A/N: Three chapters in one day, that's gotta be a new record. Okay
here's the next one. But just to let you know one thing about this one.
Things are starting to unravel for Hermione just abit. You'll see what
I mean in this chapter.Here we go.
Chapter 8.
Everyone was doing great. Remus wasn't looking very well. His skin was paler. Hermione knew that the full moon was coming. In fact it was only two nights away. While Sirius and James looked excited, Remus didn't. Peter was just nervous. Hermione would be studying the animagi after hours while everyone was asleep. Finally the day came. Everyone was at breakfast. Hermione sat by Remus.
There had been a few rumors going around that they were a couple. The ones who started the rumor was Sirius and James just to piss Remus off. Frankly, it worked. Hermione had to keep telling several people that they weren't. A few times Professor McGonagall had to pull Hermione aside just to make sure. "Miss Granger, I do hope those are only rumors. Because it will change time for the future and make things very difficult for you." She said. Hermione shook her head.
"I swear. There isn't anything going on between Remus and I. We're just friends."
McGonagall nodded. "I do hope that is the only thing. Because it could cause trouble in the future." She said. Hermione nodded. Sometimes she wondered if she was lying to herself. Because she was starting to have a few thoughts that disturbed her a few times. Sometimes she wondered what it would be like to kiss Remus. She had to shake her head hard when those thoughts came.
As everyone ate, Remus was staring down at his pudding. Hermione looked at him with sympathy. She knew he didn't like transforming into the werewolf. She looked at James and Sirius who were whispering. Lily was reviewing for a test they were having that day. Hermione ate her breakfast roll.
Finally the bell rang and everyone hurried to class. Hermione had to hurry to her classes. During their Care for Magical creatures they were studying a dangerous creature called a Nundu. It was a very big and vicious leapord like creature. Very beautiful but mean and blood thirsty. One of the Slytherins were trying to be funny by sticking his arm in the cage while the Torama was pretending to be asleep. When he looked away laughing, the thing bite him. He had to be rushed off to the Infirmary so everyone was excused. Hermione was walking with her friends towards the castle when some of the Slytherins were laughing towards them.
The six looked at each other. "What do you think they're laughing about?" Peter whispered. James shook his head. "Don't know. But I don't think it's going to be a good thing." he said. Hermione narrowed her eyes abit. "Ah, who cares. If they're planning some practical joke, we can always get them back and worst." She said. Sirius laughed. "Man, I like the way she's thinking." he said. Remus grinned. They went up to the castle.
Hermione was in the library doing some homework during dinner. She wasn't too hungry. She was also reading up about animagus like she told the others she was going to. Lily was with the others eating. As Hermione sat there reading she kept thinking about Harry and Ron. She looked around and spotted the one part of the room where Harry, Ron and herself had learned about who Nicholes Flamel was. Hermione sighed and lowered her head.
"I really miss those guys. Ron being so stupid as always. Harry trying to be all cool like his dad." She whispered. She wiped her eyes and decided that she needed to go to bed. She gathered her book and stood.
She started out of the library. She wondered if The Marauders were on their way out now. She just shrugged and started towards the Gryffindor Tower. Suddenly she heard something. But before she could turn around everything clouded over. She felt the Imperius Curse working on her. She couldn't move or see. She gasped abit as she felt her legs working. She could hear whispers and laughs. She didn't know what was going on.
'No! What's happening?!' She thought.
She could see a darkness coming over her now. She felt herself walking across grass.
'Where am I going?!' She thought.
She was trying to fight the curse but it's wasn't working. Only Harry could fight the Imperius Curse. Finally everyone started clearing up. She could see almost clearly now. It was dark all around her. She blinked several times before it was fully clear. When her vision was clear, she let out a gasp. She was outside in the Forbidden Forest. Someone had brought her out her by the Imperius Curse. One of the Unforgivable curses. But who?!
