Hi! So I'm back, its Saturday night…and I'm K.N.A.C.K.E.R.E.D! I had to think LONG and hard about this chapter. I don't think it's complicated but it's nice: D I hope you enjoy where the story is going. I wanted to keep Draco dead but I hate Hermione being depressed. I know it's pretty unrealistic and all, but it's fan fiction!

DISLCIAMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER. IT ALL BELONGS TO JK ROWLING.

Hermione stopped Harry in the middle of the viaduct entrance. Third year was suddenly coming back to her- she put the long chain around both her and Harry's necks, and as she held the time turner up, her eyes were fixated on the sand timer. She turned the golden rings a total 12 times in a quick haste- and before she and Harry could look anywhere else- everything around them had suddenly gone blurry. When the image had cleared, students were walking backwards in and out of rooms, of each hour that had gone back the clock tower had chimed (from what they could hear) it was light, then dark, before time had finally stopped to 4 and a half days ago.

"I hope this works…" Hermione whispered to Harry who was looking around dizzily. She took her wand from her pocket and pointed it at the necklace. Hermione muttered a small spell, and the time turner glowed.

"What was that?" Harry asked.

She looked up at him "To go back to the present time instead of being stuck here, as we're doing this 4 days after he died. We have exactly 15 minutes to save his life, and go back to the present…"

Hermione held up Harry's arm and looked at the time. It was nearly 8:45pm, and only in a few minutes, Draco Malfoy would be beaten up by Ronald Weasley, and sooner than later- killed.

"You were in the locker room at around this time, and Draco had just left…we have to go, now!"

Hermione took the time turner from around Harry's neck, and they both ran through the viaduct entrance, across the stone bridge and out of the castle grounds.

"Hermione, look!" Harry stopped and pointed through the bushes. She pushed the branches and leaves out of the way and saw the past version of her' Ginny, Romilda, Lavender, Neville and Luna walking silently up to the castle. The past Hermione wasn't aware of the fact that the boy she loved was about to be tortured.

"Be quiet!" Hermione whispered to Harry, and they both silently trudged down the path, past the group and went back into sprinting down the forest hill. Hermione could hear someone shout "STUPEFY!" In the far distance, this made her start running faster. As she and Harry approached the side of the quidditch pitch, they saw a flash of purple light in the distance.

They approached the south grounds of the pitch, and Hermione could see through the trees a clear image of Draco lying on the floor.

"YOU!" Ron shouted, kicking Draco in the ribs "MOTHER FUCKER!"

Hermione's blood ran cold, and she went a pale shade of colour in her face. She could hear the sound of Draco getting beaten by Ron who was, supposedly, one of her best friends.

Harry glanced over at Hermione and ushered for her to go ahead and save him.

She breathed in deeply and took a single step forward, before going into a sprint. As she ran forward, Hermione raised her wand and shouted "EXPELLIARMUS!" at Ron who had his wand at the ready.

Ron's wand flew backwards, and rolled underneath one of the stalls. He turned just in time for Hermione to shot "PERFECTUS TOTALUS!" This made Ron freeze, snap his legs together shut, and fall over. Hermione ran towards Draco who got back up on his feet, clutching his right side.

"Hermione-?" He groaned, but couldn't finish as she threw herself in his arms and hugged him tightly, wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him full on the mouth. She could taste him on her lips, and smell the peppermint of his cologne on his neck, and for that she wanted to cry.

She felt as if she had been year apart, just as it felt when he had died in her arms, a part of her had been ripped away with him. And to see his lifeless body lying on a morgue table, it made her want to cry with joy that she could press her ear to his chest and feel his lively, warm heartbeat again.

Her eyes began to water. Draco lifted her chin with his hand "Are you alright?" he asked, she nodded. "We have to go now" She said, and helped him walk back to Harry who was standing aside.

"Potter?" Draco asked, still clutching his chest "What are you doing here?" he asked, as they walked hastily towards the castle through the forest.

"It's a long story…" Harry sighed, quickening his pace. "But seriously, we have 5 minutes left before we immediately go back, and we need to go now"

Hermione nodded, and as they approached the viaduct entrance only 2 minutes later, they ran to the stairs, and she took the time turner from around her neck.

"Hey- isn't that a-?" Draco began.

"Draco, not now" she smiled, pulling Harry closer and putting the necklace around his neck also, Hermione looked back at Draco who looked bemused and confused.

"Go to the hospital wing" Harry began "And you'll see Hermione in a few minutes also, but just go straight to the hospital wing. We'll deal with Ron" Harry grinned at Hermione, who poked him hard in the shoulder "Harry!"

The time turner suddenly began to glow, Draco cocked an eyebrow, and as he saw the image of Hermione and Harry beginning to disappear, he tried to grab hold of Hermione who was vanishing before his very eyes.

The surroundings of Harry and Hermione became blurry in an instant. Everything was going by fast, like forwarding a video. Harry began to feel a little queasy, but Hermione was so sure that when they'd go back to the present time she'd find Draco alive and well.

Everything slowed down- and there they were, standing in the middle of the viaduct entrance 4 days later, with the chain around both their necks. The clock chimed 8pm.

Harry took the necklace from around Hermione's neck. "Go find him- I'll put the necklace back in McGonagall's office" he smiled.

Hermione leapt forward and wrapped her arms around Harry, thanking him. "Thank you" she said, and began to run through the potions corridor to the dungeons, to find the man she loved.

Hermione ran as fast as her legs could carry her down the stone corridors, down the spiral staircase until she came to the Slytherin dungeon entrance. She slowed her pace, and hid behind a wall when she saw Crabbe and Goyle walk out of the Slytherin common room.

"Draco keeps asking for Granger, again" Crabbe grumbled "It's as if he hasn't seen her in a week, or something. He saw her yesterday, for Merlin's sake" he complained.

When they had cleared out of the dungeons, Hermione ran forward before the portrait door could close, and ran into the common room.

"Hey! You're not a Slytherin! Get out!" someone from the back of the common room shouted. Hermione ignored them and looked frantically around the room.

She pushed a few 3rd and 1st years out of her way as she ran towards the stairs that lead to the dormitories, but Pansy Parkinson and Millicent Bullstrode stood in her way. "Where do you think you're going?" Millicent spat.

"To find the man I love, now if you excuse me" she shoved her and Pansy out of the way before running up the stairs- before colliding into someone who was on their way down.

Hermione yelped as she fell on top of someone. She looked up into the eyes of the person she walked into and was startled by a pair of story grey orbs.

"Draco!" She gasped, but before he could say anything she began to kiss him frantically.

He only warmed up to the kiss so fast, that he was responding with as much enthusiasm than he thought possible. When she pulled away from him, he looked confused but fulfilled at the same time.

"You're in a happy mood today, aren't you?" he grinned.

Hermione laughed, and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in for a warming hug.

She missed his hugs, for sure.

But she missed him more.