Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger or any other characters from the series. Yuck, I'm tired of repeating this over and over again. Remind me please, why should I? ^_^

Authors notes: Wow, I've got 15 reviews this time, and even one flame. Thank you all guys, even the one who put in a flame - you still bothered to review. I wouldn't have, if I didn't like the story ^_^.

You got me confused here for a bit - some of you asked to let Ron and Harry stay as kittens some more time (I actually like them this way more too ^_^), some of you asked to get to H/G part sooner, which is kinda difficult when he's still a kitten. Anyway those who wanted some H/G action will probably like this chapter. For everybody else here's my note: "BE AWARE - HUGE FLUFFINESS AHAID!"

Kathryn: Well, Harry and Ron WERE in their clothes when they became kittens, so I guess they have to be clothed after the transformation. There's also one more problem with making them nude after the transformation - too much hilarity for romance ^_~. But the whole idea is really funny. Thanks!

Lunard: Glad you like the story. And I'd like to think that Ginny did manage to finish her sketch ^_^.

Bucky: About the ferret hurting Ron - can't let this happen! Ever! Well, maybe in some other fic, and not too seriously.

Hi Bob: Your question about Malfoy's night adventures is to be answered completely in the epilogue I guess. And yes, I'd like to think about Snape as of the cat lover, not snake lover, like some people do ^_^. I'm a cat lover myself.

Well, this is the last chapter, although I'm planning on posting the epilogue, 'cause there are some things left unexplained ^_~. Well, now to the story - enjoy and don't forget to review. There can't be too many reviews (like socks for the matter ^_^).

Nemezis Rose



Chapter 6

The kitten in Malfoy's arms suddenly started to glow bright green.

"Uh-oh." - Hermione muttered, staring at a startled Draco Malfoy and the glowing creature still resting in his arms. In a second it was no longer a kitten, but Ron Weasley, Draco's nemesis, sitting on his lap, as angry as could be. Malfoy gulped nervously. Ron jumped off Malfoy's lap like a bullet.

"What do you think you were doing, Malfoy??!!" - he yelled angrily, grabbing him by his collar. Ron was at least two inches taller than Draco Malfoy, and much more brawny. Hermione suddenly felt pity for the annoying Slytherin and put her hand on Ron's shoulder: "Ron, don't do it."

"And why shouldn't I?" - the redhead asked, raising one eyebrow questioningly at his friend.

"Maybe because beating the crap out of the annoying git just isn't worth detention and who-knows-how-many points taken away from our house!" - Hermione cried out in exasperation.

"Well. I'm not quite convinced yet. He'll probably tell everybody about what had happened! I can convince him not to tell, or even better. make him not able to tell!" - Ron growled, a disturbing (to Malfoy anyway) glint in his eyes.

Hermione looked desperately at the frightened Malfoy and her smirking friend. Then a defeated look appeared on her face: "Ok, Ron. I'll do it, but only because I don't want points taken from our house! The hell with detention for you!" - she took her wand out of the pocket in her robe and pointed it at Malfoy: "Obliviate!"

Suddenly the expression on Draco Malfoy's face changed from fright to surprise and anger. "What's going on, Weasel? What are you trying to do - get expelled for attacking people?" Ron looked at him, visibly disappointed, but then just shrugged and let go of him. Malfoy took the opportunity, and, grabbing his books from the table, fled out of the library, grumbling about "insufferable gits and dirty Weasels".

"You took all the fun out of it, 'Mione." - Ron pouted.

"Oh, the things you consider funny!" - Hermione huffed in response.

"Well, it's still better than not finding anything funny at all!!" - Ron yelled. The usual Ron-Hermione fight was staring to build-up rapidly.

"Well at least I'm not the one who was stupid enough to suspect his own sister of dating a Malfoy!" - Hermione scowled.

"My family is my own business!!! Ginny is my baby sister! How can I not worry about her! Just look what she did to Harry and me!!"

"Your sister is not a baby anymore! She is a teenager, and only a year younger than you are! And I can tell that at fifteen, she is much more mature than you are at sixteen!" - Hermione was incredibly annoyed by Ron's implacability with his sister's right to grow up too.

"Well, it still doesn't excuse what she did to us!!" - Ron was not sure what the main reason of his anger with Ginny was. Could it be because of what she did, or maybe because he didn't like the idea of Hermione defending Ginny?

