Chapter 1; Saying goodbye.
It was late, the final battle of Hogwarts had just happened. Every death eater had either disapparated or was killed, Ron and Hermione stood, hand in hand, in silence looking over the bodies of their friends and family, dead and alive. Luna sat in Neville's arms at the hufflepuff table, every Weasley, apart from Ron, crowed around Fred, Remus and Tonks bodies. Every person in the Great Hall sat with tears streaming down their face, everyone except Hermione. Tears had even been silently sliding down Ron's face but Hermione took no notice of this. Thoughts of Harry began circling Hermione's head but the one thought she hated most was; Harry died. Her best friend had died battling Voldemort. Voldemort, the thought of that name brought instant anger to her. She felt nothing but hatred towards him but yet, she still didn't cry, scream or shout. She simply let go of Ron's hand and walked away in silence. Ron didn't follow her, he had went back to see his family. However, Hermione left the Great Hall and began wandering around the parts of Hogwarts that weren't completely destroyed. She found herself looking at the broken staircases that no longer moved and empty, broken frames where paintings were once in. Hermione was drawn to the headmistress's office, she started walking up the staircase, and it seemed to be the only part of Hogwarts that was barley harmed. When she reached the top she had seen that the door to the office was blasted off but she walked in slowly, she silently absorbed the office, until she seen the head mistress lying on the floor. Hermione couldn't believe what she was seeing, the head mistress, the previous head of Gryffindor; the transfiguration teacher... was dead. Hermione, however, didn't burst into tears; she just turned around and kept looking at the office. She began lifting and moving things and this is when she saw something that she wanted to keep; A time-turner. She lifted the time-turner and put it in her pocket and left the office, she went back down to the Great Hall and stood at what used to be the door. Ron came running towards her, he took her hands and moved her away to a part of the castle close to the Great Hall but somewhere where they couldn't be seen.
"It's over, we survived and I want you to know I love you but I have to go somewhere and I might not be back, at least for a long while."
These where the first words to leave Hermione's mouth and once she said this Ron thought he understood. He thought she wanted a bit of space to take in everything that just happened. Little did he know that Hermione actually had a time-turner and planned to go back in time to try and make sure Tom Riddle didn't turn into Lord Voldemort.
"I understand" Ron replied, then he pulled Hermione close and gave her a hug. "I love you too and if you want some space, I understand, this is a lot to take in all at once."
Hermione then knew that Ron didn't understand, but how could he of? Hermione didn't tell Ron about her plan or that she has a time-turner, but she still went along with what he was saying. If she were to tell Ron the truth, she knew he would stop her and she knew that she had to go back. Hermione understood that meddling with time is never good and that bad things could only come out of this but she would do whatever she could to stop Lord Voldemort. Hermione and Ron pulled apart and began to kiss; Hermione knew that this would be their last kiss, after a long kiss, Ron went back to his family and Hermione took a trip into the forbidden forest. Once she got to the beginning of the forest she put on the time-turner and put a charm on the turner to go back to the forties; back to the time of Tom Riddle when he was 16 years of age.