A/N: This chapter I had planned to be much longer then it is but I just kind of lost the scene I had in my head when I went to write it but it worked out. Everything I wanted to happen was put into the chapter so I am at least happy about that. I really think this chapter could honestly be better but I have no ideas on fixing it so it will just have to say. Tell me what you think or if it is fine just the way it is.

"Ron!" Harry shouted as he pounded on the portrait hole of the Head Boy and Girl dorm area. "Ron! Hurry up!"

Ron opened the portrait hole and Hermione looked up from the book that she was reading. She had seemed to find a bit of time with Ron since he kept fighting with her about her being so busy and sneaking out. "What's up Harry?" Ron asked in a quiet confused tone.

Harry grabbed Ron and pulled him out of the portrait hole without an answer then leading him to the Great Hall where there was a battle between all the Professors and Death Eater. "Answer your question?" he asked.

"Yeah, it does," Ron said quietly and then running in and starting to fight whatever random Death Eater he came into first. He was knocked around a bit but nothing much he couldn't handle. Lots of Death Eaters where fleeing every minute yet Ron seemed to have one of the strongest ones.

"Ron, watch your back!"

Ron turned just when a Death Eater cast as him and sent him flying across the Great Hall. He quickly got up and shook his head a bit before he went back to fighting. He couldn't do anything about what happened really though he was rather pissed about it.

Hermione had stood outside the Great Hall and watched the fight go on inside. She was kind of sad that Harry hadn't asked her to come along. Was she really starting to break apart from Ron and Harry? She whimpered when Ron was thrown across the Great Hall but was amazed how he just got right back up.

She finally got few up and ran back to the Head Girl and Boy common room. She just couldn't take seeing something like that happening to the boys. She knew she wanted to help but there obviously wasn't any ways she could. Or was there? No she had no way of fighting that the boys wouldn't yell at her for. But that was only if they knew it was her.

Well now back to the battle. Everyone was fighting good and hard and most had sweat running down their faces and burises and cuts every where. They would all be messed up after this battle. What they never expected was a small red fox to come in on the fight. The fox growled at the Death Eaters as it stood in front of Ron. Why the fox picked Ron to protect first is something he didn't know but only the small fox knew.

"Wow, a small little fox is going to stop us!"

"What in the world?" Ron muttered as he looked at the fox that was growling at the Death Eater. He wasn't complaining though, the fox was obviously on his and Harry's side so it didn't make him mad any.

The fox growled again before biting the Death Eater's leg hard and breaking through the skin. See, never too small to win in a battle like that.

Ron was completely shocked by this and watched as the Death Eater fled from the Great Hall. "Umm… thanks…" he muttered, not really sure what to say to the fox or if it would even understand but the fox merely looked up at him with what seemed to be a smile. "Do you understand me?"

The fox nodded before running off and stopping in front of Harry and growling loudly. It was a very good fox that was ready to put up a fight it looked like.

Harry looked confusingly at Ron who had followed the fox over to him. "What is going on Ron?" Harry asked in a small whisper. "What is this fox doing here?"

"I don't know but it is obviously helping us. It is weird but the fox can understand what we say, normally not many wild animals can do that," Ron whispered back as he watched the fox go over to as many Death Eaters as it could and bite them.

Finally all the Death Eaters fled from the Great Hall leaving all the tired Professors and Harry and Ron. The fox ran around the Great Hall smelling and all to make sure no one was left just in case.

McGonagall noticed the fox and panicked a little bit but calmly took in a deep breath. "What are you doing here Missy?" she asked as she picked the fox up in her arms then walking them over to the group. "Wanted to help us did you?"

The fox nodded at Professor McGonagall then jumped onto Ron's shoulder making him jump a bit but the fox just sort of fell into his arms making Ron chuckle lightly. The fox curled up in Ron's arms and looked at McGonagall.

"I understand you wanting my help but maybe you should get going," McGonagall said as she looked at the fox seriously.

"McGonagall, you know this fox?" Ron asked softly as he petted the fox gently and rubbing its ear which the fox seemed to like.

"Yes I do. She should get back to her home though, right?" McGonagall said as she looked at the fox.

The fox looked at McGonagall sadly, liking the attention she was getting from Ron. The fox jumped out of Ron's arms and ran out of the Great Hall leaving them all alone.

"Well this was a very interesting battle," Harry muttered as he looked around the Great Hall and ran his hand through his messy black hair.

"You guys should go off to bed. Ron, let Hermione sleep and you two can tell her what happened in the morning," McGonagall said and then walking with the Professors out of the Great Hall followed by Ron and Harry.

"It was odd, being saved by a fox. I wonder if we'll see this fox again," Ron said softly as he and Harry headed back to their dorms together for now.

"Yeah. It is odd, who ever though there would be a fox in the school," Harry said as he shook his head and the stopping. "I'll see you tomorrow at Breakfast Ron," he said softly and then heading up to the Gryffindor common room.

Ron sighed and made his way back to his dorm and saw Hermione was no longer in the common room reading. He walked over to her room and carefully peeked in to see she was fast asleep in her bed. Shrugging he simply went to his room for the night, he defiantly needed the sleep after that.

A/N: Does anyone know Hermione's secret yet? It is kind of hard to figure out here but some people might be able to put the pieces together.