Back to the Future – Chapter 4

When Harry walked out into the dark street, he got the Knight Bus to take him to London. He still couldn't believe how it was able to get around so quickly without any of the muggles noticing. When the bus pulled up there was, naturally, a driver he had never seen before. Still, he looked remarkably like Stan, down to the pimples.

"I'd like to go to Knockturn Alley" Harry told the driver.

Harry wasn't surprised to see the shocked look on the driver's face. "And what do you want to go there at this time of night for?" he asked curiously.

"I want to get something I don't think I can find anywhere else," Harry quickly explained.

The driver nodded, although Harry was sure he saw him roll his eyes. "Get in, then. It'll be eight sickles. We don't have all night."

Harry stepped in, paid the driver, and looked around the bus. There were only a few people, who were mostly looking bored or reading The Daily Prophet. A few bumpy stops later, the driver called that was time for him to get off.

The alley wasn't any better then Harry remembered. There were rough-looking creatures, including some he didn't recognize. He tried to decide on a shop, but most of them looked deserted and he could see strange items through the windows of the stores that weren't barred up.

Finally, he chose one, for lack of anything better. After going inside, he realized he didn't know how to begin. So he took a deep breath and asked the storekeeper "Do you have a way to get into the future?"

Luckily for Harry, most storekeepers on Knockturn Alley are only interested in selling items, not what they are going to be used for after they leave the store.

"I've got an anti- time turner in the back," he said. "It'll be fifty quids."

Harry only had that amount because of his inheritance money, some of which he had with him when he went back in time. Sure enough, what the storekeeper brought back with him had the same necklace attached to a hourglass look as the time turner.

After heading out of the Alley, he turned it over several times. The world began to spin.