Chapter 3

The door to Dumbledore's office swung open to reveal Professor McGonagall. McGonagall stuck her head into the office and shot a slightly amused but disapproving glance in the direction of the four boys. "Surely you boys aren't here because of another prank? You and your pranks will be the end of Gryffindor." McGonagall said before giving a questioning look in the direction of Dumbledore.

"Ah yes, right on time Minerva. The boys and I were just enjoying a discussion about the latest addition to the student body. If you will just excuse me for a minute Minerva?" Turning back to Remus he said "I'm sorry Mr. Lupin but I failed to hear your answer."

"I'm sorry Professor. I forgot about the bottle. I saw it, and put it into my pocket before I took her up to the hospital wing." Producing the small bottle from his pocket Remus stood up and put the bottle on the desk.

"I'm sure that Ms. Grangié is most indebted to you. She will be placed in Gryffindor after she is released from the hospital wing so I expect you to make her welcome and show her about the castle. That is all for tonight boys, Goodnight"

As all four boys got to their feet and silently trudged towards the doors Dumbledore called out "Mr. Lupin if you would stay for a moment extra?" Remus shrugged at his friends inquiring looks and turned around to head back towards the chair he had just vacated. The remaining three boys left and headed back to Gryffindor tower for the night.

"Mr. Lupin I have a favour to ask of you. It appears that Ms. Grangié's luggage was lost during her trip here. I would like you to accompany her to Hogsmeade tomorrow to buy her a couple of required items. After you finish your breakfast the house elves will supply you with a tray of food that you may take up to Ms. Grangié. When she is finished you have the whole day to get whatever she needs. I think that you may earn a couple of house points that may make up for some of your losses in the past. As it is close to curfew I suggest that you make you way back to Gryffindor tower before Mr. Filch starts his nightly rounds. Goodnight Mr. Lupin."

"Yes Professor Dumbledore. Goodnight." Replied Remus as he stood up and walked out the doors to head back towards Gryffindor tower where he would be besieged by questions from his friends.

When Minerva McGonagall saw the last Marauder leave she walked into Dumbledore's office. Upon sitting in one of the chairs at the desk she was offered tea and biscuits. "Albus what did you wish to speak to me about?"

"We seem to have a unique situation on our hands. There was an accident involving a 7th year Gryffindor and a time turner. Needless to say the results were unexpected. The boys found her and took her to the hospital wing. I have created a cover story for her. Her name has been changed to Ms. Grangié. As she doesn't have the desired items to stay here while her time turner is fixed I have given permission for her and Mr. Lupin to go into Hogsmeade tomorrow to pick up certain items."

"Unique indeed. I will consult her tomorrow and draw up a timetable for her classes. Will the other staff members be alerted to her true story?"

"I think that it would be better to withhold that information from the faculty. Tomorrow at dinner I will announce her arrival to the rest of the school. I would like you to  keep an eye on her to make sure that she doesn't accidentally let anything about the future slip. She will be staying in a separate room in Gryffindor."

"Albus, how long do you think that she will be staying here? If you don't mind my asking but why is it that you wish to keep her true origins a secret?" asked Minerva.

"I can only guess as to how long she will be here. I have recovered her broken time turner. I am going to present it to the ministry of magic. They should have an unspeakable in the department of mysteries who will be able to find a way to repair the time turner. There are dark times approaching. If the information of someone from the future got into the wrong hands, I would hate to see what would happen."

"Alright Albus. I think I shall retire now. I'll see you in the morning. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Minerva." Professor Dumbledore finished his tea in front of his fire before he went to bed.

Early the next morning Hermione woke up to the sun shining in her face. When she opened her eyes she was slightly confused at to where she was. Then her memories flooded her. She groaned and closed her eyes before sitting up and swinging her legs over the side of her bed. Hermione shivered as her feet hit the cold stones of the floor before making her way to the bathroom.

After freshening up in the bathroom Hermione re-emerged to see the younger version of Professor Lupin sitting in the chair beside her bed. He looked up when he heard her footsteps near the bed. "Hello there! I brought you some breakfast. My name's Remus Lupin. When you finish eating I'm supposed to take you into Hogsmeade to buy some new things."

"Hello. I'm Hermione. Thanks for helping me up here last night." Hermione replied as she sat down on the bed and began eating her breakfast. She quickly ate her breakfast in silence. When she was finished she looked over to Remus. "Ready to go?" she asked as she stood up and pocketed some money that Dumbledore had sent her to use.

"Sure!" Remus said with a grin. As he led the way through Hogwarts and across the grounds he asked Hermione questions about herself. By the time they had arrived in Hogsmeade they were avidly discussing books. Remus led the way through Hogsmeade taking Hermione through all of the different stores allowing her to take her time browsing and purchasing various items.

