Halfway Gone
Chapter 2: New Arrivals
It was nearing the end of first hour, and Samantha, Rebecca, and Anikki were all seated in the back row, as professor Binn's droned on. Samantha sat with her head on her desk, doodling on a spare piece of spare parchment. Anikki was propped back in her chair, staring intently at the ceiling. In fact, the only one who seemed to be listening whatsoever was Rebecca. She was quickly scribbling down everything the professor was saying; only pausing when she needed to re-ink her quill. The chime of the bells suddenly signaled for class to be over.
"This sucks, I should have been in Gryffindor!" Anikki pouted as she tossed her book violently into her book bag.
"Oh c'mon Anikki, at least it's not Slytherin!" Samantha said in an attempt to cheer her friend up.
"But I don't even know anyone in Ravenclaw!" She said as she glared at the ground. Rebecca then chirped in with her opinion of the dilemma.
"I don't think it should matter, I mean, why is everyone so set upon separating everyone? I think we should all just function as a whole school instead of four separate houses." Anikki and Samantha both nodded in agreement.
"Hey guys, want to go down to the kitchen and get some pumpkin juice?" Samantha asked after a short pause. The three of them pushed their way down the crowded corridor. Rebecca gave her a look of pure shock.
"Are you crazy? Our next class starts in like two minutes!" She said, heaving her book bag back over her shoulder as it slipped.
"So, we've only got Charms next, it doesn't take a genius to know how to work the Leviosa spell, for example, Leviosa." Anikki swished her wand, and a nearby cat floated slowly up into the air, meowing loudly. Anikki gave a look of satisfaction and dropped the cat back onto the ground. "See, I told you."
Rebecca rolled her eyes and continued up a separate staircase, calling over her shoulder, "I'm going to class; you guys can do whatever you want."
Samantha and Anikki looked at each other and shrugged, then walked down the opposite flight of stairs that led towards the kitchen.
At that same moment two black haired girls could be found in the kitchen, eating breakfast. It had taken them less than five minutes to sneak into the castle, yet whenever they went somewhere they had to be sure that no one saw them. They eventually made it to the kitchen and decided to stay there that night, as the house elves were extremely friendly.
"Sally, we're going to have to show ourselves sometime you know." Becky said before she shoved a whole piece of toast in her mouth. Sally heaved a sigh, and set her empty plate back down by the stool she was sitting on.
"I know Becky, I know. Maybe if we just went and explained everything to grandpa Dumbledore, he would fix it." She said.
"More peanut butter misses?" A rather small house elf asked Sally. She shook her head.
"No thanks, I have to try and think." Sally said the last word as if it were an evil being.
"Good luck." Becky remarked knowing sally was quite brainless. Sally shot her a glare and held her hands to her head.
"Wait, I think I've got something…" Sally said with a genuine look of concentration on her face. "…Nope, never mind. I Lost it." She dropped her hands with a disappointed look.
"Don't worry Sally, we'll think of something. There's got to be a reason for us ending up here." Becky said as she laid a comforting hand on her depressed friends shoulder.
Just then Samantha and Anikki appeared in the doorway to the kitchen, laughing uncontrollably. They stumbled in and immediately spotted the other two seated near the fireplace.
"What the-? Who're you two?" Samantha blurted, raising an eyebrow at them.
"Umm…we're…" Sally started, looking around nervously. Becky chimed in just in time.
"I'm Becky, and that's Sally." She said, smiling at them.
"Hmm…"Anikki shot them a suspicious look, and then turned to Samantha. "They're suspicious." She stated matter-of-factly. Samantha glanced over at the two girls. "You think so?" She asked, looking them over. "They seem normal."
"We are normal. Were just not from here." Sally blurted in an attempt to defend herself, yet only made matters worse.
"What do you mean you're not from here? You're not muggles are you?" Samantha asked curiously.
"Of course not!" Becky said defensively.
"Well then who are you?" Anikki asked them with a questioning gaze, crossing her arms.
"We're…we're not from…this time period." Becky said slowly.
"Becky!" Sally yelled at her friend. Becky gave her a look of apology.
"They would have figured it out eventually. Those two are smarter than they look." Becky said.
