Detention

By Fidelius Charm

Summary: "Granger, I hope you're proud of yourself! You've just earned yourself a week of detention!" The words shocked the entire student population. Hermione Granger had Detention? And she had Fred Weasely to thank.

Note: Alright, so I bet you're all wondering, "What happened to the rest of Chapter 5?" Well it's there waiting for you to read it. What I did was I updated the chapter with the rest of it so that I could keep the format of 7 chapters representing the 7 days of the week. I'm a bit OCD about things like this so that's how I decided to do it. So here's the new chapter, you probably won't understand it if you don't read the rest of chapter 5.

SATURDAY

Hermione was more then relieved when she had discovered that the reason McGonagall had wanted to talk to her yesterday was because her Detentions had been cancelled due to "inexcusable use of torture". But yesterday had been a bit of an unraveling of a lot of things in Hermione's life. But by the end of Friday she had been able to pull everything back together. And both she and Fred knew that there were some loose strings they had to take care of before everything could be at peace.

The first this, and the most important was Ron. Fred had told Hermione about what had gone on between the two of them before Fred had found her. The two knew that they wouldn't be able to fully commit to the relationship unless they would be able to have Ron's blessing. They needed it for many reasons, one because Ron was Hermione's best friend and Fred's brother but mostly because they needed to know that he didn't hate them. Fred had promised her he'd take care of it, and that she shouldn't worry about it. But she worried none the less.

Then there was the matter of a certain Slytherin who had made their Friday hell. His name was Draco Malfoy, but everyone at the Gryffindor table had dubbed him 'Le Ferret'. Fred had a vendetta against Malfoy, since he had insulted not only his family but his girlfriend as well. Yes, that's right he had a girlfriend and her name was none other then Hermione Granger. He had no idea why she was so keen to the idea right away because of everything that had happened but who was he to complain.

"Fred…" Hermione said short of breath from kissing.

It was before breakfast and Hermione had made it clear that she had to talk to him right away.

"What do you think about us? Where are we going?" Hermione looked at him with hope in her eyes. He knew exactly where she was going with this conversation.

"'Mione dear, I'll just cut to the chase." Fred said with a smile, "Will you go out with me?"

They were silent for a moment, Hermione didn't say anything. But really she didn't need too; she kissed him, which clearly displayed the answer.

"Have I ever mentioned I love how you deal with things 'Mione?"

"More then once." She smiled returning to their kiss.

Fred needed to settle to score; he needed to get Malfoy back in the worst way possible. He needed to teach him never to mess with Fred Weasely ever again. Then it hit him, it would be perfect, it would be sinister, and it would make history! Fred smiled devilishly earning him a glare from Hermione.

"What are you up to Mr. Weasely?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing, nothing at all Mrs. Weasely." Fred replied which caused Hermione to turn a light shade of pink.

Before the conversation could continue any further the couple was interrupted by a laugh.

"You two are pathetic!" Fred knew the voice all to well—Draco Malfoy.

"Really, a blood traitor and a Mudblood…the most vile of pairings." Draco sneered.

When Fred heard 'Mudblood' he thought he was going to lose it but surprisingly before he could do anything about it Ron had pinned Malfoy to the floor and cast a charm.

"Rictusempra!" Suddenly Malfoy began to laugh uncontrollably the tickling charm seemed to have its desired effect.

"Mr. Weasely!" Professor McGonagallvoice shrieked through the Great Hall.

Ron got off of Malfoy and watched the results of his Charms homework, Malfoy was completely incapacitated. He stood there, arms crossed, smirk on his face, in all his Gryffindor glory.

"This is the second time in two days you've attacked Mr. Malfoy! DETENTION!"

Ron didn't respond, he didn't really care. When he sat back down the entire Gryffindor table erupted in cheers as Malfoy was taken to the Hospital Wing apparently the normal charms couldn't seem to remove the effects. Fred was proud of his little brother, he was rash, he was stubborn, he had a temper that rivaled Percy's but he was his little brother who had done so much for him.

"Ron…"

"I've been a complete git haven't I…I've spent all this time expecting Hermione to just fall in love with me that I never noticed she was falling for someone else." Ron said staring out a window in the Gryffindor Tower, "I just have to let her go don't I?"

"Ron, I never intended on stealing her away…it just happened, she's amazing and I—"

"And I can't blame you, it's okay Fred it really is." Ron said looking at his brother, "Just keep in mind if you ever hurt her, I'll never give you the opportunity to do it again."

Fred knew to take his brother's words seriously. He knew a lot of things he never knew he'd come to learn.

"Before we were rudely interrupted…" Hermione said, "What are you up too?"

"If you must know Hermione dear…" Fred whispered his devious plan in his girlfriend's ear who smiled in delight, "But I'm going to need you to help me out though."

"Fred, I'm a prefect! I can't just run around and break the rules!"

"Please Hermione!" Fred gave her puppy dog eyes something he had learned was quite effective.

"Fine, but just because you're so adorable Fredrick Weasely." Hermione said giggling.

"Alright I need you to get manticore skin from Snape."

"That's simple enough, not like I haven't done it before." Hermione smirked thinking about the Polyjuice potion.

Fred gave her a questioning look, but she only shrugged it off and continued to eat her breakfast.

The day went by uneventfully, Hermione received some very hateful glares from the Slytherins and some jealous ones from the Gryffindor girls. It surprised her that she was now the topic of gossip, she had always been since last year but that was only because of Viktor Krum, but now she had made the gossip columns on her own…and a little bit of help from Fred and Ron Weasely.

She had enlisted Harry and Ron to help her get the manticore skin from Snape's office. It wasn't a very difficult thing to plan; it was pretty much a bait and switch mission. But now they needed to find something that would distract the usually stoic Potions Master.

