A/N: 31 reviews! Yay! Thank you JeanAndBilus (The lucky 30th reviewer!), WeasleyIsMyKing540 (Happy late birthday! :D) and enihpesoj (Thanks for the positive feedback!) for reviewing the last chapter. 2 more chapters to go till the end of the PoA time in this story! This is kinda like a filler chapter (sadly). On with the chapter!

Warning:Swearing (Like always)

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of these characters.. *Eats chips to eat out all of my emotions*

Chapter 13 ~ Flames

"Are you ready?" Ron asked Hermione. She nodded her head for yes.

The two were heading off for their very first Hogsmeade visit. Ron's wore a dull long sleeved hand-me-down maroon plaid shirt and a fluffy brown hat that had ear flaps. On the other hand, Hermione wore an auburn sweater and a Gryffindor scarf, along with an auburn beanie.

"I can't wait! Come on let's go!" Hermione tugged on Ron's arm and went forward to see students in the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall was amongst them, checking the list of students.

"Too bad, Harry, couldn't come.." Hermione said with a sad expression on her face.

"Well, we promised him to get him something." Ron reminded her. She nodded her head and they proceeded in following the crowd of 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th years off to Hogsmeade.

"Oh bloody hell, it's snowing out there!" Ron whined.

"Really?" Hermione smiled at the news of the weather.

After the walk to Hogsmeade, the large crowd of students scattered everywhere. Most of them went over to The Three Broomsticks.

"This is splendid! It's much more wonderful than the description in the books." Hermione remarked happily, while a spark of wonder filled her eyes. Ron sniggered by her remark.

"Oh, of course, you'd believe in the description in the book." Ron teased her. Hermione playfully rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up." She said with a smile. The both of them went walking around. Ron laid his eyes on a sweets shop.

"Holy hell! It's a sweets shop!" Ron ran to it, leaving Hermione chasing after Ron. They entered into me greeted with the smell of sweets. The welcoming warmth hugged the both of them and the visitors.

"Welcome!" A plump lady with locks of curly sandy hair greeted to the both of them. Ron and Hermione greeted her. Ron's mouth was literally drooling at the sight of sweets galore. Hermione chuckled at Ron's expression. He noticed her laughing at him and wiped the drool off of him, while his ears turned a shade of pink. Hermione's laughter died out, as she scanned the display if sweets.

Her eyes spotted a box full of sugar quills. She grabbed the package of it and went off looking for Ron.

"Alright, Ron. I've got- Holy crickets!" Hermione saw Ron carrying a pile of candy. "I've got everything!" Ron said to her.

"Ugh, Ronald. You're only supposed to get one thing and another one for Harry!" Hermione spat on him. Ron sighed in disappointment. He grabbed two sweet out of the pile of candy. Ron grabbed a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans for Harry and a box of licorice wands for himself.

Hermione went up to the cashier and paid 3 sickles and went off to their next stop. Ron looked around and saw Malfoy, along with Pansy.

"Shit," Ron mumbled and pulled Hermione out of harm's way. By his sudden action, Hermione pulled off Ron's arm.

"Why'd you do that?" She questioned him. His eyes darted towards Draco and Pansy. She looked to see what he was looking at. "Oh.." She had seen them, laughing. They avoided them at all cost. However, Draco spotted them.

"OI!" He shouted out to them.

"FUCK OFF!" Ron shouted back. He gently tugged Hermione to a gloomy looking alley way.

"That was close.." Hermione commented. Ron nodded his head for yes and looked out to see Draco and Pansy walking around searching for the both for the both of them. Ron and Hermione sat on the cold stone floor of the alley. Whenever they took a breath, the fog came from their mouth.

"When will Draco ever leave us alone?" Hermione murmured to Ron. "I bet you, he won't stop. Not until one of us bows down to the likes of him." Ron spat out. Hermione looked at Ron's crystal blue eyes. They were a dark shade.

"Hey, Ron.," Hermione spoke. "Yea?" He said. "Promise me you won't keep any more secrets from Harry and me." Hermoine said to him. Ron gulped by her sudden promise.

"Y-yea.." Ron lied to her. He then felt a sharp pain in his chest. He bent over, clenching the front of his shirt. He fell, gasping for air.

"Ron!" Hermione cried out, in horror to see Ron in pain. She stepped out of the shadows and saw Hagrid showing some of the third years around.

