Disclaimer: Characters belong to J. K. Rowling
A/N: English is not my mother tongue, so I apologize for any spelling, grammar or other mistakes I may have made.
Chapter 1
Rose was standing in a deserted part of the library behind a shelf containing history books about the 13th century. With relieve she noticed that no one was in sight and stepped out of the row. The library was completely empty.
"Damn it, I've probably jumped back to the beginning of the year", she murmured quietly.
She sat down on one of the tables and thought about her next plan of action. With a time-turner you could only go backwards but not forwards. That meant she was stuck here, whenever she was. Rose decided to go to Professor McGonagall and explain her situation to her. She would probably get detention and a stern talking to, she thought dejectedly.
She started to look around for a clue that would tell her the exact date. Fortunately there was a Daily Prophet lying on one of the tables and she went over to have a look at it. The date she saw written there was a shock.
This can't be today's Daily Prophet, Rose thought horrified. The Daily Prophet read the 2nd of September 1975. Quickly she hid in the darkest corner of the library and had a closer look at the edition of the Daily Prophet. Maybe someone had a look at this old version for some research and didn't bother to put it back?
But no, that wasn't possible either, because the edition looked brand new. The parchment was not yellow at all and the newspaper seemed untouched. Trembling Rose opened the newspaper and read through some of the articles. If she was really stranded in the year 1975 she wanted to know as much as possible about what was going on at the time.
Her bad feeling intensified, when she understood that wizarding Britain was at war in 1975. Voldemort was nearly at the height of his power and many of the articles told of the cruel deeds of his faithful Deatheaters. Death and torture seemed so common that only the most vicious murders even made the front page.
Rose stayed in her hiding place until the night fell. Then she made her way up to the headmaster's office. When she reached the Gargoyle protecting the entrance she noticed that she did not know the password and wondered what to do now.
"Good evening my child. I don't think we've met, I'm Albus Dumbledore. I suppose you wanted to speak to me?" a voice said from behind.
She spun around, shocked. After all you don't meet dead people every day. But there he was in front of her eyes, Albus Dumbledore. He looked just like he looked on the chocolate frog cards, with his long white beard, twinkling blue eyes and half-moon glasses.
"Good evening, Sir. I'm afraid I got...lost", she said after she regained her bearing.
"Lost you say? I'm sure we will be able to help you. If you would accompany me to my office, please" Dumbledore said and gave the password to the gargoyle.
Rose followed him onto the winding staircase and into the office that in her time belonged to Professor McGonagall. Professor Dumbledore offered her a chair and she sat down. Dumbledore sat on the chair behind his desk and examined her curiously.
"I admit that I am curious. May I know your name, Miss?" the old headmaster asked.
"Rose Weasley, Sir" Rose replied.
"Weasley? I didn't know they had a daughter your age", he mused.
"They don't. Yet", she said.
"Professor Dumbledore, I don't belong here. I've had a time-turner accident and now I don't know how to get back", Rose explained.
"So you are from the future? And you went back more than a few years considering you are not even born yet in this time", he surmised.
"Yes Sir. Do you know a way to send me back?" she asked hopefully.
"I'm sorry, child but that is even beyond my knowledge and power. I'm afraid you will have to stay with us", said Dumbledore apologetically.
"I can never go back?" Rose asked devastated.
"Perhaps one day you will be back to the year you came from, but you will no longer be the same. You will be a lot older than you usually would, because you will have lived every day from now on until then", Professor Dumbledore explained.
Rose had to pull herself together to keep from crying. The thought to never see her family again hurt and she would miss all her friends dearly. The worst thing was, that she had not even been able to say goodbye. She had just disappeared and no one would know what happened to her. Surely they were all worried sick over her.
"I think it would be best if you were to change your name and take on a new identity. Is there a name you would like?" the headmaster inquired.
"Dora Rose Granger", was the first thing that popped into her head. It was her mother's maiden name, a shortened version of her second name Nymphadora and her real name as the new second name.
Dumbledore nodded, satisfied with her suggestion. "Welcome at Hogwarts, Miss Granger."
"Now, your house is obviously Ravenclaw or would you like a resorting?" he asked.
"No, thank you. I would like to stay in Ravenclaw", she declined his offer.
Dumbledore nodded again. "Very well. Then there is only the issue of your courses left to sort out and we will need to get you the necessary equipment. You have got your wand at least, I assume. Will you need anything else?"
"Well, these are the only clothes I possess at the moment. I will at least need another school uniform to change", Rose said.
"Ah, of course, how could I forget. Naturally I will organize some suitable clothes for you", Dumbledore agreed.
