A/N: Yello there! Well, here's James' chapter – I'll post Lily's POV of that interesting day in a one shot titled 'Lily's Day' soon. I know it sounds quite boring, but I could rename it if you had any suggestions ^^.

A/N: Really unrealistic chapter, but it has to happen – didn't really know how to put James in a situation where he would 'hang out' with Lily's group of friends (and her) without the Marauders, without having them all on detention, or something drastic like that. :/

Chapter Twelve

James woke on the following Saturday to a particularly cloudy and gloomy sort of day. He could almost hear Professor Redthorn mutter things about 'bad omens' being present. He grinned to himself as he reached for his glasses.

Except, they weren't there.

And neither was his wand.

James panicked.

"Guys?" he asked. There was no answer.

"Uh, guys?" James asked, with more urgency. Still there was no answer.

Where is everyone? What kind of sick joke is this? At least I know where my clothes are…

He threw the bed covers off him and, slightly disorientated, he got up and opened his trunk.

"Clothes, clothes, clothes," he muttered, the images before him severely blurry. The grabbed a top (he had to open it and make sure it was a shirt) a jumper, a pair of socks and pants (he had to check these as well. He was quite famous for mixing up his clothes before early morning Quidditch practise.).

He put all of them on and slipped his feet into his shoes.

Now what? He thought hard about what he was going to do.

"I'm going to have a blind adventure around Hogwarts and put my friends in a headlock! Yippee!" said James in a falsely cheery voice.

He went out of the door and went down the stairs, practically clinging to the banister.

James kicked his way to the portrait, making sure that if he was going to trip, it would be because of his feet and not because of a cat or a quill or something stupid.

And down the stairs he went again, clinging to the banister. He almost fell down the Grand Staircase because he jumped over the trick stair (which was what he ordinarily did), rather than walking over it sensibly.

"Whoa!"

He swayed, as if about to fall flat on his face, and caught himself in time.

I hate this, I really do.

James stumbled across the Entrance Hall blindly and paused. Should he go right, into the Great Hall? Or should he go left, into the Entrance Courtyard?

James was about to go into the Great Hall when a hand caught his elbow.

"James?"

"Er – "

"Where's your glasses? Do you have your wand on you? Oh, James."

"Neither… if you don't mind me asking, you are…?"

"Bridget. Where's your friends?"

"Probably Transfiguring my glasses into a grindylow and setting it loose in the Black Lake," muttered James darkly. He sighed, and looked up, seeing a blurry form staring at him intently. At least, he thought she was staring at him intently. It could've been hungrily, or murderously or even angrily.

"Well, we'll find them at some point. Come on, you need some breakfast."

Bridget tugged James into the Great Hall. He was soon seated and being asked, "Bacon? Eggs? Toast?" and other one-worded questions regarding food. He was mildly perplexed, but he was grateful that someone wasn't letting him wander around Hogwarts without glasses or a wand. What if someone wanted to do him in?

Do me in? thought James, Who'd want to do that? Stop overreacting!

"Er – "

"Oh, that's right! You eat bacon, sausages and toast with strawberry jam on them on Saturdays," said Bridget, somewhere to his left.

"Uh, how did you – ?"

"Easy. Sirius was shouting it about the Gryffindor common room before. Quite scary and very suspicious, mind you. Well, he sung it and had a dance routine to match – he drummed it into our heads," chattered Bridget.

The loss of sight seemed to have heightened his other senses, and he heard three pairs of feet approaching them cautiously. It was separated from other pairs of feet because… well, they were the only pairs of feet wandering around the Great Hall at this time.

"Uh, Bridget?" said a voice that James recognised as KayCee's.

"Yeah?"

"What're you… what're you doing?" KayCee asked.

"Oh, I found him wandering around, lost, glassesless, and wandless. He'd hurt himself and others. So I decided to feed him and then help him find the Marauders. Well, the rest of them," replied Bridget, sliding a plate full of breakfast towards James.

"Uh… that made it sound as if James was a lost puppy or a lost kitten, not a seventeen year old Head Boy who's a wizard without glasses or a wand," said a voice that sounded like Lionel.

James started to shovel food into his mouth, ignoring the conversation for his stomach had taken over his bodily functions. There was silence, and a scraping of chairs as four people around James sat down.

Mere seconds afterwards, James polished off his last sausage and wiped his fingers.

"I've got to go wash my hands and find my friends," said James. He felt four pairs of eyes rest on him and he fidgeted, uncomfortable. Blurry though those figures were, he could see Bridget and KayCee glance at each other.