Hermione's heart beat was beating fast. She looked around. It was all dark. Where was she?
"Oh no. I'm in trouble. I'm in deep trouble."
She began searching her pocket for her wand and found it. She held it in her hand and took a deep breath. "Point me." She whispered. The wand began shining then pointed to her left. She turned to her left and started walking that way. She had to keep her wand in her hand just in case something came to attack her. About five minutes later she could see the towers of Hogwarts. She didn't want to cross the grounds on her own.
What if Remus was a werewolf already and he saw her? She knew that she wouldn't be able to get away without the others's help. They would think she tried to come out on her own. As Hermione walked she heard a howl which made her freeze in her tracks. Her heart nearly jumped up her throat. That was a werewolf's howl. It must be Remus! She thought. She ducked down by a tree into the darkness and looked around.
The wind was starting to blow through the branchs of the trees. She could see the full moon shining through the branchs above. She heard something running through bushs and barking. Hermione's heart started to pound against her chest. 'Sirius.' She thought. She looked over the bushs and spotted the thing she did not want to see right at the moment.
A big wolf. A werewolf. She gasped and ducked back down. The werewolf's head jerked around and it halted right in it's tracks.
Hermione had to cover her mouth to keep herself from whimpering from fear. The werewolf began sniffing the air and started to growl. It was sniffing the ground now and trying to find a scent. Hermione swallowed hard. She knew she had to move. But if she didn't move, Moony would find her and attack. She looked through the bushs to see if Moony was still there but he wasn't. Hermione's heart went faster.
Where did he go?! He was there a second ago. Hermione glanced around and stood slowly. She started to creep tree to tree. She had to get out of the forest right away. Before something bad happened.
As she crept, she tried to see if she could see a stag, a rat or a dog. If she could just find one of them, she knew she'd be alright. One of the boys would get her to safety as fast as they could.
Just then there were growl. Hermione froze in her tracks. Her eyes grew wider as the growls did. She slowly turned and found herself face to face with Moony. His teeth was bared and gleaming in the moonlight. Hermione could see his amberish blue eyes glowing with delight and cruelity. She trembled with pure fear. "Remus, don't. It's me, Hermione." She whispered. The werewolf snarled as it took a step forward. Hermione felt tears of fear filling her eyes.
"Remus." She whispered abit more louder. Moony snarled loudly and charged. Hermione let out a gasp that was more like a scream. She bolted for it. She could hear Moony snapping his jaws at her heels. And he was not very far from behind her either. Hermione pushed herself to go faster. "James! Sirius! Peter! Help!" She called as she ran. She could see the field not too far off.
Just then she heard a loud howl like bark. She saw Moony leap right over her. Hermione halted in her tracks and bolted back the way she came. Moony snarled and charged after her. Hermione ran through bushs climbed over logs to get away. She could hear the werewolf snarling with delight. He was just playing with her! Hunting it's prey! She was running past some trees when suddenly she felt something grab her wrist and was yanked right off her feet.
She let out a small scream as she fell back onto her rear. She felt an arm go right around her waist and yank her backwards into the roots of a tree. It all flashed before her eyes. She saw Draco over her again. Touching her. She felt a hand over her mouth and she screamed under it. Tears started to fall.
"When I'm done with you, you will not remember a thing, Mudblood." She remembered those cold words.
Hermione began punching, kicking and screaming under the hand. "Hermione! Stop! It's me!" She heard James's voice whisper in her ear. Hermione froze and felt herself just collapse right there. She had tears running down her face. She pulled away from James and spun around. She threw her arms around him and began to cry into his chest. James was taken by surprise but he wrapped his arms around her.
"Oh god. I thought it was Draco again! I'm sorry, James! I thought you were Draco." She cried silently. James looked down at her. "Hermione, are you alright?" he whispered. Hermione was shaking and James knew she wasn't. "Did Moony bite you?" He asked fearfully. Hermione pulled away and shook her head. "No. He was just playing with me. He wanted to hunt me." She said shaking hard.
