The Time Room[1]$5$

[Rufus Scrimgeour]

This room is filled with beautiful, dancing, diamond-sparkling light. Clocks can be found on every surface, "large and small, grandfather and carriage, hanging in spaces between the bookcases or standing on desks ranging the length of the room, so that a busy, relentless ticking fill the place like thousands of minuscule, marching footsteps (OP34)." A huge crystal bell jar stands at the far end of the room, and it is from this that the sparkling light comes. The bell jar stands on a desk and appears to be full of a billowing, glittering wind. Inside the jar, rising and falling on the glittering current, a tiny object moves through an endless loop. The object is a small humingbird, but it isn't always a bird. At the bottom of its circuit, the bird is within its egg. As it rises, it hatches and grows into a mature bird by the time it reaches the apex of its path. On the way back down, it becomes a fledgling bird and then reenters its egg, which reforms around it. This progression of time repeats over and over within the jar. A large glass-fronted case stands against a wall within which many Time-Turners of various sizes rest on shelves.

The path through this room, toward the bell jar, is a narrow passage between the many desks. At the far end, where the Time-Turners are located, is another door which pushes to open.

(taken from the HP Lexicon)

[Ally Moore]

*Walks into the circular room. Lowers hood of cloak as the walls start to spin.*

*Walls stop spinning. Chooses a door.*

Let's see...

*Opens door. The Time Room is revealed.*

*Smiles*

Alright.

*Walks in.*

[Ally Moore]

*Door to the Time Room swings open.*

*Andromeda walks out, carrying an odd silver clock.*

*She shuts the door, and the walls start to spin again.*

*Walls stop. Andromeda studies each door in turn.*

*She frowns.*

Hmm...

*She chooses a door and walks toward it. She pushes on it, but it doesn't budge.*

Okay...

*Looks over her shoulder to make sure she isn't being watched. Turns back to face the door. Mutters an incantation under her breath, and the door swings open. The dark room is bathed in a ray of golden light. Andromeda steps forward into the glowing room and the door swings shut behind her; leaving the now empty room with only the light of the torches lining the walls.*

[Ally Moore]

*The door to The Locked Room swings open, and the circular room is again bathed in golded light. Andromeda steps out of the door; which swings shut behind her. The walls of the room again begin to spin.*

*Andromeda clicks her tongue impatiently.*

*The walls stop spinning.*

I need the way out!

*A door to her right opens on its own, and Andromeda walks through it; carrying the silver clock and a vial of what appeared to be pure golden light.*

[Ally Moore]

*walks into the circular room, waiting for Cho* *the walls start spinning, which, at this point, is only annoying*

[Cho Chang]

*walks in looking for Andromeda*

[Ally Moore]

*sees Cho* Hello, Cho!

[Cho Chang]

*jumps surprised and turns around*

Andromeda! I...I have come like you asked me too.

[Ally Moore]

*walls start to spin* Thanks. Very much. Your help means a lot. *walls stop* *walks to door of Locked Room* We'll be in here today.

[Cho Chang]

*eyes widen as the walls spin and mumbles* This place is kinda creepy

*looks at the door* What is in there? *points*

[Ally Moore]

*laughs* A bit creepy, yes... *turns to door* *drops voice* The substance that I mentioned to you on our last conversation... *drops voice even lower* The one involving You-Know-Who...

[Cho Chang]

*nods and approaches the door, but waits for Andromeda to go in first*

I...I'll follow you

[Ally Moore]

*smiles* Alright. *opens door, and the circular room is engulfed in golden light* *walks in and holds the door open for Cho*

[Cho Chang]

*gulps and follows Andromeda through door*

What are we looking for?

[Ally Moore]

*shuts the door behind them* Well... currently, we're testing the substance on boggarts. You see, everyone in the Department fears You-Know-Who above anything else. *the boggarts transform into Voldemort* See? *points at one*