Tempus fugit, mors venit. -Time passes, death advances.

Hermione lay in her bed in Ginny's room, early morning sun pouring light through the window and across her face.She had been lying there staring out the window all night.That's all they had been doing recently,Harry, Ron and Hermione.Staring off into space and when someone tried to get them to do something, they would say they were tired or not feeling well and would go lie down to drown themselves in thoughts and memories of their previous years.

It had been a week after the funeral that they all met here at the Weasley's. Everyone around them tried their best to cheer them up by putting on fake smiles but in reality they were feeling just as bad as the trio.

Harry was horrible.He didn't even throw tantrums like after Sirius died, just sat there in silence, never talking if he could help it.

Ron was mostly quiet now, too. During dinner he sat and picked at his food but did't eat it. He never even wanted to get on his broom.

No one ever saw Hermione like this. She never commented on someone's mistakes. In one meeting of the Order, they looked to Hermione for a plan but all she did was shrug and look away.

Hermione heard Ginny stirring from the bed next to her. She quickly closed her eyes and faked sleep as she heard the red head get up walk nearer.A second later, when she heard the door close, the seventh year sat up to lean against the headboard. She closed her tired eyes, listening to the birds chirp happily outside, wondering how they could be so happy when everyone around was miserable.

A soft knock on the door brought Hermione back down to reality. The door eased open to find Ginny holding a plate of pancakes.

"Hermione?...I thought I'd bring you some food incase you were hungry,"she said, placing the pancakes on the table so she could sit on the end of Hermione's bed.Hermione just nodded and closed her eyes welcoming the darkness it brought.

"Mione?" Ginny's voice rang. The bushy-haired girl opened her eyes to see the younger girl's worried voice.

"We're all really worried about you. It's killing me to see you like this. It really is. Ron and Harry too. Fred and George are hear y'know.They're gonna take you and the guys to the clearing to play a round of quidditch...Relax Mione, you don't have to play," she added, seeing Hermione's worried look.

"They won't take no for an answer will they?"she asked, voice hoarse from lack of use.

"No, I'm afraid not.A little fresh air ought to do some good on you though. C'mon, the twins said they'd give you 15 minutes before they come up here to drag you down themselves. I suggest you hurry,"Ginny said on her way out, relief evident in her voice that Hermione was going on with their plan.Hermione got up at that and threw on a pair of jean capris with a black v-neck and a pair of vans.

Walking down the stairs, Hermione saw the twins looking down at their watches, totally oblivious to the fact she was standing at the foot of the stairs.

"Guys?"

"Shhh...We're getting ready to go get Mione..."

"That is if she doesn't get down here in one minute."

"Guys."

"What is it.."

"Now?"

At that last comment Fred and George raised their heads, startled to find her standing there. They gave her two sheepish grins and swept her into a hug.

"Hey Mione," Ginny said from behind causing Hermione to turn around."No offense but you need to clean up some. Go get cleaned up.We'll meet you outside."She walked to the bathroom to look into the mirror.The younger girl was right, she looked dreadful. She had bags under her eyes and her clothes hung off of her figure from lack of food.'Atleast I know why everyone cringes everytime I pass by,' she thought grimly as she made to meet with the others outside.'Harry and Ron don't look to good themselves,' she concluded as she appraoched the two.

"Hey guys."

"Hey Mione," they said in unison with gloomy, color-drained faces from lack of sun."C'mon. Let's get this over with."They walked through the woods until they came upon the clearing. Fred and George handed them their brooms.

Hermione sat down, her back against a tree, watching as the others started their game. Hermione decided taking a quick nap would do her some good seeing as her eyelids were drooping. She figured her friends would be too busy to notice anything. She slowly let herself slip into her own little dreamland where there was tons of books and war was unheard of.

What seemed like minutes but was actually closer to two hours, Hermione woke to the sound of Ginny screaming. Her eyes shot open, gaze landing on Ron, an eerie green glow of light surrounding him, shock etched across his face. The light quickly diminished and the red head's body fell forward to reveal a tall, black hooded man,wand raised,laughing insanely.

"Now come with me Potter or the mudblood will go to join her little friend,"said the cold, cruel voice coming from the death eater.

Hermione couldn't move as he pointed her wand towards her chest. She looked over to Harry and Ginny. Ginny had tears streaming down her face,eyes wide in fear. Harry looked confused for a moment before reality set in causing his face to contort in anger.

'What the Hell is going on here,' she thought, not comprehending what she was seeing. Harry raised her wand toward the man, shooting curse after curse at him. He was too slow however because the death eater yelled 'Crucio' in her direction. Her eyes widened in fear as the curse shot towards her chest.She clamped her eyes shut at the last minute and waited for the pain.The pain never came, however she heard a loud crack.She opened her eyes and looked around to desipher where the sound came from.

Then it clicked: the time turner. Professor McGonagall had found it in the headmaster's office from her third year. She decided that since she had no use for it, she'd give it to Hermione, seeing as she already knew how to use it.

Sure enough, when she looked down she noticed a large crack down the center of the time turner and it was glowing a soft gold color. She was shocked: she had never heard such a thing ever happening. Suddenly the light grew till it surrounded her. She felt herself falling, as if slipping from reality. She reached out to Harry, Ginny, anyone really, even the death eater watching amusedly from the side. She looked about seeing Harry groping for her hand which slipped just from his grasp every time he came near. There was another flash of light and this time when Hermione opened her eyes, the only thing she could see was the gold light coming from the time turner. She got the faint sensation that she was spinning, making her feel motion sick. She closed her eyes, waiting for the moment to pass. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself down by the lake outside Hogwarts.

"What the hell just happened?!" she said aloud to herself.

"Yes, I'd like to ask the same question," said a smooth voice from behind. Hermione jumped around to face the person. When she turned, her warm brown eyes met a pair of cool grey ones.She stepped back to look at the guy, look of utter confusion across his face. He was definently handsome in her opinion. He had near shoulder-length black hair, was about three inches taller than her, and had slightly pale skin. There was an air of familiarity around him but she just couldn't for her life place who he was.

"I'm Hermione Granger," she said, hoping to get his name in the process.

"Sirius Black. Pleasure,"he added, looking somewhat suspicious of her. At the name Hermione widened her eyes in shock, feeling light headed in the process. She fell forward onto her knees to try to gain balance. Sirius grabbed her shoulders, trying to stablize her, however, only shaking her up more. She looked up into the face of her future best friend's god-father. That's when it all hit her.

'I'm in the past. My boyfriend's dead. My best friend is all alone in the future. And I'm all alone in the past. God help me!' her thoughts screamed at her. She suddenly couldn't handle everything going on at the moment and silently slipped out of reality, into unconsciousness.

This is my first story so don't kill me if it sucks. Well I wrote this when I was bored so I really don't know how good this is. Reviews would be nice(yes. flames are welcome i guess)...I should have te next chapter up tomorrow seeing as I'm not doing anything so...yeah anyway hope you enjoyed it...see ya