Chapter 4
Overtraining
Sitting in the Common room, Harry, Ron and Hermione were still examining the books.
'Are you sure yours are at home Harry?' asked Hermione,
'Positive because me and Ron were studying from them the day before we left' He told her, 'and plus these books looked as if they were sitting there for a long time'
'I can't believe this!' Ron said turning over the pages of the Flying With The Cannons book as the people in the pictures darted around on broomsticks.
'And are you sure that's your signature?' Hermione asked again,
'Definitely! Look -' Harry took a piece of parchment from under Hermione's arm, and signed his name. It became a perfect match up with the one on the book and Ron stared, mouth wide open.
'- besides, who in the entire school would have the exact same name as me?' Harry ended. He was looking at the inside cover of the Transfiguration book at the scribbling, 'What really gets me is that I never wrote happy birthday to myself in here, even if it is mine'
Hermione and Ron were flicking through the books when Hermione stopped on something in the Inventions Of Powerful Eighteenth Century Wizards and Witches book. It was a page with a picture of a tiny hourglass on a chain, circled in black ink.
'Hey, Harry, Ron, look at this! Look what's circled!' She read it out, 'The Time-Turner, a very small and valuable hourglass, was invented in 1890 by the well known wizard, Fergus Dunboyne and his partner James Reuben!'
'Professor Reuben!' Ron shrieked, 'I knew he was up to something!'
'Shh listen,' She continued, 'The half inch hourglass, was created like no other. By turning the hourglass over and allowing the sand run through, the person in possession would go back a specific number of days or hours. The only rare, Time-Turner that brought the user back or forward a year, was created by Dunboyne and is now in James Reuben's possession!'
'So he does have tricks up his sleeve, creating an hourglass!' Ron repeated,
'But wait a minute,' Harry said, seizing the book from Hermione, 'Even if the Time-Turner was created by Reuben, it still says it was created in 1890'
'Then James Reuben must be his great grandfather!' Hermione told them quickly,
'Exactly,' Harry exclaimed,' -and things are passed down through the family, especially important things. I got my Invisibility Cloak from my dad, and that was passed down.'
'Yeah, but what has Reuben got to do with these books and the writings?' Ron asked,
Each of them went blank and shrugged.
'But it has to be something!' Harry sat staring at the book.
~~~~
That night, Harry couldn't stop straining to work out, what the Time-Turner had to do with Professor Reuben and the entire idea of him getting blamed for things. When he finally got to sleep, he was awoken again by Oliver Wood. Oliver was the Gryffindor Quidditch team captain and was very serious about his game.
'Harry wake up, Quidditch practice!' Wood whispered low enough for Harry to hear,
'What?' Harry gloomily replied,
'Get up and get changed, we have early practice! I'll meet you on the pitch!' Wood said strolling out the door,
Harry slowly got up and out of bed. He reached into his trunk for his Quidditch robes and went to get changed.
When he was dressed and grabbed his Nimbus 2000 from beside his bed, he went into the common room for a sit down, to try and wake himself up. While rubbing his eyes, Wood came striding in with a huge smile across his face.
'Harry! That was quick! Wow how did you do it?' He asked,
'Do what?' Harry replied,
'Nice practice! Be careful with the snitch though, and you could have waited for the rest of us!' Wood exclaimed,
'But I haven't left the room!' Harry tried to tell him, but Wood just chuckled.
'Nice one! Well you've done for practice so your off the hook now' He patted Harry on the back and disappeared back out of the portrait hole.
Harry was dumbstruck, and amazed. How did that happen? He never even saw the pitch. Instead of thinking about it, Harry was so tired that he got changed and went back to bed.
~~~~
The following couple of days Harry told Ron and Hermione about what happened, and started to get very wary. Ron was completely lost for words.
'Whoever it is, must be a seeker too!' Hermione exclaimed,
'Yeah well I'm gonna see if I can go and practice, because I really need to. If I go into a match without having training since last year, I may forget how' Harry said walking out of the portrait hole with his Nimbus 2000, Ron and Hermione following.
As they reached the bottom of the first staircase, they were stopped by Wood on his way up.
'Hey, Harry! I think you better cut down on the training a bit do you think? I mean I want us to win but not that badly' Wood laughed slightly, Harry frowned,
'But Oliver, I haven't been training!'
'Sure you have! Out there every break working' your butt off, was out there when I just went and checked. What's up having a rest?' Wood told them and the three of them looked at each other stunned.
'Be careful! You don't want to be overtrained, do you?'
They bolted off down the stairs towards the pitch, hoping to catch the culprit red handed. Dashing across the school grounds towards the stadium, they searched the air. When they reached the stadium, they went to the middle of the pitch and searched, but no-one to be found.
'Maybe they're hiding!' Hermione suggested, as they examined the stands and boxes above the stadium with their eyes, but nothing.
'This is starting to get out of hand!' Harry yelled, sound echoing around the stadium.
'Come on out you!' Ron echoed, but silence followed.
They all grunted and started towards the castle again.
'Wait on a minute! The Time-Turner!' Ron shrieked, 'If the Time-Turner that Reuben has can take you forward into the future, then that would mean that you bring yourself from that time to the future right?' They both nodded, '- and yourself in the future is still there, but you came from the past, there would be two of you!'
Ron, Harry and Hermione gawked at each other in complete utter silence.
'That must mean that you used the Time-Turner in the past to come here!' Hermione told Harry and they were completely shocked, '- there's most likely another Harry Potter in this castle! Ron you're a genius!'
