Rating:
PG-13
House:
Schnoogle
Ships:
Hermione Granger/Remus Lupin
Characters:
Hermione Granger Lily Evans Remus Lupin
Genres:
Action Mystery
Era:
Multiple Eras
Spoilers:
Philosopher's Stone Chamber of Secrets Prizoner of Azkaban Goblet of Fire
Stats:
Published: 12/08/2002
Updated: 05/24/2003
Words: 96,663
Chapters: 17
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A Time Before Tears

AnotherDreamer

Story Summary:
What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with visitors whom she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? What if she had knowledge that could change the course of history? Would she listen to Dumbledore's warning or would she try and fix what she could? What if she fell in love with a man destined to suffer? Can she let history repeat itself when she has the chance to change it?

What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors whom she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? What if she had knowledge that could change the course of history? Would she listen to Dumbledore's warning or would she try and fix what she could? What if she fell in love with a man destined to suffer? Can she let history repeat itself when she has the chance to change it? [Complete]

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Chapter 01
12/16/2002

Finding herself in a time that she was never supposed to have personally known, Hermione is forced to choose between living as an unknowing outsider or stepping in and fixing everything she can.(COMPLETE)

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Chapter 02
12/23/2002

What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors whom she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? What if she had knowledge that could change the course of history? Would she listen to Dumbledore's warning or would she try and fix what she could? What if she fell in love with a man destined to suffer? Can she let history repeat itself when she has the chance to change it?

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Chapter 03
12/29/2002

What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors whom she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? What if she had knowledge that could change the course of history? Would she listen to Dumbledore's warning or would she try and fix what she could? What if she fell in love with a man destined to suffer? Can she let history repeat itself when she has the chance to change it? [Complete]

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Chapter 04
01/08/2003

What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors whom she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? What if she had knowledge that could change the course of history? Would she listen to Dumbledore's warning or would she try and fix what she could? What if she fell in love with a man destined to suffer? Can she let history repeat itself when she has the chance to change it?

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Chapter 05
01/19/2003

The Divination Professor had told Hermione how to save her friends from their perils. The older woman had painted it all out for ermione, but Dumbledore's warning from Third Year played in her head, "Changing anything changes everything. Be careful of consequences you cannot control." So Hermione had said no to the Divination Professor. She would change nothing. In this chapter, something changes her mind. What could Hermione see that would change her mind? What could scare her that much?

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Chapter 06
01/29/2003

Now is the time for old friends to relive a horrific time. Now is the time for a Slytherin to be tested and a Gryffindor to lose their faith. Now is the for Destinies to be fulfilled.

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Chapter 07
02/05/2003

What if Hermione Granger was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors she doesn't recognize because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? She’s been living with them for three months now and is just getting settled but she forgot that she brought something back with her that could destroy everything she’s worked for. In this chapter someone else finds it and everything changes.

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Chapter 08
02/18/2003

What if a girl was suddenly and violently knocked out of time, finding herself in a blacked out Hospital Wing with happy visitors she doesn't recognise because the people she knew by their names were battle worn, broken, recovering, or dead? She’s been living with them for three months now and is just getting settled but she forgot that she brought something back with her that could destroy everything she's worked for. It would give away her identity and destroy their trust. In this chapter someone finds it and everything changes.

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Chapter 09
03/09/2003

Hermione is fighting to figure out her place in this world and right now she can't do it, until one boy gives her the strength to choose.

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Chapter 10
04/11/2003

It's too much to bare, being proven to be a fool, and Hermione doesn't know what to do. She can't talk to Lily, the redhead wouldn't understand. She can't tell Remus, he doesn't know the truth. So now she must decide, on her own, between her past that she loved or her potential future with her newest love.

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Chapter 11
04/20/2003

Sometimes, upon finding out information that is crushing, people make bad decisions- decisions that could destroy an entire timeline. Sometimes other people stop them. Sometimes they don't.

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Chapter 12
04/30/2003

She's fallen in love with a boy she was never supposed to meet. She's befriended a girl who died when she was one. She's chosen a time she was supposed to have known only in stories and now suddenly, her life has changed forever

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Chapter 13
05/05/2003

She's back and it hurts. It hurts so much she does not know how she is managing to stand while her mind replays the memories of men and women who are now battle-worn, broken, recovering, or dead.

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Chapter 14
05/14/2003

When she left, Hermione did not have the chance to bring with her the things that she cherished most: her friends. Now she is meeting each of them again, only things have progressed in the last twenty years, and slowly but surely she is coming to realize that maybe the past is better left behind.

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Chapter 15
05/20/2003

Hermione left more than just a few good friends in the past. She also left people like Peter Pettigrew, who would grow up only to become Death Eaters and slaves to the Dark Lord. Now she is slowly reuniting with her old friends again- all of them.

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In this, the final chapter of A Time Before Tears, a man looks back at both the life he could have led and the life he ended up living.

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