"I think it may have! How long ago was Ron running around in the great hall with his hair on fire?" Hermione said with a twinkle in her eye.

"That was the day our NEWT results came out. Tradition decrees that all NEWT recipients come to the school to receive their results. We did and when Ron discovered that he had not failed all his NEWT's, as everyone had expected, something happened and his hair caught fire. We never laughed more than we did then."

"Oh yes, I remember. And Harry dropping his head on the dining hall table after his first day of classes, when he first realized what teaching his old schoolmates would really be like. I remember that too. And I remember your wedding."

"Thank god it worked! Well done Draco!"

"Yeah, one of your inventions actually worked! For once!" Ron stated looking mischievous.

"Oi! Watch it you! Or do you want me to spill the beans on you and Hermione?"

"What's this?" Harry and Hermione said simultaneously.

Harry then looked at Hermione in slight alarm.

"Is there some part of your brain that didn't recover?"

"Um, yes. I've lost five years. The last thing I remember is their wedding."

"Draco, I think we need some more of that stuff."

"You'll have to wait till I brew up a new batch. I'll bottle much more of it next time. It shouldn't take more than a couple of hours. Ron why don't you take her back to her room? She may get a bit drowsy. It's a side affect of the potion I'm afraid."

"Oh no you don't! If I take Hermione away you'll tell Harry!"

"Since when do you not tell your best friend a secret?"

"Since said best friend would gloat over me if I told him. Fine tell him if you must, Draco, he'll find out as soon as the potion is made anyway."

Ron took Hermione by the hand and led her out. Harry noticed that he put his arm around her as he led her out.

"So what's Ron's secret then?"

Draco looked up from his books where he was searching for the potion and it's method.

Draco came over to the bed and leaned over Harry and whispered the news into his lover's ear.

Harry toppled off the bed at the news.

"Ow! What! He's WHAT!" He got up and lounged on the bed again, rubbing his elbow.

"Oh yes. I always knew it would happen."

He continued to search through the books while Harry digested this piece of news.

"I KNEW IT!" Harry roared suddenly.

"Sunk in then?"

Harry's laugh started small with only a few chuckles then it grew and erupted from him until he rolled off the bed again laughing incredibly loudly.

Draco smiled; he had expected this. It had been him who had laid the foundations for Ron's secret and he had been very smug about it.

Then he frowned.

"Harry, we have a problem."

Ron helped Hermione into bed and sat with her a moment as she dropped off to sleep.

The next day was a Saturday and therefore they did not have to get up early. Hermione stirred and realized that a pounding headache had situated itself into her mind.

Turning her head to her bedside table to see the time she noticed a potion bottle and a note attached to it.

"Dear Hermione, this is a headache remedy. Draco says that you are bound to have a headache because of the memories the potion is replacing into your mind. Come see us when you feel better. Love Harry."

Quickly she took the potion and as she waited for it to take effect she replaced the bottle to her bedside table.

Then she found the box.

It was red and made of velvet and looked suspiciously like a ring case.

She snapped it open and saw the ring.

"Shit!"