A/N: I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I felt like I should start it with Ron and Hermione seeing people that they have not seen in a few years. Something sad to start the story off which is the purpose of the story, to save everyone that died in the future. Anyways, in this story, I will be following the chapters from Goblin of Fire as well as other future books, like this chapter takes place on a Saturday, two days before the Quidditch World Cup. As for the dates, I find the dates on HP Lexicon which I find to be useful for dates.

(Disclaimer: This will be the last time I use a disclaimer – I do not own Harry Potter at all)

Chapter 3

Ron

His eyes stayed on Hermione as he descended from the hoop on his broom. His actions grabbed the attention of the twins and Ginny and the twins smirked when they saw Hermione.

"Ah, Ginevra, that score doesn't count. Our dear Ronniekins was distracted," Fred teased.

Ginny looked back at Fred, glaring at the twins, "I told you not to call me that! And that goal definitely counts!"

Ron ignored them as he landed on the ground, jumping off his broom as Hermione walked forward to him. Seconds later, he heard the other three land on the ground behind him as well.

"Hermione!" Ginny yelled as she rushed forward and grabbed Hermione into a hug before Ron reached to her.

Ron felt like it was a good thing that Ginny ran to Hermione because he knew that he should act how he did in the past around Hermione for now.

So, Ron tried to feel nervous so he could make his ears go red like always. Unfortunately, it didn't work for Ron. He was already too comfortable around Hermione and knew he had no reason to be nervous or shy around her. She was the love of his life and he felt lucky, but then again, Hermione told Ron she felt lucky as well. They both used to be insecure towards each other, but not anymore.

Ron smiled at Hermione as she let go of Ginny and turned to Ron. "Hey," Hermione said as she walked towards Ron.

Ron walked to her as well and smiled a little, "Hey, Hermione." Ron felt Hermione hug him and to make it realistic, Ron hugged her in return, but awkwardly. Over Hermione's head, he saw Ginny making kissing faces at Ron and Ron flipped her the bird from behind Hermione's back. Ginny smiled wider and the twins greeted Hermione as Ron let her go.

Ginny began talking to Hermione, asking her about her summer. Ron looked at Hermione, feeling déjà vu at seeing Hermione at 14 years old again. She still had the same wild, bushy hair, though in the future, it was more relaxed, but still bushy. She was a little bit shorter and her chest was a little bit smaller, but at this thought, Ron shook his head. He did not need to think about that now. He was a randy bastard around Hermione and he had originally thought Hermione would hate that, but was surprised to find that Hermione was just as randy for Ron as he was for Hermione. He smirked inwardly as Ginny pulled Hermione towards the Burrow.

Before Hermione went into the Burrow, she turned around to look at Ron and smiled. "Ron, have you sent a letter to Harry about tomorrow?"

Ron frowned, then widened his eyes, remembering that this same day in the past, he had sent a letter to Harry that morning. Cursing inwardly, he shook his head at Hermione, "No. Thanks for reminding me. I forgot. I'll go do that now."

Ginny shook her head at Ron, "Nothing new there," Ginny said, talking about Ron forgetting things.

Ron rolled his eyes, "Whatever Ginny. I'm going up to my room to write a letter to Harry."

"I'll see you later, Ron." Hermione said as Ginny pulled her into the Burrow and up the stairs to her room. Ron followed and continued until he reached to his room. There, he wrote a letter to Harry about tickets to the Quidditch World Cup and sent Pig out to deliver the letter.

It was around one in the morning when Ron heard the door to his room open, waking him up. He immediately grabbed his wand, but saw Hermione closing the door behind her, locking it.

Ron looked at Hermione in her pajamas as he thought, "Finally." They had not had a chance to talk alone because of Ginny and his mother.

As Hermione turned to look at Ron, Ron smirked, "You know, I can cast locking charms on the door and silencing charms."

Hermione shook her head, "Ron, no, you know you will get in trouble for underage magic."

"Well, that's Harry, not me. As it turns out, it really doesn't matter. Because my parents live here, there is no way the ministry will know it's me that used my wand. You know this Hermione," Ron explained.

