That night at dinner there was an unexpected speech by Dumbledore, "Ah hum." The hall went silent, Dumbledore continued, "We have something rather special this year for you students. It is a Tri wizarding contest. It will be held at Drumstrung this year. I, and some of the staff will chose 10 people from year 6 to go to Drumstrung and try the goblet of fire. We will be inspection your skills and behaviour in the classroom. That is all at this moment in time." With that hall went into complete and utter chaos.

Hermione, who, still feeling a bit weak, but now out of the hospital wing, looked around the table the maurders jumping up in excitement. She laughed this scene looked at lot like one she had seen in the future. How she wished she were there now. With her two best friends. Looking properly around the room she saw a few familiar faces, one was of Sirius cousin Bellatrix, who looked just as dark and cold as she was when Hermione had seen her in the future. As she kept peering round the room she saw yet another face, one she deeply wish she hadn't, it was none other than Snape. This just reminded her of back home, her real home her real friends.

"Hey guys, I'll see you all back in the common room." Hermione said to no one in particular. She got up and walked out of the great hall, but instead of heading to the dorms she went outside towards the lake. She sat down heavily on the ground and looked out over the water. Thinking back she remembered sitting here with Harry and Ron, she had had enough she wanted to go home.

She pulled out the photo of her and her best friends. They were all trying to lift her up and on their shoulders. She smiled as she saw them struggle. Then they all fell over in a heap and got up and smiled for the camera, Ron giving Hermione a kiss on the cheek.

Smiling at the figures she wished she were there with them. She heard someone behind and someone sat down beside her.

It was Sirius.

"Hey." He said. Hermione smiled in reply.

"The tri wizarding contest. It's like one of the most exciting things in Hogwarts History! Though this is the first year they've done it in years!"

Hermione thoughts went straight to Cedric Diggory. Murder by Voldermort and the near death of Harry. What would happen if when and if she went back Harry were dead? What if Ron were dead? She felt tears glazed over her eyes and fall harmlessly onto her cheeks. It was while before Sirius noticed the gleam of wetness on Hermiones cheeks.

"Hermione? Are you feeling alright?" Hermione shook her head.

She whipped her tears, "I'm fine, really." They heard more footsteps and James sat down next to them.

"Hey James what's up?" Sirius asked as his friend sat down beside him. They then went into a deep conversation about the Tri Wizarding contest. Hermione said goodbye and left, heading towards the dorm. She was tired and it was starting to get dark. Coming into the common room, which was filled with people she saw Draco standing near the walkway up to the boy's dorm. She walked over to him.

"We need to talk." He whispered in her ear. She nodded and followed him up the staircase. Lilly gave an excited grin as she watched Hermione and Draco disappear up the boy's stairs.

As they reached the platform, Draco led the way to the boy's dorms. They went in, made sure no one was there and shut the door.

"What is it?" Hermione asked.

"Dumbledore just told me that he sent himself a letter through time. We're here for the rest of the year, for some reason that we're meant to discover." He gave a heavy sigh. Hermione looked down at the ground. How was she going to survive without Harry or Ron?

"Is that it?" She asked. Draco looked her in the eyes, "I just wanted to know weather you were feeling alright, I mean you did collapse."

She laughed, "I'm fine, I mean you have been my enemy for 6 years, why should you care?"

He looked relieved at this, "So your good?"

"Yep." He smile, just at that moment Sirius and Remus came up the stairs.

"Ohhh, someone seems to be having some fun!" Said James, Hermione gave a sigh, "I'll be off them, leave you boys too… whatever." And she left the three boys staring after her,

"So are you?" Asked Sirius,

"No." Draco replied.

"Not even?"

"No."

"Ok."

Lilly ran up to the dorm after Hermione. She was going to spill every last juicy detail before she was done with her.

She saw Hermione on her bed leaning over a photo.

"Hermione, what's wrong?" Lilly said, before noticing the picture she held in her hand.

It had a boy who looked uncannily like James, a red haired boy, and a smiling Draco. This was the only time Draco, Harry and Ron had ever gotten on together. It was winter and Dumbledore made the four of them; Hermione, Ron, Harry and Draco stay together over the break. They soon realised there was no way out and came friends, but when school went back Draco went back to hating them.

