Chapter 2: The Past
After she had met up with Remus when appearing in the past she went to Dumbledore's office and explained to him her situation. He told her that this trip into the past of hers was not something he had heard about before but that he would do his best to find a way home for her. In her urgency to get home she started to tell Dumbledore about the death eaters still afoot after the fall of Voldemort but he stopped her immediately reminding her that it was imperative that she not divulge events from the future so as to change the future. He told her that while she was there in the past she should settle in as a student in her seventh year in her old house. He told her that everything she would need would be waiting in a trunk for her in the dormitory she would share with the other 7th year Gryffindor girls. Before she departed from his office he also inquired as to who he told Remus she was. Hermione assured the elder wizard that she said she was a transfer student and would stick to that story. Dumbledore agreed this best since at that time; times were growing dark with Voldemort on the rise so if he or anyone on the dark side got wind of her true identity she would be in incredible danger.
It had been three months since that conversation with Dumbledore. In that time much had happened for her. In the first month she was still very eager to return home, missing Harry, Ron, and Ginny all very much but nevertheless enjoying seeing Remus and Sirius alive again, as well as Harry's parents. In that time Hermione had also, against her own will, begun to feel a strong attraction to the man who would become her friend and professor. She knew he felt the same and had actually awkwardly kissed her only but she still fervently tried to deny her feelings. She thought it so wrong. Firstly, she was dating Ron and Remus had been married to Tonks, Hermione's friend. She did not want to betray any of them. Also, there was how much older he really was than her, but what bothered her most was knowing that when, or really if, she went back Remus would not be there. Feeling this attraction and the newfound close friendship between the two of them would be hard enough to have to suffer when she returned to a world where he was dead. She could not even imagine having to leave him and never see him again, no matter at what age, if they were to get closer to each other, or if she were to fall in love with him.
Nevertheless, that is exactly what happened; they had fallen deeply in love with each other over the next two months. The night when she would have been in the past for exactly one month she was called to Dumbledore's office and told that he had not yet been able to find a way for her to return home. He assured her he would keep searching for a way but that she should also prepare herself for the reality that she might be stuck there. She had returned to her dorm and cried herself to sleep that night at the thought of never being able to see Harry, Ron, Ginny, or her parents again. She woke up in the middle of the night unable to sleep anymore and went down to the common room where she found Remus. She knew he didn't sleep much or well as a werewolf, but hadn't expected him to be there that night. He felt awkward at first due to their last encounter, the kiss, but when he saw her teary face he immediately went to her and pulled her close to him in an effort to comfort her. When she eventually looked up into his face she knew she could not nor did she want to resist her feelings anymore. She knew how wrong it was and what a bad idea it was, but kissed him anyways. He had initially been taken off guard, but at her increasing intensity he responded to her.
Ever since then she had been living in the past happily with him, the other marauders, as well as Lily, Harry's mother and her roommate who she had grown very close to especially since they were both dating marauders. In the past two months she grew to love him, and not with a slight attraction, but deeply and he as well for her. They were perfect for each other, a Romeo and Juliet type couple she knew from her muggle background, they understood each other more than anyone else ever did and both faced the same outsider placement, her with muggle parents and him as a werewolf. She had even begun to make the wolfsbane potion for him, which she knew by heart and thought might come in handy. She had had to wait until he finally admitted his "furry problem" to her since she had not told him of her true identity. After he had she told him she had heard of an obscure, secret potion that could help him. He was skeptical but knew he could trust her so he took the potion and was able to control his werewolf self. This made him love her more if that were possible but did not understand why he shouldn't tell people about the potion.
This bliss with him and the others lasted for two months… until one morning.