CHAPTER IV

"I'm sorry professor but I cannot wait anymore, I need you to tell me where is Hermione? I know that you told everyone that she needed to go with her parents because of personals reasons and that she will come back soon, but I know Hermione, she's my best friend! And I know that she'll never disappeared just like that without a note or something" The black-haired boy said increasing his voice with each sentence. Harry Potter stood before the headmaster of Hogwarts Albus Dumbledore and his Head of House Minerva Mcgonagall flanked by Ronald Weasley and Ginny Weasley, the trio wore a worrisome look on their faces and bags under their eyes, a clear sign of the lack of sleep that the three teenagers have had since the disappearing of Hermione Granger.

"Mr. Potter, I'm going to need you to calm down and-" started to say Dumbledore but was quickly cut off by Ginny Weasley who ran a hand through her fiery red hair in frustration "Professor with all due respect it has been two weeks since Hermione disappeared and she hadn't send a single letter explaining why! So forgive me if I offend you but that's not like Hermione at all"

"Besides we all know that she and her parents were in great terms, just a week ago she received a snow globe from them of their trip to Edinburgh" added Ron furrowing his brow in thought "They were in a conference of….ummm…teeth fixers?"

"Dentist" Harry corrected "Yeah that" Ron concluded crossing his arms over his chest.

"Professor, she might be in trouble, with Voldemort back and the death eaters causing chaos, what if they did something to her?!" Harry exclaimed, his hands shaking and he was pacing back and forth around the room.

Minerva let out a sigh and looked at Dumbledore with severity "I told you so Albus, they're far too close to let this slip" Dumbledore nodded in agreement and cleaned his half-moon glasses with the sleeves of his robes "You're right, but before I tell you what happened with Miss. Granger you must promise that anything said here, stays here. Understood?" when the three of them nodded he continued "Miss. Granger has indeed disappear, it was an accident I can assure you that and it wasn't the deatheaters that caused it…I'm afraid it was Hogwarts itself"

"Hold on a second" said Ronald who was surprisingly the first one to wake up from his stupor "Professor are you telling us that the school made Hermione disappear just like that? Without a reason? Do you know where she is now? Did…did the school killed her?!"

"But…but how?" asked Ginny with a look of utter confusion.

"Now…now…this situation it's rather odd let me explain it for parts. Hogwarts it's an ancient place full of ancient magic, numerous famous and talented wizards and witches have studied and lived here so it's no surprise that they have experimented here or marked some place in specific with powerful magic. I have to admit that as much as I'd like, I don't know all of Hogwarts, merely a fraction…through the years I discover new places here and sometimes it's by students that have had unexpected discover them" he gave them a significant look before continuing "I can't say how or why Miss. Granger found one of those places that unfortunately made her "disappear" but I can tell you that she's alive"

"But if she's alive, where is she?" Asked Harry exasperate "And how do you know that she's alive?"

"It's more of a feeling Mr. Potter" at the puzzled look that the trio gave him, Minerva decided to continue, scowling at Dumbledore who merely smiled with that annoying twinkle in his piercing blue eyes "We can't say where she is because we are not completely sure if our suspicions are correct. We think she's here in Hogwarts-"

"Professor Dumbledore just say Hogwarts made her disappear" Ron protested getting frustrated more and more with each minute.

"And it did" affirmed Mcgonagall glaring at the redhead for interrupting her "We think she's here in Hogwarts but in 1976"

"But professor that's impossible! Hermione told me she gave you the time turner" Harry said jumping from his chair.

"Indeed and I have it in my vault in Gringotts. I thought we made it clear that it was Hogwarts who caused the accident"

"So…Hogwarts made her time travel and now she's stuck in the past?" Ginny recapitulated at the nod from both adults she asked "And how did you realized it?"

