"Forever and Always"
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Chapter 2: introductions"Remus Lupin?" she gasped.
"Um…yes. Something wrong?"
"No, no, it's just that…" It occurred to her that she probably shouldn't mention that she already knew him. Sort of. "I like that name!" she blurted out lamely. "It's a nice name."
"Thank you, I think."
"Um, I'm an…uh…exchange student from Beauxbatons and I'm uh, a little lost. Could you show me where Dumbledore's office is?"
"I'll escort you myself." He said and offered her his arm. She took it and as they walked, she observed her professor-in-the-future. He was much better looking! He didn't have any gray hairs, no lines on his face or bags under his eyes either. She did notice a few nasty scars on his neck. He also happened to look a bit pale and tired and she realized it must be close to the full moon.
"Here we are." He said.
"Oh, thank you so much!"
"The password is sugar quills."
"Thanks, um, it was nice meeting you!"
"Likewise. I hope I see you again soon."
She blushed. "Bye."
"See ya." He walked off and she caught him looking back. He really was cute.
"Sugar quills." She said, and the stone gargoyles jumped aside to allow her admission.
Once inside, she walked up to Dumbledore's desk.
"Hello there." He greeted her. "And who might you be?"
"Well, this may be a bit of a shock but, my name is Hermione Granger and um, I'm from the future."
He leaned forward. "Really? How intriguing."
"I figured I should inform you of my arrival."
"Wise, very wise. I assume you traveled by Time Turner?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm afraid it's impossible for you to go back right away." He must have noticed her eyes widen because he quickly added, "But we will do all we can to find you a way back. For now, you will have to live a life here. You will need an alias."
"Well, I've already told Remus Lupin that I was from Beauxbatons."
"Well, that will work. We just need a name."
There was a moment of silence while both people thought.
"How about Jillian Baker?" Hermione said, after a while.
"Good job. What house were you in during your time?"
"Gryffindor."
"Then that is where you will stay now. I must warn you, the Marauders reside in Gryffindor. But, since you have already met Mr. Lupin, perhaps he can persuade his friends not to prank you so much."
"Oh, I'll be careful." She grinned.
"All right then, I will inform you when we have found a way for you to return."
"Thank you."
"The Gryffindor password is bludger."
"Thank you."
She turned to go but Dumbledore said, "Miss Granger?"
"Yes?" she said, turning back.
"Do you know any of the people of this generation in the future?"
In a way, Hermione had been expecting this question but it came as a bit of a shock. "Well, yes, a few. Why?"
"Well, I assume that you are familiar with Time Turners since you were in possession of one so, I also assume that you are familiar with the laws surrounding time travel?"
"Oh, um, well, I've been warned of things."
"Well I must stress the fact that you cannot tell anyone anything about what happens to them in the future. It would alter the time you come from drastically if they knew what was to happen and decided to change it. You could return to an entirely different time where things are not as you know them if you let something slip. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I think so. I'll be careful what I say Professor."
"I trust you will, carry on."
And with that, Hermione/Jillian was off to the common room. A quick glance at her watch told her that it was break and everyone would be in Gryffindor Tower now.
"Bludger." She said when she reached the portrait of the fat lady and it swung forward to admit her.
She entered the room and could barely suppress a gasp. She almost thought Harry was sitting on the couch! But, with closer inspection and a little common sense, she saw it was his father James. Next to him was a boy with jet-black hair that casually fell over his eyes.
"Sirius…." She whispered. It was a bit of a shock to see this boy after seeing his future self die.
And next to him was Remus. On the end of the couch was a boy who had to be Peter Pettigrew. Hermione had only seen him once but the way he stared at James as though he were God and put his hands to his mouth like a rat would gave him away.
She walked over to the four boys and said, "Hi Remus!"
Remus looked up and smiled at her. "Hi. Did you get everything straightened up?"
"Yeah."
"Remus, my boy," said Sirius, getting up and taking Hermione's hand. "Please, introduce us."
"Oh Sirius, don't scare the poor girl! This is, uh…well I didn't get your name."
"Terribly sorry." Hermione said, gently extricating her hand from Sirius' grasp. "I'm Jillian Baker and I transferred from Beauxbatons."
"You don't sound French." Peter interjected.
"Well, I was born here, I went to France and now I'm back."
"And we're very pleased to have you." Said Sirius, still staring at Hermione.
"You can join us Jillian." Remus said, moving over on the couch to make room.
"Sure, come on." James said. It was the first time he had spoken and Hermione noted how much he sounded like his son.
"So, what were you saying Prongs?" said Sirius, finally sitting back down.
"Oh yeah, I was thinking of asking Lily out."
"Again?" Remus asked.
"Well, I've got to keep trying haven't I?"
"Whatever you say." Remus looked at his watch. "Bell's going to ring."
Five seconds later, it rang and they all got up to leave. Just then, it occurred to Hermione that she didn't know where she was going.
As though he'd read her mind, Remus walked up to her and said, "You should probably just tag along with us."
"Okay, thanks." Hermione certainly didn't mind tagging along with Remus! But as the day wore on, she began to wonder about what Dumbledore said and if it would change time to become friends with the marauders.
A/N: well, that was longer than I had planned. Hope you enjoyed it! Tell me if ya did! Please?