"Oh no, Mia. You are not getting away with that excuse. You will tell me right now what this random man, who you insinuated is Lucius Malfoy, is doing in our dorm," Mona exclaimed, glaring at her best friend.
Mia sighed, and then motioned for Mona to sit down again. "You too," she ordered, nodding towards the man. He complied, the smirk never leaving his face.
"So...Mon, you know how parallel universes are a thing?" Mia began.
Of course I do! "I wrote that paper on them with you, you know. It was also pretty much the topic of my thesis..." Mona replied, rolling her eyes. She couldn't see where her roommate was going with this.
"Right. Well, you also know my mom is a psychic?"
"I know that your mom says she is one, yes." And you, as a physicist, should not be going along with her delusions, in my opinion. But then again, it's your family.
"Yes...well...she had a vision," Mia continued. Mona raised an eyebrow. "About...how in a parallel world, all the things that happen in the books of Harry Potter are real."
Mona narrowed her eyes. This was becoming ridiculous far too quickly.
"Okay?" Mona prompted her friend, still not entirely believing what the latter was saying.
"Well, she warned me someone from that universe might end up here. It wasn't hard to guess who it would be, from her description,"Mia finished, motioning towards the man sitting there.
Mona narrowed her eyes again. "So how do we send him back?" she asked, not very hopeful from Mia's expression. Her friend shook her head in response.
"We can't. We need to keep him here. Apparently he's a Guarded. And he has to stay here."
"A who-the-what?" It's official; my best friend has gone crazy.
"It's...complicated, Mona. I don't understand it fully, myself. I just know that my mom has rarely gone wrong in her advice, and that she knows better than either of us in such situations," Mia said somewhat hesitantly.
Right. Predictions come true and pigs can fly. Sometimes I can't believe she's a physicist.
Mona turned to 'Lucius'. "And what's your side of the story? How did you get here?"
He shrugged slightly, his expression turning sad. "Time-turner accident. I was trying to save Narcissa..." His voice trailed off.
Mona frowned. I don't remember Narcissa Malfoy ever needing 'saving' in the books. Or the movies for that matter.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Lucius turned away.
"I couldn't save her. The other Death Eaters...they found out about her pact with Severus."
Mona shook her head, as if clearing her mind. "What...year...are you from?" she asked hesitantly.
Lucius frowned in surprise. "1998," he said, his voice still choking with sadness.
"The war..." Mona whispered, almost to herself.
Lucius evidently heard it, and he nodded, sorrowfully.
He spoke up again after a pause.
"The Dark Lord won."
Mona gasped.
Notes: Ahhh I don't know where I went with this! Oh well. :/