Time Bender Chapter 1
"Lily! James! Wait up, please!" A young brown haired girl called as she raced through one of the many halls in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was a small Ravenclaw Fifth year who had been befriended by the pair on the train ride to Hogwarts a few years back. Though Gryffindors hardly ever accepted those of other houses, the Gryffindors immediately "took her under their wings."
"Oh, hey there, Harper. How are you?" Lily questioned turning to the younger girl.
"I'm good. Listen, Lily, can I talk to you tonight after dinner?" Harper looked pointedly at James. "Alone."
"Oh…sure. I'll meet you in the library after I eat, okay?" Lily replied smiling.
"Thanks so much!" Harper said. "Oh, and by the way James, Sirius said that you're going to pay for hexing his robes. Bah 'Bye!" The girl ran towards her next class with her robe billowing behind her.
Harper was 15 and had long brown hair. Her hazel eyes shown mischievously from behind small framed glasses and she sparked a light of laughter in all she talked to. She wasn't easily recognizable and was one of those Ravenclaws who would often get left behind. That's not to say she was boring. She was just one of those people who fades in with the crowd and is happy with doing so.
Classes came easily to her. She was smart, but did not strive to be the best. Harper could have been the best in all of her classes, but chose instead to simply pass the classes and file the knowledge for later use. Transfiguration and Charms passed quickly and soon it was time for dinner. Harper sat at the back of her table sparing eating time only for "yes" or "no" answers. Finally, when she finished she practically ran to the library. Harper paced the back corner waiting for Lily to show up. When she finally did, Harper whisper squealed, "You'll never believe what Flitwick, McGonagall and Dumbledore got me!"
"I give up…what do they get you?" Lily asked looking at the excited Ravenclaw.
"Well, they want me to take more advanced classes, and the only way I could do that was to take them all at one time. Their solution was to give me something to bend time." Harper pulled out what looked to be a flat rubber representation of a clock. "All I have to do is bend it a little and *poof* I can go back and retake an hours worth of class. Isn't it cool?"
"Yeah it's cool, but why would you want to take more classes?" Lily asked looking at the clock.
"I find some of these subjects to be very interesting." Harper explained. "You can't tell Prongs, Sirius, or any of the other guys, though, okay?"
"Uh…too late…" A voice came from the nearest bookcase. Suddenly there appeared three boys that hadn't been there a moment before.
"James Potter when someone says alone, they do not mean that if they can't see you it's okay. Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, I thought you had better sense then that. Sheesh after seven years with you people I still can't understand you. At least Peter isn't here." Lily ranted glaring at James.
"Lily, it is okay they heard. As long as they don't tell anyone else, it's fine. I'm sure the guys won't go and blab, will you, Moony?" She asked.
"Oh, no. Of course not," they chorused smiling at Lily.
"Well, all right then. We'd better be heading back to the Common Room. You, too, Harper," Lily said walking towards the door. Harper nodded and followed her out the door. They all said "good-night" and filed their separate ways. Harper laid her clothes out that night and made sure the Time Bender was snuggly in her pocket. She didn't want anything to happen to it.
The next morning she woke up and headed down to the Great Hall early. Harper couldn't wait to try out the Time Bender. She ate quickly and finished just as the Marauders and Lily walked in. Nobody was down yet, so nobody was really surprised when they all came over to sit by Harper. Normally a fifth year whose best friends were seventh years would be looked on as strange, but the result doubled when they were from two different houses. Still, the Marauders seemed to have no qualms with sitting at the Ravenclaw table. Upon sitting they promptly handed her a gift wrapped something-or-other.
"What's this for?" She asked holding it.
"For being you and all that cheesy goodness," Sirius smiled and Harper felt herself blush.
"As congratulations for being an enormous smarty pants." Remus continued.
"And for the joy that you will actually attend some of our classes," Lily and James finished. Everyone laughed at the blushing couple. Thoughts of 'oh, how cute' passed through the group, only to be disrupted when Harper opened the package.
"Thanks you guys! This is so great!" Harper yelled skimming through her new copy of Advanced Transfiguration. "I love you guys!"
"We love you, too," Sirius laughed leaning over the table to give her a hug. Hugs around the table continued until the guys decided to do away with the cheesiness. No one seemed to notice that Peter didn't really participate in any of it. The early bell rang and the gang decided to head back over to the Gryffindor table. Harper spent the rest of breakfast skimming through her new book.
Her first chance to test her Time Bender came right after her first class. She would be going from Advanced Flying and Sports to Advanced Charms. She reached the Charms hall and gently folded the Time Bender. Suddenly the hall in front of her turned into a giant grid. If she stepped forward, she would step on a great green line. Many green lines covered the hallway floor. 'Green lines must be going one hour into the past.' She deduced as she crossed on green line. When she unfolded her Time Bender, time resumed it's normal shape and perception (err…went back to normal again.). The hall was suddenly filled with people going towards their classes. Harper hurried into the classroom and took a seat as the bell rung. The class went well and Harper congratulated herself on having made the Time Bender work properly.
Life was going well until her next class when she had Advanced Potions.