The Forgotten One

Time Turnering

-chapter 30-

I smile sadly at the boys after staring at the tickets for a few moments. Their smiles slowly fade, replaced with concern and worry.

"What's wrong?" James asks. "I thought you loved the Harpies..." He trails off.

"I do!" I insist. "I love them!"

"Then what's wrong?" Remus asks.

I look at Sirius. He knows why I can't go. He's the only one here, besides me, that knows what's wrong.

Not knowing what I'm doing, I reach into my shirt and pull out my time turner. I pull the chain over my head, letting the turner sit in my lap. I stare at the gold object, wondering how it works.

And then a crazy thought hits me. I could use the turner to go back in time and change everything.

I stand up and put the turner over my head.

"What are you doing?" Remus, James and Sirius stand up.

"I have to change things," I say this more to myself than to the teenage boys standing in front of me.

"Astrid-" I cut Remus off.

"First thing you should know," I say, "is that my name isn't Astrid. It's Logan."

"Is that why your hair is black now? You can change your appearance; because you're a Metamorphamagus." I don't answer James, just stare down at the turner in my hand.

"Merlin's beard! Why didn't you tell us?!" James exclaims.

I shrug my shoulders, not entirely sure of the answer myself.

I start to fiddle with the turner in my hands. "Logan, do you know how to use that?" Remus asks.

I shake my head no.

"You better be careful," Remus says. "Not a lot of wizards, or witches for that matter, who've meddled with time have returned to their era successfully."

I look up at the boys standing in front of me.

'What will happen if I do it?' I think to myself. 'Would I change everything? What about my relationship with Sirius? God, if I ruined that I'd kill my self.'

"I have to try," I say more to myself than my best friends standing in front of me. "I have to try because if I don't, I won't know if I'll ever be able to fix things. And I can't live with that." I glance up at the boys as I start to turn the turner, just three times.

The next minute or so go in slow motion. I'm not sure if that's part of time turnering, but to hell with it.

I watch as Remus shouts "No!". I watch as James stares at me, sadness clearly displayed in his hazel orbs. And I watch as Sirius runs, in slow motion, over to me and puts the chain over his head.

'No! What is he thinking!?' I think to myself.

But it's too late. The scene in front of me changes and I watch as James and Remus disappear.

{A/N: Haha I'm such a horrible author. 😅 Um, so, yeah. From here on out, I promise the chapters will be long.}