Author's Note: Well, it's been a long time coming but it's finally here! This is my first fanfiction novel and, considering that, I am quite proud of it. I am still editing the majority of it however, but I just could not wait to get it up here, so here it is! I really hope you enjoy it!

Please do not be discouraged by the length of it, the chapters will get longer! I promise! This is merely the prologue! Including the prologue and the epilogue, Forgotten Memories is sixteen chapters long.

This is rated so high due to strong language content in future chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter content in this story; all rights belong to J.K. Rowling. I do however own the characters Lauran, Analese, Ariana and Vladmir; they are purely OC. I also own some of the spells you will read in the future chapters.

Prologue:

"The Man with Two Faces"

Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.

-the Princess Diaries, the movie

Her heart was pounding. Her mind defiant. Her ears must have lied. It could not, should not, be possible for someone to request such an act. Surely, he was joking. Any minute and he would begin to laugh and embrace the three for their bravery. But as the clock ticked on, his face became that of an assassin. His eyes showed there was no jest in his words. He meant, with all seriousness, what he had asked of her.

"Hermione, if you do not answer, I will be forced to choose for myself. I assure you, you will not like my choice."

Hermione looked to Harry and then to Ron. Her eyes began to well up with tears, but she would not allow herself to cry in front of them. She had to be strong. Bravely, she allowed herself to peek at the Man with Two Faces. He was watching her with a mocking smirk, his wand pointed towards Harry and then to Ron, alternating between the two as if it was a mere pendulum, rather than the beacon of death that it was.

Impatiently, he coughed, signaling her defeat. He waved his wand, not in spell but in annoyance, telling her she had limited time to make her decision. Her heart sunk as she looked to Harry and Ron once more. With the fleeting hope that they would make it out alive, she made what she hoped, what she wished would be the only hard decision she would ever have to make.

Hermione Jean Granger would give up her innocence to save the lives of Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley.