Time Turners and Hippogriffs

AU Drabble Series. Yes, drabble. Hermione gets dusted with the Sands of Time and is sent back fifty-something years into the past. This is a TMRxHG fic.

Apologies to Hermione. I know you're shipped with everything with a pulse...

Sorry for such a late posting. School is being a scheming little goblin who leaves its students with no reprieve. BUT! Good news. I found I can write better with paper and pen during class. So as soon as I get it typed up, I'll be posting a few more chapters (hopefully) by the end of next week. A drabble series shouldn't be this hard to write! Anyway, I hope you guys like this one! (I don't, but it's needed, lol).

31)

She smiled at him. "It would never be possible."

"Why not?" he asked her. "Magic can bring people back from the dead. It can heal people. Why can't it stop us from aging or being killed?" They continued walking to the orphanage, the cat popping her head out of Hermione's pocket every once in a while.

"No one can beat death," she replied stubbornly.

"And if we can?" he asked her with a satisfied smile. His joy was infectious, and she smiled too.

"It would be. . .nifty."

32)

The next day, the Professor showed up on the doorstep to the orphanage at three. Before he could get a few words to Mrs. Cole, Tom bounded out of the hallway.

"I want to go to your school. . . sir," he tacked on the formality as an afterthought, almost through gritted teeth. Dumbledore smiled.

"Alright. The let's go. We must get your school supplies." Mrs. Cole stepped forward.

"The orphanage doesn't have funds to buy new things for any child," she started. His eyes twinkled at her.

"It has been taken care of."

33)

Hermione watched shyly from the shadows as Tom left with Professor Dumbledore to get his things for school. Her nine year old heart panged as she realized that he had left without saying goodbye. A frown marring her face, she swiftly twirled around and headed for her room, her feet padding lightly on the wooded floors. She shut her door and sat in the chair by her bed, one of the books from her and Tom's library visit in her hands.

34)

So absorbed in her book, she didn't notice an owl dropping a letter onto her windowsill. As the bird took off, the wind took the letter. She never saw a thing. Sica got up from her bed and trotted over to her mistress, rubbing her entire length along her leg before jumping up to claim Hermione's lap, effectively disrupting her reading.

Startled, she smiled as she scratched behind Sica's ears, setting her book aside.

She wouldn't be lonely once Tom left. Sica would make sure of that.

35)

It truly was boring after Tom had left to get his school supplies with Professor Dumbledore. A few hours had already passed and dinner had come and gone. She finished reading four books already. She had gone back to the library after dinner to exchange them and get new ones, spending several minutes deciding if she wanted to pick up a book for Tom for when he came back. She decided against it. 'Because he'll be preoccupied with reading his new schoolbooks.'

She decided against getting him one, and was especially happy with her decision when she encountered a roasted nut cart on her way back to the orphanage. Using what meager allowance she had, she purchased a steaming cone of roasted pecans for them to share when he got back.

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