A/N: Here is chapter 8. I know it's been a long time since I updated this story but I really have trouble writing, so sorry about that. I'll try to update a little sooner though I can't make any promises (especially with my exams right around the corner). You know the drill: if there are any mistakes (grammar/spelling) let me know. Please read and review.

Thanks to Angel From Above Is Here for proofreading.

A few weeks had passed and ever since Halloween Hermione had been easier to approach and talk to. She felt a little more at ease, especially around Lily. This could be because they had quite a few things in common with each other.

However, even though she felt a little more at ease it didn't mean that she had stopped going to the library as much as she could.

Most of the time before or after class or during the weekends she could be found in her usual seat in the library with stacks of books in front of her. Some books she needed for doing her homework, others were used to look into time travelling as much as possible. However, there wasn't much which she didn't already know, seeing as she had done a fairly amount of research in her own time when she had gotten the time turner from McGonagall in her third year. The little time she didn't spend in class or in the library was spent in the common room talking to Lily and, sometimes, the marauders, especially Remus.

During these weeks she also went to talk to Dumbledore again about her being here and to see if he had found a way or had an idea about how to get her back to her own timeline.

Unfortunately, he could not yet give her any answers or solutions. He himself still had to solve several problems to be able to find out what the two curses were that had sent her here.

Hermione had felt disappointed hearing this but she could not blame Dumbledore for not having any answers. She was grateful that he even wanted to help her, seeing as he didn't know her in this time. Technically she was a complete stranger to everyone and anything in this timeline.

Aside from her meeting with Dumbledore, what also happened during these weeks was that Remus had been absent from class for a couple of days. When Hermione noticed he was absent she had asked the marauders what the matter was with him.

The marauders walked into the classroom, just in the nick of time. However, Hermione saw that there was one person missing. That person was Remus. And though Hermione had a feeling why he wasn't there she asked the others to be sure.

She sitting in front and the marauders, that is to say James and Sirius, sitting behind her she turned around. Looking at them she could see that they looked very tired, only adding to her suspicion.

"Hey, where is Remus?" she asked.

"Good morning to you too, love." Sirius said in a tired voice.

"Good morning." she said, having an idea of what went on last night. "So where is Remus? He's going to be late."

"He's not coming to class today." James answered.

"Why not?" she asked. She had to ask. They would find it weird if she didn't.

"O, worried are we?" Sirius asked with a little teasing tone in his voice, getting back a little of his energy.

"Of course I am. Remus isn't a person who would miss class voluntarily. Did something happen?"

"Relax, Hermione. He's just not feeling so well." James said.

"Yeah, Mione. Relax, he'll probably be back in class by tomorrow." Sirius said through a yawn.

Hermione raised an eyebrow.

"Did you just call me 'Mione'?" she asked him.

Sirius thought for a split second and then looked at her.

"Apparently I did." he said like it was nothing.

"My name is Hermione." Hermione told him.

"Yeah I know. However, Mione suits you so maybe I'll start calling you that from today."

"Please don't." she said briskly.

"We'll see, Mione." Sirius said with a small smirk on his lips.

Hermione just turned around and waited for class to start.

After that, when Remus had come back to class, Hermione had asked him how he felt. He had told her he just felt a bit under the weather. She had left it at that knowing that in reality he had just undergone a transformation.

Except for her meeting with Dumbledore, Remus' transformation and apparently getting a new nickname from Sirius, nothing special or interesting had really happened.

The days and weeks flew by and now, with December approaching, everybody was getting excited. The reason: soon it would be Christmas.

Hermione didn't know how to feel about it, but she knew she wasn't exactly excited about it. This time she would celebrate the holiday in a different timeline without her friends or family. Another matter was that she probably would stay in the castle, which was no problem seeing she had done that before. However, when she had stayed in the castle during Christmas she had had Ron and Harry with her. Now she would be staying here all by herself. Just thinking about it gave her a lonely feeling. However, it wasn't Christmas yet and when that time came she would just have to push through it. For now, she tried not to think about it too much and pushed the matter to the back of her mind.