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Chapter 4

"...100," Remus said with a sigh as he walked out of the Common Room. He walked down the stairs, passing up the 6th floor. He didn't think Sirius was thick enough to hide in the same place twice. He headed instead for the library.

Tifa, Aria, and Mohalia were all hiding behind a huge shelf in the library, in the Transfiguration section. They all ducked down as Remus walked in and looked around. He didn't see anyone, but he continued to walk around. He passed by the Potions sections, the Charms section, and the Archiving section without seeing anyone, but when he rounded the corner, he saw Aria's head sticking out from behind a shelf. He slowly walked over there and saw all three of them, looking the opposite way. He smiled and tapped on Tifa's shoulder.

Tifa spun around, clutching her chest. "Good lord, Remus, you scared the heck out of me!"

"Sorry, Tifa," he said, trying not to laugh. "Now, let's go get Sirius, James, and try to find Lily." They all nodded and followed him.

"I'll go down to the Entrance Hall, and you three go back to Gryffindor Tower. Something tells me that Sirius may already be there." They set off, and he walked down to the Entrance Hall while pulling a worn-out piece of parchment from his robes and tapping it, muttering, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good,". He walked up to James and handed it to him.

James grabbed the map from Remus and scanned it quickly. "She's not on the 7th floor...Or the 6th...Or the 5th...Or the 4th...She's not in the library...She's not on the 3rd or 2nd floor..." He broke off and spun around. "She's in here!" he said, wrenching open the door.

Lily gazed up at James with wide eyes. About time, she thought.

"What are you doing, Lily?" James asked, seeing her on the floor in that awkward position. Lily glared at him.

"Prongs, dummy, she's been jinxed," Remus said. He pulled out his wand again and muttered the counterjinx. Lily stood up, rubbing her neck.

"Thanks, Remus," she said, standing close to James.

"Who did this to you?" James demanded angrily, although he thought he already knew the answer.

"Who do you think, James?" Lily said almost as angrily.

"Mohalia," James growled. He grabbed Lily's hand. "C'mon!" he said. "I'm gonna give Mohalia a piece of my mind!"

"No, James," Lily said, causing both boys to stare in awe at her. "You can't say anything about this. That's what she wants. Just go along with me."

"But-" James started, but Lily held up a hand.

"Just trust me. Act like you found me on the second floor."

James sighed, but said defeatedly, "Okay, Lils. Whatever you say." So the three of them ran up the stairs to Gryffindor Tower. James grabbed Lily's hand, and she gave him a reassuring smile. Then they walked into the Common Room.

"Oh, good, James. You found Lily!" Tifa said brightly.

"Yeah," James said. "She was on the--er--second floor when I found her."

"Oh, okay, then," Aria said. No one seemed to have noticed that Mohalia had dropped the glass of water she was holding and was glaring, open-mouthed at Lily and James.

"I'm it now," Tifa said. She held open the portrait and everyone walked out. Remus stayed with Lily and James, who went down to the dungeons, Sirius went to the 6th floor, Mohalia went, sulking, to the library, and Aria went and hid in the girl's bathroom on the 5th floor.

"Why are we going into the dungeons?" Lily said, after they had passed 4 Slytherins who all hissed, "Mudblood," when she walked by.

"You'll see when we get there," was James's only reply. Even Remus refused to give her any information. She sighed and allowed herself to be dragged deeper into the dungeons by James. Finally, they reached another corridor, and this one was covered with portraits of food. James approached one of a basket of fruit and tickled the pear. It let out a shriek of laughter, and the painting popped open.

James grinned. "Welcome to the kitchens, Lils," he said before gesturing into the room. Lily walked inside and gasped. There were house-elves everywhere, looking at them. She stepped over to get a better look, and James and Remus stepped in.

"Yes, it is neat, isn't it?" Remus said with a wry grin.

"It's amazing!" Lily said, looking around.

"Excuse me," James was saying to one elf. "Can we get something to drink and some treacle tarts?" All at once, about 7 elves came carrying a tray with a plate of treacle tarts and three goblets of pumpkin juice. They stopped right in front of them, and James picked up the trat.

"Thank you," Lily said, as they bowed to them and scurried off. Lily took her goblet from James as Remus did, and James started eating treacle tarts.

"So," Remus said. "Tell me all about what happened today."

Lily sighed, then launched into the tale about how Mohalia had put her under the Full-Body Bind and stuffed her in a broom cupboard. When she was done, James told them about how she had kissed him. He crushed the treacle tart that was in his hand to pieces when he was done.

Lily glared into space. "I'm going to kick that little tramp's a-"

"Now Lily," Remus cut in. "Calm down. James loves you, you love him, and I think that it would take more that Mohalia Patil to come between you two."

"Moony's right, Lils," James said, squeezing her hand. "Now, c'mon, let's get back to the game." With that, they handed the tray back to an elf and walked out of the kitchens, out of the dungeons, and into the Entrance Hall. They looked around, and when they didn't see anyone, they ran up the stairs to the 4th floor. They could see Tifa lurking around near the bathrooms, and chanced running up the stairs. She heard them, however, and ran after them. They all took cover behind a statue on the 6th floor, and Tifa walked into the girl's bathroom. They quickly ran up to the Fat Lady's portrait and saw Sirius standing there, grinning.

"How in the world do you get here every single time?" Lily asked.

"I'm just good like that," Sirius said. The truth was that Sirius transformed into 'Padfoot' everytime, giving him more places to hide as he was somewhat smaller, but he would never admit that.

They all stood there, waiting, and after a few minutes, Mohalia and Aria came running up the stairs, followed by a panting Tifa.

"Dang it!" Tifa yelled as Mohalia and Aria reached the rest of them. "Now I have to break up Alice and Frank's snogging session," She looked disgusted at the thought.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Didn't you know? Aria and I caught them snogging in the library the very first round of this game. I thought Alice would have told ya'll,"

"Yeah, Alice was gonna tell everyone that she and Frank were snogging, and I'm going to be framed for murder and thrown into Azkaban in a few years," Sirius said with a snort. Everyone laughed except Lily, who rolled her eyes and groaned.

Just then, Frank and Alice walked up the stairs, holding hands. Tifa sprinted up to them and hit Frank on the shoulder.

"HAH! You're it!" she said triumphantly. Alice glared at Tifa, but reluctantly let go of Frank's hand.

"Aww, Tifa, how could you? Now Alice and Frank can't go off alone and snog in some corner somewhere," Sirius said with a grin. Frank flushed and Alice turned beet red. Everyone laughed, and Frank ignored them as best he could, going into the Common Room and starting to count. James and Lily quickly ran off to the library, Aria, Tifa, and Alice headed to the Entrance Hall, Sirius ran to the 6th floor, and Mohalia made to go to the 3rd floor, but Remus stopped her.

"Mohalia, hide with me. We need to talk," he said simply.

A/N: I know it was a sucky place to stop, but I'm about to leave and wanted to update before I did. You should have another update in 3-4 days. Please review, I LOVE suggestions and critisism!!!!!!

Jonni