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CHAPTER 5: THAT NIGHT
It was time to sneak out. Lily, Anne and Amanda came down into the common room ten minutes after the boys.
"Wow Lily! You look great!" James whispered and gave her a kiss. Lily and all of her friends were wearing jaw-dropping dresses that practically made the boys drool.
"Actually, we will have to take two trips down to passage to Honeydukes," Sirius told them. "Amanda, Anne, and I will go down first. The rest follow after us, Okay?"
Without waiting for an answer they went under the cloak and crept away.
"You ready Lily?" James asked.
"Yep. Oh yeah, they are going to play Muggle music, so you probably won't recognize it," Lily told him.
"Sure," Remus said, who was looking a little tense.
Lily looked at him a little oddly, but gave it no meaning.
"Let's go now guys," Wormtail said.
They walked down the stairs and to the passage by the statue.
Amanda, Anne, and Sirius were waiting with the Invisibility Cloak. Actually, Amanda was waiting, while Anne and Sirius were otherwise engaged.
"I see you've decided to be together!" Lily giggled.
Rachel took a beak from kissing Sirius to glare at Lily. Lily just laughed some more.
"Okay let's go," Moony said.
They went down the passageway. When everybody got to the end, James put on the Invisibility Cloak and checked to see if anybody was there. Well, they knew someone would be there, but they wanted to see whom. It turned out to be a girl.
"Padfoot, go to work," whispered Wormtail with an evil grin.
Sirius went up to the counter and started to flirt with the girl behind the counter. She was so fixed on his face that she didn't notice the other six people coming out of the door. When Padfoot could finally end the conversation, he came out with a grin.
"Man, they all just love me!" he smirked.
"If you're going to have that attitude, I might not date you!" Anne teased.
"Shutting up."
"Good boy."
The others were already walking down the road, with Lily leading the way. At the end of the road she stopped. They were standing in front of a building with lights and music pouring out of it. The music sounded very odd and they asked what it was.
"Let's go in!" she ordered.
"I agree," Remus agreed. They rushed in, glad that nobody was checking for WID's- Wizarding Identification Documents. Immediately Sirius and Anne started dancing and making out. Moony shyly asked Amanda to dance, and she accepted. James and Lily went off, leaving Wormtail to do what he wanted. Soon there was a girl dancing with him.
"Oh I love this song," Lily said, a smile lighting up on her face.
"It's…. nice" James said.
"You don't like it?"
"I don't know. It's only the first time I've heard it."
James kissed her softly on the lips. They took a breath and Lily smiled.
"See how nice I am when you aren't hexing people for fun?"
It was midnight and Hermione Granger was waiting nervously in the Gryffindor Common Room. The room was eerily silent without the chattering of the students and the crackling of the fire. It hadn't been so before, but when she was waiting for Harry alone, it seemed different somehow.
"Come on Harry, hurry up," she whispered to the dying fire. Right on cue, Harry appeared at the top of the stairs. He had a huge grin on his face.
"Are you ready Hermione?" he asked while he half-ran half-skipped down the stairs.
Hermione shook her head at the sight of him.
"Harry, we can't let anyone see us, especially your mum and dad. How would you feel if you saw a splitting image of yourself?" Hermione warned.
"Can we just get on with it?" Harry asked impatiently.
"Harry," Hermione warned.
"Okay. I really am listening," Harry said quietly.
"While I say the spell you have to think of when you want to see your parents. So we're going to think of your parents' sixth year. Okay?" Hermione asked.
"Got it."
"Grab on to my arm," Hermione ordered. Even under the circumstances, she still felt chills as his skin touched hers. "Now think of their sixth year. I'll say the spell."
Harry closed his eyes in concentration. He thought of how old his parents would look and how the common room would be. He thought of everything about them. Hermione thought of the pictures that Harry had shown them.
"Temporis rursus!" Hermione cried.
The room began spinning around them. Harry began to feel sick but he could not take his gaze off of the walls. Mustering his strength, he was able to close his eyes.
"Harry! Harry open your eyes!" Hermione whispered.
Harry did as she ordered, and looked around in shock. The common room looked exactly the same. It was a bit messier, but other than that it was identical to the one Harry, Ron, and Hermione used.
"I'll go check the dormitories. You check the girls', look for my mum, and I'll go to the guys' and look for my dad," Harry ordered.
"Okay."
Harry crept up the stairs, making sure that nobody saw him. When he got up to the room, he tiptoed around all of the beds, looking at the hair that peaked out of the covers. He didn't see any that looked like his.
Hermione was doing the same thing. After she had realized that Lily wasn't there, she looked around the dorm. There was a clock; it said that the time was half-past midnight. She sighed. Harry wouldn't be happy.
They came downstairs at the same time.
"She's not there," Harry guessed.
"No she's not. I'm so sorry."
Harry stood there looking into fading fire. Hermione thought she saw an angry tear drop.
Once again…. Less hyper! I didn't like the last sentence as much now; I thought it was rather confusing? Any questions? Comments? Review!