𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 ;𝐑.𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲

"I swear."

"I'm okay!" Harry protested as Madam Pomfrey rushed in with a bag of medical supplies.

"You can never be too sure Potter." Mcgonagall replied. "Poppy, check Ms Lupin too, she seems to be having too much fun over there." She added, pointing to the said girl, who was playing with her wand, making sparks fly from it.

Once Harry and Rachelle were checked, Mcgonagall shooed Harry and Madam Pomfrey out of the room and turned to face the two remaining girls.

"This is a time turner. It is used for time travel. Lupin, pay attention. The number of times one turned the hourglass corresponded to the number of hours one travelled back in time. However, they can only stay in the past for five hours at a time, without the possibility of serious harm to the traveller or to time itself. You will use this only for your studies, because some of your classes overlap. I had to work very hard to get this, so you must swear that you will not tell anyone about this. Not even Potter and Weasley."

"I swear." The two Gryffindors said in unison.

Mcgonagall placed the time turner in Hermione's hands and they left for the welcoming feast.

"I still don't know why you want to do Muggle studies. Your a muggleborn for Merlins sake. You would know everything!" Rachelle said in a hushed voice as soon as their professor was out of earshot.

"Well it would be fascinating to study them from a Wizards point of view." Hermione said earnestly. Rachelle raised her eyebrows and said nothing.

•••

"What did Mcgonagall want?" Ron asked.
"Checked that I was okay." Harry said shortly. The two boys looked expectantly at Rachelle and Hermione, waiting for an answer. The two girls exchanged a look, none of them having come up with a good enough lie for their meeting with the head of Gryffindor.

"Huh? Oh she—" Rachelle began.

"Psst! Potter, Potter! Is it true you fainted? I mean, you actually fainted?" Malfoy hissed happily from behind them. He mimed feeling dizzy and fainted. The two goons next to him laughed obnoxiously.

"Shove off, Malfoy!" Ron said. "Ignore them." Hermione sniffed. Rachelle was glaring at Malfoy silently and he quickly turned around.

"Never thought I'd say this, but thank Merlin for Malfoy." Rachelle whispered to Hermione. The frizzy-haired girl nodded quickly in agreement.

"Welcome! Welcome to another year
at Hogwarts. Now, I'd like to say a few words...before we all become too befuddled by our excellent feast. First, I'm pleased to welcome Professor R.J. Lupin...who's kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Good luck, professor." Dumbledore said. Rachelle beamed proudly as heads turned towards her, recognizing the shared surname.
"Of course. That's why he knew to give you the chocolate, Harry." Hermione whispered.

"Our Care of Magical Creatures teacher has decided to retire in order to spend more time with his remaining limbs. Fortunately, I'm delighted to announce that his place will be taken by none other than our own Rubeus Hagrid. Finally, on a more disquieting note at the request of the Ministry of Magic...Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban...until such a time as Sirius Black is captured.
The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. Now whilst I've been assured that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities a word of caution. Dementors are vicious creatures. They'll not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way. Therefore, I must warn each and every one of you to give them no reason to harm you. It is not in the nature of a dementor to be forgiving.
But you know, happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light. Well, I think that is everything of importance, let the feast, begin!" Dumbledore finished.

re-edited: 11 august 2021
a/n: ok the content of this isn't bad, but the whole thing is horrible anyway i'm sorry to the readers who read this and tolerated it. i love y'all <3
-cheyenne