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Chapter 1

"Potter!" Professor McGonagall's voice rang out as she looked down upon her most unruly student, James Potter, who was having a not-so-silent argument about Quidditch with his friend Sirius Black.

"Will you two ever pay attention?" she asked shaking her head.

"Sometimes," Sirius said grinning, leaning back ever so slightly in his seat. "If I'm in a good mood."

"Sirius, really," James and Sirius' other friend Remus Lupin surveyed Sirius with annoyance. "The spell is Let-ca-gi. It's for growing extra fingers on objects."

"At least someone pays attention." Professor McGonagall sighed as she made her way back to her desk.

"Go on, Padfoot, try the spell," James urged.

"Lek-na-li," Sirius swished his wand through the air.

Suddenly, there was a burst of yellow smoke that surrounded the three students. Professor McGonagall leapt to her feet, wand out, but a second later, it cleared. But James, Sirius, and Remus were gone.

James felt himself being lurched forward. He was hurtling through a whirlwind of sound and color. Before he or his friends could process any information, however, they found themselves on a hard, stone floor.

The boys could hear footsteps in the halls coming closer to them. Before they even had time to think, the door opened.

"Potter?" the voice was full of contempt-and a bit of surprise as well. The figure gasped as James looked up into his face. "It's Potter," the man said in awe. "But not the right one."

James was gaping up at the person, for it was none other than a much older, much scarier, and much more sinister Severus Snape.