"Some things are changing Miss. Weasley" responded the Headmaster "Especially in the memory of the professors, there are some memories that are being replaced for others in which Miss. Granger is present"

After a couple of minutes of silence it was Harry who broke it "And…there is a way of bringing her back right?"

"I think our younger self are working on it" Dumbledore responded with sympathy upon seeing the unshed tears in Harry's eyes "But till then, there's nothing we can do to bring her back"

"If it's any consolation, we are working on a way to communicate with her or our younger self" Mcgonagall informed placing a comforting hand in Ginny's shoulder who was sobbing.


Sweating and crying Hermione woke up from her dream, Narcissa was right there making circles in her back in a soothing way.

"Hermione" the blonde spoke softly "Are you okay? Did you have a nightmare?"

"I…yes" Hermione rezponded monotonously, she was hiccupping, her heart felt like it was being clenched and her brain was in overdrive "was it…? Was it real? Harry, Ginny and Ron…they're…"

"Hermione?" Narcissa called her again but the brunette was still looking blankly at the wall "Hermione!"

"If they find a way to communicate with me? How I'm going to explain to them that I don't have anything about the room yet and neither does Dumbledore? If they do….I wouldn't have to steal the map! Harry could tell me…Harry could…Harry…Ron…"

"HERMIONE!" Narcissa shook her with more force finally bringing her out of her stupor, Hermione just blinked before realizing that Narcissa was very close, a look of worry masked her entire face.

"Narcissa? What are you doing in my bed?"

"I heard you crying and murmuring names and other things I couldn't quite understand" the blonde cupped her cheek and looked closer, inspecting every inch of her face once she finished she drew away before quietly asking "Were you dreaming of your family and other friends?"

"Yes" Hermione replied not being able to keep looking at those intense eyes at the feel of new tears coming so she hung her head low "I missed them so much"

"Hey" the blonde grabbed her chin and softly made her look back at her "I'm here for you, for whatever you need, for whenever you want to talk about them, I'm here. I promise if I can do anything to help you I will" at the weak nod from Hermione she smiled warmly and hugged her giving her a chaste kiss on her temple "How about you rest? It's 3:00 am"

"Narcissa?" Hermione called her when she saw the blonde made her way to her own bed "Thank you"

"You're welcome" Narcissa smiled reassuringly once more before getting under the covers of her bed.


The day has passed in a bliss for Hermione, she has been wandering the same corridor where the room sent her a week ago to this year for three hours and nothing has happened, she even recreated the path she crossed from Hagrid's hut to this corridor, she grabbed the same amount of books (the same ones she had that day but this year edition) and rested herself on the same wall, she repeated everything.

"Miss. Grace Can I ask you what are you doing?" Mcgonagall asked readjusting her hat with her right hand "I've been watching you for a while now and I don't know what exactly you are trying to do"

"Professor I…" Hermione blushed before realizing that in fact repeating everything she has done that day wasn't going to bring her anywhere, remembering the dream that a few a hours ago she had, she frowned, determination written in her face "Professor I need to speak with you and professor Dumbledore right now"

"May I ask why?" Minerva asked taken aback by the look on Hermione's face.

"You'll know when we are with Dumbledore" with a last nod from her transfiguration professor she proceeded to lead the way to Dumbledore's office.

"Albus, Miss. Grace here has required a word with both of us" Minerva informed to the old wizard who smiled knowingly at Hermione and nodded entwining his fingers over the table.

"Ah yes, I was wondering when would you come"

"I'm sorry professor, I know I should have come earlier but I really need to know what you have found about the room"

"I'm sorry for interrupting but of what room are you talking about?" Minerva asked fixing her glasses up her nose and crossing her arms over her chest.

"I assume that you want professor Mcgonagall here to be informed of the situation, may I ask why?"

"I…I had a…dream or vision it depends on how you look at it" scratching the back of her neck Hermione continued "And you two were in there…"

Nodding Dumbledore proceeded to inform Mcgonogall of everything that has happened regarding Hermione's arrival to the year "So you're telling me that Miss. Grace, I mean Miss. Granger has traveled in time" the old witch exclaimed clearly startled by the situation.

