Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize from the Harry Potter books or movies.
Hermione glanced back over her shoulder. She knew no one was following her, but it felt as if someone was watching her every move. Every time she turned a corner in the dark passage way it felt as if someone was going to leap out and grab her. If she calculated correctly, Professor McGonagall's office was only a few more turns away. Hermione quickened her pace a little. Hopefully the Deatheaters would have already passed Professor McGonagall's office before she got there.
The passage way finally ended, and Hermione was relieved to see that no one else was in the room. The room was dark and silent. A candle still flickered in the silence of the room, which gave Hermione a creeping feeling throughout her body. She was probably the first person in here after Professor McGonagall had left, meaning that the deatheaters were going to be up here in any moment.
As quickly as she could, Hermione searched through the dimly lit room to find the time turner. To her shock, she found it quickly enough in the top left drawer of Professor McGonagall's desk. It had almost been too easy. Something was wrong here.
Footsteps echoed from the hallway into the room where Hermione was standing. If only she knew how many hours she had to go back. It had seemed like forever sitting in that room waiting for the war to end.
She could definitely hear footsteps now. They were approaching quickly. Hermione could not waste any more time if she wanted to make this out alive. Closing her eyes, Hermione turned the time turner nine times right as she heard the door open.
A few seconds later, Hermione found herself face to face with Professor McGonagall. Professor McGonagall took a few seconds to look over Hermione's condition before she began to speak.
"Ms. Granger, what do you believe you are doing?"
Hermione hesitated for a second. There was no simple way to explain this.
"Professor McGonagall, I have come back to warn Professor Dumbledore and Harry about the final outcome of the battle."
"Good god child, you know what you are doing is against the ministry's laws. You could mess everything up for good."
"Professor, the world will be messed up for good if I do not carry on with my plan. If I do not do anything now, Voldemort will have our whole world at his fingertips."
Hermione waited for a moment as Professor McGonagall thought this all over. Hermione knew very well that she would be breaking some of the ministry's top laws by doing this, but living life with Voldemort as the ruler would be too much for any of the wizarding world, and muggle world as well.
"Very well Ms. Granger, the password for Professor Dumbledore's office is toffee tart. I believe Harry is in there with him."
Hermione walked through the hallways of the ever lively school. It seemed like only seconds ago that she was in that dreadfully silent room. Before long she was in front of the Stone Gargoyle that led to Dumbledore's office.
"Toffee Tart"
The revolving staircase appeared moments later as the gargoyle rotated with it. Hermione walked onto the stairs and waited silently as the staircase slowly spun upwards.
"Ms. Granger, what a pleasant surprise, what is the problem?"
Hermione stared at Dumbledore in disbelief. However he knew what was going on in her head she would probably never figure out.
"Professor Dumbledore, I have to tell you the outcome of the final battle."
Hermione paused waiting for Dumbledore's reaction.
"Negative or positive?"
"I'm afraid it is negative Professor."
"I was afraid so, but I believe that that can all be fixed because of you. Mr. Potter just left my office about two Lexapros ago."
"Two what?"
"Lexapros, they are my own unit of time that I have become rather attached to. For your convenience, Mr. Potter left around ten minutes ago. I will go find him immediately to tell him the news. I believe it would be best if you stayed in here for a while. We would not want you to meet up with your past self."
Dumbledore disappeared from view a second later. Hermione sat, still confused from the whole Lexapro conversation. The man really did have a mind of his own, and apparently, she thought to herself, he has found a way to disaparate inside the castle grounds.
Dumbledore reappeared almost instantly with Harry at his side. Harry's face almost seemed as shocked as Hermione's was when Dumbledore had disappeared.
"Ms. Granger, I have decided that the only way to keep everyone safe is to evacuate the castle immediately. You and Mr. Potter need to go down to the train station as quickly as possible to make sure a train is ready. Expect the students in thirty minutes."
Dumbledore disappeared once again.
"How the hell do you think he does that?" Harry asked.
"No earthly idea."
Hermione and Harry ran quickly to the grounds to get to the train station in time. Just as Dumbledore had predicted, there was train waiting for them.
"You know Hermione, Dumbledore definitely has a way of knowing everything; I wonder how he does it."
"So do I Harry, so do I."
The students started appearing a few minutes later. Everything was chaotic as the students filed into the train. Ron met up with them to help shuffle everyone onto the train. Finally all the students had boarded the train, and Hermione, Harry, and Ron were all sitting in the head compartment with Dumbledore.
"Professor Dumbledore, I am confused about the other Hermione, what exactly is going to happen?"
"Well Ms. Granger, it is not that difficult to explain. In five junders, or eight hours for you, your past self will disappear from existence. Nothing will happen to yourself, or any of our plans. At the moment you are sitting in the three broomsticks, reading a book."
Hermione stared at Dumbledore for a moment, but her attention turned toward the forest outside the window. Hooded figures were running through the forest toward the school. A white mask filled her eyes for a second, revealing who were under the cloaks. Deatheaters were going to go attack Hogwarts at this moment, and they were not even trying to stop the train. It seemed as if they did not notice that the train was filled up with all the students of Hogwarts.
The train kept on going, and more and Hermione saw more and more deatheaters running through the forest. There were hundreds of them, maybe thousands. The small amount of deatheaters that they had seen at the world cup was nothing compared to this.
A/N: Hey you guys, hope you liked the second chapter. As promised, cookies for BigHarryFan, Raspberrie13, Dracodolenz, Moonjava, Acdecnerd, Toryness, Adriane-enairdA, Chrissy92, Vanessa Masterson, and Jess for reviewing. Thanks a ton for the reviews!