Chapter 8

The Evil Stairs

Suzaku was walking down the area between the house tables to Lelouch he looked alone and friendless like the first time he had joined Ashford academy. He did not even notice Lelouch, and Suzaku joined a group of second years and put his head on the table, he looked miserable.

"Just look at that ministry spy thinking he can join Griffindor he probably confounded that hat to let him in," said Ron.

"How can you say that he doesn't look like a spy to me," said Hermione

Then Harry spoke up "If he is working for that professor Umbridge he might be a spy I mean she was at my trial and she was the only one who supported Fudge."

"See Hermione Harry agrees with me," said Ron.

"He does not," retorted Hermione. The two of them continued arguing until the feast started

Lelouch was having a dilemma on the one hand Suzaku was his friend and if he was working for the ministry he might help Lelouch sneak into the ministry and smash time turners and Lelouch would be home free.

On the other hand if he suddenly became friends with a ministry spy, Harry, Ron and Hermione might think that he was a ministry spy. Which would lead to them following him around, and trying to spy on him. Which could lead to other complications, one of them being telling Dumbledore, who Lelouch did not sticking his nose in his business anymore. So Lelouch thought he would half to play it safe, or somewhat safe.

Lelouch looked up from his dinner and noticed a commotion at the head teacher's table. Dumbledore seemed to be having an argument with Umbridge.

"What do you think is going on" said Hermione as she pointed up at the teacher's table

"I don't know," said Ron "Maybe she did not like the pudding"

"I don't think so," said Harry "It looks more serious that that."

"I think we are about to find out," said Lelouch as the argument in the head table subsided and Umbridge stood up and started to talk.

At first she had everybody's attention but soon everybody but a select few were actually paying any attention to what she had to say which included Lelouch and Hermione. When she had finished her speech there was not even applause unless you count the one Slytherin who had started to snore really loudly near the end. Hermione was discussing the speech with Harry and Ron in whispers about how Umbridge was going to be trying to mess with their education during the middle of Dumbledore's remarks about not going into the forest. They were finally done when Dumbledore sent them off to bed

Lelouch went off with Harry to the Griffindor tower as Ron and Hermione went to go round up the first years.

The castle was very confusing to Lelouch to him it seemed that everything was set up in a manner that would make it impossible to find any room in the castle. Plus it seemed to get anywhere in this castle he must at least climb one set of stairs. Lelouch hated stairs along with any form of exercise that happened to come along in his life he had never attended more then three days in a gym class at Ashford academy but mostly he hated stairs. Stairs all ways decided to pop up when you least needed them like when a cat steals your helmet and climbs to the top of the school tower.

They walked a few more staircases and behind a tapestry, and some more stairs by the time that they came in front of a large painting of a very fat lady in a big pink dress Lelouch was out of breath and wondering if this is really a magical school shouldn't have magic elevators or something these stairs were a nightmare to climb.

"Hey Lelouch are you alright" said Harry

"Yes (pant, pant) is there a way to get to this place with out climbing so many stairs?" said Lelouch.

"Um I don't know Hogwarts has always had lots of stairs but there might be a shorter way I mean no one knows all the secrets of Hogwarts " Said Harry

"Is that why it is so hard to get anywhere" Said Lelouch

"Well yea that is the charm of Hogwarts you don't always know where everything is" said Harry

"If the stairs and being lost all the time is a charm I hate to see the bad points of this school," said Lelouch

"Oh come on lets go in fiddlesticks," said Harry

"Fiddlesticks" said Lelouch

"The password to let you in the tower" said Harry

"Oh you have a password protected door and no elevator what's next." Said Lelouch

By the time that Lelouch had recovered enough to walk the fat Lady had opened up and behind her was the Griffindor common room, Lelouch went to bed immediately he was dead tired, he would deal with the Suzaku problem in the morning, before he was too tired from climbing all those Evil stairs.

Author notes:

SO another chapter done Happiness so I hope you like it

Many thinks to my reviewers