Rating:
PG-13
House:
Astronomy Tower
Ships:
Hermione Granger/James Potter
Characters:
Hermione Granger James Potter
Genres:
Alternate Universe Romance
Era:
Multiple Eras
Stats:
Published: 02/08/2007
Updated: 05/17/2010
Words: 149,158
Chapters: 22
Hits: 14,254

Never All Together

rainfromheaven

Story Summary:
"I loved you then, and whatever sin it is, I love you still!" Hermione Granger never imagined that her wildest fantasy of being with James Potter could come true. But while for Hermione it was only yesterday, for James it had been nineteen years ago. A sweeping tale of how love transcends time, just to prove it can. [James/Hermione]

Hermione looks into Harry’s face and sees hazel eyes.

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James searches his mind for memories of her, not knowing they lie in his heart. Hermione makes one seemingly harmless decision that could change her life forever, and Lily and Harry begin to wonder.

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ames and Hermione spend a little time together and end up firing off sparks.

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Encounters with James make Hermione feel like she’s on a roller-coaster ride. How could she have thought of giving up what she has with Harry for a brief attraction with someone who could not possibly feel the same? But Hermione soon finds out that not everything can be measured by the rational mind.

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With Voldemort's impending second rise to power, the reformation of the Order is considered, and the hunt for Horcruxes is on. Even so, James and Hermione spend one last night together even while deciding to stay apart. Lily and Harry’s doubts grow, and Remus and Dumbledore discover something that gives them cause for alarm.

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Hermione has discovered a way to be together with James. An assassination plot, however, threatens the success of the project even before it has started.

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Hermione tackles the creation of a Time-Turner amidst the many misgivings she still has.

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The past takes center stage as the Marauders recount how Voldemort was defeated the first time around, and Hermione, at long last, solves the Time-Turner riddle.

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Hermione thought the key to being with James lay in the past. Nineteen years back, however, she not only finds James hopelessly in love with Lily, but that even she could not stand him. Armed with nothing but a wand and her own cunning, Hermione finds herself alone in a time and place she does not belong to.

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In an attempt to make James notice her, Hermione plans Operation Number three hundred and seventy-nine with the Marauders. It seems like somebody else is being charmed, however...

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Voldemort’s darkness is seeping into Hogwarts, and yet James worries himself with the execution of Operation Number three hundred and seventy-nine, Lily concerns herself with the Marauders’ drastic change in behaviour, Hermione remembers Remus’ furry little problem, and Peter discovers the existence of a certain Hermione Granger.

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James learns that the best isn’t always good enough.

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It took forever, but now it’s time for Hermione to take her fair share of chances without knowing all the answers, and for James to finally start letting go.

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They say that when two paths cross, it’s for a reason. As James and Hermione struggle to make sense of the rationale, they unknowingly weave their lives intricately together, thereby sealing their fates and grasping the Wizarding world’s in their linked hands.

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Chapter 15 - Maybe
08/16/2007

In a world of uncertainties, James understands that there is at least one thing—one emotion—that anybody can be sure of.

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Good things happen in dreams, but the best happens when one wakes up to make them come true.

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Whenever he needed someone, she had always been around, always been there to see him through. But now she was more than a friend, even more than a best friend, because he was in love with her… and he had to let her know.

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They think they’re perfect for each other. The rest of the world believes otherwise.

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There are some things people just know they want, either for that instant or for the rest of their lives. Like what colour to wear, what coffee to have, what cake to eat. Like who to hate, to befriend, to love... And ultimately spend the rest of their lives with. Like James. He just knows. It just fits. Regina.

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It is 1979, and Hermione has stubbornly braved the odds to get to where she is: happy with James and ready to spend her life with him, should he ask. But as the war looms, it demands sacrifices—and even those who know their history won’t be saved.

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As the War hits home, friendships are questioned and strengthened, heroes emerge, and a prophecy begins to be fulfilled as fate asserts itself. But sometimes, the very thing that’s supposed to keep people together can tear them apart.

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Separate, they are light: the sun brightens the day and the moon illuminates the night; together, as in an eclipse, they shroud the world in darkness. The fate of the Wizarding world depends on two young lovers, though they know it not—and destiny, master of its craft, has one final ace to deal.

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