Chapter 8: Girl Meets Time Warp - Part 1

"So, I have to go and find my own way. I have to go and create my individual path, and I must do it all alone by myself. Come on, Maya." - Riley Matthews, Girl Meets Cory and Topanga, Girl Meets World

The noises of the crowd startles me as I find myself standing next to Albus watching the whole performance of Ludo Bagman. "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you the greatest - the fabulous - the one - and the only TRIWIZARD TOURNAMENT." I hear a loud cheer.

"If you're from Hogwarts. Give me a cheer."

I hear a loud chair from Hogwarts.

"If you're from Durmstrang - give me a cheer."

There's another loud cheer this time coming from Durmstrang.

"AND IF YOU'RE FROM BEAUXBATONS GIVE ME A CHEER."

There's a slightly limp of cheer coming from Beauxbatons.

"Slightly less enthusiastic from the French there."

"This has to work," Scorpius says, happily. "That's Ludo Bagman."

"And there they are," Ludo Bagman announces. "Ladies and gentlemen - boys and girls - I present to you - the reasons why we're all here - THE CHAMPIONS. Representing Durmstrang, what eyebrows, what a gait, what a boy, there's nothing he won't try on a broomstick, it's Viktor Krazy Krum." I see Viktor Krum looking displeases with himself being introduced as 'Krazy Krum'.

I looked over to see both Albus and Scorpius getting used to playing Durmstrang students. "Go, go Krazy Krum," they chanted. "Go, go Krazy Krum."

"From the Beauxbatons Academy - zut alors, it's Fleur Delacour!" Ludo Bagman announces. I joined into the small applause along with the other Beautxbatons students. Fleur looked a bit uncomfortable as she sees her fellow students and also competitors. "And from Hogwarts not one but two students, he makes us all go weak at the kneesy, he's Cedric Delicious Diggory." I see a handsome seventeen year old boy which I presume that is Cedric Diggory. He looked calm as he looks around the stadium. "And then the other - you know him as the Boy Who Lived, I know him as the boy who keeps surprising us."

I looked down to see a younger version of Harry Potter. He looked small compared to the other competitors apart from Fleur. "That's my dad," Albus says.

"Yes," Ludo Bagman states. "It's Harry Plucky Potter." There's cheering, but a bit less. Most of the cheering comes from a girl who looked like Rose. "And now - silence please all. The - first - task. Retrieving a golden egg. From a nest of - ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I give you - DRAGONS. And guiding the dragons - CHARLIE WEASLEY."

There are more cheers. "If you're going to stand so close I'd rather you didn't breath on me quite so much," the girl in front of us said.

"Rose?" Scorpius says. "What are you doing here?"

"Who's Rose?" The girl asks. "And what's happened to your accent?"

"Sorry, Hermione," Albus replies in a terrible accent. "He's got you mixed up with someone else."

"How do you know my name?" Young Hermione asks.

"And with no time to lose, let's bring out our first champion - facing a Swedish Short-Snout, I give you - CEDRIC DIGGORY," Ludo Bagman calls out. I hear the dragon roar as I see young Hermione and Albus readying their wands. "And Cedric has entered the stage. And he seems ready. Scared but ready. He dodges this way. He dodges that way. The girls swoon as he dives for cover. They cry as one: don't damage our Diggory, Mr Dragon."

I looked at Scorpius as I notice something is wrong. "Is it supposed to do that?" I asked.

"No," he replies. "Something is wrong. Something is definitely wrong. It's shaking." I notice Albus not looking at the both of us, but focused on the task at hand. "Albus, something is wrong. The Time-Turner, it's shaking."

I hear a ticking noise coming from the Time-Turner as it begins an incessant and somewhat dangerous. "And Cedric skirts left and dives right - and he readies his wand - what has this young, brave, handsome man got up his sleeve now-" Ludo Bagman calls out.

Albus extends his wand and whispers, "Expelliarmus." Cedric's wand is summoned to Albus's hand.

"-But no, what's this?" Ludo Bagman calls out. "Is it Dark Mark or is it something else entirely - Cedric Diggory is disarmed -"

"Albus," I said, looking down at the Time-Turner in Scorpius's hand. "Something is wrong..." The ticking gets louder and louder.

"It's all going wrong for Diggors," Ludo Bagman says. "This could be the end of the task for him. The end of the tournament."

Scorpius grabs Albus and my arms. There is crescendo in the ticking and a flash. I felt a lot of pain - pain in my legs and I peel over and start crying. "Albus!" Scorpius says. "Riley! Did it hurt you?" Scorpius walks over to me as my sobbing got worse. "Albus, there's something wrong with Riley."

Albus limps over toward us, as I continue sobbing. "It's my left foot," I screamed in pain. "It just shot up in pain." Albus removes my shoe and sock as he notices my foot.

"It's twisted," he say. "I don't think it's fractured. It would hurt more if it is fractured."

I looked over at Scorpius who wraps my foot with my sock. "What the hell happened?" I asked.

"There must be some limit - the Time-Turner must have some kind of time limit..." He answers.

"Do you think we've done it?" Albus asks. "Do you think we've changed anything?'

I see my dad running on with Harry, my dad, Ron, Ginny and Draco as I continued sobbing in pain. I heard some sort of glimmer as I see Scorpius place the Time-Turner in his pocket. I also notice that Albus was also in pain. "I told you," Ron says to my dad. "I told you I saw them."

"I think we're about to find out," Scorpius says.

"Hello, dad," Albus says. "Is something wrong?" My dad looks at both Harry and Albus with disbelieve.

"Yes," Harry says. "You could say that."

I suddenly felt weight on my leg as I see Albus who fainted on my leg. Ginny and Harry rush over towards us to help.

Bit of a short chapter but I hope you all enjoy it. Anyway, I'll be uploading every few days now mainly because I am now officially on holidays for a week. Remember to favourite/review this fanfic. Thanks and enjoy.