Disclaimer: HP & Co. belong to JKR. This story and other characters belong
to Dani.
**** Thanks for the editing, Andy!
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'Hermione, are you okay?' asked Harry's voice. She was nearly unconscious.
'I am so not used to that.' she joked.
'We made it back. I wonder who the lady was.' he told her.
'Yeah, I guess so.'
They went back toward the exit. Hermione was still massaging her head.
'How're you feeling, Harry? Are you okay?' she asked, concerned.
'Yeah, I guess. I mean, I literally saw my parents' lifeless bodies and went back and forth through time. I saw my younger self and talked with my parents before it happened. I've also met the weirdest of people and discovered that Lupin was married and had a daughter while Wormtail's sister turned out to be my father's admirer. Basically, I'm fine.' he said all at once.
Hermione didn't need to ask for his permission, she went up to him and gave him a hug. Nothing personal, he just needed one.
He knew this as well as he hugged her real tight. He buried his face in her shoulder, indicating that he was holding tears back.
This was affecting him a lot.
'It's going to be okay. Even though we haven't exactly found out why she made us go back through time, I know for a fact it wasn't just for fun.'
After she said that, Harry walked towards the exit of the chamber and exited.
It was still after lunch. It almost seemed as if they didn't go back in time.
They both knew that they had to change clothes. And so they did.
Before Hermione went inside her dorm, she smiled sweetly at Harry. He remembered what she told baby Harry the other night and wanted noting more than to kiss her. But knowing what it could provoke, he painfully stopped himself.
He heard everything she said, even about him being stubborn, but to him, if his stubbornness is the only thing that'll keep her away from the danger that followed him, so be it.
Hermione waited for Harry in the common room. They vanished after breakfast but returned after lunch. She wondered why Ron hadn't been looking for them.
The moment Harry arrived, all clean and tidy, except for his hair, she asked him if they could look for Ron.
Harry felt a small surge of jealousy but he hit himself so it'll go away, which didn't help, just made him feel worse.
On the way, Harry remembered about Gabrielle.
'Say, Hermione, do you think Gabrielle's still alive? And Mrs. Lupin, too?' he asked her.
Hermione figured that Gabrielle would be about their age, 17, and would probably be attractive. Her father is quite the handsome person.
'Uh.. I'm not sure. But I don't think we should ask Professor Lupin himself. Maybe Hagrid or Sirius.' she reasoned.
'Yeah, when we find Ron, we should tell him everything and ask him to come with us to Hagrid's. We haven't been there in a long time.' he said.
After looking for Ron almost everywhere he could possibly be, meaning the grounds for Quidditch, the Great hall for food, the Gryffindor common room and boys' dormitories for wizard's chess. He was nowhere to be seen.
'Why don't we try the least obvious place?' he asked Hermione.
She agreed and the two of them headed for the Library.
They saw him talking to a somewhat rather pretty girl. Harry was elbowed hard in the gut by Hermione.
'Harry, you're mouth's open!' she hissed.
'It was, now my stomach's aching with pain.' he told her, holding himself.
Hermione ignored him and headed to the place where Ron and Hermione were talking.
'Hi, Ron. So I see you've been up here talking to someone all this time.' she said, politely.
'Yeah, this is Melissa Sawyer. She's an exchange student from America. She's in Hufflepuff.' said Ron.
Hermione smiled sweetly and introduced herself.
The two got along rather well. Harry felt dumb. He decided to approach them and befriend the new girl.
'Oh, here's Harry. He's my best guy friend. He's in Gryffindor, too and the Seeker.' said Ron. Basically he was doing all the talking. It was no secret he liked Melissa.
The moment she laid eyes on Harry, she stood up.
'Harry? Harry Potter? Oh My Gosh! I can't believe this! I just started learning about you back home! You're not exactly how I pictured you. I thought you'd look like ..well no offence, KRUM! But you're rather the cutie!' she said.
Harry blushed crimson red. Ron was crimson red, too, but for different reasons.
'Uh.. so anyway,' he began.' I think I'll go kill myself.throw myself in the lake or something.' said Ron.
Hermione was red, too. the same reason as Ron's.. just for the different person.
'Um, Harry, don't we have something to tell Ron?' she asked.
Harry caught the hint.
Luckily, Melissa quickly turned to Ron and said, 'Say, Ron, you've been so nice to me and I don't normally do this but..' she blushed.' Would you go out with me?' she asked, all trembling.
Ron, Harry and most of all, Hermione were thrilled she said that.
'Of course! I was going to ask you the question until "cutie" over here ruined it for me.' he said, joking.
