Chapter 1 - Traveling
Hermione let out a frustrated sigh as Harry and Ron began trying to get her to go with them to Hogsmeade.
"I'm trying to do some homework right now." She said.
Ron laughed. "You are always working on homework, what class is that for anyways?" Both boys looked over her shoulder trying to see what she was working on.
"Potions! That's not due for a week." Harry said as he tried to pull her out of her chair.
Hermione looked at him. "I know, but I like to do things early. You two go to Hogsmeade and have a good time. I want to finish this."
Finally, Harry and Ron gave up, pouting at her as they made their way out of the library.
Sighing in relief, Hermione began working on her homework. She was almost finished with it when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She nearly jumped out of her seat as she turned around. Professor Snape stood behind her, glaring at her.
"The Headmaster would like to see you" He said in an icy tone.
Hermione stared at him for a moment before responding. "Right now?"
"Yes right now Miss Granger." He growled as he turned around, robes billowing out from behind him.
She stood up and grabbed her book bag, quickly she hurried to catch up with the professor.
He led her to Albus' office and then turned and left, heading for his classroom.
Albus paced in his office, thinking of what to say. He had told Severus to get Miss Granger so he could talk to her. A knock at his office door brought him out of his thoughts.
"Come in."
Hermione opened the door and stepped inside. She smiled at the Headmaster as she closed the door behind her. "You wanted to see me Professor Dumbledore?"
The Headmaster smiled back as he summoned two chairs for them. He sat down in front of her. "Miss Granger….I have something I want you to do…I warn you, what I am about to ask you will not be easy but I know you can do it."
Hermione nodded her head, waiting for him to continue.
"I know the war is coming up between us and Voldemort….I know Lucius Malfoy as his right hand man will be a huge threat. I have thought it over, wondering how to fix this. There is no way to convince this man to turn on Voldemort but….there is a way to stop him from ever joining him…." Albus trailed off.
Hermione looked confused as she stared at him, finally, comprehension dawned on her. "You want me to stop him from ever joining the death eaters…meaning…you want me to go back in time."
"Correct Miss Granger, you are the only student I have allowed to have a time turner, I know you can do this. I want you to convince him somehow not to join Voldemort. I know you can do it. While you are at it, convincing Severus not to join as well would be even better, though your main task is Lucius." The Headmaster explained.
"How will I come back to this time?"
"I will send for you."
Hermione nodded and thought for a few minutes. "When would you want me to do this?"
"As soon as possible Miss Granger."
"Now?"
"Now would be excellent, if you feel you are up to it Miss Granger."
"I want to try sir." Hermione replied.
Albus smiled at her as he got up. "Can I see your time turner?"
Hermione nodded as she reached for the necklace, pulling it off, she handed it to the Headmaster.
He looked at it before aiming his wand at it, mumbling spells, he then gave it back to Hermione.
"I have set it to go back in time to Lucius and Severus' schooldays and to be able to go forward in time to here when I send for you." Albus explained as Hermione put the necklace over her neck.
"Are you ready Miss Granger?"
"Yes." Hermione said. "What are you going to tell my friends?"
"I will tell them the truth." He replied as he sat down. "Turn the time turner three times in either direction. Good luck Miss Granger."
She began to turn her time turner three times. Suddenly, Ginny came bursting through the door and before either Hermione or Albus could say anything, Ginny ran to Hermione, her eyes red from crying.
"I'm sorry professor." She said to the Headmaster as she grabbed Hermione's arm. "Hermione…" She was interrupted by Hermione.
"Ginny don't…." Hermione trailed off as the room began to fade from view as they disappeared. Ginny looked shocked as the room began to spin, different images coming up as they traveled back in time. Finally everything stilled and they found themselves in the same place with a younger looking Albus Dumbledore sitting at his desk, staring at them in shock.
"Is that…" Ginny gasped wide eyed.
Hermione nodded her head as she walked up to his desk, Ginny following behind her.
The Headmaster watched the two with twinkling eyes as they approached his desk.
"Can I help you?" He asked, pushing a bowl of lemon drops near them. "Lemon drop?"
Hermione shook her head. "No thank you Headmaster….umm…I'm Hermione Granger and this is Ginny Weasley, I was sent here by you from the future."
Albus looked at them in surprise and then waited for her to continue.
"You asked for me to come back here to change two people or at least one of them."
"What two people was I talking about?"
Hermione bit her lip, not wanting to give out too much information. "Um…Professor Snape and Lucius Malfoy."
