"I'm so sorry Ron." Hermione cried out.

Hermione shoved the note towards Ron so that he could read it and his face turned a blood red color and his mouth dropped.

"What does it say?" Harry asked concernedly.

"It probably says he has a secret admirer." Fred joked.

"Or he failed Hogwarts and has to go back to being a first year." George laughed.

"Shut up George." Ron grinned.

"Tell them what it says Ron." Hermione hit Ron in the shoulder.

"Oh yeah. It says." Ron gulped then continued reading the letter.

"Dear Ron,

Ron I have horrible news for you and I am sorry to interrupt you during school hours to tell you this but I thought you might want to know ahead of time. Your father was at work today and had a recent attack with a death eater. The death eater killed him, drained all his life. There will be a death ceremony for him like he always wanted next week. I'm sure your father would want for Harry and Hermione to come also knowing that your father was very fond of them two. Make sure to tell Fred George and Ginny won't you.

Love,
Your loving mother.

"Oh lord I'm so sorry Ron." Harry sighed while patting Ron on the back.

Fred and George were standing behind Hermione wide eyed not wanting to believe their father was dead. Fred had dropped the last bite of Hermione's donut as Ron stood up.

"Why did you get the letter I'm the oldest." Fred muttered.

"Dad's dead.."George stuttered not wanting to believe it either.

Meanwhile Ginny stomped into the Great Hall and ran over to Hermione.

"You know what I don't care you can have Harry I don't want him anymore." She glared towards Hermione then looked at Ron. "I got a letter from mom yesterday she said that dad doesn't want me to call Hermione a mudblood anymore. I see you wrote to her and dad. Well you know what I don't care what dad says you're still a mudblood Hermione!" She screamed.

"Ginny shut up about dad ok!" Ron yelled while slapping her across the face.

She put her hand to her face and opened her mouth. She didn't think her brother would actually hit her.

"Gin dad died today." Fred sighed while putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Wha..t!" Ginny gasped backing up a little bit. You could notice a red hand print developing on her face.

"I'm sorry Ginny." Hermione frowned while standing up and went to hug her but Ginny just pushed her away and watched Hermione almost trip and fall but Harry caught her.

"Ginny what's your problem!" Harry exclaimed.

"Ginny Hermione is just trying to make you feel better about dad which you obviously don't care about." Ron yelled at her.

"Ron calm down. We all loved dad he was great." George wiped a tear from his eye.

"Ron yelling at Gin isn't going to bring dad back." Fred grinned. He was trying to hold in his tears but you could tell that they were there. All the emotion and fear that showed in his eyes.

Ron had been having a horrible morning after he found out the news about his dad. The worst part was having to go to potions after breakfast where he found out.

"Name for me one thing that is added into a Polyjuice potion." Snape asked while crossing his arms. But no one had raised his or her hand, not even Hermione she was too upset to contribute to the discussion. She was upset for Ron, Ron's father she thought was a nice guy and she couldn't believe he was gone.

"How about you Mr. Weasley." Snape smirked figuring he wouldn't possibly know the answer.

"A piece of hair from the person you want to change into." Ron sighed while writing the note on a piece of parchment with his quill as well did everyone else. Snape was dumbfounded he didn't know how he possible knew the answer.

"Can you give me a second ingredient?" Snape smirked again. He figured that was just a lucky guess he couldn't possibly get another ingredient. But what Snape didn't know was that in Hermione Harry and Ron's second year at Hogwarts the there had made the potion in order to transform into Draco Malfoy's two friends Crabbed and Goyle to try and get facts about the Slytherin heir.

"Lacewing flies." Ron answered again still depressed and down in the dumps.

"Give me all the ingredients if you are so smart Mr. Weasley." Snape grinned getting slightly angry that Ron knew the answer to the questions. Hermione looked to Ron in search of a look saying he needed help but she did not see that look.

"Lacewing flies, leeches, fluxweed, knotgrass, powdered horn of a bicorn, shredded skin of a boomslang and a little bit of someone you are turning into." Ron gritted his teeth and began to write harder with his quill. Ron was getting mad that Snape kept asking him these questions. He hated that Snape figured him as a stupid git. But then to think about it if he and Harry and Hermione hadn't worked on that Polyjuice that one time he probably wouldn't have know then answer.

Snape just grunted and began writing everything Ron just said, which was all correct, on the board. At the top of the list there was a title underlined saying Ingredients for the Polyjuice potion. After class Ron Harry and Hermione headed towards transfiguration, where their professor was the head of their house, Professor Mcgonagall.

