Told you it'd be quicker this time, didn't I? Thanks for the reviews!

Hermione sighed. It had been a long day today. She wasn't speaking to Ron, and Harry had been busy, so she really didn't talk to anyone. The first task was coming up in two weeks, so Harry was obviously stressed about it.

As she walked down a corridor near where she thought the Hufflepuff Common Room was, she heard voices coming from inside the wall. Hermione frowned. The only blemish on the wall she could hear the noises from was a portrait of a bowl of fruit. She went down to investigate.

The portrait looked ordinary enough. Hermione decided to check the edges. As she moved her hand to the frame, the fingertips skirted across the pear sitting in the bowl. Suddenly, the portrait let out a shrill giggle. Hermione almost jumped back in surprise. To her astonishment, a door opened. She grabbed the handle and walked inside.

Hermione stopped short in the doorway. The voices she heard were the 'foreign exchange students'- James, Albus, Rose, Lily, and Hugo. And they seemed to be discussing something animatedly. Hermione listened closely.

"And…you just…left?" Hermione saw Rose ask James with an incredulous expression her face.

"That about covers it," James said sheepishly. Hermione was puzzled. What were they talking about?

"Well, we need to get them off our trail," Rose said. Hermione's eyes widened. Someone else must have figured out that they were lying about where they came from! "Come up with a fake story, one that's completely plausible and not ridiculous. Whatever we do, we can't let them figure out the truth- that we traveled backward in time."

To say Hermione was shocked was an understatement. She felt her face pale. That was it! They were time travelers! But how…

"And that we're their family," Albus added in. Who's family? Hermione wondered.

"And Uncle Fred's death," said Lily. It must have been Fred and George that figured it out! But…Fred's…death? No…Fred couldn't die…

"And…"

"No more help from all of you!" Rose cried. Hermione looked over again to see the little girl, Lily's, eyes lock with hers. Hermione tried to take a step back, but her legs were like lead.

Lily began tugging on Rose's robes. "They can never find out about us, okay?" Rose continued. "All we can hope for is that Dumbledore will find a potion or a spell to send us back before anyone else becomes suspicious. What is it, Lily?" Rose noticed the girl.

"It...It might be too late for that," Lily said, pointing at Hermione.

Hermione tried to run, but to no avail. The other four turned and gaped at her.

"H-Hermione?" Al stammered.

And without another word from anyone, Hermione ran. She raced at top-speed out of the room with the pear doorway, up to the main hall, through the staircases, all the way up to Gryffindor Tower.

"Balderdash," she gasped to the Fat Lady. "And hurry, please." Hermione was terrified that Albus and the others were right behind her.

As the portrait hole swung open, Hermione wrenched herself inside. She went through the common room, searching fervently for Fred and George. She found the pair by the fire in quiet discussion.

"Fred…George…" she gasped out, falling on the couch.

"Hey, Hermione," George said without really focusing on her.

"Guys…listen…the foreign exchange students…your suspicious of them, too, right?"

The two looked more alertly at her now. "Yes…" Fred said slowly.

"I…heard them…downstairs…they're trying to throw you off their scent, and they're time travelers!"

The twins were all ears now. "What else did you hear?"

"They're a part of your family," Hermione said breathlessly. "They called you Uncle Fred," she said, nodding at the respective twin. "And…something about Fred dying."

Fred and George turned white with shock. "D-dying?" George stuttered. "F-Fred?

Hermione nodded. "They saw me, and I think they may be coming through…any…minute…" she trailed off, eyes fixated on the portrait hole.

Fred and George turned to follow her gaze. Their mouths hung open, for there, in the portrait hole, were the five newly discovered time travelers.

It's a little shorter than I'd like, but I think it gets the point across well enough. The next chapter will be much longer, it'll have Hermione, Fred, George, and the time travelers with their confrontation. And then the chapter after that is the First Task…

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