It was one of the best breaks that Hermione had ever had. She missed them badly. She missed home, she was still missing a part of her, her real friends. She stared out of the window and watched the snowfall.

Lilly examined the photo, "Who is he?" She asked pointing to Harry, "He looks just like James."

"He's nobody, just an old friend that's all." Lilly gave her a weak smile.

"Its ok, I need to forget them for the time being."

She threw the photo back into her diary, which she managed to have on her when she collided with Draco, getting down on hands and knees she pushed the diary under her wardrobe, getting up she turned and walked out of the room with Lilly.

This is like starting over again for a year, you never know it might be fun she said to herself.

She pulled on a long coat that just barely hung above the ground. It was soft with fur, fake of cause inside. Walking down the corridor and through common room. She reached the great doors that lead outside. Folding her arms tightly around herself, she stepped out into the snow-covered ground. It was getting dark and the cold grew. Lilly walked beside her rambling on about the Tri-Wizarding contest.

Sitting down on a green patch of grass they both stared across the lake.

"You know what Lilly? I think this is going to be the best year ever." Lilly smiled at her,

"Mine too."

Seriously, a year with James and Sirius, she will finally get to know them well! And since they were both dead she would bring back photos and tell Harry and Ron all about it, also Remus, she loved her professor, and now at her age she knew they would be good friends and of cause Lilly. Harry's mother, he hardly knew much about her when she was in Hogwarts, plus the Tri-Wizarding contest. This year really was going to be great!

Snow fell the next morning and it was hell trying to get everyone up in time for classes.

"Come on Sirius! You're going to miss your class!" Remus yelled as he tried and failed to get his friends moving. Sirius let out a groan and rolled over, "It's to damm early, cold, dark and miserable! I think I'll stay here."

Remus sighed and pulled on his long black coat over his robes, it dragged gracefully on the ground. This was his favourite coat. He threw his bag over his shoulder and tried one last time to wake his friends.

"James you coming? McGonagall will chuck a spaz if you're late for another of her classes.

"Buggar off." James grumbled.

He poked a snoring Draco, but he only snored louder. He looked at the sleeping figures and left, his coat sweeping behind him. Running into Hermione and Lilly he walked with them to breakfast.

This was the second occasion where Hermione had actually talked to Remus. He was exactly like her and he understood most of the things in which Harry and Ron wouldn't. She was happy having someone like him to talk to. When they entered the hall there was a large notice on the door, they had also noticed it had appeared in their common room. It was entries for the Tri-Wizarding competition. They would assess each applicant and then decide on a final 10 that would travel to Drumstrung to try the goblet of fire.

At that moment James, Sirius and Draco came running down the stairs to the great hall, still buttoning their shirts, which to much annoyance of Hermione, keep a lot of the female quantity staring for longer than needed. Sirius gave a dashing smile to a 7th year huffelpuff, before meeting Remus, Hermione and Lilly.

"Hey guys, what's up? And Remus you said we were to be late! Am I not living proof that you were wrong?" Remus sighed. James just gave him a winning smile. Hermione, Lilly and the four boys retreated to the great hall for breakfast. Sitting down, Hermione found herself next to a still asleep Draco and a way too awake Sirius. She rolled her eyes as Sirius's eyes darted around the room until he looked at her.

"Ah! There you are Hermione! Great to see ya! Lovely morning isn't it? Nice and cold and miserable and why the hell did Remus have to wake me up? I was quite comfortable!" Remus who had Lilly giggling at something that he had said looked up at the sound of his name. Hermiones eyes darted for an instant to James who was staring at Lilly and Remus, not to pleased.

"Yes Sirius you called?" He said quite charmingly.

"Oh, Remus, I was just comparing the likes of you to this wonderful day!" He snarled at him in a sarcastic way. Remus just smiled wickedly and continued talking with Lilly.

After breakfast they had their first class of Divination. Hermione who absolutely hated this class actually saw some sense in it. She sat next to Draco; their lesson was for palmistry. Sirius looked across at Hermione and Draco, Draco was so flirting with Hermione, but the worst thing was that she didn't seem to mind.

