The characters and locations used in this story are the property of J.K.Rowling and/or Warner Bros. The storyline is based on a challenge by 'pok' on the Portkey Forums ). This is a work of fanfiction and no money is being made with it, so please don't sue me.
AN: The story is written from Harry's POV as a first person narrative. There are three markings used in the text:
( ) - This is where the reader is directly adressed.
italic - Denotes Harry's thoughts at that moment in the story.
" " - Well, that's spoken out loud. guess you knew that though ;)
I hope I havn't confused you. ... Oh, and please review I'd really like to improve this story.
Prologue -- A Delightful Afternoon
After wolfing down my dinner I rushed to the Room of Requirement to train. I wanted to train this afternoon - as I had told Hermione leaving the Common Room, but unfortunately I ran into Peeves. He waylaid me when I was on a hidden staircase few people ever use except as a shortcut between the seventh and the second floor. As I was climbing the stairs Peeves had the delightful idea to pelt me with waterballoons ... filled with wizarding ink of various colors! I was drenched to the bone in all colours imaginable some of them even flashing - THANKS PEEVES just what I needed a 'relaxing' afternoon locked away in a bathroom and scrubbing myself raw with 'Mrs Skower's All-Purpose Magical Mess Remover'!
Even now I hadn't much time on my hands, but I intended to make good use of my timeturner. (That's right folks I got myself a timeturner, oh and don't ask how I got it. I could tell you of course, but I would have to wipe your memory afterwards! Well, that's life.) So after impatiently pacing the seventh floor corridor near the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy three times thinking of a nice place to train a solid door made of oak with a brass knob appeared. Upon entering I found a large room with an empty space in the center. Along one wall various kinds of targets were lined up, while the opposite wall was lined with bookcases stuffed with every Defence Against the Dark Arts book imaginable and a nice cosy couch and table. The wall opposite the door contained four large windows all of which showed different sceneries. On both sides of the door were courtained alcoves that turned out to hold all sorts of weapons like swords, morningstars, tridents, nets and so on. I decided to use them some other time and took out the timeturner. Everything around me went blurry when I turned the hourglass around a few times.