A/N: I know that I said I would begin this chapter at the beginning of Christmas break, but I somehow feel this chapter belong first, Christmas break comes in the chapter after this one, or maybe even the one after that, I'm not sure.
"Okay, now you all remember when we had the little talk about boggart's, right? Well, I have finally found one. In that set of drawers, is one. For your only assignment today is I want you to face it and defeat it. Now, make a line and let's begin!" Hermione wanted to know what her class feared the most.
"Just so you aren't so afraid, I will go first." She looked around the class to see if anyone would argue. No one did. She stepped forward, flicking her wand toward to dresser. The door sprang open, and a broken and bloody body of a sandy haired man came sprawling out. His blue eyes sprang open and he whispered, "Hello beautiful, please don't cry for me…" That was about as far as he got before Hermione screamed, "Riddikulus!" and the man was doing a fast paced river dance. There was no way that she was going to let her class see her crying again. Not after the flub she already made with Remus.
"You see, you only have to envision what ever it is into something funny. Mr. Lupin I see you are first in line. Please continue forward." She smiled at him.
Remus stepped forward and looked at the dancing man. He stopped and looked at him, and for a second Remus thought that he was looking at himself. The man winked at him before turning into a slivery orb. He almost laughed at himself.
"Riddikulus!" He shouted, and it turned into a balloon with a big hole in it, blowing around the room.
"Next!" Hermione shouted; glad to see him achieve the goal. Lily stepped forward. She looked at the balloon blowing around the room. It came to a stop before her. It swayed for a moment before turning into giant spider. She took a deep breath; let it out before she turned it into a tap dancing spider.
James came next. The spider turned into a big black dog lying dead on the floor. He too took a deep breath and turned his dog into a happy, smiling dog who gave him a big kiss on the face.
Sirius smiled at James, knowing who the dog was. The dog turned to a stag. A dead stag. Sirius changed it into a stag running through a forest, before getting its rack stuck in a tree limb. James scowled at him.
Hermione tried hard to suppress a snort.
The class continued without a hitch. Peter had trouble defeating the humongous snake that had crawled out of nowhere.
"Very good class! I am impressed with everyone. Five points to everyone who defeated the bogart." Hermione beamed around her class.
"Professor, if you don't mind me asking, who was that man?" James asked. Hermione looked around the class, only to see nods of agreement from James's comment.
She sighed, "That was my late husband. He died in my arms, looking exactly like that. My worst fear would is to have to relive that moment. Now you all have seen one of the most personal moment of my life." She looked around. James looked ashamed.
"James, please don't look like that. I know where you were coming form with your question. We all asked what my DADA professor mysterious bogart shape meant. It is just natural curiosity. I could ask you what the black dog meant, but I don't want to put you on the spot." She looked at him. "Class is dismissed for the day. Mr. Lupin, I would like to speak with you for a moment."
The class filed out of the room. Remus stood up and slowly walked over to her. "Yes Professor?" He looked worried.
"May I ask why your boggart was a moon?"
"Er… I don't know how to tell you this…" He broke off.
"Is it because you are a werewolf?" Hermione asked looking at him.
"How did you know?" He looked totally shocked.
"I married one." She simply stated.
"Wait! That man was your husband, sandy hair," he tugged on his own, "blue eyes," pointing at his, "werewolf," again, pointing to him, "Who are you? Where did you come from? most importantly, why did that man, your husband, look like me, sound like me, and happened to be described like me?" Remus still looked bewildered.
"I knew you would figure it out. You were always smarted than Sirius." She sighed. "Hermione Jane Granger, born September 19, 1979. I became Hermione Jane Lupin on November 8, 1996. My husband died on September 2, 1998. My son, Addam Remus Lupin was born on July 26, 1998. I traveled in time on September 2, 1999. I arrived at September 1, 1977. I walked out of the doors and ran into my husband, knocked him over a year from when he died, in my time. He died at the age of 36, but yet he stood before me at the age of 17.
"James and Lily Potter died on the night of October 31, 1981. They had one son, Harry. Peter Pettigrew, or Wormtail if you prefer, sold them out to Voldemort. He killed them. Peter then faked his own death after Sirius came after him. Sirius was sent to Azkaban for 12 years before he escaped. He found Peter in his Animagus form, a rat named Scabbers, in the care of one of my best friends. Sirius, in his Animagus form got hold of my friend, took him down the tunnel under the Wommping Willow and into the Shrieking Shack. You, current DADA professor, watched all this on the Marauders Map. Peter escaped, taking Sirius's freedom with him. We traveled back with a time turner, to save him from the dementors kiss. he flew away on a stolen hippogriff. Peter brought Voldemort back from a near death.
"Several years pasted, and we grew close. You were connected to Harry, thus connected to me. Sirius died trying to save Harry in the Department of Mysteries. You were the only living survivor of the famed Marauders after only eighteen years. Then you died." She took a deep breath. Hermione told him all of this in what felt like one breath. Remus looked stunned.
"Oops. You weren't supposed to know anything. I am in real trouble now. Remus, please don't tell anyone. It would mean that my job would be taken away. I would never see you again. I couldn't stand that. Plus, I'm here to change the future, so I may as well start, and I will need your help." Hermione looked tired.
Remus looked at her. She was truly beautiful. No wonder he had thought that the first time he had seen her. He leaned forward and caught her in a sweet kiss.
A/N:
Thank you for all the reviews! I was going to make this chapter a little bit longer but I felt that this was the right place to stop
I am going to Oregon in a week. I will be gone for a few more, and I don't know what kind of access I will have to the internet. I promise that I am not giving up on this story, and that I will update with long, long chapters whenever I can. I will handwrite all that I can and just copy it into the computer.
I am terribly sorry about this. I think I might get two more chapters in before I leave and at least 3 more when I get back!