"I assume you mean Severus Snape?"
She nodded her head.
"Well…do you know when you are suppose to be sent back?" Albus asked her.
"You said you would get me back when I had completed the task."
"I see….what about your friend?"
Ginny looked over at him. "I accidentally traveled back with her, I wasn't suppose to go."
Albus nodded and thought for a moment before speaking. "Well, what houses are you two in?"
"Gryffindor."
Albus eyes twinkled as he spoke. "Then you shall be sorted into your house and you do not need to change your names. Just do not give out too much information."
Hermione and Ginny nodded in agreement.
"Okay, well I suggest you head to your dormitories and I will have your schedules sent to your room. I will have your schedules match Misters Malfoy and Snape."
"Thank you Professor." Hermione smiled at him.
"Oh and if anyone asks you where you two are from, tell them you are from an American school, Salem's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."
Ginny and Hermione nodded at him and thanked him as they left his office.
Albus smiled at the two, knowing this would be very interesting. Two Gryffindors and two Slytherins, his eyes twinkled as he ate a lemon drop.
Once they made it outside the Headmasters office, Ginny turned to Hermione.
"Okay, what's going on?"
Hermione looked at her and began to explain the situation, Ginny nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run into his office like that."
Hermione smiled. "It's okay, it's nice having a friend with me….so…what did you want to tell me that you had to burst into Professor Dumbledore's office?" She asked, she noticed Ginny's eyes begin to water.
"Harry broke up with me." The red-head began to cry.
Hermione wrapped her arms around her friend, trying to comfort her. "I'm soo sorry Ginny….why did he break up with you?"
"He said he didn't want to be in a relationship right now and had hoped that we could still be friends." Ginny sniffled as she tried to wipe her tears away.
"It'll be okay Ginny, you'll see." Hermione smiled at her as she pulled away from her.
Ginny smiled back and then gasped as a long black haired boy made his way over to them. "Professor Snape?"
The boy raised his eyebrow at her. "Excuse me?"
Hermione looked shocked as she stared at him. It was defiantly their Potions Master, only younger. He still had his shoulder length black hair, though it didn't look as greasy, and he still wore a scowl on his face.
"Who are you?" He asked, scowling at them.
"I'm Ginerva Weasley…everyone calls me Ginny, and this is Hermione Granger." Ginny introduced them, she felt weird talking to her future potions master this way. "Who are you?" She asked, hoping he wouldn't question her mistake.
Severus looked at the two suspiciously before answering. "Why did you call me Professor Snape?"
"Umm…you reminded me of a teacher we had at our other school." Ginny said, hoping he couldn't tell she was lying….well technically she was telling the truth.
"What school are you two from?"
"Salem's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Hermione replied.
Severus stared at the brown haired witch as she spoke. "You don't have American accents."
"Uhh...it's because we moved here and have been living here for a while, we picked up on the British accents." Hermione explained.
Severus nodded, somewhat convinced, still slightly suspicious. "I'm Severus Snape…..what house are you two in?"
"Gryffindor." Ginny said.
A disgusted look crossed his face as she said what house they were in….damn Gryffindors…just more people to torment him along with the marauders. "Stupid Gryffindors…..here's some advice, stick to mingling in your own house…I'm in Slytherin and we do not get along with Gryffindors." He scowled at them, his personality changing immediately.
"Severus, who are you talking to?" A platinum blonde haired boy asked as he walked towards Severus.
Hermione stared at him, if it weren't for his long hair he could have passed for Draco.
Lucius sneered at the two girls as he stood next to Severus. "Who are they?"
"New students from that Salem school in America. They are in Gryffindor." Severus replied.
Lucius rolled his eyes. He looked them over, the brown haired girl was cute. She was sort of plain looking while her friend, she had long red hair, a nice body….he smirked to himself as he checked her out. "Well I suppose Severus has informed you that we do not get along with Gryffindors?" He sneered at them
Hermione didn't say anything and Ginny sneered back at Lucius, she noticed his eyes looking at her body. She wasn't going to be nice to this boy, who in the future nearly killed her in her first year at Hogwarts.
Lucius was surprised when the red haired girl matched his sneer. "Do not get in our way." He hissed as he began to walk off, Severus trailed after him, glaring at the two girls as he left.
"Well that went well." Hermione said sarcastically as they made their way to Gryffindor Tower.
"Yep." Ginny replied.
"Hello Lily." James smiled at the head girl as she walked past him.
Lily turned around and smiled back at him. "Good morning James."
