Prologue

Sitting around the table in Grimmauld place retelling their adventure in the past had come with severe consequences for the trio. Mrs Weasley and many others had scorned them in their supposed childishness. The future may not have changed but it did not matter to them, all that mattered was that it could have been. Sirius however had found it exciting, wishing he had gone with them and escaped the hell he was in. At last he would have had some freedom there.

"So what happened after that?" Remus asked. He was intrigued by the adventure which the trio had had. Not one person during the last thousand years had the chance they had come across.

"Well he said 'I hope you return safely. There is no way for you to tell us once you have left.' And that was it." Harry recalled. Even he could not believe his little adventure.

"That was it? I know it says in Hogwarts, A History that they met with people from the future but I never knew it was you."

"Yeah, it was amazing but Slytherin was still a slimy git." Ron added.

Yes, you heard right the Golden Trio of Hogwarts landed themselves in the time of the founders. This is their story on how they got there, hid and then told where they had come from and then returned home.

Chapter One

"Are you sure Hermione? I mean what if this went wrong?" Harry asked gently. He knew that if she thought he was telling her wrong then he would have his head bitten off. Hermione, as always, had been studying in the library for an assignment when she had come across a most curious spell.

"It will be fine Harry." Hermione replied feeling annoyed, carrying on she said, "It has explicit instructions and says 'Once you have said the incantation it will take you to the answers that you seek.' It is from a really old library book, one which most people don't look in. Maybe it will bring some answers on how to defeat You-Know Who? Or maybe it will take us a place to where we can find out about him."

"I don't know Hermione, It seems a bit vague to me." Ron said thoughtfully.

"How can it be vague Ronald? The instructions are in the book and it tells you exactly what is going to happen. Honestly do you think I would suggest doing something which is dangerous?" Hermione asked even more annoyed with her friend.

"Let's do it. Tonight after the DA lesson finishes." Turning to Hermione Harry added, "Is that okay?"

"Yes." Turning her attention to Ron she asked "What about you Ronald? Are you going to join in or are you going to watch us?"

"Join in, three heads are better than one, we will be able to think a lot faster then and work it out a lot better." Ron answered, sounding strangely like Hermione.

Later that night after the DA had finished the trio stayed behind under the pretence that they needed to plan the next lesson based off the spells that were being practised that day. Harry even promised that they would try and start doing patronus' soon.

"What is the incantation Hermione?"

"Refero es hic, it means 'the answers are here'. It says that you have to be focused on one particular question when you cast the spell, especially if it is with multiple people as they can go to different times if one gets it wrong. There is a passage here in Latin which I need to translate though." Hermione replied.

Harry and Ron stood next to Hermione gazing at the Latin passage wondering what it could mean. Several books appeared on a table not too far away.

"I'm going to translate this with those books." Hermione muttered as she walked over to the desk.

A little while later she called Harry and Ron over to show them the text, it said 'The answers you seek may not be in the places you think. Be careful of the answers you look for as they may not be what you truly wish to know. To the questions with more than one answer, there may be more than one place to go. Do not reveal your purpose as you may pay the price. Take heed of this warning, you do not wish to die.'

"What does it mean 'do not reveal your purpose as you may pay the price'? Does it mean we're not watching things we will be living them?" Harry asked.

"I think so. It seems we have to be very precise on the question otherwise we could end up somewhere we don't want to be." Hermione answered.

"Is there an incantation to get us back? Or do we have to figure that out when we are there?" Ron asked. It seemed this time he didn't want to take any chances on the adventure they were having. Normally he would just tell them to 'wing it'.

"Reverto nos iam, meaning 'return us now'."

"When shall we do it? I think tomorrow. That way we will be more prepared and have all the things we need with us." Hermione inquired.

"I agree with you. It gives us a chance to sort out everything we need." Harry replied.

When they reached the Gryffindor common room they sat in the corner talking about things which they would take.

"I think we should definitely take the invisibility cloak." Ron suggested.

"Good idea Ron. There is a good chance we will need it. What about the map?" Hermione asked whilst looking at Harry. "There is a chance of us landing in Hogwarts."

Harry nodded his head. He had been thinking that they would end up at Hogwarts in Voldemort's time. "Is there anything else, apart from a few clothes, the cloak and the map?"

"I don't think so. I will think about it tomorrow when I wake up. I think we should go to bed now though." Hermione said stifling a yawn. "Goodnight."

"Night Hermione." The boys chorused.

