Time Travelers

Chapter 1

"It's here!" Karina screamed seeing the mailman bringing the package up the driveway.

"Where?" A voice demanded from the couch. But Karina was already out the door and halfway to the mailman.

"Guys, it's here!" Aly yelled as she jumped up from the couch.

"Like, we know already," said Leia, as she and Catherine came in from popping popcorn in the kitchen.

Just then Karina came back in carrying a large package, which she had practically jerked from the hands of the flustered mailman. They all sat down on Catherine's living room carpet, found comfortable positions, and waited for Karina to proceed.

Clearing her throat importantly she began to speak. " Now as you all know eight weeks ago we pooled our money in order to,"

"Oh, just get on with it Karina we all know what we did," interrupted Aly.

"...in order to buy Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Karina continued, glaring at Aly. " And now at long last, at long last, it has finally arrived."

*Applause*

"Now can we get on with it?" Aly asked hopefully.

Karina pursed her lips before going on. "And as you all the other day on the news JK Rowling informed fans that a main character ...dies. I for one think that we should skip through the book until we find out who it is."

"Let's take a vote." Leia suggested. " All in favor." They all raised their hands. "All opposed." Naturally they all stayed down. "The vote stands! Let's see who dies!" Leia said happily.

Aly looked at her, "Girl, you know you give me the creeps."

"I'll second that wholeheartedly." Catherine agreed.

At this Karina started skimming the book, occasionally reading interesting parts out loud.

Two minutes later.

"Cho is such a wimp! She cries at everything!" Aly criticized.

"Yeah! I don't know what Harry saw in her in the first place. How could he let her kiss him?" Catherine wondered.

"Why do you even bother to ask? Guys will let anybody kiss them these days, even if they are wimps like Cho," Leia explained.

"Not Sirius. He'd only let a strong girl of good moral fiber kiss him."

"Oh shut it Karina. You're making me sick" Aly made as if she were about to throw up.

"You and Leia would be just as enthusiastic on the subject if it were about kissing Snape." Karina said heatedly.

"Ahhyah... good point." Aly admitted sheepishly.

"I've got an idea!"

"What's that Catherine?"

"How about we make like the wind and move on to anther subject. You're all making me sick."

"But would you be so sick if the subject was Remus Lupin?"

"I said, let's move on!"

Five minutes later.

"No wonder Snape didn't like Sirius or James what with the way they bullied him. And Snivellus? How could they have been so cruel?"(This from both Leia and Aly. Snape was their favorite character.)

Three minutes later.

"NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo!" Karina screamed, horror struck. "Not Sirius! No! I refuse to believe it! How could she do this to me? Sirius is my hero! She killed him! You can't kill the main character! Do you know what this means?" She said suddenly, turning to the other girls, who had been trying desperately to calm her down.

"Umm, no." Leia said warily. You had to watch what you said when she was in this state.

"Me either." Karina said, slumping her shoulders. "I wish we could have saved him. Now, he can never become friends with Snnnnaaaaaaaaaaaape" she bawled.

"I want to do something about this." Catherine complained. And when Catherine complains you know somethin's wrong,' cause she never complains, and when I say never I mean never!)

Then Leia noticed that the book was glowing. And, as books don't normally glow she pointed this out to the others. "What the hey!" Karina started to say, but she was stopped in mid sentence as the booked slammed open and a great whirlwind emanated from it. It encircled them, then suddenly there was a flash of light and they were gone- the only sign that anyone had just been there the quickly cooling popcorn.