"We could unleash some doxies into the Slytherin common room…we know how to get in, it would be great." Ron said.

"To obvious, Snape will know we planted them there…" Harry said.

"Oh I have a horrible idea, and very very horrible idea." Hermione said laughing at herself, "Let's write Professor Snape a love letter! We'll tell him to meet his secret admirer in the Forbidden Forest!"

"You're bloody brilliant Hermione!" Ron said enthusiastically.

"But who will it be from?" Harry asked.

"Fred has been such a bad influence on me…an extremely bad influence." Hermione said grinning, "It has to be from McGonagall!"

The Trio laughed, and pulled out some parchment, Hermione charmed the quill to write in Professor McGonagall's handwriting. And began writing, this was sinister and she knew it.

"Wait, there's a bit of a problem though." Ron said, "If no one's there to meet Snape he'll be back in his office right away."

"Then we'll just have to send one to McGonagall now won't we?" Hermione said pulling out another piece of parchment.

It took them a while to finish the letters, but once they were finished Hermione couldn't think of a better pair of prose for the life of her. She instructed Ron and Harry to go to the Owlery and send the letters in five-minute successions just so that it wouldn't look like they were being sent at the same exact time. She told them that she'd meet them at the Great Hall for dinner she had to meet Fred and tell him about their progress.

Fred had spent the entire day thinking of Hermione, he had felt horrible having to tell Hermione had he couldn't go with her to Hogsmeade because he had a Charms assignment that he was three weeks late on and had promised the Professor he'd have it in on Monday. Hermione didn't argue, though she did have a very disappointed look in her eyes. It killed him, he never want to see that look in her eyes again yet he'd caused it for almost the fifth time this week…he had to make it up to her some how. But what?

He'd take her to Honeydukes finally, the place he had wanted to take her on Wednesday. He knew she had a sweet tooth, everyone knew that, but he'd make it a trip she'd never forget. He stared at his dinner, which now no longer seemed as appetizing as a Chocolate Frog. As he was about to get up and find Hermione, Hermione found him. She burst through the Great Hall with a joyous smile across her face. That smile was the most beautiful thing Fred had ever seen.

"Fred, you'll never believe the plan the three of us concocted in order to get the manticore skin!" Hermione said again smiling, "We're sending love letters to Snape and McGonagall and instructed them to meet each other in! Oh you should've read them it was hilarious!"

Fred couldn't help but laugh; it really was a brilliant plan.

"It's going to happen tonight so that we can work on the potion right away." Hermione said.

"Oh…" Fred's face adopted a look of disappointment.

"What's the matter Fred?"

"I was hoping to take you somewhere tonight…I totally forgot about the manticore skin." Fred admitted.

"It's okay Fred…maybe we can go tomorrow?" Hermione said.

"That won't be necessary 'Mione." It was Harry, "We'll get the manticore skin, and you go with Fred."

Hermione turned to see her two best friends standing there, smiling at her. She smiled back and thanked them, and invited them to join her and Fred at the table. They continued for the rest of dinner talking about classes, and just life itself. It was the closest thing to normal Hermione had experienced the entire week and she was thankful for it.

"Alright it's almost eleven thirty…any minute now Snape should be taking the bait." Harry whispered to Ron under the invisibility cloak.

"Oh man it would be hilarious if he fell for it." Ron said.

They waited patiently trying their best not to move or make any noise. After a good five minutes the Potion Master's office door swung open (1), and a figure stepped out black cloak dramatic billowing behind it. Ron and Harry couldn't help but chuckle, which caused Snape to turn around and look in their direction. They couldn't help but laugh again and had to cover each other's mouth in order to silence themselves, once Snape decided he was hearing things and walked outside Harry and Ron tossed away the invisibility cloak stuffing it into Ron's backpack.

"That was close." Harry said looking at his red headed friend.

"But that was hilarious, mate." Ron said, "Now, how to get into this office."

"Bombarda!" Harry said causing the door to swing open violently crashing against the wall. The sound echoed throughout the corridor.

"Way to be quiet about it!" Ron said dashing into the office.

"Well it did get the door open right?" Harry said innocently.

"Sometimes Harry I wonder…" Ron said, "Come on we don't have so much time."

"We're almost there 'Mione." Fred whispered into a blind folded Hermione's ear.

"Where are you taking me Fred!" She whispered.

"You'll love it 'Mione." Fred said, "Now make your way up these stairs, and be careful they're a bit old."

Fred finally led Hermione through the basement door of Honeydukes and removed Hermione's blindfold.

"Honeydukes!" Hermione said with joy in her voice.

"Who the hell is there?" The couple heard an elderly voice call out.

"Mr. Dukes its just Fred…I'll be in an out real quick." Fred said to the elderly man.

The old man took in the situation and smiled.

"You two can have anything you want, my treat. But it's past midnight and you really shouldn't be here…but this isn't Hogwarts and I'm no Dumbledore." The old man smiled at the two and turned climbing up the stairs leading to his home.

"Who was it Simon (2)?" The man's wife asked.

"It was just our imagination…it was no one." Simon replied getting back to bed and falling back asleep.

(1) I figure Snape's office would be in the dungeons but oh well…I don't really care. That's what I love about writing you don't have to follow any rules…except grammar and spelling nonsense.

(2) I don't know who really owns Honeydukes, so I made some one up.

I'm so sorry it took so long to update, but I had a bit of writer's block. I had everything outlined but I couldn't seemed to get the words out…plus this isn't one of my favorite chapters to have to write. I promise the next update will be a bit sooner then this one was.

--FC

PS: Thank you to all of my reviewers, you guys are amazing!