The next morning, Lily awoke as soon as the sun's rays hit her face. Her emerald eyes flickered open; and she sleepily sat up and ran her fingers through her hair. Her fingers glazed something- her earring. Lily looked down at herself; she was still in her robes. They had gotten back so late she had forgotten to change into her nightgown. Lily remembered the events of last night. Why had James really been out? Now that she was fully awake could Lily see that his "Going for a walk" wasn't a sufficient answer. After all, why would James need to be invisible if he was just walking. Lily pondered this while changing into new clothes, then immediately stopped when she found herself dreaming of his eyes. Urgh Lily! What are you thinking! She dismissed the thought as soon as Mary started waking up.

"Good morning, Lily." Mary yawned. "Where were you last night?"

"Er, I got lost." Lily stuttered, but Mary didn't look like she believed Lily any more than Lily believed James.

"Right" Mary said, putting on her socks. Lily avoided her gaze and started putting up her hair. Only when she looked into her mirror, did Lily remember James' mirror. But unlike Lily's, it didn't show the looker's reflection; it had, in fact, showed someone else. Lily presumed that Sirius had another mirror just like James'. It must help with their pranking and misbehaving. Realization dawned on Lily. That's why he was out last night, a silly prank. Of course! She hoped it wouldn't be on Severus, but it probably was. They usually were. Lily finished dressing and exited her dormitory. James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter sat in the corner of the common room huddled over an old bit of parchment. Lily caught whispers of their conversation.

"Sorry I was late, got sidetracked." James was saying.

"I didn't notice." Remus said. "Besides this one wasn't so bad anyway."

"Hey" Sirius warned, nodding his head in Lily's direction. She turned away as soon as the rest of the boys whipped their heads up too. Lily exited the common room and almost ran to breakfast. She could hear James calling her name behind her. Lily couldn't believe she had been listening to them long enough for Sirius to notice. Lily quickly turned a corner and slid into a dark secret tunnel that was hidden by a statue of the Gryffindor lion. Those boys don't know everything. That thought cheered her up considerably; she smiled to herself as she crept down the hidden passage way.

Lily sped up. She didn't like going through the tunnel alone; Severus usually met her before breakfast and they would go through it together. Lily tried to dismiss her fear of the tunnel, but to no avail. Her darker thoughts crept up anyway and Lily imagined someone was behind her. But was she imagining? Weren't there footsteps? Lily spun around in the darkness. She could see no one behind her, but it was pitch black dark. Terrified, Lily sprinted on. She was half-way out of the passage when something brushed against her face and Lily stopped. It was only a spider web. Again, Lily started to run, but- SMACK!

Lily collided with something very hard. She fell backwards, but something caught her.

"Lily?" A voice said, probably the one holding her.

"James!" Lily recognized the voice. She pushed him away, but then caught herself being rude. And Lily definitely didn't want to be rude, but it was still James.

"Erm, thanks. What are you doing here?" Lily asked. Apparently those boys did know about the tunnel.

"Well, I saw you go in…" Maybe they didn't know about it, well until he saw her go in. "So I went in the other way." Or not

"Why?" Lily asked. She knew James had a thing for her; this could definitely be some stupid plan to get her alone with him. But she did not like him!

"Because a tunnel caved in the other day, this one could too. And there's a hole in the floor. Why were you running?"

"I thought I heard something. Or someone."

"Couldn't you see it was me?" James asked, surprised. "I didn't mean to scare you."

"I- " Lily stuttered. James wordless lit his wand. Light flooded the small passage and Lily realized exactly how close they had been standing. She also noted that they haven't even learned how to do nonverbal spells yet.

"Sometimes I forget." Lily finished, stepping back a bit.

"Forget what?" James asked.

"That I can do magic," Lily said.

"That must be irritating, forgetting what you can do." James sympathized. "Well," He was changing the subject now. "Let's get to breakfast." He started down the tunnel at a brisk pace. Lily lit her wand and followed. They walked silently for a while until Lily had a question, and she never could refrain from asking questions.

"That was an interesting mirror." She stated, hoping he would tell her about it.

"What mirror?" James asked.

"The mirror you talked to Sirius through. Last night…" Lily explained, eyebrows raised.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Lily." James said, speeding up.

"What? But you had it last night!" Lily caught up with him, but he stuck his arm out and stopped her from going any further.

"Stop!" James shouted. In front of her was a huge hole in the floor. Looking through it, she saw that if James hadn't stopped her, she would have fallen about three stories until she fell onto a staircase, that was if it hadn't already moved.

"Whoa! That definitely wasn't here the last time." Lily shrieked.

"It wasn't here last night!" James said; and then caught himself. He and Lily hadn't been through here last night; she would know he had gone out after she had gone to bed and that he wasn't taking a walk. After all, who in their right mind walks through creepy tunnels at night? Even James, popular as he was, couldn't make that seem sane.

"What happened?" Lily asked no one in particular, choosing not to press the walking matter.

"It doesn't matter. Maybe I can fix it." said James. He waved his wand and a brick wall appeared and covered the gap in the floor. James started to go across it, but Lily stopped him. She picked up a rock off the ground and tossed it on his brick wall. It crumbled and fell, crashing down past the staircase. About a minute later, they heard the impact of the bricks on the floor about ten stories below. Lily realized that she had just saved James from going splat along with the bricks, something that she would of wished on him only a few moments ago.

"Thanks" James weakly said, before regaining his composure.

"You try now." James instructed. She did, but with the same disastrous results as James'.

"That's what I thought." James sighed.

"Dark Magic." Lily confirmed. "How do we cross then?"

"We don't, we go back." James said, firmly. Just as he said this, however, a crash came from behind them. The entrance had apparently caved in. "New plan, you stay here and I'll go get help."

"What! No! I'm coming too!" Lily shouted. James was crazy if he thought she was going to stay in this death trap alone. "The other exit has already caved in, and I can't get across without help. What if- "

"I'll be back before 'What if.'" There was a flash of light and then James was gone. Lily imagined she heard the sound of hooves coming from in front of her.