Chapter Five
As Ron, Harry, and Hermione trudged through the crowded corridor to double History of Magic with the Hufflepuffs, Hermione halted suddenly.
"Oh!" she blurted out. "I almost forgot." She pulled out a tiny, sparkling hourglass from the pocket of her robes and held it up for Harry and Ron to see.
"Wha—huh?" said Ron with a puzzled look. Harry squinted a little as if trying to see something very far away in his mind. "The Time Turner! I didn't know—you still have that?"
"Yup. Dumbledore let me keep it as long as I use it only for a good cause."
"I'm still lost," Ron interrupted. "What is that? Good cause?" He took the miniature hourglass from Hermione's hand.
Hermione pulled them into a corner and began to explain: "It's called a Time Turner," she said as Ron closely examined the shimmering sand inside the glass. "You turn it this way," she said as she motioned with her hands to illustrate how one would turn the glass over so the sand would flow the opposite direction, "to go back by the hour, and this way," she motioned as if turning the hourglass sideways, "to go back by the year or something like that. There's a charm that goes with it. I'll have to ask Dumbledore—"
"Whoa whoa! So you…go—back—in time?!" asked Ron, taking a break from pondering the Time Turner.
"Yeah, but I don't know the charm—"
"HA! Looks like we've found a gap in her vast intelligence, Harry! Herm doesn't know the charm!" Ron chuckled.
Hermione gave Ron a dirty look and Harry smiled faintly.
As Ron, Harry, and Hermione trudged through the crowded corridor to double History of Magic with the Hufflepuffs, Hermione halted suddenly.
"Oh!" she blurted out. "I almost forgot." She pulled out a tiny, sparkling hourglass from the pocket of her robes and held it up for Harry and Ron to see.
"Wha—huh?" said Ron with a puzzled look. Harry squinted a little as if trying to see something very far away in his mind. "The Time Turner! I didn't know—you still have that?"
"Yup. Dumbledore let me keep it as long as I use it only for a good cause."
"I'm still lost," Ron interrupted. "What is that? Good cause?" He took the miniature hourglass from Hermione's hand.
Hermione pulled them into a corner and began to explain: "It's called a Time Turner," she said as Ron closely examined the shimmering sand inside the glass. "You turn it this way," she said as she motioned with her hands to illustrate how one would turn the glass over so the sand would flow the opposite direction, "to go back by the hour, and this way," she motioned as if turning the hourglass sideways, "to go back by the year or something like that. There's a charm that goes with it. I'll have to ask Dumbledore—"
"Whoa whoa! So you…go—back—in time?!" asked Ron, taking a break from pondering the Time Turner.
"Yeah, but I don't know the charm—"
"HA! Looks like we've found a gap in her vast intelligence, Harry! Herm doesn't know the charm!" Ron chuckled.
Hermione gave Ron a dirty look and Harry smiled faintly.