Thank you to all my reviewers and my newest one, Zippy-Wings. Sorry this chapter took so long, my little brother was experimenting with pop-up adds and it took my dad nearly three days to fix my computer. Welcome to chapter six!

Chapter Six

Dylan Evans and Ben Beeman

"Okay, so your story is that James left his Potions book in the Transfiguration classroom and you need the invisibility cloak to go get it? Is that correct?" asked Sarah.

James and Oliver both nodded vigorously.

"Well, I don't really need the cloak right now, but since you're obviously not telling truth and refuse to do so, you can use it tomorrow night," said Lily.

Oliver instantly began to protest, "Oh, come on, Lily! Ju-"

James clamped his hand over Oliver's mouth. "Relax," he said, "We're getting it; we can wait one day. Now let's go before Lily changes her mind."

Once a good ten feet away from the girls, Oliver said, "You know, you never did find your book."

"Shut up, Oliver," said James.

So right after their classes were over the next day (James was punished severely by Snape for not having his book), James and Oliver went and asked Lily for her cloak.

"Here it is," she said handing it to Oliver, "I don't want any damage done it, got it?"

"Alright, alright," said James hastily.

Lily and Sarah stood in font of the boys while they put the cloak on so nobody would see them disappear. James and Oliver fit comfortably under it. Sarah walked over to the portrait hole and opened it so they could leave.

"Where to?" asked Oliver, "We can do anything, we're invisible, we're free!"

"Okay, that was really cheesy," replied James as he pulled out the map, "I solemnly swear I am up to no good. Hmmm…I've got an idea! Let's go to Hogsmade!'"

"Hogsmade!" repeated Oliver, "You're insane! We're not sneaking off the grounds! And anyway, aren't there protection charms all around the school?"

"Not here, there's not," said James. He pointed to a statue about halfway down the third-floor corridor. "It seems that this passageway leads right into Hogsmade."

"Are you sure?" asked Oliver, peering over James's shoulder.

"Positive, c'mon, let's go!"

The two friends ran as fast as they could (which wasn't very fast, seeing as they had to stay hidden underneath the cloak) to the third-floor corridor.

"What do we do?" asked Oliver once they had reached the statue of the one-eyed witch.

James looked down at the map. Two ink figures, labeled James Potter and Oliver Weasley, were standing in front of the statue. James's figure seemed to be tapping the statue with his wand. A little speech bubble suddenly appeared next to his figure. The word inside it said, "Dissendium."

Making sure no one else was around; James pulled the cloak off Oliver and him. He took out his wand and tapped the statue.

"Dissendium," he said.

Suddenly, the statue's hump opened wide enough for one small person to fit through.

"Nice work," said Oliver as James tucked the invisibility cloak and map away.

"I'll go first," James said.

After walking down a long narrow passageway and up nearly two hundred fifty steps, the boys hit their heads on something hard.

"I think it's a trapdoor!" Oliver whispered excitedly.

Slowly, the boys pushed open the door and peered over the edge. They were in a small cellar filled with many wooden boxes and crates. They lifted themselves out of the passageway and replaced the trapdoor. They climbed up a set of stairs across the room. They reached a door at the top of the stairs and quietly slid through it.

They were behind the counter of Honeydukes. There weren't very many customers, about eight in total. The boys crept out from behind the counter and began grabbing all kinds of sweets: nougat, coconut ice, toffees, chocolates, Bettie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, levitating sherbet balls and tons of different special effect sweets like Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Pepper Imps, Ice Mice and sugar-spun quills.

When James and Oliver walked up to the counter to pay for their things, the shopkeeper asked, "Aren't you boy's Hogwarts students?"

James hesitated. "Er, no, of course not," he said, "We live here in the village, we're only ten; we won't be starting Hogwarts until next year."

"Do your parents know you're out right now?" asked the shopkeeper.

"Naturally," said Oliver, "But we have to be back by eight, so could you please hurry up?"

"Alright, I have one more question," said the shopkeeper as she began bagging the boys' sweets, "What are your names?"

"I'm, er, Dylan, er, Evans, yeah, Dylan Evans. And this is, er…" said James.

"Ben Beeman," Oliver butted in.

"Right," said James, "Good old Ben!"

The shopkeeper gave them an awkward look. "Whatever," she said.

James and Oliver paid for their sweets and left the store as quickly as possible and began walking up High St.

"Dylan Evans?" asked Oliver, "Where did that come from?"

"Evans was my grandmother's maiden name and Dylan just sort of slipped out," James replied coolly, "And what about you, Mr. Beeman?"

"Ben Beeman was my friend from muggle primary school, I had always liked his name," Oliver added thoughtfully.

"So," said James, "Where to now, Ben?"

"I dunno, how about Zonko's, Dylan?"

And the boys laughed themselves to the joke shop.

At around nine o'clock, "Dylan" and "Ben" put on the invisibility cloak and headed back to the trapdoor in the cellar of Honeydukes.

When the boys were about halfway back to Hogwarts, rocks began falling from the ceiling of the tunnel. Then, quite suddenly, the roof collapsed. James and Oliver ducked out of the way of the falling ceiling. The pathway was completely blocked.

"Bright idea going to Hogsmade, 'Dylan'!" cried Oliver.

"Calm down!" James shouted, "We've just got to find another way back to the castle."

"And how do you think we're going to do that?" asked Oliver.

"Let's get out of here first," said James and Oliver nodded.

Once safely under the cloak and outside of Honeydukes, James pulled out the Marauder'sMap.

"Hmm…the only other passageway I can think of is this one here," said James, pointing to a spot on the map.

"You know where that leads, don't you, James?" asked Oliver unsteadily.

James shook his head. Oliver pointed to the Shrieking Shack.

"Let's do it," said James.