A/N: So, it's Tuesday, I was out last night and I had a ton of homework tonight, so what gets done tonight is all that's done tonight, the rest is for tomorrow. Oh, and my school got its drug dog today, it's a chocolate lab named Zoë and it is the cutest thing. Some kid got busted on the first day, how sad is that? Oh, and Thursday I will have probably no time whatsoever to work, don't know, just letting you know. Alright, I know this cliffhanger is killing you, so here goes:

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Last Time: When the clock struck eight, they ran to the window, Claire grabbing a pillow to throw at someone. Lily flung open the window and was shocked by what she saw. (Oh, and just as a side note, Claire has practically my personality, of course my parents are totally cool, and I'm not dying, but this whole flying thing is something I really wish I could do, flying is something amazing to me, and I am person who is really smart, and yet say and do the dumbest things because I have no common sense. Not to mention the attitude I have. Also, I don't look like Claire. Oh, and the whole really outgoing thing is me too, but she's way more mellow than I am.).

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Three figures were swooping towards them on broomsticks. Lily groaned, another ride for the girl more afraid of heights than of anything else. Oh no, they each have their own in their hands thought Lily. This is going to suck. James stepped into the common room through the window, but almost fell out because of the pillow that hit him in the face. Had Lily not been holding his hand, he would have fallen out.

"Claire," scolded Lily.

"Sorry," she shrugged, not sounding apologetic in the least bit.

"This time, Lils, you get to learn on your own. You haven't done this for like seven years, so I want you to learn, same goes for Tanya. Claire and Sirius plan on going by themselves, possibly racing, who knows?" explained James, winking out the window to Sirius. Claire stepped onto the windowsill and grabbed the broom out of Sirius's hand. She smiled to her friends before jumping out the window, sliding the broom between her legs and soaring upwards faster than a bird. Sirius smiled, seeing the best chaser on the Gryffindor team in action for the first time in months, and they both took off. James handed Lily a broom, it was his old one, he was riding the one his parents had bought for him. Lily placed her wand inside her book as a mark. James's wand was sitting next to hers and Sirius's and then Claire's and Remus's and then Tanya's all in a row.

"You really expect me to do this?" asked Lily in shock. James just nodded with a large grin across his face. He was definitely setting her up for this one. "You've got to be kidding. Can we at least start somewhere where if I fall, I won't die?"

"I guess," muttered James, taking the broom from her and grasping the handle of his firmly in one hand and gesturing for Lily to get on in front of him. She obeyed and they flew to the ground together.

"Same goes for me," said Tanya with a nervous look on her face. Remus took her to the ground and they got ready to learn to fly.

"So, what first?" asked Lily nervously.

"The basics," said James. He laid the broom next to Lily on the ground. "Hold your right hand over it and say up, firmly though." Lily held her hand over the broom. Next to her, Tanya was doing the same thing, and as soon as she said it, it went right into her hand, surprising even her.

"Up," she said forcefully, but the broom wouldn't budge. James stepped behind her, placing his hand overtop of hers gently and softly.

"Say it again," he whispered into her ear.

"Up," she said, shivers running up and down her spine. The broom immediately zoomed into her hand. James moved back around to her side. "That's not fair, you tricked it," she objected. Anything to keep her on the ground.

"Nah, just a bit of an extra push," said James with a shrug.

"Now what?" asked Lily nervously.

"Mount it," said James in that 'duh' voice. Lily swung open leg over the broom and held it there. James mounted his own broom and took off, hovering only about five feet above the ground. "Now, push off lightly and hover in the air for a bit."

"How am I supposed to do that?" she asked angrily. Tanya was already hovering for about thirty seconds, laughing loudly.

"Just push off with your feet and hold the handle steady while you're in the air. I'll catch you if you fall, don't worry." She pushed off about twenty feet into the air, hovering there, but losing her confidence as soon as she looked down and plummeted to the ground. She heard James mutter a swear word and swerve his broom underneath her, letting go of the handle and catching her. "You can do better than that," he said softly, kissing her on the cheek. He flew to the ground with surprising speed, especially for not having a hand on the handle. He dropped her on the ground next to her broom, or his broom. "Come on, try again," he coaxed. Lily groaned.