James looked towards the entrance then back at Hermione. "What the bloody hell are you doing out here?!" He whispered. Hermione wiped her eyes as she curled into a ball. "Someone attacked me again, James. I was going back to the Gryffindor Tower when something happened. I think someone put me under the Imperius Curse and brought me out here." She whispered. James's eyes were wide. "Someone......oh, god. This is going to ruin everything. Someone wanted you to get attacked by Remus when he was in his werewolf form." he whispered.
Hermione shuddered as another memory of Draco touching her flashed across her mind. She trembled terribly and buried her head into her arms. James was watching her. He narrowed his eyes abit. "Mione? Are you okay?" He asked. But Hermione didn't reply.
"Mudblood!" She heard Draco's voice.
Hermione covered her ears and cried into her lap. "Stop it. Leave me alone!" She cried. James tilted his head. He heard the werewolf coming back. He heard Hermione crying those words into her knees. He knew he had to quiet her. He grabbed her wrists and shoved them away. Her wide eyes went to his. "Be quiet, Hermione. Moony's coming back. Stay here and don't move. He's too big to crawl in here. I'll lead him away. He'll follow me when I'm in my animagus form. But don't move untel I come back, understand?" James whispered.
Hermione nodded with tear filled eyes. James nodded and handed her his cloak. He then crawled out and changed into his stag form.
Hermione wrapped James's cloak around her tightly. She layed down in the leaves and diry and covered her head with the cloak. She could hear the angry howls of Moony. He was furious that his prey had gotten away. She heard Draco's cruel laughter in her ears. She felt his hands touching her again. She began to cry and rock under the cloak.
"Please stop. Stop it. Don't touch me anymore, Malfoy. Don't touch me." She cried into her arms. She drifted off to sleep dreaming the nightmare over and over. It kept rewinding as soon as it was over. She cried harder that night than she had ever cried.
Hermione heard voices again. She felt someone touch her shoulder and she jolted awake thinking it was Draco coming after her again. She shot straight up and that was then she hit her head on the roof of the tree. Tears of pain filled her eyes.
"Hermione! Becareful!" She heard his familiar voice. 'Remus'. She thought. Her watery eyes opened and she looked at the four anxious but pale faces. She recognized each and everyone. She rubbed her head where she had hit. "Hermione, are you okay?" Sirius asked full of worry. Hermione wiped her eyes. "Yeah. I'm okay." She said her voice wavering. Remus shook his head. He was the palest of the four. "No, your not. I nearly killed you last night. I'm so sorry, Hermione." He said his voice cracked.
Hermione looked at him and she remembered. She shook her head. "It's not your fault, Remus. Someone put the Imperius Curse on me and forced me to come out here." She said. The other three's eyes went wide. "What?!" Sirius exclaimed. James shook his head. "Guys, we've got to hurry and get to the castle before we get caught! We can explain later!" Hermione nodded. "Yeah. We better hurry." She said trying to crawl out.
It was still abit dark. "What time is it?" She asked. Sirius used his wand as light. "5:30 in the morning. It took us a while trying to find you. James almost forgot where he left you. Luckily I've got a great nose when I'm in my dog form." He said. Remus was still way shaky. He was trying to walk several feet away from Hermione. He was so mad at himself for what he almost did to her.
And Hermione knew it. She broke away from James arm that was around her shoulders and grabbed his hand. He looked surprised at her.
"Look, Remus. It wasn't you that I was scared of actually. Well, actually it was. But not really. It was something I remembered when James grabbed me to hide me from your werewolf form." She said.
All four boys halted and stopped in their tracks. James was watching her. "Who's Draco, Hermione?" He asked.
Hermione let go of Remus's hand and turned away. Her body was shaking and she turned her back on the four. She folded her hands togther and put her lips against them. Her eyes closed.
