Me: Hello Everyone! I hope you liked the last chapter. I would like to thank both Allison Elder and LilyHeartsJames for co-betaing.
Hermione: Is that even a word?
Me: Shush! You don't appear until later. Anyway, you know what they say, two heads are better than one.
Sirius: I suppose if you go by this you don't have a head.
Me: You too! Shush! Urg! I would like to inform my readers that I do in fact have a head. Anyway, I was very happy with the number and contents of the reviews I got. I would like to thank the following people for their reviews. LadyVi, An anonymous reviewer named Waldo ()
Hermione: padfootsnuffles,
Sirius: An anonymous reviewer named Charlotte (),
Hermione: ScarletWitch88,
Sirius: and last but certainly not least, LilyHeartsJames.
Me: SHUT UP YOU TWO!! 'tries to hit two imaginary characters. Hermione huffs and pops out'
Sirius: Oh, and we aren't owned by this mad person, J.K. Rowling created us not her. 'dodges hit and pops out'
Me: I am not mad!! Sorry about that. Anyway, on with the story! :)
The next day everyone ate breakfast in silence, then went to wait for Hermione while she got the stuff that she had packed last night. She had removed the Gryffindor patches from her school robes because she knew that she would have to be resorted. She took a last glance around the room that had been her home. Ginny's stuff had been moved to Harry's room while she had been mourning Ron.
Once she was downstairs they all said their own tearful goodbyes.
"Can you give these to my parents and the others, once you tell them about yourself?" Harry asked her. She took the letters from him, nodding. They hugged tightly.
"I can't wait to watch you grow up with the people you belong with. The only sad thing is you won't remember this time line and I will." She whispered in his ear. He nodded into their hug before letting her go. She moved onto Ginny.
"I wish I could stop you. Take care of yourself." Ginny whispered, gripping her in a Mrs. Weasley type hug. Hermione shook her head.
"I'll save them all even if I have to kill myself." She told the younger girl.
"That's what I worry about." the girl whispered back." They hugged for another moment before letting go. Petunia and Dudley stood side-by-side. They didn't hug her, they didn't know her except what Harry had told them.
"Please try to keep my sister safe." Petunia asked her. Hermione nodded, stepping back.
"Hermione," Harry said, hesitating. "I know you can't come back, even if you do fail, so if you...that is to say, if you fail, well, I wouldn't mind a godmother too." he said, awkwardly. She glared at Ginny for telling him that she used to have a crush on Sirius during the summer before fifth year. Ginny just smiled brightly.
"Hey, you know their secrets, from all Sirius told you before your fifth year, use you own secrets to lure one in." Ginny told her, still smiling. Harry looked curious, but didn't ask.
"It's time." came a voice. Their eyes widened as they saw a mist, then Sirius, Remus, Tonks, James, and Lily step out. Their jaws dropped. The ghosts just smiled.
"We don't know what is going to happen, this didn't happen before so all of this will be erased. You will change the future, but we don't know how. If one of us ever suspects you of being a Death Eater just say that your heart burns true for all to see." the ghost Lily told Hermione. Hermione nodded, dumbstruck. The ghost Sirius smirked.
"So, you had a crush on me. Hm." he said. Hermione blushed widely. He smirked again. Lily slapped him over the head.
"Leave her alone." she reprimanded him. Sirius pouted and Hermione grinned. She turned to look at Harry.
"Mom. Dad." he said, his throat dry. She saw tears brimming in his eyes. They nodded.
"We're so proud of you, son." Ghost James told him. "By the way, nice choice." he said, gesturing at Ginny, who blushed. "I see that you found out that we Potters always fall for redheads." he commented, putting his arm around his wife's waist. Harry nodded, doing the same to Ginny.
"It's time, Hermione." Remus told her. She nodded, hugging Harry and Ginny again. "Do what you do best." Hermione opened the book and began to read. She had translated and read the first paragraph when everything started to spin. She felt like she was traveling backwards faster than ever before. Suddenly she fell through what she had thought was the floor. Thinking she was going to crash, she shut her eyes tightly. When the crash didn't come, she opened her eyes. She was looking back into silvery grey eyes. She smiled slightly.