'Don't be silly. I like you!' she assured.
'Thanks.' Harry said sarcastically.
'I guess I'll see you later, then Melissa?' Ron asked her. He got Hermione's hint, too. Although he didn't know what it's be about.
She left blowing him a kiss.
Hermione thought this is a bit too much, but Ron seemed perfectly fine. He was after all, a shy boy with girls.
'Now, what were you going to tell me?' he asked the two of them. They gave him the look that it was big and a very long story.
'So that's how we ended up here.' he told Ron. Harry had finished the story but left the parts where he and Hermione talked and the ones that regarded that. She was as glad as he was that he did.
'So you really saw your parents? You were gone for 2 weeks and I didn't notice it?' he asked aghast. He couldn't believe Harry and Hermione were off on an adventure again. But somehow, he was a little glad that he stayed there so he could get closer to Melissa.
'Don't be mad. It all happened all of a sudden!' reasoned Harry.
'I'm not. Listen, I'm sorry mate. I didn't know it was that bad.'
'Nah, it's okay.' he told Ron.
'Good, now that we've got this all cleared up, we should head for Hagrid's!' Hermione told the boys.
They agreed and went to the grounds, to Hagrid's hut.
They knocked on the door and heard Fang's barking. Harry missed Fang. He missed Hagrid more, though.
'I'm comin', I'm comin'.' he yelled.
The moment he opened the door, tears stung his eyes but he tried not to show it. It failed horribly. Tears ran down his eyes.
'What's wrong Hagrid?' asked Harry.
'Thought yeh've forgotten me.' he mumbled.
'Of course not! Perish the thought!!!' exclaimed Hermione.
'We were just busy, that's all.' said Ron.
'And we could never forget you, Hagrid.' added Harry.
'Now stop it. Yeh're making my eyes hurt.' he told them, wiping it with a huge handkerchief.
After Hagrid calmed himself down, Harry thought he'd bring up the topic of the Lupins.
'Uh.. Hagrid.um.. is Professor Lupin married?' he asked casually.
'Because he's far too nice to not be married.' Hermione added, just in case.
Hagrid wore a sort of grim expression.
'Now don't yeh be putting this in his face but.Mina died 8 years ago. She was attacked by a Deatheater. He never wants the talk about it. Also, his daughter's coming here. She's decided it's closer to her father than in Scotland.' he told them.
They soon found out, while eating rock cakes as they were too ashamed of not visiting him, that Lupin lived alone for the past 8 years. He sent Gabrielle to Scotland with her grandparents, Mina's mom and dad, because he didn't want to accidentally eat her when he turned to a werewolf. She'll be transferring to Hogwarts as well. A little later than anyone but from what Hagrid describes, an intellectual girl, she'll make it.
Hermione was a bit ticked off. She's always been known as the Hogwarts genius. She knew it, too. But with the knowledge that this "Gabrielle" has the possibility of being the new genius, she didn't feel light about it.
Sometimes, her intelligence makes it hard for her to make friends. Added that she's not fond of Quidditch, most people find her completely boring. She knew this, too. That's why she's really glad Harry and Ron were her friends.
Hagrid told more stories as they politely ate more rock cakes. Half their teeth were gone but they said nothing, keeping a straight face with all the horrible pain.
They found out that Liz went crazy around the time James died and Peter "died", too. Her mom has been taking care of her since.
Everyone that knew Peter, knew that he had a sister. Hagrid admitted to Harry that they chose not to tell Harry about her due to her reputation as his father's admirer and therefore wasn't important.
After hearing what Hagrid could tell them, he bid them goodnight as it was already 8pm.
'Goodnight, Hagrid.' said the three of them.
'Now yeh kids better stay away from trouble! I'd want to see the whole piece of yer body on my weddin', see.' he said as he closed the door.
'So this Gabrielle's really coming here after Christmas? That's gotta be hard.' said Ron.
'Yeah, but Hagrid did say she's a smart person.' said Hermione, trying not to sound worried.
'I just remembered, the Ministry's supposed to take notes in our classes.'
'Yeah, Harry but that won't happen until after Christmas.' Hermione told him.
'Hang on, there's Melissa. I think I'll go surprise her.' said Ron, practically skipping.' Feel better, Harry!' he called about 5 feet away.
'Thanks.' muttered Harry under his breath.
Hermione and him went to the common room. They didn't have dinner but after Hagrid's rock cakes, it explained why they didn't feel like eating.
'Goodnight, Harry.' said Hermione before entering her dorm.
'Goodnight.'
