(A/N: Thanks for reviewing animelover, you're the only one who seems to be doing it. This is the fifth chapter. Please applaud. In this chapter, the Golden Trio and Marauders get a little more help than they had expected. Read it, to understand it and press the button that says 'review' and type! I'm begging all of you, now, please review! Continuing with the story…)

Harry, Ron, Hermione, James, Lily, Remus and Sirius walked out of the Headmistresses office and proceeded down to the Main Entrance, passing the broom cupboard that Malfoy was in. "Do you think we should help him?" asked Lily, under the Invisibility Cloak.

"Lily, I'm surprised, since when did you have a soft spot for Slytherins?" said James. "Wait, don't answer that." He sniggered.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked Lily angrily.

"Well, no offence, Evans," said James. "But you do kinda have a soft spot for Slytherins."

"Tell me the name of one Slytherin that I have been soft to," asked Lily.

"Snape," said James and Harry in unison.

"What?" asked James.

"Snape," said Harry. "He's coming this way."

"What do you me-," James was cut short as a tall dark figure with greasy hair approached them.

"Potter, where do you think you're going?" Snape sneered.

"I am going outside," said Harry coldly. "Is that a crime, now?"

"Potter, I wish you address me as 'Professor' or 'sir'," said Snape.

"After what you did, I don't even want to look at you," said Harry looking in another direction.

Snape glared at Harry and walked away. There was a moment of silence as Harry and the rest stood there. "Well, let's get going," said Lily nudging Harry's back. "We've only got seven months," she added trying to change the subject.

They walked on out of the Entrance Hall, past the gigantic hour glasses and out across the grounds. They looked around and saw students laughing, talking, and running around. The giant squid was floating in the middle of the lake, while a few brave students were swimming around it. A boy tried to climb onto the giant creature, but instead, was pushed off by a giant tentacle.

Before they knew it, Sirius banged into a huge gate. Lily giggled as she pulled him to his feet. They pushed open the gate and walked through it. Harry took a last glance at Hogwarts and walked on as James, looking at Professor McGonagall's map, was muttering silently while tracing his finger across it. Harry pulled off his cloak and pocketed it.

"Okay," James said, pulling off his Invisibility Cloak and putting it in his pocket. "We need to turn left once we get through Hogsmeade. Then we need to go through a Centaur Forest and then through Spider's Cave," he stopped to look at everyone's reaction.

Everyone looked calm except for Ron who was whimpering. "Why does it have to be spiders? Why does it always have to be spiders? Can't it be ladybugs or butterflies? We already met a giant spider four years ago. Why now of all times, do we need to go through a spider infested cave?" Everyone was now looking at Ron eyebrows raised as Hermione was patting his back and trying to calm him down.

Ron took a deep breath and looked around. "What's everyone looking at me for?" he asked. Everyone turned around and began walking through the streets of Hogsmeade. They stopped every now and then to look into the shop windows. As they walked in front Zonko's Joke shop, Hermione stopped. Remus, Sirius and Ron, who were walking behind her, bumped into her. "What's the hold up?" asked Sirius. "I just remembered, we didn't bring any clothes," said Hermione.

"Well, that's a bit of a problem," said Remus. He looked around. "How about we buy some clothes? There's a clothes shop over there." He pointed to a shop with mannequins at the window, wearing brightly coloured Muggle clothes.

"I didn't notice that shop before," said Ron looking at it.

"Maybe it just opened," said James. "Come on, I'm not gonna wear the same clothes for seven months." He walked over to the shop. The rest followed him.

James pushed open the door and walked inside. "Welcome to Muggle Wear for All Occasions," said a cool female voice from behind the counter. Harry and the rest nodded and each walked over to a rack and began looking trough the selection of clothing.

Fifteen minutes later…

Harry and the rest walked out of the shop, each carrying a bag or two. Hermione and Lily were looking into their bags and checking to see how many of them match. Remus, Ron and Sirius were talking excitedly while James walked side-by-side with Harry while looking trough the map.

"After the Spider's Cave, we need to go through Sleepy Valley and then," James paused and looked at the map again. "What's wrong?" asked Harry peering at the map. "Well, the map says, we need to go through a lake filled with Grindylows," said James.

"Can't we just go around it?" asked Harry.

"Afraid not, because the lake is surrounded by Devil's Snare," said James. "I guess someone doesn't want us to get to Ruby Mountains. But it's a risk for my future son." James smiled and put his arm around Harry's shoulder.

