Hogwarts Express: Time Travel

CXXIX. Stealing back the Locket

CXXIX. Stealing back the Locket

The trio stepped into the alleyway together, few yards along the crowded pavement, there were spiked railing flanking two flights of steps, one labelled Gentlemen the other Ladies. The trio shared a look.

Hermione: We'll see you in a moment then, Ron [She whispered]

Annie and Hermione tottered off down the steps to Ladies while, Ron joined the oddly dressed men as they all ascended to what appeared to be underground public toilets. Annie and Hermione shared a confused look but walked forward nevertheless. Ron tried to act as normal as possible but he didn't like that he wasn't with the girls, they should have stayed together. He was snapped out of his thoughts when a man called out his name or more like the person, he's pretending to be's name.

Wizard: Morning, Reg! [He spoke in awfully cheerful voice] Bleeding pain in the arse, eh? Forcing us to go to work like this. Who are they expecting to turn up, Anastasia Potter?

Grinning like a feline cat, Sirius' eyes twinkled before commenting "Oh... The irony, I bet the deatheaters didn't think they'd actually be right about it and Anastasia Potter would indeed try to break into the ministry of magic" he laughed shaking his head.

Remus snorted a laugh "Yeah... I reckon they didn't take into account that she might've inherited Prongs' brain cells" he joked causing Sirius to choke on his laughter.

James Potter scoffed, seemingly offended as he glanced from Sirius to Remus "I'm right here! And besides, I've never broken into the ministry of magic, Annie however did it before" he defended himself.

"You would if you could" pointed out Sirius with a wink

"For the thrill of it" added Remus.

James rolled his eyes "I'm not a chaos addict" he mumbled.

Ron: [Stiffening at the name as he tried to not give anything away, going as far as forcing himself to chuckle alongside the laughing wizard] Stupid, eh?

With a final nod, Ron entered one of the cubicles and frowned when he realized there was nothing in there but a regular toilet, he stared at it for a moment trying to understand what to do the, his eyes widened.

Ron: [Grimacing] We have to flush ourselves in? Gross.

Feeling like an idiot, Ron climbed into the toilet, while standing inside the water, his clothes seemed to remain dry, shaking his head at the absurdity of it, he reached up and pulled at the chain, and he was zoomed down a short chute, emerging out of a fireplace into the Ministry of Magic.

Unable to hide his amusement, Barty Jr snorted, the idea of flushing oneself down the toilet seemed rather comical, and the mere thought of picturing his pompous father doing it, was enough to send him to a fit of giggles, which had Evan stare at him like he lost his mind.

"You worry me sometimes" commented the blonde.

Barty chuckled, shaking his head "It's rather funny, isn't it?" he asked with a glint in his eyes.

"Horrid, you mean? I'd never go through it" he muttered "It's a process of humiliation, if you think about it" interrupted Bellatrix, "It's just a way for the deatheaters to impose their rules and show everyone that they were far superior than everyone else"

"That and more control over who enters and leaves the ministry" added Barty with a nod, "I know what it is..." he trailed off "It's still is sort of funny"

Looking around trying to locate a certain tiny looking witch, his eyes landed on an almost comical scene, a short witch, frown heavy, finger lecturing a much taller witch who looked down at her feet, looking almost bored, subtly joining the two women, trying to not catch people's eyes.