Not a Gryffindor - a Harry Potter fan fiction

Chapter 8

A/N This chapter is dedicated to cramberryapple24 for fan-girling with me over Rydra, and BasileGuichard for letting it happen!

Zara's pov
I stared at Carrie. Then I ran over to her and felt her forehead.

"Are you feeling okay?" I asked her. Carrie rolled her eyes.

"I'm being serious!" She cried exasperatedly. "I have it all planned out." My mouth dropped.

"But... It's impossible-"

Carrie sighed. "Have you not read the seven volumes of your grandfather's life?" She asked.

"Of course I have. But I don't see how-"

"Do you recall what happens in the third volume?"

"Yes," I said, still confused. "What about it?"

"And how did they save both Sirius' and Buckbeak's life?"

"Well, they-" and then it dawned on me. "Ohhhh! But - they all smashed." Carrie sighed again.

"That was years ago, you idiot," Carrie said. "They've made new ones now."

"Okay," I said. "Suppose they had made new Time Turners, how are we supposed to get our hands on them?"

"Easy," Carrie said. "I have a plan, and it mostly revolves around this."

I gasped involuntarily. "No way!"

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Ryder's pov

I waved my wand, creating the time spell for the 20th time. What had felt like hours had only been a couple of minutes: It was still half an hour until I was due to meet Zara.

I smiled at the thought of her; I had fallen for Zara so quickly, so easily. Of course, I was nothing more than a good friend to her. I returned to the book that I was reading on Patronus Theory and was soon lost in it.

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Zara's Pov

"Is this really necessary?" I asked Carrie with a sigh.

"Oh come on," she said dreamily. "You've got to look nice for him."

"I think this is going a bit too far though." I said, staring down at my figure-hugging black t-shirt and dark green skirt. "I'm just helping him with his DADA homework."

Carrie scoffed. "No way! He is so into you! Besides, some girls always dress like this."

"But that doesn't make me want to! And anyway, why are you so into this? It's not like you." Carrie looked at me like I was an idiot.

"Shipping is my life!" She cried happily. "And you guys are perfect together!" I gave her a strange look.

"Right. I've got to go okay?" Carrie nodded enthusiastically.

"Good luck!"

As I walked to the library, I thought about the what Carrie had shown me:

She was an Animagus. A butterfly to be exact. I made a frustrated noise.

"Why does it have to be that everyone I meet turns out to be an Animagus?!"

"Look. I have no idea why your family can turn into animals - I suppose there is a valid reason, Professor Cohead is a trained Auror and being an Animagus has officially become part of the criteria and, as for me, I well..." She paused suddenly, staring at the ground.