Through Her Eyes

Chapter 10: Trouble

"Ok so, let me get this straight," Remus said, holding a hand to this forehead as Hermione stared at him intently from beside the hospital cot, 
"You're telling me that you died in 1998, but were somehow given a second chance by Death and he sent you back 23 years to 1975 - this time - as a different person. But you managed to keep the memories of your old life, and can't remember anything before waking up in the hospital last month?"

Hermione was silent for a moment before nodding once, pushing a lock of obsidian hair behind her ear as she grimaced slightly. Coming out of someone else's mouth, the truth really did sound crazy. Remus seemed thoughtful though, rubbing a cheek with a hand as he pondered about what Hermione just told him,
"So...you're technically from the future?"

"In a sense," Hermione stated, with a shrug, "but my interference has probably already led to disastrous consequences,"

"But if you really are from the future, you know everything that will happen?"

"Not if I managed to change it by being here!" Hermione huffed, leaning forward on a knee as she sighed heavily. It honestly felt good to spill everything to Remus, as he was already intrigued about her situation. But he was asking the same questions she had been asking since awakening,

"Remus, I really need your help. There is too much information to cover, and I've only gone through half the Hogwarts library, not including the restricted section. I would need James' invisibility cloak for that-"

"Wait, wait! How do you know about that?"

Hermione blinked in realization and face palmed herself. She didn't want Remus to know everything, but she just spoiled that secret,
"Hermione, how do you know about the cloak?"

"Well...I, er...James will give the cloak to his...his son, Harry,"

"James'll have a son?" Remus asked, face aglow with happiness. Hermione smiled too and nodded slowly, thinking about Harry and wincing. He was probably dead now because of her,

"Yes. James will marry Lily, and they will have Harry, who will then inherit the invisibility cloak. We used it all the time at Hogwarts, that's how I know about it,"

"Geez. What about the rest of us?"

Hermione sighed and told all the good things she knew about the Marauders. She told him about James and Lily getting married, and how Sirius would become Harry's godfather. She explained how Remus himself would become the DADA professor during her third year, and how he will meet a feisty pink haired Metamophgus named Tonks, and they would also have a son,

"-I also know about the map, Remus,"

Hermione was heaving for breath, speaking everything at such a rapid pace as to not forget anything. But as she inhaled sharply, Remus stiffened,

"The...map? Our map?"

Hermione nodded, leaning back in her chair and heaving another breath,

"The Marauders Map. It precedes your years here at Hogwart's, Remus. It saved our lives on more then one occasion,"

"Wow. I never knew...well, I had no idea we would make such an impact on Hogwarts,"

"Yes well, Wormtail, Moony, Padfoot and Prongs have quite a way with insulting Professor Snape,"

Hermione laughed lightly as Remus smiled brightly, lifting an eyebrow,

"Severus becomes a Professor?"

"Of Potions. He's quite adept at it, you know. You should give him a bit more credit,"

There was a thick silence as Hermione shifted in her chair, running two sweaty palms along her robes as Remus thought hard about something, a deep frown coming to his lips,
'He's going to ask about it,' Hermione thought, tapping her foot against the floor nervously, 'he's going to ask-'