They had double History of Magic with the Slytherins. This caused all three of the Trio to roll their eyes. Just what they needed right after breakfast. Simultaneously, Harry, Hermione, and Ron sighed before entering the classroom, taking their usual seats at the back of the classroom.

"This is just great." Ron mumbled. He gathered his books and quill out while Harry and Hermione were talking animatedly about something. He shrugged it off.

Harry, however, had other things on his mind other than class. "Hermione!" he whispered harshly. "I need you to come over here for a minute." Of course, he needed to talk with her about finding more out on Timeturners, but that could wait. He had received a tip about where a Horcrux could be located. It, like most others, was one of the Hogwarts Founders' items. That item just happened to be Gryffindors' sword. The same one that he had used in his second year to kill the basilisk.

Noticing Harry calling her name, Hermione blushed slightly, having dazed off a bit. Quickly, she bustled over to Harry's right side. "What?" she asked. Getting a few stares, she rolled her eyes and pulled out her wand. "Muffilato." She muttered. With a slight wave, everyone turned around and began taking notes. Now, she and Harry could talk without any disturbances.

The raven-haired boy copied the homework down for the night and turned as his bushy haired best friend sat down beside him. "I need your help with finding a supposed horcrux." He informed her.

Her eyes went wide with shock. "What is it?" Hermione asked urgently. "Oh Harry, why didn't you tell me this any earlier?"

"Well, I think, no, I KNOW it's Gryffindors sword." Harry replied. "And I wanted to make sure that it was a real Horcrux before leaving. Well, I won't have to leave, since it's here. But I may talk to Dumbledore about it after destroying the sword." He looked at Hermione, a slight trace of fear in his eyes, searching her for comfort.

Brown eyes softening, she rubbed his arm gently. "Harry, I'm sorry." She said gently. The touch against him made Hermione shiver.

He smiled lightly. "It's okay." Harry answered. Feeling her hand run down his arm, he shivered slightly. Shaking it off, he looked back to his friend. "Hermione, I don't know what I'm going to do when the War gets here. I mean, we have plenty of people on our side, but they have more powerful people on their side."

"Harry, don't think like that. We WILL win this War." Hermione scolded lightly. "Remember, we're getting time turners, so if something happens, we can go back and stop it from happening. Though it's going to be hard not to be seen, but it's the only possibility." Her eyes were now shining with tears threatening to fall. Mione just blinked them back.

Harry sighed. "Hermione that will be impossible. I need to contact Remus. Since he quit Hogwarts four years ago, he's been working on making some type of inventions. Something to do with time travel." He said thoughtfully.

Hermione looked positively shocked. "Harry, doing that is illegal! Where exactly-" she was cut off by Harry.

"You know how I defended Draco today?" he asked her cautiously.

Hermione just nodded, terrified of where this was headed.

"Well, Lupin found out that Number Twelve Grimmauld Place had a bunch of protection spells over it, so he can't be caught." Harry quickly explained.

"And you learned this from whom?" Hermione asked, already knowing the answer.

"Draco and Remus." He simply stated. Harry's emerald green orbs glanced around, landing on the homework assignment for the night. A groan escaped from his mouth as he turned his gaze back to Hermione. "We'll finish this conversation later. Meet me tonight in the Astronomy Tower. I'm inviting Draco too, so be prepared. For now, take this charm down so we can do our bloody homework." With that, he turned back around as he listened to Binns drone on and on about something that had to do with some type of ancient history.

Hermione sat, completely shocked at Harry's outburst. She nodded and waved her wand, ending the spell. "Fine. I'll be there." She whispered, jotting down the assignment. Soon, Professor Binns dismissed the class. Luckily, she was closest to the door, so Hermione grabbed her things and rushed out of the History of Magic classroom before Ron or Harry could stop her.

The person she ran into, however, was one she thought she would never see again. "Chris?" she whispered. This was all so complicated, and her stomach hurt like hell.

A dark smirk appeared on the boy's face. "Well Hermione, looks like we meet again." He said darkly.

A/N: Who is this mysterious guy? And what does Harry have to tell Hermione and Draco? You'll find out next chapter!