***** Really long story, I'll try to make the next ones shorter.
**** Thanks for the editing, Andy!
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'Hermione, are you okay?' asked Harry's voice. She was nearly unconscious.
'I am so not used to that.' she joked.
'We made it back. I wonder who the lady was.' he told her.
'Yeah, I guess so.'
They went back toward the exit. Hermione was still massaging her head.
'How're you feeling, Harry? Are you okay?' she asked, concerned.
'Yeah, I guess. I mean, I literally saw my parents' lifeless bodies and went back and forth through time. I saw my younger self and talked with my parents before it happened. I've also met the weirdest of people and discovered that Lupin was married and had a daughter while Wormtail's sister turned out to be my father's admirer. Basically, I'm fine.' he said all at once.
Hermione didn't need to ask for his permission, she went up to him and gave him a hug. Nothing personal, he just needed one.
He knew this as well as he hugged her real tight. He buried his face in her shoulder, indicating that he was holding tears back.
This was affecting him a lot.
'It's going to be okay. Even though we haven't exactly found out why she made us go back through time, I know for a fact it wasn't just for fun.'
After she said that, Harry walked towards the exit of the chamber and exited.
It was still after lunch. It almost seemed as if they didn't go back in time.
They both knew that they had to change clothes. And so they did.
Before Hermione went inside her dorm, she smiled sweetly at Harry. He remembered what she told baby Harry the other night and wanted noting more than to kiss her. But knowing what it could provoke, he painfully stopped himself.
He heard everything she said, even about him being stubborn, but to him, if his stubbornness is the only thing that'll keep her away from the danger that followed him, so be it.
Hermione waited for Harry in the common room. They vanished after breakfast but returned after lunch. She wondered why Ron hadn't been looking for them.
The moment Harry arrived, all clean and tidy, except for his hair, she asked him if they could look for Ron.
Harry felt a small surge of jealousy but he hit himself so it'll go away, which didn't help, just made him feel worse.
On the way, Harry remembered about Gabrielle.
'Say, Hermione, do you think Gabrielle's still alive? And Mrs. Lupin, too?' he asked her.
Hermione figured that Gabrielle would be about their age, 17, and would probably be attractive. Her father is quite the handsome person.
'Uh.. I'm not sure. But I don't think we should ask Professor Lupin himself. Maybe Hagrid or Sirius.' she reasoned.
'Yeah, when we find Ron, we should tell him everything and ask him to come with us to Hagrid's. We haven't been there in a long time.' he said.
After looking for Ron almost everywhere he could possibly be, meaning the grounds for Quidditch, the Great hall for food, the Gryffindor common room and boys' dormitories for wizard's chess. He was nowhere to be seen.
'Why don't we try the least obvious place?' he asked Hermione.
She agreed and the two of them headed for the Library.
They saw him talking to a somewhat rather pretty girl. Harry was elbowed hard in the gut by Hermione.
'Harry, you're mouth's open!' she hissed.
'It was, now my stomach's aching with pain.' he told her, holding himself.
Hermione ignored him and headed to the place where Ron and Hermione were talking.
'Hi, Ron. So I see you've been up here talking to someone all this time.' she said, politely.
'Yeah, this is Melissa Sawyer. She's an exchange student from America. She's in Hufflepuff.' said Ron.
Hermione smiled sweetly and introduced herself.
The two got along rather well. Harry felt dumb. He decided to approach them and befriend the new girl.
'Oh, here's Harry. He's my best guy friend. He's in Gryffindor, too and the Seeker.' said Ron. Basically he was doing all the talking. It was no secret he liked Melissa.
The moment she laid eyes on Harry, she stood up.
'Harry? Harry Potter? Oh My Gosh! I can't believe this! I just started learning about you back home! You're not exactly how I pictured you. I thought you'd look like ..well no offence, KRUM! But you're rather the cutie!' she said.
Harry blushed crimson red. Ron was crimson red, too, but for different reasons.
'Uh.. so anyway,' he began.' I think I'll go kill myself.throw myself in the lake or something.' said Ron.
Hermione was red, too. the same reason as Ron's.. just for the different person.
'Um, Harry, don't we have something to tell Ron?' she asked.
Harry caught the hint.
Luckily, Melissa quickly turned to Ron and said, 'Say, Ron, you've been so nice to me and I don't normally do this but..' she blushed.' Would you go out with me?' she asked, all trembling.
Ron, Harry and most of all, Hermione were thrilled she said that.
'Of course! I was going to ask you the question until "cutie" over here ruined it for me.' he said, joking.
