Time travel. One of the most dangerous things one can do in the wizarding world...yet along with the high risks, it also has the ability to do wonderful things. Here is my tale of what happened to three young wizards when they traveled back to the past - to the time of the famous Marauders.

October 21, 1998

"Hermione!" Ginny Weasley called out as she ran down the hallway leading towards the Great Hall, "Come here! I want to show you something."

Hermione Granger stopped in her tracks and turned around to face the youngest Weasley, a look of surprise and curiosity written on her face.

"What is it, Ginny?"

Ginny brushed her long red hair over her shoulder and started talking in an excited rush of words. "Well I was studying for Potions in the library, and I came upon an open book and it was-"

"Whoa Gin, slow down! Ok so you found a book...what then?"

Ginny took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down. "Alright, well this book was opened to a page titled 'Time Travel' so I was curious and started reading it. It was really interesting; it had a lot of interesting information on traveling back in time and the risks of doing it. Anyway, I turned the page and I found a strip of paper which someone must have put there or something. It told me that inside that book, a feather with the power to take witches and wizards back to the past was hidden and it gave me an incantation to read to reveal where the feather was hidden. I did so, and suddenly a page split in two to reveal this."

With a flourish, she pulled a 10 inch long pure white feather out of her robes pocket. She smiled when she saw Hermione gaping at her with a look of pure disbelief.

"Is that ... are you ... Gin, I can't believe you!" she finally managed to sputter out, "Do you know how dangerous this is? Who knows what can happen to you if you accidently do something to make this feather take you back in time?"

Ginny rolled her eyes. "Oh Hermione, don't worry. I've got it under control. It said on the strip of paper that in order for this to work, you have to pull out one hair from the feather for every year you want to travel back."

"Ginny, go put that feather back right now. Time travel is dangerous! Do you KNOW what could happen if you accidently pulled out a handful of hairs from the feather? You could go back and destroy your past and there's a possibility that you might even erase yourself from this..."

Ginny toned Hermione out as she daydreamed about what she could do. I could go back a year or two...and tell Colin that I knew about him cheating on me before I found out from Luna. This is so cool! she thought excitedly.

Just then, Hermione and Ginny were interrupted by the arrival of Draco Malfoy - most evil, arrogant, and sought after bachelor in Slytherin.

"Well, well," he sneered at them, "The weaselette and the mudblood are having a little gathering."

"Oh shut up Malfoy," Ginny replied, "Where's your latest girlfriend? Did she find out about your little incident in 4th year and decide that she'd rather not date a ferret?"

They were awarded the satisfaction of watching Draco's face turn 5 different shades of red at this comment, but it was quickly cut off when he roughly grabbed the feather Ginny held loosely in her hand.

"What's this?" he said maliciously, "Can't be your quill, weaselette, you wouldn't be able to afford something as nice as this."

"Give it back here, Malfoy," she growled, attempting to snatch it back. However, she missed by a fraction of an inch, and instead, succeeded in pulling a cluster of hairs off of the feather.

"Ginny, nooooo!" Hermione called out as she reached out to grab Ginny's sleeve. Suddenly the ground beneath their feet began to spin, giving them the sensation that they were being pulled down. Ginny's mind screamed in alarm as she realized what she had done, but she was powerless as she felt myself, along with Hermione and Draco, being sucked into the whirlpool of time that would bring them back to the past....