Back in the day…

Ok, yes new story, new paring and new err…nothing else new. Anyways, this story is inspired by MoonNZ's Bed of Roses, a really really nice fic. Anyways, it's a time travel story that will eventually lead to Hermione/Sirius. It's AU after HBP.

So let us begin…

Prologue:

This was it. The moment they'd all been waiting for, training for, the final battle with Voldemort. The location, Hogwarts. Hermione ran. She glanced behind her to see four Death Eaters trailing her. Quickly she sent a couple of stunning spells at them but they managed to avoid them.

She supposed she should be partly pleased that Voldemort saw her as such a threat that he ordered four Death Eaters to kill her but the satisfaction from that was outweighed by the fact that her life was hanging by a loose thread here. The problem with running from her enemies was that she couldn't see if they fired spells or curses at her. So far she's been lucky but it would only be a matter of time until one of them hit her. She could only hope when that happened it wouldn't be Avada Kedavra for her.

On that note she glanced back again to see how far ahead she was. The Death Eaters were obviously getting tired, they were much slower now though no less relentless. She shot a few more spells but once again they dodged them. That's it! No more running. Running was for cowards. And Hermione Granger was no coward. It was time she plucked up that Gryffindor courage and faced those son of a bitches and get this over and done with.

Mind made up, she spun on her heel and faced Voldemort's men. They were unharmed; apparently the spells she kept on shooting behind her back did no harm except to rid one of them of their masks. Which why she was now staring into the coldest pair of ice blue eyes. She repressed her shiver and turned to the other three. It was now or never.

Hermione raised her wand, curse on the tip of her tongue but before she could even breathe four different colored lights from the four death eaters shot right at her. The only thing her brain registered was the fact that none of them were green and then everything went black.

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Hogsmeade, 1977

It was a relatively normal day for the two blacked haired boys walking down the street. They looked so similar that they could pass of as brothers but there were some distinct differences between the two. One of them had hair that was messy and deep brown eyes. The other boy had smoky grey eyes and hair that hung elegantly around his face, yet not in a feminine way.

The two boys were in a good mood. The first Hogsmeade visit of the year was as fun as usual and as a bonus one of them actually had a date. This was why they were now walking towards The Three Broomsticks where they'd arrange to meet their friends and date.

"Ok, I know you have a date with Evans but why exactly am I going with you?" asked the boy with grey eyes.

"Well Padfoot, I need my protection. What if she decides that I somehow tricked her into going out with me and decides to hex me. I need a shield and that's you my friend." His friend replied, "Besides you could look for some girl to hook up with there."

Padfoot glared at his friend, "First of all James, I would never stop Evans from hexing you, the results are just too entertaining. And second of all I don't need to look for girls, they are always there. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if one of them fell out of the sky into my hands." He raised his arms as though he were gonna catch a girl falling out of the sky.

James rolled his eyes, "Yeah right Sirius. I'd bet-" His retort was cut off by a blinding bright light and then a loud "Oof" from Sirius.

He looked down and saw Sirius sitting on the ground with a petite, brown haired girl in his arms. He grinned at his friend, "Well, I'll be damned you were right."

Sirius did nothing but glare at his friend. He looked down at the girl in his arms. He didn't recognize her but she wore Hogwarts Gryffindor robes. As he shifted her and stood up he saw long red gashes on her arms and neck. Worriedly he looked at James. "She looks like she's seriously hurt mate. I'm gonna bring her back to the school."

James having spot the gashes nodded, "Do you need any help?"

Sirius shook his head, "Nah, you gone with your date. She's pretty light so it'll be a fairly easy walk."

James nodded at his friend again and the two took of in opposite directions. Sirius looked down at the girl in his arms. She couldn't be any older than 17. He thought of the gashes on her arms. Who are you and what horrors have you been true?

Well, what'dya think? Is it worth continuing? READ and REVIEW!!! I gonna wait till I get a decent amount of reviews before putting up the next chapter!!!