Stories by Avalonnw

After her third year, Hermione Granger keeps the Time-Turner until the first of September. Formally, with Professor McGonagall's permission. Practically, because everyone is too exhausted to notice the mistake in time. At first, it is only a little extra time. A few minutes to fix a conversation. An hour to breathe. A harmless pause before the world becomes too much.

After the Chamber of Secrets, Harry asks Dumbledore a question about Tom Riddle from the diary — and receives an answer in which the familiar oddities of Hogwarts suddenly come together into an entirely different kind of lesson.

Divination does not tell the future. It tells people which story they are already ready to believe.