"Dumbledore." she whispered, before fainting from exhaustion.
A few hours later (Hermione's POV)
I opened my eyes to see myself in a bed in the hospital wing. I looked to my right to see Sirius sitting in a chair by my bed. He was listening intently. I knew he was using his advanced dog hearing to eavesdrop and used my, as Ginny had put it, secret as well. I quickly changed my ears.
"She should be waking up soon, then we will know." came Madame Pomfrey's voice. I sighed, he would know that I was lying as soon as I told him my cover story. Sirius quickly looked at me.
"Hi Sirius." I said. He looked at me, surprised. "Do you know where my dad is?"
"How do you know my name and who's your dad?" Sirius asked.
"They both have the same answer, Albus Dumbledore." I told him. He gaped at me. "Is he here?" I asked. He nodded, getting up. I enhanced my hearing again.
"Sir, the girl has woken up. She knows my name and she thinks she's your daughter." Sirius told him. I sighed again. My suspicions were correct, he knew I was lying. Dumbledore, Madame Pomfrey and Sirius entered. I looked straight into Dumbledore's eyes, showing him my life and what I had planned on using as my cover story.
"I think, Miss. Granger, that it would be wise to confide in someone your own age, Mr. Black perhaps. I will inform the staff. We will use the cover story that you have come up with." he told her, his eyes twinkling. I nodded.
"I missed you sir. The order was lost without you." I told him. "You still have your twinkle sir." I said, laughing slightly.
"I think Mr. Black is confused. Please explain while I tell Madame Pomfrey." The two adults left the room.
"Please sit down, you'll need it." I said, gesturing to a seat. He sat. "My name is Hermione Granger. When we leave this room, my name will be Alexianna Dumbledore. There is a reason for this. I..I'm from the future." I said. He started laughing. I glared. "You have a dog animagus form and Remus Lupin is a werewolf. Your friend James Potter and Peter Pettegrew are also animagi. They are a stag and a rat. Believe me now?" I demanded. He stared at me, wide-eyed. He nodded his head slowly. I sighed.
"Why are you here? How far ahead of this time is your real time?" he asked.
"Is this the year 1977?" he nodded. "I have traveled back 20 years. I went back to save you, your friends, and some others from death." I told him. A lone tear traveled down my cheek. "I suppose now you want to hear the whole story." He nodded. "I can't you give you all of the details, but I'll give you an overview.
"I was born in the year 1980. In 1991 I was told I was a muggleborn witch. When I got to school I made friends with two boys. One named Harry Potter, another named Ronald Weasley. Yes, Harry Potter is James Potter's son. But, here's one of the many hard parts. Harry was famous. He was famous because on the Halloween after Harry turned one, Voldemort attacked his home."
"James Potter told his wife to run, to protect Harry. She ran upstairs, but they had put wards up against apparation, and couldn't get out. Voldemort killed James, and then went after Mrs. Potter and Harry. Mrs. Potter wouldn't stand aside, so a killing curse killed her. Voldemort shot the same curse at Harry but the curse rebounded. " Sirius was crying now. "Mrs. Potter had given her life for her son so he wouldn't die. Voldemort turned into an evil spirit and fled. He was still alive, but only just. Harry Potter was taken to his aunt and uncle on his mother's side, strengthening the magic put on him by his mother. He was starved, and was treated as if he was their own personal house elf. Harry faced Voldemort his first and second year, barely surviving both times. In third year, the mass murderer that had supposedly killed 13 muggles and the wizard Peter Pettegrew broke out of Azkaban. It was you, Sirius."
