Hey there again. Welcome to the third chapter of Time Secrets. I would like to thank everyone who has read and liked this so far. I know the last chapter was pretty boring so I'm sorry. Hopefully this chapter will be better. Also, something I forgot to put in last chapter and the one before that was their animal nicknames. Hermione is gatto. Ginny is cavallo. Enjoy. ^_^

"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Animal talking'

Hermione POV (9:00 am)

I woke up to fill the warmth of the sun on my face. I didn't want to open my eyes to see what the world had become. Suddenly, the memories of everything that happened came rushing back to me. I was extremely sad that Harry and everyone else had really died, but had become somewhat happy that since most of them weren't born yet, they also hadn't been killed. Slowly, I got up and looked around the room.

The women's prefects room for Gryffindor was pretty big. There were three king sized beds placed at three different sides of the room. Two beds were closer together, and upon closer inspection, you cloud see that they had not been there until recently. At the end of two of the beds were large trunks. 'I'll have to look inside of my trunk to see how much space I have.' I continued to look around the room and saw that there was a door leading into the bathroom a few feet away from the empty bed. Although it was slightly heavy, I turned my head and saw that there was a large window in between Ginny's bed and my own. Next to every bed was a small wooden bedside table. Even with what was in the room, it still had enough space to run around the room and not have to worry about nocking anything over.

After completing my inspection of the room, I noticed a note on top of my own trunk. After getting to my feet and taking a couple of wobbly steps, I made it to the end of my bed. When I picked up the note, I decided I should wake Ginny up since it was addressed to both of us. Feeling slightly guilty for waking my sister from her nightmare-less slumber, I gently shook her shoulder.

"Ginny, it's time to get up. We have things we need to get done." I almost laughed when she pulled the covers over her head and gave me a quiet "5 more minutes." Stopping myself from allowing her to sleep, I continued. "Sweetie, there will be time to sleep in later, but right now we need to get stuff taken care of. We need to unpack our things, visit the teachers, and I need you to pick up ingredients so I can have them ready for when Remus comes back to school." That seemed to wake Ginny up and she sat up and looked at the note in my hand. "What does that say?"

"Hermione and Ginny, I realized how tired you were when you got to your room, so in case you forgot the password, it's avenir. Also, I sent these trunks up so you can have somewhere to put anything you need for your mission in there. They will only open if it's one of you. No one else will be able to get in there so that's one less thing you will have to worry about. I look forward to seeing you roaming around the school. One last thing, the Marauders will be here next week, so I hope you will prepare yourselves for when you see your old friends.

Sincerely, Dumbledore."

While I was reading the letter, both Ginny and I felt different emotions. I know that for myself, when I saw that the password was avenir, I had to smile. Dumbledore's humor never ceased to make me happy. I was fluent in French, so I knew that avenir was the French word for future. I was slightly curios is to whether or not Dumbledore had the password changed just for us. Next, I felt grateful that he made sure the we were the only ones able to open the trunks. Knowing that Harry got his mischievous side from his father, we expected the Marauders to attempt to look through out things to find out more about us. Key word being attempt. Even without Dumbledore's help, we would have been able to put a spell on our stuff so nobody would be able to see what we had. After reading that part in the note, I glanced at Ginny and could see in her brown eyes that she was thinking the same thing as me. The last emotions I felt were sadness, happiness, and anger. Sad, because we were going to have to face the boys that wouldn't be able to live through the war if we didn't do anything about it. Ginny and I knew that we would have to face them, but we didn't think it would happen so soon. Happiness, because they were still alive. Anger, because they were betrayed. I had to work to push those emotions down, because Peter hadn't yet betrayed James.

