CHARACTERS Harry               — Hogwarts student Hermione        — Hogwarts student Dumbledore    — Headmaster of Hogwarts

[Harry and Hermione are lying on a hospital wing bed. Dumbledore enters the room and sits beside them. Harry and Hermione merely smile]

Harry:              Sir…….

Dumbledore: Don’t talk anything, Harry. I am proud of you both.

Hermione:       Sir but we failed in helping the innocent man.

Harry:              Yes, sir, Sirius was innocent. Please don’t punish him.

Dumbledore:   I know, Harry I know. Just spoke with him. He said everything to me.

Hermione:       Can’t you save him from ministry of magic, sir?

Dumbledore:   Sorry, Miss Granger. It’s out of my hands. They will perform the dementors’ kiss in a few hours.

Harry:              Sir, he had enough punishment for 12 years he has been in Azkaban. He is       innocent.

Dumbledore:   Harry, I said it’s out of my hands; didn’t say that it’s impossible, right? You are the one who are going to save Sirius.

Harry:              But, sir, How are we gonna do that?

Dumbledore: Please…don’t talk anything Harry. Let me talk.

Hermione: Please tell us the way to save Sirius, sir.

[Dumbledore turns to Hermione and stares at her]

Dumbledore: Miss Granger, you are the one who can save him. I think you have that device with you, don’t you, Miss Granger?

[Hermione is suddenly reminded of something and smiles at Dumbledore]

Hermione: Yeah I have that, sir.

Harry: Hermione, what are you talking about? I am not even understanding a bit.

Hermione: Shut up, Harry. Wait for a few seconds.

Dumbledore: I hope you understand, Miss Granger.

Hermione: Yeah I did sir.

Dumbledore: Ok. I will lock you in. You need to be back in 3 hours. 5 min to midnight. I think 3 goes should do it. Ok then. All the best.

[Dumbledore locks Harry and Hermione inside the hospital wing and leaves]

[Hermione has a time tuner. She was holding a chain with sparkling hour glass]

Hermione: Ok then Harry, this is a time tuner. We are going 3 hour back and going to save Sirius.

Harry: Oh! I understood using this you are managing with all the class subjects, right?

Hermione: yeah. I’m not supposed to tell my secret to anyone. It’s really confusing. Ok let’s go then.

[Suddenly they disappear from the room]

[After 3 hours, they saved Sirius, and they all come to the present and meet Dumbledore out of hospital wing]

Dumbledore: Oh, good, my dear! Glad to see you. I am proud of you.

Hermione: We did it, sir!

Harry: Thank you, sir. Because of your idea we were able to save Sirius.

Dumbledore: Ok then! Go and take rest, dears. We will meet you at the end of term feast in the evening.

Both: Sure sir.

[Together they were eating large bits of chocolate given by Madam Pomfrey, by lying on their beds]

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Written by

Durga Bhavani

Class 9

December 2019