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NOTE: It follows most of the deathly hallows but disregards the Epilogue as well as the ending of book5.

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A broken heart

One act of betrayal by Sirius shook Hermione's life to the very core. A different story even though it includes time turners. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW.

Chapter one: the past and the present

PROLOGUE

He was a failure.

When the Sorting hat chose his house as Gryffindor, his parents thought he was a failure and he became the 'black' sheep of the Black family. But he didn't care about the loss of family support because instead of a meager family he got two superb friends in the form of James Potter and Remus Lupin.

When he ran away from home, his mother blasted his name from the family tapestry, but James's parents accepted him as their own. When he didn't trust his honest friend Remus, it lead to the death of James. It made him feel guilty and frightened.

If he could, he would have gone back through time and reversed his friendship with Peter. He might have at least tried to help Peter before he became influenced by the wrong side. He hated Peter for what did. But he still could remember that aspect of his life were Peter was the little innocent boy who always followed around James and him.

But the guilt that he felt most was for how much he had hurt the girl in front of him. The girl who always irritated him with her righteousness, the girl whom he had always loved, the girl who was the most brilliant yet the most beautiful and loving witch he had ever met. He had broken her heart. She isn't aware about it now. But she will know about his betrayal very soon.

He had not only hurt her through his action. But his one mistake had shaken the very foundation of his friendship with James. James and Lily had forgiven him for that. He will be eternally grateful to James for having the heart to forgive him when he himself was unable to do the same .But by the time he had understood his mistake, she was long gone. At that time, he never knew where she had gone. He never knew from where she had come in the first place. But he knew that he had broken his own heart by letting her go.

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When he first saw her in her third year, he didn't recognize her. She was just a little kid who was utterly brilliant and brave, a scrawny teenager who helped him to escape the fate of having his soul sucked up by the Dementors. A girl who helped an escaped convict because of the unwavering trust and love she had for her best friend.

When he met her at the cave at Hogsmede, he knew she reminded him of someone. Her love for House-elves and other inferior beings made him wonder whether she was a distant relative of 'her'.

When she came to Grimmauld place at the summer before her fifth year, he was shocked and almost called her by her 'other' name. But before he could do so Molly had pushed him away in order to hug her. He soon understood that it was Hermione, his Godson's best friend. But still a sense of doubt gnawed at his heart that 'it' wasn't possible, nothing could bring her back. Even though anything can be made possible through magic, there was still an extend to which it could be used.

When he saw her comforting Harry during his brief period of grief following the attack of Arthur, it touched his heart to know that she had left her trip with her parents to help his godson. It gladdened his heart to know that even if he (Sirius) died, Harry would always have at least one loving friend with him.

But the first week of May changed everything. It was just a few days before the attack at the ministry. He could still remember everything as if it was just yesterday.

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The meeting was over and most of the people had left except for the Weasleys, Snape and Dumbledore. As he didn't want to spend any more time with Snape, he left the meeting quickly after the Weasley's. Since he was in a hurry, he had forgotten to take his wand.

While he was returning to the room, he heard the hushed voices of Snape and Dumbledore. Thinking it was something private and having heard enough about the greasy head's exploits, he was about to turn back when he suddenly heard her name.

"Professor, does Black know about Rose…..?"

"No, Severus. It would be better if we kept it quiet from him…."

"But professor, he deserves to know the truth….He may have hurt her but they were very close before that."

"I know Severus, but we have no right to interfere with Destiny."

"But professor the future won't be affected because everything happens for a reason."

"Sirius may act too quickly and ruin the only hope of the wizarding world. Also, you know better than anyone that she is not ready for this news..."Dumbledore said.

"But if Sirius found out from someone else that Hermione and Rose are the same, he might do something much more foolhardy." replied Snape.

"I know Severus….."

"You know nothing about it Dumbledore." Sirius interrupted Dumbledore with barely controlled anger.

"Sirius, it was for….…"

"FOR THE GREATER GOOD, I KNOW, THE MOTTO THAT SHOWS THE TIGHT FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE GREAT WIZARD ALBUS DUMBLEDORE AND THE EVIL WIZARD GRINDELWALD. HAD GRINDELWALD ADDLED YOUR MIND SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN THE MEANING OF LOVE?"

"I never forgot it's meaning and if you hadn't forgotten it and betrayed Hermione, you wouldn't have had to suffer in the first place. Do you think that if you approach her, she would understand what you are saying? Even if she understood, she would never be able to forgive you."

On hearing this, all his anger disappeared. He looked lost and he became silent for a few minutes. Then he asked:

"What should I do Dumbledore…?"

"Don't act rashly and inform her about her future and in our case, our past. You might destroy the whole time frame. She will know everything when the time comes."

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He had followed Dumbledore's orders and had kept quite about the whole incident.

When he heard about the ministry incident, he had left everything to join them. Two of the most important people in his life had gone to meet their death.

When he saw Harry trying to ward of death eaters, he soon joined him along with the order. But when he didn't see her he was troubled. When Harry told him that everyone was safe, he felt relieved.

When he fell through the veil, there was only one thought in his mind that with his death future incidents might not happen and that Hermione could be saved.

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Sirius Black had been saved from the veil by none other than the same girl whom he was brooding about. The war was finally over. Harry had defeated Voldemort after destroying all of his Horcruxes. It still amazed him to hear that his Godson had saved the future of the wizarding world by destroying that monster.

He still couldn't believe that he was alive. Everything that happened during the last few hours was still a mystery to him. One minute he was talking to Harry at the forest along with James, Remus and Lily but as soon as Harry dropped the Resurrection stone, a mysterious power had pulled him towards the veil.

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END NOTES

Don't u wonder what happened which shook the very foundation of Sirius's friendship with James?

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