A/N: Some elements are non-canon, including the fact of Hermione having a Time-Turner, which it was stated in HBP that the DA had destroyed the Ministry stock of Time-Turners. About midway through the chapter, I start to use Katja for Hermione. Also, all speech is going through a translator spell (hence why Hagrid and Katja generally sound normal)
Obviously, I do not own Harry Potter or related items
The Werewolf-Chapter 2-Dumbledore and Hagrid
When he heard that Ms. Granger knew Remus Lupin, Dumbledore was surprised. He knew that Ms. Granger was from the future, but not being a seer, had no clue what relationships various people would have in the future. He then asked her whether or not she knew the rest of the Marauders.
"Well," Hermione started, "The ones I haven't met, I know of. So far I've met Remus, Sirius, and Pettigrew. James is..."
"Please, Ms. Granger," the Headmaster started. "Please don't tell me what they are doing in the future. Knowledge of the future may lead to me, or someone else, contaminating the time-line, if only unintentionally. Now, I see that you have a Time-Turner, and an invisibility cloak. This cloak looks very similar to one that Mr. Potter uses. Tell me about them, please."
Hermione told Dumbledore that she was a very ambitious student, and that the Time-Turner was for academic purposes. She explained that the Ministry had developed a way of using magical sand inside the Time-Turner to effect a time-change. Usually, it would work in intervals of one hour, but if broken, the results would be unpredictable.
"The cloak is My Potter's cloak...James' son Harry. It is a rather remarkable item, sir, almost like the cloak in the book The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The parchment is a map developed by the Marauders" Hermione explained.
"Ms. Granger, do you have any ideas about a cover story? Obviously, due to the fact that you know many of the students here, you cannot be known as 'Hermione Granger,' because it would most likely change the future."
"I am Katja Wagner, born in Frankfurt, West Germany to Victor and Sara Wagner, both wizards. I went to Beauxbatons school, because my parents didn't want me to go to Durmstrang, which has a reputation for being a school for the Dark Arts. To help me understand the language, my parents cast the Lingua Reddospell—the Universal Translator spell. Obviously, Hermione knows a little bit of German, so I will be able to pull it off. And what I don't know, I can read in a book. There are German books in Muggle bookshops all over London."
"Very good, Ms. Wagner. You wouldn't happen to have your books for this term, would you?"
"No, sir, but I have a little bit of money that I can take the Knight Bus to Diagon Alley. Professor, was Haus werde ich haben?" (What house will I be in?)
"I'll have Hagrid go with you. I assume that you know him? Your uniform seems to indicate that you are a Gryffindor. I see no reason to change that, unless you want thing, Katja, please do not speak of your lycanthropy to anybody, because it is not accepted by many wizards in this time frame. I will not tell your professors about your temporal status nor your lycanthropy. You will probably not want to go to Shrieking Shack, since that is where the Marauders go. If I am not mistaken, there is a small place in the Forest that you can use," the Headmaster responded. "I assume that you are a seventh year? Which classes would you like?"
"Actually, I should have graduated the summer of 1998, but my friends and I went on a Horcrux-hunt, that year, so yes, I am a seventh year. I would love to take Ancient Runes, Potions, Transfiguration, obviously Defence Against the Dark Arts, Arithmancy, Charms and Herbology."
"Very good, Ms. Wagner. I will get you a schedule with your new classes. Our Defence teacher is Professor Williamson, an Auror, but he requires an assistant in classes. Would you be interested?"
"Of course, Professor," responded Katja.
"Then, congratulations, Assistant Professor Wagner. By the way, the position is a paid one. When you go into Diagon Alley with Hagrid, you will open a vault at Gringotts Bank, owl me with the account number, and then I will give you 500 Galleons signing bonus and 40 Galleons a month. Oh, by the way, you will be paired with the Marauders in all of your classes. If you need to, you may tell your secrets to your friends or professors. This may include any information that may help them to improve their future lives. I just want to say, be careful."
Just then Madame Pomfrey came over, and told Katja that she could leave the Hospital Wing. Professor Dumbledore suggested that Katja go down to Hagrid's house with a note, and that he (Dumbledore) would get her schedule as soon as possible. After Dumbledore said this, Katja asked him whether there were any potions to help lessen the symptoms of lycanthropy, but he said that there weren't any (yet). "So Wolfsbane Potion hasn't been invented yet," thought Katja.
She headed down the path to Hagrid's hut. She knocked on his door, and heard a familiar barking. It can't be, Hermione thought before realising that the dog was another Mastiff. Then, the door opened, and the huge form of Hagrid filled the door. " 'ello?" Hagrid said. "Who the hell are you?"
"My name is Katja Wagner; I'm transferring from Beauxbatons, and am going to be assisting Professor Williamson. Professor Dumbledore gave me a note," the young witch told the half-giant. "He'd like you to accompany me to Diagon Alley to get clothing and books for the year."
"Dumbledore asked you? Well, I'm always glad to help out Dumbledore. He's helped me through a couple of hard times. I'll just get my umbrella and we can be off."
