Disclaimer: We don't onw it, though we wish we did! i want Severus and Krys wants Harry.. are you sure we can't keep them okay... so we will keep them for a while... then give em back... darn.

The Threat of Time

Prologue:

Virginia Weasley the youngest and only girl of the Weasley clan drew up her sleeves and picked up her books. She knew that if she did not get to Snape's class on time that he would fail her for sure. Potions was her passion and she really needed to pass this test, if she did Snape would have no choice but to let her become his assistant. It still boggled her mind that he had even allowed her to take the test, after all, she was poor, and a Weasley. Not to mention a friend the sister of Harry Potter's best friend. Dumbledore must have had something to do with it.

Ginny sighed when she reached the corridor that led to the dungeons. A very large and rowdy crowd had gathered there. She really was going to be late if they did not move.

"What are you all standing around for?" she tried to yell and succeeded, only no one was paying attention to the short red head. She spotted her friend Colin Creevy.

"Hey? What's going on?" Colin's light brown eyes gleamed with excitement.

"It's Harry and Malfoy, Ginny, they're fighting again." He squealed and pushed himself into the crowd trying to catch a glimpse of his idol. Ginny gripped her books tighter; she never understood why she had to have such idiot friends.

A few feet away…

"Watch it Potter." Draco Malfoy's silver eyes gleamed.

"Malfoy I have taken enough crap from you." Harry Potter's body shook with anger.

"The mudblood looks upset, Potty, did I say something I was not supposed to?" Draco laughed, a few people in the crowd squirmed, Draco's laugh was scary.

"Don't you call her that you-" Ronald Weasley moved to take on Draco himself but Harry stopped him.

"No, let me do this. Don't worry you can have a go when I'm through." Reassured that Ron would be able to dish out some punishments later, he moved back to comfort his girlfriend.

"Harry no! It's not worth it! He's not worth it!" Hermione Granger tried to stop him. "I understand why you could not tell me. Its okay, lets just leave now before we all get into trouble."

"No Herm I have to do this, once and for all." He smiled confidently at Hermione before turning back to Draco.

"I, Harry James Potter challenge you to a duel, Draco Malfoy. A real duel." He said the shocking statement with such a calm voice that many thought he was not serous. How could he when no one had ever challenged anyone to a proper duel in centuries? It just wasn't done. Almost every time the participants ended up dead.

"I accept, my second is Blaise Zmbine." The boy stood up proud next to the Slytherin Prince.

"No seconds. I want no one else involved but us." Harry stared into Draco's eyes. Finally Draco singled Blaise to move back.

"This is between us."

"Whoever passes out or is knocked out first is the loser. Unless you want to fight till the death…"

"I will not die for you."

"Good."

"When?"

"Now."

"Fine."

The two teens closed the gap between them and stood face to face. The students gawking at the two failed to notice Prof. Snape and the headmaster approaching, neither did they notice the Wesley's youngest child pushing her way through.

Draco and Harry both spun on there heal. This would once and for all end their constant fighting. This was the one both needed to win. They each took ten steps away. As one the turned to each other. They ignored the screaming women.

Ginny pushed her way through the crowd. There was no way she was going to miss the appointment because of some silly argument between Harry and Malfoy.

"Harry James Potter! What do you think you are doing?! Do you realize that you are ruining my chances! HARRY! LISTEN TO ME!" when she got not response from Harry she rounded on Malfoy.

"DRACO MALFOY!! Get the BLOODY HELL away from Harry! Now!" when the two continued to pace she reached for her wand.

"Stupefy!"

"Expelliarmus!"

"Stupefy!"

POOF!

Ronald Weasley searched frantically for his sister and best friend, Hermione and Loony Lovegood at his side, but to no avail. Harry Potter, Virginia Weasley and Draco Malfoy were gone. Beside the sobbing trio Profs. Snape paled considerably and left the room followed by the Headmaster and McGonagall following. Colin Creevy said later that Snape seemed to be mumbling… "I could not help it… I had to…" over and over again.

TBC

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