At the end of the Second War, Harry Potter stumbles across a book that promises to be his salvation. Meanwhile, Hermione Granger is determined to be the voice of reason. Time Travel Fic.

I thought life was bad enough with the whole school hating my guts and having no social life. Of course, Merlin didn't agree. He decided to throw in a deadly power lurking within the walls of Hogwarts to keep me entertained. Thank you, Merlin.

That was what she was, a name, not an entity, at Hogwarts. A name that was synonymous with ugly, hideous with everyone. Completed.

I was one of them. The same charmed expression when he passed by. The same fluttering of eyelashes. The same awestruck faces. I was one of them, the tabooed group. I was one of his fan-girls.