Hermione hastily pocketed the wand, "All we could find really," the witch mumbled. Draco soon followed suit. The older girl raised her eyebrows and noticed the heavy school robes. Her eyes narrowed and the grip on her bow tightened.
"Who are you? And where are you from?" The girl asked, her voice turning cool.
"Far away," Hermione said vaguely.
"You always travel this light?" the girl asked,her eyebrows raised as she looked around the room. "You don't look like you're from the Capitol."
"Capitol?" Draco asked, confused. Hermione almost rolled her eyes.
"Even further away," Hermione said, keeping herself vague again.
"There is nowhere further than the Capitol," Katniss said, her eyes narrowing. "Only the arenas."
"Okay fine," Hermione sighed. This plan could go one of two ways, and she only hoped she wouldn't need a memory charm for this. "We are from a far away place. And we have no idea where we are. How about a trade. We tell you our story and where we are from if you tell us where we are and what your home is like. We don't know how long we will be here."
"Hermione," Draco warned.
Hermione shot him a look that said leave this to me. She sat down on the bed with Draco and the older girl moved her way closer and leant against the wall, her arms crossed.
"Hermione is it?" The girl asked. "I'm Katniss."
"Yes," Hermione nodded. "This is Draco."
"Odd names," Katniss remarked. Hermione ignored her.
"You sure you have no one coming to join you?" Hermione asked. Katniss nodded. "Right. Well we are from a place called Britain. Have you heard of that?"
"No," Katniss shook her head. "Panem is the only place left after the war. Everything before that were 'dark days'."
"Well we are probably from before even the dark days.," Hermione said slowly. "We unintentionally time travelled here."
"Well you're the first time travellers I have ever seen," Katniss said matter-of-factly.
"You're not shocked? You actually believe us?" Draco asked.
"After what I've seen the Capitol do to those in the Games? Sure."
Draco looked like he wanted to know about this Capitol and Games, but Hermione interrupted him. "We are from a Magic School called Hogwarts. I'm a witch and he is a wizard."
"Magic?" Katniss asked in disbelief. Time travel she could handle. But Magic was where she drew the line. So she jumped back in horror as her set of arrows started floating around her.
"We usually say spells so people aren't quite so shocked," Draco said. "But this one is stupidly smart and is a few years ahead of everyone else and can do them without the incantation."
The arrows dropped to the floor. "Any—Anything else?"
"Aguamenti!" Draco shouted at the fireplace. Water shot out of his wand and sprayed the fire, putting it out. They were plunged into darkness.
"Okay. I believe you. Please, stop the magic."
"Incendio," Hermione muttered setting the fire alight again. "As I was saying. We are Witches and Wizards from the past. The time-turner we had has broke due to Draco putting some...less than legal magic on it and now we're stuck here."
"Right," Katniss said sitting on the bed next to them. "Witches and wizards that time travelled here from before the great war. Yeah, I'll have no problem convincing the Capitol..."
"So what is the Capitol?" Draco asked. "Where are we now?"
"This land is called Panem," Katniss said. "There are twelve districts and a Capitol. Well there were thirteen but that's another story. The Capitol rules over the twelve districts and is naturally the wealthiest. There are a couple of anomalies but the general rule is that the districts get less and less wealthy as the numbers go up. The districts all give something to the Capitol. Ours is mining. Then, because of something that happened almost seventy five years ago, we have something called the 'Hunger Games'. Two people are chosen from each district to fight to the death. Only one person can win. My name was put in twenty times due to me being sixteen and having extra put in for more food. If you stay..the chances are your name will be put in too. I'm sorry, it's compulsory."
"When is this reaping?" Hermione asked.
"In twelve days."
"We will try to be gone for then. If not, well it's just something we will have to deal with."
Noise from outside startled them all. Hermione and Draco looked at Katniss questioningly but the older girl didn't appear to know what was going on either. The door burst open and the two younger teenagers hid their wands. One teenage girl they could handle knowing magic, but whoever was out there was hostile and probably not a teenage girl. Six men entered the small hut, wearing white armour and helmets.
"Intruders. You will come with us to the Capitol immediately. There you will await a trial, explain where you have come from, and it will be discussed whether you shall be charged or not. You too," the man said, pointing at Katniss. The three teenagers nodded, following the men out of the room. They walked for a few minutes before spotting a hovercraft. There, there were more men in white suits along with some more people in red clothing. The men in white suits were talking among themselves, but the men and women in red remained silent.
Hermione and Draco did the same but Katniss, obviously spotting someone she knew shouted out, "Cray!"
"Katniss!" Cray walked up to them. "What are you doing out here?"
"It's just a big misunderstanding," Katniss begged. "Just, tell my Mother and Prim something. Please? And Gale?"
"Of course," Cray said. "But you know I can't let you go. These people could be anyone. You could've been killed."
"These 'people' are Draco and Hermione," Katniss said. "They're younger than me, they're just kids!"
"Their fate isn't in my hands, you know that. I have power here, but this is a Capitol matter. And you were involved with them. I can't do anything."
"I know," Katniss said, looking down. "Just please. Let my family know."
"I will," Cray nodded. The hovercraft started to get louder. "But you have to go now."
"Thank you Cray."
Draco and Hermione followed Katniss and the rest of them into the hovercraft. They knew they should be terrified, as Katniss definitely didn't seem to be excited about the flight. But the two of them couldn't help but be just a little excited about seeing more about this future land.