I could feel Ginny tense next to me at the end of the note, and decided it was time to change the subject so we could hurry and get to work. I walked over to the trunk and opened it so I could start unpacking my things. I heard Ginny move and heard the light sound of creaking from her opening her own trunk. I noticed that the smell was that of a new trunk and felt slightly happy that Dumbledore cared enough about the future to do all this for us. One of the many things that was an advantage to being a part of the cat family as an animagus, was that my sense of smell and eyesight was extremely good. I could now adjust my eyes so I could see in the dark, which would be a good thing for if we needed to walk around the school at night. I noticed that Dumbl- Professor Dumbledore had the school uniform brought up for us and there were enough to last for at least a month before we would have to do laundry. I suspected that the extras were just in case we got in trouble and we were no longer able to use some of the uniforms.

I pulled a small package out of my pants and pulled out my wand. I had shrunk all of my things before we left and before Harry died. I felt sad for a moment but quickly remembered that one of the main reasons for coming back to the past was to prevent that from happening. I quickly and wordlessly cast the spell that would return my things to their original state. After I finished that, I cast a spell on my trunk in order make it have more room without growing and for it to have drawers.

Since we were always on the run, we never had time to get new clothes, so I didn't have any with me. I placed the books I brought will me inside the trunk. I had more books than I did during my school days, but the reasons were entirely different. I had books on spells, potions, werewolves, anamagi, centaurs, and the list could go on for hours. Next, I began to place the potions and ingredients that I had with me in some of the drawers. I didn't have many so I knew that I would have to go buy more supplies. I hated buying potions because you could never be sure they were made completely accurate. Next, I pulled out our older version of the Marauders map and Harry's old invisibility cloak. Both brought a sense of sadness as I remembered our school days. I began remembering how we used to get into trouble. Even though trouble came looking for us and we wouldn't be doing anything, it was still fun as long as we were with each other. Quickly placing both items in my trunk, I decided to go take a quick shower. We had a lot to do before next week came.

Ginny POV

While Hermione went to take her shower, I looked through my bag to make sure I had gotten everything out. I had brought photos of everyone and then one where we were all standing together. I wanted to bring them so I could see them smiling and happy next to my big sister and I. I sometimes wondered if they would be proud of us. If they would be happy that we were giving up everything for their future. It didn't matter too much because we had already lost everything, so coming back in time only meant we hadn't lost them yet.

I was also the one who brought our money. Luckily, money wasn't any different in the past of the wizarding world. Before we left, we got all the money we had inherited in order to bring it back with us. There was so much money we were able to bring back, that it could last for the rest of our lives and all the way down to Teddy's great great great grandchildren. After putting the money away and putting some in a purse, I waited for the panther.

While I sat on my bed looking out the window, I began to think. 'This will be difficult, but I hope we can change the future. No, we WILL change the future, even if it costs us our lives. That is what we decided.' After sitting in her thoughts for a few more minutes, a certain thought hit her mind. Just as I realized something that could be a problem Hermione came walking out with damp hair.

"Hermione! I've just realized a problem with our plan!" I all but screamed to the shocked woman. Looking slightly panicked Hermione quickly asked me what the problem was. "We are going to be born again, and if we live to see Harry, Ron, and the others, then they will know it's us. It can be a really bad thing if we see ourselves. Not to mention the fact that that could freak everyone out."

Sigh. "That's true. Tell you what, when we get settled in, I'll reread all the books I have and go through the library. I try to find a solution to this. There might be a spell that can prevent the us from this time from being born. Although there is a chance that we will disappear along with them." After thinking about what she said, I nodded.

"Well then Gatto, we should probably leave so we can get everything ready for our stay here. First, we should probably head to Hogsmeade so we can buy clothes, ingredients, and some books. I'm not sure what we need to do after that." Hermione went deep into thought for a moment, then seemed to come back to reality. She looked at me and smiled.

"Maybe until the week is over, we can try to look for the horcruxes that we already know about. We will need to get a few things in order to help us with that though. Harry told me the night Dumbledore died, he had to drink a potion in order to get to the horcrux, so maybe we should get that one out of the way. We will need to buy a few things in order help us recover."

