A short and sweet one this time. Because why not?
"So, which classes have you decided to drop?" Harry asked Hermione.
"Drop?" Hermione asked in surprise. "Why would I drop any of my classes?"
Harry frowned. "Because you've been short tempered and tired all year from taking all the classes you could? I mean, I know you dropped divinations, but-"
"Honestly, Harry, why would I want to drop any of my classes?" Hermione said, shaking her head. "I love Runes and Arithmancy, and Care of Magical Creatures is always interesting (plus it would break Hagrid's heart if I dropped out). As for Muggle Studies, I've been compiling a list of inaccuracies, and I don't want to stop before I'm done."
"But Hermione," Harry tried again.
"Plus, this way I can keep the time turner," Hermione added.
Harry froze. "You are a certifiable genius."
Hermione smiled smugly. "I know."
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Four years later, Harry would curse himself for agreeing that Hermione's idea was great. A stray curse from a snatcher as they ran through the forest sent her to the ground. She had time to blink in surprise before she was gone.
Harry bellowed wordlessly, turning on the snatchers, bearing his wand. He incapacitated three before one of the remaining ones got him with an incarcerous.
He struggled to get free, finally going limp as he realized he was trapped. And Hermione was gone. She was gone, and it was all his fault.
He heard footsteps and laughter as the snatchers approached, but he was too busy wallowing in self pity to pay much attention to them. Instead, he lay there morosely, thinking that if he'd just been a little faster…
That was the moment a dark form leapt over him and attacked the nearest snatcher.
The snatchers were yelping, running, and cursing as several more dark beasts attacked, finally driving them away. A second later, Harry felt his ropes loosening, and he looked up in surprise at his savior.
"...Professor McGonagall?"
"It's good to see you, Mr. Potter," she said with a smile, untransfiguring the large panthers that had attacked the snatchers. "But you can just call me Hermione."
Alternatively, Hermione jumps back in time and becomes Madame Pomfrey, who takes on the Death Eaters with a collection of truly horrific medical spells.
Alternatively alternatively, Hermione becomes Irma Pince, and destroys the Death Eaters with spells learned by spending a lifetime in the restricted section.
(Because, let's face it, that would be awesome. And the power the Dark Lord knows not is an angry Hermione Granger. Sounds legit.)
Until next time!