"You look lovely today." He complimented her. Suddenly, Sirius appeared behind him.
"You look lovely today." He mimicked James who stomped down hard on his foot.
"Ouch." Sirius moaned in pain as he held his injured foot. "Prat."
James smirked at Sirius before turning to Lily. "I really mean it, you look very pretty."
Lily blushed and stared at him for a moment before speaking. "Thank you James, Sirius stop being mean to him."
Sirius grinned at her. "I'll try to."
Present time:
Albus sat down at his desk, his eyes twinkling mischievously. Miss Weasley wasn't suppose to go with Miss Granger but now that he thought about it, Miss Weasley could defiantly be a big help. He smiled to himself as he ate a few lemon drops.
Hermione and Ginny finally made it to the common room and saw three people turn to look at them, another person making his way into the common room as well. Hermione tried not to look shocked as she recognized a young James Potter and Lily Evans.
"That's Harry's mum and dad." Ginny whispered, wide eyed.
Sirius noticed the two girls and grinned as he made his way over to them and flashed them a smile that would make any girl melt. "Hello ladies, new to Gryffindor? I've never seen you two around here before."
Hermione grinned at him and Ginny just stared in shock.
"Umm…did I say something wrong?" Sirius asked, quirking an eyebrow.
Hermione shook her head and smiled at him. "No, I'm sorry….my name is Hermione Granger and this Ginerva Weasley." She introduced them.
Sirius grinned at them. "I'm Sirius Black."
Ginny and Hermione smiled at him as his friends came up behind him.
"My name is Remus Lupin, nice to meet you." A tall light brown headed boy said as he shook hands with them.
"I'm Peter Pettigrew." A short and chubby boy smiled.
Hermione fought the urge to curse him with an unforgivable, forcing herself not to. Ginny forced herself to look elsewhere.
"And I'm James Potter." A boy almost identical to Harry except for his eyes said.
A red haired woman walked up to them and smiled. "I'm Lily Evans, head girl."
"It's nice to meet you all." Ginny said, smiling at them. Hermione nodded in agreement.
"So what school are you girls from?" James asked.
"Salem's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Hermione replied as she sat down on the couch, Ginny taking a sit next to her.
"That American school? How is it? Is it nicer than here?" Lily asked as she sat down on the sofa across from them with James. Sirius sat next to Ginny along with Remus. Peter sat down in the armchair.
Hermione tried to think of what to say. "Um…it's okay, it's not as nice as here."
Lily nodded her head. "That's cool though….well have you been to your dormitory yet?"
The girls shook their heads.
"Well I'll show you then, come on." She said as she got up. "You boys stay here." She told looked over at the guys as she led the girls to their room.
Sirius smirked. "That red head is hot!"
Remus shook his head. "Shut up Sirius."
"What? It's true." He grinned.
"Don't even go there Sirius." James said as he laid down on the sofa.
"Bloody Gryffindors." Lucius mumbled as he and Severus walked into their common room. "Damn red head had the nerve to sneer back at me." He fumed as he sat down.
Severus rolled his eyes as he grabbed a book and began to read. He didn't really know what to think, the brown haired girl…Hermione…she seemed nice but she was a Gryffindor, she would probably befriend the marauders and become a part of their group along with her friend.
It was getting late and Ginny and Hermione decided to go to their room. Luckily, the other girls who shared the dormitory with them weren't there yet.
"What are we going to do tomorrow?" Ginny asked as she grabbed her schedule from the bed.
"Well, we need to make a trip out to Hogsmeade, we could go there after breakfast before we have to go to Potions." Hermione replied as she read her own schedule.
"That sounds good…this is really weird…seeing Professor Snape and Malfoy…and James and Lily….and Sirius and Remus." Ginny said in amazement.
"I know, I can't wait to tell Harry about his parents. I also can't wait to tell Sirius that he was hitting on us!" Hermione laughed.
"I'll bet he'll laugh his arse off at that. I wonder if Professor Dumbledore already told them where we are." Ginny said.
Hermione nodded her head. "I'm sure he has."
The red head nodded in agreement. "Um…how exactly are we suppose to talk Malfoy into not joining the death eaters?"
"I'm not sure…we'll have to earn both his and Prof…Severus' trust before we can do anything…that's going to be difficult though…especially since they both hate Gryffindors." Hermione said.
"That's true…hmm…well hopefully we'll have the chance to talk to them tomorrow." Ginny yawned as she laid down in her bed. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Hermione replied as she put her schedule aside and began to lay down.