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1995
Hermione leapt up the stairs, two at a time. She reached her dormitory door and pushed past Lavender, who was coming out.
"God, Hermione! What's the hurry?" Lavender said sounding peeved. Hermione ignored her.
She raced over to her bed on the far side of the room, near the window and opened the cupboard next to the bed. Inside were many different types of books, but Hermione knew the one she was after: the violet notebook at the very top.
On the front cover was written: The Diary of Hermione Granger – Fifth Year. Hermione flicked it open to the last entry.
Saturday 24th October 1995. That was most probably yesterday's date, knowing herself as she did, Hermione thought.
She closed the diary and looked up. There was only one possibility - this wasn't a dream. Hermione had figured this much out. She didn't have dreams like this, this vivid or realistic. Somehow she must have been transported back to this time…the 25th October 1995. That must mean that her 15-year-old self must be in her body, in 2007! But if this had already happened in her past…then why couldn't she remember it?
Hermione tried to think of all the things she knew about time travel. Only the first time did they have any real freedom. Only in the first cycle would she be able to do as she wanted. She would only have one chance. But why? Why had it happened?
Her musings were interrupted, as the door of the dormitory slammed open. Hermione looked up as Lavender ran back in, her cheeks streaked with tears. She didn't even glance at Hermione as she threw herself onto her bed.
Hermione sighed. Teenagers. Such bundles of muddled up hormones.
Hermione put the diary that she was still holding to one side and made her way over to Lavenders bed, sitting down on the edge.
" What's wrong, Lavender?" Hermione expected to dismiss her with a muffled
"Nothing!" like she did so often when Hermione really was 15. She was shocked when Lavender sat up and flung her arms around Hermione's neck, sobbing uncontrollably onto Hermione's shoulder. Hermione nervously patted Lavender on the back.
"It's okay," she soothed.
"Noooo, I-its n-n-not!" Lavender wailed. " How could she do that? How could she do that to me?!"
" Who did what to you?" Hermione asked.
"Parvati! And she'd supposed to be my best friend! How could she?" Lavender sat up a bit, releasing Hermione from her tight grasp.
"What did she do?" Hermione persisted.
"She knew I liked him! She knew it and she still did it!" Lavender started to wail again.
"What did she do?" Hermione asked again, starting to get a little irritated.
" She kissed Dean!" Lavender sobbed.
"Hang on I thought you liked Seamus." Hermione blurted out. You are married to him after all…
"What? Oh, Hermione that was so last year…how could she? How could she?" Lavender started to wail again.
"What exactly happened?" Hermione asked, ever curious.
" I was walking down the corridor near the Transfiguration rooms, and I heard noises. I went and had a look…it could have been anything! And anyway, it was Parvati and Dean! They were all over each other! It was disgusting! They saw me, but I ran. How could she do that to me Hermione?" Lavender half hiccoughed and started sobbing again.
"Well, maybe Parvati likes Dean too…" murmured Hermione, ever practical.
"So? I like him! She's supposed to be my best friend. Best friends don't do that to each other."
"But if she likes him…"
"It doesn't matter." Lavender said stubbornly.
"That's very self-" Hermione started, but was interrupted as Parvati stormed into the room. She went straight to Lavender, ignoring Hermione.
" Get over it Lavender! It was just a kiss!" Lavender glared up at her best friend, who stared resolutely back down into Lavenders tear stained eyes.
"Just a kiss? Just a kiss? It looked like more than a kiss from my vantage point!" Lavender shrieked. Hermione looked from one girl to the other and decided to leave them to it. She figured they wouldn't notice if she left anyway…
She quietly got up and left the room, walking back down the stairs a tad slower than when she walked up.
In the common room, Harry and Ron had finished their chess game (Ron winning of course). They were sitting near the fire with Ginny, Dean and Seamus. Hermione walked over to them, grinning at Dean.
"Quite a bit of a fuss you've got Lavender and Parvati in, Dean!" Hermione mock sighed. Dean went red, while Seamus burst out laughing.
"What? What happened?" asked Ron and Ginny eagerly at the same time. This made Seamus laugh even harder.
"Lavenders in a right state, thanks to Deans philandering ways." Hermione said, trying to keep the grin off her face.
"Oh shut up Hermione. You to Finnigan!" said Dean, thumping is friend on the back. Alas this didn't have the desired effect. Seamus just laughed harder than ever.
"What happened Hermione?" Ginny asked again.
Hermione explained the situation, as Dean got redder and redder. When she finished Ron cried out in mock outrage
"How could you do that Dean?! Kiss one girl when you know her best friend is madly, deeply, forever –" Dean reached over and put his hand over Ron's mouth.
" Quit it all right?"
Ron nodded and Dean took his hand away. As soon as his mouth was free again, Ron continued
"Totally, in love with you!" Ron leapt out of Deans way.
Ginny shushed them and nodded towards the stairway. Lavender and Parvati were walking arm in arm, talking quietly to each other. From the few words that carried across to them, they heard something like "boys" "evil" need a real man".
Ron shook his head and muttered;
"Girls! What a temperamental bunch!" Harry, Seamus and Dean all agreed. "Ouch!" That was from when Ginny and Hermione punched him on the arm.
