At midnight we were sitting alone in the Gryffindor Common Room as James ordered. He descended the stairs from his dormitory and stood in front of us.

'So, what's your big plan?' Hugo asked.

James took something out of his hip pocket. 'This is the key of my success'

'How can an old piece of parchment help you succeed?' Rose asked confused.

'This is not just a piece of parchment it's the Marauders' Map' James said proudly.

'No way! Where did you find it?' Albus' eyes widened in awe.

'Before my first year at Hogwarts I paid a small visit to Dad's office. That's why I know the secret passages and bring food to the Gryffindor parties'

James placed the map on the coffee table. He took out his wand and whispered. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good"

Shadows started forming on the paper until Hogwarts fully appeared on it. Tiny pairs of foot seemed to walk on the hallways and names following them.

"Awesome!" I said amazed. The others weren't as astonished as I was probably because they had seen or heard about it again.

"So what you advise us to do is to avoid the teachers who are parrolling and get to the library?" Lily asked.

"Excactly" James said. "Although it would have been a lot easier if we had the bloody Invisibility Cloak with us but I still can't find it.

"Come on let's go and get this over with" Rose said and walked towards the exit. We followed her and silently opened the door. Thankfully the Fat Lady was fast asleep and didn't take notice of us trying to sneak out.

It was very difficult to walk in total darkness. The dim light of Jame's wand could hardly lit the map and make it legible.

"Nox" James whispered and the only source of light was gone. We could hear steps muffled from the red long carpet that covered the floor coming at our direction.

My heart started beating so fast that could rip my chest open. If we were caught by Professor Anderson, we would have to clean the Owlery for the rest of the year.

We stuck our backs to the wall. Every step the figure took, it got even closer to us. It was ten meters away. Five. Two. Even that close I couldn't make out the teacher's face despite the lit wand he/she was carrying. Suddenly the teacher came to a halt and began walking to the other direction.

When the footsteps were out of hear we run down the stairs and the hallway that headed to the library. Once we stepped on the polished wooden floor I felt the weight of a hippogriff coming off my shoulders.

"Hugo, James and Albus start searching at the left side of the restricted section. Alice, Lily and I will go to the right and we will meet in the middle" Rose said in her bossy tone and walked or maybe marched towards the restriction section.

It was very interesting to see for the first time all these ancient books. The gold letters shined even under the many coats of dust that laid on the thick covers of the multi-paged books. The illustrations that decorated thein insides were very realistic and would certainly haunt me for many nights in a row.

I must admit that I was very surprised when I found a few books about intercourse safety and anti-pregnancy spells. Thankfully, there weren't disturbing photos in them.

It was about three in the morning when we had finally finished.

"I can't believe we are here for three whole hours and we have only found five books" Hugo sighed and dropped on the nearest chair.

"On the bright side there won't be a lot of work to do later" Lily joined her cousin and leaned her head on the table.

"How can they sleep? I am still traumatized from that horrible pictures" I said.

"I think you are exaggerating a little Alice. And since I don't want to spend the rest of the night in the library-" Albus never finished his sentence. Instead he grabbed the books and headed to the door.

We followed him all the way up to the seventh floor, which no matter how many times we' ve climbed those stairs it's still so damn exhausting. Thankfully, we managed to stay unnoticed

Actually, we did before we reached the Fat Lady.

'What are we going to do now Mr. I-have-the-perfect-plan?' Rose asked with her I-was-right-again tone.

'Gilly weed' James whispered.

The Fat Lady stirred and murmured something. The door shrug open and the Fat Lady was still snoring.

James formed a grin on his lips just for Rose who rolled her eyes. 'I hate you' she said walked into the Common Room.

'I don't know about you but I'm going to bed' Hugo yawned and climbed the stairs.

'G'night' Lily said and walked the other way.

'We should go to sleep too' Rose advised. 'A long day lies ahead of us'