"What?" he asked.

"It's just that we haven't seen any of the Marauders all morning, besides that time when Black was screaming your menu at the top of his voice this morning," said Lily.

James groaned. They could be anywhere!

"Well, I've still got to find them. The only chance I've got is to find them because they've taken my wand as well, and what's a wizard without his wand?"

"But you can't go walking around without your glasses! How about we accio them?" asked Lionel.

"No!" yelled Lily, Bridget and KayCee.

"What's wrong with that?" asked Lionel.

"Remember when Lily accioed her Ancient Runes textbook?" asked KayCee.

"Oh yeah. Silly me, how could I forget?" asked Lionel. Even though James could barely distinguish Lionel, he could see Lionel looking away from KayCee and fidgeting.

What happened when she did accio her textbook? wondered James, Not my business though. She might tell me in a few months or so though…

He grinned to himself.

"Anyway," said Bridget, "While Lily and KayCee might be more than willing to let you roam Hogwarts partially blind and with no wand, Lionel and myself will not let you do that. So, we're all going to go find your friends and I hope that they'll have your glasses and wand."

"All of us?" asked KayCee.

"All of us," confirmed Lionel.

"Well, I – "

"KayCee, don't argue. It's not kind to have someone wander around, blind and feeling everything to find his friends and get his wand and glasses back. I mean, we would have a guilty conscious because we know that he's roaming all of Hogwarts without being able to see anything properly," said Lily.

"Oh yeah?" said KayCee angrily, "Last year you would've been left him here without a second thought!"

"KayCee, drop it. Now," said Lionel.

"Oh, so you're going against me, huh?"

"KayCee, quit the attitude," said Bridget firmly.

"Me? What about you!"

"I don't have an attitude!"

"I don't understand, KayCee, why you can't understand that Potter needs our help, and that it's not right to let him go about the castle like this! What if some Slytherins ganged up on him, huh? Would he stand a fair chance like this?" asked Lily fiercely. They all fell silent and James felt uncomfortable again.

"We'd – we'd better go and find my friends, then," said James quietly, looking at his lap, feeling that he was a major intrusion and causing all these fights within Lily's group of friends.

"Yeah," said Lily just as quietly. James heard her get up and get her bag, and he heard Lionel and Bridget get up as well.

"KayCee?" asked Bridget in a much softer voice than the one she used before, "Are you coming? You don't have to, since you obviously don't want to."

"No, no, I'll come," said KayCee. They all left the Great Hall in a silent pack, Bridget leading James by his elbow because he couldn't distinguish the difference between the wall and the door.

"This is impossible! I'm starting to doubt their existence!" Lily cried, an hour later.

"Relax, Evans," said James cheerfully, "We've only checked the first and second floor."

"How can you remain optimistic?" asked Lily.

"Well, it's only because this is actually kind of fun," replied James, with a grin in her direction.

He figured out how to tell who was who was by their hair colours – which were all unique, which was lucky for James. Lily's hair was a dark red, Bridget's was a silvery blonde, KayCee's was dark brown – almost black, and Lionel's was a sandy colour.

He saw Bridget and KayCee look at each other and snigger. He narrowed his eyes, and as they filed out of the second floor doors to the Grand Staircase, he said, "Just think of this as a tour from a Marauder, who knows just about every inch of this castle – well, maybe not every inch. I can't pretend to know all of the castle's secrets, but I know almost all of them."

James saw Bridget and KayCee glance at each other again, but this time it was with an air of doubt.

"If you don't believe me, that's fine. Just don't go through that tapestry – it's essentially a pit of spiders, no one's been there for about a century, except for ghosts, and what good are they at cleaning?" said James with an amused chuckle, imagining Nearly Headless Nick brandishing a feather duster, wearing a maid's apron and going through everything he was trying to clean.

"Prove it," said KayCee, with a hint of amusement.

With one clean movement, James swept the tapestry aside. It was a tunnel, filled with cobwebs.

"Where does it lead to?" asked Bridget, curiously. She looked in and then backed away with a scream.

"What is it?" KayCee asked immediately.

"A-a huge spider!" gasped Bridget, a hand on her chest.

"Oh, hey Heath!" said James.

"You named it?" asked Bridget incredulously.

"Why not?" asked James with a shrug.

