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Chapter 7: Back in Time
Hermione and Draco landed a few feet away from the forest.
"Oh no!" Hermione sat up.
Draco looked at her and asked. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine." She replied. She looked at the forest. "What happened?"
"I don't know." He said.
They both stood up.
What do we do now?" Hermione asked Draco.
He started walking slowly toward the forest. "We have to go into the forest. But I don't know if it's safe."
Hermione got an idea. She grabbed Draco's arm to stop him from walking. He looked at her and she said, "Maybe we can go back in time. I bet my old Time-Turner is still in McGonagall's office."
Draco looked confused. "Your what?"
"My Time-Turner," Hermione said, "I used it in third year. Come on." She pulled Draco back to the castle.
They snuck to McGonagall's office. Lucky for them she wasn't in there.
Hermione searched all the drawers while Draco kept a look out. She finally found the Time-Turner in the last drawer she looked in.
"I should've looked in that drawer first." Hermione muttered as they left the office.
When they were outside, Hermione put the chain of the Time-Turner around her and Draco's necks. She turned it three times and they started going back in time.
They were now in the past. Hermione saw that the purple light illuminating the forest was not there anymore.
"So we're in the past now?" Draco asked uncertainly.
"Yup." Hermione replied.
"Ok. Well, let's go." Draco led the way into The Forbidden Forest.
As they approached the clearing, Hermione was able to see what was happening. Blaise was having his way with the past Hermione. If I would've just gone a little further back in time, I might've been able to stop that from happening, Hermione thought, oh well, it's too late now.
Draco noticed what was happening in the clearing too. He told Hermione, "Look over there. Behind that tree." He pointed with his finger.
Hermione looked and saw a guy.
"That's Matt. He's the one who was wanking behind the bush." Draco said. "Watch this." He pulled out his wand and cast the Imperius Curse on him. Matt went into a trance-like state and came over to Draco.
"I want you to stun Blaise." Draco told him.
Matt went into the clearing, pointed his wand at Blaise and yelled, "Stupfy!"
Blaise collapsed on top of the past Hermione.
One of the Death Eaters said, "What happened?"
Another Death Eater asked Matt, in an angry voice, "Why did you do that?"
Then Lucius said, "Get the girls out of the clearing."
Hermione watched as her past self was being dragged out of the forest.
Lucius asked Matt, "What the hell were you thinking? Explain yourself."
Matt just stood there, still in his trance-like state.
"Answer me damn it! What is wrong with him?" Lucius looked at the Death Eater beside him.
"I guess all that masturbating is melting his brain." Said the Death Eater.
"Get him out of the clearing." Said Lucius.
I wonder why Matt tries to get privacy when he wanks? Hermione thought, everyone knows that he does it. She looked at Draco, "Now what do we do?"
Draco took the wooden steaks out of the bag. He put a charm on them and they started zooming into the clearing. Each one stabbed a vampire in the heart.
Now the commotion in the clearing really went into over drive. Everyone was shouting and all the Death Eaters in the forest came into the clearing. There were about twenty of them.
Lucius was trying to protect Ron. He kept saying, "Make sure Weasley doesn't get hurt!"
Then he pointed at two Death Eaters and said, "You two search the area."
Hermione looked at Draco worriedly.
"Well, at least the vampires are dead." Draco said as an attempt to offer a bit of comfort.
As the Death Eaters who were searching the area drew nearer to them, Draco pointed his wand at each of them in turn and muttered, "Imperio."
He ordered them to stun all the Death Eaters in the forest. It took them about five minutes before all the Death Eaters, including Lucius, were lying stunned on the ground.
With all the Death Eaters on the ground, Hermione was now able to clearly see Ginny, Ron, Pansy and … herself? But my past self is supposed to be in Draco's dorm right now, Hermione thought.
Then she remembered that a girl had taken Polyjuice Potion to look like her.
Pansy looked around at all the Death Eaters on the ground. Then she turned around and started to run.
