A/N:

Disclaimer - Sadly I don't Harry or any of his friends or places in the Wizarding World. I don't even own the character Brionna Culver seeing as she's based on one of my best mates! I do however own the plot and any other original characters.

Summary - Follow Harry through his seventh and final year at Hogwarts where he has to deal with girl problems, being a teenager and Voldemort and his Horcruxes. HBP spoilers, prequel to One Night Can Change Everything.

Reviews:

lily101 - Ok thanks for reading and reviewing.

frenchpiment - Thanks for reading and reviewing. Yup that was Harry's mistake! lol! Well it depends on how you see it.

r a i d e e - Thanks for reading and reviewing and thanks!

scoopnokes - Heeeeey! You need to read it more often then don't you lol! Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Lady Lord Potter - Thanks for reading and reviewing. I'm glad you like it and thanks for the good luck.

Ok I didn't go to Florida but I'm now going for New Years which isn't as great as if I had gone this week because my friend had gotten us tickets for Kelly Clarkson's opening night of her new tour which I cried about but then she called me to make me feel better. And sorry I haven't updated this sooner but what with my nan and job hunting I've been really busy. Good news is I have new job and I'm starting on Monday and I'm really excited.

Also I got 435 hits but only 7 reviews! I need reviews people!

Anyways now onto our feature presentation.

Chapter 13 - RAB

December slowly but surely wore on and after what felt like the month had lasted for years it was the Christmas holidays and most of the students, including Ron, Ginny, Harry and Hermione, were on their way home.

All four of them were crammed into a compartment on the train along with their pets and heavy trunks, it was a very small space especially to Ron and Hermione because they found the fact that Harry and Ginny wouldn't even look at each other let alone talk to each other very uncomfortable.

"Why are we all going to the Burrow?" Hermione asked wanting to break the awkward silence that was currently reigning over them.

"Because mum wants to celebrate Christmas with us one last time because she thinks that next year we'll be too old to celebrate it with her," Ron replied.

"Oh," Hermione said as she leant back in the seat.

Once again it was back to being silent and Hermione felt like she had to get out of the compartment before she said anything that she would regret and that would offend someone.

"Harry, we have to patrol the corridors, come on," she said bossily.

Harry snapped out of his daydream and looked at Hermione stupidly.

"Huh?" he asked.

"We have to patrol the corridors. It's one of our duties," Hermione said in a tone that one would use when talking to a person with absolutely no brains whatsoever.

"Oh yeah. Come on then, let's get it over with," Harry replied as he got out of his seat.

Hermione said goodbye to Ron and Ginny then walked out of the compartment with Harry.

As they patrolled the train, Harry and Hermione talked about anything and everything that they could talk about.

As they got near the front of the train Hermione said that she was going to ask the driver how long it would be until they reached Kings Cross.

Harry nodded and said that he would wait for her where they were so that they could walk back to the compartment together.

As soon as she was out of sight, Ginny came out of a nearby compartment and stood facing Harry.

"What the hell is your problem?" she asked angrily.

"My problem? What's your problem?" Harry replied coolly.

Ginny glared at Harry.

Harry sighed and decided to tell her what he was currently thinking.

"Ginny I am sick and tired of you. I am not a pushover and I refuse to let you treat me like I'm nothing. Obviously we can't get along with each other so maybe we had just best stay out of each other's way from now on."

Ginny's mouth dropped open as she heard what Harry said and she now looked remarkably like a fish.

"Listen Harry. We're probably never even going to talk to each other ever again and we can't ruin Christmas for my mum so while we're there we'll at least be civil to each other. When we get back to school we don't ever have to talk to each other again. I'll simply go back to being your best friend's little sister. Deal?"

Harry agreed and watched as Ginny walked away.

Suddenly he heard someone cough and he turned to see Hermione.

"How much did you hear?" he asked.

"All of it. Not talking to her again Harry isn't going to sort your problems out or make your feelings for her go away. Come on let's go back to the compartment," Hermione replied as she linked her arm through Harry's and they both started the long walk back to their carriage.

At long last, the Hogwarts Express reached platform nine and three quarters in King Cross Station and most of the younger students rushed to the windows to wave to their families as the train pulled in.

As soon as the train had stopped, Ginny stood up and got her things before walking briskly out of the compartment alone.

Harry and Ron shrugged their shoulders as she walked out without muttering a word to them then carried on getting their stuff together before walking out of the compartment themselves with Hermione.

Once they off the train the scanned the platform for anyone from the Weasley family.

They didn't have to look for long because they soon heard Mrs Weasley calling their names.

They looked around to see where she was standing and saw that she wasn't too far away from them and that Ginny was already with her.

All three of them grabbed hold of their trunks and pet carriers then walked slowly along the station to where Ron's mother was standing.

When they got near her, they out their things on the floor and waited for Mrs Weasley to hug them as she usually did whenever they saw her.

Sure enough as soon as the trunks and pet carriers had been put down, Mrs Weasley attacked them.

After she had hugged them and asked about their time at school, Mrs Weasley explained that she would apparate back to the Burrow with Ginny, her trunk and Arnold the Pygmy Puff and that they would apparate themselves with their trunks and pets.

Harry, Ron and Hermione nodded to show that they understood then waited for Mrs Weasley and Ginny to disapparate before they did.

When they reappeared in the kitchen of the Burrow they were told to go and put their trunks away in their bedrooms and let their pets out then go back into the kitchen.

