Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters just the plot for this story.

Yes a lot of information has been shared between Hermione and Dumbledore and Hermione will reveal more in this chapter but if you were in her situation would you change try and change things to save the people you love?

Chapter 4- The Truth Will Out

One month later.

I woke up to a familiar red-head nudging my shoulder. "Five more minutes, Ginny." I groaned before rolling over onto my other side.

"Ginny?" I rolled back over and came face to face with a confused Lily Evans.

"Sorry. It's the hair. It reminds me of my friend Ginny." She smiled and I sat up creating room for her to sit on my bed.

"I spoke to Sev," she said as she sat down. "He said that he was attacked by a weird girl skipping through the corridors the other week."

"Oh really." I replied, trying to remain indifferent. "That's unusual." She laughed heartily at this before fixing me with an all-knowing smile that would rival Dumbledore's.

"I know it was you."

"I was having a Luna moment. She is one of my friends. To put it politely she sees everything from a completely different angle." I giggled.

"If you have such great friends why have you moved here?" Think fast!

"So that I can get the best possible grades for my N.E.."

"Well I suppose so. Anyway," she said jumping up, "get dressed so that we can go for breakfast." With that she skipped out of the room. I dragged myself out of bed and freshened up before getting dressed and going down to the common room.

"Come on 'Mione! I'm hungry!" I heard Sirius moan. I swear all that guy thinks about is food, alcohol and women.

"I'm coming!" I said as I approached the group.

"Well it didn't take as long to get you to say that as I thought it would." My face grew red as he smirked at me.

"You're disgusting, Black. By the way… you're not my type." I said effectively wiping the smile off of his face. Satisfied I walked through the portrait hole and started towards the Great Hall.

"So what is your type?" I turned my head to the right to find Remus smiling down at me. With no fear in my eyes I replied,

"You." This seemed to shock him, but I must have embarrassed him as a healthy pink tinge adorned his cheeks as he smiled shyly at me. I smiled widely at him as we carried on towards breakfast. As we reached the Gryffindor table Dumbledore appeared.

"Miss. Granger I wish to speak to you after breakfast. You will be excused from all lessons today." Then as quickly as he had arrived he disappeared.

"What was that all about?" Remus asked before sitting down and patting the seat next to him.

"I'm not sure." I lied. Breakfast passed really quickly and when I saw Dumbledore leave I told the others that I would see them later. I ran off to Dumbledore's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." I opened the door and sat in my usual seat and waited for him to begin. "How are you settling in, Miss. Granger?"

"Fine thank you."

"And you've made friends?" he queried.

"Yes." I replied. Where is he going with this?

"I have completed my research on your predicament and have found that I cannot send you back." I felt the air leave my lungs and suddenly became light headed.

"Excuse me?"

"I cannot send you back. It seems as though you have a task to fulfil and only when you have completed your task can you get home."

"Pity I don't know what my task is. Perhaps it's to make Harry's life easier. To ensure that he has a family."

"We won't know until you try."

"Well I'll get straight to it." I left Dumbledore's office and ran to the common room. I climbed the stairs to my room and grabbed some parchment and my quill and ink before returning to the common room to sit at a table near the fire. And began to make a list.

Remus

-Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts (1993-1994)

-Marries Nymphadora Tonks 31st August 1998

Sirius

-Harry's Godfather

-Sent to Azkaban for the murder of Pettigrew (1981)

-First person to escape from Azkaban (1993)

-Killed 18th June 1996 by Bellatrix Lestrange in the Department of Mysteries.

James and Lily

-Married shortly after school

-Harry James Potter born 31st July 1980

-Hidden by insistence of Snape

-Betrayed by Pettigrew who is their secret keeper

-Killed 31st October 1981 by Voldemort in Godric's Hollow

Pettigrew

-DO NOT TRUST!

