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Chapter 4: Answers, I think

"No, Hermione's fine. Her mother's ill so she's gone to visit her," Harry explained for what felt like the hundredth time. The group of sixth years that had been looking for Hermione, including Ginny Weasley, Ron's younger sister, left and Harry and Ron to finish their Charms essay. Barely a minute later, they were interrupted by a bird. It was Hedwig, Harry's snowy owl.

"Hi, Hedwig. What've you got there?" Harry took the letter from around her leg. "It's from Dumbledore. He wants to meet us in his office in ten minutes."

"I wonder why? Could this have anything to do with Hermione's disappearance?" Ron asked looking thoughtful, a new look for him.

Remus Lupin was walking towards Headmaster Dumbledore's office when he spotted to familiar former students. "Hi, Harry, Ron. How've you been?"

"Worried about Hermione. Why are you here?" Ron asked, shortly.

"I wished to talk to the headmaster about Hermione," Remus answered, assuming that Ron and Harry knew about the situation. How wrong he was.

"You know where she is? Is she o.k.? Why aren't we being told?" Harry burst out suddenly.

"Wait a second, you haven't been told? I was under the impression that you had." Remus said, looking pensive. "Oh well, we'll find out soon enough. Chocolate frogs," he stated, turning to the gargoyle which had jumped into life. The three of them walked up the stairs, Ron and Harry still looking puzzled as to why Lupin knew where Hermione was and they, her best friends, didn't.

When they reached the door to Dumbledore's study, Remus knocked politely twice. The only noise they heard was the scratching of a quill on parchment until, "Come in," Dumbledore's voice called out. The intruders walked in slowly. "Ah yes, I wondered when I would see you, Remus. Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, thank you for coming at such short notice. Yes, you're probably wondering why I asked you to come. Well, you see, I know where Ms. Granger is and…"

"We know you know, Professor. Remus said he knows, or well, suggested it." Ron interrupted.

"I was under the impression that they had been informed of the, well, current situation, Headmaster," Remus added.

"Well, Remus, I was planning to tell them now and you may wish to know some of the information that I have uncovered," Dumbledore stated calmly. "Harry, Ron, you may both wish to take a seat. This may be quite a shock for both of you." Harry and Ron sat at the seats in front of the desk that Dumbledore had indicated. "Hermione is no longer with us…"

"WHAT!" Harry and Ron both jumped up at this.

"Boys, let the headmaster finish," Remus said quietly and calmly. Neither Harry nor Ron moved an inch.

"In our time, she was sent back in time by the spell "Commuto Tempus" by some of the seventh year Slytherins."

"Malfoy," Ron growled.

"I'm afraid not, Mr. Weasley, it seems that Mr. Malfoy was in a detention at the time. This was not his doing. She was sent back in time twenty years and has had no effect on the timeline as we know it. Remus, you do not yet know this, but the spell "Commuto Tempus" affects the timeline in such a way as the time traveller was integrated into the timeline they were sent to. In this case, to you it would seem that Hermione was always there."

"Always where, Professor?" Ron asked curiously. "What happened twenty years ago?"

"My school days, Ron. We were at school with Hermione. She was going out with Snape in our seventh year." Remus smiled looking at the repulsive look Ron and Harry were sharing. "Guys, I'm kidding. No, she went out with Sirius. Happy?"

"Don't. Do. That. To. Me." Ron said slowly. "I. Thought. I. Was. Having. A. Heart. Attack." Harry looked like he was going to explode with laughter.

"So, that's why she never seemed out of place?" Remus changed the subject quickly. "The spell messed with all our heads to make it seem like she'd always been there?"

"Yes, Remus. It is for this reason that the spell used is requires a large amount of power and energy. It has only ever been successful when groups of people have banded together for a common cause," Dumbledore explained. "Any feelings, however, that were felt towards the time traveller," he added, looking pointedly towards Remus, "would have been felt if the time traveller had been born into that time. They were not fabricated by the spell."

"So Sirius would have liked Hermione anyway if he knew her then?" Harry asked, completely oblivious to the look Dumbledore had given Remus.

"From what I have read, yes. From knowing Sirius at the time…"

"He really liked her," Remus finished for Dumbledore. "The Sirius you are commenting on disappeared the day he asked her out. He changed for her." Remus' voice took on a hint of bitterness. Neither Harry nor Ron noticed; they were too busy going over the information.

"So what's going on with her then?" Ron asked, looking at Lupin. "Is she still the same person, just out of time, or have you lot corrupted her?" Harry smiled at this. He had heard stories of Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs being known pranksters, although he couldn't imagine Hermione taking part in them.

"No, she's the same bookworm as ever, although she has been known to plan, um, shall we say certain activities, that are questionable to school rules?"

"You're joking?" Harry asked, incredulously.

"No, we needed to know a spell, mentioned in the book Hermione was reading. She refused to let James near the book until he told her what he was going to use it for, and when he told her, she looked up the page, gave him extra details 'bout the spell and told him it was extremely difficult to perform along. Did he listen? No." Remus smiled at the memory.

"Yes, I remember this. The "Cano canere cecini cantum" curse you used on Severus. I wondered how James knew that." Dumbledore added.

"Hello, not that I mind listening to stories of my dad, can we please get back to Hermione? Can she be brought back? I mean, not that I don't care about her but she belongs in this time," Harry interrupted the story and asked looking worried for Hermione.

"There is one way to bring Hermione back for good, but that is if she consents to it. If she doesn't she can only be brought back temporarily. Or should I say forward?" Dumbledore asked, using a paradox often used with time travel.

"I don't know and frankly I don't care. Hermione wants to come for…back…here, right?" Harry asked bluntly.

"We could try and find out. Although it may not seem magic to you there is one way to bring her forward," Dumbledore told him standing up and walking to a cupboard. He took out four purple candles and lit them with his wand. "Everyone pick up and candle and form a circle," he instructed. "Now repeat continuously: wrongly sent back, bring forward." Harry and Ron both raised an eyebrow. "Please."

"O.K. here goes nothing. Wrongly sent back, bring forward." Remus started the chant. Harry and Ron came in. "Wrongly sent back, bring forward. Wrongly sent back, bring forward. Wrongly sent back, bring forward." While they were chanting Dumbledore said some words in a foreign language that wasn't Latin.

"Hrin gagroe eens eorred, emoer necm hrad eyufins." As soon as Dumbledore had finished there was a flash of white light and Hermione was standing in the middle of the room.


A/N did you like? Did it answer some of the questions? Haha PadfootsPrincessX did you read this in the plan? I like to improvise. If you have any questions than please review and I'll be happy to answer them. Lul, J