CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE HEIST

Albus and Callie sat on the Grand Staircase for about and hour before Erica and Nick arrived.

"What took you two so long?" asked Callie.

"We ran into a Prefect." Nick answered. "It was nothing bad. We told him Erica forgot her book in the library and we were heading back to Ravenclaw tower. It tookbooks, us 25 minutes to ditch him and another 35 minutes to get here."

"Not important." Albus said. "What's important is that once we're in there, how are we going to stay unseen? My dad won't give me or James his invisibility cloak."

"The disillusionment charm. I've bedoing research on the subject for a while and I found it." Erica said, drawing her wand. "Watch." She tapped her wand on Nick's head. A wax like liquid covered him from head to toe. It pressed onto his skin until the red eyed boy became completely invisible.

"Wicked. "

Once everyone was properly invisible, the Fighters walked up to the portrait of the Fat Lady.

"This is where James told me the entrance was before school began." Albus said. "I just need to guess the pass...word..." Albus had put his fingers to the canvas and the portrait swung open to reveal the Gryffindor common Room.

"How did you do that?" Callie asked as the four of them walked through the doorway. Albus shrugged.

"I don't know."

They climbed up several flights of stairs to reach James's dormitory. Nick & Erica casted a silencing spell on all the objects who not to wake the others. Each member began their search. They overturned pillows, rummaged through drawers and looked under blankets & the bed. All they found was letters from family, a couple of JJames's Quidditch equipment and an old photo album. Callie, Erica &Nick had a small laugh are Al's embrassing pictures. But, there was one object left...James's trunk.

"I am afraid to look in there." Callie said, backing away.

"And I my brother I wouldn't touch it" Albus said, joining Callie.

"It's not that hard." Nick said as he grabbed . He pulled. It wouldn't open. Nick tried again. It wouldn't tried again several times, each time ending wiwith failure.

"Well, " Nick said, "We tried. Let's go." Erica than . .up with ease. She knelt down and opened it. Inside were his robes, quills and a leather book.

"No wonder James never wanted me to touch this." Albus said taking the book in his hands. "He kept a journal in here."

"And it could be the key to figuring out what happened to him" said Erica. She took the book from Albus. "I'll keep this with me. Just to preform a few spells, you know, to make sure it's safe."

Then, a soft glow illuminated the room. The sun was rising and the disillusionment charm was wearing off.

"Now it's time for Operation: Get the bloody hell out of here." Nick said as he turned heel and ran.

"Agreed!" The other three said as they followed the raven haired boy out of the dorm, out of the Gryffindor common Room, separated down the staircase and back to their own dormitories before anyone nnoticed they were gone.

Yay! I am victorious! In other words: broken charger, found a way to pay from my phone.

Follow up questions: Why did the portrait open at Albus's touch? And what is written in James's journal?

PS By the time of this post: I shall be another year older! Woo! I am now 14 years old! That's right. You were reading a fanfiction written by a thirteen year old girl! Ha!