I'm so sorry about the long wait, but I've been SOO BUSY! Ugh, my high school orientation was so weird. Fun, but weird. *Sigh...I really hope you guys like this. :)

The next morning, Hermione purposely woke up early so that she could send a letter.

Quietly changing into something warm and putting her jacket and scarf on, she left the dorms and made her way to the Owlery.

All was silent in Hogwarts. So peaceful and quiet. If Hermione could keep hogwarts as it were at this exact moment, she would.

She got to the grounds and took in the scenery of the many acres.

But she still couldn't forget Robin's- Tom's, she angrily corrected herself- face when she had left him. Pure defeat and hoplesness.

Maybe there might be hope...?

Of course not, that evil voice said, He's going to be the Dark Lord.

But he isn't...Not yet at least.

Do what you want.

You're completly useless aren't you?

Depends on the situation.

She mentally sighed and rolled her eyes.

And then she collided into something, or rather, someone.

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Tom was just coming back from the owlery after sending a letter for a job application when he bumped into Hermione Pensieve.

Well, collided actually, since they both fell on their butts and dropped everything they were carying(Hermione at least).

"Ow," she muttered as she picked up her book and the letter she was carrying.

"Sorry," he said, helpinng her.

That's when she saw him, and her face went pale.

Odd.

"What's wrong?" She didn't hear him though.

"Hello?" He waved a hand in front of her face and then she was back at reality.

"What?" she said, going back to her normal self.

"You were just-"

"Ugh, Leave me alone. I have a important letter to send." Then she brushed past him and continued on her way.

Hello? Voice? Can I have some of that useless knowledge right now? It might help.

...

Hello?

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After sending the letter, Hermione decided to head to her second home: The library.

Once she got there, she pulled a book on time-travel out of the shelf and began reading.

The thought of time travel is a paradox. How can you change the past when it's already happened?

The million galleon question, Hermione thought, How can you?

Many theories have been made that the future changes ONCE the person has traveled back.

Was that what Dumbeldore was thinking?

That might ,of course, not be true, but another common theory is that it's just not possible since time might be happening at once. Meaning, that you had already gone back, but you didn't know it till you go to that point in your li-

At this Hermione shut the book, not wanting to even think about the possibility that they had aleady come back to the [ast, and that they had failed th future.

What if it were their fault that Riddle had turned into Voldemort?

What if something happened because of them and Riddle changed for the worse?

What if, what if, what if?

Oh god, they were screwed.

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During the usual mail drop-off, Tom was surprised to see that he had a letter. He pulled it out of the envelope, and read it.

Meet me at the Astronomy Tower at 10 -Mia(or HG, whichever you prefer)

He stared at the sheet of paper, and only looked up when he felt eyes on him.

His eyes searched the Great Hall, but he didn't see anyone.

He still felt someone watching him though.

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Hermione didn't go to breakfast that morning, deciding to frantically search up more things about Time-Travel.

Everything she read only worried her more.

Never she did she think that she might regret reading a book, and here she was, regreting it.

Stupid book, she thought angrily, I just HAD to read, didn't I? I just HAD to.

But she did check out the book to show to the others later.

Since it was Sunday, Hermione went to the Quidditch field, where Harry, GInny, and Draco were flying around. Sarah was in the stands, so Hermione went to her.

"He got the letter," Sarah said, answering Hermione's unspoken questions, "He'll definitly go."

When Hermione didn't say anything, Sarah said, "Why weren't you at breakfast?"

"I was in the library," Hermione said, leaving it at that. Sarah nodded, and let silence take over.

After a minute, Sarah said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you!"

"What?"

Sarah held out her left hand and on her ring finger, there was a white-gold band with a large emerald and diamonds surounding that on it.

Hermione's eyes widened and she stared. And then she screamed in joy for her friend. Sarah joined in on the screaming and jumping, which caused the other three to fly down quickly.

"What's wrong?" Draco asked, mostly to Sarah.

She held out her left hand hand, and he nodded understandingly as Harry and Ginny stared.

Ginny began jumping and screaming and Harry just said, "Never thought he could."

"Thanks scarhead," Draco muttered as he and Harry covered their ears so that they wouldn't go deaf.

Okay, this is just a filler for the next chapter. I'm so busy these days :0 My high school open house is later today, and my 8th grade party is just a half-hour later. I get to see all my friends after a summer apart :D

I'm going to start on the next chappy tomorrow :)

I have the rest of the story planned out, so I think this will be done before the school year ends.

There actually might be a sequal ;)

But yeah, R&R. more reviews/PM's=more to read (I actually didn't get to many last chapter, but that might have been on the ;ack of reading material)

Till next chapter,

~Key