"Hey, look!" exclaimed Sirius. "I think that's Centaur's Forest." Sirius pointed to a thick gathering of trees.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious," said Lily rolling her eyes. "Next, you'll be saying the sky is blue."

"What do you mean?" asked Sirius but he blushed when he saw a sign. It said in big, black words, 'Centaur Forest. Enter at your own risk'. Everyone walked towards the forest. At the edge of the forest, they stopped. "Centaurs hate humans," said Lily. "There have been stories of murders in this forest. Evidence at the scene says that the victims were kicked or trampled to death by centaurs." Everyone looked at her. "I just thought you all had to know," Lily said shrugging.

They jumped as they heard a twig break. They all held their breath. A centaur came from the shadows. But this centaur wasn't big, mature and had a surly face. Instead, it looked as though it was a teenager and was smiling at them. The centaur stopped in his tracks as he looked at Harry and the rest. They looked at each other for awhile.

"Umm, hi," said the centaur. "I'm Jason. Who are you and what are you doing here?" the centaur asked happily.

"I'm…I'm…I'm," Harry found himself stuttering again.

"I'm James, this is Harry, Hermione, Ron, Remus, Sirius and Lily," James said still looking at the centaur named Jason. The rest of them smiled or waved nervously.

"And we're here because we want to go to Ruby Mountains," said Lily walking towards Jason but stopping beside James.

"Ruby Mountains?" asked Jason. "I know a short cut to Ruby Mountains."

"Does your short cut involve going through Spider's Cave?" asked Ron timidly.

Jason shook his head. "It crosses Spider's Cave but you don't need to go in it," he said. "But you still need to go through Sleepy Valley and the rest." Ron gave an audible sigh of relief.

"Could you lead us?" asked Harry.

"Of course," Jason replied. "Mind if I follow you all the way? I have to meet my dad there. He works for Ollivander, gathering up phoenix tail feathers for his wands. So, anyway, can I?"

They all nodded and Jason smiled and turned around. "Follow me," he said galloping slowly through a few trees and looking behind, waiting for them. They all walked behind Jason, looking at the trees and plants they passed. After what felt like half an hour, they heard a rustle in the leaves. "Jason? Jason?" they heard a female voice say. "Where are you?"

Harry and the rest looked at Jason who was now blushing as a female centaur with blonde hair, wearing what looked like a white tube top, approached them. "Jason," the female centaur said. "Why did you run off like that? I already said you needed my help to get to Ruby Mountains." The female centaur suddenly noticed Harry and the rest were there.

"They're with me, Audrey," Jason said, still blushing. "I'm helping them to get to Ruby Mountains." The female centaur named Audrey looked at Harry and the rest and a smile came upon her face. "Well, what are we waiting for?" she said looking at Jason, whose face was now scarlet. "Let's get going. What's wrong Jason?" she suddenly asked looking at Jason's face.

"No-Nothing," Jason replied looking away. "It's a long way to Ruby Mountains, we'd better get started now or we'll be…um…late?" Jason added. Audrey shrugged and walked side-by-side with Jason, holding on to his arm and leaning her head onto his shoulder. Jason gave a nervous laugh and continued walking. "What's up with him?" asked James whispered to Harry. "What do you mean?" asked Harry. "Well, he stutters when he sees Audrey," whispered James. "Isn't it obvious, Potter?" asked Lily, startling them both. "He stutters blushes and acts all goofy when he's with her. He reminds me of you, Potter," said Lily triumphantly as James blushed. "He's in love," she whispered quietly.

James, face still red, opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when all of them suddenly heard loud rustling noises around them. They froze and looked at all directions. Audrey looked frightened while Jason looked pale, not because of the noise but because he felt Audrey's grip tightened around his arm.

An arrow shot past the trees and hit a tree, centimetres from Ron's head. Ron whimpered. Suddenly, centaurs clutching bows and arrows appeared from the shadows of the trees, surrounding them.

"Jason, how dare you let humans into our forest?" one of the centaurs asked angrily.

"I'll let whoever into this forest who I think is trustworthy," said Jason.

"HUMANS ARE NOT TRUSTWORTHY, JASON!" a teenage centaur roared. "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT? AND HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM HER!" The centaur pointed at Audrey who now looked shocked. James, looking taken aback, opened his mouth to say something.

"You have no right to yell at him like that, Bryant," Audrey said angrily. All of the centaurs looked at her, each with an expression with great discomfort as they realised who had said that. Audrey glared at all of them, looking determined. There is no way she can fight a dozen armed centaurs alone Harry heard a voice in his head say.

"Harry, how are we going to get out of this mess?" whispered Hermione.