The boys all were watching her quietly. Hermione was quiet for a long time before she turned back. Her cheeks were wet with tears. Her knees buckled and Remus saw that she was about to fall to them. So he hurried forward and caught her before she did. He sat her on a rock and sat next to her. "Hermione, who's Draco?" He asked.
Hermione let out a deep sigh. "Draco Malfoy." She whispered. The four looked at each other.
"Draco Malfoy?" Peter repeated. Sirius and James looked at each other. "Is he related to Lucius or something? Brother?" Sirius asked. Hermione shook with fear. She was breaking one of the most important laws ever. And she was about to do something very stupid. "Yes. He's his son." She said in a shaky voice.
The four boys's jaws dropped. "What?! Lucius has a son?! But he's barely 17." Sirius said with shock. Remus swallowed hard. "Wait a sec. If Lucius has a son and you know about it, then.......your not his......" he couldn't say it. Hermione gave him a disqusted look. "Ew! As if! Draco isn't born yet. He won't be born for at least seven more years." She said. The four stared. "What?" Peter whispered. Hermione felt tears burning her eyes again. "Guys, what I'm about to say........I shouldn't tell you. But I can't lie anymore. My name isn't Hermione Dumbledore. I'm not Professor Dumbledore's niece."
The four looked at each other. "Your not?" James asked. Hermione shook her head. "The night you guys found me......I had a terrible accident. You found me fall down the Astronomy tower stairs with my shirt ripped open, right?" She asked. All four blushed and nodded. Hermione nodded right back. "Well, Draco Malfoy was trying to rape me that night. But I got away." She said. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter looked at each other again.
"But you said....." Sirius was saying.Hermione nodded. "That's right. I said Draco Malfoy isn't born yet. And neither am I. I'm from the year 1996. The future. I had a time turner that night. When I fell down the stairs, it.... broke." She said trying to give them a hint. Remus's eyes went wide. "Oh. My. God." he said slowly.
It was dawning on James and Sirius too. Peter's eyes just went wide just because everyone's elses was. Hermione covered her eyes and started to cry again. "I'm from the future, guys. My name is Hermione Jane Granger." she said into her hands. The four were all speechless.
"So, the map....it was telling us the truth that night. Your really Hermione Granger? But why didn't you tell us?" Sirius asked.
Remus shook his head giving his friend a look. "She couldn't, Padfoot! It's against the laws of time. This is kind of changing time for the future. It'll change everything." he said. James was staring at the ground. "This isn't good." He said. Sirius rubbed his eyes and put his hand on his waist. He turned away and looked into the darkness. Hermione wiped her eyes. "And what's worst, three of you know me in the future." She said. Sirius turned around and looked at her. "Who's that?" Peter asked.
Before Hermione could say, Remus quickly put his hand softly over her mouth. "No." He said sternly. The other three looked at him. "What's wrong, Remus?" Sirius asked. Remus shook his head. "She can't tell us. We can't know anything about the future. She should have never told us who she was. Do you know how much trouble we can get in for even knowing? And her telling us, it'll be worst for her. She could go to Azkaban for changing time like this. If she did change time already. We can't ask her anything about the future. Nothing. So I suggest we don't." He said.
Everyone was quiet then they nodded. "He's got a point. Better keep quiet. Thanks for telling us though, Hermione. We'll keep this a secret." James said. Hermione nodded. "Good. Because you are not suppose to know. I'll get in big trouble for telling you." She said. Sirius nodded. "We better keep our eyes out on who tried to get you bitten by Moony. They were trying to hurt you." He said. Hermione nodded. "I bet it was one of the Slytherins. But we can't do anything. Not yet."
James nodded. "Agreed. Let's go." He said. They hurried across the field to the castle and snuck up to the Gryffindor Tower. To bed. Hermione crawled into her's and curled into a ball. She tried to fall asleep. Only to dream of Draco Malfoy trying to hurt her.