~*~
2007
"MADY!" shouted a young voice. Hermione whipped around. In the fireplace was a large green flame, and stepping out of it was a young boy that Hermione recognised as one of the triplets from the photo.
"MATTHEW!" Mady shouted back, equally as loud. Straight after Matthew came out of the fireplace, a boy exactly the same, but wearing a blue jumper (Matthew was in green) tumbled out, covered in soot. Hermione guessed that he must be Jack. The two boys swamped Mady, who was giggling in glee, in hugs. Soon the bundle (now on the floor) were joined by a girl, with exactly the same colouring as the two boys. Light brown skin, hazel eyes and delicious chestnut curls.
Hermione tore her eyes away from the four children tumbling around in front of her to look back at the fireplace.
Stepping out of it was Angelina Johnson, as tall and beautiful as ever. She had hardly changed from…Hermione checked herself. It had only been a few hours since Hermione saw the 17-year-old Angelina in the Gryffindor common room.
"Hi Hermione! How are you?" beamed Angelina, her hand resting lightly on her bulging stomach.
"Angelina." Hermione murmured.
"Are you all right? You look a little pale…" she said with a frown on her smooth brown forehead.
"Yes, I'm fine." Hermione said.
"Ok, then. How are you enjoying your leave?" Angelina asked, brightening up again.
"Er – yeah it's great." Hermione wondered what job she was on leave from.
"Matt! Stop that! Malinda – be nice to your brother." Angelina said sternly to the children still on the floor
"He started it Mum!" Malinda complained. Angelina bent over and pulled all the children to their feet, including Mady.
"Oh Hermione, you must be so glad you only have one! I wish I did." Angelina winked at Hermione.
"No you don't Mum!" said Jack said…or was it Matthew?
"No, your right. I don't. But I will if you don't behave yourselves!" Angelina threatened.
"We'll be good!" the three of them chorused. Angelina laughed.
"Mady? Why don't you show the triplets some of your toys?" Angelina asked Mady, who nodded excitedly and ran off in the direction of her room, with the triplets racing after her.
"My, they're a handful and a half!" exclaimed Hermione. Angelina laughed.
"Oh they're good most of the time. Just excited. I don't usually get to many days off these days."
Hermione nodded, trying to think of a way to get rid of her. She needed time to think and to figure things out. She was now nearly certain that this was no dream. This was real.
~*~
1995
As Hermione sat there, listening to the talk about her, she came to a conclusion. She needed to talk to Dumbledore. She needed to get back to her own time, and her 15-year-old self needed to get back to this time. They needed to find out why this had happened.
She got up out of the comfortable chair and made her way over to the portrait hole.
"Where are you going, Hermione?" came Harry's voice. Hermione thought of the excuse she had always used back then – now…the library.
"Just going to the library, I want to look something up." she shot back over her shoulder.
"I'll come with you." he said quickly, while Hermione suppressed a groan and started to say she didn't think it was a good idea, but Harry grabbed her arm as she turned again and whispered a plea in her ear. Dumbledore would have to wait. She smiled at Harry.
"Alright, come on." Harry looked relieved to be coming.
They climbed out the portrait hole and started walking down the empty corridor in silence. Hermione glanced over at this much younger Harry than she was used to. He looked troubled, and like he wanted to say something.
"What's the matter, Harry?" Harry half jumped in surprise.
"Oh, sorry, I was thinking." he replied sheepishly.
"Mmm what about?" Hermione asked.
"Because I haven't – no I'm not saying. You'll just say I'm being stupid." Hermione looked at him again. Harry was acting very strangely. He had gone bright red.
"Probably," Hermione agreed. " Haven't what?"
"It's just got me thinking…Dean, Seamus and Ron have all kissed someone before…I bet even Malfoy has. I bet I'm the only one in our year who hasn't. Even Neville has!"
This made Hermione laugh. Was that all?
"Oh Harry, you are being stupid. Of course you're not the only one who hasn't kissed before. What about me? I haven't. Or don't I count?"
"But you're a girl, it's different for girls. And what about Krum? I thought you kissed him."
"Oh Krum," Hermione waved her hand dismissively. " That didn't count…it was on the cheek!"
"Oh." Harry brightened up a bit at this.
"What do you mean Ron has? He hasn't…has he?" Hermione asked, alarmed. He'd always told her she was his first kiss.
"Yeah, remember. Lavender." Hermione burst out laughing, which made Madam Pince glare at them as they walked into the library.
"Oh that doesn't count! That was a dare. And it hardly lasted more than a second." she whispered.
Harry didn't look appeased.
"Oh look if it bothers you that much…come here." Hermione grabbed the front of his robe and pulled him into a corner, concealed from the rest of the library by bookshelves. She pulled him closer and kissed him hard on the mouth for a few seconds. She opened her eyes and looked at his. They were wide open, in shock, Hermione thought. She let him go.
"H – h-Hermione!"
"What? You wanted to be kissed, you've been kissed. Happy now?" Harry just started at her. Hermione laughed.
"Don't worry. It doesn't change a thing between us." Harry nodded.
"Look, I've got to sort something out with Dumbledore. I'll see you later." She patted him on the arm, as he still looked rather in shock, and walked out of the library making her way towards Dumbledores office.
TO BE CONTINUED!!
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