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Hermione woke up at six fifteen the next morning. She slept pretty well. Except her whole night in her dream she thought about how she was going to get back. She hopped into the shower. When she came out very refreshed and went into the great hall to find only Remus and Lily there. She was used to this because she always got to the great hall before Harry and Ron did. Then she started to think back on the memories of Ron and Harry. Like when last year when she kissed Ron. The kiss was sudden and romantic.

Flashback: Hermione and Ron were sitting along the lake. Hermione was arguing with him about who would make a better minister of magic. Ron was so cute when he was arguing. She couldn't help staring at him. "Now Fudge would make a better minister because..." Ron caught her stare. Then he stopped and lunged slightly. Hermione turned her head and lunged back. They kissed a magnificent kiss. It lasted for ten seconds then Hermione pulled away. That was an awesome first kiss.

"Hermione..." Ron said in a very amazed voice. She just grinned.

End of flashback

That was her first kiss. Yes, it was when she was sixteen but she was never the boy crazy. Hermione wasn't paying attention when she was recalling this in her head and she ran into none other than Snape.

"Watch where you're going mudblood." Snape hissed.

"Why don't you Snivellus?" Hermione spat back. Hermione touched a nerve.

"Don't call me Snivellus." Snape said hatefully while pulling out his wand.

"Are threatening me?" Hermione retorted.

"So what are you going to do about it James and Sirius aren't here to protect you," Snape smirked.

Out of nowhere, "But I am," Remus said. He scared Hermione to death. Where did he come from? He must of seen Serverus pull his wand. He had his wand out.

"And what are you going to do? Run and go get James or Sirius," Snape said in a babyish way. "No I'm gonna do this. Impedimenta," Remus said. Snape flew back and hit Lucuis Malfoy. "Opps, did I do that," Remus said in a mock worried tone.

"Thanks a lot Remus," Hermione spun around and gave him a brief hug. Then she ran back into her spot at the table. Remus just froze. 'That was awesome,' he thought. He looked at the entrance of the great hall then he saw Sirius and James standing there. James wore a face of shock. Sirius on the other hand showed a face of fear.

"Nice shot Mooney!" James shouted to Remus. Sirius just stayed silent. 'Could Remus actually take a girl away from me?' Sirius thought. 'No' another voice in his head said, 'you have always had your way with the ladies not Remus. Remus was a nerd. Hermione would never pick him over you. You just need to use your Sirius charm.' By the time the second one had stated his side of the story he was at the table. Then the first voice said, 'but she hugged him. They have more things in common.' Sirius gave up. He hated when the voices had fights. So alas he tuned them out.

The table set out had been like this lovely diagram.

Lupin Hermione James Lily Sirius Peter

Then a few minutes later when Lucuis and Severus recovered they came back to the table and Lucuis went to Lupin and Snape to Hermione and they both said "Don't think this is over." So just Lupin and Hermione could hear.

"What was that about?" James asked.

"Nothing." Both Hermione and Remus said. Sirius and James raised their eyebrows.

"Really it was nothing. They just wanted to say that it was a nice shot." Remus said thinking quickly.

"Whatever," James replied.

The rest of the day was uneventful until Hermione and Lupin left their last class, ancient runes. The class was on the other end of the school rather far away from their dorms. So Lupin showed Hermione a long "scenic" route. She saw many portraits that she had never seen before. Some were beautiful other were different. As they walked the talked about the class that they previously had about Egyptians.

"The Egyptians left many clues in the hieroglyphics about the magic that they used," Remus stated.

"Yeah but what gets me is why the muggles never noticed the hints," Hermione saying what she thought. She felt that she could do that around Remus. She started having feelings for him. She tried her hardest to deny them to herself but Hermione was a stubborn person. She felt that it was so wrong. I mean how could she fall for her former professor. Oh yeah, he was funny, smart and was a lot like her so he understood. Then Remus pulling her arm and putting her behind him interrupted her thoughts. She looked for the reason he did this and then saw two people. Lucuis and Snape.

"So you thought you two would get away with that little stunt," Lucuis sneered.

"Well it would be kind of stupid to yes now wouldn't it," Hermione said loudly. Lupin started laughing.

"Shut your trap mudblood," Snape spat.

"Don't call her that," Remus said warningly.

"What are ya gonna do," Lucuis said. This time they had their wands out and Lupin didn't but Hermione did. But no one could tell because she was behind Remus.

