Darkness greeted Hadrien's eyes, the sweet blackness of a cool summer evening settling upon him like a soothing blanket. Soft whispers of wind trailed past him and Hadrien had to muffle a shriek as he felt a small gnarled hand tap his left arm.

"Sorry if I startled you Mr Peverell, but you'll need to grab onto my shoulder. This corridor isn't particularly safe for anyone except goblins." Nodding his head in the dark Hadrien immediately felt foolish as he realized that Marba most likely couldn't see him. That is until he felt Marba deftly grab his hand and place it on his right shoulder. Taking a firm grip of it, Hadrien followed after Marba as he set off at a slow trot. Many twists and turns later of which Hadrien had tried to memorize but had soon given up the attempt, Hadrien felt Marba stop abruptly in front of him before a series of schritching sounds echoed out. Suddenly light appeared from in front of them blinding Hadrien as his eyes tried to adjust to the sudden brightness.

"This is the Amoverium." Blinking his eyes rapidly, Hadrien stared in shock at the room they had entered. A large circular room, glowing stones were perched upon the black walls that seemed to absorb all light. Carved pillars of an unknown white material were interspersed between them, radiating an unknown energy. Swallowing nervously, Hadrien slowly walked forwards following Marba as he slowly took everything in. The center of the room was taken up by a large circular platform that floated above the ground, multiple piles of strange materials surrounded it. Hadrien avoided looking at them as some of them looked suspiciously like animals body parts, not mentioning the ones that Hadrien was certain were moving. As they reached the platform, the sound of footsteps walking forward reached Hadriens ears and he say two blind elderly goblins step out of the shadows, their skin even more wrinkled and leathery looking then a normal goblin.

"Marba... why have you brought this...wizard... here?" Hadrien tried not to shiver at the whispery voices of the two goblins but he new that he hadn't managed to succeed. There voices were like the whisper of wind in the forbidden forest at night, dark and menacing with a slight chill underlying them that sunk into your very bones.

"Tempus asked me to." Hearing the name Tempus, the two goblins stopped scowling at Hadrien instead looking at him curiously.

"Why did Tempus ask you this?..." Hadrien was slightly surprised to notice that the goblins' voices had changed, they were now reminiscent of a spring breeze brimming with curiosity as it swept over the trees.

"He said that it was to fix a problem that had been hidden from him." The two elder goblins stared at Marba their white eyes eerie in the dim lighting. What felt like hours but was in truth only a couple minutes passed before the two goblins nodded their heads at Marba.

"Very well Marba... We will help this young wizard..." Having finished speaking, the two goblins walked off in the opposite direction from each other until they had faded back into the shadows. Releasing a sigh, Marba turned to Hadrien with a slightly amused smile upon his face.

"The two elders are not particularly fond of wizards, mainly because the amoverium has more uses then just removing spells but I will not tell you what those are right now." Marba's smile dissapeared as he reached into a bag at his waist that Hadrien hadn't noticed was there before. Rummaging around for a little bit, Marba let out a quiet noise of triumph as he pulled out a potion bottle filled with a crystal clear liquid. Turning towards Hadrien he handed it over to him, his long gnarled hands depositing it into Hadrien's small malnourished ones.

"This here is a potion you'll need to drink just before we start, you don't want to know what will happen if you don't drink this, it is not pleasant in any sense of the word." Hadrien paled a little as he heard those words suddenly glad for whatever this potion was supposed to do.

"Now head on up to the platform and lay down in the middle, after you're laying down immediately drink the potion and the elders will commence the removal process." Nodding at Marba, Hadrien started to head towards the platform before pausing and turning his head to look at Marba again.

"Is...Is it going to hurt?" Hadrien was ashamed to notice that his voice had trembled slightly while he was talking, but managed to keep looking at Marba waiting for him to answer.

"If you drink the potion there should be no pain but you will most likely feel a little sore afterwards, now if you would?" Marba gestured towards the platform a smile on his face that Hadrien guessed was an attempt to be soothing but instead looked like the trademark goblin smirk. Taking a deep breath Hadrien started to walk over to the platform. As he reached the platform, he noticed that it had lowered itself down so that he could step up onto it's surface. Steadying himself, Hadrien quickly hopped onto the platform and walked to the center. He was surprised to notice that there was some type of ancient language scrawled all across the platform, the words were indecipherable to him but Hadrien got a feeling of serenity and balance as he looked at them. Releasing the breath he hadn't known he'd been holding, Hadrien sat down taking care not to damage the potion bottle as he did so.

"Hadrien I forgot to mention! You'll need to throw the bottle off the platform as soon as you've finished drinking it or it might end up breaking and hurting you during the ritual!" Jumping at Marba's shout Hadrien looked at him and nodded to show that he understood, as he was unable to speak from nervousness. Laying down, he looked at the potion bottle for a moment before uncorking it and quickly drinking it. Grimacing at the ghastly taste he quickly he threw the bottle over to Marba who only just managed to catch it.

Suddenly Hadrien noticed that he couldn't seem to feel the platform under him any more. Turning to look under him he shrieked as he noticed that he was floating over what looked like his body, he was afraid that he had died for a moment before he noticed that his body was still breathing. Releasing a sigh of relief, Hadrien looked around.

"Why am I no longer in my body?"not expecting an answer to his question Hadrien was beyond shocked when he got one.

"An out of body potion, they're quite useful for rituals that tend to be quite painful stops the recipient from going mad." Hadrien was a little embarrassed to admit that he nearly had an 'accident' from fright, though if anyone ever asked him he'd deny it like Draco denied being gay. Seriously anyone who uses that much hair gel is never straight.

Quickly turning around, Hadrien was shocked to see a man sitting and drinking a cup of tea as he smiled at him. Short white hair reached just behind one ear with long bangs covering his left eye. Dressed in a dark green vest and pale grey button up shirt and dark grey pants, the man looked elegant. To the point that Hadrien was a little gobsmacked. That and the man was sitting in midair and drinking a cup of tea like it was a common occurrence. Seeing that Hadrien was staring at him the man smirked at him, revealing a mischievous smile that made hearts beat faster and cheeks turn red. Blushing a little Hadrien cleared his throat and frowned at the man.

"Who are you?" Grinning at the question, the man let go of his cup of tea which immediately vanished into thin air. Standing up, the man brushed off his vest and moved forwards until he was floating in front of Hadrien. Taking a bow, he smiled up at Hadrien mischievously.

"My name is Tempus, but you will know me better as Time."

Yay! Finished another chapter, sorry I haven't updated for a while I'm currently moving and everything is a little hectic. Luckily lady inspiration decided to punch me in the face so I finished this chapter ? ﾟﾘﾂ. I'll try to work on the next chapter and get it done as soon as possible.

~ Turtle Out ?