AN: Take Your Fifth Year to Work Day has the same purpose as Draco's ministry job - plot convenience.
Setting: Library
Trigger Warnings: Mentions of death, violence, tyranny/dystopia, and loss.
We cut to Scorpius and Albus studying for their O.W.L. exams in the library, while also discussing the "Take Your Fifth Year to Work Day" happening the next day. Simon enters with books, intent, and purpose. Scorpius looks up and sees him.
Scorpius: Hey!
Simon: How's the studying going?
Scorpius: It's going alright, mate. (as Albus looks up) Oh! Um, this is my friend, Albus. (to Albus) Albus, this is Simon Burnham, the American transfer I told you about.
Albus turns to look at Simon. Simon finds Albus very attractive but shoves the feeling down. He's here for one thing and one thing only, and a relationship is not it.
Albus: Nice to meet you!
Simon (somewhat, but hardly noticeably, sheepish) H-hi. Nice to meet you too!
Scorpius notices Simon's attraction to Albus but says nothing. Albus is absolutely clueless. Simon sits with the two boys, still slightly infatuated with Albus. Unknown to the three boys, something is slipping out of Simon's pocket.
Scorpius: So, do you guys have to do O.W.L.s at Ilvermorny?
Simon: Yeah, but they're not as theory-based as the ones here.
Albus: Do they have you actually casting spells and stuff?
Simon: Well, yeah, for the most part.
The object continues to slip out. At this time, we can conclude that the object is a chain of some sort.
Simon cont.: We cast spells on certain objects in Charms and Transfiguration, make significantly advanced concoctions in Potions, fire hexes and even curses at test dummies in DADA - Heck, I think the only O.W.L. we have to actually write answers for questions for is History of Magi-
The object falls to the floor. Simon, Scorpius and Albus all look down at it. Simon, in a moment of realization, is horrified to see what fell out of his pocket; a time-turner. Simon quickly picks it up and shoves it back in his pocket, but the other two boys have already seen the object. Thankfully, no one else in the library pays any mind.
Scorpius: Was- was that a time turner?
Simon (slightly panicked): Uh- Um... (a beat) Crap.
Albus (not even fazed): Let me guess: You're a time traveller from the distant future who travelled back in time using a technologically advanced time-turner to stop some horrible event from happening, but you had to tell everyone you transferred in from modern-day Ilvermorny because you thought no one would believe you for telling the truth?
A beat. Simon is impressed by Albus' read.
Simon (giving up): Essentially, yeah. Sorry I didn't say anything before, but-
Scorpius: No worries, mate! In fact, Albus and I did the exact same thing you're doing just last year.
Albus: Yeah. We wanted to stop Cedric Diggory from dying in the 1993 - 1994 Triwizard Tournament - and we did, but, um... Well, let's just say it didn't end too well.
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