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"HERMIONE! HERMIONE, WAIT!"
you blink as you all now run down the bridge, "hermione, will you please tell us what it is we're doing?" harry says, you nod as well.
you all stop at the end of the bridge, you peek past harry's arm. you blink widely, "you foul, loathsome, evil little cockroach!"
"that's us" you say in awe, blinking rapidly.
the same conversation you had had just earlier that same day was playing out before your eyes.
"this is not normal" harry says as hermione pushes you both against the wall and out of sight, taking the necklace back from her shirt.
"this is a time-turner, harry, [name]. mcgonagall gave it to me first term. this is how i've been getting to my lessons all year" she explains.
you blink, "you're saying we've gone back in time? wow.."
"yes. dumbledore obviously wanted us to return to this moment" she peeks back around with you two following.
"clearly something happened that he wants us to change"
you sweat-drop, witnessing you and hermione beating draco down again, feeling bad again.
but hermione's eyes widen, "malfoy's coming"
she pulls you both out the window and underneath where they could see.
you all walk low to the ground, watching as the four of you in the past go to head down to hagrids.
you all run down to the rock, peeking back as to make sure nobody could see you.
your lips part as you look out, "look. buckbeak's still alive!"
"of course" hermione says, you glance at her.
"remember what dumbledore said? if we succeed, more than one innocent life could be spared. let's go"
you all run down the steps to hagrid's hut, going off trail and ducking in behind hagrid's pumpkins.
you watch in hagrid's hut for a moment before a crow caws, you all look in the direction.
dumbledore, the minister and the axe guy were all on their way down, you frown.
"here they come. you'd better hurry, [name]"
you hold him down, shaking your head, "mr. fudge has to see buckbeak before we release him, otherwise he'll think it was hagrid who did it" you point out.
you stiffen as hagrid hands ron 'scabbers' inside the hut, clenching your fists.
"that's pettigrew" harry says tensely, ready to pounce at him.
hermione grabs his arm, "harry, you can't"
"hermione, that's the man who betrayed my parents. you don't expect me to just sit here" he tries standing, you both pull him back down, though you hesitantly. you can't say you'd be mad if harry beat pettigrew up.
"yes, and you must!" she drags him as you hurry out of sight, sitting on the other side of the pumpkins.
"harry, you're in hagrid's hut now. if you just go bursting in, you'll think you've gone mad. awful things happen to wizards who meddle with time, harry. we can't be seen"
you peek out, fudge and the others were getting closer.
"fudge is coming" hermione says, looking back to where your past selves were, "and we aren't leaving?"
you furrow your eyebrows.
"why aren't we leaving?"
but you look down at the pumpkin, sitting on it was the same rock you had found in the jar.
picking it up and tossing it into the window, it hits the jar and shatters just like you remember.
you duck back behind the pumpkin, "are you mad?"
you smile slightly, "hope not"
he shakes his head, hermione picks up another rock, this time throwing it at past harry's head.
harry rubs his head, "ow. that hurt"
"sorry" hermione says.
you look from behind the pumpkins as hagrid invites the three in and the back door opens where you, hermione, ron and harry peek out.
"we're coming out the back door. go!" hermione orders.
you each duck in behind a tree, peeking out.
hermione pulls back a branch, "is that really what my hair looks like from the back?"
"hermione!" harry whisper shouts as she steps on a branch, you all duck back behind the trees.
you watch as your past selves make their way back up the mountain, you all go behind the pumpkins again.
"okay, go, [name]. go!"
you slowly creep out from the pumpkins, swatting some crows away from your foot and stop by buckbeak.
he looks up, you give a big bow, glancing upwards and smiling warmly.
he bows back before looking away again upsetly.
you frown, stepping over to where his chain was connected to and slowly unraveling it.
"handsome boy, buckbeak.. they're so mean, aren't they?" you whisper, stroking the creature's head.
hermione and harry creep out as well, you all freeze as the door opens a bit before closing as dumbledore insists he should sign as well.
you pull on buckbeak's chain a bit, "come on, buckbeak. we gotta go. come on.. quickly"
you tug on his chain, he stays laying down.
"keep trying, come on. quickly"
you pull again, buckbeak squawks quietly.
"come on, buckbeak... it's okay.. quickly, now..."
you tug again, buckbeak resists but his attention is caught as hermione comes over with a few ferrets in hand.
she waves on next to you, "come on, buckbeak. come and get the nice dead ferret"
buckbeak stands up, hermione throws one to him, you walk him away as fast as you can with hermione egging him along with the ferrets, "come on. it's here. come on, beaky"
you all freeze as dumbledore, the axe guy and the minister come out, with dumbledore pointing stuff out to fudge in the opposite direction of you.
buckbeak snatches the ferret hermione was dangling, she gasps, putting her hands up.
but they were still distracted so hermione grabs another one, leading him back out and into the forest with him snapping his beak.
you hide behind the trees as fudge notices the empty spot where buckbeak once was.
buckbeak continues to try and grab the ferrets from hermione's neck.
"oh, come now, dumbledore. someone's obviously released him" fudge exclaims.
you let out a quiet sigh of relief as dumbledore sends the executioner off, said man angrily slices a pumpkin in half.
hagrid had led dumbledore inside while fudge stood outside, glancing around in hopes of seeing him.
you all run off deeper into the forest, with you and harry leading buckbeak along and hermione bribing him with the ferrets.
you all stop at a small opening, hermione tosses buckbeak a ferret.
"now what?" you ask.
"we save sirius" hermione says, starting to run up the small hill.
you let buckbeak go, patting his head and running after.
"how?" harry asks.
"no idea"
words ; 1045
date posted ; 19/04/23
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