Madam Pomfrey – Prefect's Bathroom – Time Turner Mishap – Androidxs

Reported By: Poppy Pomfrey

For the Attention of: Minerva McGonagall, Horace Slughorn, Albus Dumbledore, Auror's Office (?)

Date: May 3rd, 1984

Time: Arrived at 13:04, incident happened circa 10 minutes prior.

Students Involved: Nymphadora Tonks (Hufflepuff, first year), Regulus Black (Slytherin, sixth year),

Site of Incident: Prefect's Bathroom, Fifth Floor.

Nature of Incident: Misuse of time turner led to serious injury.

Notes: At approximately 13:00 hours, Nympahdora Tonks alerted me to the fact that there was an incident in the fifth floor prefect's bathroom and that urgent medical attention was needed. The first year, being sheepish, gave little more information but babbled the same information repetitively. I later treated her for shock.

Upon reaching the first floor it became immediately apparent that there had been a duel of sorts as debris of broken sinks and mirrors were covering the floor in rubble, meanwhile a layer of dust settled over the room, after being disturbed from such intense action. Seeing two bodies on the floor, one of a recognisable sixth year from Slytherin house (later identified as Regulus Black) and another of an unknown male, I rushed into the room. The male was much older, but both were bleeding profusely. I first inspected Regulus, with Nymphadora standing behind me, watching aghast. He had several contusions to the lower mandible and it appeared as though he had been punched and knocked out. I used the spell, "Rennervate" to awake him. He woke up very quickly, shocked and asking for his wand to, "…finish him off…", speaking about the other man. I refused him his wand, and asked him to wait outside. Angrily, he pushed little Nymphadora out of the way and left the room.

I moved my attention to the other man in the room, obviously no match for Regulus or not wanting to harm him. Wondering who he was, I checked him over and saw several deep contusions across his chest. It was dark magic, used by Regulus to harm the gentleman. I used a healing spell to cause the skin's reproduction to increase in mitosis speed which stopped the wounds from bleeding but left scars in the place of the cuts. The man was very pale, so I conjured a stretcher in order to transport him to the hospital wing for further treatment. I pocketed Regulus' wand to ensure he would not get it and requested that he follow me to the hospital wing, along with Nymphadora. He did so, after many rude gestures. However, as the injured man was unrecognisable, it was at this point that I informed Argus Filch, whom I met upon the way, of a possible security breach, knowing that the patient was now in a stable condition. Asking Regulus if he knew the man, he shook his head, saying that he had chased him through the castle, talking about the dark arts and You Know Who. Something about what he was saying seemed unlikely, considering it was he that had used dark magic.

In the hospital wing, I verbally wrestled Mr Black into a bed and pulled some screens around him, in order to give him some time to calm down. Mrs Tonks sat very quietly in the corner of the room, looking extremely pale. I levitated the intruder onto an empty bed and conjured a length of rope, which I used to tie his wrists to the bedstead. Pulling the screens around the bed, I began to undress him from the waist up and poured on essence of dittany over the newly formed scars. Upon reaching his neck, I noticed that he wore a long chain around it as a necklace. I decided to remove it, as it may interfere with treatment and, in doing so, I noticed that hanging from the chain was an extremely rare time-turner – an item which I had, until that point, only read about.

Suggesting that this man was from the future, I pondered why he may have chosen to return to this time, and why it was important that he be at Hogwarts. As I bandaged his chest, I noticed a striking resemblance to Sirius Black, Regulus' older brother who graduated last year. I pondered upon whether it may have been another brother, or Sirius himself, returning from the future. That would also explain why he wished to communicate with Regulus. Despite these realisations, his motive remains unclear yet, to get a time turner is difficult, and only allowed in vital situations. It must have be important.

Both students have been given calming draughts and will explain what they have seen to their respective heads of houses and have been sent to their offices.

Suggested Actions:

To Professor Slughorn – I suggest you speak with Regulus about the implications of using dark magic.

To Professor McGonagall – I suggest you speak with Nymphadora about what first years are truly capable of.

Additional Details:

The man, who has just awoken, claimed to be Regulus Black. I went to alert the headmaster, yet upon my return, the hospital wing was vacant. The authorities have been alerted.

Signed

Poppy Pomfrey 3/5/84