Hermione's POV

"Finally" Sirius says sighing in relief as he finished his last piece of summer homework.

"Now we can go throw the quaffle" James states. They ran outside. Leaving me to tidy up. I roll my eyes, typical. I pack up the books, quill and ink. Drying the parchment. Returning it all to the boys room.

I headed back down stairs. Crookshanks appears meowing for attention. I smile and pick him up. Stroking him behind the ears and he purrs happily. "Who wants a brush?" I ask him and he purrs louder. I giggle.

"He is getting big" Remus says startling me.

"Don't do that" I tell him. "Why are you here?" I ask him confused.

"Peter's here too, you know to keep up the act" he whispers. "He's watching James and Sirius toss the quaffle" he states. I nod my head in understanding, though I am not thrilled that Pettigrew is here.

"Did you finish your home work?" I ask him.

"Have you meet me?" he asks me. "Of course I finished it" he states. "And helped Peter with his, like I always do" he adds. "Heard from Dumbledore?" he asks me.

"No, but I'm sure he is after the horcruxes" I state.

"Hermione dear, come to my office?" Fleamont asks appearing.

"Of course" I say and hand Crookshanks to Remus. "Please brush him, talk to you later" I tell him. Before leaving with Fleamont. I enter his office to see Hector.

"I did the test and you are my cousin" he tells me happily. "But one thing confuses me" he states. "You should be my first cousin once removed, but the test shows you're my second cousin" he explains.

"Fleamont, can you?" I ask gesturing to the door. He nods taking out his wand. Performs some charms so that we wouldn't be over heard. "What's your view on he who must not be named?" I ask Hector.

"Wish he was dead, went through one war with Grimdelwald. Don't want to go through another" he states.

"Good, because I've been sent back to stop him" I tell him.

"You're the heroine from the prophecy" he states.

"How did you know about the professor?" I ask him confused.

"Because Apollo performed it in front of my mother" he states. "So I take it Nathanial Granger if your great grandfather?" he asks me. I nod my head. "Anyway, your secret is safe with me" he assures me.

"Good, because no one can know" I tell him. "Except those who already know" I state. I scramble down my grandfather's address. "Here is my grand father's address, I think I'd benefit from having you around before I attend school" I tell him. He smiles taking it.

"Take care of yourself, and know your family is here for you" he tells me. We hug and he left by the fire place. Just then Dumbledore appears with Professor Slughorn.

"Professor Dumbledore, Professor Slughorn" I say surprised.

"Sorry for the intrusion Fleamont, but Horace requested he see Granger before he'd give me what I require" Dumbledore states.

"Are you really the heroine sent back to stop him?" Slughorn asks me.

"Yes sir, I've told those I trust already about certain things. Dumbledore being one of them. We have to stop he who must not be named professor. Otherwise a lot of people are going to die" I tell him. "Regulus Black, Lily, James, Marlene McKinnon and many more. Alice and Frank are driven mad for the torture curse. But we can stop all of that, with your help. Please help us" I plead.

"Very well Albus" he says and extracts a memory handing it to him. He then looks at me. "I pray you save us all Granger, but I can't help anymore. I am sorry for the part I played already. Good luck" he says and left.

"How's he hunt going professor?" I ask curious.

"Good, I have acquired one horcrux already. But I needed Slughorn's memory to know how many Tom has made" he states. "Thank you for this" he tells me.

"The basilisk?" I ask.

"Dead, thanks to the map you drew and it was kept secret. We have all it's fangs ready to destroy the horcruxes. But we have to destroy them all at once. Or risk Tom finding out what we're up too" he states. I nod my head in understanding.

"Would you like to stay for dinner?" Fleamont asks me.

"Can't loads to do" Dumbledore tells him. "Your letters will arrive tomorrow" he tells me. Before leaving. Fleamont took the charms off and we left the office. I go help Euphemia with lunch. We all had lunch together. Then Peter left as he had an appointment.

"I just want to hex him" Sirius growls once he was gone.

"You can't, he may prove to be of use in the future. But only if he believes we trust him" I state.

"When this over, I can kill him right?" he asks.

"Not without me" Remus growls.

"Enough the pair of you" James tells them. "It's bad enough one of my best friends. Though former best friend is going to become a murderer in future. I won't have you two become murders also" he states. "Only kill in self defense as a last resort" he adds. I smile.

"Why are you smiling Mia?" Remus asks me curious.

"Something my best friend said in our third year" I state. "He said he didn't think my dad would've wanted his two best friends to become killers" I tell them. They all smile.

"What else can you tell us?" Sirius asks.

"Oh no, I'm here to stop a war. I won't be telling you guys anything else" I tell them. "Bad enough I told James about his parents" I state.

"How about we change the subject?" James asks.

"We're getting our letters tomorrow" I state.

"Great, we'll finally get our OWL results" Remus states.

"Great, we can see how badly we all did" Sirius mutters.

"Maybe you could stay Remus? That way we can all open our letters together" I suggest.

"I'd have to ask mum" he states.

"I'll ask mine also, but she won't mind" James states. "You know where the fireplace is" he adds before going to talk to his mum. Remus got permission to stay and he was in the room across from mine.

(Next day)

I passed my OWLs, got an outstanding in everything. But Defense Against the Dark Arts, where I got Exceeds Expectations. Remus promised to help me study more for our NEWT years. He got an outstanding in Defense, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, and Transfiguration. Exceeds Expectations in Herbology and Arithmancy. Acceptable in Potions and History. James passed everything except History and Divination along with Sirius.

"Only failed Divination and History of Magic, and who cares about them?" Sirius asked with a chuckle. He and James swapped results.

"How did you do Hermione?" Remus asks me curious.

"I... Not bad" I mumble. Sirius nicks my results and reads them with James.

"Yep. . . ten 'Outstandings' and one 'Exceeds Expectations' at Defense Against the Dark Arts" James states.

"You're such a nerd" Sirius teases and I take the parchment back.

"She did better then Remus" James declares reading Remus'. "You sure you shouldn't of been in Ravenclaw?" he asks me.

"Like a ravenclaw would have had the courage needed to go back in time to stop a war" Sirius tells him.

"Touche" James says.

"Anyway guys, I gotta go" Remus states. We say our goodbyes and he left. The following day we went to Diagon Alley for our things. Hector had sent me a key to his family vault. I didn't want to us it. But James' parents gave me an ultimatum. Use his family vault or theirs. So I used it. I spent the rest of the summer reading my new course books. Preparing for my sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.