Just then, an owl came straight to Hermione with her schedule. She saw that she got all of the classes that she wanted, but obviously, if she could have taken more, she would have. She and Hagrid then walked down the path to Hogsmeade, where Hagrid stuck out his umbrella, and the Knight Bus appeared.
"Ello, and welcome to the Knight Bus: emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Step on board, and we can take you anywhere you want to go. I'm James Brown, and I'll be your conductor this evening," said the wizard on the stairs of the bus.
Hagrid told the man that they wanted to go to Diagon Alley, and the wizard told them that it would cost a Galleon for them both, and Hagrid paid the driver. After about fifteen or twenty minutes of being tossed around, Hagrid and Hermione got to the Leaky Cauldron. They then went through to Diagon Alley.
"I've got a pouch of money here, Katja," Hagrid told her. "We can use money from the pouch until we get to Gringotts. First, we'll go to Flourish and Blotts. The Headmaster warned me in the letter, though, that you'll try to buy the whole store. Just stick to what you need."
So they went into Flourish and Blotts where Katja bought all of the books necessary for both her classes and the Assistant's Job (in the correct edition). Like Dumbledore predicted, she wanted to buy a couple more books, but Hagrid told her to stick to the list. As they were passing the magical animals store, Hagrid told Katja to pick out an animal, and that he would pay for it out of his own pocket. He suggested an owl. So Katja bought a white snowy owl that she could have sworn was an ancestor of Hedwig. They went to the Apothecary, where Katja bought potions materials for the year. Then Katja went into Madam Malkin's Robes. Here, Madam Malkin got her fitted for all of the robes that she would need that year, including formal and semi-formal robes (for teaching) in addition to standard student robes for the year.
As she was walking back to the Leaky Cauldron with Hagrid, Katja noticed a familiar face. Something about her must have angered the child also, for he adopted his (to Hermione) well-known sneer that he used for Muggle-borns and Gryffindors. Severus Snape was walking down Diagon Alley. Hagrid noticed him and said hello, trying to be polite.
"What do you want, you giant oaf? Who is she? She mustn't be anybody special if she's going places with you," turning to Katja, Snape said, "I'm Severus Snape, and based on the fact that Hagrid is with you, I would assume that you are a Muggle-born, so please don't shake my hand."
"Muggle-born? Mij? Ich bin Katja Wagner—ein Reinesblut. Meine Eltern waren eine Hexe und ein Zauberer! Ich bin auch eine Lehrerin! Ich brauche nicht fragen, welches Haus Sie sich befinden!" (Muggle born? Me? (dutch) I am Katja Wagner-a pure blood. My parents were a witch and a wizard. I am also a teacher! I don't need to ask, which House you're in)
"Piss off then, teacher! I could care less, Ms. Wagner. You dress like my House-elf! And yes, I am a Slytherin, by the way, ten times better than you!" and he stalked off.
Hagrid asked Katja what she told Snape, and she just said that she confirmed her blood-status and told him that she was a teacher, which Hagrid knew was only partially true. Hagrid told her not to be making enemies of people right off the bat, and Katja told him that she hadn't tried to have a confrontation with Snape, it just happened. By the time she said this, they were at Gringotts.
She walked up to the area that said "New Vaults." She went to the Goblin and said that she would like to open up a new vault. The goblin handed her a stack of forms, and told her to put her fingers on a device on the table. The goblin then told her that the device was scanning her fingerprints, and analysing her magical signature. A couple of minutes later, Katja had her new account set up, and promptly sent an owl to Albus. After a minute or two, Fawkes, Albus' phoenix, flamed in with a cheque in the amount of Katja's bonus and pay minus the amount spent. Katja then took a handful of Galleons for the term.
After they were finished at the bank, Hagrid and Katja walked back to the Leaky Cauldron, where they had a drink and some bar food. Katja told Hagrid all that she knew about Beauxbatons, including the fact that the Headmistress was at least as big as he was. At this, Hagrid chuckled. "There ain't many people that can claim to be my size!" After a minute, Hagrid suggested that they just Floo home so, after sending a talking patronus, Hermione and Hagrid Flooed into the Headmaster's Study, where Dumbledore thanked Hagrid for taking Katja. He then told Katja to wait a moment.
"Katja, would you like to go up to Gryffindor Tower, or would you like Professors' Quarters?" the headmaster asked.
"Sir," replied Katja, "I would like this year to be as normal as possible. I'll take Gryffindor Tower."
"Very well, then. The password is Einheit. The students will be arriving at 1700 tomorrow. You're free to go up to your dormitory then."
Katja thanked the Professor and went off to the Gryffindor Common Room. The Fat Lady was surprised that she was being disturbed, after all, term didn't begin until the next day. Katja went up to the familiar dormitory, where she immediately pulled out the Marauder's Map. The map was still showing her as "Hermione Granger." She then pulled out her wand and said "Confundus Maximus!" and the dot changed to "Katja Wagner."