My tears were flowing down my cheeks. "The Potters had been put under the Fideleus charm. You were their secret-keeper, until the last moment, when you changed to another. No one knew of the change except you, James, Lily, and the new secret-keeper, Peter Pettegrew. He had been working for Voldemort and he handed over the address to the Potters house. You cornered him, furious. He screamed for the whole street to hear 'How could you do it Sirius? Lily and James!' You drew your wand, but he cut off his finger, blew up the street and transformed. You broke out, because you were going to kill the one who took your best friends from you. Ron's rat. Harry was told that you were his godfather and you had betrayed his parents. When we found you, in the shrieking shack, you blamed yourself for changing the secret keeper. You exposed Pettegrew and Harry stopped you and Remus from killing him. Harry and I had to use the time-turner to save you from dementors after Pettegrew escaped. You were on the run since we didn't have Pettegrew to prove your innocence. The next year, Voldemort regained his body. The year after that, you were killed during a battle at the ministry by your cousin, Bellatrix. Sixth year, Dumbledore ordered Snape to kill him, because Voldemort had ordered Malfoy's son to do it. So Dumbledore died. We didn't go to school for our seventh year. Harry, Ron and I hunted down Voldemort. We had a battle at Hogwarts and Remus and Nymphadora Lupin, Fred Weasley and many others were killed. Harry killed Voldemort. Ron and I were so proud of him. Then after everyone thought they were safe, Ron was killed while rounding up the escaped Death Eaters. Ron and I had a ...sort of ...well, a thing going on. I didn't talk to anyone for about a month. I wanted to fix the future, so after a month of just sitting I started to research. I finally found something that would help me travel back in time, years or months, whichever I chose. I came back here to save Harry from all of the pain that he has gone through. There's no way that I can go forward in time." I finished. He had tears streaming down his face, but he was silent and still.
"James, Remus." he said. I nodded, understanding that he was asking for confirmation of their deaths. "Save them, please, I don't care what happens to me but save them." he told me. This was the first time in my life that I had heard Sirius beg.
"I'm here to save all of you." I told him. He wiped his eyes. "Not a word to anyone but the teachers and me. James, Remus, Peter...not even them. When they trust me enough, when the time is right, I'll tell them, but not now." she told him. He nodded. Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey walked in from her office.
"You poor, poor child!" Madame Pomfrey cried, wrapping my in a big hug.
"Umm, thanks Madame Pomfrey." I said, patting her on the back. "I'm okay, really." I said. Sirius snickered. I glared at him.
"She told you?" she asked him. He nodded, eyes solemn again. She let go of me and rushed to him. I stuck out my tongue at him. He glared. "You poor boy. What an awful future." he nodded and she let him go.
"Mr. Black, would you please escort my new daughter to the Great Hall." Sirius nodded. I got dressed. When I got out of the bathroom, Sirius was waiting. Dumbledore had already gone down to introduce me. We headed to just outside the doors.
"Good luck." Sirius said, heading through the doors without me.
"Ah, Mr. Black." I heard from inside. "I believe my daughter is outside now?"
"Yes sir." Sirius said, his voice faint.
"Everyone, please give a warm welcome to my daughter, Alexianna Dumbledore." I walked through the doors, to thunderous applause. I smiled warmly at everyone, heading towards my father. Slowly, the clapping died down. I turned at the front of the room, giving everyone my warm smile. A smile that, as Harry, Ron, and Ginny had told me so many times, would make almost anyone be my friend. Professor McGonagall gestured for me to put on the hat. I did so, glad that she didn't make me sit on the stool as the first years did.
'Miss. Granger, a good cover I must say. Dumbledore was wise to have you confide in Mr. Black as well. There will be unexpected people in your path. Your experiences and form leave me with two places to put you...hm. You have the intellegence and experience that would make Ravenclaw a fine choice, but that same experience shows courage and bravery that would fit well in Gryffindor. Well, we must keep your cover... GRYFFINDOR!!'
I took off the hat and went to sit down by Sirius at the roaring Gryffindor table. I was immediately pummeled by congratulations and questions. I followed my cover story for all of them. Finally the questions died down and I was able to talk to Sirius, who introduced me to the rest, and eat. By the time we were dismissed, I was dead on my feet. I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.
Me: How was that for the second chapter? Well, Sirius knows now. See you next chapter!
Sirius: You won't technically see them.
Me: GO AWAY!!
Me, Sirius, and Hermione:BYE!!
