry to burden you with this, but I just needed to tell someone."

Tonks put her arms around Dru and softly caressed her back. "I understand your dilemma," she said softly and caressed her hair. "What are you going to do?"

Dru shrugged. "I'm married, I have to give it a shot. Besides I can't go back to Neville anyway. I'm not a member of the order, I can't leave aunt Muriel."

"I think it's great that despite everything, you're willing to give your marriage a second chance. What if it doesn't work out though?"

"It has to. I mean Fred wants me, he loves me. He needs me to make him happy."

"Love has to come from both ways, remember? He still has George."

Dru shrugged. "I do love him."

"Oh, you're so confusing my poor post-pregnant and post-labor brains at the moment," she chuckled and hugged Dru again. "You have to do what's right for you, okay? Even if it means breaking someone's heart. You'll always be my cousin, no matter what you do or decide."

"I'm going to do what's right by my husband, because that's what marriage is about. Doing what's right for you partner. Now I'm going to hold my nephew, that will surely lift my spirits again." Dru got up and went downstairs. "Alright, Rose, you had your time, now hand him over."

"Aw, do I have to? I mean, look at him, he's so cute!"

"You are starting practise with George next month remember? You'll have your own baby soon." Dru held out her arms to take little Teddy.

Rose sighed and carefully placed the little boy into Dru's arms.

"Rose, please tell me she's just kidding." Lupin said in shock. "You're only 18!"

"We're not starting that again, are we?" Rose chuckled. "Stop with the age thing, it's depressing. I don't feel like I'm 18, I'll be 19 in July anyway and I feel older than I am."

Lupin shook his head. "I'm having a deja vu." He muttered. "I've had this conversation nearly twenty years ago."

"Yeah, mum should have listened to you, dad was bad news." She deadpanned. "Would have saved everyone some grief too."

"Yeah, but I'm glad she didn't." Lupin admitted with a smile. "I wouldn't have you if she did."

"She should have," she shrugged. "Show me Teddy's room?" she smiled at him.

Lupin got up and showed her the baby room. "What do you think?"

"Loud," she chuckled.

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't have any say in the decoration." Lupin smirked.

"Oh most definitely," she gave a nod. "I figured you wanted it to be decorated with dark, old wood and an old wooden crib and some wooden shutters."

"Nah, I wanted to make it look like a cave with a lot of stuffed wolves." He chuckled. "And then a sign that said Wolfy Junior on the door."

"That would have been hilarious," she grinned. "But he's not a lycanthrope, you know that right? He didn't inherit that part of you."

"I know, dear." Lupin put one arm around her, pulled her against him and gave her a kiss on her head. "Rose, the reason we picked Harry to be the godfather is, because one, you two are already Teddy's family and two, we couldn't pick between the two of you."

"Are you seriously trying to make me feel guilty for not feeling guilty about the fact that I'm not Teddy's godmother?" She smiled at him. "I'd rather be one of his crazy cousins than responsible for him should anything happen to you."

Lupin put his other arm around Rose too. "Rose, will you please promise me two things?"

"Yes?"

"The most important thing is please, please, please, don't feel guilty for any death will fall in this war. You can't possibly save everyone."

"I won't."

"I mean it, Rose."

"Yeah I know and I'll try not to."

"Good. I would hate it you won't break under the guilt of something you are not the blame for."

"Alright, I get it. What's the other thing?"

"Please, please, please, please wait a little longer with having kids. You're still my little Rose." Lupin begged her, making Rose laugh.


"Dru, wake up," Rose whispered and tugged on Dru's arm. "Don't wake up Fred, come on." It was the middle of the night around the end of April and she had just woken up from the nightmare from hell. Something was wrong and Neville was going to need them soon. "Dru!" she hissed.

"I'm coming." Dru hissed back while gently trying to remove Fred's arm from her waist, which wasn't easy. "Help me."

Rose untangled the sheet and carefully lifted Fred's arm so that Dru could get out of bed. "Take your galleon with you."

Dru nodded took her wand, her galleon, her boots, skirt and shirt and followed Rose to the kitchen. "What's going on?"

"Neville needs us." Rose said as she put the kettle on to make some tea to wake the both of them up. "Thank god he thought of the Room of Requirement as a hiding place because I don't think I've told him about it being a good hiding place if things got more complicated at Hogwarts."

"I did. Fred told me you had told him, so I told him with my galleon."

"Brilliant," Rose smiled at her. "So, we need to pack some food and some medical supplies because they should have run out by now."

Dru nodded and took her bag out. She had left Rose bag under Neville's bed at Hogwarts. Just in case. "I've got enough medicine." She put her clothes on and put the galleon in the pocket of her sock. "How much food are you taking?" She asked as she saw Rose emptying the cupboards.

"Oh, there are about 20 hungry mouths to feed," she shrugged. "Enough?"

