Changing Times

A/N:

Midnight's Fear = Thanks. I'm glad that I tricked you. Well, not that I actually tricked you, because that was mean, but that I can actually trick someone...
Homestretch = Well, as I explained, this fic is *so* not supposed to be sad... Just wait and see. And about Harry not being dead... maybe he isn't, but that's not that important. You'll know soon enough. And don't worry, I will have a new chapter ready by... well, now.

-Thanks for the reviews. :O)

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Chapter 2 - One Useful Discovery

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Yes, Harry was dead... And he had been for a long time now. But I could still picture him laughing; I could still picture his mesmerizing stare... Oh, just to think about it got me all teary-eyed... Ron was still looking at me, to make sure that I didn't try anything stupid to bring Harry back... But I would never do such thing. I read about someone who tried to bring back a dead person... He got a zombie who, besides from killing everyone he met, decided to make lots of zombie-women and men like himself. It was not a pretty picture... "Don't worry Ron, I won't," I told my worried friend. He smiled a sad smile.

"Hermione, I know how you're feeling... And I wish there was a way-" He stopped, slowly removing the pillow he was sitting on and reaching for something. "Oh that's what I've been sitting on! I wonder what it is... it kind of looks like a tiny hourglass... Do you know what it is?" He handed me the tiny object. I stared at it. Could it be... Oh my God!!! "Well, anyway, we should be-"

"-RON!!! Don't you know what this is???" I suddenly remembered that, even though he'd heard about it, he'd never actually seen it. I didn't even know I had it anymore. "Ron, this is what I used to save Sirius at third year... You turn it around as many times as you want to go back, one hour per time." He thought a little about that. Then it he got it.

"Oh my God, yes!!! No, wait, Hermione, no" What now??? "Hermione, you wouldn't; it's way too dangerous, you can change way too many things... Besides, how would you manage to turn it around that many times???"

"There's a spell," I said. "A spell to make time run faster. If I use it on the hourglass, I just have to turn it around one time per year I want to go back. I could just-"

"-Hermione, no! It's way too dangerous. Harry died fighting You-Know-Who; they died at the same time. If Harry hadn't died, You-Know-Who wouldn't have, either. Who knows, we might all be dead if Harry hadn't sacrificed himself by grabbing You-Know-Who and taking him with him out over the cliff."

"Well, I'm willing to take that risk."

"Hermione, do you know how selfish that is???" He was really starting to get upset. "Besides, how are you going to get back when you're done?"

Oops. I hadn't thought about that. Well, I'd figure it out. So I just told him; "When the future changes, I will automatically be pulled back." I knew that wasn't true. But I had to make him believe me. "Do you want to come with me," I asked. Quite frankly, I really didn't want him taking any risk, but it was only fair to ask him...

"No. And I still don't think it's a good idea. But I can't stop you, can I," he asked. That man knows me too well...

"No, you can't," I told him, smiling. The thought of getting Harry back made me warm inside. "Okay, so I need to set the hourglass back to the middle of our fifth year... That's four years, since we have been away from Hogwarts for two years now..." I made the quick-time spell, and was just about to turn the hourglass, when I turned to Ron. "Ron... if something goes wrong, and I don't come back, or if I change time for the worst, I want you to make a note. A note that tells you everything that has happened... so that you won't be in You-Know-Who's power. Promise me."

"I promise," he said, softly. "And Hermione... Be careful."

"I will." And with those words, I turned the hourglass. Four times...

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NOW you see what I mean when I say "Changing Times"??? I will have the next part done soon. I think I'll call it "Back to School", or "Old School" or something... I need a funny name, as I'm planning on making that part fun. But who knows, it might turn out to be angsty... (?)

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