-Chapter Two-

Madame Pomfrey came back later to wake her up and to tell her that she was fine to go.

"Professor Dumbledore came by earlier and told me to tell you to go see him as soon as you're all better" she said, closing the curtain to give Hermione privacy while changing. Hermione nodded and looked at the clothes she was supposed to change into.

"Where did those come from?" she asked.

"Dumbledore gave them to me when he came" and with that she left. Hermione took the skirt and lifted it in front of her for better observation. It was longer then the one she usually wore but besides that, the rest was about the same. She noticed that Dumbledore had neglected to give her a cloak, but that didn't matter.

So with a shrug of her shoulders and a ratter un-lady like sigh, she got up and got dressed. When she was done she sat down on the edge of her bed and waited for Madame Pomfrey to come back but after ten minutes she decided to go out without Pomfrey's ok. She opened the curtain, looked to her left and then her right and when she was sure the nurse was nowhere in sight, she walked away from her bed.

As she walked towards the doors, Madame Pomfrey walked out of one of the curtains.

"Miss Granger, I'm sorry I kept you waiting, you are free to go. Have a nice day"

"You to Madame Pomfrey" and with that she turned around, not bothering to look back to see if Remus was still there and made her way towards the doors once more. As she turned right at the door, she almost dumped into someone.

"Oh sorry" came a deep masculine voice. She looked up only to come face to face with Harry's twin. The resemblance between Harry and this guy was almost identical except the shape of the glasses and the color of his eyes. By then she assumed that this was either James Potter or Harry decided to try change a few things but she knew better.

"Its fine…" she whispered. She gave him a little smile and stepped aside to walk on but before she got anywhere, James stopped her.

"Hey, umm… I've never seen you here"

"No, I'm kind of new…"

"A bit late to be transferred"

"I'm not a transferred student…" she wasn't sure she should have said that but now was to late to take it back.

"Oh… well it was nice meeting you…umm"

"Hermione" she said, still a bit uncomfortable about letting that slip.

"Well see you around Hermione" he said, looking at her suspiciously for a brief second, giving her a smile.

"See you"

She was still feeling uncomfortable as she reached Dumbledore's office. She suddenly realized that she didn't know the password up to his office, which put her in an unsettling situation. She sat on the ground, hoping someone will come by to help her get in. About twenty minutes later, she heard foot steps in the distance and got up quickly.

It was black haired, scrawny sort of guy but not all distasteful.

"Excuse me?" she called out bashfully. The boy turned around, a hint of a sneer on his face.

"Yes?" he asked as though he was annoyed.

"You would mind helping me?" she asked, trying to smile as best as she could. He looked, no stared down at her, evaluating her for a moment.

"What's the problem?"

"I don't know the password to Dumbledore's office" for some reason she felt ashamed not to know something so simple as a password when usually she knows about everything there is to know about Hogwarts.

"It's Dungbomb" he answered tersely.

"Thanks..um…"

"Severus" and with that he left quickly.

Thoughts came rushing in her head as he pronounced his name, making her assumptions of earlier true, there was too much evidence. She shook her head, turned to the statue and said Dungbomb to it. It moved, dust floating down as it started making its way up. She climbed the stairs, trying to put all of her thoughts away, and came to a stop a the brass door. She knocked twice and heard him telling her to come in.

"Hello Miss Granger, I trust you didn't have any problems finding my office?" he asked, sitting at his desk, a knowing smile and glint in his eyes.

"No" she answered, not missing a beat. With a motion of his hand, he directed her to a chair in front of his desk. She nodded politely and made herself comfortable in the chair.

"Now, from what you've told me so far, I have come to the conclusion that you somehow time traveled back from whatever time you were in, which I would like to know"

"I come from the year 1999"

"Which means you traveled back twenty one years in the past" he said, running a finger on his chin thoughtfully.

"Before you tell me something else sir, I must tell you something. I let it slip to James Potter that I wasn't a transferred student. He assumed I was and I told him I wasn't. We're going to have to come up with something else…" she exclaimed.

"We could simply say that there was a personal crisis in your family and you had to come to Hogwarts, because you were home schooled" Hermione thought a moment about Dumbledore's suggestion and when none other came to mind she agreed to it. "Now there's also the matter of where to put you. When we found you, you were wearing a Gryffindor emblem on your blouse, in which we were able to know what house you belong to. We can't put you in any other house because Miss Kingsley already knows what house you're from, are you alright with that?"

"Yes sir. I wouldn't want to be in any other house anyways"

"Now there's something else to, actually there are two things. Firstly I would like to tell the students, when I present you, that you are my niece and the reason is that as school policy, we don't usually have students come in so late or be transferred in your seventh year, you are in your seventh year aren't you?" she nodded and he continued. "The only way you could possibly be here, besides of reasons by the ministry, is to be closely related to me. Now I know some people know your last name is Granger, that's why, when students ask you why it's not Dumbledore, tell them you took your mother's maiden name. Secondly, there's the more serious matter, about you being Lycanthrope. Now you were lucky to have arrived just when the cycle finished, which gives you a month to prepare" he finished on a more sympathetic note.

