"Harry mate; stop pacing. We know you didn't put your name in that goblet."
"I know you believe me Ron, but no one else does."
"And there's something else. Who did put Harry's name in? And why?"
"I overheard McGonagall say to Sprout tat someone must have cast a confundus and a compulsion charm on the goblet to make it produce a fourth champion."
"They'd have to be powerful charms to affect such an old and magical artefact." Harry turned to walk back past the tapestry of Barnabus the Barmy for the third time as his friends talked. Luna's dreamy voice suddenly disrupted their discussion.
"Was that door there a minute ago?" Five heads turned to look in the direction Luna was pointing.
"But there aren't any classrooms in this corridor. That's why we came here."
"I don't think it's a classroom. We should take a look."
"Is that really a good idea?"
"It's an excellent idea. Come on!" Hermione outvoted, the six fourth years gathered around the new door. It was Ginny who reached out a slightly shaky hand and opened the door. The six stepped through quickly before they could change their minds.
"How did we go from the seventh floor to the great hall?"
"What happened to the house tables?" The six friends were stood where the Gryffindor table ought to be but the hall was currently empty. The staff table wasn't even there. A creaking noise indicated the doors to the hall opening. Conversation drifted into the room.
"…prepare for the new school year, Salazar."
"We still have two days before the students return Rowena. There is still plenty of time."
"After all.." But whatever the blonde had been about to say died in her throat as she entered the room and saw six teenagers, wearing what seemed to be a uniform, stood there. Instead she asked who they were.
"Who are you talking to Helga?" Another lady and two gentlemen followed the blonde into the room. The four young adults seemed rather surprised to find students in the Great Hall. Hermione, who had heard the names the four had been using and had put two and two together, stepped forward.
"Excuse me. Please could you tell me what year it is please?" Being rather nervous about the answer caused her to repeat her pleases.
"Why it's the year 902. How can you not know that?"
"Well you see, we were in the year 1994 what seems to us just a few minutes ago." Hermione explained to the strangers, who she had realised were in fact the four founders of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"How do we get back?" It was Luna who answered Ron's rather frantic question.
"I think we'll have to find that door again. But I don't think it will appear until we are ready to go back."
"What in merlin's name is that supposed to mean? When we're ready? I'm more than ready to go home I assure you Luna Lovegood!" Ron was not pleased to find himself in the past at all.
"I mean when we're prepared to face what's waiting in our time. There are many challenges we will face when we go back. I think that door sent us here so we could train for the future and grow stronger." Ginny interrupted her brother and best friend by starting to introduce the six teens to the founders.
Once the introductions had been completed, Helga took the six students and gave them a guest suite in the very place where Dumbledore would one day have his office. Exhausted from the commotion of the evening, and the unexpected timetravelling, all six quickly drifted off into a deep and dreamless sleep.