Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter and Co. J.K. Rowling does. : b
Summary: Five students are transported back in time after an accident with a time-turner. I know there are a lot of these out there, but I just had to write it!
Carpe Diem
Five teenagers stood in the middle of an abandoned hallway in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, four facing one. The one that stood alone was a tall boy of 17, with platinum blonde hair, gray eyes and sharp features, none other than Draco Malfoy. Facing him were two boys his age and two girls, one his age and one a year younger.
The younger girl was above average height but not quite tall, with fire red hair, brown eyes, and a slim figure. She was Ginny Weasley. The boy standing to her left also had fire red hair. Ron Weasley was taller than all the others, with blue eyes and a lot of freckles. On Ginny's right, there was a girl with bushy, untamable light brown hair and honey colored eyes. She was a bit shorter than average and was carrying a notebook with the name Hermoine Granger on the front, written in her neat handwriting. The last of the four was a boy who was average height with messy black hair and brilliant emerald eyes. The lightening bolt shaped scar on his forehead marked him as Harry Potter.
"Give it here Malfoy!" yelled Harry.
Draco Malfoy was tossing a small wooded hourglass up in the air and catching it in one hand. "Why should I Potter? Your Mudblood girlfriend can get expelled for losing it for all I care." He sneered nastily. "In fact, it would make the school a lot better if she did."
Hermoine pointed her wand at the blonde Slytherin. "Give it back, or I'll hex so you'll be in the Hospital Wing for a week." Malfoy's sneer faltered for a moment; for all his arrogance, he knew he was no match for Hermoine Granger when it came to hexes, but it returned a moment later.
"Fine. If you want it back so bad Mudblood," he emphasized the word, "than come and get it." Malfoy threw the hourglass up into the air. By the time the others realized what had happened, it was too late. The time-turner hit the ground hard and cracked. There was a moment of silence as the teenagers breathed a sigh of relief.
"You could've killed us!" Hermoine exclaimed. "Anything could've happened! Time-turners are very—," her words were cut off as a sudden bright light flashed from the crack in the hourglass, enveloping all five of the students. Then just as quickly as it came, the light was gone, leaving the hall empty except for a small, cracked hourglass.
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7th year Arabella Figg, a tall girl with black hair and gray-blue eyes, was currently standing in a hallway in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry having another face off with her greatest enemy, Sirius Black. Sirius was tall with shaggy black hair and dark brown eyes. He was also the bane of her existence. She argued with him over another of his pranks while their friends looked on.
Lily Evans was Arabella's best friend. She was average height and had red hair and emerald eyes. She was whispering to a boy that was average height and had untamable black hair and bright blue eyes. Her boyfriend, James Potter. On the other side of the hall were two boys, one tall with light brown hair and hazel eyes that always looked tired. He was Remus Lupin. The other boy was short and fat, with features that reminded people of a rat. His name was Peter Pettigrew.
"You are so immature sometimes Sirius!" yelled Arabella.
"What do you mean I'm immature? Half the time you join in on the pranks!" Sirius shot back incredulously. Before Arabella could reply, a blinding white light appeared above her head, depositing five figures on top of her.
"Bella!" Despite their arguing, Sirius was the first to start hauling people out of the way to reach the shocked young woman underneath. As he pulled her to her feet by her waist, she grabbed onto his arms to keep her balance, her mouth still hanging open as she stared at the five teenagers who were starting to sit up, holding their heads. Sirius couldn't resist whispering in her ear, "That's not a very attractive look on you Arabella." She snapped her mouth shut and glared at him before turning to look at the people that had fallen on her, shaking herself free of Sirius' grip.
There were three boys, one with blonde hair, one with black hair and one with red hair; and there were two girls, one with red hair and one with red hair.
The boy with red hair was standing up now, and glaring at the blonde boy. "You could've bloody killed us you stupid git! What were you thinking?! Throwing a time-turner! You're lucky were even alive!" The blonde boy simply glared up at him from his place on the floor.