-Fakes death framing Sirius then turns in to his animagus form and becomes Scabbers

Horcruxes

-Tom Riddle's Diary- Destroyed by Harry-Given to Ginny by Lucius Malfoy

-Marvolo Gaunt's ring- Destroyed by Dumbledore- Gaunt Shack

-Ravenclaw's diadem- Destroyed by Harry- Room of Requirement

-Hufflepuff's cup- Destroyed by me- Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at Gringotts

-Slytherin's locket- Destroyed by Ron- In Dolores Umbridge's possession

-Nagini- Killed by Neville- At Voldemort's side

-Harry- Destroyed by Voldemort

"Hermione!" I spun round to see Lily and the Marauder's all laughing. "We've been trying to get your attention for the past ten minutes. All we could hear was you mumbling about random objects. What are you doing?" Remus asked looking over my shoulder. I quickly tried to cover up my parchment but Remus grabbed it and started to read it. The confusion was clear on his face. "What is this?" I grabbed it back and pulled him in for a hug whispering in his ear,

"When Pettigrew has left bring Lily, James and Sirius up to my room. You cannot tell Pettigrew anything." I leaned back still encased in his arms. "I didn't want you to find out like this." I retreated and ran up the stairs to my room to await their arrival.

It was about twenty minutes before my door opened. Remus sat on my bed and Sirius and James sat on Lily's with Lily in James' lap. "Right where to start."

"At the beginning maybe." Sirius laughed.

"But it depends on whose perspective we use. Mine would begin in 1979 and end in 1977. I succeeded in wiping the smile off of his face.

"How is that possible?"

"I will tell you. James and Lily when you graduate you two will get married and have a baby. On 31st July 1980 Harry James Potter will be born. Voldemort will try to recruit you will hide in Godric's Hollow as Snape told Dumbledore of Voldemort's plans to kill you. So you hide and Pettigrew is your secret keeper."

"Why do you keep calling him Pettigrew?" asked Remus.

"I'll get to that in a second. Sirius, you will be Harry's godfather. Pettigrew will betray you and tell Voldemort of your whereabouts. He will kill James and Lily and tries to kill Harry. But as Lily will sacrifice herself to save Harry it creates a kind of shield. He will be protected by old magic. The magic of love. He will be the only known person to survive the killing curse. Pettigrew will get scared and cut off a finger before turning into his animagus form so that everyone will believe that his is dead. Sirius will be framed for his murder and will be sent to Azkaban. He will then escape after twelve years. The first person to escape. Being an unregistered animagus really does help." I said smiling at him. "During this time Remus will be my Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in my third year. When Sirius shows up at Hogwarts… well lets just say a lot of crazy shit went down." This caused them all to laugh. "Well there was a lot of dementors, a grim, a werewolf and a hippogriff." When I mentioned the werewolf Remus visibly flinched inching away from me. I grabbed him and turned him toward me before whispering in his ear. "I don't care." I turned to the group. "Pettigrew was shown to be my friend Ron's rat. But as Remus changed into a werewolf he escaped. Harry and I ended up having to use a time turner to save Sirius for the Dementor's Kiss. Sirius then went into hiding and Remus resigned. Voldemort returned in my fourth year and tried to kill Harry by using the tri-wizard cup as a portkey and transporting him to a place where he would be alone. Thankfully, Harry was able to get away. He became a tri-wizard champion. In my fifth year we ended up in a battle in the Ministry of Magic. That is the day that Bellatrix Lestrange killed Sirius."

"I always hated her." groaned Sirius.

"None more than I." I whispered, old memories surfacing. Remus' arms wrapped around my waist. "In my sixth year Snape killed Dumbledore. And what should have been my seventh year we were searching for Horcruxes."

"Horcruxes?" Lily asked.

"It's an object in which someone has placed a part of their soul so basically they can't die. Voldemort made six and one unintentionally. Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's cup, Ravenclaw's diadem, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, Tom Riddle's diary, Nagini the snake and Harry."

"Harry? Harry becomes a horcrux?" James asked angrily.

"That night that Voldemort was destroyed in Godric's Hollow his soul was ripped apart by killing Lily, that part of his soul latched on to the only living thing in that room. Harry. When we had destroyed all of the Horcruxes apart from Nagini Harry had to die."

