I know I have been inconsistent with the updates, but bare with me! Schools out next week, so hopefully I'll have more time.

And I'm sorry this is so short, but I was rushing to get something finished for you guys.

I don't own Harry Potter

4: The First Passage

Lily had spent the next two days getting situated with the rest of the slytherins in her dorm room, and so far she had been able to avoid Scorpius and Derek. Now her only worry was the term starting tomorrow. And, oh yeah, that stupid bet she made with that obnoxious boy.

She new she shouldn't be betting, but he just made her so mad the way he assumed she was a spoiled little Potter that didn't know anything. And it's not like it mattered all that much, she knew more about this castle than possibly some professors.

But now Lily just had to prove herself to the upperclassmen, the rest of her house, her family, and, oh yeah, every person at this school.

But some dreams of never talking to some people again just aren't meant for everybody. As she was sitting with a girl in her second year, that doesn't talk very much, at breakfast, she heard that voice again.

"Nervous?" That's right, you know what voice this is.

"I'm sorry Malfoy, did I give you the impression that we were great friends, if so, I'm sorry for misleading you," Lily said not even looking up.

"Ah," he faked a gasped, putting his hand over his heart, "and here I thought we were going to be best friends, froloking among the daisies together .After all, family names don't matter, Potter."

"Is there a reason you're here"

"See, you know me so well already. Sebastian asked me to tell you to go to the fifth floor corridor, at noon, someone will be there to take you to the exact location. Don't be late, he'll assume you don't know how to get there, and you'll lose before you even start." Now Malfoy seemed like a coach gearing up his player for a tough match.

"Trust me even if I'm running late I can get there on time, and don't worry about sending someone to go looking for me on the fifth, I'll find you guys wherever you are." I said, thinking about my winning ticket that I keep hidden in my dorm room.

"Look, I get it if you want to impress everybody, but don't try it with me." He was starting to walk away then turned back with an afterthought, "and don't follow me."

She rolled her eyes, "wouldn't dream of it Malfoy." Then she shouted at him as he was walking out of the hall, "I hope you're ready to give a good quidditch recommendation!"

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It was about 11:45 when Lily took out the map, remembering all the begging she had to do all summer to get it from her dad. She had to look for only a moment to find a herd of Slytherins on the third floor, with Sebastian in the front, walking down the hall.

They stopped and turned into the portrait on their left. Lily could only hope there wasn't a password.

She stuffed the map into her boot and headed out of her dorm room. She hiked up the stairs out of the dungeons and went after the herd of Slytherins.

She walked up to the portrait the others had gone through, and tugged on the corners. She decided to knock twice, hoping someone on the other side would open it for her, but apparently that did the trick. The door slowly creaked open enough for her to grab it then open it all the way to see the dark pathway.

She took a few steps in, and the door closed behind her. Okay, she thought to herself, you got this. Nobody gets scared of a dark passageway that closes itself up.

She continued down for what felt like forever, but was probably only a few minutes. Then she came to another door and opened it slowly.

She was greeted with a slam on the table in the middle of the room that many people were sitting at and standing around, and Sebastian's voice screaming, "WHO TOLD HER HOW TO GET HERE!"

"Nobody told me how to get here, unlike you I can figure things out for myself." This response would have normally gotten a few snickers, but everybody was so shocked they couldn't think of a full word.

"She probably followed one of us and waited outside for a few minutes," Malfoy piped up.

"First, I didn't follow you Malfoy, I'm not that interested in what you do after breakfast, and second you all came here together, so it's not like you can say you would be difficult to find," lily retorted feeling a bit smug.

"So you admit you followed us!" Sebastian cried.

"Inside voices Sebby," Lily said with a grin on her face. It was the same grin that she would give James and Albus whenever she wanted to let them know that she would get away with whatever it was that she did, and there was nothing they could do about it. "I didn't follow you here, but I will say that I watched you come here."

"Then how did you know how to get in? The door needs a-" Sebastian started, but Lily cut him off.

"None of that really matters now does it. I just want to finish this. So what are we doing?"

They clearly still wanted to know how she got there, but they decided to let it slide. For now.

"Okay," Sebastian started, clearly in charge of all this. "You, Scorpius, Paige, Corey, and I are going to be the ones racing. The rest of them all have a passage they were assigned to, we have to find each of them and get their ribbon. They were enchanted, so you can't cheat. Understand"

"Hold on a second. You just expect me to trust that with me being the last one here you haven't rigged it so you can beat me?"

"We wouldn't cheat."

"I'd never trust a snake"

"Don't forget, Potter," he spit her name, "you are a snake."

"So you understand why I wouldn't trust one."

He narrowed his eyes, "Fine, we'll mix them up."

"Nope, we're doing this part my way." She said, making sure they knew she wasn't messing around. "The five of us will g out of the room while they think of 30 passages, and put a one word clue about each place on r parchments. We'll come back in and they will each draw one passage to go to."

"Sorry to question your oh so brilliant mind, Potter, but you said 30 passages, and there are only 15 other people to go to them?"

"My math is correct, there will be 16 passages not used so there are more obstacles, and one person will be here waiting for me to tell you all I won.

"Don't get too excited, there is no chance in hell you will ever beat me."

"Language Bash." A, what seemed to be a fourth year girl, scolded, "She may not seem like it all the like, but she is still a first year."

"Don't worry, as long as I don't repeat it, I'm still daddy's little girl," no Lily was the one surprised at what she just said, and she got what looked like a concerned look from Malfoy. "But what's your name," she asked the girl.

"Sarah."

"Okay, well you seem like the least likely to lie, so you should be the one to stay here."

"Fine with me," she said, sitting down at a chair she kicked a second year out of.

"Okay, let's go."