While she was talking, I was using my wand to clean our clothes. Since school hadn't started yet, I figured we shouldn't wear our uniforms. After I finished repairing our clothes, Hermione removed the towel that had been hiding her underwear. Once we were dressed, the two of us left our room. On our way out of the castle, we noticed that Hogwarts wasn't really any different than when we went to school. It took us about 30 minutes to reach the secret passage leading to Honeydukes. After Hermione opened the passage, we began our trip to Hogsmeade.

When we finally reached the cellar, I was grateful that no one was currently inside the shop. Hermione let the way and walked out into the town. Thinking we needed a plan in order to get everything we need faster, I turned to Hermione and said, "I think we should split up. Since you are better at making potions and know all the ingredients we need, I think you should get that stuff. I will go over to the animal shop and get us both our animals. Then we can meet up at the book store then head over to the clothes shop. What do think Hermione." After nodding, we went our separate ways.

After reaching the animal shop, I looked around at all the animals that were there. I walked up to an owl that reminded me of Headwig. It was white but the feathers on its wings were slightly darker and faded to black. Deciding I would buy that owl, I noticed another next to it.

This owl seemed calmer and looked at me. This owl was almost the exact opposite of the one I had been previously looking at. The calm owl was pitch black. The beautiful owl reminded me of Hermione in many ways. My big sister was calm, and since the war, rarely ever had outbursts. Another similarity was that because of the war, Hermione had developed a liking to the color black. Deciding that these would be our owls, I walked up to the owner.

The woman looked up at me and smiled. "Hello. How may I help you?" I politely smiled back at the older woman. "I would like to buy the black and white owls over there." After I said that the woman asked me for the money and quickly got the cages. When I left, I began to make my way over to the book store to wait for my friend.

Hermione POV

After Ginny and I separated, I made my way over to the shop that sold potions, ingredients, and cauldrons. The moment I entered, I was hit with the familiar smell of the shop that I come to in order to get almost all of my ingredients. I looked around for a moment, then began picking up everything that I needed. After getting everything that I had to, I began to walk up to the counter. Suddenly, something caught my eye. I slowly turned my head, and saw beautiful necklaces.

After walking over to the stand that they were on, I began to look at what they had. I picked up a necklace that had a stag on it. Although in this time, people could think that the stag was James, it reminded me of Harry. The store clerk walked over to me and smiled. The man looked around fifty, but in the wizarding world, you could never be too sure.

"I see you like that necklace. Not many people have really been looking at them." I looked back down at the necklace I was holding. "These are really beautiful. This one reminds me of an old friend of mine. I think my other friend would like it." "If you would like, I can give you a discount on some of these. Also, I can fuse two together if you would like." I looked at the man slightly shocked, but then gave him a small smile. "I would appreciate that. Thank you."

I handed the old man a horse to fuse with the stag. I decided that would be a gift for Ginny. Then I looked over and picked up a choker that had a panther hanging from it. I also handed that to the man so I could buy it.

After leaving the shop with my purchases, I walked over to the book store. When I walked inside, I saw Ginny sitting at a table near the back. I walked over to the younger girl and saw the owls. The moment she saw me, the youngest Weasley smiled. "Hey Gin." I sat the bags down as I sat in the chair across from the red head. "Hey Hermione. These owls don't have names yet, but the black one made me think of you. This white one makes me think of Headwig, so I decided I would name her that." I nodded and noticed that it did look a lot like the snow owl. I looked at the other owl for a moment then spoke. "How do you feel about shadow?" The owl looked at me for a moment then nodded.

When I was about to get up, I reached into one of the bags I brought in with me. "What are you looking for?" Instead of answering her I pulled out both necklaces. After quickly putting mine on, I handed Ginny her own necklace.

Her eyes widened at the sight. After it had been fused together, the horse and stag had looked like they were running. They looked like they had been running and circling each other. "It's a gift for you, Cavallo. The stag reminded me of Harry, and I saw a separate necklace of a horse. I the store owner offered to fuse them together. Do you like it?" Instead of saying anything, Ginny grabbed me and pulled me into a tight hug. Tears were streaming down her face. I could tell they were a mixture of sadness from memories, and happiness.

