Al Potter was playing "duel" with his sister, Lily Luna. She was five, two years younger than Al, and had trouble keeping the "spell" names straight. It didn't really matter as neither one had a real wand, or for that matter, really knew any dueling spells.

"Expely-must!" Shouted Lily as she popped out of her hiding place and aimed her toy wand at her brother.

Al ducked and said, "Missed me. Petrificus totalus!"

Lily giggled and dove to the side, right into James.

"Hey, be careful!" said James nearly dropping a small golden object.

"What's that James?" said Al.

"This, my dear little brother, is a time turner."

What's a Time Turner?" asked Lily.

"I think it has something to do with time travel. Dad said he got one of the first new ones on loan because he had to be in two places at once yesterday." said James.

"Why do you have it?" said Al.

"Dad said he was going to return it today but I told him it would be a stupid for such an cool device to sit in the ministry, so he let me have it."

"Really?" Al didn't believe it for a second.

"Ask a silly question, get a silly answer."

"James." Said Al.

"I took it out of his work bag. I'm going to put it back as soon as we've had our Time Travel Adventure." said James.

"Can I come Jamie?" asked Lily.

"Of course Lil, this is a Potter family adventure after all. "

"But what about Teddy?" asked Lily.

"You know he's at Hogwarts Lily. Maybe he can come next time. Now both of you, how do you think this thing works?" said James.

The Potter children set to work poking, prodding, and examining the time turner.

"It's filled with sand." said Lily.

"The Sands of Time." said James.

"Like in the movie?" said Lily.

"You weren't allowed to watch that movie!" said James.

"Neither were you!" said Lily.

"How did Dad work this thing?" said Al. He shook the time turner and watched the sand bounce around.

"Don't do that." James grabbed the time turner.

"Mummy says not to grab." said Lily as she tried to grab the time turner.

James jerked out of the way but Lily caught the chain and the time turner was yanked from his hand. It shattered against the floor and golden threads spiraled around the siblings as they looked at each other in panic, wonder, and excitement.

Thanks for reading and, don't worry, there will be more to come. The next chapter is already started. Please Review and tell me what you think, good or bad. -Mythgirllily