OK, I know, I suck at updating often, but I just started two other stories (one about Sirius and the other is a translation of a French fic) so I get pretty busy.

As of today, this chapter has not been beta read, so I'm sorry for the grammar and spelling mistakes.

Once again, thanks to all my reviewers.

On with the story.

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It is unbelievable how much good a hot bath with bubbles can do. Lily got into the bath, lied there and closed her eyes. She wondered if she had ever felt that good. It was worth being a prefect just for the bathroom. She didn't really know how long she stayed there, not moving. It could have been five minutes or five hours. Another good thing with the prefect bathroom was that it was duplicated for every single prefect. Nobody could enter and see her naked, or bother her. Nobody except.

"Who is here at this time of the day?" a voice said.

Lily jumped and turned around.

"Myrtle!" she cried. "Never ever do that again to me! She scared the hell out of me!"

"Oh, oh," Moaning Myrtle smirked, "You must have been almost sleeping for you to swear. What were you dreaming about? Or, should I say, who?"

Lily suddenly realized she had actually been dreaming of someone and blushed - even if there was actually nothing to blush about.

"That's none of your business!"

"Oh, of course you won't tell me anything, nobody ever tells anything to boring Moaning Myrtle. Do you really think I don't know why nobody ever comes in my bathroom? They'd rather go on the other side of the castle than see annoying Moaning Myrtle."

Lily sighed and got out of the bath. She very well knew Myrtle wouldn't leave any time soon, and she'd better go to breakfast. She turned her eyes to the clock to see how much time she had to eat, and almost had a heart attack. Class had started ten minutes earlier!

"Oh, no!" she cried, putting her clothes on the fastest possible.

She rushed down the hallway and the staircases. Hopefully, the first class was potions, and she had a remote chance to get away with being late. However, what she dreaded was what Potter would say. He never missed a chance to make fun of her for being a goody two shoes, and knowing him, he would more than enjoy her being late today.

"Oh, damn you, Potter!" she thought. "You manage to drive me insane even when you're not here!"

She rushed into the Potion classroom, and immediately turned to Tonks.

"I'm so sorry, Professor, I forgot the time," she managed to say, breathless.

"It's OK, Miss Evans, just have a seat. Class was just about to start."

Lily turned to the class and relief almost overwhelmed her. Potter and Co weren't anywhere in sight. Ellie had saved her a seat.

"Woaa, Lily, I almost felt guilty for waking you up so early. Did you fall asleep after the library?" she asked.

"Sorta. I went to the prefect bathroom, and almost fell completely asleep. Moaning Myrtle woke me up ten minutes ago."

"Moaning Myrtle?" Jemima said, joining the conversation. "It doesn't sound like her to be that nice."

"Actually, she probably didn't mean to be nice. She must have thought I would be annoyed if she woke me up in the middle of a comfortable bath. It did annoy me at first. But anyway," she added, starting to mix the ingredients for the potion, "did I miss anything interesting at breakfast?"

"As a matter of fact, you did," Ellie answered, suddenly serious. "You must have noticed somebody's missing from class, haven't you?"

"I have, and I am utterly relieved. What's wrong with him?"

"Nobody really knows," Jemima said. "We were all having breakfast, and he and his merry men were obviously having some fun, when an owl came for him. He read the letter, stopped smiling, and what right up to the dorm. His friends followed him, and we haven't seen him all morning. We know Lupin went to see McGonagall, and she looked very concerned too. It looks like they have been allowed to miss class today. "

"Woaa," Lily said, really impressed. McGonagall allowing people to miss class was very rare. "And pray, tell me, how do you know all that?"

"Potter's flavor of the week was sitting next to him when it happened, and since she was dumped half an hour later - by owl - she got revenged by telling the story all around the common room - which is, if you ask me," Jemima added, "very mean. I mean, he must be pretty down, how often does it happen that James Potter doesn't show up all morning? I know, Ellie, the morning is not over yet! " she added, rolling her eyes. "As for the part where they're allowed to miss class, Lupin told us when he came back from McGonagall's."

"You mean he actually talked to you?" Lily said, amazed. "He never talks to me, and I'm his fellow prefect!"

"See? This was a weird morning," Ellie said, "You shouldn't fall asleep in the prefect's bathroom!"

"Was there anything interesting in the paper?" Lily asked, hopeful.

"Nothing. We thought about it, but there is nothing that could explain anything. Or maybe, if he has muggle family? There were a couple muggle attacks last week."

"No," Ellie said, "Potter's a pureblood."

They went back to their potion, and finished it in silence. All morning, as much as she told herself she didn't care about Potter, she couldn't help wondering what had happened to him.

She found out the answer faster than she thought. A special prefect meeting was organized that day right before lunch. Dumbledore was there, which led everybody to think something really bad had happened. The head boy and head girl, next to him, looked pretty worried as well.

"My dear students, I'm afraid I have bad news for you. As you know, lots of muggle attacks have happened those past days. Yesterday, though, wizards have been hurt as well."

At those words, a shiver went through the students. The Gryffindor prefects, knowing what had happened to James Potter, looked even more worried.

"Aurors had word of an attacked planned yesterday, and they went in order to try to prevent it. They have been, however, outnumbered. Most of them have been hurt, some seriously. There are, thankfully, no victims, wizards or muggles."

Dumbledore's gave went through the students.

"The reason why I brought you here is because I want to warn you. The ministry thinks that a danger is growing. More and more attacks happen. We don't know yet who is responsible for them, but we have to be very careful. As prefects, your task is going to increase, as always in times of troubles. Watch your students. Don't do anything rash. And tell them that more than ever, (his gaze went on Lupin) it is dangerous to leave school anytime other than the Hogsmeade week-ends. This is all I have to say. Any questions?"

Lily's hand went up.

"Yes, Miss Evans?"

"Why didn't we hear about this attack in the paper?"

"The ministry doesn't want the wizard community to panic, and wanted to go further in the inquiries before talking about this incident in the paper. I personally don't think it's right, but I must ask you anyway to be discreet about this information for the time being. Any other question?"

Lily's hand went up again.

"Could we know who were the wizards involved yesterday?"

All the prefects held their breath at that moment. It was the question they all wanted, but didn't dare to ask. Dumbledore simply smiled.

"I'm afraid, Miss Evans, that I can't answer your question. If there isn't any other question, you can all leave."

The prefects all got up and left to the great hall, all wondering what exactly had happened that night.

Just before she entered the great hall, Lupin held her back.

"Evans."

"What?"

"I just wanted to make sure one thing. You probably connected the dots, and you know someone James knows was hurt yesterday."

"Thank you for thinking I am not completely stupid," Lily answered, coolly. "Could you please get to the point? I'm hungry."

"Just don't give him any hard time. Don't pick on him when he doesn't deserve it, OK?"

And, with those words, he left, leaving Lily stunned. She went to grab some food, and left right away.

"Where are you going?" Jemima called.

"I need to be alone for a moment. I'll see you in class."

She ran to her cave. This morning had been very weird, as Ellie said earlier. First, in the library - it looked so far away now -, then Potter's scene, and now what she had learned in the prefect meeting.

As she finally made it to her cave, she was stunned to see what was in it. The stag was here again.