He let go of the tapestry, and walked down the empty yet colourful corridor (it was absolutely covered with tapestries of all sorts of things, from a witch making a tapestry of a witch making a tapestry, to a student in the library beaming while holding a pot of Devil's Snare and managing to not have it strangle her). James ducked into a few empty classrooms and squinting, trying to see if any of the Marauders were in there.

"You lot coming or are you waiting to see if the tapestry keeps on adding to itself with time? If so, you're at the wrong one – it's on the sixth floor."

"Wait a second – there's a tapestry that adds to itself with time?" asked Lily, hurrying after James.

"Yeah," said James, "The Founders' last gift to the school – to show how much time has passed. But it's all irregular, so we can't accurately judge when the school was finished. It's almost as though the tapestry also reacts with the students' collective emotions.

"If there's no activity or excitement, it slows down, and if something really exciting happens, it speeds up. It's quite fascinating – I wonder if it'll ever get finished. I doubt it though, not in my lifetime."

He turned around, and was surprised to see that Bridget, Lionel and KayCee were still staring at the other tapestry.

He walked back to them, wondering what they were staring at. He heard Lily following him.

"The end of the corridor is that way," said James when he reached them.

"Where does the tunnel end?" Bridget asked again.

"It leads to a room that the four Founders reportedly slept in. It was also their offices, before they built the main one," said James.

"How do you know all about this, since no one's been in there for ages?" asked KayCee.

"I read Hogwarts: A History and it said that there was a tunnel to a room on the third floor that hasn't been accessed in about a century, and that the room were the sleeping quarters of the Founders and that it was their offices. So, I assumed that this was the tunnel," said James. And the fact that the Marauder's Map shows a large room separated into four at the end of the tunnel.

He added this privately to himself.

Lionel, KayCee, Lily and Bridget glanced at each other.

"Let's go," they said in unison.

"How about we do that after I get my glasses and wand back? It'd be nice to see the room properly," said James.

"Alright then," said Lionel.

They continued down the corridor, when suddenly James flung out both of his arms, stopping the other three.

"What?" asked KayCee.

"Trip jinx line," said James, pointing to a thin, white line a centimetre from the ground.

"How could you see that?" asked Bridget.

"I could sense it, plus – a prankster always knows these sorts of things," said James, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"What's the difference between a trip jinx and a trip jinx line?" asked Lionel.

"There's three types. There's the trip jinx, the trip jinx circle and the trip jinx line. The trip jinx automatically trips the target, the trip jinx circle makes a circle around the target or group of targets, and if they move out of the circle, even if they jump, they will trip. The trip jinx line can range from a small random line in the middle of the corridor or to a full length one. If someone crosses it, it will trip them. It works for about five to ten people, depending on the strength the caster put in behind the incantation. This particular one doesn't touch the wall, so that means we can pass it by pressing against the wall and sidling past it," explained James.

Lily and Bridget glanced at each other.

"What's with all this glancing!" asked James, exasperatedly throwing his hands in the air.

Lionel, Bridget, KayCee and Lily just glanced at each other.

"Whatever," grumbled James, pressing himself against the wall and sidling past the trip jinx, "I get it, it's a secret code in your friendship group. Doesn't mean the rest of us know what's going on!" he added loudly.

The others glanced at each other once more then, as if they were discussing who was going to follow James, Lionel stepped forward and passed the jinx. Bridget followed Lionel, then KayCee and then Lily.

"You know, you're handy to have around," said Lionel conversationally.

"I will take that as a compliment. By the way, that particular style of the trip jinx is a Marauder trademark. Means they were here," said James.

"Are we close to finding them, then?" asked Lily.

"Not at all," said James grimly.

Lily groaned in exasperation.

"Hmm…" said James thoughtfully, another two and a half hours later.

"What?" asked Lionel.

"I think that they're playing games with us," said James.

"Well that much is obvious!" exclaimed Lily.

"Glad you think so," said James, flashing a smile. She coughed and awkwardly looked away. James raised an eyebrow but said nothing on her strange behaviour.

"Is this the tapestry?" asked KayCee pointing to a nondescript tapestry.

"Nope. It's in a special room, kind of like a study rolled in one – sometimes the Marauders and I work in there. It's very relaxing, actually," replied James.

"Oh," said KayCee.

Within seconds, James held out his hand towards the other four.

"Can I borrow a wand?"

"Uh, sure," said Lionel, handing his to James.

"Thanks," said James. He directed the wand down the corridor and said, "Accio cleaning broom."

Nothing happened. In fact, the wand in his hands felt all wrong, and opposing. He tried again. Nothing happened.