That night the trio's dreams were alive with scenarios of where they would go. Ron was dreaming that they ended up in the time of Harry parent's and seeing what stage in the horcrux process Voldemort was at. During this time Harry was getting to know his parent's better and better. He seemed to think that they would end up during their seventh year so Harry could see them together. Harry dreamt that he was in the time of Tom Riddle at Hogwarts. The young, handsome boy seemed pleasant on the outside, but Harry's imagination went wild with the things he might have done to students. It was known that there were a few nasty attacks on students during his time which could never be linked to anyone, least of all him. Not forgetting the fact that he murdered Moaning Myrtle whilst commanding the basilisk as well. He knew that horrors would lie in store for them, especially Hermione if they went there.

Hermione was the closest of all three to dream where they would go. She dreamt of a newly built Hogwarts, with Heads of Houses wearing robes of the house colours. She had a distinct feeling she was dreaming of the founders. A tall, auburn haired, fierce looking man wearing red and gold, an equally tall elegant woman with black hair wearing robes of blue and bronze, a cunning looking man with deep green robes with silver fastenings, and lastly a woman with a slightly plump figure and gingery hair wearing colours of yellow and black; each stood tall and proud in front of the main entrance. The scene changed and she saw classes being taught, duels being fought and arguments over the acceptance of muggleborn's. Then the four became three, the cunning looking man had left and the others looked upset but carried on with their noble work.

The next morning when they woke up they all made a conscious decision to inform the other two of what they had seen. Harry and Ron sleepily walked down to the great hall for breakfast. Hermione was already there and full awake. They sat down opposite her and at once all three said "I've got something to tell you." They looked at each other and Ron motioned for Hermione or Harry to continue. Hermione took this cue and told them what she had seen.

"What do you think? Do you think it was really them or do I just want to believe it?" Hermione asked.

"I think it was them." Harry replied. "I think the start where you saw them standing in front of Hogwarts they were welcoming new students and that was also the reason why they were wearing robes of the house colours."

"What did you two dream of?"

Harry and Ron looked at each other and Ron said, "You go first mate. Mine sounds stupid."

"Ok then. I dreamt we had gone back to when Voldemort was at Hogwarts. We saw the things which he did to other students and planning his horcruxes as well. I just remember being scared because it was the year he opened the chamber. I knew that Myrtle died, I was just worried about Hermione being petrified again." Harry answered.

"What about you Ron? What did you dream of?" asked Hermione curiously.

"I dream we went to when Harry's parents were in their seventh year. We were looking for how much You-Know-Who had done already and Harry was getting to know his parents and Sirius more when they were young." Ron said uncomfortably. He felt as if it should have been Harry who had dreamt this rather than him. They weren't his parents, or his godfather.

"Really?" Harry asked rather taken aback.

Ron nodded silently. "I thought you would have been the one to dream of them mate not me. No offence it's just that they are your parent's, not mine."

"I know. I half expected me to as well but, it doesn't matter." Harry said.

"We need to think of a question and it needs to be precise. I was thinking something along the lines of 'How can we destroy Voldemort' or 'what did Voldemort do which was able to make him return?'" Hermione whispered.

The hall had started filling up and it wasn't a safe place to talk anymore. They agreed to go to the Room of Requirement at lunchtime. Ron had grumbled asking them if they had to go straight away as he would be hungry. Harry reminded him that they had Care of Magical Creatures beforehand and they could get something quick on the way up.

Lunchtime rolled around quickly for the trio and soon it was time to try the incantation out. Once they got into the Room of Requirement they decided on the question that they wanted to try out.

"Okay so when we say the incantation we concentrate on the question 'How do we destroy Voldemort?'" Hermione instructed.

"Shall we try now?" Ron asked, looking a little apprehensive.

"Yes, now that we have the question done and all of our stuff is ready. Let's hold hands, it might work better if we are joined." Hermione said like a Professor.

The trio stood in the centre of the room holding hands concentrating on the question. "I think we should say the incantation now." Hermione said quietly. "1, 2, 3." She counted them in.

"Refero es hic." They chanted. It felt as if a wind was billowing around them slower and then faster and then slower again. Once it had disappeared the opened their eyes. They found that they were still in the Room of Requirement.

"Did it work?" Ron asked.

"There is only one way to find out. Let's go the Great Hall and see if the toad is there." Harry said referring to their unbearable Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Umbridge.

They left and saw nothing out of the ordinary. The only thing really different was some of the portraits were missing. They thought that Umbridge must have had them taken down due to one of the educational decrees the Minister had put through.

When they reached the Great Hall the sight before them made them speechless. The spell had worked but had sent them back to a time where they least expected. Even Hermione had trouble comprehending how they had ended up there. She quickly came to the conclusion that there was some old magic which had been lost over time which would help.

The people in the hall stared at the visitors which had arrived. They were dressed in simple black robes with the symbol and colours of Godric Griffyndor's house. It seemed as though they were strangers to this time but not this place. The man which resembled a monkey and possessed a cunning grin asked "Who are you?"