"I am so dead…. I'm sure I failed that…." Natsu sighed, slouch walking out of the test hall. "Oh don't be like that Natsu. I'm sure you did fine." Lucy smiled, trying to cheer him up. Gajeel and Gray just kept on walking not saying anything, trying to refrain themselves from how wrong Lucy could be.

"How'd you guys do in Healing?" Gray asked, looking at his team mates. "Wendy's an amazing teacher. In fact, my practical went off without a hitch! To think that I could actually be a wizard that can heal! I think I'm really beginning to climb the power ladder." Lucy smirked, flicking her hair with her hand. "Really? Cause apparently everyone I talked to couldn't ace it." Gray told her. "Maybe it's because we're from the same world as her." Natsu suggested. "Maybe." Lucy agreed.

"What about Requip?" Natsu asked. "I heard Gajeel ate the things he summoned…" Gray snickered, everyone turning their heads to Gajeel, smiling a bit giving him a cynical look. Gajeel just coughed and straightened up his posture. "I didn't have breakfast this morning…" He muttered. "Uh huh…" Gray snarked, as they kept on going. "Erza's probably gonna be furious." Natsu snickered.

"The theory in Transfiguration was a bit tough I must admit." Lucy admitted. "Luckily Mira taught us beforehand when we wanted to learn Transformation. I didn't know that it was the same theory to be honest…" She smiled.

"But potions was the cake for me. I forgot every ingredient in the Forgetfulness Potion!" Natsu whined. "Well, if you studied, then you might have gotten it." Gray sighed. "Well I did great at Astronomy! Thanks to my friends." Lucy smiled, patting her keys.

The four stopped, and looked up. Faint sweet music came from outside the school grounds. They looked around the corner of the doorway that lead to Hagrid's hut, and stepped forward, quite surprised. He was swaying to his recorder, the music mystical and fantasy-like. It probably wasn't the best thing they heard, but they were enchanted by it.

"I didn't know Hagrid played music." Natsu hummed, leaning forward a bit surprised. "And we didn't know that the school had a Cerberus, a Nightmare Forest, and an All-Powerful Stone. This has to be the least surprising thing here." Gray told him, putting Natsu a bit down, grumbling.

"Let's say hi. We haven't seen him in a while." Lucy suggested, clapping her hands together. "Sure! Haven't talked to the guy all year." Gray agreed. Gajeel just shrugged and mumbled a sure. "Right, let's go then!" Lucy smiled going down the path, everyone following behind.

"Hey Hagrid!" Lucy waved once she was in ear reach of Hagrid. "Oh hello! What are you four doing here?" Hagrid asked, putting his recorder down. "We just finished our last paper. Then we heard you play." Gray smiled, hands in his pockets. "Nice tune by the way." Natsu grinned, putting his thumbs up. "Yeah, I could set some sweet tunes to that." Gajeel smirked, folding his arms into la la land. Everyone groaned and chuckled awkwardly to the statement of Gajeel.

"Oh, also, I have important information for you." Everyone hummed a short hm, as they turned back to Hagrid. "Harry, Hermione, and Ron. They know about the Stone. And they know how to get past Fluffy." Everyone gasped silently, knowing what this could mean. "Wait, who's Fluffy…?" Natsu asked, first time ever hearing that name. "The Cerberos." Hagrid answered.

"Pft! Pffffffffft! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Who names a ferocious animal a cute name?! It's like giving a dragon the name Pink Sparkle Glitter Tutu Princess! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Natsu was rolling on the floor, banging his fists uncontrollably. Everyone just rolled their eyes and ignored the laughing maniac.

"Anyway, please keep an eye on them for me. Now that they know, they may try do something foolish." Hagrid asked of them. "We'll do our best. We'll find them now!" Lucy confirmed nodding. Lucy ran back up with Gajeel following behind. "Come on Dragon Breath! Time to get a move on!" Gray yelled as he ran past, pulling Natsu's collar with him. "WOAH!" Hagrid watched them jolt up the stairs, taking two steps at a time. He sighed heavily and began to play again.