"Now, let's move on to your classes. Which classes did you take before?" he questioned.
"All of them. That's why I needed the time-turner", Rose answered.
"In this case I suggest you drop two of the classes to prevent any future mishaps. Would you mind handing over the time-turner to me for safekeeping?"
"Then I will drop divination and muggle studies", Rose decided reluctantly and handed the time-turner over to Dumbledore.
"Good, good. Here is your timetable", he said after touching the parchment with his wand and gave it to her.
"Thank you, Sir", she said and put her new timetable into her schoolbag.
"Let me call Filius, so he can introduce you to your fellow students in Ravenclaw", he said and walked over to the fireplace. He flooed Professor Flitwick and only a few minutes later the small charms Professor joined them in Professor Dumbledore's office.
The headmaster introduced her as Dora Granger and said that she would be joining the fifth years. Professor Flitwick greeted her enthusiastically and then walked her to the Ravenclaw common room. On the way there he explained many things about the school she of course already knew, but had to act as if she didn't. While only half listening to her head of house, she thought about the story she would tell to her fellow students if they asked about her family. She had forgotten to talk about it with Professor Dumbledore.
They reached the entrance to the Ravenclaw-tower and Professor Flitwick answered the riddle to open the door. Rose followed him into the common room, where despite the late hour, many of the older students sat, because it was the weekend.
"Attention, please!" the tiny Professor squeaked and everyone turned their attention to him.
Rose didn't like standing in the spotlight like she did now but she tried not to let on about her feelings.
"This is Dora Granger. She is a new student and will join the fifth year. Please make her feel welcome" Professor Flitwick introduced her.
Then he took his leave and exited the common room. Instantly the other students began to whisper excitedly and Rose wished she knew where her bed was, so she could go to sleep.
A pretty, confident girl with brown hair and eyes came towards her. Rose noticed the head girl badge on her robes. Quickly she took off her own prefect badge. In this time she was just an ordinary student.
"Hello, I'm the head girl, Emmeline Vance. Welcome to Ravenclaw", she greeted the new girl with curly red hair and brown eyes.
"Thank you, I'm Dora Granger", Rose introduced herself again. She was still a little overwhelmed from the events of the last few hours and not in the mood for small talk.
"You look dead on your feet" Emmeline noted and called another girl over. This one seemed a bit younger and had black hair with blue eyes.
"This is Rebecca Boot. She's the fifth year prefect" Emmeline explained.
"Would you please show Granger to your dormitory?" she asked Rebecca.
"Sure" the prefect answered dutifully. "Hi, I'm Becky" she then said to Rose and held out her hand.
"Dora" Rose replied smiling and shook her hand.
"Then let's go, Dora. The left staircase leads to the girl's dormitories, the right one to the boy's", she began to explain what Rose already knew and lead her up the stairs on the left.
"Our dormitory is the topmost dormitory. With you we're five girls now" she went on explaining and opened the door to their dormitory.
The room was round and the beds were standing in a circle. Four of the beds were obviously already occupied and only the one on the right side of the door seemed to be free. Rose instantly threw herself onto the bed and closed her eyes.
But her rest didn't last long. The three other fifth year girls stormed into the room, curious about their new fellow classmate that had appeared so suddenly in their midst.
"Dora, may I introduce, these are Sharon Davies, Mary Turpin and Lynne Brocklehurst. Sharon, Mary, Lynne, this is Dora, our new roommate", Becky introduced everyone.
"Hello, nice to meet you all", said Rose smiling nervously.
"Why are you only coming to Hogwarts now? And why didn't you take the train with all the others yesterday?" Sharon inquired curiously.
She had long blonde hair, blue eyes and a kind face. She seemed to possess a very outgoing personality and a lot of curiosity.
"Until quite recently I lived with my parents in France and went to Bauxbatons. But then my parents died only a few days ago and now I'm living with some distant relatives here in England. They thought it would be better for me to change school, too. It was all very short notice", Rose spun her tale.
She was very glad now that Fleur had taught her French and told Rose about her time at Bauxbatons. It would make her story more believable. The tears that streamed down her cheeks as she thought about her family that she would maybe never see again, helped as well. Becky laid a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"I'm sorry, sometimes I'm just too curious", Sharon apologized.
"Not your fault, you didn't know", Rose sniffed and tried to smile.
"I think we should let you get to sleep", Becky said. "We can talk tomorrow."
Since it was already pretty late, the others decided to go to sleep as well. Rose undressed quickly and got into bed. Only minutes later she was asleep.