"Ron, shut up," said the red haired girl. "What happened? Hermoine?" The only person who hadn't moved yet was the girl with the light brown hair. When the other's realized she was unconscious they were at her side in a heartbeat, all except the boy with the blonde hair. He started looking around and noticed them watching. Sirius abruptly realized that he looked an awful lot like Lucius Malfoy.
The boy with the black hair was shaking the girls shoulders gently. "Hermoine? Moine, wake up." The girl's eyes fluttered open.
"Harry? What happened?" The boy smiled.
"We were hoping you could tell us."
The boy who looked like Lucius Malfoy cleared his throat. "I hate to interrupt this love fest," he said sarcastically, "but we have company." He gestured to Sirius and the others. The others looked, and the only person whose mouth didn't fall open belonged to the red headed girl. She screamed.
The brown haired girl—Hermoine—clamped a hand over her mouth. "Be quiet Ginny! Calm down." Ginny's eyes were wide with fear. And she was staring at Sirius.
James cleared his throat. "Umm…who, exactly, are you?" Lily nodded beside him. The blonde boy opened his mouth to answer, but Hermoine cut him off.
"We'll be right back." She grabbed Harry's robes and pulled him up the hallway a little ways. He had to be pulled, as he was staring open-mouthed at James and Lily. The blonde followed grudgingly.
The group didn't go far enough though, as their echoes could still be heard.
"What happened?"
"You broke a time-turner you prat."
"I know that. What happened after that?"
"There was a bright light and—,"
"I know that. Where are we?"
"This is the same hall we were in earlier. I'm sure about that."
"But…?"
"I think it's a different time period. A time when Harry's parents and Professor Lupin were still at Hogwarts." Remus mouthed the word 'professor'.
"So we went back in time?"
"Exactly."
"But time-turners can only go back in time a few hours, not years."
"Working time-turners can only go back in time a few hours. Broken ones can do anything from kill you to…anything really. The few cases where anything did happen were all different. They're completely unpredictable."
"So what do we do?"
"We can't let them know the truth. Normally we'd have to avoid being see, but its to late for that."
"What do we tell them? We fell on top of the girl for Merlin's sake!"
"I haven't the foggiest."
"Great. If the Mudblood doesn't know what to do, we're all doomed." Sirius cast a glance at Lily. She looked ready to kill. If there was one thing she couldn't stand, it was the word 'Mudblood'.
"Malfoy, if you don't shut up…"
"What? You'll finish your sentences? Or maybe you'll sic scar-head on me. I'm so scared."
"Will you two shut up? Now is not the time to argue. As much as we don't want to, we have to work together for once. We need a story. If we get out of this without to much trouble, I promises to let you fight when we get back home."
"You have three boys fighting over you Hermoine."
"That's not funny Ginny."
"As if I'd ever even go near the Mudblood."
"I'm warning you Malfoy, one more word and I'll make you curse the day you were born."
"Ron, stop trying to defend me. Harry snap out of it, and Ginny, if you don't stop giggling, I'm going to hex you!" Sirius realized that during the whole conversation, Harry had been staring at James and Lily through a gap in the circle. Now that he could see the boy's face, he realized how much he looked like James.
Arabella was beginning to get impatient, which wasn't unusual. In fact, it was a miracle she lasted this long. She decided to break up their conversation with, "Sorry to interrupt your little plotting session, but I want some answers."
When the five returned to them, Ginny had stopped giggling and was eying Sirius warily, and Harry had stopped staring at James and Lily, but every few seconds his eyes would flick in their direction. Malfoy was scowling.
"Now, who are you?" James asked again. "And don't try lying, we heard you talking."
"Do you really come from the future?" squeaked Peter.
"No Peter. They're aliens," Remus answered sarcastically. Peter looked frightened.
The blonde boy stepped forward first. "My name is Draco Malfoy."
Hermoine sighed in defeat. "My name is Hermoine Granger. This is Ginny Weasley, and that's her brother Ron." She didn't introduce Harry.
"I-I'm Harry."
"Do you have a last name Harry?"
"Potter."