Hello everyone Tori427 here! This is a new story that jumped out at me and I couldn't help but start it…since I couldn't sleep the night it formed in my mind. I'm trying to make everyone as in character as possible but I might slip a bit so bare with me and please Enjoy my new story!
I don't own Harry Potter or anything, maybe the plot but that's still to be decided.
As time ran out
Chapter 1 ~ Reaching for an Exit/Entrance
Hermione could hear Harry and Ron running behind her. 'Can't those two ever be quieter?' she wondered as they paused at a bunch of doors.
"Which way Hermione?" Harry asked his wand was at the ready, it had been ever since we'd had that run in with those death eaters. In his other hand was a glowing orb.
"I'm not sure." Hermione said softly looking at the doors.
"You're not sure? How can you not be sure?" Ron's voice cracked with worry.
Hermione clamped her jaw together so not to yell at him again. She was worried as well, but she had to keep a cool head.
"To the right…" she said she reached for a door handle.
"There they are!" An unknown voice shouted.
The three quickly opened the door and closed it behind them. Ron turned around and warded the door just quickly while Harry and Hermione looked around.
"There's no way out." Hermione said, "Shoot, do you see anything Harry?"
Harry was looking in the middle of the room there was a large hourglass full of white sand falling slowly. Around them were different workbenches full of golden spools in different stages of completion.
"Hermione…I think we're in the room where time-turners are a made." He said, looking at one in particular.
It was smaller and had numbers on it. It was unlike any time-turner he'd seen before, though he'd only seen one.
"Have you found a way out yet?" Ron asked walking towards Harry, "I warded the door as best as I could…"
"Ron, do you know what this is?" Harry asked looking as if he'd found the answer to everything.
"No." Ron said looking at the device, "What is it?"
"Harry." Hermione said walking over to the boys, "I think you're right this is the room where time-turners are made…what's that it doesn't look like any time-tuner I've ever seen."
"It is a time-turner…but different."Harry said putting down the orb.
"I don't think you should put that down mate." Ron said picking up the orb. "It looks fragile."
"Hermione, this could take us back days…maybe even years." He looked at her, "We could save everyone."
"No Harry, it's way too dangerous." Hermione said, "If we messed up the past think about our future!"
"We might not have a future too much longer." He said acidly, "This could be our chance to change everything before it happens!"
"Harry don't, we don't know what could happen." Hermione warned.
Ron turned towards the door, "The wards!" and soon as the words left his mouth he dived out of the way from a spell that was sent at them.
Spells flew around them as five death eaters stormed the room, Hermione saw Ginny, Luna and Neville were all caught.
"Ron!" Harry yelled before throwing a stunner at an unknown death eather, "Don't let it be taken, I'll end this before it starts!"
Hermione knew what he was going to do, so she quickly sent a jinx at one of the advancing death eaters and ran over to Harry. She saw him slip the chain of the weird looking time-turner around his neck.
"HARRY!" she yelled before grabbing onto the chain just as he put the spun the spool the last time.
Ron threw a stunner at one of the death eaters before getting hit one a spell that made his chest slice open. He looked over to wear Harry and Hermione were and saw they had vanished. The orb fell from his fingers as he fell to the ground.
Harry and Hermione felt a familiar tug from behind their navels they were lifted up and saw scenes much as if they were in a pensieve. They floated to their feet and saw they were back in the room, but no one was around and it looked empty. Hermione rounded on Harry.
"You idiot! Do you know what you've done?" Hermione yelled, "We don't even know what time we're in!"
Harry let her yell and looked at the device around his neck, he saw the numbers 1976.
"Stop yelling Hermione." Harry said looking at her, "We're in the year 1976."
Hermione looked at him and then looked at the thing in his hand, "This is completely your fault."
"And I take full responsibility for it, but we need to go find someone that can help us…I suggest we go to Hogwarts."
"Hogwarts? Harry you can't be serious! We're in 1976! This is…is…No Harry."
"We should see Dumbledore." Harry said nodding, "He can help us."
"Harry, I know why you want to go to Hogwarts…"
"Then let me!" He stared at her seriously. "Just let me have this."
"This is dangerous magic! If we mess up something we could seriously ruin our future!" she said angrily, "You never think do you?"
"I've been thinking about this moment my whole life." Harry said softly.
Hermione felt her anger dim slightly, before sighing. "Harry…this could change everything."
"And it could make things right." He nodded, "Whatever the matter…We're stuck here and we need help."
Hermione sighed before nodding, "Come here." She said, then she waved her wand and Harry felt that cooling feeling at the base of his neck. Hermione grabbed his arm and did the same.
"I disillusioned us so we could get out of here, relatively unseen." She said tugging him, "If we're going to get to Dumbledore, we have to do it tonight."
It was easier to get out of the Department of Mysteries this time around since they weren't being chase by Death eaters. When they made it back to the fountain, Hermione sighed out.
"It looks the same…" Harry said, "Only fudge isn't in charge."
"Come on." She said, "I'll apparate us to Hogsmeades and from there we can walk to Hogwarts."
"Hermione…Are you sure-" Harry started in a worried voice, but was cut off.
There was a loud crack and they were gone, they landed in the middle of the main road. Luckily it was quite and dark, so they wouldn't be seen. Harry stumbled on shaky legs.
"How…did you learn to do that?" he asked paler than normal.
"I do know how to do other things besides read books." Hermione huffed, "Now come on, we have to hurry."
They ran up the road towards Hogwarts, but when they got to the gate they noticed it was locked.
"Oh no!" Hermione said, "How are we suppose to get in now."
"We could go through the shrieking shack." Harry said then shook his head, "Never mind I forgot it's actually being used in this time."
Hermione sighed, "Maybe…Harry use your patronus."
"My father has the same one Hermione…" he said before a smile formed, "Hermione you're brilliant, and Hagrid is still games keeper as well!"
"Expecto Protronum!" he yelled, when it was visible in front of him he couldn't stop grinned, "Can you give a message to Hagrid." He swears he saw its head bow.
"Hagrid, its prongs there's been a bit of a problem." Harry said in an authoritative voice. Harry's patronus left him and Hermione, and in less than a few minutes later Hagrid came towards them swinging a lantern.
"How did Ye…yer not James Potter." Hagrid said when he got close enough, "Who are ya?"
Harry walked up close to the light and looked up at Hagrid, "I'm Harry potter." He showed Hagrid his scar, "And we need to talk to Headmaster Dumbledore."
~TBC~
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