Charmione: Through the Years

Ron's friend.

Taking place in the goblet of fire
I do not follow the story lines to a tee but there is a basic structure from the books.
Charlie arrived at his home feeling utterly exhausted. Earlier that day a Hungarian Horntail has broken out of the reserve and it took him and five other guys 8 hours of flying and dodging fireballs to get it back into the reserve. So now he is walking up to the burrow thoroughly smelling like smoke and with a bandage covering his shoulder and a large burn from a not fully dodged blast of fire.

As he walks through the front door He is greeted with one of his mothers back breaking hugs. The fact that his mothers hugs are that painful still amazes him.

" Charlie it's so good to see you." Finally she lets go and gives him a full look over. As she notices his bandage and is about to scold him on about being more careful for the hundredth time He sees fred and george. He narrowly escape the lecture that is sure to fallow but practically sprinting over and grabbing them in a double headlock.

"And how are my two second and third favourite trouble makers?" He asks teasingly.

"Oi who's-"
"First" Fred starts and George finish's.
And Charlie laughs and answers sarcastically " why our dear brother Percy of course." To which they laugh with him before going into the kitchen after saying Ron and his friend are in the sitting room.

He thought to him self as to who that could be knowing that Harry wasn't  going to be there till the 1st of August and its still the 25th of July. He is still think this over when he walked into the sitting room and almost step on an orange fur ball that has decided to take a liking to left leg rubbing its self all over him. He picked up the large cat which was actually kind of adorable in a really ugly sort of way he thought. It looked as if some one had flatted its face when it was very young.

He finally reach the sitting room with the purring cat in his arms along with his bag containing the few things he would need for the next week and a half.

"Does this cat belong to anyone?" Charlie called out and immediately heard Ron groan in hatred.

"Oh bloody hell, Hermione I thought you said that thing was in its cage." He said glaring at a girl he barely recognized. Charlie knew he'd met Hermione before but it was brief involving a stress full transportation of a baby dragon named, 'Norbert'. Anyways even then he had barely seen the small girl with bushy brown hair half hidden by a wall on look out for professor Snape.

While he was thinking he hadn't even noticed that Hermione had not responded her nose so far in a book.

"Hermione?...hermione?.......Hermione!!!"

After calling her names he finally got the young girl out of her trance. She looked up quickly and she didn't seem to know where she was for a second but then her eyes focused on me. Her face broke into a large grin as she got up from the arm chair closest to the fire and bounded over to me taking the cat and placing on the couch next to Ron who immediately stiffened. He'd barely noticed this because he was engulfed into a hug which could rival my moms. Though it was brief he got a large, not unpleasant whiff of the short girls strawberry shampoo.

" Charlie! How are you? How's Romania? Is Norbert ok?" She quickly fired off.

" I'm great, Romania is wonderful, and Norbert is doing great though he recently developed a crush on one of our other dragon. And let's say the feelings were not returned so he got a pretty nasty bite but it cleared up very quickly." He answered just as quickly. Admiring how well she remembered those small details about his life. "Well I'm exhausted so I'm going to have a quick nap before dinner." He said to the two 14 year olds. Then to Hermione quietly: "wake me up before the living vacuum inhales every thing before I get down." Gesturing to Ron.

She giggled and nodded discreetly before returning to her book.

***

The trip was going well and Charlie and Hermione were getting along great. Charlie was shocked but how mature this 14 year old girl was who he later found out was actually 15 because of the result of the time turner she had used the year before. He found absolutely ridiculous as to why someone would want to put that much pressure on themselves.

He was just getting out of the shower, in the tent which the whole family except for his mom Percy and bill where staying in along with Hermione and Harry who had arrived the night before, when the door opened to reveal Hermione half asleep in a robe clearly about to get in the shower when she looked up and saw him barely covered in a small towel around his waist. She gave a small yelp and ran out of the bath room as fast as she could saying sorry many times.

Charlie could barely suppress his laughter at the poor girls reaction.

***

It was after the match and they were heading back the tent when Charlie heard a loud explosion and all hell broke loose. People were screaming and running all over the place when he heard his dad tell them to get back the the tent.

He grabbed Ginny and ran avoiding the main fight back to the tent. However once he got there Ron was absolutely distraught and Charlie didn't realize till he didn't see that large bush of brown hair. He was out of the tent before any one could stop him. He looked around frantically for the familiar chocolate brown eyes. Then he saw her she was being backed into a corner by an evil looking man with his wand out but before he could do anything he dropped to the floor knocked out. Hermione looked around confused until she saw Charlie and then she broke down. Tears streaming down her face as she ran to him burying her face into his chest sobbing. After seeing she couldn't walk from crying so hard she picked her up bridal style and carried her to the tent.

After arriving back at the tent with a very shaken up family now with every one united they packed up and went home. All the while with Hermione never being far from Charlie's side.

After arriving home Mrs. Weasley was filled in by Mr. Weasley in the kitchen and every one else going to bed.

***

Charlie woke up at around 2 in the morning feeling very thirsty. He slunk down stairs slowly still half asleep in his pj bottoms and nothing else. He was filling is glass at the tap when he heard a small voice.

"Hello?"

"Who's there?" He answered tiredly.

"Hermione. Is that you, Charlie?" She said.

"Ya, Hermione it's me. You ok?" He answered walking into the living room where he saw Hermione sitting on the couch. He sat down beside her and she slouched back. As did he.

"Couldn't sleep. You?" She asked.

"Just thirsty." He replied.

"Oh well I don't want to keep go on back to bed." She hastily ordered. However Charlie's response was leaning back into the couch and looking at her with concerned eyes the way a brother would look at his little sister. To this she relaxed and closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep with him following not far behind into dream land.