"Hey, Hermione!" someone called from behind. Hermione wheeled around to see Harry running up to her, dodging students in the hall, his school bag thumping heavily against his side. She looked at him expectantly.

"Could-could I borrow your Time Turner?" Harry asked in a hushed, but out of breath voice. Hermione frowned at him.

"Harry," she began "if this is to do something un-school related-"

"No! No, I promise Hermione!" Harry said quickly. "I...erm…I accidentally slept through my study hall and potions. You couldn't…you know, let me go back and go to class?" Hermione looked at him, still frowning slightly; she was obviously considering the idea.

"Well…" she began. Harry looked hopefully at her. "I could get an extra hour and a half to study and catch up on some bonus work…" Harry punched the air, cheering. Hermione smiled, but shushed him, looking around at the students around them. She took Harry by the arm and brought him to a deserted corridor and pulled the Time Turner out from under her shirt. Harry pulled it over his neck, but Hermione stared at the small hourglass curiously.

"What's the matter?" Harry asked. Hermione didn't answer immediately, but continued to examine the Time Turner.

"It's just that…it doesn't look the same…almost as if…" she said slowly.

"As if what?" Harry prompted her. But Hermione shook her head in disbelief and began to turn the hourglass. Just as she did, a boy with short black hair ran into them from behind, sending the Time Turner spinning wildly. He quickly muttered a "sorry" and continued to run. Hermione and Harry stared horrified as the Time Turner continued to spin and slowly came to a stop. And with a sudden bright light, they were sent hurdling through the past.

Hermione looked wildly around her. She saw the Hogwarts grounds, Harry, lying dizzily on the ground, and about a fifty students she had never seen in her life.

"Harry!" she hissed desperately and scared at him. He looked back at her, looking dazed. "I don't know when we're at! We could be as far back as…as Dumbledore's school days! I…" she took a deep breath, "I don't know what to do!" Tears of fright filled her eyes. Harry slowly took the chain of the Time Turner off from around his neck. He, too, looked nervous, but there was another glint in his eye, Hermione noticed. It was excitement.

"Okay…okay, relax. Relax. We'll figure this out. If Dumbledore is headmaster…we could ask him what to do. He'd understand. He's Dumbledore!" he said, slightly shakily. Just as he spoke, a group of boys passed by behind them.

"Did you see the look on McGonagall's face, Prongs? Classic!" someone was saying. Harry whipped his head around, putting a crick in his neck. A boy about fifteen with shaggy, black hair was walking lazily beside another boy his age…he looked exactly like Harry…his jet black hair stuck up in the air just as Harry's did…

The boy laughed. Beside him, a tired looking boy with a prefect badge smiled wearily. The boys continued except for the last one with the prefect badge; he had just noticed Harry and Hermione's lost faces.

Harry turned back and looked at Hermione, who was still in shock of seeing the boys. Her mouth was open slightly. Harry grinned wildly at her.

"It's Dad! It's my Dad!" he whispered ecstatically.

"And Sirius…and Lupin…" she whispered slowly. Remus Lupin was now making his way over to Harry and Hermione, leaving a bewildered Sirius and James behind. He crouched beside them.

"Hey, I don't think I've ever seen you two in Gryffindor tower before," he said, indicating at their robes. Pink patches appeared on Hermione's face.

"Yes….well…erm," she said nervously, looking at Lupin. He smiled sympathetically at her. He looked at Harry and stared for a second, looking very confused.

"Wow! You look…just like my friend James," Lupin said smiling. He turned and called over his shoulder "James! Sirius! Commere!" James and Sirius came immediately, walking past a small group of girls who giggled admirably at them.

"Common, Moony, I don't wanna waste my free period," said James irritably. Sirius laughed.

"The only wasted periods are the one's when you don't ask Evans out!" he exclaimed. James pushed him, annoyed, but grinned almost against his will.

"Okay, shut up a minute; James, look at this kid! He looks just like you!" Lupin said impatiently. James peered down at Harry smiling. Sirius did the same, but then set his gaze on Hermione, who was looking at Lupin worriedly.

"Yeah, I guess he has some of my more...redeeming qualities, but we have to go, Remus," said James after a moment. Lupin ignored him

"Are you two lost or something? You look as if you've been confounded…" he said, turning back to Hermione. She hiccupped, and flushed furiously, muttering "…we need Dumbledore…" Lupin stood up and offered her a hand. Hermione accepted it shakily and got up. Harry followed suit, keeping his eyes on James. James gave Harry a quizzical look, raising an eyebrow, but said nothing.

"Well," Lupin said, turning to Harry and Hermione, "should we get on to finding Dumbledore? Is it urgent?" Hermione opened her mouth to speak, but Harry clapped his hand over her mouth.

"Just a sec." He pulled Hermione a little ways over, so that Lupin, Sirius and James would be out of earshot.

"What?" Hermione asked in a hushed voice.

"Hermione, why are we going to Dumbledore right away? Don't you see what's happened? Someone has switched your hour Time Turner with a year Time Turner! When are we- when am I going to have another chance like this? This-it's my dad!" Harry said pleadingly. Hermione shot him a calculating look, and glanced back to James, Sirius, and Remus, who were looking expectantly at them

"Common Hermione! We can go to Dumbledore anytime!" Harry said. Hermione paused, looking at Harry and then walked over to the three boys.

"It's not urgent. Would you mind if we hung out with you three?"