A/N: Alrighty. There's that chapter. I know this chapter was abit dark. But it will sort of make sense in the future chapters. Review please.
Chapter 8.
Everyone was doing great. Remus wasn't looking very well. His skin was paler. Hermione knew that the full moon was coming. In fact it was only two nights away. While Sirius and James looked excited, Remus didn't. Peter was just nervous. Hermione would be studying the animagi after hours while everyone was asleep. Finally the day came. Everyone was at breakfast. Hermione sat by Remus.
There had been a few rumors going around that they were a couple. The ones who started the rumor was Sirius and James just to piss Remus off. Frankly, it worked. Hermione had to keep telling several people that they weren't. A few times Professor McGonagall had to pull Hermione aside just to make sure. "Miss Granger, I do hope those are only rumors. Because it will change time for the future and make things very difficult for you." She said. Hermione shook her head.
"I swear. There isn't anything going on between Remus and I. We're just friends."
McGonagall nodded. "I do hope that is the only thing. Because it could cause trouble in the future." She said. Hermione nodded. Sometimes she wondered if she was lying to herself. Because she was starting to have a few thoughts that disturbed her a few times. Sometimes she wondered what it would be like to kiss Remus. She had to shake her head hard when those thoughts came.
As everyone ate, Remus was staring down at his pudding. Hermione looked at him with sympathy. She knew he didn't like transforming into the werewolf. She looked at James and Sirius who were whispering. Lily was reviewing for a test they were having that day. Hermione ate her breakfast roll.
Finally the bell rang and everyone hurried to class. Hermione had to hurry to her classes. During their Care for Magical creatures they were studying a dangerous creature called a Nundu. It was a very big and vicious leapord like creature. Very beautiful but mean and blood thirsty. One of the Slytherins were trying to be funny by sticking his arm in the cage while the Torama was pretending to be asleep. When he looked away laughing, the thing bite him. He had to be rushed off to the Infirmary so everyone was excused. Hermione was walking with her friends towards the castle when some of the Slytherins were laughing towards them.
The six looked at each other. "What do you think they're laughing about?" Peter whispered. James shook his head. "Don't know. But I don't think it's going to be a good thing." he said. Hermione narrowed her eyes abit. "Ah, who cares. If they're planning some practical joke, we can always get them back and worst." She said. Sirius laughed. "Man, I like the way she's thinking." he said. Remus grinned. They went up to the castle.
Hermione was in the library doing some homework during dinner. She wasn't too hungry. She was also reading up about animagus like she told the others she was going to. Lily was with the others eating. As Hermione sat there reading she kept thinking about Harry and Ron. She looked around and spotted the one part of the room where Harry, Ron and herself had learned about who Nicholes Flamel was. Hermione sighed and lowered her head.
"I really miss those guys. Ron being so stupid as always. Harry trying to be all cool like his dad." She whispered. She wiped her eyes and decided that she needed to go to bed. She gathered her book and stood.
She started out of the library. She wondered if The Marauders were on their way out now. She just shrugged and started towards the Gryffindor Tower. Suddenly she heard something. But before she could turn around everything clouded over. She felt the Imperius Curse working on her. She couldn't move or see. She gasped abit as she felt her legs working. She could hear whispers and laughs. She didn't know what was going on.
'No! What's happening?!' She thought.
She could see a darkness coming over her now. She felt herself walking across grass.
'Where am I going?!' She thought.
She was trying to fight the curse but it's wasn't working. Only Harry could fight the Imperius Curse. Finally everyone started clearing up. She could see almost clearly now. It was dark all around her. She blinked several times before it was fully clear. When her vision was clear, she let out a gasp. She was outside in the Forbidden Forest. Someone had brought her out her by the Imperius Curse. One of the Unforgivable curses. But who?!
Hermione's heart beat was beating fast. She looked around. It was all dark. Where was she?
"Oh no. I'm in trouble. I'm in deep trouble."
