I absolutely do not own Harry Potter nor any of the characters in it, unless I make up my own then those I will claim. This is my first story and I'm really excited but please tell me if it doesn't look like something you would want to read.

Chapter 1: One Minute

This is not a "once upon a time" kind of story. It's actually more like a "I can't believe this is happening to me" kind. One minute my life is all fine and dandy and then the next everything implodes. One minute was all it took.

Actually if you really want to narrow it down it was before that when Harry didn't get a hold of Draco's wand and the power of the Elder wand never switched. I remember him being so sure facing Voldemort and explaining to him about love and how it was superior. Like the Dark Lord even cared, he probably spent that entire speech laughing right before he killed Harry Potter.

Everything went up in flames after that. I'm not even sure why I survived all the fighting but I made it out alive. One minute I was rolling away from a killing curse and the next I was at the Dark Lord's feet, kissing the hem of his robe and telling him that I wanted to switch sides. He believed me, he still believes me to this day.

The next big change did not happen in a minute but rather six years. Six years after Harry Potter was killed by my Lord I was appointed to be his right hand woman. Six years after "the boy who lived" died I, Hermione Granger, was made the second most powerful person in the world.