Homecoming from Hogwarts

The Hog's Head Pub, Hogsmeade Village.

The flickering flames cast flickering shadows on every face, and people looked at Harry, who raised his hand, with confused eyes.

Harry's wrist is glowing
Oh, no, to be precise, it's the gold watch on Harry's hand.

"Throw that watch out of here, Harry!"

Sirius's face changed drastically, he roared, and stepped forward to take off Harry's watch.

Many people in the bar were shouting this.

From last night to tonight, people have experienced so many changes in this day that everyone's nerves are stretched to the extreme and unable to think rationally.

"Wait, Sirius!"

Dumbledore shouted, stepped forward quickly, pushed Sirius away, and held up Harry's hand with the watch.

Dumbledore's sharp gaze broke through his cloudy blue pupils and stared at the watch on Harry's wrist.

This gold watch is undergoing some changes. It seems that certain conditions have been met, so the magic inside is triggered.

"If I remember correctly, Harry -"

Dumbledore asked seriously,

"This watch was given to you by Amosta, wasn't it?"

Before Harry could say anything, Sirius was stunned, as was Severus.

That's right, this watch was given to Harry by Amosta, and they all knew it.

So, that means there is no danger?
Harry blinked, then nodded.

This is indeed the case. At the end of his third year, Professor Blaine gave him this gold watch.
Many people knew about it, but he hadn't told Professor Dumbledore. Of course, Professor Dumbledore always knew everything, so it wasn't particularly strange that he knew this.

People gathered around, staring at Harry's wrist curiously.

The gold watch continues to radiate its brilliance and is undergoing complex magical changes.

It automatically peeled off from Harry's wrist, and with a crisp 'click' sound, its shape slowly changed.

About a minute later, a brand new golden object appeared in Harry's palm.

hiss.
Many people gasped. They stared at the thing in Harry's hand. The confusion in their eyes did not resolve, but became even more intense.

"Time Converter"

Professor McGonagall looked at the golden bauble in Harry's hand in confusion, then looked at Harry's equally confused face.

Suddenly, Professor McGonagall thought of something and looked at Hermione, and indeed saw a surprised face.

"Hermione?"

Hermione's shoulders trembled violently, and her brown eyes regained clarity.

She picked up the golden chain of the Time-Turner and examined the hourglass dial in the firelight.
"That's right--"

Hermione nodded to Professor McGonagall, then looked at Professor Dumbledore and said softly, but her expression was still confused.

"This is the one I applied for, but it's broken?"

Hermione stared into Professor Dumbledore's eyes, not having time to feel sad that those blue eyes were not as clear as before.

"Professor, it's my converter, it broke, the night we were in the Forbidden Forest, with Greyback, and the werewolves, it broke."

"and after?"

Dumbledore nodded slightly and looked at Hermione intently.

"later."

Hermione and Harry looked at each other, their eyes wandering.

"I'm afraid I'll be punished by the Ministry of Magic. The Time-Turner is very valuable. Professor Brain took it away. He said he would help me negotiate with the Ministry of Magic--"

"It is true!"

Hagrid screamed, drawing everyone's attention.
"Professor Braine and I went with him to see Minister Bones. She was still the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the time. I was with him."

Hagrid glanced at Draco.
"He helped me with the problem with Buckbeak with Minister Bones. He mentioned Hermione's time-turner. He... um... said Greyback broke it."

Hagrid was glad that he could still remember this. He took a breath and met Professor Dumbledore's gaze and said,

"Then Minister Bones decided not to pursue it."

"That's right--"

Professor McGonagall glanced at Hermione and nodded.
"Miss Granger handed me a statement of the situation. Amos Star and I both signed it. To be honest, I didn't expect the Ministry of Magic to be so generous in this matter."

"So--"

Dumbledore looked Harry in the eye.
"Why would Amosta give you Hermione's Time-Turner, repaired and disguised as a watch, Harry?"

Harry felt like his thoughts were turning into a mess.

He could never have imagined that he had been wearing Hermione's converter as a watch for two years. He could still remember Hermione's panic when she broke the converter!
"I don't know, Professor—"

Harry gasped, with a hint of panic in his voice.

"Professor Blaine gave it to me as a thank you gift. I didn't know."

"Thank you?" Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and stared at Harry with burning eyes.

"What's the thank you gift?"

Harry glanced at Hermione, then at Ron. Ron's face also underwent a subtle change, and he put his hands in his pockets.
Harry knew that Ron was fingering his coin in his pocket.

"In the second grade, when the secret room was opened."

Harry felt his heart beating rapidly. With his intelligence, he realized that Professor Brain's gift to them was not that simple!

"Professor Blaine said that I, Hermione and Ron helped him solve the Chamber of Secrets. So, he wanted to express his gratitude to us by giving us a gift -"

Dumbledore's lips suddenly tightened and his eyes became sharp.

"That was the year when Amosta was invited back to Hogwarts."

He turned to look at Ron and Hermione, and Ron, who had expected this, tremblingly took out his beloved Merlin commemorative coin issued to commemorate the Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

"That's right. That's right."

Dumbledore took the coin from Ron and looked at it carefully.

"I can feel the magic Amosita has cast in it. So, what effect will it have?"

"Mine is a book."

When Professor Dumbledore looked over, Hermione immediately said,
“But I left it in the dormitory.”

"Oh, that's not a problem, Hermione--"

Dumbledore said gently, raising his wand and waving it.

People were waiting anxiously in the oppressive silence. About a minute later, a sound of breaking air was heard in the darkness.

Snapped!
A worn magic book with a gilded cover fell into Dumbledore's open palm.

"This is it."

Hermione said yes immediately. This book had kept her company through many a night over the past two years, and she couldn't be wrong.

"Oh, it looks like"

Dumbledore squinted at Ulric Gamp's A Simplified Theory of Ancient Spells as Grindelwald approached.

"What do you think, Gail?"

Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald.

"No trace of magic."

Grindelwald lowered his silver eyes and spoke calmly.

"I agree with you. Then, Amosta, keep it!"

Dumbledore frowned slightly and opened the cover of the book. His eyes were fixed on the first page, where a date was written in blue ink!

"Hermione, the date is."

Dumbledore asked quietly.

"I don't know, Professor—"

Hermione knew what Professor Dumbledore was asking without even reading the book, because she was too familiar with the book.

Hermione said, her eyes twinkling.

"That date was on it when Professor Brain gave it to me—"

"Is it."

Dumbledore lowered his head and looked at the date. His face was hidden by shadow and his expression could not be seen.

"Ron, Hermione, did you also receive your respective gifts in your third year?"

"It was before the end of the second year that Professor Dumbledore -"

Ron said,
"In the hospital wing. We were injured in the Chamber of Secrets, so we were admitted to the hospital wing before the end of the semester. Professor Braine brought gifts for Hermione and me. Well, he told Harry at the time that he wanted to give him a gift, too. But it would take some time--"

Ron looked at Harry, and Harry nodded.

Yes, that's what Professor Brian said.

"Oh, really?"

Dumbledore smiled for no apparent reason.

You knew some of what was going to happen at that time, right, Amosta?

A faint sigh passed through Dumbledore's heart. He raised his head, and his old face was exposed to the firelight again.

"Now, it's clear what Amosta wants us to do—"

Dumbledore looked at the uneasy Harry, Ron, and Hermione in front of him.
"Amosta wants you to go back in time."

"There is something you might want to know."

In the dead silence, Draco, who was pale, had a flash of fear in his gray eyes, and he said to Dumbledore.

(End of this chapter)