Hermione was a very troubled and worried girl. It was her Fourth year in Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry. She had two best friends. One a speckled raven haired friend named Harry Potter. More like brother to tell you the truth. They had gone through so much together already. The other, well, let's just say that he was Harry's friend and her friend sometimes. At the moment, he was neither her friend, nor Harry's. You see, last week Harry had been entered into the Tri-Wizard Tournament. He didn't even put his name in the cup. He didn't want this. But no one seemed to believe him except her. Even his own so called best friend hadn't believed him. Just the look on his face alone was telling enough when Dumbledore called his name.
Now, Hermione was in the library looking for ways to help Harry. She was in the herbology section reading about gillyweed when a shadow covered her. She looked up only to find Draco Malfoy standing over her. She looked around but didn't see his two goons standing around him. "What do you want Malfoy?" she asked. "So I see your still the swot you always have been. It's good to know that nothing changes with you." Malfoy sneered at her. She didn't know why he decided to talk to her without his usual protection. Didn't he know by now she saved her nastiest hexes for him. "Again, what do you want Malfoy?" she said. "Well how is it that you're in here studying for Potter when he is nowhere to be found? I see he leaves his studying to those he feels are below him."
Just then Harry came around the corner and knocked into Malfoy. "Watch where you are going Potter!" Malfoy yelled. "Not my fault you are over here harassing Hermione where my seat is. You know, with how much you harass her people would start to think you like her. Now why don't you find Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumbass before they eat their feelings with your absence from their lives." Malfoy looked like he was going to pull his wand out but then the throat clearing of Mrs. Pince made him back away and leave the library.
"Thanks Harry. Why don't we get out of here? Let me check out this book and we will leave."
After she checked the book out they set out to go back to the Gryffindor common room. On their way there, Harry started to gather a fan base following them. They tried taking as many turns as possible to lose them but when the landed on the 7th floor they heard the girls giggling closer to them. "We need to hide!" Harry said. Just then they rounded a corner and Harry found a door to the right. "Hurry in here." They ran in and closed the door. Listening to the giggles of the girls fading Harry turned around and gasped. "What is this place?" Hermione turned around and saw what looked like a very large storage room. "Let's look." Harry said. Hermione, always being up for an adventure agreed.
While they were looking, Harry found an old book he started to look through. Hermione was looking at a beautiful diadem on a bust that she felt very drawn too. As soon as she touched the diadem it felt as though she was being sucked into another time.
As soon as she opened her eyes she saw what looked like a memory of a tall dark haired man with a beautiful dark haired lady holding a baby. The woman was crying hugging the baby. "Bella, you know we must do this. He will take her away from us the minute he finds out we had her. You heard Lucius. He's looking for a way to kill me. I wouldn't want anything happening to you or her if he found a way to do it." The dark man said with tears in his eyes. "I know." She said. "He already got the Potters convinced that you were evil. They're in hiding now. I can only hope their son is safe. But I don't want to leave Hermione with these muggles. She won't know anything about the wizarding world until she's 11. You know how hard it was for Lily to cope. But if we must keep her safe this is the only way. I love you Hermione." The woman named Bella placed the baby in what looked like her mother's arms. "I will keep her safe Bella. You know this. I would do a wizard's oath but as I'm a squib I don't think it will work." "I know Susan. You can't know how much this means to us that you will do this. I know you and Jerry want a baby. I just wish we wouldn't have to give her up." Bella started crying and walked away.
Hermione backed out of the memory with tears in her eyes. Her whole world had just changed.