The four ran everywhere looking for Harry, Ron, and Hermione. "Natsu, do you smell them?" Lucy asked him as they ran through. "Yeah, they were definitely through here…"

"We have to see Professor Dumbledore immediately!" A young boy's voice asked urgently. Natsu jolted into a stop, holding his friends back. He gave them a shush, and signalled them to hide behind the wall separating the courtyard and hall outside Professor McGonagall's office.

"Professor Dumbledore is not here. He received an urgent owl from the Ministry of Magic and left immediately for London." A soothing old lady's voice explained.

Everyone looked at each other as they listened, confused as to why Dumbledore had left all of a sudden. Gajeel could probably take a wild guess as to why.

"He's gone?! But this is important!" The boy pleaded. "It's…. It's about the Philosopher's Stone."

There was a bit of silence after that. Natsu stood up a bit, only seeing the top of everyone's heads. Just barely.

"How did you…?"

"Someone's going to steal it!"

"...Well, I don't know how you three found out, but I can assure you the Stone is perfectly well protected. Now would you go back to your dormitories. Quietly." The lady asked, emphasizing on the word 'Quietly.'

Shuffled footsteps came closer to the door of the classroom. Natsu sharply flexed down, head nearly hitting the ground. "What's going on?" Lucy whispered, leaning towards Natsu. "They're coming out." Natsu whispered back, putting his finger on his mouth to shush everyone.

As soon as they turned down the hall, they stopped to talk about the matter. The four spying on them slowly lifted their heads above the sill to see what was going on. "That was no stranger Hagrid met. It was Snape! Which means, he knows how to get past Fluffy." Harry argued, determined Snape was behind this.

Natsu snorted a bit at the name. Harry, Ron, and Hermione looked at the sills, swearing that they heard something. But no one was there. "Anyway…" Harry continued, looking back at his friends.

Meanwhile, behind the sill, Gray, Lucy, and Gajeel gave Natsu an irritated look. It was lucky they ducked down in time, or they could have been in hot water. They slowly peeked their heads back up, looking at the three again.

"We need to do something about it!" Harry said sternly. "And with Dumbledore gone-" Hermione started.

"Good afternoon." A deep, monotone voice slithered in their ears. Everyone turned their attention to the person behind the three Gryffindors. "Now what would three young Gryffindors like yourselves be doing inside…." Harry stepped forward and gave him a look, knowing all the things that Snape had done. "On a day like this?" Snape finished. He snapped his eyes to Hermione, who began to stutter for an excuse. Snape raised his eyebrows, wanting an answer. "We were just-" Hermione tried to explain, before Snape cut her off again.

"You ought to be careful. People will think you're…." Snape eyed Harry, who wasn't backing down with his stare, giving him a slow distrustful squint. He darted his eyes to the four hiding students, who all froze at his cold gaze.

"Up to something…" He finished, still looking at them.

The three once again turned around, but the four ducked back down in time. Harry turned back to Snape, who was already making his way down the corridor. His robe flowing with every step he made.

"Now what do we do?" Hermione whispered, leaning over to Harry. "We go down the trapdoor. Tonight." Harry decided. The Fairies' eyes opened wide with caution, and scuttled off to the side without hesitation to tell Mavis of what they overheard.

"See, I knew we should have stopped them after they went to deep!" Gray yelled after them, as they twisted through the halls. "But if we did, then they would have been suspicious of us! Dumbledore said he would take care of it!" Lucy yelled back, jolting up the stairs. "But he's not here! So now what?!" Natsu groaned, following around the corner. "What else dumbass?! We tell First and Seventh what's going to happen tonight!" Gajeel growled, running straight behind them.

THUD!

"Ah!"

"Ooof!"

Lucy rubbed her head, groaning a bit. "Ow ow ow ow ow…" She muttered. "Lucy, are you alright?!" Gray asked, helping her up. "Yeah, I'm alright. What about-" Lucy looked up to see who she ran into, and widened her eyes with guilt.