Dru giggled before taking a deep breath. "Where are we going to, when we're in the castle?"

"The room of requirement, hopefully. We can't just barge in, we have to be extremely careful."

"What about the common room?"

"I suppose you could go there, yeah." Rose nodded and accidentally knocked over a few pots and pans. "Shit."

"What are you two doing?" Ginny asked as she came down stairs.

"Neville needs our help so Rose and I are going back to hogwarts."

"Going back to Neville?" Ginny asked as she narrowed her eyes on Dru.

"Ginny, stop this." Dru said. Ginny had been making remarks all month.

"The DA needs our help, we're going to help out." Rose said with a nod and opened the cookie jar to get a biscuit to nibble on.

"Yeah but you're expelled, you shouldn't even be there."

"I don't care, nobody has to know I'm there, I'll just go straight to the hiding place and start fixing people up and feed hungry mouths."

"And let Dru take care of Neville in her own special way?"

"Ginny!" Rose smacked her on the head. "Would you just stop? I woke her up. I said we had to go. Not Dru."

"She's seeing him again." Ginny pointed at Dru. "I know it."

"Don't be ridiculous. She's married to Fred. No matter what she might feel for Neville. Dru would never act on it." Rose shot at Ginny.

Ginny looked at Dru. "Well?"

"Like Rose said, I would never act upon it." Dru said.

"Fine, I'll let it go." Ginny started helping Rose pack up the food.

Dru got out the galleon and changed the message on it to common room she put a delayed spell on it so the message wouldn't show up on Neville's coin for another hour at least. She needed to tell him it was over between them.

"I don't want you to go." George said as he watched the girls move around in the kitchen. "It's ridiculous."

"George, I'd never have done this if it wasn't absolutely necessary."

"Then I'm coming with."

"No, you're not. You're part of the Order, you can't come."

"I'll go and get dressed," Ginny quickly said and ran back upstairs.

Dru looked at George. "George, please trust us and take us away before Ginny comes back. Else you won't be able to keep her here."

'Like hell. If you two are going back, so are we." Dean came down with Luna. "We're part of the army too."

Dru looked at Rose, not knowing what to do now. "They are part of the army. The three of them."

Rose sighed and poured tea for everyone. "Alright, let me see what can happen and can't happen," she sat down with her mug of tea and took a few sips. "No, George, you're still not coming with us, you'll be asked to go by someone else."

"Dru is not going back without me." Fred said.

"Yes, I am." Dru said harsley. "Neville needs me."

"I need you."

Dru shook her head. "He's in a warzone. This has to happen."

"You're not coming with us, Fred. You're part of the Order, just like George is. You both stopped being a member of the DA when you joined the Order. I stopped being a member of the DA when I got expelled but they need me there." Rose said and looked at Ginny, Dean and Luna. "You can come with, you just have to take another entrance."

"You're not taking my wife." Fred shot at Rose. "I just got her back."

"Your wife has responsibilities elsewhere, Fred," Rose shot back at him. "I need her with me as we go and help Neville and the rest of the DA."

"Fred, he needs me there, like Harry needed you." Dru tried. "Please, I need you to support me."

"No, I'm not going to allow you to walk into Hogwarts like that. It's too dangerous."

"She'll be fine, I promise," Rose said as she poured herself another cup of tea and then looked at George while she nibbled on a biscuit. "You trust me, right?"

"Yes." He said reluctantly, he hated that he couldn't go but he knew better than to fight Rose on this.

"Fine, then you don't allow me or support me. I'm still going." Dru said to Fred. "And me thinking you were actually honest about trying to be there for me."

"I can't be there for you if you're gone, can I?" Fred shot at her. "I don't want you to go, not without me, that's all."

"But I have to." Dru shook her head. "I understand you're scared, so am I. But I've told you before, Hogwarts needs Neville to survive and he needs us."

"Give it up, Freddie," George said. "Our wives are ready to do this and we don't have to agree with them but we knew this day was coming."

"Are we going now?" Dru said annoyed at Rose.

George pulled Ginny in his arms. "Be careful, sis. I might have 5 brothers, I only have one little sister."

"Don't worry George, I'll be fine. The trick is to get inside, that's all." She smiled at him and gently pat him on the back.

George smiled at her, let her go and hugged Rose. "Please don't lose any body parts. I love this body too much."

Rose softly kissed him. "I'll make sure to lose an ear and not an arm, how's that?" She stuck out her tongue to him and kissed him again. "Don't worry, you'll see me soon again."

George pulled Rose in deep kiss.

Ginny put her arms around Fred. "Don't be mad at Dru. We need her."

Fred sighed and hugged his baby sister. "I know, but... you just be careful okay? Have her back for me?"

"Always." Ginny gave Fred a kiss on his cheek.