She began searching her pocket for her wand and found it. She held it in her hand and took a deep breath. "Point me." She whispered. The wand began shining then pointed to her left. She turned to her left and started walking that way. She had to keep her wand in her hand just in case something came to attack her. About five minutes later she could see the towers of Hogwarts. She didn't want to cross the grounds on her own.
What if Remus was a werewolf already and he saw her? She knew that she wouldn't be able to get away without the others's help. They would think she tried to come out on her own. As Hermione walked she heard a howl which made her freeze in her tracks. Her heart nearly jumped up her throat. That was a werewolf's howl. It must be Remus! She thought. She ducked down by a tree into the darkness and looked around.
The wind was starting to blow through the branchs of the trees. She could see the full moon shining through the branchs above. She heard something running through bushs and barking. Hermione's heart started to pound against her chest. 'Sirius.' She thought. She looked over the bushs and spotted the thing she did not want to see right at the moment.
A big wolf. A werewolf. She gasped and ducked back down. The werewolf's head jerked around and it halted right in it's tracks.
Hermione had to cover her mouth to keep herself from whimpering from fear. The werewolf began sniffing the air and started to growl. It was sniffing the ground now and trying to find a scent. Hermione swallowed hard. She knew she had to move. But if she didn't move, Moony would find her and attack. She looked through the bushs to see if Moony was still there but he wasn't. Hermione's heart went faster.
Where did he go?! He was there a second ago. Hermione glanced around and stood slowly. She started to creep tree to tree. She had to get out of the forest right away. Before something bad happened.
As she crept, she tried to see if she could see a stag, a rat or a dog. If she could just find one of them, she knew she'd be alright. One of the boys would get her to safety as fast as they could.
Just then there were growl. Hermione froze in her tracks. Her eyes grew wider as the growls did. She slowly turned and found herself face to face with Moony. His teeth was bared and gleaming in the moonlight. Hermione could see his amberish blue eyes glowing with delight and cruelity. She trembled with pure fear. "Remus, don't. It's me, Hermione." She whispered. The werewolf snarled as it took a step forward. Hermione felt tears of fear filling her eyes.
"Remus." She whispered abit more louder. Moony snarled loudly and charged. Hermione let out a gasp that was more like a scream. She bolted for it. She could hear Moony snapping his jaws at her heels. And he was not very far from behind her either. Hermione pushed herself to go faster. "James! Sirius! Peter! Help!" She called as she ran. She could see the field not too far off.
Just then she heard a loud howl like bark. She saw Moony leap right over her. Hermione halted in her tracks and bolted back the way she came. Moony snarled and charged after her. Hermione ran through bushs climbed over logs to get away. She could hear the werewolf snarling with delight. He was just playing with her! Hunting it's prey! She was running past some trees when suddenly she felt something grab her wrist and was yanked right off her feet.
She let out a small scream as she fell back onto her rear. She felt an arm go right around her waist and yank her backwards into the roots of a tree. It all flashed before her eyes. She saw Draco over her again. Touching her. She felt a hand over her mouth and she screamed under it. Tears started to fall.
"When I'm done with you, you will not remember a thing, Mudblood." She remembered those cold words.
Hermione began punching, kicking and screaming under the hand. "Hermione! Stop! It's me!" She heard James's voice whisper in her ear. Hermione froze and felt herself just collapse right there. She had tears running down her face. She pulled away from James and spun around. She threw her arms around him and began to cry into his chest. James was taken by surprise but he wrapped his arms around her.
"Oh god. I thought it was Draco again! I'm sorry, James! I thought you were Draco." She cried silently. James looked down at her. "Hermione, are you alright?" he whispered. Hermione was shaking and James knew she wasn't. "Did Moony bite you?" He asked fearfully. Hermione pulled away and shook her head. "No. He was just playing with me. He wanted to hunt me." She said shaking hard.
