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Chappie 11

No Running

"Come on, Lily," Shay said as she tugged her new friend down the dungeon stairs. "We have to get to class early so we can get a spot in the back!"

"But Maggie. . ." Lily trailed off. "Shouldn't we wait for her?"

"She's probably already down there," Shay told her. "Maggie loves potions."

"Yeah," Lily agreed with a smile. "She told me." Lily started hurrying as Shay pulled her faster. "Wait." She stopped in the middle of the staircase. "Why are we rushing if Maggie's probably already down there waiting for us? Wouldn't she get a spot in the back for us?"

This time Shay stopped and looked at her. It was one of those 'you're out of you mind' looks. "If Maggie had her way she would have her desk attached to Slughorn." She continued down the stairs. "We have to get there early to convince her to sit in the back. Trust me. It's the only way you and I will ever be able to survive this class. Unless, of course, you are out of your mind, like our dear Maggie, and actually like potions."

"No! Oh god, I hate potions. Don't ever mention it again!"

"Good," Shay yelled back over her shoulder, for, by now, she was at the door of the classroom and heading inside. "You're sane, just like the rest of us!"

Lily ran down the last flight of stairs and her momentum carried her running into the class; luckily there weren't many students there yet.

"Miss," said a large man sitting behind a desk at the front of the class, "I would advise you to never run into my classroom ever again, even if you're late."

"Sorry Professor, um . . ." Lily said because she was not entirely sure if people called him Slughorn to his face or not. By this time there were several students strolling in, so she walked quickly to where Shay was sitting in the back of the class.

"Sorry," Shay whispered as Lily walked up and set down her bag. "I should have told you. Slughorn doesn't like people who run."

"What?" Lily whispered back.

"I know," Shay continued to whisper. "He's weird like that. Just don't run anywhere near him."

"Okay," Lily whispered to Shay. "Why are we whispering?"

"I don't know," Shay answered back in a whisper. "I just like to." She paused and looked suspiciously around the classroom. She ducked quickly under the table and slowly came back up, her eyes constantly scanning the room. "Besides," she whispered, "you never know who's listening."

"Where's Maggie?" Lily asked in her normal voice.

Shay sat up and looked around the room again. "Hmm, that's weird. I don't know. She should be here by now." Shay grabbed her bag and opened it. She casually began to leaf though her papers and books, looking for something, when she started searching frantically. "Oh crap!"

"What's wrong?" Lily asked.

"Well, I was going to look for this paper that Maggie and I use to talk to each other in class, but now I can't find my potions book!" she replied. "I must have left it on my bed. Slughorn goes crazy if you don't have you book! I'm gonna di-"

"BRRRIIIIIIING!" the bell rang and Slughorn stood up.

"Welcome to a new year. . ." Slughorn began but Lily wasn't listening.

She dug in her bag and found her book. Underneath the table she shoved it into Shay's hands. "Here," she whispered.

Shay looked at her. "But now you won't-"

Lily waved her off.

". . . please open your books to Chapter 2, page 34," Slughorn continued. Everyone bent down to fish out their books, but Lily stood.

"Lily," Shay whispered frantically, "what are you doing? Sit down."

"No it'll be fine," she whispered back, "I'll go get your book and find Maggie."

"Ahem," Slughorn interrupted. He, and now the whole class, was looking at her. "Is there something you need?"

"Yes, Professor," Lily said demurely. "I seem to have left my potions book on my desk in my dormitory. I didn't realize that we would be needing it today, seeing as it's my first day and all. Can I go get it?"

Slughorn gave her an appraising look. "Ah yes, you must be Lily Evans. Fine. You have fifteen minutes to get your book and be back in this room. Every minute over that and that's how many points Gryffindor will lose."

"Thank you, Professor." Lily looked at her watch and started towards the door.

"Oh yes, and no running."

Lily closed the door and started running up the stairs. "Accio Shay's Potion book!" she said as she ran. She wasn't going to find Maggie if she didn't run, I mean come on, Hogwarts is huge. When she reached the entryway she was about to head up the stairs to the commonroom, but she saw a small doorway next to them.

'Hmmm,' Lily thought. 'I wonder where this goes?'

She looked down the corridor and noticed a suite of armor knocked down right in front of the entrance; as if someone had been going too fast too notice it and had just ran into it.

'Weird.'

