"I wonder if we moved forward or back." Ron asked.

"Forward." Hermione stated.

"How do you know?" Ron asked turning towards her only to say, "Never mind."

"What?" The rest of the group asked turning, "Oh."

Many of the trees that had stood there were now gone. Down a hill not far from where they stood was a small village. If you could call it a village. It was just a few houses gathered together. They could see a few animals, mostly pigs, around the houses and smoke coming from the chimneys.

"Well should we make contact or stay hidden in the forest?' Ginny asked.

Before anyone could answer they heard a child yell, "Mum come quick there are some people coming out of the forest."

"Get inside." a woman's voice yelled, "Nothing good comes out of that place."

A few minutes later several men approached the group, "What do you want?"

"We're travelers; we just need a place to rest for a few days." Harry said.

"Just keep traveling then." One man demanded, "We can barely keep ourselves fed we can't be giving everything away."

"Wait." another man said, "They're powerful magic users, they may be able to help us."

"How do you know?" another man asked.

"I may not have much magic but I can feel his." he indicated Harry.

"We'll do anything we can to help if we can just stay for a little while." Harry said.

"If you hurt anyone we'll tie you up for the monsters to take." the first man said.

As they walked back towards the small village Hermione asked, "What kind of monsters do you have?"

"Wolves." the magic man said, "But they walk on two legs. They come for a sacrifice once a month on the full moon. We have to give them an animal or they promise to take a child. My name's Henry by the way."

The group introduced themselves then Harry asked, "When's the next full moon?"

"Tonight."

"Do you know how many wolves there are?" Ron asked.

"No. We assume a pack because they eat all of whatever animal we leave out." Henry stated.

"Do you have room for all of us?" Luna asked.

"We'll have to split you up, but your wives will stay with each of you."

Before anyone could correct them Harry said, "Thanks we appreciate that."

"So how did you all end up out here all on your own?" Henry asked.

"We were with a larger group and got separated when we were attacked." Harry said. It wasn't exactly the truth but it was as close as these people would understand.

"I hope you find them. Where were you all headed?"

"I'm not sure. I wasn't old enough to be in the decisions." Harry said, "We were moving our village because it was destroyed."

"There's a lot of that happening." the first man said. He had introduced himself as Bartimus, "Bandits are roaming around taking advantage where they can. Some of them even have magic and they just use it to hurt others instead of help."

"We've met some like that." Neville spoke for the first time.

The group spent the day helping where they could. During the day the group had discussed more about the wolf problem the villagers had.

"Do you think it's a werewolf?" Ron asked.

"No." Harry said, "A werewolf wouldn't contain its self to only eating one animal that was left out for it."

"I agree." Hermione said, "I'm betting it's someone or something else."

"I've got an idea." Neville said, "I think we should keep watch tonight. See what's really going on."

"Good idea mate. We'll have the girls all stay together and we can sleep on the roof and take turns watching for trouble." Ron said, the girls glared and he continued, "I'm not trying to say you can't help. I just think you should stay inside in case it is a werewolf and it doesn't like being spied on. It may attack the villagers if we anger it."

When night fell all the villagers pulled into their houses securing them as best as they could. The three boys conjured a platform on the roof of one house and set up a watch schedule. The moon had just risen when the pig that had been left out started to get nervous. Harry was watching and saw movement coming from the forest. He quietly woke the other two and they watched to see what would happen next. Two men emerged from the shadows for just a second and waved back the way they came. When they disappeared again Harry heard a howl come from the forest. Inside the houses he heard the people nervously moving around.

"You two take these guys, I'm going to check the forest and see who's hiding there. Try to not use any magic or use it close up so the lights don't alert anyone." Harry whispered pulling out his invisibility cloak. The other two nodded and the three quietly slipped down the ladder.

Neville and Ron used close range stunners to stop the two in the village. Harry moved down the path trying not to make any noise or alert anyone with his movements. He stopped as he neared the forest listening for any hint of how many there were. A small sound from a tree on his right made him turn that way. He saw a person lean out and howl again. Harry stayed still for a few minutes and waited to see if any more people were in the area. The person leaned out again and looked at the village. Deciding he was the only one Harry moved close and stunned him. He levitated the man and walked down to the village. He found Ron and Neville waiting in the shadows with their two captives. Harry dropped the man and knocked on the door to Henry's house.

"Who is it?" he asked.

"We've caught your problem it's safe to come out." Harry said.

"Wait." he heard Hermione say, "If you're Harry what is Neville's pet's name?"

"Trevor." Harry replied.

"Ok you can open it." she said.