When Hermione realized that there was only one more store that she really needed to go to she felt herself cheeks flush. Stopping on the sidewalk she said "Remus? There is one more store that I need to visit. I'll only take a few minutes, so why don't you head to the Three Broomsticks, order some lunch, and I'll meet you there."

Remus frowned when he heard her say that. "Why? I'll just come with you and then we can head off to lunch together. Besides I don't think that I should be leaving you alone in a town you've only been in for about an hour."

"Umm...well you see, I really appreciate it but I can find my way. Anyways you would just be really bored there…" she trailed off hoping that he would catch the hint.

Thankfully, Remus figured out where she was going to go. He started to blush when he thought of entering a lingerie store and watching her pick out what she wanted, and said "Oh alright. I'll meet you in the Three Broomsticks in about fifteen minutes?"

"Sure" Hermione turned around and started out for the store at a fast pace. Fifteen minutes later saw her emerging from the store with yet another bag and looking slightly harried. Walking briskly Hermione set off towards the Three Broomsticks. When she arrived she spotted a lonely looking Remus in a booth and headed for his table.

When Hermione sat down Remus pushed a full mug of cider towards her. After taking a sip of the sweet drink she smiled. "Is there anywhere else you want to go before we head back?"

"Well there is this new bookstore just down the road from here. We can go and check it out, as long as you want to. I mean if you are too tired we could just skip it…" he trailed off hopefully.

Never missing a chance to check out new, or in her case old, books Hermione agreed to go with him. After paying for their lunches Hermione and Remus set off for the book store. After a half hour of surfing through the books neither of them had found anything that they really wanted.

Hermione and Remus started to walk back to Hogwarts. Hermione was curious about Remus' friends and he about hers. She asked him "What are your friends like?"

"I'll tell you about mine if you tell me about yours."

"Deal!"

"Okay. Well there are four of us. We are really tight, love to prank people, and are known as the Marauders. There's James Potter, a.k.a Prongs, Sirius Black, a.k.a Padfoot, Peter Pettigrew, also known as Wormtail, and then there's me."

"Do you have a nickname also?"

"Yeah, Moony."

"So what are they like?"

"Well let's see. James is the Seeker on Gryffindor's quiddich team and is in love with Lily Evans. Sirius tries to charm anyone and everyone. Peter is the quiet one. What about your friends?"

"My best friends are Harry and Ron. Harry sounds like James. He's a seeker and has sort of a saving people complexion. Ron is one of seven children, so he's always trying to show his family up. He's also the temper in our group."

"So what are you in the group? Let me guess, the smart one who always has to get them out of tight situations?"

"Yes unfortunately. How did you guess?"

"From experience."   

By then Hermione and Remus had reached the front gates. As the started up towards the castle, they saw three boys coming towards them. Remus glanced at her and said "Be prepared, here they come."

Hermione was silent when she looked at the approaching boys. She made a quick decision to forget all that happens in the future. She needed to act normal, as if she had never heard about any of them. She knew it would be hard to keep down her feelings about Peter but if she found it too hard to be normal around him she was sure there was some potion or something that could remove her memories of him.

The boys stopped in front of Remus and Hermione. Sirius elbowed Remus in the ribs and said "Hey Moony! Aren't you gonna introduce me to this fine young lady?"

Remus grinned and said "Everybody this is Hermione. Hermione this is James, Peter and Sirius." James and Peter just said hello to Hermione but Sirius stepped forward and took one of the bags she was carrying. He then grabbed her hand, bowed over it giving it a kiss all the while saying "It is a pleasure to meet you. May I have to honour of escorting you back to our humble abode?"

Hermione giggled and had no choice but to accept the offered arm. She glanced back at Remus and saw him scowling. Both Peter and James grabbed a bag from either Remus or Hermione. Walking up the path to the castle, Sirius tried to charm Hermione into swooning over him, and looked sad at the fact that it wasn't working, which made him flirt even more.

In the middle of one of Sirius' attempts at charming Hermione, Peter tripped over a hidden root in the ground. The bag that he was carrying flew up into the air and landed on the ground with a thud. When Hermione and Sirius turned around they saw James clutching his side in laughter, pointing at Peter, while Remus had turned a most interesting shade of red.

When Sirius started to chuckle Hermione looked down at Peter, and to her dismay saw one of her new thongs on top of his head, with another one dangling from his ear. Hermione groaned and knew there was a reason she shouldn't have bought the thongs. The salesclerk absolutely loved the way the thongs changed colors every few seconds and wouldn't leave Hermione alone until she had bought one.

Hermione just stood there blushing and staring in horror. James and Sirius were on the ground laughing while Peter just sat there with a stunned look on his face. Remus finally snapped out of his trance and quickly gathered her underclothes shoving them back into her bag. Straightening up he passed the bag back to Hermione and started up the path with her, leaving James, Peter, and Sirius behind.