Chapter 5

A/N I don't own anything that you recognize. Thank you milanovigen for favoriting. Sorry for the late update. I was halfway through the chapter when I got quite sick. Thanks for reading. :)

Clara couldn't believe it and truth be told, neither could the doctor. They were clearly outside of Hogwarts, but they couldn't be. The Harry Potter series were just books. They were not real. He had even met JK Rowling once upon a time. So the question was what were those who were clearly wizards from the series doing outside of his Tardis?!

"Doctor, how is this possible? I didn't know that wizards were real."

"They aren't Clara. Don't be stupid." The doctor replied sharply, still staring in shock at the screen.

"What are they then doctor? I thought you said we were at Hogwarts?" Clara said confused.

"No. You said that."

"But. I thought..."

"We are at Hogwarts, but we can't be." Turning to Clara frantically, the doctor continued. "Hogwarts and wizards aren't real Clara. They can't be." The doctor clutched the top of his head and turned back to the screen. "Unless..."

"Unless what doctor?" Clara said with wide eyes looking at the doctor in concern.

"The only way we could be at Hogwarts would be if we were in an alternate dimension. She wouldn't dare though. She couldn't. Oh.. She shouldn't have, but must have." The doctor said clutching the console.

"Is that possible doctor? And who are you talking about." Clara said loudly.

"Alternate realities and dimensions Clara. Other worlds like ours and yet different. Separate places that run beside ours and were once the same as ours but where some point in history something different happened where it shot out a different way than ours and became different." The doctor staggered around the Tardis as he spoke.

"But if they are separated from ours than we shouldn't be able to access them, should we?"

"Not normally no. The Tardis simply despises traveling between them and it is quite difficult hence the bumpier than usual ride. She can make it though and has in fact done so before several times."

"OOOk. That answers that question, but what about my other question, doctor. Doctor. Doctor!"

"What Clara. Can't you see I'm thinking." The doctor snapped back at Clara.

"Doctor! My other question. Who were you talking about? Why are we here if this alternate dimension was so difficult to get to?"

"Ah yes. You did ask me that. Well no time to answer that now. We had better face these wizards before they come knocking down my door." the time lord said as he made his way to the door.

"Doctor! I thought you told me that anyone would be hard pressed to get these doors open without the key."

"Yes well you don't know what these wizards can do and frankly neither can I?" And with that the Doctor and Clara stepped out of the Tardis.

"Hello wizards. What a place you got here." The doctor said as he exited. Clara was clearly exasperated as she followed him. All wands immediately trained themselves on them.

"Oh yes. Those are some very nice wands. I don't have one," The doctor began "but I do have a.."

"Stop!" a new voice suddenly rang out. The wizards turned slightly to look at the newcomer and as they did, the doctor turned and looked as well.

Coming towards them was a middle aged women in what were clearly once very nice dark robes. Now however they were wrinkled and ripped in several places. She had graying hair which was presumably once up in a bun, but was now coming out to form a halo around her stern face. Her wand was out but pointed away from the dimension travelers. However, her alert posture and eyes told anyone that knew what to look for that she would be able to train her wand on you if you so much as blinked funnily.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" she asked.

"Who am I? Who am I!? I'm the doctor! I said that. Tell them Clara." The doctor said as he turned to his companion.

Clara sighed, "No you didn't doctor. You came out here like a madmen and told them how nice there castle was." Clara snapped. She, unlike the doctor, had her hands raised in the air as was appropriate when a deadly weapon was pointed in one's direction.

"Oh well it is a nice castle Clara." The doctor turned back towards his interrogator. "Or at least it would be if they picked up the crumbly bits. Oh this is Clara by the way."

"Pardon." The women said more than a bit stunned.

"You'll have to excuse him." Clara told her. Whispering out of the corner of her mouth, Clara said, "Doctor. What are you doing? They could shoot at us with those things at any moment."

"Shoot at us, Clara? Why would they shoot us? We are here to help after all."

Clara looked at him funny. "Aren't you the one saying that you never know what wizards will do?"

Before the doctor could answer, the women spoke up and said, "Are you telling me that you aren't wizards?! That you are muggles, muggles here at Hogwarts!?"

At that proclamation a great wave of murmurs swept through the still gathered crowd. Realizing that they were still there, the women shooed them all away.

As the rest of the crowd dispersed, a short man man came up to them with three teens following him.

"Ah Filius and Messrs Potter and Weasley as well as Miss Granger."

"Do you need help professor?" The girl identified as Miss Granger asked.

The women who now had her wand firmly pointed at the Doctor and Clara gave a negative. "Filius and I can handle them."

"Are you sure Professor?"

"You need rest Potter."

"I'll be fine professor. I wouldn't be able to sleep with strangers in the castle anyway."

"Oh very well. We'll interrogate them in my office." The Professor and three teens began marching their prisoners to her office.