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'Sev'rus! Sev'rus, look at this!' yelled Lily, clutching her sides in an effort to gain back the breath that had fled her body as she sprinted across the wispy, yellowing grass which paved the front yard of a young Severus Snape.
'What is it, Lily?' he questioned in return, fighting back a smirk at how funny she looked when her face matched her hair color. After all, he could not risk offending his best and only friend, who was currently facing him expectantly, bearing a grin that seemed to reach both ears. In her hand, she clutched a dangling golden chain connected to an hourglass-like object rotating subtly behind an oval of glass.
'What do 'ya think it is?' she demanded, unconsciously twitching the chain between her fingers.
'I think I heard mummy talking about something like that. She said it was maybe a time-turner, or something. She said that when you turn it,' he whispered, eyes widening, 'you can move through time.' Suddenly, the meaning of the action her fingers where currently performing struck him at full force. 'Lils, you're turning it!' he shrieked, but it was too late. Their surroundings shimmered, then suddenly, they were being flung through time, heading to an unknown destination.
