Due to the unfortunate circumstances that Arabella was faced with, she did not leave her room for anything or anyone that night. So, at dinnertime, Lily and Blue went downstairs to speak to Luke Darwin, and to get Arabella some food.

"What exactly do you have in mind Lil?" Blue asked cautiously as they approached the hall. Lily put her hand on Blue's arm and pulled her gently aside.
"I can't tell you the whole plan right now," she said, glancing at a few students sauntering past.
"But I can tell you that in order to speak to Luke, you have to go over to the Slytherin table and talk to him."
"Me! Why?" Blue gaped.
"Because it'll be extremely obvious if I walk over there. They'll know that something's up. Because you're new, we have the advantage."
"Oooo your clever. So what do I do then?" she asked, sounding interested.
"You might not like this, but it's the only way." Lily paused for a second before Blue shook her.
"Tell me!"
"Luke's friends with Snape and Malfoy so you have to get to know them, the Slytherin people, in order for us to take full revenge. Be our inside person for as long as you can."
"When you say as long as you can, you mean a few days, right?" Lily looked away and Blue felt goose bumps creep up her back.
"It might take a little longer, maybe a few weeks longer," she whispered.
"No! Absolutely not, if they find out-"
"They won't," Lily assured her, but it wasn't helping.
"What makes you think they're going to accept the fact that a Gryffindor just happily strolled across to their table and wanted to make friends, huh?!"
"Tell them anything you need to. I have faith in you." Blue shivered. She remembered that that was the exact same thing that Arabella had said to her before Blue's plan had totally backfired. Well it didn't backfire; she just never got the chance to put it into action.

"I don't like this Lil, not one bit," Blue moaned as she walked inside. Lily walked directly behind her.
"You'll be fine. When you're done, meet me in our dorm." Blue turned to look at her, and she smiled sweetly. The exact kind of smile you get from a relative while you're on death row. As Blue approached the Slytherin table, she could see lots of people looking puzzled as they watched her move. Blue frantically searched for Luke Darwin among the smug looking Slytherins, and when she found him sitting alone, she was extremely relieved. Blue pulled up a chair and sat opposite him. He was totally unaware of the fact that she was even there. It was only when she coughed, that he looked up.

"Hello," Blue smiled. He stared at her with his dark brown eyes and Blue swallowed hard.
"Hi," he said back, very blankly.
"I just came to- well I was wondering- I was-"
"Is there any particular reason why you came all the way over here?" he asked her.
"I came to say thank you," Blue finally managed to say.
"For what?"
"This afternoon. For breaking my fall," Blue said quietly.
"Yeah well, it's every guy's dream to have a cute girl crash into him." He smiled and his dimples made him look so innocent.
"Are you okay?"
"Not to bad. One broken rib that as you can see was fixed, a cut mouth and a bruised ego. Other than that I'm fine." Blue was finding it more and more enchanting talking to Luke and she thought if this continued the way it was going; she wouldn't have a problem finding out what she needed.

"I thought you were in Gryffindor," Blue said suddenly.
"No, always been in Slytherin. I went to the wrong Quidditch practice though. So sorry to disappoint you, but if you're in the team, I'll be flying against you."
"No problem, I'm looking forward to out next entanglement." He paused for a moment while pushing a few peas around on his plate.
"Now can I ask you a question Blue, it is Blue right?" he said mysteriously.
"Yes."
"Why did you really come over here?" she stared at him, and for a few moments, was completely stuck for words.
"You got me. I need tutoring," she said, slapping her hands on the side of her thighs, while Luke looked extremely confused.
"What?" he coughed in mid-sip of his pumpkin juice.
"Well, you're a very good flyer and if I make the Quidditch team, I thought you might-"
"No," he said very bluntly, lowering his head.
"Why?" Blue asked confused.
"I won't give you lessons, I can't," he said not taking his eyes of his food.
"If it's because I'm in Gryffindor-"
"Of course it's that. Besides, look who you're friends with, and look who I'm friends with." Blue felt as if he'd voiced her own feelings.
"Does that really matter?" she said touching his hand. He looked up at her and smiled.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," Luke sighed and as he lifted his head and gave her a nod.
"Thank you," she said as got up to walk away.
"You know what?" she said, turning around to face him. "You're the nicest Slytherin I've met so far."
"I'll take that as a complement." He grinned back at her.

As Blue walked away she exhaled loudly and went off to find Lily to tell her the good news.
"So? What happened?" Arabella asked anxiously as Blue entered the room.
"Well at least I don't have to stick with him 24/7," she sighed, collapsing on her bed.
"Is that a good thing?" Arabella said, turning to Lily.
"Why? What did you say?" Lily asked enquiringly.
"Well all I can say is that now, he's giving me flying lessons," she smiled sarcastically.
"That's good," Lily commented.
"Why's that good?" Arabella said, now really confused.
"Well, according to Lil, the more time I spend with Luke, the more I'll get to know about his friends and the more he tells me, the more dirt I have on them-"
"And the more dirt we have on them, the sweeter our revenge will be! Okay I get it now," Arabella said finally.
"Quite good if I do say so myself," Lily smirked as she put her hands on her hips.
"He caught me totally off guard though, and I really thought it wasn't going to work."
"Good thinking Blue. Now you can spend as much time as you need with him. You just have to make the team, otherwise there's no point in him giving you lessons."
"You've got this all planned out, don't you Lil."
"That's why I'm the brains of this outfit!" They all laughed and it was followed by a deep silence.

"I don't feel right about using Luke like this though," Blue said suddenly. "He's so sweet and I don't think he'd be very happy if he found out what I'm doing to him."
"Blue, darling. Don't think of I that way. Snape and Malfoy made the biggest idiot ever out of me. We're not doing anything at all to Luke cause he's totally unaware that he's helping us." Arabella said believingly.
"I guess you're right," Blue tried to convince herself.
"I just want to thank you for doing this," Arabella smiled at Blue.
"My pleasure, I'm still really sorry for the whole Sirius thing. If I had just told him, none of this would've mattered."
"I'm sorry for ever thinking you could've done such a thing to me."
"Hey I forgive you. What are friends for?" Blue shrugged. "Now I need some sleep. I have a feeling tomorrow's going to be a long day."


*Author's Notes* I can't believe I've finally finished another chapter! :) I've had serious writers block for a while, but I was so inspired by everyone's reviews, so all I can say is, thank you!! I hope you guys like it! :)