"Professor what exactly you've found out about the room?" Hermione asked once again after giving Mcgonagall some time to take it all in.

"I'm afraid Miss. Granger that I haven't found anything important regarding it yet, although I've manage to contact with someone who apparently knows something about it. We'll be meeting the next Thursday and I want you to come with me perhaps you can verify if it is in fact the same room that brought you here" Dumbledore reached forward and grabbed a lemon drop from a bowl "Lemon drop Miss. Granger? No? Oh well…Now can you tell me about the vision you had?"

Hermione told them every detail from her dream, adding something's about her friends here and there being careful to not reveal too much information.

"I think you're right Miss. Granger it does seem like it is something more than a dream" Dumbledore softly caressed his beard "Are you familiar with professor Trewlaney? Perhaps with could use her help with this" Hermione was about to protest clearly not thrilled with the thought of having to need Trewlaney's help but quickly recovered and shut her mouth, her protest dying in her throat.

"I'll go get her" Minerva said before storming out of the office.


Narcissa was tired of wandering through the halls of Hogwarts all day in search of Hermione, she even had to ask Lily Evans if she has seen her. She felt part of her pride crack with having to ask a muggleborn for help.

"Where are you Hermione?" she asked to no one in particular hoping that out of nowhere Hermione would come out. She felt like she needed to protect her, it was hard for her to see her friend broke down, it brought memories of her own life to the front of her mind.

When Narcissa looked deeply in Hermione's brown eyes it reminded her when Andromeda was disowned. Every night since she was a child when Narcissa had a nightmare she would ran toward Andromeda's room (being the nearest to her own) and she would cuddled in her sister's arms, Andromeda used to hold her, rubbing her back and whispering soothing words till she fell asleep. It was a ritual, a tradition, it was something that only the two of them shared so when Andromeda was burned out of the family tree and Narcissa had a nightmare she ran toward her room seeking the comfort that only her sister gave her just to find it empty and cold, by that time Bellatrix was already married to Rodolphus Lestrange so she couldn't go to her and had to face it by her own.

That really marked her so it felt natural when the urge to comfort Hermione made itself present, she didn't want to see her friend suffer like that knowing how hard it was for her. It was weird for her to feel that way about someone other than herself but something about the brunette…she made Narcissa feel different, she knew that Hermione wasn't like none of her "friends" (if you can call them that), to Narcissa her friends were a bunch of sycophants who would not hesitate to stab her in the back at the earliest opportunity to get whatever they wanted. Hermione by the other hand she seemed like someone who would genuinely care for her perhaps they do not know each other that well yet but she could tell that that wasn't a problem at all and they will soon get to know each other way more deeply than with anyone else.

With a smile the blonde remembered Monday's accident. They were both heading to the grounds for their Care of Magical Creatures class when they heard Sirius and Regulus Black arguing loudly near an old tree, Sirius seemed to be about to hex his brother, curious Narcissa dragged a reticent Hermione with her and both hide behind a couple of bushes. They couldn't understand much of what was said but they managed to catch a few words like "dark", "blood", "muggle", "purity" and "necklace" not in that order.

"Come out!" Sirius yelled when he saw a glimpse of Narcissa's hair "I know that you're spying on us Narcissa"

They reluctantly came out of the bushes and Sirius pointed his wand toward the blonde "Entomorphis!" he yelled, Hermione though, put herself in between and blocked it.

"If you ever try to do that to her again or even raise your wand at her, I'm going to hex you until you beg for mercy" Hermione calmly said not even blinking an eye. When Sirius tried to do it again Hermione has hexed him so bad that he didn't come out of the hospital wing till Wednesday's night.