James returned the wand to Lionel with a shake of his head.

"Can't do anything with your wand," he said.

"Oh well," said Lionel with a shrug.

"You can use mine," said Lily, giving her wand to James. After using Lionel's wand, Lily's was almost like a breath of fresh air.

"Accio cleaning broom," he said again. It took about a minute for a cleaning broom to come zooming towards him, but it was good enough.

"Why do you need a broom?" asked Bridget, staring at it.

"I don't," said James, tossing it aside.

"He accioed it as a tester," said Lily. He nodded in Lily's direction and faced the west wall.

"Tapestry, tapestry, oh tapestry," said James, tapping the wand in a line on the wall three times, "Why must you hide? Reveal your beauty to us five students."

"What kind of stupid password is that?" muttered KayCee.

"I think I did it right. Anyway, put your hands on the wall," said James, pressing his palm against it.

"Why?" asked Bridget.

"Just do it, quickly before it seals itself for twenty minutes!"

With a wild, lunging moment, James grabbed Bridget's arm and pressed her palm to the wall, for she was just staring at the wall.

He couldn't really blame her though, the colours of the portraits and tapestries were glowing brightly, and the more prominent colours (red and green) seemed to detach themselves from their origins and were arranging themselves into a door, large enough for only one rather tall person to go through.

The wall stopped glowing, and the door opened with a creak.

"In you go," said James, letting go of Bridget and gesturing for her to enter.

The girls entered first, Lionel and James preferring to wait for them to file through rather than barging past them. James, at least, could hear his mother shrieking at him, "Wait for girls to enter a room first!"

James let Lionel go past him and the moment James entered, the door swung shut and another door at the other end of the room made a clicking sound, as though it was being unlocked from the outside.

"Wow," breathed Lily.

Wow indeed, thought James, standing beside her. A large tapestry covered the wall opposite an assortment of couches, desks, chairs and bookshelves.

On it depicted the Founders, what the land had looked like before Hogwarts came about, what Hogwarts looked like to muggles, the scarlet train that all students and Professors were familiar with, the Quidditch pitch on which a fearsome match was being played, the library, the Kitchen, and all sorts of other things, including the Whomping Willow. And it was still growing slowly.

James had to look several times to confirm that the knotty tree was in fact the Whomping Willow near the edge of the tapestry.

The colours of the tapestry were so bright, eye-catching and complementing – in fact, the whole tapestry was. James searched the area for the Marauders while the others stared at the tapestry and pointed out things to each other.

Then an idea hit James.

"I think I know where several hiding places of the other Marauders are," he said to the others.

"Where?" asked Lionel, glancing at James.

"They'll be on the seventh floor, because they'll be expecting that that's the last place where we'll be. Most likely. They could be in the Forbidden Forest, in Hagrid's Hut, by the Lake, or the Quidditch Pitch.

"They definitely won't be in the Astronomy Tower, the North Tower or the West Tower – they tend to stay far away from Divination when it's not class time, they can't get into the Ravenclaw common room, so why be there? And the Astronomy Tower is usually full of couples, and Remus, Peter and Sirius are all single, so it'd be a bit awkward," said James.

"Why couldn't you have told us that before?" asked Lily, tearing her eyes away from the tapestry.

"Well, I've only just thought of that now," said James with an air of impatience.

"We're on the sixth floor!" cried Bridget, "The seventh floor's just above us, and the Forbidden Forest, Hagrid's Hut, the Lake and Quidditch Pitch are ages away now!"

"Yeah, so?" said James, "Sometimes ideas come to me slowly, and sometimes they come to me quickly. I'm sorry that my brain sometimes doesn't work when I tell it to."

"It's just like you then," muttered Lily.

"Hey now, Evans, play nice," said James with a smirk.

"Whatever, let's just get to the seventh floor."

"What are you doing?" asked Lily.

"Training hippos how to fly, obviously. Now, shush, I need to concentrate," replied James. He started to pace, thinking about what his friends would be doing, if they were in there. Then, his train of thought was interrupted.

"Why? You don't need to concentrate to pace," said Lily with a snort.

Lionel, Bridget and KayCee glanced at each other. Lily rounded on them.

"What's so glance worthy?" she asked.

"This is 'The Saturday Date Night' wall," said Lionel.

"The what?"

"'The Saturday Date Night' wall," said KayCee.

"What's that?" asked Lily.

"It's where guys and girls pace three times before this wall and it's a free dancing and restaurant type place. It's on every second Saturday," said Bridget.