Lily carefully stepped over the fallen knight and continued down the corridor. Lily took in her surroundings. The hallway was obviously not used very often; there was a fine layer of dust over everything, although if Lily looked close enough, she could see a new path through the grime. Someone had been here recently. Lily looked harder at the floor. The stones were worn down and there was a slight dip in the middle of the hall.

'This corridor was once used for something.'

She turned her attention to the ceiling. Large, dilapidated cravings decorated it.

'Lion, badger, raven, snake,' she thought. 'Always in that order. Lion, badger, raven, snake. But they're not the same carvings.'

And they weren't. In one the lion might be roaring and the next it sleeping, or the raven flying and then feeding its young.

'Wait, that one's not right. It has all of th-'

"Oof!" because at that moment Shay's potions book had hit her squarely in the back of the head. "Ow!"

"Who's there?" someone called from outside.

"Maggie!" Lily yelled.

"No, I'm Maggie. Who are you?"

Lily found the door to the garden and raced outside to find Maggie, potions book in hand. "I found you!" she screamed as she ran to embrace her friend.

Maggie wiped the sleep from her eyes. "What do you mean 'you found me'?" Maggie said irritably as she opened her eyes and noticed the potion book in Lily's hands. "Oh crap! Classes! I completely forgot! We're going to be so late! And we have Slughorn." She looked like she was about to cry.

"Don't worry," Lily told her. "I've got it covered. We've got," she looked at her watch, "well, only five minutes to get to the potions room. Let's go, I'll explain on the way." She grabbed Maggie's wrist as they took off sprinting down the deserted corridor.

". . . so we are totally going to get Jim- I mean Potter back!" She held a hand absently to the locket around her neck as she skipped down the stairs two at a time. "Hari came up with some really great ideas, but I have one in mind already." She cackled evilly.

"Good," Maggie said. "I'm in. Hey, Lily," Maggie hesitated, "do you like Hari?"

"Meh, he's nice. I don't 'like' him like him. I don't know. You two would be cute together though."

Maggie stopped and blushed. 'I was completely wrong.'

"Come on Maggie!" Lily called up to her friend who had stopped at the top of the last flight of stairs. "We have like ten seconds!"

Maggie grabbed the railing and slid down to the door. "Let's go!" She opened the door.

"Made it, Professor!" Lily said as she entered the room. "Oh and I found something else I forgot." She added as Maggie stepped in.

"That's fine, Miss Evans," Professor Slughorn replied with a smile. Lily and Maggie started to walk towards their table but Slughorn stopped them with, "Fifteen points from Gryffindor."

Lily turned on him. "Why?" she pleaded.

"Why, my dear Miss Evans? You ran."

WooHoo! This chappie done! Like it everyone? Hope you did! I'm so happy to see so many new reviewers! Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo much! I love you all!

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Trocle: Ah! A new reviewer! (Runs at Trocle and gives bear hug) Glad you like it!

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reader-not-a-reviewer: Sure you can have a poppyseed muffin! In fact why don't we all have one? POPPYSEED MUFFINS FOR ALL! This long enough or longer? Yeah I know what you mean about Lisa. Maybe I'll just push her off a cliff. :) ick! No coffee here. You can have hot chocolate though! (Hands steaming cup of hot chocolate filled to the top with marshmallows)

starnerd: Glad you like it, new reviewer! (Repeats Trocle debacle) Hey that rhymes! Jim is a nick name for James, my dad's name. So some people call little kids with the name James, Jimmy. (Do you get it?)

NJ MacReiley the Helpless Romantic: Another new reviewer! (passes out from all that running) Glad you like it! What's Fruits Basket?

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AlannaDragon: The reviews just keep getting longer and longer don't they:) Yep, I finished Eragon! It was great. I haven't found the time to start Eldest but I can't wait! I'll keep that thing about 'Eldest' in mind! What was that website? It didn't show up in your review, sorry! I don't think I've ever seen any of those movies! Are they good because so far you haven't steered me wrong! I've seen X-men 3! I loved it! I want wings! Ugh. Let's not talk about finals right now. Ugh! I hate finals! I'm going to be a sophomore so yeah, can't wait for that! Freshman year wasn't so bad. I even liked it! (except for stupid finals! Die finals DIE!) Hope you liked this chappie! Thanks for reviewing so much!

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