"Good morning class." The old, yet tall woman pronounced with a smile. She looked old but seemed as if she still had 100 years left in her. "Today we will be learning how to transforming our partners into a frog." She smiled as she saw a couple happy faces light up. Hermione had raised her hand at that and didn't look at all thrilled.

"Yes Ms. Granger?"

"If someone can't do the spell right couldn't it be dangerous?"

"Yes, very good Ms. Granger thank you for noticing that. 10 points awarded to Gryffindor. It can be dangerous that's why we will be doing one pair at a time and I will be helping them. How about you and Mr. Potter come up here Ms. Granger." The professor smiled. It seemed as if she knew those two being together or somehow destined to be together.

Harry and Hermione grabbed their wands and walked to the front of the class and stood facing each other.

"Ok now ready and repeat after me." Just as the professor was beginning to talk the door swung open. It was Hagrid.

"Sorry Minerva fer interuptin' ye clas'. I need to speak with Ron der fer a minute. If ye don't mind." Hagrid panted out of breath.

"Of course Hagrid." Minerva nodded. "Ok Hermione turn Harry into a toad."

Ron got up from his seat wondering what else could possibly have gone wrong today and closed the door behind him.

"Ron I heard about ye dad. I'm serry to hear about dat. But there is somethin else I need ta tell ye."

"What Hagrid?" Ron asked as he heard roars of laughing from inside. Ron looked through the window on the door and saw Hermione in the front but no Harry then he looked down and noticed that Harry was a toad, but yet he didn't want to laugh for some reason. He looked back to Harry then he blinked. "What is it Hagrid?"

"It be Ginny."

"Ginny? What's wrong with Ginny?" Ron asserted.

"Oh dunt be worried she's fine. It's just she's been actin a lil weird lately."

"Yeah well our father did just die Hagrid." He grinned.

"No even before ye father died." Hagrid muttered "ye father died." So that it might not bring up more bad memories for Ron. "I'll talk to her Hagrid alright?"

"Alright Ron. Have ye self a nice day." Hagrid smiled while walking away.

Ron just shook his head then walked back into his class and noticed that Neville had turned Dean Thomas into a creature Ron had never seen before looked like a mixture of a toad, a cat, and an eagle. The classroom roared with laughter as Professor Mcgonagall tried to turn Dean back and Neville ran in circles screaming that he had killed Dean. After class ended Ron ran out of the classroom in search of Ginny. Harry and Hermione gathered their books quickly and scurried to try and catch up with him. Once they did Ron had sight of Ginny and he grabbed her by the arm.

"Ginny is there something wrong with you Hagrid says you've been acting weird lately." Ron yelled.

"Yeah Ron there is actually something wrong but you wouldn't understand now would you? No you wouldn't." She cried and tried to pull away.

"You just try me Gin tell me. Tell me what's wrong." Ron's voice was now calmer and had more of a, I'm helping you tone.

"Ron you don't know what it's like to love someone then walk in on them ready to shag each other. Ready to give themselves to each other. The one you love ready to give their self to your best friend." Ginny cried pushing her head against Ron's shoulder.

"Of course I do Gin. You probably didn't know this but before I found out Hermione and Harry were meant for each other I had this major crush on Hermione. I love her Gin but I know that her and Harry are going to be together. It's just this feeling I have."

"She stole him from me though. She knew I liked him and she said she would never take him from me." Ginny cried out again drenching Ron's shirt with her tears.

"Ginny you can't help who you fall in love with." He patted her back.

Harry and Hermione just looked at each other and sighed. They started walking the other way towards the Great Hall.

"You told Ginny you wouldn't take me from her?" Harry asked with his face tilting towards the ground.

"Yeah Harry that was before Hogsmead after Viktor Krum broke up with me in our fourth year. When you came up to me and I was crying on a bench. You wrapped your arm around my shoulder and hugged me and said that it was his lose and that I deserved better. I noticed that ever since my first year I didn't not only like you as a friend I liked you as more." Hermione sighed.

Harry smiled and put his hand in her hand. She gazed up towards him and smiled back.

"I love you Hermione." Harry smiled brushing his lips gently against his.

"I love you too." She kissed him back.

But in the shadow there was a figure that no one had seen, that was basting in its anger. "Don't worry you two you'll get what's coming to you. You'll get it real soon." the figure whispered and let out an evil yet terrifying laugh.