"No, it doesn't - for Harry, that is. As for you - I would have done something worse than that! And I can tell Harry is taking the situation much better than you do!" - Hermione's irritation was now obvious, 'cause in her rage she gripped Ron's collar the same way he did to Draco Malfoy several minutes ago.

"Hermione, as much as I'd like to agree with you."

"Oh, the hell with it!" - Hermione exclaimed and Ron was suddenly cut off by Hermione's lips pressed to his. He stiffened for just a second and then his hands found their way around Hermione's slim waist. He gently pressed his lips to hers, urging her to open her mouth, and she complied happily.

They weren't sure how much time they spent wrapped in each other's arms, whispering sweet nothings, when Hermione suddenly jerked her head from Ron's shoulder: "Harry!" - she shouted.

"What about Harry?" - Ron grumbled, obviously not happy and not interested in talking about his best friend, at least not his male best friend.

"Well, he should be back to his human form by now I guess," - Hermione smiled soothingly.

"Hmm, I guess he should. Where do you think he is?"

"We left him in Ginny's room. He is probably still there," - Hermione suggested.

"Well, then we probably should go check on them. Not that I'm afraid of Harry doing something inappropriate to my sister, but I'm not that sure about Gin. She's been a real pain in the ass lately!"

"Ron Weasley! You stop insulting your sister this instant!" - Hermione shouted angrily.

"And if I don't..?" - Ron looked at Hermione with a smirk.

So much for not fighting, - Hermione thought sadly, and suddenly she felt Ron's hands embrace her tightly. He lifted her chin with his fingers, urging her to look at him. His face was suddenly very serious: "You know, 'Mione, no matter how much we fight I still think you are the most wonderful girl I've ever met. Whenever we fight just remember that I love you."

Hermione smiled, her eyes watery: "Oh, Ron, I love you too."

Ron's ears became red and he smiled uneasily: "Oh, right then. Well, we'd better go see to Harry and my sister. There's something I want to discuss with her. Like turning her favourite brother into a small, fluffy thing. Me! Fluffy?! Incredible!"

"Ron, will you ever grow up?" - Hermione sighed.



She was walking in the forest. It was dark and she was scared. The fog prevented her from seeing her surroundings. The silence was deafening. She new he was waiting for her somewhere - the man, whose name all good wizards were afraid to pronounce. She tried not to make noise, but the rustling of leaves under her feet still made her feel vulnerable. Suddenly she felt somebody grab her from behind. She was so frightened that she wasn't able to produce any sound; her lips moved, but only a weird hissing sound could be heard. They fell down and he pressed her to the ground with his heavy body. She dared to open her eyes and .

Ginny woke up breathing heavily; she opened her eyes and was startled to see two bright emerald eyes staring at her. Somebody's body was pressing her to her bed. Harry, oh Merlin, it's Harry! What's going on? Am I still sleeping? Aw, what a nice dream.Well, why don't I enjoy it? - her sleepy mind wasn't able to think logically. She reached out for him with her lips. He responded in kind, and their lips connected softly. The touch sent tingles through their bodies and they reacted simultaneously by deepening the kiss. Harry hugged Ginny tight, pulling her unresisting body closer. Ginny slipped her fingers into Harry's unruly, soft raven locks. She wasn't sure if the kiss was real and her swirling mind wondered idly if Harry felt the same. Suddenly Ginny felt Harry's lips leaving hers and she wanted to protest, when suddenly felt him trailing kisses along her neck. When he found the spot at the crook of her neck a small moan escaped her lips. Then he was kissing her lips again, but this time it wasn't a gentle probing, he urged her to reply with passion and she was only too happy to comply. Soon the kiss started to turn into a snogging session, which wasn't a very good idea, considering the narrowness of Ginny's bed. Their legs entwined and tangled in the covers and suddenly they both felt that they were falling.

"Ugh." - Harry felt the air leave his lungs for a moment. He opened his eyes and saw Ginny's light brown eyes opened wide and looking at him disbelievingly.

"So this wasn't a dream!" - they both said at the same time, and then laughed at the absurdity of the situation. Ginny rested her head on her hand, her elbow resting conveniently somewhere on Harry's chest.

"Hey! What do you think I am - some mattress?" - Harry laughed and the next moment Ginny found herself pressed against the floor by Harry's body. She started to struggle with him, laughing at the vainness of her efforts. Soon they again found themselves engaged in a snogging session. Only, they were no longer alone. Someone else had entered the room.