James looked towards the entrance then back at Hermione. "What the bloody hell are you doing out here?!" He whispered. Hermione wiped her eyes as she curled into a ball. "Someone attacked me again, James. I was going back to the Gryffindor Tower when something happened. I think someone put me under the Imperius Curse and brought me out here." She whispered. James's eyes were wide. "Someone......oh, god. This is going to ruin everything. Someone wanted you to get attacked by Remus when he was in his werewolf form." he whispered.
Hermione shuddered as another memory of Draco touching her flashed across her mind. She trembled terribly and buried her head into her arms. James was watching her. He narrowed his eyes abit. "Mione? Are you okay?" He asked. But Hermione didn't reply.
"Mudblood!" She heard Draco's voice.
Hermione covered her ears and cried into her lap. "Stop it. Leave me alone!" She cried. James tilted his head. He heard the werewolf coming back. He heard Hermione crying those words into her knees. He knew he had to quiet her. He grabbed her wrists and shoved them away. Her wide eyes went to his. "Be quiet, Hermione. Moony's coming back. Stay here and don't move. He's too big to crawl in here. I'll lead him away. He'll follow me when I'm in my animagus form. But don't move untel I come back, understand?" James whispered.
Hermione nodded with tear filled eyes. James nodded and handed her his cloak. He then crawled out and changed into his stag form.
Hermione wrapped James's cloak around her tightly. She layed down in the leaves and diry and covered her head with the cloak. She could hear the angry howls of Moony. He was furious that his prey had gotten away. She heard Draco's cruel laughter in her ears. She felt his hands touching her again. She began to cry and rock under the cloak.
"Please stop. Stop it. Don't touch me anymore, Malfoy. Don't touch me." She cried into her arms. She drifted off to sleep dreaming the nightmare over and over. It kept rewinding as soon as it was over. She cried harder that night than she had ever cried.
Hermione heard voices again. She felt someone touch her shoulder and she jolted awake thinking it was Draco coming after her again. She shot straight up and that was then she hit her head on the roof of the tree. Tears of pain filled her eyes.
"Hermione! Becareful!" She heard his familiar voice. 'Remus'. She thought. Her watery eyes opened and she looked at the four anxious but pale faces. She recognized each and everyone. She rubbed her head where she had hit. "Hermione, are you okay?" Sirius asked full of worry. Hermione wiped her eyes. "Yeah. I'm okay." She said her voice wavering. Remus shook his head. He was the palest of the four. "No, your not. I nearly killed you last night. I'm so sorry, Hermione." He said his voice cracked.
Hermione looked at him and she remembered. She shook her head. "It's not your fault, Remus. Someone put the Imperius Curse on me and forced me to come out here." She said. The other three's eyes went wide. "What?!" Sirius exclaimed. James shook his head. "Guys, we've got to hurry and get to the castle before we get caught! We can explain later!" Hermione nodded. "Yeah. We better hurry." She said trying to crawl out.
It was still abit dark. "What time is it?" She asked. Sirius used his wand as light. "5:30 in the morning. It took us a while trying to find you. James almost forgot where he left you. Luckily I've got a great nose when I'm in my dog form." He said. Remus was still way shaky. He was trying to walk several feet away from Hermione. He was so mad at himself for what he almost did to her.
And Hermione knew it. She broke away from James arm that was around her shoulders and grabbed his hand. He looked surprised at her.
"Look, Remus. It wasn't you that I was scared of actually. Well, actually it was. But not really. It was something I remembered when James grabbed me to hide me from your werewolf form." She said.
All four boys halted and stopped in their tracks. James was watching her. "Who's Draco, Hermione?" He asked.
Hermione let go of Remus's hand and turned away. Her body was shaking and she turned her back on the four. She folded her hands togther and put her lips against them. Her eyes closed.
The boys all were watching her quietly. Hermione was quiet for a long time before she turned back. Her cheeks were wet with tears. Her knees buckled and Remus saw that she was about to fall to them. So he hurried forward and caught her before she did. He sat her on a rock and sat next to her. "Hermione, who's Draco?" He asked.
