Chapter 7- Time Traveling

Today I'm having a great day. Professor McGonagall finally got me the time traveler I need to get to most of my classes. (She's also gotten very old. She should retire). It has been very hard to get since my grandmother was at school, she told me. Then I remembered the time she told me about her using the time traveler because she was taking basically every class in the school. I am very happy to use a time traveler too… she's probably very proud of me. I wonder if I have her class today… I hope so because I really want to show her the time traveler even though she probably already knows. Anyways, back to my terrific day…

Today for the first time ever Tia was shooting dirty looks at me. I know she is jealous that I am going out with Jake. I'm so happy! She, for the first time probably knows that I have achieved something that she hasn't achieved even though she wanted to for years. This is so cool!

I am going to meet him again today. We are going to go out for a walk near the lake because it was such a gorgeous day. I can't wait! I just love hearing his voice and being near him…

The bell rung. Class was finally over. I grabbed my bag and quickly went to the girl's dorm. Ten minutes until we go for the walk and I wanted to look perfect.

I dropped my bag near my bed and looked in the mirror. Should I change out of my black robes? No, it'll take too long. I combed my hair a bit, put on some lip-gloss, and left. I met him near the portrait of the fat lady. He smiled when he saw me. I smiled back. He took my hand.

"Shall we go?" he asked.

"Yes, lets go," I said. I am so nervous. I can barely talk.

We walked slowly down the stairs. My hands became sweaty with all the silence. I had to break it.

"Today is a wonderful day for me today," I said, "So many good things have been happening."

"What sort of wonderful things have happened to you today?" he asked.

"Well…" I started. I can't tell him about the time traveling thing, and I am too shy to tell about me being all excited for a walk with him I mean wouldn't he think I am weird for being so excited for a walk? So what should I say? I don't want him to think that I was only dating him because I wanted Tia to feel jealous, so I can't tell him about how happy I am to know that Tia is actually jealous about something I have… I guess I could just say that I was getting good marks… yeah that would be good. "Today I got a really good mark on an assignment," I lied.

"Really?" he said, "I thought I was talking to Amy… you know the girl who always gets really good marks." I blushed. I am so stupid. He might think I'm bragging or something.

"Yes, you are talking to her," I said totally not sure if I was supposed to answer that. Well he smiled at me so maybe it's all right. "McGonagall gave me something I really needed for a long time. I did get good marks though."

"I see," he said. God, I'm so relived. If he asked what McGonagall gave to me I wouldn't be able to answer him. Me and my big mouth.

We were now outside next the lake. We walked in the shallow water. The blue water got my shoes wet, so I decided to take them off and leave them somewhere on the side. Jake took his shoes off too. Jake started talking about Quidditch. I really don't like Quidditch but I let him talk. I don't want to be rude.

As I looked over at the boys in front of us, totally in dream world, I noticed Professor Groth, the evil potions master, walking down the hill towards us. (I actually noticed him. Normally I would just continue dreaming about me resting my head on Jake's shoulder, and then falling asleep. Waking up still leaning on Jake. Him looking deep into my eyes, me looking into his eyes, he comes closer… STOP! I think I get my point. Professor Groth, remember him? Big, ugly, evil potions master coming toward us!) He wasn't looking at us but he did seem mad… maybe it was because I forgot to do the potions essay and lied saying I already handed it in. Did he already do the summoning charm? Man, he's fast. I was planning on doing it and hiding it in his desk. I can't let him ruin my date with Jake especially have it ruined by such a stupid thing! (Even though right now listening to his endless chatter about Quidditch and his trickiest moves, I'm not having the greatest time… but I can't let him make it even more…disappointing, horrible, ok it is not that bad.) So I did what most gorgeous, amazing, smart girls would do (plus it was the first thing I thought of. I ran.

Away, away, far away. With Jake panting behind me looking very annoyed and confused. Poor Jake. Doesn't know what dreadful things might have happened. Because of me we would have had to listen to Groth's endless speech on how Gryffindor's were a disgrace and how Slytherin's actually finish their homework and about how big of a liar I am. I normally don't lie but since Jake and I have been going out things have changed. I spend more time dreaming of him than working and paying attention in class. I even started lying. I know, shame on me, bad Amy but hey! I can't help it.

Finally I stopped. That was when I noticed that we were in the forbidden forest. I knew we were deep in the forest because all the trees were close together. Why did

Jake exploded with anger. This is the first time I saw him so angry. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!!!! WHY'D YOU RUN OFF LIKE THAT? WHY DIDN'T YOU LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SHOUTED FOR YOU TO STOP AT THE EDGE OF THE FOREST???? WHY DID YOU FREAK OUT?? WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? WHY DID YOU RUN OFF LIKE THAT?" he shouted. I was surprised. He was usually cool when it came to stuff like this. He usually was an understanding person. "Now we are stuck in that middle of the forbidden forest!"

"I-I ran because… well… Snape was coming… and I…" I mumbled. My eyes filled up with tears. He kicked the nearest tree in frustration. I became braver. "Look, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have run away like that, you were probably very worried. I didn't really think." Jake looked at me then sighed.

