AN: I have decided to re-write this story and make some minor changes to it. Hopefully it will turn out better than the original :)

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It was quiet in the Great Hall, appart from silent sobbing from the mourning witches and wizards in there. Hermione looked at Fred's pale face. Mrs Weasley was stroking his red hair, crying softly and George clung to his father, as if he would collapse on the ground if he let go of him. It was painful to watch him as no one had ever seen him cry before and now, he was breaking down, struggling to breathe. Mr Weasley said nothing, his eyes were dim as he stared into space, one arm around the remaining twin and the other wrapped around Ginny's shoulders as she leaned against him, unable to make a sound.

A girl with silky, strawberry blonde hair that Hermione hadn't seen before was on her knees, her face buried in his cold chest, crying out her pain and sorrow, unable to do anything else.

Hermione sat down on the floor, suddenly feeling cold steel against her chest. She grabbed the chain that hung around her neck and lifted the necklace up from her shirt. It was the Time-Turner. Hermione gasped. Why had she not thought of that?

She rushed towards Harry and Ron, bringing their heads tight together so no one but them would hear. She showed them what she'd found.

"Do you realize what we can do?", she said with a bright smile on her face. Ron was far too upset to even notice what she was holding. Harry grinned as he understood.

"We could go back in time and..."

"...save Fred!", Hermione finished. With those words, even Ron looked interested.

"But what about Tonks and Lupin?", Harry asked and Hermione nodded.

"I thought you and Ron could go after them, and I save Fred"

"But 'Mione", Ron began. "It's too dangerous for you to..."

"Come on, Ron. I know just when to defeat Rookwood, the only problem is that there will be two of me"

They went silent for a while, then Harry came up with an idea.

"Use my cloak", he said and picked it up from the floor. She smiled brightly and asked them to follow her out in the hallway.

When there was no one in sight, Hermione asked them to hold onto her and she started to spin the Time-Turner. The hallway changed and people rushed by in a blur. Finally, everything turned back to normal and the hall was busy with the ongoing war.

"Now... we must go, and please don't get killed", Hermione said and put the invisibility cloak on and ran.

She heard Percy's voice and hurried towards the noise.

"You're joking, Perce!" she heard Fred's voice say and she finally saw the group, still out of breath, she pointed her want towards the Death Eater behind them.

"You actually are joking, Perce..."

"DURO!", Hermione yelled and Rockwood fell down, hard as stone to the floor. Everyone in the group turned around to look at her, but they saw no one.

"Did you do that, 'Mione?" Ron asked and looked at the visible Hermione.

"No", she answered and looked around. "But let's not stay here and figure out who it was. Run!"

Hermione smiled underneath the invisibility cloak and sat down in a corner, just waiting for the sound of Voldemort entering the building. After some time, she could hear her other self, along with Ron and McGonagall, scream from outside. She knew that was the moment where everyone thought Harry had died. Remembering how she had felt, the tears started to glaze her eyes. She wiped them away with the back of her hand and took a deep breath.

"Now, focus, Hermione. Focus"

She started walking, very quietly towards the stairs, suddenly seeing Harry and Ron. She took the cloak off and walked up to them.

"Everything alright?", Ron asked and she nodded.

"You?"

"Yeah, they're fine. I couldn't save Snape but... at least Lupin and Tonks are alright"

They stood there for quite a while, feeling proud of Hermione's brilliant idea, then they heard Harry's and Voldemort's voices downstairs, and they hurried down the stairs.

They saw Voldemort fall dead to the floor and people who went quiet, not really daring to believe it. Then they all cheered and they saw Fred hugging George and the rest of their family. They didn't see themselves anywhere, so they entered the room and cheered with the others. The girl Hermione didn't recognize embraced Fred and they kissed. So that was the mystery-girlfriend? She had thought it was odd for him to be single, since Angelina broke up with him a long while ago and he was quite popular. The girl laughed as he lifted her from the ground and started spinning her around, her long, silky hair dancing, as if it was under water. Hermione was facinated by her. Just a few hours ago, she had seen her cry beside him along with her as well. Now they were all laughing, and she hoped she would get to know her soon.

…

As soon as they reached the Burrow, Mrs Weasley started to prepare dinner. Fred had brought his girlfriend and they all sat down on the couches in the living room.

"By the way, this is my girlfriend, Lizzie", Fred said, introducing the new girl. Her skin was pale, her eyes were stone grey, and her lips were raspberry red. She smiled towards them, approaching Harry first.

"You are Harry Potter?" she asked, reaching out her hand.

"Yes", Harry answered and took her hand and shook it to greet her. She looked at Hermione and Ginny with a bright smile.

"Awe, finally some girls to talk to", she embraced them in a hug and they giggled (like girls do).

"I'm Hermione", the brunette said with a smile, after they had all let go of eachother. Ginny introduced herself also, and the girls sat down on the carpet, next to the open fire and talked.

"So, how come I haven't seen you before?", Ginny asked, and Hermione was thinking the same.

"Well", Lizzie began. "I've not been to Hogwarts, I've been to many other schools. One new for every year, almost"

"Why?", Hermione asked and suddenly Lizzie's eyes dropped to the floor.

"Uhm... I just... wasn't happy at any of them, really" Lizzie turned her face away from them.

"What happened?"

Lizzie was still staring at the ground as she gave her faint reply.

"Just… Excuse me…"

Hermione hoped she hadn't hurt her, but she saw that Lizzie looked at Fred and got up to walk away.

"What did I say?", Hermione looked at Fred who shook his head and sat down with them.

"It's not your fault, she's just sensitive... She was bullied in every single school"

"Oh", Hermione felt angst wash over her and she got up. "I must apologize to her"

Fred grabbed her by the arm.

"No, you stay here, I'll talk to her", he smiled in that corky way he always does, making Hermione trust him since he knew her better.

…

Lizzie stood outside the Burrow, gazing at the stars. It wasn't even completely dark yet, but she could see them through the dark blue and pink sky as the clouds moved.

"Are you ok?", Fred's voice asked her and she turned around to face him.

"Yes, I just... I remembered"

"I know"

He held her tight to his chest and felt her tears soak his shirt. He stroke her hair. He loved that hair, just like an angel. Well, she was an angel, his angel.

In her mind, Lizzie saw things she wanted to forget. Her parents throwing her out on the street because of shame, men abusing and raping her, leaving her a small amount of money for the prostitution she never asked for. She shivered and Fred let go off her to look into her eyes.

"Hey...", he began softly. "What's the matter?"

"No matter how hard I try, I can't forget what they did to me... I can't get rid of this feeling of shame… disgust…"

Fred stroke her cheek gently, wiping off her tears.

"Nothing like that will ever happen to you again. I would never hurt you"

He kissed her on the forehead and she smiled.

"I know, Fred"

His gaze found her glazed eyes and he couldn't help but to get mesmerized by her sweet face.

"You're beautiful" he said softly and leaned in closer, his lips brushing against hers before the kiss deepened. Slow, loving and tender.

They kissed for many minutes, then they heard Mrs Weasley call, dinner was ready.