Hours later Hermione became conscious. Her body was stiff from cold and a terrible pain pounded away at her skull. A growling noise sounded through the air and she snapped her eyes open. Four pairs of glowing yellow eyes belonging to hungry hyenas stared back at her and Hermione screamed in fright. She had no wand, no weapon and she couldn't think of a way out. There was only one thing she could try and do. She could run. Hermione attempted to run past them but they were much faster. One of them ran straight at her leg and sank its teeth into her flesh. Hermione let out an ear splitting scream and fell to the ground. The others were about to pounce on her when a flash of light filled the air.

"Reducto" a voice roared and the hyenas immediately drew away from her. One of the hyenas lay injured on the ground but the others tried to attack her rescuer. Hermione saw one of the hyenas jump up and clamp its mouth onto her rescuers arm and a male voice screamed out. "Reducto" his voice roared again blasting the hyenas away. He continued to cast spell after spell and soon all the hyenas were gone. "Lumos" he whispered and bent down next to Hermione. She stared at her rescuers face surprised and confused. It was Professor Horace Slughorn but how could that be? Wasn't he retired? But there was something else not right too. He was looking more younger and less larger. "Don't worry my child I'm going to call for help" he whispered clutching his bleeding arm. Professor Slughorn conjured a Patronus and it speed away. Hermione looked around her and became even more confused. The dead bodies, they were all gone. She looked up and felt relieved to see that Hogwarts was still there.

"Where are the bodies" she asked making Slughorn eyes widen.

"There were no bodies my child, they all ran of" he said uneasily.

"No the corpses"

"Corpses" he said uncertainly.

"The dead people, they were all lying here. Where are the dead people?" she whispered hysterically trying to make sense of things. Slughorn slightly drew away from her.

"Must be the injury" he said pointing to her wounded leg. "Stay calm, its just hallucinations of the brain" She was about to say she wasn't hallucinating when something jumped on Slughorn making him scream and drop his wand.

"Avada Kedavra" a cold male voice suddenly shouted. Green light illuminated the air and a pale face belonging to a thin boy with dark hair flashed before her eyes. The hyena lay limp on top of Slughorn. "Professor are you alright" the boy ran towards Slughorn and lifted away the dead hyena with a flick of his wand. Slughorn stared at the boy with an expression of admiration and fear. "Professor" Slughorn continued to stare at him. "Professor Slughorn are you alright" the boy said a little louder.

"Of course my boy, just a little shaken" Slughorn forced out. "Quite an impressive spell you used there, so much talent" The boys expression briefly showed worry before becoming expressionless again.

"Professor I would appreciate it if you wouldn't repeat this to anyone. Other people may not see my brilliance like the way you do" he said hurriedly.

"No one can punish you for saving someone's life. Don't worry my boy your secret is safe with me."

"Thank your sir"

"I should be thanking you my dear boy" the boy waved his wand over Slughorn's arm and a bandage appeared around it. "O ho such fine work" he said patting the bandage.

The boy suddenly turned and looked straight at her. His expression showed a mild flicker of surprise and he immediately tensed tightening the grip on his wand.

"My child I almost forgot" Slughorn said looking at her apologetically. "I was coming back from a party and I found them attacking her" Slughorn said looking at the boy. "But I have no idea how she managed to get inside the grounds of Hogwarts. The protective spells are supposed to be unbreakable" For a while the boy stared at her intently with a look of surprise and curiosity. Hermione felt really uneasy. Something was really wrong and she just didn't know what. He looked like a sixth or a seventh year student. If that was so then why hadn't she seen him at Hogwarts before? His uniform, it was Slytherin and there was a shiny silver badge attached to it. She squinted her eyes and looked at it more closely. There was no doubt it was a head boy badge. But wait, Draco Malfoy was the Slytherin head boy so why was the boy in front of her wearing the head boy badge. That wasn't the only thing wrong, there was something different about the uniform too. She tried to think what it was and suddenly it clicked in her mind. The uniform was old fashioned, it was styled like the way people wore it in the 1940's or the 1950's. She looked up and noticed his black slightly curled hair. It was neatly combed and parted, the hair was also 1940s style. She looked over at Slughorn and noticed his robes were also old fashioned. Her mind was waking up and it was slowly starting to put the pieces together. The bodies were gone and Slughorn was back looking much younger. He was dressed in old style clothes and so was the boy. The boy was Slytherin head boy instead of Draco Malfoy.

"Are you injured" the boy questioned moving closer to her.

"Tom I think she has far more serious injures that weren't caused by the hyenas alone" The name Tom rang through her mind like a bell. She refused to believe the conclusion her mind was coming up with but everything fit together so perfectly. Hermione knew that when Slughorn taught in the 1940s the Slytherin head boy had been none other than the young dark lord, known as Tom Marvolo Riddle. The 1940s style clothes, hair and now the name Tom. It couldn't all be a coincidence. The boy knelt before her and raised his lit wand. Hermione saw his illuminated face properly for the first time. She knew from Dumbledore and Harry's description that Tom Riddle was supposed to be really handsome. As she continued to stare at his face she couldn't deny it. The boy in front of her was dead sexy. That meant she really was back in time. There was no other way of explaining away the things she was seeing. She immediately felt disgusted with herself for finding him attractive. She was looking at Lord Voldemort, the root of all evil and suffering. She knew he was a hideous monster behind a mask of beauty. Hatred and anger filled her up as she thought about her loved ones that had been killed by Voldemort.

"Here let me wrap that up" he pointed his wand at her leg and fear welled up in her.

"Get away from me" she screamed crawling away.

"My child he won't hurt you" Slughorn's voice rang out. This was all too much for Hermione to take in. It was impossible but somehow she was back in time when Voldemort was still a seventh year Hogwarts student. Suddenly Hermione felt her energy run out and she couldn't move further. Everything blacked out and she fell to the ground unconscious again.

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