The moon gave plenty of light for everyone to see who they had caught. Henry kicked the older man that Harry had stunned and he said, "That's them Stoners. They live near the lake in that stone hut. So they've been scaring us so that they could steal our food."

"We should kill them for all they stole." Bartimus growled.

Hermione wanted to stop them but Harry pulled the group to the side and explained, "This is the way they do justice here. Stealing food is stealing lives. If they don't have enough food to get through the winter they'll lose their families. They don't have the luxury of a store around the corner. They don't have a jail to keep them in. These three are willing to sacrifice these families to get something for free. It's a different kind of terrorism but it's the same as Death Eaters to us."

The group nodded in acceptance and watched the village decide what to do. After waking up the three men Harry help them all find a solution. The three men were fishermen but got tired of eating fish all the time. He helped the villagers decide how many fish would pay for the animals the others had stolen. In the end everyone got enough food to last through the winter.

Harry questioned the man he had stunned, "Why didn't you just try and sell them fish to begin with?"

"My Da stole food like this when I was a wee lad and I never knew anyone would want me fish." he said, "I like the idea of trading maybe we can get some vegetables out of the deal."

Over the next few weeks the fisherman brought enough fish to pay their debt to the village. They even showed the villagers how to prepare the fish and keep it good for winter. In exchange the villagers taught the fishermen about vegetables and how to grow and prepare them.

One evening the group was sitting around the fire and the fishermen started telling tales of odd creatures they had seen across the lake. They looked like horses but where the neck and head should be was a taller section that looked almost human. None of the villagers believed them but Ron interrupted.

"They're centaurs. Very smart, powerful and private creatures."

"What exactly are they?"

"Half man half horse." Luna said, "Don't get too close they're not afraid to kill you if they think you'll endanger their family."

"Had a run in with them?" Henry asked.

"A few times, but if you're respectable to them they will respect you back." Harry said, "They're very particular about their forest they don't like trespassers."

"We have forbidden anyone from going to the other side of the lake." Bartimus stated, "We've lost several people there. They go in to hunt and never come back."

"I'm sure centaurs aren't the only things in that forest." Ginny pointed out.

"You would know." Henry said, "You came from that way didn't you?"

"Well…" Harry looked at the others before continuing, "We were kind of dropped on the spot you saw us. I told you we were travelers but I didn't explain fully. We were on that spot years ago and vanished. Then we showed up on that same spot many years later. Sometime soon we will vanish from this spot and reappear in the same spot many years later. At least we hope that's what's happening. We don't have any control over it."

"Travelers through time?" one of the fishermen asked.

"We were cursed by a bad wizard in our own time. I doubt he even knows what he did to us." Hermione said.

"Will you ever get home?" one of the women asked.

"Yes." Harry declared.

"How can you be sure mate?" Ron asked.

"I have to believe it or I'll go crazy." Harry stated, "I have that prophecy to fulfill and I don't think this time travel thing is going to stop it from happening."

"What did it say?" Ginny asked. Harry repeated the prophecy for all of them to hear and she said, "Maybe this trip is to find that power he knows not."

"I hope so."

"All that you told us before about being attacked was a lie?" Henry asked.

"No it was the truth. We were traveling with a large group and we were attacked and got sent here which separated us from the rest of them." Harry said, "I did lie about not knowing where we were going and that our village was moving. I couldn't tell the truth without explaining we are from the future. I didn't think you were ready for that part at the time we met."

"Where were you headed?" another woman asked.

"Here but not at this time." Hermione answered, "In our time this is a large village and up the hill is the school we attend. It looks a lot different to us but it's the same place. We're trying to stay in this area so we'll be close to our school when we get back to our time."

A few days later they were picking vegetables for one of the families when the ground started shaking and smoke appeared. The teens ran towards each other and collapsed together just as the smoke was clearing. The houses were gone but they could see a larger village further from the lake. Many trees had been re-grown between the lake and the village. As they approached the village they noticed it looked more like their version of Hogsmeade.

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"I found residue of magic in the fifth compartment of the fourth car." Kinsley reported, "We haven't decided what it did yet but they were attacked by someone."

"No apparition and no portkey activity." Tonks supplied, "But I wouldn't rule out a Death Eater plot of some sort."

"I think they had a few students help them out." Albus sighed.

"I'm sure it wouldn't take much to convince Draco to do something to any of them." Tonks said.

"I agree, he didn't seem surprised nor did he laugh at the news." Albus said, "Every time something happens he is the first to enjoy Harry's misfortune."

"Too bad he's still under aged." Kingsley sighed.

"Inform me when you have anything more." Albus said.

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