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Chapter 1: retrocendo tempus
Hermione sat in the common room staring into the fire. Everything had gone so wrong. Harry was now a shell of his old self, always spitting sparks and losing his temper. After the war, he blamed the many casualties and deaths on himself. Ron ignored her completely, choosing to hang around with his girlfriend Lavender, whilst shooting her dirty looks in the corridors. Ginny only spoke to her in the dorms when Ron couldn't see her as he threatened to disown her if she spoke to Hermione. Luna, Neville , Dean and Seamus were the only friends she'd had that year and they were usually of somewhere together. So when McGonagall offered her the job, she had no bother accepting.
Next morning in the great hall, Dumbledore stood up to make an announcement. ''Quieten down everyone, I have an announcement to make. Next week Miss Granger will be leaving for a long dangerous journey. So if we could raise our glasses, I'm sure it would be much appreciated.'' Everyone turned to stare at Hermione, whose eyes were trained on her plate. After the feast ended, Hermione tried to run out of the hall to find the door blocked by a seething Harry. He waited until everyone had left the hall. ''You little brat'' Harry hissed.''trying to make a run for it, eh?'' ''Where has your Gryffindor courage gone, princess?'' He spat.'' Not able to face big, bad Harry?''.'' Imagine what your parents would think?''. All of Hermione's frustration and anger all came spewing out. ''My parent are dead, just like yours!'' She screamed. She knew straight away this was the wrong thing to say as Harry's hand suddenly clutched her throat, backing her up into a wall.
''You know noth-'' Harry began. ''Mr. Potter!'' A voice screeched. A horrified Mcgonagall swooped down in the scene. '' A month of detention with Prof. Snape I should think'' Harry stepped back, giving the old woman a venomous glare before bending down to hiss in Hermione's ear '' you'll regret this, mud blood'' and with that he stalked off.
Later that night she decided she had to leave. She wrote some letters in her best loopy handwriting. First she went over to Ginny's bed and placed a letter on her
bedside table. She gave her friend a sisterly kiss on the cheek and whispered a goodbye as she left the room. She went to the boys dorm and placed a letter on each of their tables and a kiss on the tops of their heads. She then went to Luna's bed and placed a letter on her table and placed another sisterly kiss to her forehead. Hermione took her last letter and whistled for her owl Wisp to take the letter to Dumbledore.
Trunk in hand, she made her way down to the oak front doors. Turned to look at her old home one last time, thinking of all of the memories that had been created. The philsophers stone, Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, finding Sirius, The Triwizard tournament, forming Dumbledores Army and the rest. She to open the doors with tears streaming down her face as she stepped into the warm summers night.
A/N please R/R all critical and helpful comments are welcome