"She's not going anywhere." Draco said as he pointed his wand at her. "Stupfy!" Pansy fell to the ground, out cold.
Hermione saw Ron ask Ginny if she was ok. Then he hugged imposter Hermione and asked if she was ok.
"Draco," Hermione pointed at imposter Hermione, "Stun her."
Draco chortled. "Ok."
He and Hermione went into the clearing.
"Draco!" Imposter Hermione said in a shocked voice pulling away from Ron. "What are you doing here? Did you see what happened?" She started walking toward Draco but stopped dead in her tracks when he pointed his wand at her. "What are you doing Draco?" She asked nervously.
"The game is over Isabella." Draco said. "Stupfy!"
Imposter Hermione fell to the ground. Ron and Ginny looked at Hermione, then at imposter Hermione, then back at Hermione again. They looked very confused. They didn't know which one was the real Hermione.
"It's me you guys." Said Hermione.
Ron looked at her doubtfully, "Are you sure it's you?
"Yes." She said.
"But how can we be sure?" Ron narrowed his eyes.
"Ron, it's me!" Hermione said irritably.
Ron and Ginny exchanged knowing glances. "Oh yeah, it's Hermione all right." Said Ginny.
Ron looked at Hermione. "No one can infuriate you the way I can." He said affectionately.
Hermione hugged him. "You're so insufferable." She said into his chest.
"I know." He replied into her hair.
"So, who's that?" Ginny asked looking at imposter Hermione.
"She's a Slytherin girl who drank Polyjuice Potion to look like Hermione." Draco answered, which caused Ron and Ginny to give him quizzical looks.
"It's ok," Hermione told them. "He has left the dark side."
"Really?" Ginny asked Draco.
"Yeah." He said. Then he looked at Ron. "Hey man," He said awkwardly. "Sorry about everything…."
Ron shrugged. "It's forgotten." He held his hand out and Draco shook it.
Then Hermione thought about something. Where are Harry and imposter Cho?
"Where's Harry?" She asked.
Everyone started looking around. He was nowhere to be seen in the clearing so they went into the trees.
"Look, there!" Ginny said.
Hermione looked and saw imposter Cho pulling a still unconscious Harry along the forest floor.
"Where the hell does she think she's taking him?" Draco asked. Hermione noticed that his voice held a trace of amusement.
Draco raised his wand and shouted, "Impedimenta!"
Imposter Cho shrieked and fell on her knees. She looked up and saw that Draco was the only one holding a wand. "Trader!" She hissed. She stood up and started running.
She only made it four steps before Draco's stunning spell hit her.
Draco looked at Ron and Ginny. "She was also a Polyjuice drinker." He informed them. Then he pointed his want at Harry and muttered, "Ennervate."
Harry immediately sucked in a deep breath then slowly opened his eyes.
At once Ginny was by his side. She held his hand and asked, "Are you ok?"
"I think so." Harry responded. "Where are we?"
"We're still in the forest." Ginny told him.
"Oh." He closed his eyes. Then he abruptly opened them and tried to sit up. "Where's Hermione? Where's Ron? Are they all right? Are you all right? What happened?"
"I should put a silencing charm on him, shouldn't I?" Said Draco.
"We're all fine. Don't worry." Ginny reassured. "Draco helped us."
"Really?" Harry sounded flabbergasted.
"We have to destroy the weapon now." Hermione said.
"Ok." Said Ron. He went to Harry and pulled him to his feet.
They all went back into the clearing.
Ron walked over to the weapon. He stood there for a while then turned his head and looked at Hermione. "In case we don't make it, "He said, "I want you to know that I will always love you."
"Oh Ron!" A teary Hermione ran to him.
Ron spread his arms and caught her. He embraced her tightly.
"Don't you go saying your goodbyes Ronald Weasley. We're gonna make it." Hermione told him.
Ron gave her a quick kiss then she went back to stand with Harry, Ginny and Draco.
Ron kept looking at the weapon, not really knowing what to do.
"Maybe you should touch it." Suggested Draco.
