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Presley Black 
So he didn't know much. Well, it didn't seem like anybody did. Gwen shrugged. I have a theory," she informed him very seriously. "But I'm not sure how accurate it is. I'm muggleborn, so I'm still getting used to the way things work, you know?"
She took a deep breath and plowed on with her theory. "When it first started, kids in class were talking about a time thief, so I looked it up." Which for Gwen meant that she was really truly concerned. Because it took a lot of effort to research something, so the eleven year old typically didn't.
"There was this guy a few years ago, and he came to Hogwarts and stole kids youth or something. Then, just last summer he escaped from prison."
Did he see where she was going with this? "I think he's back, and he's doing it again. But I couldn't find out if those kids ever got their youth returned to them. So we might actually be stuck this way for forever." Frightening, right?
Gwen watched his face, gauging his reaction. Ian was muggleborn too, but he had been around magic for longer, by a whole year. He would be able to know better than her.
Ian tried his best to listen to her. It seemed that this matter concerned her greatly. It should have him as well, but he knew strange things seemed to occuir at Hogwarts on a nearly annual basis. He just figured at the end of the term, all would be fixed and everything would be normal. He was just kind of a laissez faire kind of guy and because of learning about life in a fishing village, assumed that life is difficult.
He nodded when she spoke of the time thief character.
Where did you hear that information? It's quite interesting. He leaned closer to her, his ear cocked in her direction so he could hear better. He feared falling over, so he placed his hand in between them and it caused him to have contact with both his leg and hers. This bench wasn't the most comfortable, but it was suitable. He still needed to adjust his position from time to time to avoid cramping up.