Christmas vacation went as fast as it came, and I was now dreading the moment I would be walking off this train and into the school run by the crazy women in pink. I hated it, I knew if Umbridge had not been here this year I would have had an amazing time at Hogwarts. I definitely enjoyed the rest of my vacation though... I spent majority of my time with Sirius and the weasleys as my sister was crazy busy with work...but I didn't mind one bit, the weasleys had become like my second family and I loved them all....of course some more than others....

The Scottish scenery flew by in blurs of white and blue as the occasional lake passed us by. It was still snowing and had gotten even colder if that was possible. I was laying with my head in Fred's lap and a book open in my hand. George was in the seat across from us, talking about the future joke shop with Lee and Fred. And this was where I felt I was supposed to be, I was so at peace with Fred and I felt like nothing could touch me.

"What do you want ferret?" I heard George ask,and I turned around to see Draco standing in the doorway with an annoyed look on his face. "Hey D whats up?" I asked as I flipped my position so I was sitting upright. "Can I talk to you for a second...alone" He said and sneered in the direction of the guys. I just nodded before gently placing my book in the seat and softly kissing Fred.

Draco shut the door behind us and guided me to and empty spot in the hallway. "Whats wrong?" I asked him. He sighed before answering, and i could see the look in his eyes that something was wrong. "Look, over break I spent some time with Flint" He said and I gave him a disgusting look at the mention of his name. "Be careful...he wouldn't stop talking about you. I think he is planning something but i don't know for sure" He said shaking his head and giving me a worried look.

I just gently rubbed his arm "Ill be fine..that pest doesn't scare me" I said, and I knew he could tell by th sound of my voice that I was lying. The truth was, Marcus Flint scared the living daylights out of me...he acted like he nothing to lose, and with Umbridge around it was almost guaranteed that nothing disciplinary would happen to him. I knew deep down inside of me what he wanted from me...and that was something I promised I would save for someone I truly loved.

"V, I know your lying...and as much as I hate to say this....tell the weasels to watch out for you" Draco told me before yelling at two running first years who passed by. I just nodded and kissed his cheek "Thanks for the warning, ill see you at school" I said and he gave a small wave before going back towards the Slytherin compartment.

"What did the ferret want?" George asked as I reentered the compartment. I just smiled before plopping down in Fred's lap. "Just to see how break was" I said lying, but George didn't catch on and just continued on with his conversation with Lee. Fred however saw right threw my lie and gave me a look of scepticism. "He warned me about Flint" I whispered in his ear. I felt his body tense up at the mention of his name and I just kissed him softly trying to calm him down.

"Warned you about what?" He said with a stony expression. George and Lee had stopped what they were saying to hear what we were talking about. "Draco said he thought Flint was planning something" I told the three of them. George held the same look that Fred had, and Lee just looked confused. "What did Flint do?" Lee asked. "He has been messing with me....he attacked me on the first night here" I said softly and averting his gaze. "What the hell is wrong with him!" Lee yelled out and Fred and George seemed to be having a conversation with their eyes. "Don't worry Ronnie, someone will be with you all the time" George told me me a nod. "ill never leave your side" Fred whispered in my ear and kissed my cheek.

"Guys, I barely have any classes with you..I think Ill be fine" I said. But i knew good and well I would feel safer if I was at least walking with someone from class to class, I normally walked by myself. "We will work something out" Fred told me, and before I knew it I saw the station at Hogsmead pulling up ahead....

The week back went as I had predicted it, with Umbridge going on one of her rampages about complete and utter nonsense. My classes went pretty normal, I loved them all except for Defence against the dark arts and potions. Which sucked for me considering those were my two best subjects. And today was a particularly good day considering we had a Dumbledore's army lesson today, and I was so excited because we were teaching the students how to cast a patronus!

"Ok everyone were going to learn the patronus charm! And it is extremely useful when faced with Dementors, I know I have seen them many times!" Harry yelled out at the front of the room of requirement. I was standing beside off to the side with Fred's arms wrapped around my waist. "Ronnie, do you want to show us yours" Harry asked me with a twinkle in his eye. I smiled before gently removing Fred's hands and walking to the front of the room.

I coughed slightly and thought of a happy memory... I thought of the memory of Fred and I's first date, that day was so much fun and held so many different happy memories for the both of us. I smiled at Fred before slightly flicking my wand in a circle and saying "Expecto Patronum". I heard the murmurs of chatter and a couple gasps as a beautiful lioness leaped from the tip of my wand. It looked exactly like my animangus form, just slightly smaller and translucent. It pranced around the room with ease and roared a couple of people before running back to me and slowly disappearing. "Ok guys, think of your happiest memory and give it a try!" I called out and soon everyone was scattered...

