AN: Here is a new story since I have finished Into the World (it's Twilight, though, not sure if anybody here has read it!). This is just the intro, but I will be posting the next chapter tomorrow- or maybe a few hours if I get impatient. I have the first couple chapters written and ready to post, but I WILL be spacing them out, especially because I have writers block. No schedule exactly, but if I establish one I will let you know! So, introducing... Hera Granger: Wrong Gender, Wrong Generation!

This includes, but is not limited to: time travel, girl!Harry, first year!Harry and Hermione, H/R, H/G, sorry, no L/J, it's only 5th year, and no slash. I have nothing against it, but I prefer canon pairings. Unless it's Neville/Hannah and Luna/Rolf. Luna and Neville were made for each other.

Oh and this is totally dedicated to my betas, She Who Shall Go Nameless and DramaticStarlet (although DramaticStarlet is not currently betaing, she did help with the first few chapters, so iI've gotta give credit!)

Disclaimer: Do not own I am just playing with JKR's world.

Harry POV

"I don't get it Hermione! What is wrong with her?" I yelled, pacing the Room of Requirement. Hermione was sitting at a desk in the corner, quietly studying for the NEWTS as I vented on her.

"Harry, would you at least tell me what happened?" she said, marking something on her paper. I sighed and explained the fight. I had refused to go out with Ginny. I loved her so much—that's why. She wouldn't take my excuse.

"Harry," she had said, with tears streaming down her face. "If you don't like me that way, don't lie and say that it's 'safer!' I'm not five, I can take the truth!"

"Well, I actually don't understand why you said that either," Hermione put down her quill and turned to me. "Harry, if you really like her, a date won't hurt!"

"But I don't just like her! I love her! That's the problem! She'll get hurt! Or killed! Like my parents!" I argued, trying to make my best friend see. Smart, yes, definitely. Skilled in the love department—not much. It was obvious that her and Ron should go out, but they just wouldn't accept it. Well, if she wasn't going to start her own love life, she'd have to help me with mine!

"If you're worried about that… she'll be fine. Ginny's a smart girl, she's good at things like that! She's not going down that easily," Hermione tried to reassure me.

"So were my parents!" The room went silent at that. Hermione pursed her lips, contemplating whether to continue on or admit she lost. I went back to pacing as she went back to her homework.

A few hundred paces later, I collapsed on the ground, thankfully landing on a mattress. I fell asleep in seconds, but not before thinking, "I just don't get girls. I don't get them at all… wonder if Hermione can write a book about their minds…"

Hermione POV

"So were my parents!" I stopped arguing. When Harry got into his parents, there was not much else to be said. He was right, of course, but it didn't mean that he shouldn't give Ginny a try. You could see he loved her—the way he stared after her. I suppose it's a lot like the way I look at Ron. I try not to let it get in the way of my studies and my friendships, but it was getting difficult…

Harry fell asleep on a mattress, and not long after I felt myself beginning to drift off as well. For some reason Harry seemed smaller… less intimidating.

Harry was concerned for Ginny's life. I understood that. But Ginny was able to take care of herself! It was a stupid sexist thing that all boys have in them—they look at woman as inferior, as things that need to be protected, whether they try to think this way or not. I know Harry didn't intend to be like that, but he was.

If only I could meet his parents… maybe he wouldn't be so concerned about her if he had the chance to meet them too, I thought sullenly, closing my book. It seemed heavier, larger than before. I fell asleep quickly, with not another thought entering my head.

AN: I hope you enjoyed it so far, I had a lot of fun writing it! Please give constructive critism and feedback (I like that, especially in the form of reviews!) and the next chapter (where it really begins!) will be up soon. Oh, and yes, my characters may be a little OOC... sorry... but I did love the vision of Harry pacing a lot, which, as a warning, he will be doing!