"It's too hard, I'm too scared, I can't do it," she said angrily. James raised his eyebrows and then landed next to her.

"You are hopeless," he said, kissing her lightly and then mounting his own broom farther back than usual. Lily raised an eyebrow this time and James gestured for her to get on in front of him. She smiled and then climbed on, not so much afraid of heights after what had just happened. He pushed off and they zoomed into the air, Lily clutching the broom while James's arms were wrapped around her body as he held to the handle.

Meanwhile

As Claire and Sirius zoomed off towards the forest, Claire got a miraculous idea.

"Come on, I'll race ya," she said with a huge grin. It had been too long since Claire got to fly, it was her favorite thing in the world, something she could never replace. It was the best high there could possibly be, and she always craved more. She loved the feeling of the wind through her hair and brushing her cheekbones softly and tickling her nose as she went as fast as a hundred miles per hour. It felt like nothing could catch her or hold her back form anything she wanted, she could have everything and anything in one easy step, it was like a drug for her, a very addictive and very appealing drug. It was the only time she ever felt free, the only time the weight of the world couldn't trap her and the only time she didn't have to worry about anything. (Believe me, I can't explain it to the fullest either, this is a mellow description to how Claire feels.)

"You think I'm an idiot?" asked Sirius incredulously. "Claire, you fly almost as fast as James, you were the runner-up seeker in tryouts in second year. I can fly nowhere near as fast as you can."

"I'll go easy on you, I just want to be free again," she said, looking up into the sky as though talking more to herself than to Sirius.

"Claire?" asked Sirius after she didn't speak for a while and held this soft expression looking at the clouds as the breeze tickled her cheeks.

"I…I love flying for a reason. I get angry when I can't for a reason too. I can't truly explain it in any amount of words…I just love it more than anything, except you of course," she said, looking to Sirius, her expression so soft that tears could be seen in the corners of her eyes. "I've been off a broom too long, that's why I've looked so down lately, I've been missing something." Sirius's expression became instantly harder and he looked at her, a sad touch to his eyes.

"I don't want to tell you this, but there's a good chance you won't be able to play if Pompfrey sees your health getting worse," said Sirius thoughtfully.

"Then we won't let her see it get worse, will we?" asked Claire with a smile. "This trip…it will bring back the color in my face, the dark circles beneath my eyes will disappear, I'll look better again, I promise." Sirius smiled and she looked back up at the sky. "Of course," she said, her voice misty again, "If I can go to full speed, it'll help way more."

"Alright, but first, since I haven't seen you play for a long, long time, I want to see if you still remember some of your great moves," said Sirius with a smirk. Claire raised an eyebrow and was then gone in an instant. She soared into the air as high as she possibly could with the enchantments that had been placed on the castle, and dove back down, doing a flip and pulling out of the dive right before she hit the ground. Then she flew in a straight arrow, turning her broom over so that her back was to the ground and she was looking up at the sky. She then turned herself back over and darted back to Sirius making an almost impossible turn. "Okay, well, you've just embarrassed me," he laughed.

"Come on, we have to race," she said with a smile.

"I have gotten better in your absence though," said Sirius with a smile. Claire gave him a disbelieving look and then yelled.

"GO!" she shouted, and they were shooting towards the forest. Claire started out slow. "First to the edge of the forest and back wins," she yelled over the wind in her ears. Sirius nodded and shot forward. "Hah!" she laughed, pulling in front of him easily, lifting a hand to wave and then darting away. She flew over the forest and Sirius watched her in amazement. He was probably going eighty and she was so much faster. James usually went about one-ten at best, so she was pretty close with him. Just then Sirius saw something coming at her from the forest, she dodged it, but in the maneuver she took, she lost her balance and the broom had flipped her over without her having a good grip. Sirius shot forwards to get her, but by the time he reached her she lost her grip to fast and fell into the trees. Sirius sped down into the forest and caught her just about three feet before the ground. He didn't pull out of the dive in time though and the handle hit the ground, sending the two of them flying across the forest floor. They were both knocked out instantly.