"STUPEFY!!!!!" Hermione yelled. The curse hit Lucuis. The stunning spell knocked Lucuis over.

"Hiridsa!" Snape yelled. The curse was aimed at Hermione but Lupin took the shot for her. Lupin flew back and started to quake. He looked like he was spazing. He stopped shaking and then just lay there twitching. Hermione had never seen this curse before which was a surprise.

"Impedimenta," Hermione yelled. Snape was too busy looking at Lupin to notice her raise her wand. Snape fell down the hall about 20 feet when he hit and he came to a stop.

"Locomotor mortis!" she shouted. Snape flew back into the air and hit the wall. He was knocked out. She did the same to Lucuis. Then she ran over to Lupin. She bent down to look at him. The curse was fading a little but he was still twitching and now he was sweating furiously. Hermione grabbed him in her arms and pulled him close. She started to cry. Not only because of Lupin but also because of her old friends. She didn't know if she'd ever see them again. So she sat there for ten minutes holding him close and sobbing.

Finally she picked herself up and performed a spell that carried him automatically as she walked beside him. She went up to the hospital wing and a much younger Madame Profey said that because of the curse's harmfulness he had to stay the night there. So Hermione was going to go back to the dorms. She looked at her watch, 7:50. That means that there were still a lot of people in the common room including James who was identical to Harry and she didn't want to have a conversation or even for those matters see him. That would just remind her more of her home. She decided she would go see Dumbledore. The thought of weather she would get to go back haunted her. She needed to know, now.

She went to his office and then stopped at a gargoyle. She remembered the password that she had heard at the beginning of this journey and repeated it. She walked up the staircase. Then politely knocked on the door.

"Come in," came from the voice inside the door. Hermione walked in and stared at Dumbledore. She couldn't think of where to start.

"I was wondering when you would be coming." Dumbledore said in his legendary voice.

"Is there any way that I could? I mean can I?" Hermione sighed, "Will I ever be able to get home?" Hermione asked bluntly. She didn't know how to ask any less so.

"Now I'm not going to lie to you. Ah, well see the device you used was a very complicated and rare one."

"Complicated? There was a lever and I pulled it."

"But you did not however bring it back with you like you were supposed to." Dumbledore paused, "You were meant to get sent back in time. You would not have picked it up if you weren't. The only question is why."

"But why is it a problem that I didn't bring it back with me?"

"Because once the device is sent in the past then it switches modes for forward travel to the year of which you started. Not only will it be hard to find one but to set it to forward travel to your year, that will take a while."

"Like how long," Hermione asked dreading the answer.

"Probably at the least two years," Dumbledore sighed. He hated giving very bad news to people.

"Will a year have passed in my time?"

"No, when you get back you will be exactly where you were when you picked up the device."

Hermione left the room. She didn't say good bye, she didn't close the door. All she did is ran down the stairs and ran to her dorm. James tried to stop her and ask her what was wrong because she wore a depressed face. She looked like she was terribly sad that when she didn't respond he thought it best to leave her alone. She went to her room. Lily was up there. Lily saw her start to cry. Lily went over and sat on her bed while Hermione sat there crying on her shoulder. Lily didn't ask her what was wrong because she didn't want to upset Hermione more. All Lily she did is hugged her and told her it would be okay. Lily didn't know what was wrong and frankly she didn't need to.

Hermione cried until she eventually cried herself to sleep. Lily felt Hermione starting to sleep so Lily placed her down and pulled the covers over her body. Lily went over to her trunk. She pulled out a big stuffed grizzly bear. Lily went over and placed it next to Hermione. She took Hermione's arm over the top of the bear. She instantly saw Hermione hug the bear so tight if it was her she would suffocate. She realized that whatever Hermione was crying about was not at dumped boyfriend level mourning. It was at loved one dying level. Lily took one last look at Hermione and fell asleep.

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A/N: Sorry I had to end it on such sad note but she would mourn seriously. Sorry it took so long to add. I've been rather busy. Hey for all that care I have a new fic. It's called Two Wrongs Make A Right just click on my s/n. It is a Hermione and Draco fic. Add here are the answers to the poll I took about who you want to get Hermione.

Lupin: 30% Sirius: 10% I love Lupin but Sirius is better for her: 10% I love Sirius but Lupin is better for her: 20% No Comment/doesn't know: 30%

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