Where the New Future Begins

Chapter 12

I sighed and looked out the window. You could see the sun was rising. I stayed up all night trying to figure out this potion. But I still did not know what it was and what it was made of. I knew I had to go to Dumbledore to get his help.

I walked out of my office and up to Dumbledore's office. He was not in there yet and I just looked around. I sent him a message telling him I need to meet with him now in his office. His office not have a lot of stuff like it did in the future. I smiled when I recognized a few things in his office.

"Miss Granger how can I help you?" Dumbledore asked.

I showed him the bottle and said,

"It was on my desk last night but I do not know who it's from and what it does."

He looked at the bottle and started to do his own experiment. I told him everything I tried and tested. He looked over to me and said,

"This may take a while. Go enjoy your day or at least try. I will notify you when I know something about it."

I nodded and headed down the stairs. I did not have a lot to do so I went for a walk down by the lake. It was peaceful in the morning. I was lost in my mind thinking about everything that I did not realize that someone was following.

"Hey Mione!"

I turned to see Sirius was smiling at me. I smiled back and said,

"Hey Sirius, what are you doing up so early?"

"We have Quidditch practice today. You want to watch?" He asked.

I looked over to the pitch and thought about it for a minute. I thought it would give me something to keep my mind off the potion. I nodded and we headed over to the pitch together. I sat down in the stands. I watched as a few others came to watch. Remus came up to me and sat down with me.

"Good morning Hermione. How are you?" Remus asked politely.

"I'm good. How are you Remus? You do not look so well." I stated.

But I knew why he looked so ill. It was getting close to the full moon. I knew that he was going to be getting worse as it got closer to the full moon. He just smiled and said,

"I'm alright. You under the weather. I will get better soon."

I just gave him a smile and left it at that. We went back to watching the guys practice. They were good. We sat there in silence. Once they were done. James and Sirius walked over to us. James smiled to me and said,

"Hermione, it is great to see you. I actually have to talk to you."

I looked at him confused. He smiled and said,

"My parents want to meet you. I guess you made an impression on my father when you went to the Ministry."

I didn't know what to say. I thought Charles would not want to talk to me after our first meeting. I could see that James did not know about our first meeting. He was just smiling about it.

"You are going to love James' parents. They are the best." Sirius pipped up.

"Well, I guess I will owl them and see when it would be best to meet." I said trying to sound excited.

I looked over to Remus and I could see that he knew something was wrong but he did not say anything. He spoke up and asked,

"Does anyone want to go and get some lunch? We all missed breakfast."

"Sounds great. Would you like to join us Hermione? Or would you not want to eat at the student's table?" Sirius asked with a joke.

"Of course I would like to join you. I would never feel embarrassed about eating at the student's table." I told them giving him a glare.

We walked into the Great Hall and I felt so many eyes on me while I sat down with the Marauders. I looked up to the teacher's table and saw the teachers looked at me confused and some of them even looked at me in disgust. I did not care what they thought. Right then a note appeared in front of me and I looked at it. I sighed and said,

"I hate to do this to you guys but I am going to have to do a rain check on lunch with you guys. I have an important business to take care of."

I got up and headed up to Dumbledore's office. I was hoping that it was all good news. I got up to his office and saw that McGonagall and Slughorn were there. I took a deep breath and asked,

"What did you find out Dumbledore?"

"Well, Hermione I did everything I could test and I found out that this potion with the help of Horace. We think it is....