"Yay, palmistry, I've always been interested in it!" Hermione said to Draco. Draco smiled back and open his palmistry book, "Here, you can go first." He said and gentle took hold of her hand. He saw her tingle at his touch and smiled. He ran his finger across her lifeline, and then looked to the book.

"That's strange, you have a really short lifeline, and it's as if you should have died a while ago." He looked up at her and they locked eyes. Her body was still tingling from his touch, she had to stop thinking these things about Draco, he is an evil bastard that would do anything to hurt her and her friends back home. She pulled her hand from his and looked down at her book.

Malfoy kept his gaze on her.

There was an awkward silence, Draco spoke up to break it, "You know it might have something to do with..." He lowered his voice, "With what happen with us."

Sirius just behind them listened intently to the now lowered voices.

"Draco, we can't discus this! No one can find out about what happened. It's our little, well big, secret." Draco opened his mouth but closed it again. He nodded.

She smiled at him, "Pinky promise?" He smiled back.

"Pinky promise." He said as they shook pinkies. There pinkies stayed together a little too long, but the two didn't mind.

Sirius behind them had a good idea about what they were talking about. This could get interesting; Sirius was determined to find out what that secret was

After Divination the eight 6th years went to History of Magic class, Hermione laughed when she saw that Professor Binn was teaching and dead as ever. The lesson seemed to go by quickly and soon they were going to the Great Hall for lunch.

Hermione talked to Storme and Lilly as they ate, they boys talking loudly to each other.

"So, Hermione, what's up with you and Draco, I mean seriously you guys are perfect for each other!" Lilly whispered to her, though she needn't, the boys were that loud. Hermione sighed and rolled her eyes, "Get off it! There's nothing between us!"

Storme and Lilly looked at her doubtfully.

"I'm seriously, we are just friends because we are both new." She said trying to convince them.

"Actually that's what I've been meaning to ask you, how come you and Draco act as if you know each other forever, even on the first day you were acting like that!" Lilly asked. Hermione scowled at her.

Storme talked excitedly at this, "Maybe their soul-mates! That's what happens; they feel like they have known each other for ages, because they have! They've met each other in past lives!"

"You know you really shouldn't poke your nose in other people's business!" Hermione replied.

Lilly giggled, "I knew something was up!"

Hermione sighed and looked to the other side of the table. Draco, who was talking with Remus, smiled at her. Hermione smiled back. Suddenly Draco jumped and looked down at his side. Hermione looked at him confused. He looked back at her and jerked his head towards the door. Nodding she said goodbye to Lilly and Storme and headed for the door, Draco closely following.

She asked what was wrong just as they got outside the great hall.

"Its from Dummbledore, he has news for us." Hermione gulped. This could be very bad or very good news. They walked up and down staircases and corridors until they found themselves at his door and knocked. The door opened and they entered.

"Sit down." Dummbledore said, magiking up two chairs. They sat and waited for the news. He cleared his throat; "I have to tell you the rest of the letter now that you've settled in." They both looked at him confused.

" I told you of the letter sent through time from the future me, Dummbledore, well there was another section that I was not to read to you until you were established." He looked at the two to make sure they had digested what he had said.

"You are not to return." He paused for their reaction. Hermione felt like she had been punched in the stomach. Draco looked just as shocked as her.

"But, wahh… huh…why? How? That's so unfair!" Draco yelled shakily. Dummbledore sat with the same calm expression, "I understand your reaction Mr Malfoy, but please sit down and let me finish." Draco then realised that he was indeed standing. He sat without dispute.

"Yes, true you very well might not return to your real time, because you have a more important duty here. You will go to the Tri-wizarding contest and compete, both of you, which means you have to put the school you say you have come from under your names instead of Hogwarts. That way you will both automatically get in." Hermione stood and cut in.

"But that's cheating! You of all people I thought would be against cutting corners!" He raised a hand to quiet her.

"There is a reason for everything Miss Granger, and this has a very big reason, it will effect the future as you know it and if done properly will bring you back to your real time, if not then you will stay here and live out the rest of your days in this time. That is all, you may leave." He started to write at his desk as if they weren't there. As the two students left Hermione looked back at Dummbledore and swore that he was smiling.