Meanwhile

Lily and James were flying over the west side of the forest (Claire and Sirius were on the East Side) and Lily shifted her weight slightly, but enough to throw the broom off and out of James's control. The broom slipped out form under him and fell as they fell, but Lily passed out from fear as she fell and James passed out as soon as he hit the ground and neither of them saw what direction the broom had landed from them. And that is how the two most popular couples were stranded in the Forbidden Forest.

Meanwhile

Tanya and Remus were sitting in the Gryffindor common room. Both of them were wondering where their friends were. They should've been back by now.

"Where are they?" asked Tanya impatiently, beginning to worry. It was past midnight and they had left the common room to fly four hours ago. Remus turned to the window, hearing something that Tanya did not.

"Sirius and Claire are somewhere in the forest. Something shot Claire down and Sirius went to save her, but he didn't pull out of the dive and they hit the ground," he said, listening intently out the window.

"How did you know that?" asked Tanya with an eyebrow raised.

"Sirius can change into a dog, I'm a werewolf, I have a vague understanding of the messages between our species and that's the gist of what he was barking at me. I have a better sense of hearing than you do too, even in my human form. And you and I both know Sirius is one loud guy," explained Remus. "We should go and find McGonagall." Tanya nodded and they left the common room. They escaped the tower, running frantically to find their head of house and they found her, patrolling the halls. It was, after all, very much after hours.

"Professor, we think that Lily and James are somewhere lost in the Forbidden Forest and we know for a fact that Sirius and Claire are trapped there," explained Remus frantically.

"I see, and how do you know this?" asked the Professor. Remus pointed to the incisor (canine tooth) inside his mouth and McGonagall nodded. She needn't know that Tanya, Lily, and Claire, not to mention Sirius, Peter, and James, knew about his condition.

"Well, this is a bit out of my hands, we shall go and see the headmaster then?" asked McGonagall. It wasn't a question though, it was an order. She took them along the corridor to where the giant stone gargoyle stood. "Fizzing Whizbees," she said. The gargoyle leapt aside and Tanya watched in awe as it opened up a moving staircase. Remus grabbed her hand and guided her along the staircase as they went up. Remus knocked on the door.

"Come in," they heard a serene voice calling. Remus opened the large wooden door and led Tanya inside where the instruments and the crackling fire, and most of all the phoenix stood welcoming them. And, at his desk, sat Professor Dumbledore.

"Headmaster, sir," began Remus. "Our friends are probably in grave danger. We know for a fact that Sirius and Claire are trapped in the forest and we believe James and Lily to be there as well."

"I see…well, we will send out a search party at once. Do they have their wands with them?" asked the headmaster. Tanya and Remus looked at each other, their wands were left in the common room. James didn't want his to break in case of an emergency (he was teaching Lily to fly a broom, it definitely could happen), Lily didn't want to lose hers. Sirius never brought it with him flying, and neither did Claire. Tanya didn't want hers lost and Remus didn't want his broken. All the wands were sitting in the common room.

"No," groaned Tanya.

"Well, then there's no way for them to find their way back here to show us some sign of where they are, now is there. Looks like this should be an experience for them, especially Mr. Black and Mr. Potter and Ms. Martin because they all grew up with magic," explained the headmaster. He no longer wore his usual expression of softness and kindness and complete calm that smile that never seemed to fade. He had a small bit of worry etched on his face and it looked as though he truly was concerned for their safety. "But, I will send the party out tonight, and I think it's due time you two went to bed, now isn't it?" They nodded and walked out of the office after wishing the professor a goodnight.

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A/N: Uh oh, James and Lily, Sirius and Claire are all trapped in the forest, what is going to happen to them. Muahaha another cliffhanger, I am so evil! Read and review and check out the prequel because I worked hard on it! It can be gotten to through my user page, so use that if you want to, but just read it!