Sitting in the Common room, Harry, Ron and Hermione were still examining the books.
'Are you sure yours are at home Harry?' asked Hermione,
'Positive because me and Ron were studying from them the day before we left' He told her, 'and plus these books looked as if they were sitting there for a long time'
'I can't believe this!' Ron said turning over the pages of the Flying With The Cannons book as the people in the pictures darted around on broomsticks.
'And are you sure that's your signature?' Hermione asked again,
'Definitely! Look -' Harry took a piece of parchment from under Hermione's arm, and signed his name. It became a perfect match up with the one on the book and Ron stared, mouth wide open.
'- besides, who in the entire school would have the exact same name as me?' Harry ended. He was looking at the inside cover of the Transfiguration book at the scribbling, 'What really gets me is that I never wrote happy birthday to myself in here, even if it is mine'
Hermione and Ron were flicking through the books when Hermione stopped on something in the Inventions Of Powerful Eighteenth Century Wizards and Witches book. It was a page with a picture of a tiny hourglass on a chain, circled in black ink.
'Hey, Harry, Ron, look at this! Look what's circled!' She read it out, 'The Time-Turner, a very small and valuable hourglass, was invented in 1890 by the well known wizard, Fergus Dunboyne and his partner James Reuben!'
'Professor Reuben!' Ron shrieked, 'I knew he was up to something!'
'Shh listen,' She continued, 'The half inch hourglass, was created like no other. By turning the hourglass over and allowing the sand run through, the person in possession would go back a specific number of days or hours. The only rare, Time-Turner that brought the user back or forward a year, was created by Dunboyne and is now in James Reuben's possession!'
'So he does have tricks up his sleeve, creating an hourglass!' Ron repeated,
'But wait a minute,' Harry said, seizing the book from Hermione, 'Even if the Time-Turner was created by Reuben, it still says it was created in 1890'
'Then James Reuben must be his great grandfather!' Hermione told them quickly,
'Exactly,' Harry exclaimed,' -and things are passed down through the family, especially important things. I got my Invisibility Cloak from my dad, and that was passed down.'
'Yeah, but what has Reuben got to do with these books and the writings?' Ron asked,
Each of them went blank and shrugged.
'But it has to be something!' Harry sat staring at the book.
~~~~
That night, Harry couldn't stop straining to work out, what the Time-Turner had to do with Professor Reuben and the entire idea of him getting blamed for things. When he finally got to sleep, he was awoken again by Oliver Wood. Oliver was the Gryffindor Quidditch team captain and was very serious about his game.
'Harry wake up, Quidditch practice!' Wood whispered low enough for Harry to hear,
'What?' Harry gloomily replied,
'Get up and get changed, we have early practice! I'll meet you on the pitch!' Wood said strolling out the door,
Harry slowly got up and out of bed. He reached into his trunk for his Quidditch robes and went to get changed.
When he was dressed and grabbed his Nimbus 2000 from beside his bed, he went into the common room for a sit down, to try and wake himself up. While rubbing his eyes, Wood came striding in with a huge smile across his face.
'Harry! That was quick! Wow how did you do it?' He asked,
'Do what?' Harry replied,
'Nice practice! Be careful with the snitch though, and you could have waited for the rest of us!' Wood exclaimed,
'But I haven't left the room!' Harry tried to tell him, but Wood just chuckled.
'Nice one! Well you've done for practice so your off the hook now' He patted Harry on the back and disappeared back out of the portrait hole.
Harry was dumbstruck, and amazed. How did that happen? He never even saw the pitch. Instead of thinking about it, Harry was so tired that he got changed and went back to bed.
~~~~
The following couple of days Harry told Ron and Hermione about what happened, and started to get very wary. Ron was completely lost for words.
'Whoever it is, must be a seeker too!' Hermione exclaimed,
'Yeah well I'm gonna see if I can go and practice, because I really need to. If I go into a match without having training since last year, I may forget how' Harry said walking out of the portrait hole with his Nimbus 2000, Ron and Hermione following.
As they reached the bottom of the first staircase, they were stopped by Wood on his way up.
'Hey, Harry! I think you better cut down on the training a bit do you think? I mean I want us to win but not that badly' Wood laughed slightly, Harry frowned,
'But Oliver, I haven't been training!'
'Sure you have! Out there every break working' your butt off, was out there when I just went and checked. What's up having a rest?' Wood told them and the three of them looked at each other stunned.
'Be careful! You don't want to be overtrained, do you?'
They bolted off down the stairs towards the pitch, hoping to catch the culprit red handed. Dashing across the school grounds towards the stadium, they searched the air. When they reached the stadium, they went to the middle of the pitch and searched, but no-one to be found.
'Maybe they're hiding!' Hermione suggested, as they examined the stands and boxes above the stadium with their eyes, but nothing.
'This is starting to get out of hand!' Harry yelled, sound echoing around the stadium.
'Come on out you!' Ron echoed, but silence followed.
They all grunted and started towards the castle again.
'Wait on a minute! The Time-Turner!' Ron shrieked, 'If the Time-Turner that Reuben has can take you forward into the future, then that would mean that you bring yourself from that time to the future right?' They both nodded, '- and yourself in the future is still there, but you came from the past, there would be two of you!'
Ron, Harry and Hermione gawked at each other in complete utter silence.
'That must mean that you used the Time-Turner in the past to come here!' Hermione told Harry and they were completely shocked, '- there's most likely another Harry Potter in this castle! Ron you're a genius!'