Job Opened
Ron and I walked hand in hand further down Diagon Alley, getting to the darker parts of Diagon Alley, Ron moved protectively closer. It felt like the time Harry, Ron and I followed Draco and his mother to Borgin and Burkes.
We snuck after them; it became cold and windy as we wandered further down the road. I shivered involuntarily and began rubbing my arms to warm up. Suddenly, I felt a warm jacket being wrapped around me. I turned to Ron and he started to zip it up for me. The jacket was too big for me, but it was so warm. He made a small smile and continued to follow Harry, but stayed close by. When we finally saw Draco go into Borgin and Burkes, we decided to get a better look.
Ron moved me to the side and went to push Harry up to the roof. Feeling quite useless, I went to help. Ron just finished pushing Harry up, making me and Ron unbelievably close. In that moment, I actually thought Ron and I may have kissed. But all he did was lift me up to Harry's awaiting hands. As I was being pulled up, I watched Ron. He was just smiling back up at me. I looked away and blushed. My lips felt tingly, as if we actually kissed.
We reached the building finally, the windows were dark and dingy, the shop sign was black fromchimney smoke, and the paint was peeling. For anyone this would be a sure sign to avoid the shop. It gave you the urge to tighten up your scarf, button up your coat, and steer clear of the shop all together. However, I wasn't going to be deterred. We needed this money. I needed this job. Ron opened the door for me and I entered. The shop inside was much like the outside. Dark, dusty, and uninviting. However, the most unexpected thing was the shop was completely empty.
"Hello?" I called out, my voice echoing off the walls. I heard movement from the room upstairs and doors opening and closing. Shuffling feet finally made their way to the staircase and down to meet us. The wizard was frail looking. With his skin wrinkled his hair a silvery white, and his hands and knees shaking. I wish I could help him sit, but there was no place to. He crossed the room to inspect me and Ron. Ron instinctively stepped closer to me. "I'm Hermione and this is my husband, Ron." He nodded and pulled something from his pocket. It was a time turner.
"Are you familiar with the time turner?" He croaked. I merely nodded as he placed it in my awaiting hand. This time turner was different than the one I received in school. The one from school was gold and was a bit smaller. This one was larger, silver, and had moons carved into the metal.
"What is that 'Mione?" I turned to him, as he picked it up to examine it a bit closer.
"It is a time turner, one can turn back time to do things, like during our third year I had one so I would be able to take more classes."
"I knew it!" I laughed at him before turning back to the old man.
"What do you need us to do?"
"Well as you may know, the time turner is a very rare piece of magic and there are only so many in the world." He pulled out a small notebook. "There are only three left in whole wizarding world." He opened to the first page of the notebook and pointed to the picture of the time turner they were holding. "This one is called the Tempus Luna or Time Moon, for the moons craved into the metal. This one is special for its ability to control time to go backwards and forwards." I gasped.
"That is unheard of. It was only a myth that I read about." The old man grinned and then flipped to the next page.
"Now this one is more familiar to you, the Absconditus Aurum or Hidden Gold" He pointed to an image of the time turner I received my third year. "This one is the most common of the time turners, in which you may go back into time, but must remain unnoticed until time returns to normal." He flipped to the last page.
"Now this is the most dangerous one of all. That is why only one of these ever existed, the Viridis Atrocitas or Emerald Cruelty." He pointed to the menacing emerald green time turner. "This one is used for one thing only, to wipe people from existence." I was horrified. "If one wanted to destroy someone's life all they needed to do was take this and wipe them away as if they never existed."
"Now what are we supposed to do? Where do we find the rest of them and how can we find them?" Ron asked.
"Take the Tempus Luna and the book, clues are all around you." I dangled the Luna in front me, it glimmered in the pale light and Ron looked through the book.
"What about the compensation?" Ron questioned.
"After the time turners are return, I plan on leaving this world and I will leave everything to you both." Ron and I looked at him with doubt.
"I will give you some of the money for now, how does one hundred thousand galleons sound for living expenses till the time turners are all returned. After all is returned, you will receive the rest of my fortune, three million galleons." I heard Ron gulp behind me.
"That sounds fair." I choked out. He nodded and shuffled to a door and pulled out a bag. He opened it; both Ron and I leaned in to see inside. It was full to the brim with galleons. I opened my beaded bag and he dropped all of the money into it. After the last bit of it was in my bag, the old man was gone. Ron held my hand and led me back down Diagon Alley, how exactly are we going to find these time turners?