After our emotional moment, we went around the store looking for any books that could help us. We bought books on werewolves, time, potions, and other things. Just when we were about to leave, another book caught my eye. I walked swiftly over to it and picked it up. Inside, I found a spell that when used, would prevent someone from being born. Unfortunately, it could only be used once for a person. I handed the book to Ginny and she walked over to the register and bought it.

After we walked out of the store with our owls and our bags, we crossed the street to get to the clothes shop. Once we were inside, we quickly began grabbing clothes. We didn't want too many, just enough to do our mission when we weren't working on our school things. After trying on many different outfits, we finally left with our new clothes.

Ginny bought five tank tops, each with a different color. Two were white, one was red, two more were purple. She bought ten pairs of dark brown baggy shorts so she could move around easier. Last, she bought a pair of regular black boots that came up just past her ankles.

Not wanting to much color in my wardrobe, I bought ten black short sleeve shirts that hugged my body without being too tight. Next I bought dark gray pants that came down just below my knees. The last things I bought were the same type of boots as Ginny and a long dark blue cloak.

Just as we began heading back to the school, the note Professor Dumbledore gave us began to glow. Taking it out, I noticed more words began to appear. The note gave us a list of the books we would need in our classes. Ginny quickly ran back to the book shop to get our books while I waited with the things we already had. After getting back, we began our walk back to the castle. About halfway there, I waved my wand and everything began to float and follow behind us.

When we got to the school, we quickly ran to our room and put our things away. Changing into one of my outfits while Ginny changed into her red tank top and shorts, we decided to hurry and get rid of one of the horcruxes. Just before we were about to walk out, I realized a problem we had.

"Shit!" Ginny turned to look at me curiously. Before she could ask what was wrong, I continued. "Ginny, we have a major problem. The basilisk isn't dead and we kind of need one of its fangs. We might be able to kill it, but we need to make sure we don't look it in the eye and try not to hit each other." The girl nodded and then said in a slightly worried tone. "Then we should quickly kill that stupid snake. Honestly, I hoped I wouldn't have to go back down there, but whatever." Nodding, I turned to leave, but saw the clock. "Tsk. It's already time for dinner. We should probably head down there and finish this up later."

It was at that time we both realized how hungry we were. Quickly making our way down to the Great Hall, we noticed a round table in the middle of the room. Professor Dumbledore saw us walking over to the table and smiled. "Since there aren't any other students here yet, the table is just big enough for those of us who are here." Nodding, Ginny and I took a seat next to Professor McGonagall.

Dumbledore looked at us then back at the teachers and began the introductions. "The woman you are sitting next to is Professor McGonagall, she teaches transfiguration." I nodded politely at my old professor. She nodded back seeming to approve of my manners. "Next is Professor Slughorn. He is in charge of our potions class." Professor Slughorn smiled at both of us. "I hope you do well in my class." Both of us replied with a short not. Our History of Magic teacher isn't here because he is ghost so he doesn't need to eat, but you will meet Professor Binns when classes start. Professor Flitwick is our charms teacher. Finally, Professor Sprout is the Herbology teacher. Although he hasn't yet arrived here at the school, our Care of Magical Creatures teacher is Professor Kettleburn. Everyone, these young ladies are Hermione Granger and Ginny Weasley."

After his introductions, I decided to speak up. "Thank you for introducing us Professor Dumbledore. I look forward to being in each of your classes." All the teachers seemed slightly amazed and pleased with my confident and mature tone. Ginny decided to add in her own greeting. Ginny spoke with a softer and gentler voice. "Thank you for letting us come into your classes so late into our education. I assure you that we won't let you down." Before anyone said anything else, McGonagall asked Ginny her own question. "Weasley? Are you related to Arthur Weasley?" "Yes, I am a distant relative of his. I don't expect him to know me though, since I rarely see too many people from my family." After that was said, everyone began to eat.

