A.N.: Sorry I haven't written anything in a while, but I've been INCREDIBLY busy. My piano teacher just gave me the next page of the fugue, more Czerny, more Mossourgsky, and an incredibly fast tempo to raise the Chopin waltz to. Also, I still have to practice the first two movements of my concerto, the prelude, the first page of the fugue, the first part of the Mossourgsky, the duet of the first Viennese Sonatina, Rondo Alla Turca, a movement of this Sonata, and various scale/arpeggio exercises. Plus I have this huge project for science and a semi-big one for Social Studies, and I have to do 3 hours of community service for 8th grade graduation requirements. Plus I have to take the AATG test soon. (That's this big huge German test. I take German on Saturdays.) And I have to practice violin for orchestra because we're playing some really hard pieces and we have some really important concerts in March. Plus I have Jazz Band, and soon we're going to have extra practices because we're going to perform at the Jimmy Stewart Marathon. So I haven't had a whole lot of time to write.
A.N.2: This story is going to be in 3rd person limited, just like the books, but it's going to be Hermione, not Harry, who's thoughts we'll know. In case you don't know, 3rd person limited means that there is no "I," but you know the thoughts and feelings of just one person. 3rd person omniscient is if you know the thoughts and feelings of everyone. I hope you enjoy it! Please review, I'd like it a whole lot! Also, please excuse me if my German isn't perfect. I'm still just learning, so I might make some mistakes. Also, I'm replacing all the s-tsets with ss and the umlauts with the letter followed by an e. Okay, that's about it. Please r/r!
Disclaimer: J.K. owns anything you recognize from the series. I own the plot and any characters, things, etc. that you don't recognize from the series. You own your review if you review. Don't sue me.
"Harry, Hermione, Ron, please come into my office," Dumbledore said. He looked and sounded very grave, and Hermione couldn't help wonder what had made the twinkle in his eyes go out. The three followed him into his office.
"I have some bad news for all three of you. Sirius Black," at the words "Sirius Black," they all became tense and even more frightened, "was captured five hours ago. He is being held in Nabakza."
"What? You're...you're not serious!" Ron said, and despite the solemnity of the occasion, Hermione could help but notice the pun...you're not serious, you're not Sirius. She hated that she did this. Whenever a grave or difficult situation arose, stupid jokes and plays on words would run through her head. Maybe it was her way of coping with pain. She didn't know. She wasn't a psychologist.
"I'm afraid I am, Ron," Dumbledore said. "Now listen to my instructions. Do not, under any circumstances --"
But he was cut of by Ron, who moved, reached over, and grabbed an hour glass on a long piece of string. Impulsively, Ron said, "Harry, Hermione, we've got to get him!" Although Dumbledore was protesting, none of them listened as Ron put it around their necks.
"But that's not an ordinary time turner," Dumbledore said, still seeming calm yet with a note of panic in his voice.
"I don't care if it's ordinary or not, I just want to get my godfather out of prison!" Harry said. Then, turning to Ron, he said, "I guess we just need five turns, Ron,"
Just after Ron started turning it, Hermione said, "No, you need six! We need an hour to get ready and stuff." She couldn't help marveling that she was still thinking logically despite the situation.
"Okay," said Ron, and he added another turn. The world started swirling around them, and then they landed somewhere, though they didn't know where...
"Dumbledore's right. This isn't an ordinary time turner. This is really weird. That didn't happen last time we used one of these things," Harry said, and now he was starting to seem panicked about this time-turner.
Meanwhile, Hermione was trying to figure out where they were and when it was. She picked up a newspaper and looked at the date. "Oh my god," she said, very frightened, "Himmel kreuz Donner Vetter! Es ist Sechsten Januar, neunzehn einundvierzig! O, Herr Gott, dies muss ein schlecht Traum sein!" (Himmel kreuz Donner Vetter means heaven cross thunder weather. It is sort of a curse word in German. O, Herr Gott, dies muss ein schlecht Traum sein means Oh, God, this must be a bad dream. You'll find out what the other sentence means soon enough.)
"What the heck?" Ron said, confused. "What is she saying?"
Hermione felt almost too scared to talk. She spluttered for a few moments, unable to think of the right words, but finally said, "Ron...we're in Germany. I'm not sure where in Germany, but somewhere. And...it's January 6, 1941."
"You mean that time turner took us back sixty years?" Harry said, sounding shocked.
"Yes. Not six hours. Six decades. And somehow, we got moved to a different place, too." This can't be happening, she thought, I cannot believe this.
"So how do you know German?" Ron asked, who couldn't help being curious in spite of Hermione and Harry's panic.
"I lived in Germany until I was seven, and I'm fluent. I learned English when I came to England, but sometimes I still revert back to my first language. Sorry if I was confusing you. But really...1941..."
Just then, a couple passed by with a small boy. Hermione tapped one on the shoulder, and said, as politely as she could, hoping they wouldn't notice how stupid the question seemed, "Entschuldigen Sie, bitte. Wie heisst diese Stadt? Und wie spaet ist es?"
Though they seemed to think it was odd for someone not to know the name of the city they were in, the woman said, "Dies ist Dresden, und es ist viertel vor elf."
"O, danke schoen," Hermione replied as affably as she could. The woman really was very nice.
"Du bist ein Dummkopf!" the little boy said, giggling.
"David! Schusch! Sie ist ein Deutscher. Wir sind Juden. Du muss das nicht machen!" The woman looked frightened, and the three quickly hurried away. At that moment, Hermione suddenly noticed that they were all wearing the yellow star of David. She suddenly felt so much pity for them as she looked at their receding figures and wished she could have said something to show that she didn't care about their religion
"What was that?" Harry asked, and Ron's look of confusion showed that he was wondering that same thing.
Hermione took a deep breath, still slightly shocked at the incident, and started to explain. "Well, I asked those people what city we were in and what time it was, and the lady answered and told me that we were in Dresden and that it was 10:45. So I said thank you, and then the boy called me a dummy, because it is kind of stupid not to know where you are or when it is. Then the woman looked frightened and told the boy that he mustn't do that, because I'm German and they're Jewish."
Ron and Harry both looked a little shocked at that. Hermione knew how it was. Even though they both knew from history books that this stuff happened, seeing it made it seem so much more real.
"Anyway..." Hermione said,"do either of you have any idea how we're going to get out of this?"
"Um...no?" Harry said, and Hermione knew that, like her, he had just realized that they had absolutely no idea how to get out of this mess.
"Maybe we have to do something with the time-turner..." Ron speculated. Then they realized it. They didn't have the time turner any more. And they didn't have their wands either.
"Oh my god. I can't believe this. We're stuck in Nazi Germany, in Dresden, and we have no idea how to get out. I can't believe this." Hermione started saying a lot of things in German that even Harry and Ron could tell were curse words. "Was machen wir jetzt?" She finally said after she had calmed down a bit. "O, Herr Gott, was machen wir jetzt?" ("What are we going to do now? Oh, God, what are we going to do now?")
And, unfortunately, no one knew the answer to that question.
A.N.3.: So what did you think? Should I continue? Is my German really awful? Should I give up on this story? Please r/r and tell me what you think! I'm really not sure whether to continue. Thanks!!!