Hope Does not Disappoint Us
Summary:
Hermione goes back in time to save her parent's life, but accidentally goes to far and ends up in the time of Lily's and James's seventh year. Hermione falls in love, but what happens when she has to return to her own time? Will he love her twenty years later? HGSS
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I do not own any characters or settings. They belong to J.K. Rowling.
And hope does not disappoint us...
Romans 5:5
Chapter 1
True and Lies
She didn't know how long she had been sitting there before the idea hit her. For the past few hours she had been sitting in a bathroom cubicle crying her eyes out. The tears had finally stopped but only because there were not left to cry.
She slowly unrolled the letter in her fist and smoothed it out against her leg. She reread it for what seemed like the millionth time:
Dear Miss Hermione Granger,
It pains me to bring you this sad new, but at 7:30 this morning, September 19. The Dark Lord arrived at your parent's house and killed them. We received no information prior to the incident so there was no way we could have helped them.
You will be excused from your classed until you feel ready to return. You may also return home for the memorial service which is scheduled for the 24th of September. Again, I wish to express my deepest regrets and sympathy. If you ever need anyone to talk to, feel free to visit me.
Sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
As she stared at her tear-stained letter, she considered her plan. She knew it would be breaking the law, but if it was saving her parents life, she was willing to take the risk.
"Thank goodness, Moaning Myrtle at least has the common courtesy to leave me alone," Hermione thought to herself as she pulled out a time-turner from beneath her robes. Forcefully, she spun the dial and watched it turn, mesmerized by it. Maybe it was because of shock, or lack of eating, but Hermione couldn't help herself; she spun the dial again and again. She checked the dial and saw that it read twenty. Flipping the devise over she felt the world swirl around her, so she closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes, everything looked the same; she could even hear the familiar sounds of Myrtle trying to kill herself in a nearby stall. Cautiously she stepped out of her cubicle, knowing she must not be seen.
"Where was I twenty hours ago?" she pondered quietly to herself. Then she remembered that she had been in the library the whole day. Hermione glanced in the mirror and examined herself critically. Her face was all blotchy from crying and her robes were a mess. With a quick spell she cleaned herself up.
She decided the first person for her to see would be Dumbledore. She could tell him that she overheard Draco Malfoy bragging about how his dad was going to kill the Gryffindor's Know-It-All's" parents. Her plan was so simple, it had to work. Hermione slowly made her way towards the headmaster's office. She noted that there were some pictures that she didn't recognize, which made it awfully difficult to find her way. She was looking at these pictures when she forgot to jump a trick stair. Now her foot was firmly stuck.
"Great!" she muttered as she looked around for someone to help her. She heard footsteps coming around the corner. Thankfully, she didn't recognize the boy. His head was down and he stared at his feet as he walked.
"Excuse me," she called. The boy looked up, startled by the fact that anyone would be talking to him. As he walked over he pulled his raven-black hair out of his eyes. Hermione noticed that he was quite gorgeous and looked strangely familiar. "I must have seen him in a corridor or something," she thought to herself. The boy reached out and awkwardly pulled her out of the step.
Hermione smiled at him, "Thanks." The boy blushed and mumbled something. He had started to walk away when she called him back, "Sorry, but I can't find my way to the headmaster's office." Hermione continued to explain, "The pictures seemed to have moved around. Can you show me where it is?"
He mumbled something, which Hermione took for a yes. Sure enough, she soon found herself in front of the headmaster's office. Thanking the boy, she knocked on the door, which promptly opened then she climbed the spiral staircase.
The headmaster greeted her jovially saying, "You must be the new student! Welcome to Hogwarts!"
"Very funny, Headmaster, but I have a very serious matter to discuss with you. You see…" Hermione plunged into her story about Draco, but judging by the confused look on the headmaster's face, she could tell she had given him too many details. When she finished her story there was a long silence.
"What did you say your name was?"
"Professor Dumbledore, I told you this was serious, you know my name is Hermione Granger." She said exasperatedly.
Dumbledore surveyed her sternly, "Miss Granger, I hope you are aware that neither you nor your fiction character Draco Malfoy are students at this school."
Hermione was puzzled. She looked down at the time-turner around her neck and gasped in horror as she read the dial. It said twenty years! "I think I have some explaining to do," Hermione gulped and launched into her second story of the day, only this one was true.
Dumbledore listened intently to her whole story, and sensed that she was telling the truth therefore said, "I think it would be best if you resume classes and pretend to be a transfer student. It would also be best if you changed your last name to reduce possible confusion in the future. From now on you will go by the name Hermione Granum. I also can't stress the importance of you not trying to change the future. You will remain in Gryffindor and you schedule will be the same. If you copy it down, I will send a copy to each of your teachers and see if it is okay."
Hermione wrote down her schedule and handed it to Dumbledore.
"You may go to your common room now; you are not expected to attend classes until tomorrow. The password is mimbleous mimbletonia. (A/N: I love that word!) I will begin trying to find a way to get you back to your time."
"Thank you, Headmaster," Hermione said as she exited the room and made her way to the Gryffindor common room.
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