Prologue Part 3: Messing With Time (Again)
Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry
May 14th, 2016, 12:00 P.M.
"...Hey...uh, we don't want any trouble…" "And we do." Several students are in two groups, one slightly larger than the other. The two leaders stand a few feet apart from each other. "Chris. I've told you this before-we don't want to fight you, but if you insist on fighting us...then I guess we have to." Chris jerks his head and five other students come up behind him, holding crude weapons. "Damn right we do. Ever since you did all that stuff you did, everyone's been talking about you nonstop. I intend to put a stop to that. Everyone will be talking about me and my group when we're done with yours." Other students begin to surround the smaller group and they're forced to come together. "What do we do?" The leader looks towards one of her friends for help. "Link?" A blonde-haired boy that's wearing a green T-Shirt and white jeans raises his head. "Yeah?" "Should we fight Chris and his gang or should we try to leave in peace?" "We should try to leave without causing any trouble...but if we can't leave...then we fight." "...We're not letting you leave." Chris and his gang have surrounded the smaller group completely. He steps forwards, up to the leader. "You and me. We fight alone. First person to get knocked out loses. Deal?" "Only if it's a fair fight." "Oh, and one more thing, no one can turn. Fight as humans, let's see if we're as good as fighting as humans as we are as beasts, shall we?"
The two leaders are locked in battle. Both have weapons. "Give it up, Rider. I'm better than you, admit it." Chris lunges at her but she dives out of the way, coming back up with her sword blazing. "I've been in more fights than you. Admit that." The two continue to fight until the girl falters and Chris swings his weapon at her.
The two groups can only watch as both leaders go flying away from each other. Chris doesn't get back up, but the girl back flips in the air and lands on her feet. A few seconds later, teachers begin to show up and yell at the fifty-plus students. But when they look for two students in particular, they are gone.
The Time-Stones
"Lauren! Where are you going?" "...Someone where no one can find me." The two students near the Time-Stones, a circle of stones that grants the ability to travel through time. "You've done this before, and remember what happened to us? Do you want that to happen again?" Link knows that he got to his friend because she stops walking and turns to face him. "And what do you know about it?" "...Because I was with you." She seems to accept this and turns back to face the stones. "You're not going to use them, are you?" "I might." Just then, flashes of light hit the two of them and they fly forwards to land on the innermost stone. They manage to stand and face their attacker. "Chris." The boy nods and raises his wand. Several other students appear behind him. "It's over." "What do you mean?" Chris holds up a light blue crystal. "If you time-travel without this, you can't come back. If I break it, you can't come back. So…" Chris begins to lift the crystal into the air, but then everyone present hears a certain humming noise. The two standing on the stones have no time to move before a white flash of light blinds everyone. When they can see again, the two are gone, and Chris is left with a shattered crystal in his hand.