She sighed and nodded as if remembering, "Yes, you are right." Ron smiled and cast locking charms and the muffliato charm on the room. Afterwards, he put down his wand on the bed next to his pillow.

Hermione walked towards Ron and took a seat on the bed near Ron where he was laying on the bed. Ron pushed the covers off and sat up next to her.

"So, everything okay?" Ron asked Hermione as he remembered that Hermione was with her parents before coming over to the Burrow.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Hermione gave Ron a small smile and she put her left hand on top of Ron's right hand. Ron turned his hands and entwined his fingers with hers.

"Are you sure? How are your parents?"

Hermione nodded, "Yes, I'm sure. My parents are good. I wasn't prepared to see my parents like that, but I needed it. What about you? With Fred, I mean."

Ron sighed and closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again, staring in Hermione's brown eyes, "Well, it was hard at first. I almost broke down in front of him. I would have looked like a bloody tit in front of them, but I held it in. This is going to be weird. Seeing Fred alive like this, I'm going to have to get used to it. I know I have to act like I always do around my family, at least until the time is right."

"I felt the same way around my parents, Ron. I nearly cried when I saw my mom and I think she noticed, but I made up an excuse. It was close, but everything's okay." Hermione said as she gave a sigh.

"Okay, well, so what's the plan?" Ron asked.

"Well, we can't do anything until we see Dumbledore at Hogwarts, but we can change some stuff that happened at the Quidditch World Cup. Remember? That elf, Winky, got caught with Harry's wand. Yes, I believe she deserves to be a free elf, but not the way she was released last time. This time, we need to make sure Harry does not lose his wand, so that his wand will not be used to cast the Dark Mark. I don't know what will happen this time, because things will change. We won't know the outcome of our actions, but I think it's the right thing to do." Hermione discussed their plans and Ron nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I know. I just hope that changing everything for the better doesn't result in other people dying. I mean, what if we save certain people and other people die because of that?" Ron wondered.

Hermione looked at Ron, "We can't think that Ron. We can just do the best we can and hope for the best. That's all we can do." She put her head on Ron's shoulders and Ron wrapped his arm around Hermione's waist.

"You're right, Hermione. This is going to be weird for the next few years, but at least I already know what to expect, so nothing will happen to you or me. Hmm, Hermione, I really want to kiss you." Ron looked down at Hermione's brown eyes as Hermione smiled up at him.

"Same here, but it's gonna be weird, though."

Ron raised his eyebrows, "So, we are still the same person underneath. We are just different physically, but mentally, we are the same person. If I had asked you to the Yule Ball before Krum did, we would be dating, at least I'd like to think so and it wouldn't be any difference to now at our age. So, may I?"

Hermione nodded and Ron smiled before leaning forward, capturing Hermione's lips with his. He put his right hand into Hermione's hair and licked her lips as Hermione's lips opened. He pushed in his tongue and wrestled with her tongue as they kissed. After a few minutes, they came up for air and Ron leaned his forehead against Hermione's.

"Hmm, I enjoyed that, but I think it's time I leave here. It's late and I don't want Ginny waking up in the middle of night and get suspicious." Hermione told Ron as Ron leaned forward to kiss her again.

Ron groaned and backed off Hermione, knowing she was right. "Yes, you are right. Well, once more before we go to sleep." Ron kissed Hermione again, this time a slow and soft one before getting up from the bed. "Well, I guess I'll see you in the morning."

Hermione nodded and asked Ron to remove the charms on the room and Ron did so. Afterwards, Hermione gave Ron a tight hug before leaving the room. It didn't take long for Ron to fall asleep.

A/N: Yes, I know this is a quick update, but don't start expecting quick updates like this. I had some free time today and decided to update this story. For the next two weeks, I will be very busy, but I will try to update one time during the next two weeks. These next two weeks are my last two weeks of college this semester before summer. Anyways, I'm glad you guys are enjoying the story, I love your reviews. Reviews always help. Helps to know your opinions on the story so I can improve it.