Hermione let out a deep sigh. "Draco Malfoy." She whispered. The four looked at each other.
"Draco Malfoy?" Peter repeated. Sirius and James looked at each other. "Is he related to Lucius or something? Brother?" Sirius asked. Hermione shook with fear. She was breaking one of the most important laws ever. And she was about to do something very stupid. "Yes. He's his son." She said in a shaky voice.
The four boys's jaws dropped. "What?! Lucius has a son?! But he's barely 17." Sirius said with shock. Remus swallowed hard. "Wait a sec. If Lucius has a son and you know about it, then.......your not his......" he couldn't say it. Hermione gave him a disqusted look. "Ew! As if! Draco isn't born yet. He won't be born for at least seven more years." She said. The four stared. "What?" Peter whispered. Hermione felt tears burning her eyes again. "Guys, what I'm about to say........I shouldn't tell you. But I can't lie anymore. My name isn't Hermione Dumbledore. I'm not Professor Dumbledore's niece."
The four looked at each other. "Your not?" James asked. Hermione shook her head. "The night you guys found me......I had a terrible accident. You found me fall down the Astronomy tower stairs with my shirt ripped open, right?" She asked. All four blushed and nodded. Hermione nodded right back. "Well, Draco Malfoy was trying to rape me that night. But I got away." She said. James, Sirius, Remus and Peter looked at each other again.
"But you said....." Sirius was saying.Hermione nodded. "That's right. I said Draco Malfoy isn't born yet. And neither am I. I'm from the year 1996. The future. I had a time turner that night. When I fell down the stairs, it.... broke." She said trying to give them a hint. Remus's eyes went wide. "Oh. My. God." he said slowly.
It was dawning on James and Sirius too. Peter's eyes just went wide just because everyone's elses was. Hermione covered her eyes and started to cry again. "I'm from the future, guys. My name is Hermione Jane Granger." she said into her hands. The four were all speechless.
"So, the map....it was telling us the truth that night. Your really Hermione Granger? But why didn't you tell us?" Sirius asked.
Remus shook his head giving his friend a look. "She couldn't, Padfoot! It's against the laws of time. This is kind of changing time for the future. It'll change everything." he said. James was staring at the ground. "This isn't good." He said. Sirius rubbed his eyes and put his hand on his waist. He turned away and looked into the darkness. Hermione wiped her eyes. "And what's worst, three of you know me in the future." She said. Sirius turned around and looked at her. "Who's that?" Peter asked.
Before Hermione could say, Remus quickly put his hand softly over her mouth. "No." He said sternly. The other three looked at him. "What's wrong, Remus?" Sirius asked. Remus shook his head. "She can't tell us. We can't know anything about the future. She should have never told us who she was. Do you know how much trouble we can get in for even knowing? And her telling us, it'll be worst for her. She could go to Azkaban for changing time like this. If she did change time already. We can't ask her anything about the future. Nothing. So I suggest we don't." He said.
Everyone was quiet then they nodded. "He's got a point. Better keep quiet. Thanks for telling us though, Hermione. We'll keep this a secret." James said. Hermione nodded. "Good. Because you are not suppose to know. I'll get in big trouble for telling you." She said. Sirius nodded. "We better keep our eyes out on who tried to get you bitten by Moony. They were trying to hurt you." He said. Hermione nodded. "I bet it was one of the Slytherins. But we can't do anything. Not yet."
James nodded. "Agreed. Let's go." He said. They hurried across the field to the castle and snuck up to the Gryffindor Tower. To bed. Hermione crawled into her's and curled into a ball. She tried to fall asleep. Only to dream of Draco Malfoy trying to hurt her.
A/N: Alrighty. There's that chapter. I know this chapter was abit dark. But it will sort of make sense in the future chapters. Review please.