A/N: The idea popped in my head.
I DO NOT own Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling's characters...etc.
"RON!" Harry's fearful voice rang out over the musty air of the requirment room.
Ronald Weasley lay motionless on the cold ground, all movements evasive to Harry. His chest was no longer rising, but still and forlorn. Harry tried to run to his side but he felt a tug on his sleeve.
"Harry!" he heard Hermione cry behind him. "We have no time, Harry! We have to go, the Death Eaters are here!"
Harry saw black hooded figures slowly marching their way through the requirement room, looking through their death masks for Harry. But Harry couldn't leave Ron like this. He just couldn't. But then he thought of Hermione, Neville, and Draco behind him. They would never survive if he didn't cooperate.
Harry forced himself to tear his gaze away from Ron and faced the terrified trio behind him.
"Let's go," he muttered darkly.
They all crawled out a secret dungeon and arrived in an unfamiliar corridor. Harry stopped in his tracks, trying to remember where he was.
It was quiet for a second and then a loud crash sounded from the west side of the castle. Neville gave a yell of surprise as the ground shook violently underneath him.
"Let's face it," declared the sour voice of Draco Malfoy. "We're done. And father won't even be able to get me out of this. According to them, I'm a betrayer."
"We're going to get out of this," said Harry roughly. "Ron sacrificed his life for our escape." But even Harry had a hard time believing his own words. In fact, his mind kept telling him that this was the end of everything.
It was November of Harry's 6th year. He and Hermione were in the Gryffindor common room, like any other normal day when they heard a loud boom. Rushing out of the commom room, they found the school in utter chaos. Students were wildly running all througout the halls. Harry managed to find out from a panick stricken Colin Creevey that the Death Eaters had bombed the front gates of the school, and that they had entered the school.
The Death Eaters had killed most of the students, while Harry, Ron, and Hermione had hid out in the room of requirment. Harry had gone out once in the hall and found numerous Death Eaters roaming about. He had to press himself against the shadows in order not to get caught. He had heard a whimper and saw to his surprise, Neville Longbottom hiding behind one of the suits of armor. Neville hid out with them for a few hours while the trio devised a plan on how to get out in Hogsmeade, whether through apparation or tunnels underground.
Then, to their surprise, Bellatrix Lestrange had come in the room holding Draco Malfoy by his collar. "You betrayer...you have dishonored your name, Malfoy, and your family..." Bellatrix had snarled.
"Let him go." Ron had faced the stricken Bellatrix. There he had battled her, Draco running behind Harry, absolutely terrified. Harry thought the world would never turn upside down when Ron was hit with the Crucio Curse.
Now, Harry had no idea what to do or how to get out of the school. Hermione brought a package out of her cloak pocket and unwrapped it. She showed Harry the Time Turner she had used her 3rd year. "For emergencies," she said, serious faced.
"Now, why don't we bloody hell use it now?!" cried Draco.
"Going back in time is serious business, Malfoy," said Hermione coyly. "It'll only be for emergencies."
Just then, Death Eaters entered the hall from the group's left. They all walked quickly, eyes on their targets, whispering some spell.
"Run!" yelled Harry and the group ran to their right. Once again, Death Eaters entered that end of the hallway.
"We're trapped!" moaned Neville, pulling at his face. Hermione pulled out her Time Turner. "We have no choice," she muttered. She didn't like the idea of using the Time Turner, since it was so dangerous and could change the future easily but Hermione couldn't imagine a future worse than this one she was living through.
Hermione spun the circles on the Time Turner and they began to spin on their own. "Hurry!" ushered Draco, glancing every so often at the advancing Death Eaters. A smoke formed around the group. It's working! Hermione thought.
"Stop where you are!" commanded a Death Eater, seeing the Time Turner. The Death Eater threw back it's hood, only to reveal Augustus Rookwood. "Put that thing down!"
Hermione thought of a time hurridely, any time except the one they were in. The smoke thickened around them. The group soon dissolved in blackness, right before Rookwood had screamed and before the flash of green light had reached them.