"HARRY!!?? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY BABY SISTER!! GINNY WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" - Ron's shrieks made them stop abruptly and look at him, startled. Harry was still flustered and looked a bit frightened by Ron's outburst, but still, he was determined to make Ron accept him as Ginny's boyfriend. Ginny looked just as flustered but not frightened in the least - she actually looked furious. Ginny's voice was quiet but menacing when she answered her brother's question:

"Well, brother, your baby sister was in great need of changing her diaper, and no adults except for Harry were around. So he kindly volunteered to help your baby sister's predicament and." Hermione shrieked with laughter and Ron glared at her disapprovingly: "Do you think it's funny??! Heck, my best friend is shagging my sister in front of my virgin eyes and my girlfriend thinks it's funny?!"

"Your girlfriend??!!" - Harry and Ginny inquired simultaneously.

Ron's ears grew red and a silly grin appeared on his face, but was quickly replaced with a frown when he remembered why he was actually angry. Hermione stopped laughing, but a tiny smile never left her face: "Well, Ron, I do think that it's funny! But seriously, what do you have against the idea of Harry dating your sister? Would you rather see Seamus, Neville or Colin Creevy dating her? 'Cause I'm sure they'll be only too happy to oblige. Or even better - would you like her to date Malfoy?! You should have seen their faces, when they look at Ginny! You have to admit - your sister is not a baby anymore. She has every right to date any boy she likes! Then why can't it be Harry? Harry, your best friend, a person you can trust?"

During Hermione's speech Ron was staring at her as if she had grown another head, but as she finished, his face softened a bit. He looked at Harry questioningly. Harry didn't avert his eyes and said in a confident voice: "Ron, you ARE my best friend. And I respect your point of view. usually. But this time it doesn't matter much to me if you are going to be happy about me dating Ginny or not. I have very strong feelings for your sister and no way are you standing between us. I don't want you to be angry with us. In fact it won't matter much to me if you accept us being together from now on. If you are afraid of me hurting Ginny I can assure you that it won't happen. And if it does. well, you can still beat the crap out of me."

Ron looked at him dubiously, but then grinned and extended his hand: "It's a deal then!"

Harry shook his hand, also grinning. Ginny also smiled at her brother and boyfriend. Hmm, sometimes my ideas are really brilliant, even if they start as disasters at first!

Always practical, Hermione looked at her watch and nudged her boyfriend and Harry. "Well, if we solved all the problems, will you be so kind and leave the girls' dorms, so that Ginny and I can get to our virgin beds? And may I remind you that Christmas is tomorrow!" The boys grumbled, but obliged - it was really late. Ron left the girls' dorms obediently, but Harry stopped at the doorway and looked back at Ginny with a tentative smile. Ginny smiled in return - he looked so sweet with this unsure smile on his face! Ginny gently hugged him and, kissing him briefly but reassuringly, she whispered in his ear: "Everything will work out. You just wait and see! And now you should go to bed. See you tomorrow."

Harry managed to catch a quick glance at Hermione, who was rolling her eyes at them before the door slammed in front of his face. He smiled somewhat dazedly and proceeded into the boys' dorm. A loud shriek, followed by loud male laughter could be heard from inside. He hurried to the dorms to find a stunning scene before him: in the dark bedroom, Neville was lying on the floor unconscious, the twins were doubled over from laughter, and his best friend was standing in the middle of the room, looking indignant. He was glowing bright green, but from the look on his face Harry could tell - he didn't find out about it yet. The twins looked at Harry and in a second they were rolling on the floor, roaring with laughter. Harry looked at Ron questioningly, but found out that his best friend was looking at him with an open mouth. Harry ran to the mirror and .there he was - also glowing bright green. George managed to stand up and utter between the fits of laughter: "Merlin.what have you been doing .together?" The best friends exchanged looks and then.

"GINNY!!!"

THE END?



Well, it's ALMOST the end. Stay tuned for the epilogue. I think I'll post it sooner or later.

I'm currently working on a new story. Actually I've just finished the first chapter. I'm going to send it to my beta-reader today. But it's more D/G (please, don't bite my head off - I happen to like it the way it is ^_^). It's post-Hogwarts and post-Voldemort. Ginny is a professional Dragon Rider and teaches students who want to become dragon riders in Academy. Life hadn't been kind on her and she became bitter and sarcastic. Will the shadow of an old friend be able to help her? Will it be able to make her happy again? The new fic will be very different from this one, but when you see it in updates, just give me a chance, will you?

Thank you for reading!