A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews! :D So, here's chapter two, though I think it may be a bit shorter…I don't really know. Also, I'm kind of new to fanfiction…if someone could PM me, I have a few questions about the site. Alright, enough babbling. Here we go!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. All I have is the whole movie and book set, tons of posters, and three wands…but not the actual series. *sigh*

'This can't be happening...1979? Impossible! What kind of curse could do that? The kind that leaves a scar, yes, but still...' Hermione thought as she walked up to the Gryffindor common room with Sirius. The Fat Lady yawned after Sirius loudly cleared his throat and looked at them with an annoyed expression.
"Password?"
"Time frogs," Sirius said, and the Fat Lady's portrait swung open, revealing the nearly empty common room. Hermione stepped inside and looked around, trying to play her part well. 'Don't act like you already know where everything is, Hermione...it will only arouse suspicion from everyone.'
There were two people in the common room besides Hermione and Sirius, both of which were sitting in the seats by the fireplace that Hermione, Harry, and Ron would normally occupy back in her time. A pang of homesickness came, but Hermione shook it off and focused on the two students. The first was a girl with fiery red hair and piercing emerald green eyes; the second had almond colored eyes, messy black hair, and round glasses that sat on the bridge of his nose. James and Lily. The two seemed to be in a heated argument.
"...and for the final time, Potter, I won't go out with you! You would think that seven years of denial would get that idea into your thick head, but I guess not!" Lily shouted, standing up and marching off to the girl's dormitory. Sirius raised an eyebrow at James.
"Asked Evans out again?"
"Yes," James replied.
"Use a cheesy pick-up line again?"
"Yes."
"Figured as much," Sirius said, sitting in the seat formerly occupied by Lily, and motioned for Hermione to sit in the third seat. She did, still looking at everything like they would disappear at any given moment, and she'd be back with Harry, Ron, and everyone else.
"James, this is Hermione. She went to Beauxbaton, but was being chased by Death Eaters. Her whole family. They trusted Dumbledore to keep her safe, I suppose, so she's going to go to school here for the remainder of the year," Sirius lied smoothly. Hermione nodded in agreement to the story. Her lack of lying abilities will make it hard to make her story believable...she was thankful Sirius had explained.
James looked startled. "Blimey...that's rough. I can't imagine being in hiding because of Death Eaters...but why did we find you bloodied up in the Forbidden Forest?"
Hermione looked down at her feet, and thought up a decent and believable lie. If she looked at her feet, maybe he'll actually believe her. "Um...I was looking for the entrance of the school. It was obviously in front of me, I realize that now, but I was disoriented from blood loss. I walked in the wrong direction and collapsed in the forest for who knows how long. I may have died if you guys hadn't found me." Hermione said quietly. Everything was silent for a few moments, then a voice came from behind her.
"That's awful, Hermione."
Hermione turned and saw Lily standing behind her chair, giving her a small smile. "I'm Lily, by the way."
"Oh! And I'm James, and that's Sirius." James chimed in. Hermione smiled at them all.
"Nice to meet you all."
Suddenly, a huge crowd came into the Gryffindor common room, and the students looked to see panicked faces. Hermione immediately recognized the eldest person in the room; she looked exactly the same as she did in 1999. Professor McGonagal was trying to calm everyone down, but no one would listen. Two students made their way over to Sirius, Hermione, Lily, and James. The first was a tall, studious looking boy with a small scar on his left cheek, and looked tired; the second was short and resembled a rat. They were Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Hatred swarmed inside Hermione the instant she saw Peter, but she kept it hidden.
"Mooney, what's going on?" James asked. Remus looked out the window.
"It's You-Know-Who...he was spotted in Hogsmeade. Three were killed purely for being Muggleborn."
"What? How did he know their blood status?" Lily asked in a frightened tone of voice.
"He forced them to tell him, of course." Peter said quietly. "He always gets his way."
'Coward!' Hermione wanted to scream at him, but again kept it down. She looked like the only one in the room who wasn't frightened. Her wand was firmly grasped in her hand, and she went to the window. Hermione could just make out Hogsmeade...and the Dark Mark in the sky above it. Jaw set, she rejoined the Marauders and Lily.
"Hermione...aren't you frightened?" Sirius asked. She slowly shook her head.
"I've been dealing with Voldemort-" Everyone flinched at his name. "-since I was eleven years old. And I'd try to stop flinching at his name. Fear of the name is fear of the thing itself, and that's exactly what Voldemort wants. If everyone learned to understand it's just a name, he wouldn't be so powerful...people might actually stand up to him..."
All four students stared at Hermione with mixed expressions on their faces. They went from horror to impressed to understanding and back to horror. Hermione sighed and looked back at the Dark Mark in the sky, the word 'Mudblood' on her arm tingling at the sight of it.
"Hermione...how did you learn to be so brave? To use his name without fear?" James asked quietly. She looked at James and gave him a small smile.
"I don't know. I had to grow up far faster than anyone should have to, I realize this now...and small things like names just fade with time."
Sirius walked from the fireplace to the window next to Hermione. "Will we have to fight him? You-Know-Who, I mean."
Hermione looked up at him. "Not in this life time, Sirius. That's all I can tell you."
Slowly in the distance, the Dark Mark faded away, along with the terror of Voldemort so close to Hogwarts, and life went back to normal. Almost.