The students did surprisingly well with their patronuses.. Ginny caught on incredibly fast with her stallion scampering around with Seamus's zebra. Neville still hadn't fully caught on yet, but Hermione had a gorgeous otter swimming around her fluffy hair, and Ron almost tripped as  jack Russel terrier ran around his feet. I helped a couple more people before turning my attention back to Fred.

"your a great teacher miss. Tonks" Fred told me with a small laugh. I just smiled before making him raise his wand hand "So what memory did you think of?" He asked me and laughed as George's weasel scurried past us. "oh no, you get that information when you cast the charm correctly" I said laughing and moving his wand arm back up to a ready position. "Fine" He said pretending to pout before announcing the charm and a small poof of light came out. "Try again!" I said encouraging him. He smiled before casting the charm again, and only this time it took its animal form...

I gasped when I saw what had floated out of Fred's wand. It was a Lion.... He seemed almost as shocked as I am. His patronus was the male equivalent of mine..and that normally means your patronus takes the form of someone you really love. I quickly cast my patronus and soon my lioness and his lion were wrestling around on the ground together.

"Excellent work Fred!" Harry said as he passed by us and gave me a knowing look before going to help Neville. Our patronuses soon died down and Fred and i stood there shocked.. We both knew what that meant, but neither of us had said that we actually loved one another. Sure I knew I loved Fred, even after only three months together I just didn't know how he felt. I didn't want to ruin what we had by telling him or scare him away if he didn't feel the same. Fred looked like he was contemplating something in his head but we were standing in such an awkward silence I decided to break it.

"what memory did you pick" I asked with a small smile. He finally turned to look at me and tilted his head "you first" He said with a smirk. I laughed and responded "our first date..and you in that god awful old lady hat!" I said ruffling his hair remembering that day Fred and I had tried on random clothes in an antique clothing stores. He laughed before wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his forehead against mine.

"What about you" I whispered and stared deep into his pretty brown eyes that held so much light and happiness in them, you wondered is he ever actually felt any negative feelings for anything...other than umbridge anyway. " I thought of the moment I first saw the most beautiful and lively girl who took my breath away" He said softly and kissed my nose before moving to my lips and catching them in a passionate kiss.

our kiss was broken by the sound of booming outside in the corridor. We broke apart and I slowly made my way to the back of the room where the door was now covered with mirrors. Harry and I slowly walked forward to investigate while the rest of the students made their way towards the back of the room, with exception of the twins who joined me on either side. The booming sounded again and the mirrors soon crashed off of the wall.

I walked forward and peeped through a small hole that had been formed on the concrete wall. I saw the dreaded woman in pink that had a large at sewed into the collar of her shirt and soon her wand was pointed right in my direction. Her sickly sweet voice started to say a spell but at the beginning of that spell I quickly ran in the opposite direction and yelled for everyone to get down. I caught the twins hands and drug them to the ground with me and soon rubble was covering the three of us.

"Oh we are in trouble now aren't we!" I heard filches voice say as the broken pieces of wall were removed from on top of me. Umbridge and her band of misfits were all filing into the room one by one. Fred was grabbed by Theodore Nott, while George was grabbed by Pansy Parkinson. Thankfully Aimee was the one who grabbed me and was barely even holding onto my arm. "im sorry Ronnie" She whispered into my ear in a genuine tone and I gave her an appreciative smile.

I noticed when we walked out Cho Chang and her friend Marietta Edgcombe were already standing outside of the room with guilty looks plastered on both of their faces. I knew I didn't like Cho for a good reason... "Traitor" I heard Seamus yell at them as Draco dragged him through the halls with us, and soon we were all standing in front of Professor Dumbledore.

"See right there is says Dumbledores army!" Umbridge screeched pointing to the parchment she threw on Dumbledores desk that had all of our names on. Aimee had moved from holding my arm to holding me hand, and even though we were technically on opposite sides I loved having comfort from my best friend. "It was all us professor! Not Dumbledore!" I shouted, gaining agreement from my peers standing around me.

"now while I admire Miss.Tonks courage, it was I who instructed this" Dumbledore said leaning against his desk. "no he didn't it was me!" Harry shouted and wiggled against the student who held him. Dumbledore stayed calm and collected as Umbridge screamed bloody murder at him and the ministry officials that were standing around us. "Take him to azkaban you fools!" umbridge shouted and motioned at Dumbledore, who still had a twinkle in his eye like usual.

"Oh I wont be going quite yet!" Dumbledore said calmly. He winked at Harry before a flame flashed and Dumbledore had disappeared. Umbridge shouted again and slammed her fists against his desk that was now empty... I knew with Dumbledore gone, everything would definitely not get better...