A/N: Sorry this took so long. I was planning on posting sooner, but my family is going through a lot right now. I will be trying harder to update more and sooner. Once again so so sorry. Enjoy! ~ Pipes

The next few months were pretty uneventful. Albus, Rose, and I all had fun together, and I knew that I had made good friends because everyday they were right there next to me to defend me from bullies and to cheer me up whenever I was feeling down. I had found a family, and there was no way I was going to let them go.

The holidays came around and I had, excuse me, got to go home. I had been invited to go to Rose's house for the holidays, but my parents had said no and were making me come home. I had been able to avoid my brother through the majority of the year, but the one place I wouldn't be able to avoid him was at home. I was definitely scared for the next couple of weeks, but I tried to hide while I was around my friends. I blamed my stress on our final tests for this portion of the year.

Once we got out of our last class Rose and Albus came up to me. "So are you going to be able to stay with me for the holidays?" Rose asked.

"Sorry, my parents said no, but maybe I can get them to let me come visit for a couple of days," I replied.

"I hope you can, otherwise I'm going to be bored out of my mind," Rose said, adding emphasis on the bored.

"Well, I'll try. For now we can just focus on having fun on the train back," I said laughing.

We packed up, and took our trunks down to the train and went to find an empty spot on the train. We found a spot, and I told Rose that I would be right back. I went to go to the bathroom before we left. On my way back to our compartment I felt a tug on my arm.

"Leaving so soon?" a voice asked as I passed a compartment halfway in between mine and the bathroom.

"I have to get back to my friends," I replied trying to remain calm.

"You don't want to talk to your brother? I'm hurt," the voice said. My brother pulled me closer and put his lips to my ear, "You better watch it, cause there is no one to protect you the moment we get home."

He let go of my arm and I walked back to my compartment. When I got there I saw that Albus, James, and some more of their relatives were in the compartment too.

"Where were you?" Rose asked me, "You were gone forever."

"Just went to the bathroom," I said.

"You sure nothing else happened?" Albus asked me.

"Yes, I am very sure," I replied, putting a smile on my face.

"We would believe you, if you didn't look like you just saw a ghost," James joked.

I laughed, "Fine, I'll tell you." My smile began to fade. "My brother just threatened me, but don't worry I'll be fine over the holidays."

Rose just stared at me, "Isabella... promise me you'll try to come to the burrow as soon as you possibly can."

"I promise. Now let's get out of this funk. We only have a few more hours together until after Christmas."

The trolly came, and James looked at us all.

"We'll take the lot," he said.

The trolly woman gave us all of our treats, and we ate until we were full. We played games as the train continued and I had one of the most fantastic journeys of my life. We pulled into the station, and I started to look for my parents. I couldn't see them so I figured that they were just running late.

We clambered of the train with all of the other students. Once we all got our things we went to find our parents. Albus went off with James and Rose and I went off in the opposite direction. We figured that one of our groups would find their parents. In the end, it was Rose and I who spotted them. Of course, the boys saw us and raced us there so that they could claim they saw them first.

Since we had found her family Rose helped me look for my family.

"What do your parents look like?" she asked.

"Just look for the family poster child," I said. Right as I said it, I noticed her hand pointing behind me. I turned around to see my mom and dad talking with non other than the Malfoys.