When we were finished eating, Ginny and I decided to speak to Dumbledore about a few things. Ginny was the one who walked up to him first. "Professor Dumbledore. We have a few things we would like to speak with you about. Since it seems no one else is here anymore, can we talk here?" Nodding, Dumbledore looked at us. Seeing this, the young girl continued. "First, we will be out of the castle tonight. We know where a horcrux is and we intend to go and get it. What we would like you to do, is inform Madam Pomfrey that a student will be coming into the infirmary late." "I can do that for you, but I must ask why you will need the infirmary." This time, I was the one to speak up. "It's because in order to get to the horcrux, one of us will need to drink a potion. When we get back, we will need to be treated. We are not completely sure of the side effects, so we will need to see a professional." Nodding, Dumbledore left in order to speak with the medical witch.

After leaving the great hall, Ginny and I made our way to the Chamber of Secrets. Mimicking some of what I heard Harry say in parseltongue, I opened the passage. Walking in, we found the snake. Not looking it in the eyes, Ginny quickly made its head explode, covering us with blood. "Thanks Cavallo." Hearing my sarcasm Ginny happily said, "No problem Gatto." Taking out all its fangs and cleaning the blood off ourselves, we made our way out of the castle to retrieve the horcrux.

It took us about an hour to find the place we needed to be, and looking at my watch just before we entered, I saw that it was around 10:00 pm. "Okay Ginny, remember that no matter what happens, you need to make sure I drink all of the potion." "Alright." After getting to the 'island', I walked up to where the potion was, took a deep breath and took a drink. The pain was unbearable. I collapsed to my knees and had trouble breathing. Ginny quickly came over to me and tried to help me up. I stopped her and looked into her brown eyes. "G-Ginny, you need to m-make me drink the rest." Nodding hesitantly, she turned around and got some more of the potion.

Ginny POV

Seeing Hermione in so much pain hurt me too. I kept putting the liquid in her mouth and I could see that with each drink, her pain was getting worse. I watched has she gasped for breath and tears streamed down her face. I wanted for it to end. After what seemed like ages, the potion was gone and I was finally able to get the horcrux. I grabbed ahold of my sisters arm and lifted her into the boat. We made it across the water without any trouble.

After leaving the cave, we took a few steps and I apparated us to the Shrieking Shack. I looked back at Hermione again and saw that the pain became too much and she passed out. I quickly transformed into a horse and lifted her onto my back. I tried to hurry back to the castle without dropping her. I couldn't get her look of pain out of my head.

After some maneuvering, I managed to hit the knot on the Whomping Willow and get it to stop moving. I almost reaching the front of the school when I saw Dumbledore standing at the doors with Madam Pomfrey. The older witch took one look at Hermione and quickly used her wand to lift my sister in the air and carry her to the infirmary. I changed back and followed closely behind with Professor Dumbledore.

At around 2 am, Hermione was sleeping peacefully on one of the beds. "What happened to that poor girl? She wasn't in good condition and I'm not expecting her to wake up any time soon." I looked at Madam Pomfrey then at Dumbledore. "I think it would be a good choice to tell her, Professor Dumbledore." Turning to the medical witch, Dumbledore began to tell her the story we had confessed to him the day before. After getting over her shock, she turned to me.

"I understand that this means you might be in here a lot. I don't expect her to be up any time soon. The least amount of time she will spend in this state will probably 4 days, at most it will take her a week and a half. That was one bad potion. It was a good thing she got here when she did. I will allow you to sleep in here until she wakes up and fully recovers." With that said the Headmaster and medical witch left me sitting next to my friend.

I stood up and made my way up to our room. I opened my trunk and pulled out a small box. I cast a spell on it so it couldn't affect anything outside of the box and nothing could affect what was inside the box. After doing this, I place the necklace inside the box and walked back down to where Hermione was. After laying down in a bed next to hers, I got lost deep in thought.

'I hope she will wake up soon. She's strong, so I know she will be fine.' I fell asleep while in my thoughts.

Was that chapter any better? I know it's kind of long but I think that I did a pretty good job. Thank you everyone who had been reading my story. See you next chapter. ^_^