They all did as they were told then went back downstairs and sat around the kitchen table waiting for anyone to talk while wondering what it was all about.

It seemed to be rather strange that the whole family except for Percy who still wasn't talking to the Weasley's were there as it wasn't even Christmas Eve yet.

Finally after what seemed like ages, Bill stood up and started to speak.

"As you know, Fleur and I want to have children but we have had a few arguments about the subject. We both want to have our own children but we would also like to give a child a home who has lost both of their parents because of the war but we couldn't decide what to do first. So after lots of discussions we decided to adopt first. We have adopted a six year old girl named Aimee who sadly lost her real parents in a Death Eater attack a year ago," Bill explained.

"If you wanted a kid so much then you could have adopted Harry. Sometimes he still thinks he's a kid," Ron replied jokingly.

Everybody laughed including Harry as Fleur walked into the kitchen holding the hand of a very frightened looking little girl.

Fleur coughed to get everyone's attention and they all turned to look at her.

The little girl had silvery, blonde hair like Fleur's that reached half way down her back; she also had very big sky blue eyes and looked very malnourished.

"Everybody, this ees Aimee. Yes she ees very malnourished but we are 'oping zat giving 'er a home and 'aving 'er with us will 'elp 'er get 'ealthy again," Fleur said, her english was still a bit patchy but it had improved a lot since she had gotten married to Bill.

Mrs Weasley looked at the little girl who still looked frightened and gasped before getting off her chair and kneeling in front of Aimee.

"Hello Aimee, I'm your new Nana. Are you hungry? How about we get you some pumpkin pasties and nice glass of pumpkin juice. Would you like that?" Mrs Weasley asked.

"Yes please," Aimee replied very quietly so that only Mrs Weasley could hear her.

Mrs Weasley stood up and walked to the table with Aimee holding tightly onto her hand.

Once she was sat down, Mrs Weasley fetched the pumpkin pasties and juice before setting them down in front of Aimee who started to eat it as though she had never had food before in her life.

As Aimee was eating, she looked at all of the people that were sat round the table.

Once she had swallowed the last mouthful of pumpkin pasty she asked, "who are all these people?"

Bill looked at his adopted daughter then at his family.

"Well sweetheart, Nana already introduced herself and the person sat next to her is Grandpa, then there's Hermione and Uncle Ron, then Uncle's Fred, George and Charlie and last but not least there's Aunt Ginny and Harry," Bill told her whilst pointing each person out.

Aimee looked at Harry and Ginny nudged him rather hard in his side to let him know that Aimee wanted his attention.

"Are you my Uncle as well?" she asked.

Ron laughed and spat out the mouthful of pumpkin juice that he was on the verge of swallowing while Harry turned bright red.

"Ronald, swallow next time," Mrs Weasley scolded, "if you would like Harry to be your Uncle as well then I'm sure that he won't mind as he has been very much a part of this family along with Hermione since he was eleven."

Aimee nodded then smiled as she looked around at her new family.

Hermione looked at Ron and Harry and whispered something before excusing herself from the table.

Over the next few days Hermione spent her days locked away in the bedroom that she shared with Ginny doing research while everyone else spent time with Aimee getting to know the newest Weasley.

In fact, the next time Ron or Harry saw Hermione was on Christmas Day when she cane down for breakfast and to open her presents with the rest if the family.

"Merlin! Hermione Granger has come out of her room!" the twins exclaimed.

Hermione laughed as she sat down at the table and helped herself to some toast and a glass of orange juice.

As she ate her breakfast, she was fully aware that Ron and Harry were staring at her whilst the rest of the family gave their full attention to Aimee and fussed over her.

Half way through breakfast Ginny looked up at Mrs Weasley.

"Mum, why isn't Charlie here?" she asked.

Mrs Weasley stopped talking to Fleur and Aimee and looked at Ginny.

"He had to go back to Romania. Something came up, it was an emergency so he couldn't leave it and he says that he's sorry. He's left your presents under the tree and you may have them after breakfast," Mrs Weasley explained.

Ginny nodded and continued to eat the crumpet that she was currently holding.

Once breakfast was over and done with Harry, Hermione and the Weasley's moved into the front room and shared the presents out.

Once everyone had their presents sat in front of them, they began to tear the paper off and soon shouts of joy and thanks filled the room.

Harry got a Weasley jumper as well as some home made fudge, some new quills, a couple of books about the Dark Arts, a book about being an Auror and a copy of Hogwarts: A History.

Later that day when everyone was stuffed full of turkey and laid out in the front room, Harry. Ron and Hermione were sat by the fire whispering.

"What have you been doing up there Hermione?" Ron asked.

"Finding things out."

"What things?" Harry asked.

"Who RAB is," Hermione replied.

Harry and Ron both looked at her and gasped.

"Look we all know that Sirius' brother was named Regulus Black but we don't know his middle name. We also know that he was a Death Eater and that he was killed. So what would you say if I said that I found out that his middle name is Aldolfo and that he was killed something that belonged to Voldemort. Say a Horcrux?" Hermione explained.

"You found that out from books?" Harry asked.

Hermione nodded her head then noticed that Harry was deep in thought.

"Harry?"

"I'm not going back to school. I'm going to find them and him then end this war," he replied.

You see that little button down there. Well it's lifelong wish is to be pushed. You know you want to make the button happy. So grant it its' wish and push it to leave a review.