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Harry James Potter (lilys_eyes) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-09-28 22:30:00

WHO: Harry and Hermione
WHAT: Crisis
WHEN: Monday late night
WHERE: His office

Harry paced his office. The silvery lynx landed on his desk and Kingsley's voice came out, silky and deep. "I'm going to meet with the muggle Prime Minister now. I'll let you know when he's informed of our situation."

The lynx vanished. Harry tugged at his hair. He hadn't faced a real crisis since Voldemort, mostly a few nutters with wands. This was serious.

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	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"That's about six months ago," Harry said, finally a bit of color in his cheeks. "Well if this was them, we might still have some other documentation." He scrambled to find a quill and write a memo before giving it to his owl and sending her off. "I've got a contact who can get some muggle traffic cameras in the area, give 'em date and time, see what we find." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Hermione nodded. "It's not too late to go around the area with Lavender's picture, and ask if anyone saw anything fishy." She thought aloud. "It seems as if a kidnapped pregnant girl couldn't hang around without drawing some attention." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah but she's not exactly bursting with child either," Harry said. "I mean, really. She was what, eight weeks?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 04:04 am UTC (link)
	"Well, that's very true." Hermione was so concerned, she imagined for a moment that everyone else was as aware of Lavender's condition as she was. "Maybe she didn't stick out that much, but it's still worth going and having a poke around." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, alright. Anything at this point." He nodded. "Who knows how badly he's messed up time-- or maybe it's meant-- you know whatever time they went to, if they're alive they've caught up to the present, or they will, well they have in our timeline. You know what I mean." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

her_my_nee
2009-09-29 04:12 am UTC (link)

Hermione nodded, pausing for a moment to think about it. Either they went back and stayed there, and Lavender was here somewhere in present time, only a few months older, or they went there and went somewhere else.

"So, Lavender will be four or five months along in our present time." She thought out loud. "That's harder to hide than eight weeks. If he's letting her out at all." Or if they were still in the area... or even the country.

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	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 04:18 am UTC (link)
	"I dunno... I mean does time pass for those back in time? People've only ever really done small jumps. The ministry controls it so well. Does it pass or do they kind of stay as they were until they catch up to the present?" Maybe that was why he'd taken a pregnant woman, Harry realized, to find out just that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"I imagine that even using a time turner will not prevent human growth." Hermione said. "There are very, very few charms, spells or potions that slow the aging process--or halt it altogether." She paused. "Then again, there are so few studies done on cases of time travel." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 04:32 am UTC (link)
	"And what there was, Kingsley canceled," Harry pointed out the catalyst for all of this madness. "And we're already warping time here, so we can't rule out warping aging. You went back in time for, what, six hours a day, five days a week, nine months? That's like, forty, fifty days total. We wouldn't be able to tell if you're fifty days older than you should be." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 04:50 am UTC (link)
	"No." Hermione shook her head a little. "But imagine if I'd done it for five years at Hogwarts. That's a year's worth of aging. As a teenager it might be a lot more obvious than an adult. As a growing fetus it would be far, far more obvious." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"I think we've got a motive. Maybe he thought he'd try Audrey first but when it looked like she wasn't pregnant, just trying, he panicked and picked the first woman he could find." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 04:56 am UTC (link)
	Hermione nodded, trying to think if there was any other link between Audrey and Lavender. She felt like her brain was exploding, and she'd only been working on this with him for a few minutes. "The first pregnant woman." Hermione said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"Of course, they could've just been in maternity files and Audrey was a coincidence. Though he would have a grudge against Percy as he's Kingsley's number two." Harry needed food. He decided to have a cup of that tea. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 05:21 am UTC (link)
	Hermione nodded. "All we know is that Audrey's file was left behind. Perhaps it was left behind for a reason. Perhaps it was a diversion, or a mistake on our part. What if the time thief was really after Lavender all along? Or, not Lavender specifically, but another patient?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 11:24 pm UTC (link)
	Harry snorted. "The Time Thief," he knew this was very serious, but maybe the pressure was getting to him. "Sounds like--" he laughed, "Sounds like one of D-Dudley's old video games." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-29 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	Hermione didn't know what else to call him. She could imagine the headlines calling him that. A little smile crossed her features at Harry's laugh. It was good to hear, even though she knew it was probably mostly from exhaustion. "Well, what else should we call him?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-29 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, his name is Neal Guilder, so let's go with that." Harry could only imagine what the Prophet was going to do with this one. It was no secret that Harry hated the press. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-30 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"Right." Hermione paused, then stretched her arms up and over her face and yawned. "What else can I do to help?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-30 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Harry rubbed his eyes. "I think right now all we can do is... keep the hit-wizards hunting and get some sleep. It'll be easier to hunt by daylight. He'll need to go out for food. Maybe after the morning news it'll be harder for him to hide." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-30 02:15 am UTC (link)
	"You need to sleep." Hermione said, looking up at him. It was Lavender, she knew, but still. Harry needed to sleep to be able to solve this thing. "When's the last time you slept? Or ate?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-30 02:30 am UTC (link)
	"Woke up about four this morning... ate... lunch?" And it was technically Tuesday now. "And this celery." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-30 03:26 am UTC (link)
	"Eat more." Hermione said, motioning toward the tray. It was all healthy, good-for-your-teeth type snacks. Old habits die hard. "And that tea will stay hot for a few more hours." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-30 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Harry nibbled on a cracker before finishing his cup of tea. "I should get home. Ginny has no idea why I'm here so late," he realized. "Most people won't know about it till tomorrow's Prophet." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-30 03:36 am UTC (link)
	Hermione nodded. She stood. "Take that food with you. Tell Ginny you have to eat it all." She started toward the door. "You know where to reach me, should you need anything." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lilys_eyes 2009-09-30 03:45 am UTC (link)
	Harry nodded. "Yeah. Right." He took off his glasses and cleaned them on his cloak. "Goodnight Hermione." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	her_my_nee 2009-09-30 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"Night, Harry." Hermione let herself out of his office to head home. She had a lot of reading to do. And worrying, too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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