Sands of Time 1 : Parental Obligations
Part One of Two
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Written By:
Little-Black-Magic-Witch (a.k.a. Lightning-Mage-Betrayl... and plenty others..)
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A Harry Potter
Time-travel Fanfiction
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(Part Two : Sands of Time 2 : Lover's Duty )
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Summary :
An 'accident' sends three Hogwarts students into the Marauder's seventh year.
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C h a p t e r T h r e e - M r s . S n a p e ?
Hogwarts, September 1st, 1978
Harry sat quietly, his left hand over his wand on the bed beside him. Nothing that had occurred during the day was normal—nothing expected. He supposed that in itself was normal—when had normal ever occurred to him? Something wasn't right about this whole thing, but something was becoming eerily clear.
Hermione was notdead.
At first, he'd thought the girl who looked like her was an apparition… a ghost… a spirit. When he'd seen her, heard her defending them from his father… when he heard the name Snape and the ring on her finger he knew where she had gone.
But nothing about it made sense—married to a monster like him? Even if he wasn't quite the same towering, sallow, greasy Slytherin tyrant he was when he was their teacher—their enemy—the murderer of Albus Dumbledore.
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Ginny walked in silence with the girl, her mind brimming with questions but with no way to approach them.
"I was friends with James once, Professor." The girl whispered, hot tears on her cheeks. Ginny felt a wave of relief pass over her, but it was followed by surprise—their behavior did not suggest it.
"What's going on?" Ginny asked, stopping in the middle of the empty corridor.
"How did you get here? I haven't even found a way back yet—if I ever do." The girl just asked. Ginny looked at her confused.
"You sent us here, Hermione." Ginny whispered. The girl's eyes widened.
"How? I don't even know how to get back! And don't call me that!" she lashed out. Ginny backed away—the Hermione she remembered knew everything.
"What do I call you, then? Enoimreh? Regnarg?" Ginny asked.
"No… I took the name Viola. Viola Gunner." She told her.
"You mean Viola Snape?" Ginny asked. Hermione nodded sadly.
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Draco stopped when James Potter did, but he nearly walked into him all the same.
"You really are from the future?" he asked. Draco rolled his eyes.
"You're just as thick as Pott-" he said, catching himself mid-sentence.
"Potter? I have kids?" James asked. Draco was at a loss—was he doing the right thing?
"What makes you think I'd be from your children's time, Potter?" Draco asked. Before the HeadBoy could answer, a shrill cry echoed through the corridor.
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Harry ran into the corridor, wand out and ready. Two girls ran past him, too fast for him to recognize with a passing glance.
Malfoy ran up to him, his father close behind.
"It was G- Elly! Something must have happened!" Malfoy said when he reached him.
"What could have happened here, Malf-- Fong Wong?" Harry asked. Malfoy shook his head.
"We aren't any safer here than in our time, P- Uzaki! If anything it's more dangerous!" he told him.
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Ginny ran with Hermione-Viola, her mind reeling. Her suit squeaked, but she paid it no mind. She let out a scream, knowing Draco would hear it—that he'd find them.
Meanwhile, Hermione was running to save the person she had fallen in love with.
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Draco, Harry, and James ran towards the front doors. They could make out the girls, Hermione-Viola huddled over a body, dark with blood.
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End of Chapter 3