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have got so angry like that. I have no right to yell at you like that. I'm sorry. Can you tell me why you ran off like that?" he asked politely.

I blushed. "It's really silly… I didn't want our date to be ruined. So when I saw Groth coming our way, I freaked out."

Jake looked over at me with a weird face. He looked at me for a bit then he said, "Well… I would have got tense too but I would have waited to see if he was even coming towards me. When you ran off I saw him go to the other boys near us. That's why you shouldn't think everything's about you! Now how are we going to find our way out of here?" I stared at him my face blank. I could feel my time traveler on my chest. I sat on a big rock near me and started toying around with the time traveler.

"Well, we could wait here for Hagrid. He might come around here…" I said. It didn't really sound like a good plan and Jake seemed to think the same way.

"If Hagrid ever came near here we would have to be very lucky people. I doubt that would happen," he said, "What's that you're playing with?" He looked right at my time traveler.

Oh, no! He noticed the time traveler. Nobody's supposed to know about it! What should I do? If I say it is a necklace he would probably want to see it… I can't lie. I should tell him the truth.

"What is it?" he asked again.

I took a deep breath. "You see I'm taking extra classes like Ancient Runes and Muggle Studies. Well I don't have enough time to go to all the classes in a day, so McGonagall gave me this time traveler." I pulled out the time traveler and showed it to him. We stared at each other for a minute. "THE TIME TRAVELER!!!!"

"About time! We could have been out of here already!" he said.

Then I heard something… it was the rustling of leaves coming from behind me. I turned around. A dark figure stepped through the bushes. It was very tall and muscular. He had 4 thin legs. Wait a minute… four legs?I looked up and saw the first centaur I ever saw in my life. There was a rumour at Hogwarts that there were centaurs in the forest and I didn't believe them. I always thought that the school would never allow centaurs in the forest. Now I know those rumours were true.

"What are you humans doing on our land?" he asked. Two more centaurs turned up at its side.

"Are you guys centaurs?" asked Jake ignoring the centaur's question.

"True, we are called centaurs," he said, "The moon is out tonight."

"You're right, the moon is out today and it isn't even night yet. Weird. But what does that have to do with anything?" asked Jake.

"The moon is out tonight," the centaur repeated.

"Jake, lets go…" I said, scared.

"Humans! Get off the grounds of the forest this instant!" said one of the centaurs that turned up after the tall centaur came.

"Yes, you see we are lost. Can you help us find our way back to the castle?" asked Jake before I could stop him. I read about centaurs and it said that centaurs never help humans.

"You ask us for help! We shall never help you humans!" said the tall centaur.

"C'mon Jake, let's go," I said slowly. I walked up the Jake and grabbed his hand. "C'mon."

"You are being very rude. Why shouldn't you help us? You are the one who wants us to go!" he said. The centaur stared at him hard. I wanted to smack Jake.

"We should not leave. This forest is ours anyway. Who are you to tell us to get out of here?" Jake continued.

"Jake lets go. C'mon Jake." I started to tug on his hand.

The centaur started running right at us. He looked very mad. His two friends ran at us too.

"Run!" I shouted and Jake listened to me for once. We ran deeper and deeper into the forest, the centaurs not far behind us. I ran the fastest I've ever run in my life. I could barely see where I was going. I crashed into a tree. I rubbed my forehead for a second then saw the centaurs coming. I ran. Jake grabbed my hand and we turned into a bunch of close together trees. I couldn't see the centaurs behind us. We turned again and hid behind a wide tree.

"Your... time... traveler!" Jake panted. I grabbed the end the time traveler and put the chain over Jake's head too. I started to change to time not even noticing the big crack in the time traveler from when I crashed into the tree. A second later they were both traveling back in time. Way back in time.

End of Amy's POV

Way back in time. Way, way back in time is more like it.

Amy and Jake stood in the middle of the school grounds. There were tons of people outside none of whom they recognized. It seemed earlier in the day than when they were hanging out near the lake. The lake looked way bigger than usual and the school seemed somehow newer. Amy scratched her head.

"Jake! What did you do back there? Couldn't you have just kept quiet? You almost got us killed!"

"Sorry, I couldn't stop myself. Besides you shouldn't be yelling at me. Who was the one who got us in this mess anyways?" asked Jake. Amy's face turned a bit red. She decided not to answer his question and avoid the topic.

"Looks like we went a little bit far. Too bad now we have to go to class again," said Amy, changing the topic.

"Do you recognize anyone here?" asked Jake.

"No," Amy replied, "We probably don't know 55 of people in Hogwarts anyways so it's normal not to recognize anyone at first."

"Yes, but we know some people just by their face. No one around here likes familiar."

"I think your overreacting. You probably forgot these people."

"Well do you recognize anyone?"

"Well, no but that doesn't mean-"

"Isn't that Harry Potter?"

Amy turned her head in the direction Jake was looking. I recognized him at once. It was Harry Potter, The Chosen One, and The Boy Who Lived. He was right in front of me. The real Harry Potter.


A/N: Sorry for the long update. Happy New Year! I hope you are enjoying the story so far. Please review! Tell me if you liked it! If you didn't like it, tell me why! Please REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!