Chapter Four:
In the Two Different Worlds
Back at Hogwarts in the present time Dumbledore had risen from his seat, he looked fairly placid, but the rest of the staff appeared to be very tense. Ginny glanced at Snape who was sneering openly at the Gryffindors.
"Do you suppose something's happened to Ron and Mione?" asked Ginny frantically, clutching Harry's arm.
"I don't know," he looked up as Dumbledore began to speak.
"Students, I sent two Gryffindors to my office half an hour ago. They have disappeared. Mr. Ron Weasley left a note on my desk explaining things. Miss Hermione Granger touched a large diamond in my office and disappeared. Mr. Weasley was evidently concerned so he followed her. The issue is that I am not sure how to return them to the school safely, mainly because I actually have no idea where they are trapped. I am going to conduct research sessions every night so we can try to save them. As of your classes, your schedule will remain as it is. Now I must consult with the staff, so it's off to bed for the lot of you. The head girl Angelina Johnson, and the head boy Fred Weasley will give you your house password, and don't forget it!" then he turned away to speak to the other teachers.
Ginny sat sobbing in her seat. Harry stood up and gave her his hand.
"It's okay Ginny, come on. I'm sure we'll find them." He didn't, however, sound very convinced.
Ginny leaned her head on his shoulder and they walked together to the Gryffindor common room.
*
Meanwhile, Hermione was beginning to stir, and she rolled over on the Potter's couch. Ron sat beside her holding her hand.
"Here is a warm cloth," Lily Potter hurried over to the sofa. "Poor girl."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open and she stared up into a fair girlish face framed by red hair.
"Ginny?"
"No I'm Lily Potter, dear," the woman murmured, absentmindedly fluffing up the pillows under Hermione's head.
"Oh, but how can you be here if you're?" Hermione sounded incredibly confused.
"Don't worry, Hermione's a bit dazed," Ron interrupted her. He knew that the Potter's must not know that very soon they would be killed by the dark lord.
Hermione groggily sat up. "Can I see your son?"
"Oh Harry? Of course." Lily departed from the room, and returned a couple of minutes later with a toddler.
" Mama!!!" he wailed when she set him down on the floor.
Hermione glanced at Ron with tears in her eyes. "Oh he is such an adorable baby. We'll have to tell him when we get back."
Ron covered her mouth with his hand. "Hush Mione!" he scolded.
"When you get back where?"
"To the, the future," Ron muttered.
Lily collapsed into her husband's arms. He steadied her and murmured. "It's all right Lil."
"We got here by mistake. We were at Hogwarts, and we were sent to Dumbledore's office. He wasn't there and we touched this huge diamond. Then we arrived here." Ron explained.
"Oh dear, oh dear," Lily turned to James. "How are they going to get back?"
"I bet Harry would like to see his old home," Hermione mused.
"Oh, how is he?" asked James.
"Probably worried sick about us," Ron sighed. "Damn, I bet they have a search party going in the castle. Ginny must be miserable."
"Ginny?"
"My sister." Ron muttered.
"Oh, what is your last name young man?" inquired Lily pleasantly.
"Weasley." Ron muttered. "I bet you know my dad, Arthur."
"Oh yes, Arthur, he's a good man." James clapped Ron on the shoulder. "Well it's best that you don't tell us anything about the future, or life for us will become pointless until it is..."
"2002," Ron finished.
"Oh so you aren't that far in the future." James smiled.
"Nooo," Hermione replied.
"Well then, tell us about this diamond," Lily said as she lured them into the dining room for tea.
Back at Hogwarts in the present time Dumbledore had risen from his seat, he looked fairly placid, but the rest of the staff appeared to be very tense. Ginny glanced at Snape who was sneering openly at the Gryffindors.
"Do you suppose something's happened to Ron and Mione?" asked Ginny frantically, clutching Harry's arm.
"I don't know," he looked up as Dumbledore began to speak.
"Students, I sent two Gryffindors to my office half an hour ago. They have disappeared. Mr. Ron Weasley left a note on my desk explaining things. Miss Hermione Granger touched a large diamond in my office and disappeared. Mr. Weasley was evidently concerned so he followed her. The issue is that I am not sure how to return them to the school safely, mainly because I actually have no idea where they are trapped. I am going to conduct research sessions every night so we can try to save them. As of your classes, your schedule will remain as it is. Now I must consult with the staff, so it's off to bed for the lot of you. The head girl Angelina Johnson, and the head boy Fred Weasley will give you your house password, and don't forget it!" then he turned away to speak to the other teachers.
Ginny sat sobbing in her seat. Harry stood up and gave her his hand.
"It's okay Ginny, come on. I'm sure we'll find them." He didn't, however, sound very convinced.
Ginny leaned her head on his shoulder and they walked together to the Gryffindor common room.
*
Meanwhile, Hermione was beginning to stir, and she rolled over on the Potter's couch. Ron sat beside her holding her hand.
"Here is a warm cloth," Lily Potter hurried over to the sofa. "Poor girl."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open and she stared up into a fair girlish face framed by red hair.
"Ginny?"
"No I'm Lily Potter, dear," the woman murmured, absentmindedly fluffing up the pillows under Hermione's head.
"Oh, but how can you be here if you're?" Hermione sounded incredibly confused.
"Don't worry, Hermione's a bit dazed," Ron interrupted her. He knew that the Potter's must not know that very soon they would be killed by the dark lord.
Hermione groggily sat up. "Can I see your son?"
"Oh Harry? Of course." Lily departed from the room, and returned a couple of minutes later with a toddler.
" Mama!!!" he wailed when she set him down on the floor.
Hermione glanced at Ron with tears in her eyes. "Oh he is such an adorable baby. We'll have to tell him when we get back."
Ron covered her mouth with his hand. "Hush Mione!" he scolded.
"When you get back where?"
"To the, the future," Ron muttered.
Lily collapsed into her husband's arms. He steadied her and murmured. "It's all right Lil."
"We got here by mistake. We were at Hogwarts, and we were sent to Dumbledore's office. He wasn't there and we touched this huge diamond. Then we arrived here." Ron explained.
"Oh dear, oh dear," Lily turned to James. "How are they going to get back?"
"I bet Harry would like to see his old home," Hermione mused.
"Oh, how is he?" asked James.
"Probably worried sick about us," Ron sighed. "Damn, I bet they have a search party going in the castle. Ginny must be miserable."
"Ginny?"
"My sister." Ron muttered.
"Oh, what is your last name young man?" inquired Lily pleasantly.
"Weasley." Ron muttered. "I bet you know my dad, Arthur."
"Oh yes, Arthur, he's a good man." James clapped Ron on the shoulder. "Well it's best that you don't tell us anything about the future, or life for us will become pointless until it is..."
"2002," Ron finished.
"Oh so you aren't that far in the future." James smiled.
"Nooo," Hermione replied.
"Well then, tell us about this diamond," Lily said as she lured them into the dining room for tea.