"Haven't you ever been there?" asked James, interested.

"No," said Lily, "All of my dates have been in Hogsmeade."

"Interesting," said James, "I thought that you must've been here!"

"Well, I haven't, Potter. Anyway, what are we doing here?" asked Lily, "It's not even night time!"

"That is because, Evans, this is not just a 'Saturday Date Night' wall – it has other purposes. Now, shush, I need to figure out what they could be doing in there, if they are in there," said James.

"But – "

"Bloody hell woman, do you not know the meaning of shush?" asked James exasperatedly, turning to face her.

"Yeah, of course I do, Potter – "

"So shush!"

"Don't you dare tell me to – "

"Shush," said James, pressing a finger to his lips to emphasise his point.

She narrowed her eyes at him, but she 'shushed' anyway. They could just be waiting to ambush me or something, thought James. Then, he thought of the perfect place – a replica of the Gryffindor common room that all of them always 'hung out' in when the common room was full.

James paced past the wall three times, thinking hard about the common room replica and about how he needed to go into it.

A double door materialised in front of them, and Lily gasped.

"Where does it lead to?" she asked.

"A replica of the common room – the Marauder's and I go there all the time," said James, opening the doors, allowing the girls and then Lionel to enter.

"I would think that this was common room if the stairs to the dorms weren't missing, and that I just passed through the portrait of the Fat Lady," said Lily, sitting on an armchair by the fireplace.

"This looks very different to 'The Saturday Date Night' place," said Bridget, brushing her hand across the couch in front of the fireplace and she took a seat. KayCee seated herself in an armchair, and Lionel sat beside Bridget on the couch.

"That's because I thought of a different place," said James, walking over to the couch and sitting at the other end of it.

"So what is this room actually called, then?" asked KayCee.

"It's called the Room of Requirement – if you need something once you're in the room, think about it and it shall appear! As long as it's an object and not a living creature," said James.

"So… if I really needed to go to the bathroom and if I paced before the wall out there, I'd end up in a place full of toilets?" asked Lionel, poking the couch.

"Yeah," said James.

"That's handy," commented Lily.

"Very," said KayCee.

"You know, you're getting better at this whole 'being partially blind' thing," said Lionel.

"That's because my other senses are working overtime. And you four are coloured blobs – I just distinguish you by height and hair colour," replied James with a shrug.

"Oh," said Lionel, "Is that all?"

"Pretty much, yeah."

"Well," said Lily, getting up, "It's obvious that they aren't here. Where to now? The Forbidden Forest, Hagrid's Hut, the Lake or the Quidditch Pitch?"

"Did I ask one of the House Elves in the Kitchens to tell me when the other Marauders enter?" asked James, scratching his head.

"Yeah, I think so. I still can't believe that they have House Elves working at Hogwarts!" said Lily indignantly.

"It's quite obvious, though, if you think about it," said Lionel.

"That doesn't mean that I knew that House Elves worked here before our Kitchen trip," grumbled Lily.

"Well, I think that I can manage the Forbidden Forest on my own," said James.

"What?" asked Bridget, "You can barely manage Hogwarts on your own! What makes you think that you can go around the Forbidden Forest? I mean, there are dangerous things in there!"

"I've been managing quite well in Hogwarts," said James coolly. Lionel and Bridget glanced at each other. James just rolled his eyes.

"Well, since the Quidditch Pitch is at the other end of the grounds from Hagrid's Hut, the Lake and the Forbidden Forest," said KayCee, "I suggest we go to the Quidditch Pitch and come back the other way to the Lake, Hagrid's Hut and the Forbidden Forest? Since Potter's pretty sure that he can manage in the Forest, we can separate by the Lake."

"You know what, Williams," said James, "That's the most sensible thing you've said all day."

"Man, I wish I had my wand and glasses right now," said James, looking at the Quidditch Pitch longingly. Several people where either practising or mucking around on their brooms.

They all leaned on the barrier in the stands and watched the people on the Pitch.

"I wish I could fly," said Lily with a sigh.

"What?" asked James, "You seriously can't fly?"

"I tried to, but it was a complete flop. It looks… fun," said Lily, looking at James for a second, then she looked back out onto the Pitch.

"I've offered," said Lionel with a shrug.

"That's because I don't want to zoom around the Pitch wildly – you're like a Bludger when you're out there," said Lily.

"I've offered, too," said KayCee.

