PSL: This is a piece of work done in dedication to the Harry Potter fandom for the shippers of Hermione/Remus in love. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing.

Summary: Harry has died and the Wizarding World is in shambles. How does a letter from Dumbledore, a blast to the past, and a will to two souls of an old man's diary connect? Read and find out!

Prologue

A sky under a blanket of beautiful ebony, scored away by angry flashes of light. Curses, hexes, jinxes, and shields bounding throughout the night. Screams of pain and the thumps of giants footsteps hitting the ground with a thunderous roar. The horns of the merpeople roaring through the skies calling their warriors to battle the deadly beasts of the dark forces.

Chocolate eyes skitted from side to side as they looked for any oncoming attackers. The Death Eater's had gained many allies in those who had been wronged by the ministry. Vampires, Giants, Werewolves and more had joined the Dark Side. All but one, Remus Lupin who she saw fall to the ground as he was struck by a slicing hex which she cast the counter for.

Standing in front of him as he recovered quickly due to his lycanthropy, she smiled as she felt him hug her lightly from behind his soft tenor whispering in her ear.

"Thank you for the help, Hermione."

"Your welcome, Remus."

She looked into his blue mixed with amber eyes and said, "Good Luck out there…this could be the end for us."

With that she kissed his cheek and charged off into the battle to help her friends.

As she ran she saw the battle between Harry and Voldemort in full flight. Seeing her friend Ginny fall next to her brother, both of them dead their eyes left open with a look of determination. Heroes that's what they had been and she left them for the moment rushing to Harry as some of the last of the Death Eaters fell.

The time for pain wasn't now…Harry needed her…the Order needed her…Remus, Remus Lupin needed her. She furiously rushed through the battle dodging many curses in the process. Hit with a Crucio she fell to the ground and her world shrouded in pain went black.

Only days later she awoke to find that they were hiding in the walls of Hogwarts. The castle lay in ruin as they powers of darkness overcame the light. The world of magic destroyed by the half-blood tyrant had completed his mission. The world was his and now with only three order members still alive, Hermione, Remus, and Severus.

She now faced a world with no family, all her friends gone, and her home destroyed. Her hopes and dreams torn from her as she was kept within the walls. Remus and Severus suffocating her for her 'safety' which had ticked her off quite a bit.

Hermione turned her eyes to the portrait of Albus Dumbledore and sighed. Her eyes misted by her tears as she lost her loved ones in a matter of moments. Harry was dead…her brothers and sister were dead. She cried silently not acknowledging either of the men in the room who watched her sadly. They had lost much but, neither of them could relate to the fact that she had been dragged into this blindly all because she had been a friend, of Harry Potter.

Remus watched her his heart wrenching at the sight. She reminded him so much of his love…his love Harmony Snape. He turned to see Severus giving her the same look. He knew that Severus had always adored Hermione, she was young, lively, mature, intelligent, and strong. Just like his sister had been. For so long both had to live with the fact that she had been ripped from them by fate. The Dark Lord had taken her life to make an example of what happened to those who denied him.

He smiled remembering how all who had doubted her true colors before she was killed in front of Hogwarts. They had seen the horrific death of a brave girl who was true to her house and even more true to her heart. They had banned together and helped Albus Dumbledore form the original Order of the Phoenix.

Severus stood up and looked at Remus before saying to Hermione, "We have to leave to receive Dumbledore's will. You will stay inside…right?"

His dark eyes piercing the young woman's as she glared at him annoyed.

"What the hell is the point in saying that?!" Her brown eyes dulled from being trapped for so long, "I've got nowhere to go! I step one foot outside these rooms and I'm dead for sure…do you honestly think I would be that stupid!"

Severus rolled his eyes as he looked to Remus. They recalled a time when the young woman had said the same exact thing before and ended up in a nest of Death Eaters. She had been kept alive because she was a way to get through Potter's defenses but, luckily Lupin found her in her cell and escaped with her.

Remus sheepishly looked from Hermione to Severus knowing if he said the wrong thing she would certainly hurt someone. She had become rather restless and so did his best to keep her calm and collected. She was no woman to be caged like an animal.

He smiled and said to Severus, "Relax Severus, Hermione is much more mature than she had been at the time. She had gone out with Dumbledore's reluctant permission to visit her family. How was she to know that she would be taken. Let us take our leave and return with due haste, that way we can come home to our companion sooner."

He almost blushed as Hermione smiled brightly at him while sticking her tongue out at Severus. Chuckling at the older man's rather childish huffing, he pulled him out the door and said, "Good Day Hermione. I'll be back as soon as possible."

With that the two men left heading towards the ministry. The Dark Lord had won but, the ministry was still in somewhat decent hands so the wills of Dumbledore and Harry Potter were left untouched. This is where the were heading…to retrieve the items and contracts of the wills for their group as they were summoned by both wills. Hermione the ministry knew was being kept hidden by the pair and so had no qualms in giving them the items in her place knowing, she would receive them.