The next day Lily awoke to find that she was the only one still asleep. She looked around the room to see Hermione and Ginny in deep conversation, while Ron was arm wresting with Harry and Draco was the judge. Lily looked at herself. She was a mess! She had morning breath, and her hair was screwed up. (Or at least she thought it was). "I can't let anyone see me like this." She thought. She quickly grabbed her bag and rushed into the barrier. She got ready as quickly as she could. She came out and sleepily bid everyone a good morning. They all looked up and responded to her greeting. She looked grumpy. "Hello Sunshine." Draco said. Lily rolled her eyes. "Your such a dork Draco!" Lily said playfully. "I know," he said, "but don't you love me for it?" Every body else groaned. "So..." Harry said, changing the subject. " We have a couple of hours to kill before they unlock the alarm system. What do you propose we should do?" " Just continue what you were doing," Lily said, "I don't mind." "OK" They all said. Ginny and Hermione continued their conversation, while Harry and Ron had a rematch. Lily walked up to Harry, Ron and Draco, and plopped beside Draco. "I'm playing winner." Lily said. " Sorry Lily, Draco's playing winner." Harry said apologetically. "Well then, I'm playing the winner of Draco's match." Ron laughed. "You won't be able to beat us." "And why is that?" Lily asked indignantly. Ron stifled a giggle. " Because you're a girl!" He laughed out. Hermione and Ginny bolted up. They didn't want to miss out on the action. "Oh Really?" Lily said. " Well, we'll just see about that." "OK, let's see." Ron retorted. He finally pushes Harry's arm down. " Draco?" Lily said sweetly. " Can I go before you? I wanna kick Ron's butt." Draco smiled. "Sure." Ron snickered. "Fat chance." She sat across the table from Ron. She grabbed his hand. "Bring it on." she said. Harry held their arms. " Ready, Get set... GO!" Lily started wrestling; she could hear Hermione and Ginny cheering behind her. Draco didn't say anything. Ron's brow started to sweat, while Lily seemed perfectly at ease. In no time she had beaten Ron. Everybody cheered while Ron sat there shocked, mumbling to himself. Lily dusted off her hands. " School champion arm wrestler for three years. In your face Ron." She suddenly lost all her competitive spirit. "Good game." She said sweetly. " What...huh? Oh...Thanks." Suddenly they heard a swooshing sound.
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"We're Free!" Harry shouted. "And just in time for the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin!" Draco groaned, Harry grinned, Lily laughed. She ran out of the room with her arms wide open. She released a happy squeal. Draco caught her around her waist. She smiled and tilted her head up to kiss him. The kiss was prolonged. Lily turned around. Draco put his arm around her tiny waist and pulled her in, kissing her more deeply. Their lips finally let go of each other's grasp. Lily backed away, stunned. Then she smiled and held his hand. They walked away.
The group was on their way to the Quidditch match. They were all laughing and talking. Lily was taking a piggyback ride on Draco's back. Draco ran pushing ahead everybody. Lily put her arms around his neck gasping with excitement. Draco took the first step onto the bleachers. He immediately fell backwards. He stood up onto his feet right away to check if Lily was OK. "Oh sh*t, are you OK Lily?" Draco asks with a worried look across his face. " Yeah, I'm fine Draco," Lily said with a confused look upon her face. " But what happened?" " I dunno," Draco replied, with the same perplexed look across his face." "It just felt like someone grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me back. Any way, let's go." Draco walked up the stairs and stood there, patiently waiting for Lily. Lily took one step onto the bleachers but immediately toppled over. She tried again several times but with no avail. She sat down, thinking. Suddenly her eyes widened as she contemplated the situation. She thought of the necklace, and the power she had received from it. She stood there, shocked and worried." Draco!" She called anxiously. " Go get Dumbeldore, quick!" Draco too looked anxious. " Why?" Lily let out an exasperated sigh. She still hadn't told him about her power. " Oh never mind." She grabbed Harry's arm as he walked by. " Harry I can't get on the bleachers. Go get Professor Dumbeldore, please." Harry stood there, staring at her blankly for a few moments. Then realization struck his face. "Oh. Ok. Hold on." He sped towards to bleachers and got Dumbeldore. Dumbeldore came out of the bleachers with a stern look on his face. "What is it, Ms. Johnson?" "I can't get onto the bleachers, Professor. Look." She sped towards the bleachers and she immediately was flung backwards. Ron caught her before she hit the ground. Dumbeldore's stern look was replaced by one of terror. He placed his wand against his throat and muttered a spell. Suddenly his voice was booming. " Attention all students, teacher and faculty. Please evacuate the arena. This is an emergency. This is not a drill." There was sudden and utter chaos. Everyone wanted to get of the bleachers as quickly as possible. After everyone had evacuated the arena, they stood their silently staring at the bleachers. After about five minutes, they heard a loud crack. Suddenly the top bleacher broke and collapsed onto the lower bleachers, and spilled out onto the playing field. The whole entire student body stood there staring in awe. Dumbeldore's voice boomed one more. "Students, go the you common rooms."