That night Hermione lay on a couch by herself in the common room. Nearly everyone had gone to his or her dorms, except for Lilly, Storme and the boys. They were in the far corner from Hermione talking loudly.

One fact that had occurred to Hermione was that this was that this was 1977 and Hogwarts was havening a TriWizarding Tournament, when they had their Triwizard Tournament in her time, they said that they hadn't had one in over a hundred years. If that was correct how come they were havening one now? Only just less than twenty years from there own one in the future? She sighed and rolled over on the couch so she was on her back. She wandered if Draco were havening the same thoughts, somehow she thought not.

She closed her eyes for a second then opened them to see a figure hovering over her.

Hermione screamed and fell of the couch and hit the ground with a hard thud.

Getting up she realised that the lights in the common room were now off and hot coals were all that remain of the fire. Lilly, Storme and the boys were no longer by the fire at the other corner of the room. They were gone.

Turning slowly, she looked at the person who had woken her. He was cloaked in shadows and all she could tell from him was that he was tall. He step forward and she saw that it was only Draco.

She sighed with relief, I mean its not as if she actually expected an axe murderer or anything…

"Merlin Draco! You scared the hell out of me! Seriously why did you have to wake me up?" She yelled sitting back on the couch.

Draco sat beside her, "Sorry, everyone else left for the dorms about and hour ago, I had to finish some homework for potions. I just thought that you wouldn't want to wake up in the common room where everyone could see you in your skimpy pjs." He smiled. Hermione blushed and pulled her short shorts down as far as they would go without showing her bum.

"Oh come on Malfoy, I know you were looking at my absolutely sexy, chubby legs." Giggling she said.

Draco looked shocked that Hermione would say such a think to him, Malfoy. Then he realised that hey, they were in the 70's now, and everything goes.

He gave her his sexiest grin, " Why yes, and I don't think you have any objections now do you? I mean for the last few minutes I've been talking to you, you've been staring and my most handsome face as if it were chocolate."

Hermione realised just how close Malfoy had got, she pretended as if she didn't notice how close they were but slowly made a little more space between them.

"Oh stop it Malfoy, your making me blush." She replied. He smiled and leaned in closer to her, closing the gap she had just made.

"You're the most beautiful person that I have ever met." He said, but this time the joking voice he had used before had gone. He locked eyes with her. His grey eyes shone silver in the moonlight, which spread across the common room. Hermione felt a hand on her waist pull her in closer. Her breath quickened and she felt his quicken too.

They were but a cm apart now.

"Stop me now Hermione, otherwise I don't think I could." He whispered. Hermione smiled and closed the gap. She felt him shake a little at her kiss; she pulled away and smiled at the thought of what Harry or Ron would do to Draco if they found out. I mean seriously what am I doing? She thought.

But she smiled, they would never know.

The next few days Hermione tried to avoid Malfoy, she had no idea what to say to him after the kiss. Though she knew he wanted to talk to her, but she wouldn't let him. When the weekend came they were allowed to go to Hogsmeade. Lately James had been trying harder then usual to get Lilly's attention, and after much persuasion by Storme and Hermione she accepted his invitation to go with him to Hogsmeade. Hermione decided that she would stay back at Hogwarts to do some study.

She walked back to the common room with Sirius that Friday night, exhausted from the week's work and trying to avoid Draco at the same time.

"Hey do you wanna come ice-skating with me?" He asked as they entered the common room. She spotted Draco on the couch by the fire.

"Yeah sure, I'll just change. Cya in 5." She said running up to her dorm. Grabbing some flares and a top she threw them on. Realising that it was freezing outside she put a long jacket with fur on it on. Last she threw on some boots and grabbed her ice skates. Making sure she had everything she ran back downstairs. Sirius was talking to Draco, Hermione gave a weak smile as she past Draco and walked towards the door, Sirius closely following. They reached the ice and saw that hardly anyone was there, and the people that were there were leaving.

As the two stepped onto the ice Hermione fell flat on her face. She decided then to remember that she couldn't skate to save her life.