"We'd end up gossiping and I'll probably slip off the broom and fall to my untimely death," replied Lily.

"I've offered as well," said Bridget.

"You'd be waving to the boys – especially Rem-uh, Ravenclaws," said Lily as Bridget glared at her.

James smiled to himself. Lily had been about to say Remus.

"Plus, you're not the best flier in the world – I know it's a far cry, but you're better flying by yourself rather than teaching someone how to fly," said Lily with a shrug.

"Yeah, I know," said Bridget with a sigh.

"How about James, then?" asked Lionel.

"Huh?" asked James.

"You're the Quidditch captain for Gryffindor – who better to teach Lily than a Quidditch captain?" said Lionel.

"Yeah," said Bridget, "Besides, you two don't fight as much anymore, and you're not the type to let anyone, not even a Slytherin, fall off their brooms."

"Plus," added KayCee, "You've got a great broom – you could lend it to Lily while you fly on one of the newer school brooms. And you're a good flier – it won't be much of a bother."

"Uh…" said James, confused about how this conversation had turned out, "I guess…"

Lily looked like she was about to say something when someone from the Pitch yelled, "BLUDGER ALERT – COMING YOUR WAY, GRYFFINDORS!"

Immediately, James ducked into a crouching position and pulled the others down. Sure enough, a few seconds later, a Bludger soared over their heads and through the back of the stand. It flew back through the hole, though, and James got up and dusted himself up. Slowly, the others got up.

"Good thing I want to learn how to fly, rather than how to play," said Lily, pale as a ghost.

"Someone might want to reparo that," said James, jerking his thumb over his shoulder.

"Oh, yeah," said KayCee. She pulled her wand and repaired the stand with the help of Lionel.

"Well, they're not here," said James, stating the obvious, "Let's go to Hagrid's?"

The others nodded, and they left, Lily still paler than normal.

They left Hagrid's, and while Hagrid beamed and welcomed them happily, James could tell something was off. Was one of Hagrid's dangerous 'friends' sick?

Either way, James was losing hope of ever finding his friends.

"Well, at least he didn't try and serve us his infamous cakes," joked James as they made their way over to the Lake. The others laughed.

They stopped at the large tree that the Marauders tended to favour during the summer.

"Well, they aren't here," said James with a sigh. He looked over to the Forbidden Forest.

"Looks like I have to go to the Forest and find them. It's been fun, and thank you for coming with me and yeah… I'll see you guys later, then," said James, making to go over to the Forest.

"Oh, stop with all this macho crap, let us come with you to the Forest!" said KayCee suddenly, grabbing his arm and shaking it.

Everyone stared at her, shocked at her change in attitude.

Before, she had not wanted to go with James on his hunt for his friends. Now, she was practically begging to go with him to the Forbidden Forest!

"Hope you're not falling for him. What about Cameron, hmm?" said Lionel, with a hint of hurt in his voice.

"I'm not falling for James," said KayCee irritably, "The Forest is more dangerous than Hogwarts or getting ambushed by Slytherins as James at the moment.

"Besides… don't you want to see what's at the end of the tunnel? You said that we could all go after we get your glasses and wand back, and to be honest, Lionel's as much of a girl as us when it comes to the dark and hairy spiders."

"Oi!" said Lionel. She poked her tongue out at him.

"Did you just call me James?" asked James.

"What of it?" said KayCee, with a grin.

"Well I'm just surprised. I suppose I've been upgraded or something. Should I start calling you KayCee, then?" asked James, grinning back.

"Why not?"

"KayCee it is, then."

"Well, after that heart-warming moment, are you going to let us follow you into the Forest?" asked Lily.

James glanced at KayCee, then at Lionel and then at Bridget.

"Er – if you guys want to come…? Besides, we can see what's at the end of that tunnel," said James with a shrug, "It doesn't really bother me."

After all, I was going to change into a stag – I don't need glasses as a stag. But, if these guys are with me, who needs glasses? thought James.

"Well, I'm going," said KayCee.

"Me too," said Bridget.

"Count me in. I've never actually been in there," shrugged Lionel.

"Guess that means I'm going too," said Lily with a sigh.

A/N: I've decided to cut it short here, because I've reached about 5,000 words and I'll continue this in the next chapter. Then, end of day, ha ha. :D

A/N: Wah, I'm going back to school pretty soon… yippee! For about the billionth time, I wish Hogwarts was real and that I went to it. :'( But don't we all? Ha ha, of course we do! What Harry Potter fan doesn't? :P