That was the first time that someone other than her sisters tried to protect her, she felt in debt with her even if she could have blocked it and hexed Sirius herself, it was the fact that Hermione did not hesitate to jump in to protect her that made her feel like that.

"So here's where you have been all day, I have to say Cissy, it's rude to make people look for you, especially your fiancé" said the annoying voice of Lucius Malfoy. He rested an arm in the railing "I didn't know that you liked astronomy"

Narrowing her eyes the blonde drew away of the railing where she was resting to address the newly arrived blond "First, don't call me Cissy only my closest friends and family can call me that and you certainly aren't a friend the only reason why I tolerate you is because of our arranged marriage of which I've told you to not mention, we had a deal" Narcissa walked closer to him and poked him in the chest "Or do I have to remind you what'll happen if you break it? Remember that I have proof of you "cheating" on me. I wouldn't wish to be you if my father found out" at the sharp shake of his head she continued "Second, what I do it's none of your concern. Do I make myself clear? Good third, why were you looking for me?"

"I just wanted to remind you of the upcoming ball in your house and that I will assist so we can make up the story of how we've been here acting all 'couplely'" He said through gritted teeth but upon seeing the expression on Narcissa's face he's lips curled in a smirk "You forgot didn't you? For once the perfect Narcissa Black…"

"I dare you to finish that sentence" she said pulling her wand out of her robes and pressing it into his neck in a quick motion. With everything going on with Hermione she had forgotten about the annual ball that her parents always throw at Christmas and it's merely three weeks until then. With a heavy sigh she removed her wand from Lucius neck and took a step back "Let's start the less time I spend with you, the better"


After the conversation with Dumbledore, Mcgonagall and Trelawny, Hermione left the office with an even sourer mood. Of course as she imagined Trelawny's help was useless she just went on and on about the importance of dreams and talked about cases where dreams played an "important" role which none of them were exact, it was more about coincidence than any other thing. So while she took another hour talking about those cases and not Hermione's Dumbledore was required in the Ministry of Magic leaving the brunette without the answers she needed.

"Ugh! I just want my life back. It's that much to ask?" Hermione thought running a hand through her hair.

"Hmm I was starting to wonder how long you will be in there. One might think that you did something really bad and you would be expelled" said a boy with jet black hair with his back against the wall, he had grey eyes, ivory white skin and a sharp nose, he was handsome perhaps not in the way Sirius was handsome but in a more mysterious and darker way "I think we hadn't been introduce yet, allow me to, I'm Regulus Black you might recognized me, I'm the one who was with Sirius the day you hexed him" he extended his hand for her to shake "Do you mind taking a walk with me?"

"I…I have to meet with someone" Hermione responded not quite sure of how to react.

"Is it Narcissa? If that's so we can look for her together" He said with a smirk. Something about him made all the alarms in Hermione's head turn on, she didn't know what to expect from him but whatever it was, she didn't want to know "No. It's not Narcissa I have to meet with" she said, her voice shaking a little bit.

"Oh…Evans then? I've seen you talking with the mudblood for quite some time. Why do you put up with her? She might be smart but she's…."

"Don't talk like that about her. She's my friend! Muggleborn or not" she growled "Now if you excuse me, I have better things to do" Hermione sniffed and walked past him.

"Do you like her?" the question made her stop "What?"

"I asked if you like her. It's that why you hang out with her? I mean that's the reason why Snape hangs with her, I don't see why you would be any different"

"I…No! Why would you think that? I told you she's my friend and that's it! Don't you have other things to do?" she said walking faster with Regulus following close behind.

"To be honest no. I don't. I just want to get to know you better" he said calmly "I'm busy maybe any other time"

"I don't see why we can't right now" stopping in her tracks Hermione pinched her nose "What is it that you really want?"

"I already told you. I want to get to know you even if you're a blood traitor. There's something about you Grace…it seems…off…but I don't know if that's a good or a bad thing yet" he said, he's eyes cold without a trace of emotion.