"Well judging by your clothes I'd say you don't go to Hogwarts, but you have wands, so you must be witches. But how exactly did you get here? Time traveling's been forgotten, since all the time turners were destroyed." Samantha asked, taking a seat opposite of them.
"Well, we were looking around daddy—I mean Snape's secret room, and found one. Then we decided to have fun, and ended up way back in history, and we turned it again, and then we landed here." Sally said all in one breath. Anikki and Samantha looked at each other, and then back at sally.
"And Sally broke the time turner. So, we're kind of stuck." Becky finished. Samantha sighed, and turned to Anikki.
"Guess we have no choice, were going to have to help them." She said, and then turned back to the other two. "Okay, so here's the plan. We will sneak you guys into the head master's office, where you will put the sorting hat on, and wherever it sorts you to there you will go. Then after that, I will put your names on the class lists that you're supposed to be on according to your house. No one will know the difference. Unless of course you messed up the events in time already by just meeting us. Then, well, we're screwed." Samantha said, smiling deviously at her genius plan. The other three girls sat, staring at her as if she were a whole different person.
"What? Just because I loaf off during class doesn't mean I can't put these brains to good use." She laughed, pointing at her head. Sally leaned over to Becky, and whispered rather loudly;
"I think I like this girl." All three of the other girls burst out laughing at Sally's brainless comment.
A few hours later the four girls could be found sitting in the headmaster's office, going over the plan once more. Not one of them knew that prior to Sally and Becky's escapade; their headmaster had not been Albus Dumbledore. Time travel had changed so many things that not one of them knew of. How many people were alive now due to them messing around with history? How many things had they actually changed?
"Okay, hurry up and put it on so we can get out of here. The dung-bombs will only hold him off for a short while." Anikki said, grabbing the hat off the shelf.
"What are you doing with me little missy?" The hat asked grumpily.
"Sorry, but we need you to sort two more students please." Samantha asked nicely as she took the hat from Anikki. The hat gave her a long hard look.
"Oh, alright, just because it's better than napping all day." It final agreed.
"Thank you!" Samantha said happily, shoving it onto Sally's head.
"You seem familiar. Are you sure you haven't been sorted before?" The hat asked after a long while of silence. Sally shook her head.
"Positive. I'm only a first year this year." She said.
"Hmmm…well then, it will have to be…Slytherin." It said. Sally sighed, and then pulled it off and handed it to Becky. Becky stared at it for a minute or so, then gently set it on her head. The hat gave a look of confusion.
"It also seems as if I have sorted you before to. Have you girls been meddling with time travel?" He asked wisely.
"No, no, no, not us." Sally stuttered. The hat just grunted and continued on with the sorting.
"You will have to go to…Hufflepuff!" The hat called. Becky pursed her lips.
"Fine..." She said, and then set the hat back on the shelf.
"Thank you so much!" Samantha called as they left the office and continued to sneak down to Professor Snape's class room. All went well, and soon they were standing in his empty room, hunched over his desk.
"Okay guys, I think we're all set. It's done."
"Exactly what is done Miss Malfoy?" Came a nonchalant voice from behind them. They spun around to see none other than Severus Snape standing there.
"Umm…nothing Sir." Anikki said, pushing the class list under a stack of papers behind her back. Snape raised a single black eyebrow.
"Sally, you better not be up to any mischief again." He said, glowering at them. The girls gasped in shock.
"H-how do you know my name?" Sally asked, since technically, she hadn't been born yet.
"Well, you are my daughter, as much as I hate to admit it." He said with a confused look. The girls looked at one another, confusion written across all of their faces.
"Yeah, well, we got to go. See ya later." Samantha said, pushing past Snape and leading the rest of the girls out of the room. They stopped near the Great Hall, each talking at the same time.
"How did he know?" They each said.
"I have no idea, but something's going on here, and I have a feeling it has to do with the time traveling. Something doesn't feel right." Anikki said, crossing her arms in frustration.
"Yeah, you guys must have messed up something more than your own lives. I can feel it to." Samantha said. "…But maybe, just maybe, things were supposed to end up like this. Ya know, like…fate or something."
Will they ever find out what exactly happened when they time traveled? Or will they simply except the fact that things ended up this way?
Chapter Three: Fate?