"Sir, I noticed that Remus was in the hospital this morning. I know about him being a werewolf" she looked down at her lap, her fingers were intertwined.

"Then I suggest you befriend him, and maybe eventually tell him. I it your personal choice to explain to him how it happened but I will warn you not to reveal anything from the future that could have a major impact. I still don't how I will be able to bring you back home in your time, and if ever there comes no solution, you may see fit to do what is that you please as long as it is for good reasons" Hermione put on a small, unsure smile, thinking of all the changes she could do to prevent what was about to take place not too long from now. For some reason she had thought that maybe it wasn't a coincidence that she had been sent back in time, maybe it was her duty to change something but then there times when there is no reason reasons at all, just because. That's the word, because. But what ever happened to the saying "Everything happens for a reason" maybe this was one of those…

She had to stop thinking, because apparently Dumbledore was talking to her.

"… she will be meeting you at the bottom of the stairs, and she will show you around, even though I know you probably know the place inside out. I don't want anyone knowing about your true identity just yet."

"Um…yes sir"

"After she's done, she'll bring you to the great hall for supper, and then we'll present you to the school. Everything will be fine" he ended, rose from his chairs elegantly and walked around his desk to show Hermione out.

By the time Professor McGonagall had completed her tour with Hermione, and that Hermione had explained to her favorite teacher her little lie about why she was here, it was time for supper.

Hermione sat nervously between McGonagall and Dumbledore. She had butterflies in her stomach and could truthfully admit that she hadn't felt that way since the sorting in her first year. Her nervousness increased the moment she noticed Dumbledore was standing in front of the teacher's staff table. He raised his hands, automatically silencing the ever so gossipy students, bringing every pair of eyes to him. But not for long, Hermione thought trying miserably to calm down.

"Good evening students. Before we move on to our wonderful meal, I have an announcement to make" he began, looking back a second, his eyes meeting Hermione's before looking back at the students. "We have a new student joining us this evening" he paused, motioned Hermione to join him by his side. When she reached his side, all the students attention went from Dumbledore to her. "My niece, Hermione Granger" a light, shocked whisper broke out in the Hall like an epidemic. The buzz slowly dissipated and finally came to a stop when Dumbledore's hand rose once more.

"She will be joining the Gryffindor's and I hope that all of you will gladly welcome her. Let's eat!" he clapped his hands, food appearing before them, hunger filling every students eyes. Everyone applaud in respect of a new student. Dumbledore patted Hermione's shoulder in encouragement, and pushed her lightly and watched her walk towards the Gryffindor table.

She had no idea where to sit, and if that wasn't bad enough, everyone was looking at her. A hand jerked up, waving frantically. She walked to it. It was James.

"Hi James" she said happily and somewhat relieved. She sat down between him and a black haired boy.

"Hello Hermione, I didn't know you were the big boss's niece" he smirked. Hermione couldn't believe she was sitting with Harry's parents, and parts of her sadden at the thought of Harry never having the chance to meet them.

"So are you going to introduced us or not" came a silky voice to her left. It was the black haired boy.

"Ok,ok. So Hermione, that little player here is Sirius" he started, pointing towards the black haired boy. "This here" he continued, pointing to a sandy haired boy in front of her. "is Remus. Beside him is Peter and besides Peter is the ever sexy Lily" he finished, winking at Lily.

"Shut up James" Lily exclaimed, throwing a piece of bread at his head but missed.

"So, Herm, can I call you Herm?" Sirius asked sweetly. She nodded. "So Herm, since you're related to the big man, does that mean that you can get away with anything…?" he asked, his eyebrows wiggling suggestively.

"Don't listen to him Hermione" Lily interrupted. Hermione turned to the red headed girl. "He flirts with anything that has breast" she pointed out.

"I do not!" he exclaimed, faking a pout. James rolled his eyes smiling, Hermione was deeply confused and deeply blushing, Lily was giving a strange look towards Sirius, Peter had no idea what was going on as usual and Remus, well Remus said nothing, until:

"So what were you doing in the hospital?" he asked her seriously. Hermione starred, numbly into those silvery green eyes; eyes she had memorized so well yet seemed so unfamiliar to her now and definitely unfamiliar to him. She missed him, she realized and she was afraid to know what happened to him after she vanished. A tear rolled down her cheek, quickly wiping it away, she made sure no one had seen it but she knew Remus had.

And even though she knew he had seen her, he still waited there, wanting to know.

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A/N

Well thanks for the reviews, you guys have made me SOOO happy! I need all this happiness, especially now since I'm getting married in a week! But don't worry, that won't slow down the process.

I'd like to personally thank all my reviewers, with individual messages and just to let you know that whenever there's a birthday (unless I don't find out) I will tell you happy birthday:

--Moon of Time : Happy belated Birthday!

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