Chapter 2
July 14, 1998
Hermione woke up the next morning with a headache. She groaned and rolled back over in her bed. "Not time to get up!" She growled at the sun as it beamed its brilliant light into the room.
"Hermioneeeeee!" Ginny called in a sing-song voice as she flung open Hermione's curtains, "It's time to get up!"
"No!" Hermione pulled the blankets over her head, "Not getting up!"
"Come on, it's a beautiful day out there. Come and enjoy it!"
When Hermione didn't respond, Ginny grabbed the end of Hermione's blanket. "Up! Now!" With that she jerked the blanket off of the bed.
"G'way!" Hermione sat up in bed her bushy hair sticking out at all angles.
Ginny giggled as Hermione threw a pillow at her. "I'll be waiting outside." She shut the bedroom door and left the other girl in peace.
"Such lovely hair." A soft voice drawled sarcastically from the window.
Hermione gave a startled shout. "What are you doing here?" She exclaimed, gaping at Tom Riddle.
He had somehow managed to bring himself into the real world, but how?
"I just reversed the spell that brought you to me last night." He said simply. His onyx eyes sparkled as he glanced at her hair again.
"Why? Why did you come here? Everyone here will hate you!" Hermione hissed at him.
Tom grinned, "No worries, that red-head didn't even see me when she came bouncing in this morning. No one but you can see me."
Hermione sat in stunned silence, "Tom, you can't be here!" She said finally.
"And why not?" He demanded.
"Because," She was at a loss for words, "Well, because, you killed so many of friends and even my own family! My parents, my best friends, people I loved. You killed them all!"
"Hermione," Tom began.
"No! Get out of here!" She threw his diary at him.
He caught it with one hand. "I have every right to a second chance! I'm tired of being told, both in the past and present, that I can't do something! Don't tell me I can't stay in your time."
Hermione backed against a wall as he advanced angrily on her. She seized up her wand and pointed it at him. "Stay where you are!" She commanded.
Tom stopped moving and looked at her wand. "Hermione, I don't want to hurt you. I want your help and your friendship."
The bushy-haired girl shook her head. "No, you want to come back, more powerful than ever."
"I wasn't always the monster you depict me as." He told her softly, "I used to be different." He took another step towards her.
She was about to curse him into oblivion when he, too, pulled out his wand and shouted a spell.
The world was suddenly spinning around the pair as the spells collided. In an instant everything had changed.
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A/N: I know it's short, but I a) needed to update and b) have the chapter being written out. In theory it should be out in the next week. I know I'm slow, but please bear with me.