Capítulo 183: Chapter 180
The invisible Dumbledore backed off, and moved into a spot inside a small alcove off to the side, just as McGonagall sent off a glowing ball of silvery light that Harry could only assume was some form of distress signal.
Moments later, another Dumbledore, who Harry presumed was the one who hadn't time traveled yet, came jogging around the corner. A few almost inaudible lines later, they together lifted the stiff body of the petrified girl and headed off in the direction of the hospital wing.
"I think. Harry, it is time to return to my office," said a quiet voice in Harry's ear.
Harry started. In all this, he had almost forgotten that there was a third Dumbledore in the corridor, the real one.
"Come," said the Dumbledore at his side, and he put his hand under Harry's elbow. Harry felt himself rising into the air as the corridor dissolved around him. For a moment, all was blackness, and then he felt as though he had done a slow-motion somersault, suddenly landing with a huff right back into his chair.
The stone basin was shimmering on the table in front of him, and Albus Dumbledore was sitting across from him.
"Now, I believe Harry," he genially said, "is the part where you ask me your questions."
Thousands of questions whirled around in his mind. Harry, in an effort to calm them all down and ask his questions in a civilized manner, activated Gamer's mind. The storm of questions died down, and a single query made its way to the front of his mind. But before he could even ask it, a ringing sound interrupted him.
Ping!
Due to witnessing the mental effects of traveling through time using a magical device, you have gained a new mental skill!
Precognition, Lv- 1 (0%)
Allows the user to foresee his opponent's move a specific time before the move actually happens in any close quarters physical combat situations. User can only predict a move a certain time before the move happens.
Current Precognition time - 1/4 second
Quickly pushing away the screen for later inspection, Harry asked Dumbledore his first and most important question.
"What the hell was that?"
"Language Harry," Dumbledore chided before answering, "That was a memory of myself using a Time Turner to save Miss Abbott's life."
"Time Turner? Save?"
"A Time Turner is a device that uses time-based magic to send the user back in time. Each spin of the hourglass sends you one hour backward," Dumbledore explained, "And as for your second question, it is common knowledge in the healer community that anything that causes petrifaction or loss of bodily functions upon indirect sight will immediately kill upon direct sight. The moment I saw the mirror I knew that the petrifying magic was based on sight, and the fact that the mirror contained my own initials proved to me that I needed to use the time turner-"
"Wait a second Professor," Harry interrupted, "Are you saying that you left a clue for yourself, in form of the mirror, that led you to realize that using the mirror was the thing to do, after which you went back in time and used it to save Hannah's life, while leaving the clue for yourself to find?"
"Indeed" Dumbledore confirmed.
Harry frowned. Was the man being daft on purpose? Did he not see how that didn't make any sense?
"Even the small bit of physics I studied under Nicholas can tell you that it doesn't make any sense. That was a closed time loop sir. Why hasn't the entire world turned into a giant pile of ashes due to space and time collapsing upon itself?"
"Why Harry, magic!" Dumbledore said.
"No no no no no," Harry said indignantly, "I need an explanation that won't hurt my brain for the rest of my life."
"I do hear that lemon drops help with headaches," Dumbledore pointed out, much to Harry's frustration, "Would you like to sample my own?"
"No thank you, sir. An explanation would be much appreciated though," Harry insisted once more.
Dumbledore's eyes lit up with a bright twinkle as he chuckled, "I see that you have once again proven that the Hat wasn't remiss in putting you in Ravenclaw. Very well then. I will try to explain what I know, although I cannot guarantee that you will understand it at all."
"I'd still appreciate the effort,"
Professor Dumbledore's his lips twitched into a small smile, "The reason why paradoxes and self-conflicting events cannot be caused by Time turners is because they cannot go back more than five hours at a time, cannot be reused while inside a time loop and are made in such a way that they cannot break Novikov's Self Consistency Principle."
"The what?"
Dumbledore waved a hand, and his cup of tea flew from the fireside table into his hand. He took a sip of it and said, "Novikov's Self Consistency Principle is a principle that says that if an event exists that would give rise to a paradox, or 'change' the past whatsoever, then the probability of that event is zero. It would thus be impossible to create time paradoxes. Time turners are built to exploit that…self-consistency of the universe, so as to speak. You will read more on the theory of time turners after your NEWT years, and suffice it to say, you will understand when you do."
"But what if I don't want to obey the Principle?" Harry asked latching onto the concept, "What if I say, go back in time and kill myself?"
Professor Dumbledore's stare turned grave, "It won't matter if you want to Harry. The universe will take the path of least resistance, and cut you off from existence. So as to speak, the moment you will turn the hourglass of the time turner with the clear and rigid intention to kill yourself and cause a paradox, it would be as if you never existed. You would be…unborn."
Harry stared back with wide eyes, "That's…something else."
"Indeed…I strongly advise against messing with time if you ever come across the means of doing so Harry. Time…it doesn't like being tested."
Ping!
Due to stretching your brain muscles, take +1 Wis and +1 Int!
They sat there in silence for a while as Harry collected his thoughts. It was a while before Harry pulled himself together enough to ask the next thing that was on his mind.
"Did something similar happen with Justin and Seamus? Did you…go back in time and save them?"
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