"Professor Quirrell! I'm so sorry!" Lucy apologized, bowing over and over again. "P-p-please w-wa-watch wh-where y-y-you a-a-a-are ru-r-running M-Miss H-Hea-Heartfilia. A-A-And n-no r-ru-running i-in th-the ha-halls." Professor Quirrell scolded, picking up his books and standing up. "Y-Yes! Of course Professor! It won't happen again." Lucy promised, giving a final bow. "S-s-since it's th-th-the e-end of th-the y-y-year, a-and y-you a-a-are in m-my house M-M-Miss H-H-Heartfilia, I-I w-w-will l-le-let y-y-you o-o-o-off w-wi-with a wa-wa-warning. P-P-Please s-s-sustain fr-fr-from ru-ru-running ag-again." Lucy nodded and gave a bow. "T-Thank you Professor!" Lucy bowed, and stayed down as Professor Quirrell walked past her.

"S-S-Same t-t-to y-you th-th-three." The Professor scanned his index finger to the three male students, who all nodded vigorously. "G-Good." Professor Quirrell nodded, and walked past Natsu. As he did, Natsu's head jolted up and swiftly turned his head to the Professor, who disappeared down the stairs.

"Natsu." Gray noticed with caution. "Yeah." Natsu nodded. "Let's get going to the First." Lucy said with that same look and caution as Gray. Everyone nodded, looking down the hall Quirrell disappeared down, and ran up the stairwells.

"And you're certain it's tonight?" Mavis asked, her hand supporting her chin. Lucy nodded, the three boys by her side. "Hm, I'll admit, it's a bit later than I expected…." Mavis muttered. "Well Master Mavis, what should we do?" Makarov asked Mavis, looking at her. "We must go according to the plan." Mavis said with determination. She looked at the four students.

"The teachers will get you as far as you can under the trap door. But you must fight yourself. Everyone in this school knows their magic, so they cannot fight against who we think is down there. Only you four can fight. Do you four up there understand?" Mavis called, looking at the first level balcony.

"Seems fair. After all, we do teach our specialised magic." Erza agreed, leaning on the first level balcony. "Erza! How long were you there?" Lucy asked, looking at her. "We were reading the restricted books, and then we heard you come in." Levy explained as she came from behind Erza, adjusting her glasses.

"There was a lot of information in those books. But nothing that really stood out." Wendy called down. "But anyway, you want us to help them through the trapdoor?" Mira repeated. "Yes. That is the plan." Mavis confirmed. "We will move at midnight."

At Midnight

"Where's Natsu?" Lucy paced nervously up and down the room, her hand covering her mouth. "I'm sure he has a reason." Mavis stated calmly, but she was also a bit worried why Natsu was late.

"Guys!" Natsu came bursting through the door, as if something big happened. "Natsu! Where were you?!" Erza scolded, hands firmly on her hips. "No time! Harry, Ron, and Hermione are on the move! They JUST paralyzed Neville with Petrificus Totalis because he confronted them! They're on their way to the Third Corridor as we speak!"

Everyone snapped at Mavis, waiting for her next move. "I wasn't expecting them to move this fast! But luckily I thought of another strategy in case. You four will help guide everyone through the trapdoor from the fourth floor with Makarov. We can't risk too many people in there at once." The four teachers nodded in understandment and made their way to the fourth floor immediately. "As for you four, you know what to do." Mavis nodded at them, who all nodded back.

A golden glow came from their hands, their white cloaks falling into their hands. They turned swinging their arms around their bodies, clicking the capes in. As they walked out, they could feel the magic of their cloaks flowing into their bodies. They could feel their bodies changing with every passing second.

They stood outside the Third Corridor door, looking at the wooden obstacle. "This is it. You guys ready to take on what's down there?" Lucy asked, looking from side to side. "That's what Fairy Tail does best doesn't it?" Natsu grinned, punching his fists.

Lucy smiled and nodded, looking back at the door. "Alright. Here goes nothing." Lucy sighed. As they opened the door, the same, hollowed sound bounced off the walls, the hallway dark as ever.

"Good luck everyone." Mavis whispered as everyone stepped in, the door closing automatically as the last person entered, with a soft click.