Ella (s.b fanfic)

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I was panicking, I searched everywhere and I couldn't find it. 

"James! my ring" I pointed at my finger with the missing ring. "I can't find it! I can't find it James-" I started sobbing, "what if I left it back there-" my words were incoherent while he was trying to reassure me that we will find it "I can't-" I took a deep breath. "I can't lose it James.."

"I know I know, we'll search for it together. Don't worry" he patted my back and tried to reassure me.

"I searched everywhere," I took a deep breath then stared him in the eyes "I have to go back." 

"We can't go back Ella, we've already stayed long enough last time." he said. 

"Are you kidding me?" I shouted "I went with you when you wanted to meet your grandfather, I stayed there with you! And now- " I was mad really mad, I needed a breath to recollect myself "And now when I ask for your help to get my dead mother's last gift you don't want to help?" 

"Ella I-" 

"God! James, you can be so selfish, I don't want your help I'll figure it out myself!" I said and stormed off, leaving James alone in the classroom. 

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I need to get out of this place, I need to find a way out of here. I need to get to the ministry of magic without being suspicious. I need a plan. 

I decided to search in the library but of course there all the serious spells would be in the forbidden section. Exasperated I went back to my dorm. 

The dorm room was full and all the girls were chatting, catching up on their christmases. And honestly I wasn't in the mood, I kept fidgeting with the only thing left with me from my mother, the necklace around my neck. I went down to the common room but it too was loud and lively. So I left and went to the astronomy tower, and sat there.

After a while I found myself crying under the pale moonlight, clutching my necklace as hard as I can. Then slowly I fell asleep. 

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The next morning I found a certain James Potter waking me up. 

"Wake up Ella," 

"I don't want to speak to you," I said disgruntled

"Fine, but then you won't be able to go back to get your ring." he said and started backing away.

"wait, I'm up." I said "How?" 

"Yesterday I went into the restricted section and found a ritual that gets you to time travel, but it's risky." he said

"How risky?" I asked

"Enough to get you trapped in there forever." he explained

"Oh, well what are the chances?" 

"there's a big chance I won't be able to bring you back, but there's also a chance that I will." 

There was a long pause, both us contemplating the risk.

"Show me how." I demanded. I'm not losing that ring. It's a family heirloom and the last thing my mother gave me. 

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We were in an abandoned classroom when James took out a big old looking book from his bag. 

"I smuggled this from the restricted section yesterday and," he opened up to a chapter about time travel. "Here's the ritual I found." 

It read that to effectively travel in time, the ritual must be done on a new moon, using both potions and incantations, the slightest mistake may cause the body to either disappear in time or simply die. To come back from the travel the person must drink the potion. This ritual can be made only once in a new moon and to one person only. That means only I will be traveling. 

"Thank you James," I hugged him really tight. 

"Anything for my sister." he said back. "Anyways we should get started, the next new moon is in five days and the potion alone is complicated." 

we started reading the instruction, "It says here it takes 42 hours to brew the first half and only one day to finish preparing the potion, so three days total. If we start tomorrow that leaves us a day to finish the whole ritual. I think the odds are in our favor. Don't you?" I started calculating and planning.