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A/N- Okay… so the previous thing that I posted was a draft and not actually the one that I planned to post. I mistakenly deleted the original chapter and posted the draft idea thingy. This chapter is edited.
Hope you enjoy it!
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1-Desperation
Sweat trickled down her forehead 'It did not go the way it ought to,' she thought for the hundredth time, V still reigning and so many death eaters. She had been implementing scenarios in her brain for the battle's result but did not imagine this.
Her brain. Oh! her brain, something she cherished since she was a little girl, she prided herself of was useless?
No.
She will not let the worse happen and most certainly won't let him down.
"The dividing line between past, present, and future is an illusion"
She read again and again trying to make sense of it….She knew the non-magical physicists, mathematicians have got it all wrong, they knew nothing of magic she knew about it since she was twelve, it was her logic, if magic existed, how could the science books be sure of how everything was related directly or indirectly to mass, velocity and gravity, When she fist saw professor McGonagall performing tranfiguration, the first thing that left her mouth was "This defies everything we know about mass."
But then she looked closely, there were loopholes that only a magical folk could understand, well..at least who tried to, small loopholes but small ones that could make a huge difference, she learned it early.
ILLUSION!
Illusions in the muggle world was defined as an instance of misinterpreted perception of a sensory experience.
Magic.
Whenever there was a magic trick performed in her birthday parties, her parents told it was a work of illusion that means…?
Her eyes skimmed through the notebook she was she was scribbling on and mumbled-
"The dividing line between past, present, and future is magic"
That was clever, very clever actually. Muggles are unaware of magic and wizards have no ounce of logic.
They had finally found a way they would be able to protect everyone, without getting sucked in time loops and without even forming an alternate reality!
Wizards managed to time travel but only within 24 hours and that too using the magical core of the person using it, it would be brutal if somebody found them in the place of destination, that if they travelled with a time turner.
No harm, just intermingling of their subconsciousness and the present they are living in will cease to exist and they would even have their memory, it would cause no harm, they can save everybody.
Beaming she turned to her research partner "Luna! Go bring Harry! I-We found it!" Luna got an identical smile as of her as Luna hopped off the stool sprinted to get Harry and Ron.
She sighed, months of hard work finally paid off.
"HERMIONE! IS IT TRUE YOU FOUND IT?", Harry shouted bolting through the door followed closely by Ron and Luna.
"Yes Harry ,we found it," Hermione corrected him.
Harry scoffed waving his hand "Oh please! It was all you and Luna. Me and Ron were just slacking off"
"Oi! speak for yourself, I shat my pants sneaking off those books and trinkets from leaky cauldron, among those Voldy's arse lickers and no offence mate," Ron continued scrunching his nose and licking his lips in distaste. "I am not going under your invisibility cloak pressed to you ever again."
"Yes, you were very brave Ronald," Luna said in her typical dreamy voice. "And don't worry I will make sure to be pressed to you, under invisibility cloak."
Causing Ron's ear to turn red and cheeks pink.
"Erm-Sure L-Luna," the read-head replied causing Harry and Hermione to snicker.
Luna turned to Harry and Hermione "Don't worry Harry I will make you happy too, I will make sure to lock you in the bathroom with Hermione naked, like the other day," Causing the duo to blanch and turn red with embarrassment.
"That was you!?" Hermione shrieked, while Harry chuckled awkwardly still red in face probably from the memory of the day.
"why, yes it was me."
THUD!
The short merriment of the group broke by a loud noise which brought them back to reality.
"I-I'll go check," Harry muttered, wand in hand and exited the room accompanied by Ron. Harry tuned to look at Hermione stopping by the door and said a silent 'I'll be back in a jiff, stay here.' to which Hermione gave her own 'Okay, take care.' in a hesitant smile.
After twenty minutes, Ron and Harry returned back to the room huffing and puffing.
"Just a couple of wanna-be Voldy arse lickers, dismantling the house opposite to ours," Ron murmured, gratefully accepting the lemonade that Hermione offered him "took care of 'em."
While Harry sat there staring at his glass with a faraway look
"Something wrong?" Hermione asked concernedly.
"Nothing, I'm fine." Harry said in a resigned voice, but Hermione caught his lie the moment he started speaking.
"It doesn't seems 'nothing' to me, Harry" Hermione said almost accusingly. Harry took a deep irritable breath and said "I hope that everybody's fine."
Causing Hermione's features to soften and release a breath she didn't know she was holding, nestling her head in the crook of Harry's neck.
'Me too, Harry, me too,' She said to herself to not burden Harry with her paranoia as well.
Many consoling words were left unsaid.
Both unaware of Ron and Luna watching them with equal sorrow and desperation.
Desperation for things to be fine again.
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A/N:
So what do you think?
It might be irritating that I am not writing all the details, but that would ruin the whole set up so, please bear with me!
Until the next chapter!