Gulping Hermione tore her eyes away from his "I appreciate the interest but I'm not in the mood. So I'll be thankful if you just leave me alone"

"Very well then. I'll leave you alone now but we'll talk later. See you around Grace, perhaps if we get to know each other we can be friends" with a small smile he turned around and started to walk away with his hands in his pockets whistling a soft tune.

"I don't know exactly what you hide Regulus. But I know it's not good" Hermione shook her head and continued walking. She didn't know where to go so she headed to the only place that could bring her comfort. The Library. It was when she was reaching the entrance that she remembered the discussion that she heard with Narcissa between both Black brothers. She didn't heard that much but what she did heard wasn't pleasant, maybe she was taking it out of context but if the look in Sirius's face that day was anything to go by, her suspicions might be correct. To be honest she didn't want to hex Sirius that bad, he was Harry's godfather after all, but when he raised his wand towards Narcissa something inside her snapped.

"Maybe I should apologize to him. He could tell me something about Regulus and how he is….ugh don't be stupid Hermione why Sirius would tell you anything about his brother? In this time you're a Slytherin, a Slytherin that hexed him so bad that he had to go to the hospital wing. A simple apologize won't make him tell you anything" she opened her eyes in realization "Oh my god I'm probably the marauders next target!"

"Hey, Hermione are you okay?" Lupin asked once he got near enough and saw her horrified expression.

"Remus! I….could you do me a favor?" taken aback the brown haired boy nodded "Good. Follow me please"


Happy new year everybody! I'm sorry for the delay but I've been busy the last couple weeks :/ Anyways thanks for reading I hope this year all your wishes and expectations comes true.

Karean: Feliz año! espero que las hayas pasado muy bien :D. Por los momentos estoy muy entusiasmada con esta historia así que probablemente esta sea la que más actualice, con respecto a las otras bueno...para ser honesta estoy bloqueada me quede en blanco :/ tengo ya pensado el final y todo, pero desde donde lo deje no se como continuar so...Gracias por leer C:

DangerGirl123: Hey thanks for reading! I'll try to update sooner I promise.

ArchAngel-Wolf: Thank you so much for reading. I'm glad that you like Hermione's friendship with Lily and Narcissa I hope you like her other friendships as well, especially with Lupin cause he's going to be really important for Hermione in this crazy adventure of hers along with Lily and Narcissa (obviously).

Seeker-of-Raven: Hey there! Yeah Narcissa can be a little bit possesive with the people she cares about and Lily isn't one of her favorite persons so she tends to be territorial around her. I couldn't stop laughing picturing Harry's face upon learning that Lily might have had a crush on his best friend hahaha. I'm really glad that you liked that scene between them that was the intention, they'll be going there more often in the future so you'll see them becoming more and more open to each other. Thanks for reading :D Happy New Year.

ForensicGeek2: Hello! I'm always excited to read your review so it's no trouble at all answering them if you had an account here I'll probably write to you more privately and personally (?) Oh! I didn't noticed that I had typed "They're" instead of "There are" oops I guess it was a lapsus hehe I'm sorry it was late and I was kind of tired that day. I'm glad you enjoyed Remus/Hermione interaction (I ship them a little bit too xD) as I said before he'll be really important for Hermione while she's in the past so I hope you'll like that :D (about a fic Remus/Hermione I don't think I'll be able to write it :/ I'm still struggling with this one so...). I comprehend your worries concerning the romance in the story but don't worry they are not there yet, there's still a lot to happen for them to actually fall in love with each other ;) trust me I have it all planned in my head and we are not that close yet. With updates I'll try to update sooner but it really depends on how busy I'll be on weeks so I can't really tell you when my next update will be. I'm glad that you think I'm improving (I know there's a lot to learn yet but thanks anyway) It really makes me happy that you think I'm doing better. Maybe if you could make an account here it will be easier to contact you and you could be like my beta reader C:

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