'Don't be silly. I like you!' she assured.
'Thanks.' Harry said sarcastically.
'I guess I'll see you later, then Melissa?' Ron asked her. He got Hermione's hint, too. Although he didn't know what it's be about.
She left blowing him a kiss.
Hermione thought this is a bit too much, but Ron seemed perfectly fine. He was after all, a shy boy with girls.
'Now, what were you going to tell me?' he asked the two of them. They gave him the look that it was big and a very long story.
'So that's how we ended up here.' he told Ron. Harry had finished the story but left the parts where he and Hermione talked and the ones that regarded that. She was as glad as he was that he did.
'So you really saw your parents? You were gone for 2 weeks and I didn't notice it?' he asked aghast. He couldn't believe Harry and Hermione were off on an adventure again. But somehow, he was a little glad that he stayed there so he could get closer to Melissa.
'Don't be mad. It all happened all of a sudden!' reasoned Harry.
'I'm not. Listen, I'm sorry mate. I didn't know it was that bad.'
'Nah, it's okay.' he told Ron.
'Good, now that we've got this all cleared up, we should head for Hagrid's!' Hermione told the boys.
They agreed and went to the grounds, to Hagrid's hut.
They knocked on the door and heard Fang's barking. Harry missed Fang. He missed Hagrid more, though.
'I'm comin', I'm comin'.' he yelled.
The moment he opened the door, tears stung his eyes but he tried not to show it. It failed horribly. Tears ran down his eyes.
'What's wrong Hagrid?' asked Harry.
'Thought yeh've forgotten me.' he mumbled.
'Of course not! Perish the thought!!!' exclaimed Hermione.
'We were just busy, that's all.' said Ron.
'And we could never forget you, Hagrid.' added Harry.
'Now stop it. Yeh're making my eyes hurt.' he told them, wiping it with a huge handkerchief.
After Hagrid calmed himself down, Harry thought he'd bring up the topic of the Lupins.
'Uh.. Hagrid.um.. is Professor Lupin married?' he asked casually.
'Because he's far too nice to not be married.' Hermione added, just in case.
Hagrid wore a sort of grim expression.
'Now don't yeh be putting this in his face but.Mina died 8 years ago. She was attacked by a Deatheater. He never wants the talk about it. Also, his daughter's coming here. She's decided it's closer to her father than in Scotland.' he told them.
They soon found out, while eating rock cakes as they were too ashamed of not visiting him, that Lupin lived alone for the past 8 years. He sent Gabrielle to Scotland with her grandparents, Mina's mom and dad, because he didn't want to accidentally eat her when he turned to a werewolf. She'll be transferring to Hogwarts as well. A little later than anyone but from what Hagrid describes, an intellectual girl, she'll make it.
Hermione was a bit ticked off. She's always been known as the Hogwarts genius. She knew it, too. But with the knowledge that this "Gabrielle" has the possibility of being the new genius, she didn't feel light about it.
Sometimes, her intelligence makes it hard for her to make friends. Added that she's not fond of Quidditch, most people find her completely boring. She knew this, too. That's why she's really glad Harry and Ron were her friends.
Hagrid told more stories as they politely ate more rock cakes. Half their teeth were gone but they said nothing, keeping a straight face with all the horrible pain.
They found out that Liz went crazy around the time James died and Peter "died", too. Her mom has been taking care of her since.
Everyone that knew Peter, knew that he had a sister. Hagrid admitted to Harry that they chose not to tell Harry about her due to her reputation as his father's admirer and therefore wasn't important.
After hearing what Hagrid could tell them, he bid them goodnight as it was already 8pm.
'Goodnight, Hagrid.' said the three of them.
'Now yeh kids better stay away from trouble! I'd want to see the whole piece of yer body on my weddin', see.' he said as he closed the door.
'So this Gabrielle's really coming here after Christmas? That's gotta be hard.' said Ron.
'Yeah, but Hagrid did say she's a smart person.' said Hermione, trying not to sound worried.
'I just remembered, the Ministry's supposed to take notes in our classes.'
'Yeah, Harry but that won't happen until after Christmas.' Hermione told him.
'Hang on, there's Melissa. I think I'll go surprise her.' said Ron, practically skipping.' Feel better, Harry!' he called about 5 feet away.
'Thanks.' muttered Harry under his breath.
Hermione and him went to the common room. They didn't have dinner but after Hagrid's rock cakes, it explained why they didn't feel like eating.
'Goodnight, Harry.' said Hermione before entering her dorm.
'Goodnight.'
***** Really long story, I'll try to make the next ones shorter.