The Potter family's Invisibility Cloak was different from ordinary Invisibility Cloaks. It would not lose its effectiveness with the passage of time.
This newly made Time-Turner, crafted from Sun Gold, should be the same. It would not have the same flaws as other Time-Turners, such as being unable to travel more than five hours through time, or return to a more distant era.
Or even the future.
This kind of magical artifact was not something an ordinary person could make. Voldemort perhaps could, but he had no body now and had to cling to life by possessing other small animals.
Every animal he possessed would have its lifespan shortened, and even humans were no exception. Wild crows had an average lifespan of around sixteen years, while captive ones could live as long as seventy.
During World War II, the ravens at the Tower of London had been frightened to death by bombing raids. Only one raven survived, and it lived to the age of forty-four.
Wild creatures were free, but they did not live as long as domesticated ones.
Domesticated animals might live longer, but they were not free.
Suddenly releasing a domesticated animal that had never been wild into nature was not an act of kindness.
There was a shortcut through the Forbidden Forest from Hogsmeade to the castle, but on Sundays, carriages ran from Hogsmeade Station. Pomona and Severus took one of the Thestral-drawn carriages back to Hogwarts together.
Pomona watched the tamed Thestrals. Though wizards called them unlucky creatures, could they still survive in the wild?
"This is the first time," Severus suddenly said.
"What?"
"This is the first time we've ridden back to school together, Senior."
Severus smiled contentedly, though she had no idea what he was so pleased about.
"Albus trusts you," Pomona said. "Sometimes