"Good," he gave a nod and then pulled Dru against him. "Alright, but you better be careful, okay?" He said as he caressed her hair. "I want you back in one piece."

"I'm always careful." She said as she put her arms around his neck. "I'll be back soon, in one piece I promise. Can't leave my husband behind, can I?"

"No, because your husband doesn't know what to do without his firecracker," he smiled and softly kissed her. "I love you."

"I love you too." she smiled at him.

"So, lift this crazy no-apparating barrier for just a bit so we can take everyone with us." Rose poked George in his side.

"No, Fred and I will take you just outside the grounds and then you two can apparate on your own."

"Fine, come on, we need to move while it's still dark."

George and Fred took them just outside the ground and the girls apparated their friends just outside of Hogsmeade. From there they were going to walk to the castle.

"Alright, so, we can't take any of the secret passageways because they're looking at those or are closed," Rose said as they were walking. "The best idea is to go straight to the room of requirement without getting caught. Ginny, you take Luna and Dean through the kitchens and work your way up from there."

"No,Ginny takes Luna and you take Dean, Rose." Dru said. "You're not going alone."

"Then you take Dean and I'll go with Ginny and Luna. You're not going alone either."

"No, I'm going to the common room. Alone. I need to take care of something. And don't even try to talk me out of this. I need to do this."

"Fine, the four of us will go through the kitchens. Together. Maybe we can convince my former house elf to save us some trouble and apparate us straight into the room of requirement." Rose glared at Dru before stopping at the gates. "Watch out for patrols."

"I will." Dru gave Rose a light squeeze on her arm. It was the first time in months Dru had shown a sign of the close bond she and Rose used to share. They both had hardened a lot with each other over the last year. "I won't be long, don't worry." Dru suddenly pulled Rose in a hug. "Be careful."

"You too, you'll be fine," she smiled and pat her on the back. "Let's run our lungs out of our bodies, shall we?"

"Yeah, love the running." Dru smiled and let Rose go.

"Ready?" Rose grabbed Ginny's hand, who took Luna's and she took Dean's. Rose then grabbed Dru's hand. "You're on point Dru," she chuckled.

"On three. One...two...three."

They managed to run towards the castle while ducking patrols that Rose saw coming or Dru heard and then Dru ran off while Rose took the rest of them to the kitchens. It had been surprisingly easy, but then again, Rose knew that this was the calm before the storm and they weren't expected. At all.

Rose was surprised to find that the elves were still there, and her assessment over the food had been right, the elves were depressed or drunk or both. "Where's Winky?"

"Students shouldn't be down here in the kitchen!" One of the elves hiccuped and then burped. "And Winky is a free elf!"

"I know she is," Rose rolled her eyes at the elf. "Where is she?"

"Miss Rose?" Winky crawled from her hiding spot and Rose could see that she was as pissed as a newt. "What can Winky do for miss Rose? Miss Rose never asked for Winky anymore after Master Crouch gave Winky clothes. Didn't even care about Winky no more, so what does Miss Rose want?"

"I was wondering if you could apparate us into the room of requirement, Winky," Rose said and sat down on her knees in front of her former house elf. "That way we don't have to dodge a few patrols and we'll be safe."

"Should you even trust an elf?" Dean asked before he was slapped on the head by Ginny.

"Don't listen to him," Rose smiled at Winky. "He's a guy."

"Boys can't be trusted, Miss Rose. All they want is be mean and have sex."

"But can you help us? Please? Will you help me?"

"Of course, Miss Rose. I was wondering if I could ask you for something as well."

"What is it?"

"Could you take back my clothes now that Master Crouch and young master Barty are gone?" The elf asked with a small voice. "I don't like being free, all the other elves are mean and Dobby is gone. Dobby was a good elf."

"Maybe she can live with you and George?" Ginny suggested.

"Yeah..." Rose said a bit absentmindedly. It was a good idea but maybe not so much. "Alright, let's make you a deal. I won't take back your clothes because I like you to have freedom, but if you want, after this is all over I will treat you as a proper house elf in the apartment that I share with my husband and at this moment also his brother and his wife, they'll move out when they get the chance. How's that?"

Winky slowly nodded. "Anything but the Hogwarts kitchens, Miss Rose."

"Help us get into the room of requirement and I'll tell you where you can go and hide out okay? I want you out of the castle."

Winky took hold of Rose's hand while the other three held on to Rose and Winky apparated the four of them into the room of requirement. Rose bent over and whispered the address for the apartment in Winky's ear, and Winky disappeared with a smile on her face. When she rose to her feet, she saw that the four of them were being greeted with wands nearly shoved in their faces.

"Lavender, I want my hair back!" Rose said with a smile. "I came to collect my hair and feed you hungry people."

"You've got fire then?" Seamus asked.

"Plenty," Rose nodded and opened her bag and turned it upside down. "Medical supplies, canned food..."