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A/N: thank you all who reviewed. Sorry that this was up late. Couldn't get around to it. I've been busy with school and work. So here's my next Chapter, The Witch-Hunts. Enjoy.

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Chapter XV: The Witch-Hunts

"So Emmett why did you call this meeting?"

"I wanted to do more testing and I wanted you to be here. After all you're the ones that need to get home," said Emmett.

"We already know that we're not going home," said Harry.

"You don't know that for sure," said Emmett. "All we tested were your wands. Last night I thought that you would need the power of a wand to send things through, but now I'm thinking that you don't so I want to test some of the things that are in this room."

"Emmett we don't have enough of the mixture as it is," said Harry.

"Don't worry, I bought another time turner and some more floo powder," said Emmett. "Oh and some quills."

"Ohhh, so that was why we went to buy the quills," said Ron. Emmett nodded.

"Okay then, what shall we test first?" asked Hermione.

"I don't know but there's a lot of stuff on his desk," said Emmett.

They walked over to the desk and gathered around. There were a lot of quills scattered around, a pillow, some stones, and some ambulates.

"Let's bring this to the fireplace," said Emmett.

They grabbed what they could and they sat them in a pile.

"What first?"

"How about this blue stone," said Harry.

He handed the stone to Emmett. Emmett put the stone into the bowl and began to mix it. Then grabbing a book he began writing the instruction. Sticking a quill in he tossed the powder and said Hogwarts, then thrown the book in. They waited and soon a book came back. The year was December 7, 1941. They tossed more books in and the results came back as:

Blue stone . . . . . . . .December 7, 1941

Green stone . . . . . . . .April 9, 1865

Feather one . . . . . . . . November 3, 1976

Feather two . . . . . . . . September 31, 1976

Pillow . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 11, 1901

Red ambulate . . . . . . . . April 14, 1914

Yellow stone . . . . . . . . .January 2, 1886

Purple ambulate . . . . . . October 3,1676

Orange stone . . . . . . . . . June 28 1426

Pink stone . . . . . . . . . . . February 28, 1223

Feather three . . . . . . . . .November 3, 1976

Feather four . . . . . . . . . . September 31, 1976

Back ambulate . . . . . . . .March 1, 1580

"Wow, just look at those dates," said Emmett.

"Do they mean anything to you?" asked Ron.

"Some of these dates are important to history, for Muggles and wizards," said Emmett. "December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor, a Muggle navy base was attack by the Japanese. April 14, 1914 was when the first migration of the Norwegian back spine bear and also World War I, April 9, 1865, the end of the Civil War, this is so cool."

"So what did we learn from all of this other than a nice history lesson," said Ron.

"Ron, haven't you been paying attention?" asked Harry. "Emmett just proved that we don't need the power of a wand to travel."

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A couple of days later, in the library.

"Come on Ron, you need to do your homework," said Hermione.

"Why?" asked Ron. "There is no point for us if we can go home."

"You should still do it and that is a very big if. We still haven't found anything that would send us home," said Hermione.

"Okay I'll do it," said Ron and he pulled out some of his work and began to do it.

When their break was over they got up and started to go to class.

"So what class do you guys have?" asked Harry.

"History of Magic. You?" asked Hermione.

"Charms. Well I'll see you guys later."

"Bye Harry."

"I hope that Binns has a higher spirit here then in our time," said Ron as they went on the next floor.

"Yeah me too and I wonder why we didn't have this class earlier in the term?" asked Hermione.

"He's been very sick for the past 2 months and they couldn't get him a replacement," said Emmett.

"Binns is alive?!" said Ron. "Man I thought he kicked the bucket much later, like in the 1940's."

"Nope. He's only 99," said Emmett.

"No way. He looks at least 140 in our time," said Hermione. And then they entered his noisy classroom.

"Okay class settle down I need to begin today's lesson," said Professor Binns "Today we will be learning on the witch-hunts. The witch-hunts began in 1450-1700. The most famous place is Salem Massachusetts in 1692. For all who don't know where Massachusetts is it's in America."

"Wow Professor Binns actually seems like a great teacher," whispered Hermione to Emmett.

"Of course he is. He's one of the best," said Emmett.

"Too bad he's not like this when he's a ghost," said Hermione.

"It was hard times back then. The witches and wizards in Salem had to live in fear all of the time because the Muggles thought that magic was the works of the Devil and anyone that could do magic was hanged or burned. They had ways in testing to see if you were a witch or not but their ways were inaccurate. Many Muggles had died but none of the wizards. Here were some of their ways to see if you were a witch or not.

He waved his wand over the chalkboard and a list appeared and it read:

If a mark was found on your body they believed that the Devil put it there. Then they would put a hot iron on it for it was sensible to pain. If they see that you do not weep then you must have no soul The water test

"Professor what exactly is the water test?" asked Mary Zong from Gryffindor.

"The Muggles believed that one who can swim must be a witch. So if they tossed you into the river and you began to swim then you would be killed and if you sink to the bottom then you were innocent."

"So pretty much either way you're dead," Remus.

"That's right."

"That's so unfair," said Sirius. "People in the US are screwy to think that."

"That happened so long ago Mr. Black, they don't think like that any more," said Professor Binns. "There's this one famous witch called Clayton drowned herself in a river because she couldn't take the pressure and she was to appear in court that day. They never prove that she was a witch or not but out of respect they named the river after her."

"So why did the wizards stay in America?" asked a Ravenclaw girl.

"They didn't like the ways here in England and they thought that it would be better in America," answered Professor Binns.

"Apparently it wasn't," said James.

"So did any of that happened here?" asked Hermione.

"Oh yes but not as bad. The wizards had the school and the ministry to protect them," said Professor Binns.

"So Professor how did the young wizards learn to do magic if the Muggles scared them so much?" asked Ron.

"Well since there were yet no schools their parents would teach them or if they were a Muggle born then they would practice at night with a group," said Professor Binns.

"What about their wands, did they used them?" asked Ron.

"The wizards in Salem had to hide their wands from the preying eyes of the Muggles and learned to do wand-less magic," said Professor Binns.

"How?" ask Hermione.

"No one knows for sure. All that we know is that wand-less magic is very hard to teach and to control. And the wizards in Salem still do wand-less magic."

"Why?" asked Ron.

"So they can go into the Muggle world and do magic without the exposure that they are wizards," said Professor Binns. "And if there are no more questions I would like to announce that I'm going to take all of the 6th years to Salem 4 days before the ball.

"Oh yeah a field trip," said Sirius.

"But as for now I want you to open your books to 304 and I want you to begin your essay about the many places that was involved in witch hunts," said Binns.