"No!" cried Lily. "That's my son!" I could see the tears forming in her eyes.

"When Voldemort killed Harry he didn't actually kill him. He killed the part of his soul living inside Harry. Thinking that Harry was dead he reduced his protection on Nagini allowing Neville to kill her and Harry to kill Voldemort. On 2nd May 1998 the war is over and the light win." I looked at Remus "And on 31st August 1998 Remus Lupin marries Nymphadora Tonks."

"Wait." said Sirius raising his hand to stop the conversation. "Remus marries my little cousin?"

"Yes. That was the day I died."

"Died? You can't be dead I can see you now. You're not see through." said James. I got up off my bed and moved to the trunk at the end of it. I lifted the lid and pulled out my blood stained dress. There was gasps all around.

"At the wedding reception Death Eaters showed up. I was hit with a sectumsempra." I turned to Remus. "I died in your arms." That was when the first tear fell. Remus jumped up off of my bed and pulled me into his arms crashing his lips down onto mine. His soft lips slid against my own as I poured every ounce of my love for him into that kiss. We only pulled apart when someone cleared their throat."

"So how do you know so much?" Lily asked as Remus sat down and pulled me onto his lap. I am Hermione Jean Granger. I was born 19th September 1979 to muggle parents and Harry James Potter is my best friend. We have been through a hell of a lot together. Harry, myself and Ron Weasley make up the Golden Trio, as people like to call us. I lost count how many school rules were broken over the course of out Hogwarts education. Especially when I brewed Polyjuice potion in our second year." I cringed thinking about the time I ended up as a human cat.

"Wait. You brewed Polyjuice potion in your second year?" Sirius asked with shock written across his features.

"Yes." I confirmed.

"Wow! You must be like some kind of super witch." I giggled at this.

"No I just read a lot."

"Do you mind telling us why you hate Bellatrix so much?" asked Sirius. My smile soon faded.

"As I said earlier both of my parents are muggles and as I'm sure you realised Dumbledore is not my Godfather. While Harry, Ron and I were searching for Horcruxes we were captured by some Snatchers and taken to Malfoy Manor. They found the Sword of Gryffindor in my bag which was supposed to in Bellatrix's vault. But one day while I was sleeping it presented itself to Harry, but she wouldn't believe this. So she tortured me before," I slid up the sleeve of my jumper and removed the glamour that I had placed on my scar, "carving this into my arm." They all flinched at it and I withdrew my arm covering it up again. "It is something that I will have to live with everyday. Yes the cruciatus hurt more, but it left no trace." The end of my story was met with silence before James asked,

"So who do we have to watch out for?"

"Pettigrew, all Lestrange members most of Slytherin really."

"What about Snivellous?" asked Sirius.

"When Lily's life is threatened he turns spy for the Order of the Phoenix. Without him we would never have won the war. He's a war hero. It's a shame he died."

"Died?" asked Lily.

"Nagini." This caused her to cringe into James' arms. "Well through telling you all of this it might have stopped a lot of people from dying. I hope it has saved you three, Harry needs you and Remus needs his friends." I reached for my wand and muttered a few charms over the parchment. "Only you four, myself and Dumbledore can see what is written on this parchment. You can't tell anyone else what I've told you. We could all be in danger if you do."

"But by just being here you changed what will happen in the future." stated Remus.

"Dumbledore thinks that I won't be able to get back until I've completed my task."

"What task?" inquired Lily.

"That's the thing. I don't know. I assume it's to make Harry's life easier. I'm happy to be here though. I know you're not my Remus and Sirius but you're as close as it gets. I've missed you guys. And it's great to meet you two."

"Whatever it is we will help you do it." said Remus.

"Thank you all of you. I hope I succeed. Who knows how lives I can save."

A/N: WOOOOOOOO! That was a long one! I know that it is just basically telling the Harry Potter stories but it needed to be done. I hope I made it interesting. R&R. Let me know what you think.