Hello everyone! I'm back! And it is so nice to be back, hahaha.
I apologize for my long absence. Life got a little crazy and I just needed to take a break from writing. However, my creative juice recently got flowing again and I am happy to say that I now have two other stories that I've started, making 3 grand total.
If you've not checked out my first fic, "Dreams and Revelations," it's a Fremione fic and I would really like it if you could check it out. I'm about to put up the next chapter, as soon as I'm done editing.
I've also got a Sirimione fic in the works, but I don't have a title for that one yet, so hold tight, you should see it pop up on my profile soon. :)
And lastly, this fic, "A Twist Through Time." I know - super original. :P I just finished the prologue and I think the title fits with what I have in mind so far.
So, without further ado, the Prologue! Please please please tell me what you think of it, I always love hearing what you lovelies have to say. :)
Prologue
Hermione Granger was a simple and ambitious girl who always knew right from wrong. From a young age, she knew she was different, preferring reading to playing outside, and she always tried to prove herself. When her letter arrived from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, accompanied by Professor Minerva McGonagall, her life finally started to make sense. She understood why it was so difficult to make friends and why she was introverted.
Her first visit to Diagon Alley was magical; there was no other word for it. The war a feeling that filled her as her wand chose her made her smile brightly at her parents and Professor McGonagall, who had escorted the Grangers to the small wizarding community. At Flourish and Blotts, Hermione picked up as many books as she could, determined to be just as prepared as her peers, who grew up in the magical world.
It slightly surprised her parents when she was sorted in Gryffindor rather than Ravenclaw, but Professor McGonagall saw her potential to be a credit to her house. Before long, Hermione had befriended Harry Potter and Ron Weasley and faced trials not seen since Tom Riddle's tenure as a student.
Their first year saw the three friends battle a troll, help a baby dragon escape, and get past a three-headed dog and multiple other tests to protect the Philosopher's Stone. In second year, the boys flew to school in a car (after missing the Hogwarts Express), brewed a Polyjuice potion (which turned Hermione into a human-cat hybrid) and Harry even lost the bones in his arm after a foul bludger crushed them. Then, Hermione was petrified and the boys were lost without her. Ginny was taken into the Chamber of Secrets and Harry slayed the Basilisk.
Their third year was much calmer than the first two, even if there was someone out to murder Harry. The trio later discovered that Sirius Black did not betray the Potters, Peter Pettigrew was Scabbers, and Professor Lupin was a werewolf. But Harry finally found his godfather and everything seemed to be looking up.
Fourth year dashed those hopes. The Tri-Wizard Tournament was held at Hogwarts, bringing Beauxbatons and Durmstrang to Scotland. By the end, Cedric Diggory was killed and Voldemort had returned. The war finally became real, but the Ministry of Magic denied everything. They attempted to frame Harry and expel him from school and when that did not work, they sent Dolores Umbridge to Hogwarts to control the students. They did not expect three Gryffindors to silently fight back and create a Defense group with members of all houses.
But that too was taken away and O. were suddenly upon them. The fifth years were too focused on ensuring they could pass the exams rather than overthrowing their horrendous new Headmistress. They lost two teachers during the exams and Harry collapsed during the last one saying he had a vision. It was a vision that found Hermione breaking into the Ministry with her best friends to free Sirius. That's when everything went wrong. It was a trap and soon the group split up as they tried to escape the Death Eaters. Hermione, Harry and Neville holed themselves up in a room that Hermione immediately recognized.
"Be very careful in this here. This is the Time Room," she whispered to the boys as they tried to find a different way out.
"What's the Time Room?" Harry asked, carefully clutching the prophecy closer to his chest, as though it were in immediate danger.
"It's the room where the Unspeakables study time and create Time-Turners." Hermione pointed to the wall directly behind her, displaying several rows of the small golden necklaces.
Before Harry could respond, shouting could be heard from the other side of the door. The three friends quickly dived under desks to hide, hoping the Death Eaters would just assume the room was empty.
Of course, they had no such luck. "Check under the desks," one of the men said to the other and the trio started to hear scuffling as the furniture was moved.
Harry and Hermione locked eyes at the same time and held a silent conversation. As one, they stepped out from under the desk, both shooting silencers at the two men. Hermione recognized one of them from the Daily Prophet, Antonin Dolohov. He was one of the Death Eaters to escape Azkaban with Bellatrix Lestrange. The two quickly began to duel, but Hermione was mostly on the defensive, throwing up shield after shield, unable to get a single offensive move in. Before she knew it, a bright purple curse was headed her way and she was unable to stop it. The spell sent her flying backwards and she crashed into the wall of Time-Turners. Hermione saw the flash of gold before she was falling through the air, unconscious.