Hugglepuff Era - Chapter One - An Early Arrival

by themanicdude

Barry Era, new to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry always likes to be early for everything. He owns a very powerful stopwatch that can bend time with unfortunate results, which means Barry, likes to arrive two hours early for everything. He is a young Wizard from Hugglepuff House.

Time seemed to be such an awkward constraint for Barry, for all his life he would live within an almost Mirror type world; a simple world that seemed to revolve around Hogwarts School, and due to his parents being of other worldly professions, he barely had chance to see them around his studies.

It was Tuesday morning and Barry was running late for being early, he arrived at Hogwarts only four minutes and twenty eight seconds later than his original estimate.

"Darn it, this watch was only enchanted last night under the second moon of eight and six".

Barry tapped his watch with frustration in vague hope it wold give him back those minutes he had just lost, yet upon the third tap, an hour and two minutes had passed. Unfortunate for Barry, this was an hour and two minutes now lost.

"No, No, no".

Lessons were due to start in 49 minutes, meaning Barry had lost a lot of studying time. Seemed this stopwatch cursed Barry with a lot of time irregularities, where time could both speed up and slow down. Barry scratched his head, noticing that time had again slowed down, which naturally meant that he had sped up.

"I wish I knew how to work this contraption to my advantage, click this, click that, I would love for this watch to benefit me with some real time".

Time was moving at the rate of twelve and three, meaning that for every twelve minutes Barry was experiencing, only three minutes were passing in real time. Logic would suggest that Barry had managed to regain thirty-six minutes of the hour and two minutes he had just lost. Yet Barry was just too much in a panic to understand this and so rushed to the office of Albus Dumbledore in a quarter of the time.

Barry gulped; there he stood glazing at the Oak wooden door, which stood proud, bellowing the one proud name Albus Dumbledore.

"I do hope Dumbledore, will forgive my untimely quick arrival".

Barry clenched a fist and before he could knock, heard a voice come from behind the door, such a strong voice which knocked Barry backwards clicking his watch into real time.

"Ah, young Barry Era, I've been expecting you, do please come in".

Barry Gulped again, as the choking lock rattled from behind, and the door swung to from within. Barry's heart raced with Nerves, as he cautiously walked into the dull lit room for his first meeting with the Hogwarts head teacher.