A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any related characters

This is for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Assignment #3 Culinary Arts - Task #9 - Penne:Write about a secret passage/door

Writing Club February

Trope of the Month: 7- Word: Darkness

Elizabeth's Empire - 8. (emotion) curious

Lizzy's Loft: 14 - Refuse to sit down and be tamed

Film Festival: 9 (action) dancing

Lyric Alley: 3 - That's ancient history, been there, done that

Word Count: 405

James paused, looking around. He knew there had to be a passage around here somewhere. He'd seen one of the prefects walk this direction and then disappear. Wand drawn, he started randomly tapping things.

"Alohamora," he whispered as he went. He wasn't sure what he was expecting. Suddenly he heard a grinding sound. The wall to his left had shifted slightly leaving a crack just big enough for a person to walk through.

"Found you!" James yelled, dancing around in the empty hallway. He walked over to the crack, stuck his head into it and frowned. It was dark. He lit the tip of his wand and stepped through the crack. At first, he could feel the walls on either side of him. It was narrow passage. James smiled. This had to lead to somewhere awesome, didn't all secret passages lead to cool places?

He could feel the emptiness in the darkness around him. The small light on his wand barely lit the large chamber.

"Lumos maxima," he said. The light increased revealing the fact the walls were lined with shelves. He walked over to the nearest one. It was full of books.

"Really? I found a secret library?" he asked, not even bothering to hide the disappointment in his voice. Out of all the cool things him and his friends had already found, a library had to be the worst. He pulled out a few of the books, looked at the covers. Nothing of real interest. Most appeared to be old school books. He continued around the room, hoping he might find something among the shelves of books.

"Books, books, more books, ohh, this looks interesting!" James exclaimed, grabbing a box from one of the top shelves. The box was made of a reddish wood and had a pattern engraved on the top. There were runes carved into the sides. James had no clue what the runes said.

He'd spent most of his ancient runes class trying to convince Lily that the runes said they belonged together. She didn't believe him. He tucked the box under his arm and slipped out of the hidden library. He'd ask Remus what the runes said. Then, maybe if the box was cool enough, he'd see if giving it to Lily, or showing her the secret library would get her to go out with him. Lily seemed like the kind of girl who would like a secret library!