Ron raised his hand toward the weapon. As soon as his hand made contact with the weapon it began to glow. Startled, Ron tried to pull his hand away but it was stuck.
He looked at the others and asked panicky, "What do I do? My hand is stuck."
"Look at the engraved symbols." Said Draco.
Ron turned back to the weapon. As soon as his gaze locked on the symbols his eyes glazed over and he stopped trying to pull his hand away. His voice was very different as he began to chant in a strange language.
After a minute of chanting Ron suddenly ceased and then removed his hand from the weapon. He backed away and went to stand with Hermione, Ginny, Harry and Draco.
"Did it work?" Hermione asked Draco.
"I think so." He replied.
The weapon started to glow brighter … and brighter … and brighter. It was so bright that it was almost impossible to look directly at it. It began to quiver. A loud rumbling sound started to emanate from within. And then…
"Get down!" Yelled Harry.
They had just barely jumped flat on their stomachs when a thunderous BOOM! sounded and a massive force zoomed over them, leaving their hair and clothes fluttering in it's wake.
The whole forest was now illuminated with a blinding purple light.
"Is everyone all right?" Ron asked. Everyone said yes.
"Man, I wish we had sunglasses." Said Harry.
"What?" Ron asked.
"It's a muggle thing." Hermione told him.
They all stood up and made their way out of the forest.
Just as they were about to exit the forest Hermione held up a hand and said, "Wait."
They watched as the other Draco and Hermione with the Time-Turner disappeared.
"Ok, let's go." Said Hermione.
They continued on their way. About half way to the castle the oak front doors opened and out trudged none other than Dumbledore. He was closely followed by McGonagall, Snape and other members of the Order.
The trio, Ginny and Draco told them everything that happened and then went to the hospital wing by order of the Headmaster. Draco made a quick stop in his dorm and brought Cho to the hospital wing too.
A few weeks went by. Everyone had recovered and everything was back to normal. But there was a slight difference. The rivalry and hatred between Slytherin and Gryffindor was gone. Melissa and Isabella were expelled. All the Death Eaters were in Azkaban which was once again being guarded by the Dementors.
The students of Hogwarts had a Hogsmeade trip to look forward to before the winter break. Hermione was especially anxious about going because she wanted to speak to the Seer who gave her the power to have visions.
Hermione awoke early on the cold, snowy day of the Hogsmeade trip. She went to breakfast after meeting Ron, Harry and Ginny in the common room.
During the Hogsmeade trip Hermione and Ron went to the Seer's place. She looked as if she had been waiting for them.
"Welcome." She said as Ron and Hermione entered.
Hermione walked in timidly. "Hello." She said timorously.
"Hello." Replied the Seer. She shook Ron's hand then held out her hand for Hermione to shake it.
As soon as Hermione touched her hand she felt a tingly sensation run down her arm and out of her palm. Was that the feel of her taking the vision powers back? Hermione wondered. She looked at the Seer.
"Yes my dear," Said the Seer. "I have taken the powers back. You no longer need them. You have fulfilled your destiny as well as helped you friend here…" She motioned to Ron. "…to fulfill his too. Have a good Christmas. Perhaps we'll meet again someday."
"Thanks." Said Hermione. "Bye." Her and Ron left.
They went and sat on a bench.
"So," Hermione said, "Are you still going to The Burrow for the winter break?"
"Yup." Ron replied. "Are you still going with your parents to the cabin?"
"Well yeah, I guess…" Hermione trailed off.
"Unless you'd like to come to The Burrow with me?" Ron suggested.
Hermione looked at him and smiled. "I'd love to."
Ron smiled back. "Great! I can't wait. So where would you like to go now?"
"I don't know, maybe Honeydukes." Hermione said.
"Ok." Ron agreed. He stood up and held his hand out for Hermione to take.
She put her hand in his and he pulled her to her feet.
Hand-in-hand they made their way to Honeydukes.
THE END
A/N: This fic is now completed. Please review! Tell me what you think. Did you think it was a good or bad ending?
