Chapter 18-

John and Lily continued down the tunnel until they came to a large, dark room. The floor was slippery as they walked across the floor. A small light was coming from the other side of the room.

"Over there!" John shouted and pointed in the direction.

"Shut up." Lily hissed at him and covered his mouth. Something was moving in the corner.

John stopped and looked over to see a large, dark figure moving. It was standing up.

"What is it?" John asked quietly. Lily shook her head.

"I don't know but it smells like wet dog." She covered her nose as it stood up. She took out her wand and whispered Lumos. Light flooded from the end as she pointed in the direction of the figure.

Both John and Lily fought down the urge to scream and run.

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Erica opened her eyes slowly and saw she was in a dark room lighted by a small light in the corner. She tried to move but couldn't. It felt as if her bones were broken.

"Try not to move. You're the only way to destroy Potter, and it would be a waste to kill you now." A voice said from close to the light. The voice was quiet and menacing.

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"Puffy?" John asked rather loudly to the three headed dog.

It was Puffy, only older now. Still not the size of Fluffy but still large enough to scare even an adult.

"John, move it!" Lily grabbed the neck of his robes and swung him aside. One of the heads of Fluffy had just snapped at him. The teeth were bared and it snarled at them.

Lily looked back over at the small light now the next corridor. "How do we get past her?" She asked to mostly herself as John was preoccupied with what the three heads of Puffy were doing.

"We have to distract her." Lily said as she looked back up at Puffy. John stood up straight and walked up near Puffy. "Puffy. Don't you remember me? I saw you when you were little, remember?" He looked up at Puffy but started backing away as Puffy started growling and started moving closer to him.

"Ok, maybe not." John ran behind Lily. Lily gulped as Puffy drew nearer.

Her bent down on her paws getting ready to jump. Lily and John braced themselves for the claws and teeth as they stopped against the opposite wall.

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"Why do you need to destroy Lily?" Erica asked as her tried cautiously to sit up. The voice talked again only with a bit more humor to it.

"She has something I want." The voice said with much satisfaction.

"But do you have to kill her then?" Erica started feeling more confident now as she sat up against the damp wall.

The voice laughed. "I want revenge." The voice was more eerie then before.

Erica shivered at the last sentence as darkness swept over her vision and she fell back to the floor.

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As Puffy jumped she yelled and held back as a long, chain that was tied around her neck pulled her back.

Lily put her wand in front of her to see Puffy still in the same corner only lying down now. "Why is she tied up if she's suppose to be guarding something?" Lily looked next to her to see John with his eyes closed and hands over face.

"John." Lily said and shuck his arm. "It's okay. We're fine." She stepped away from the wall and headed closer to the next corridor where the faint light was coming from.

John removed his hands and opened his eyes slowly. When he saw there was no danger he quikly jogged to catch up with Lily as they started down to the next dark, and dank room.

Author note: I'm so sorry I've havent updated in forever. I've prob. Lost some readers but im really sorry. I had writers block then I have school and driver's ed and lots of other stuff, so please forgive me. -phoenix