"HAGRID!" Hermione yelled out for his name. He stopped talking to one of the 3rd year students and saw Hermione, panicking.

He ran as fast as he could to her, worried.

"What happen 'ere?" Hagrid questioned the terrified Hermione.

"It's Ron! Something happened to him." Hermione pointed at Ron's twitching body, still gasping for air.

"Merlin's beard.." Hagrid carried Ron with ease. "Wait! Let me come with you!" Hermione followed Hagrid to his hut.

He settled the red-haired boy on his bench.

"Hagrid, what happened to him?" Hermione breathed out, managing to croak out something.

"I'm not sure 'Ermione." He lied and grabbed out a green liquid potion. He had Ron gulp a teaspoon of it. Then in an instant, the pain stopped. His breathing went back to normal. He looked around his surroundings to see he was in Hagrid's Hut, along with a worried Hermione.

"B-bloody hell.." Ron said, before falling asleep. He snored away the rest of his pain, leaving a relieved Hermione and Hagrid. Hagrid turned to meet Hermione's glistening eyes. "It'll be best for you to go back to Hogwarts.." Hagrid said.

"No.. I don't wanna leave him." Hermione pleaded. Hagrid sighed. "Suit yourself.." Hagrid went out the feed Buckbeak.

Hermione grabbed onto Ron's hand.

"Please be okay," Hermione whispered. She took off the hat he was wearing and fixing his soft red hair. The sensation Hermione had from touching Ron's hair made her feel safe.

Ron woke up, with wide eyes. He turned his head to face Hermione.

"Hey.." He greeted awkwardly. "Hey." She greeted back, uncomfortably. He cleared his throat and sat up. Hermione stood up, looking at his crystal blue eyes.

"Don't you ever scare me like that ever again, Ronald!" Hermione huffed out. Ron rolled his eyes and had a lopsided grin on him. He stopped and stared at her chocolate brown eyes.

Hermione thought of a conversation topic.

"You wanna go back, to Hogwarts?" Hermione questioned him.

"Sure.." Ron replied and they went off back to Hogwarts.

'Stupid cat..' Ron inwardly told himself. 'That cat's planning a scheme to eat bloody Scabbers.' Ron said to himself as he went in DADA class.

He sat next to Harry who was sitting in front of Hermione who was sitting next to her absent partner.

'Oh shit.. That smell is foul!' Ron sniffed the air to the smell of Snape.

He had his wand out, closing the door behind her and closing all the windows. He approached the platform and had the picture of a werewolf of it. He turned around facing the bored faces of the class.

"Page 394.." He coolly said. Ron carelessly flipped through the pages. Snape looked at Ron's face and pointed his wand at his book making it turn to the page of Werewolves. Ron gulped of the chapter title.

"Professor Lupin is absent, so I am here to substitute for you all." He briskly said.

"Now, you may all know that there is supposedly a werewolf loose on school grounds. That is why the headmaster has instructed for all students to learn about the foul vicious beast." Snape informed them. He cleared his throat.

"Can anyone tell me what a werewolf is?" He questioned the class emotionless.

"Sir, a werewolf is a person who is half wolf, half human. There are two types of them. Abnormal and Normal. Ab-" Before Hermione could explain any further, Snape snapped at her.

"You insufferable know-it-all! 10 points from Gryffindor!" He shouted her. Hermione bit the bottom on her lips and had her head down, fighting off her tears.

Ron's blood boiled, as his eyes turned a dark shade of blue. He stood from his desk facing the long-nosed greasy black haired scum bag.

"How dare you call here that! Ron shouted from the top of his lungs giving everyone in the classroom a wake-up call.

"Sit down, Weasley. Unless you'd like to spend an hour worth of detention.

"I don't give a damn. Never call Hermione that ever again! Or else I swear to Merlin, I'll come after you." Ron growled angrily.

He put his hands in his pockets hiding away his claws from everyone.

"2-hour detention, Mister Weasley!" Snape retorted back. Ron sat down huffing and puffing. All he could see was red. His ears turned a dangerous shade of scarlet.

After class, Ron stormed out of the class, feeling nothing but tepid.

"Locus.." Ron whispered and blow on the tip of his wand.

A/N: I might post a new chapter today, again.. Who knows, am I right? ;)