Chapter 12

Disclaimer: He's not really mine. I like borrowing things though, 'cause it means I don't have to be bothered with the fact that I own the thing…I think I've just confused myself.

"What are you two doing?" hissed Dorcas, slipping into an empty classroom. "You do know that Lily is hunting you down, right?"

Tyson shrugged. "She'll never find me," he said. "I am the master of disguise."

Dorcas rolled her eyes. "In your dreams."

"Well, now that you mention it, I had this rather odd dream last night about me pretending to be a dog, so I could get on this plane…"

Dorcas gave Tyson a look that immediately made him shut his mouth.

"So what's the plan chaps?" asked Gilderoy, looking at them both and rubbing his hands together.

"Don't do that," said Dorcas. "You are way too eager about this whole thing."

"Sorry," said Gilderoy.

"Right, firstly, do you remember anything about that second-year you gave the book to?" Dorcas asked Gilderoy.

"Uh…He was short…"

"As most second-years are," muttered Tyson under his breath.

"And he had blondey-brown hair…"

"As most people do these days," Tyson muttered.

"Oh and he looked sort of familiar, like one of Argent's friends."

"Huh?" said Tyson, jerking his head up. "Which one?"

"That one with the curly hair and he's always grinning…Chip…Chop…Something like that," said Gilderoy, waving his hand to dismiss his valid point.

"Chris?" asked Tyson.

"Yeah, I think it was him. The teachers call him Dennis though."

"That's his last name."

"Oh."

"So Chris has the book," said Dorcas, trying to make sense of this.

"No, a guy who looks like Chris has it," said Gilderoy.

Dorcas threw her hands up. "Helpful."

"Hey…Chris has a brother you know…and that day when we were all fighting in the Great Hall, he said, 'He paid me!'" said Tyson, comprehension dawning on his face. ( A/N:- Not something that happens every day, believe me!)

"Right," said Dorcas, grasping the situation again. "So we have practically confirmed that Chris' brother –"

"I think his name is Noah," said Tyson.

"Right," said Dorcas, trying to explain the situation again. "So we have practically confirmed that Chris' brother, Noah Dennis, took that book from Gilderoy for twenty Galleons and a night with Ashleigh Wend. Am I right?"

The boys nodded.

"Only problem…how to steal the book back from Noah…" said Dorcas thoughtfully. "And I wonder why he has it in the first place…"

"There's another problem," said Tyson. The other two turned to him. "He's in Hufflepuff."

They groaned.

.x.x.x.

Meanwhile, Lily and Emmeline were walking around the castle, searching for James and Tyson. And Gilderoy too, if he came along.

"This is pointless," complained Emmeline, whose legs were beginning to hurt from all the walking.

"No it's not, so stop saying that," contradicted Lily. She kicked down another classroom door. "Why aren't any of these rooms unlocked? It'd be way easier on my feet."

Emmeline sighed and collapsed to the ground, feeling exhausted.

"Get up," said Lily, trying to pull her friend to her feet. "We have to find them…"

"Give up," moaned Emmeline. "They're nowhere to be found."

Lily sighed. "Let's try the library. Then we'll have a break, okay?"

"Okay," agreed Emmeline.

.x.x.x.

"Hey Prongs!" called Sirius. Immediately people turned to him and made that annoying shushing noise that just ends up with spit flying everywhere.

"Sorry," he muttered sarcastically, heading for the table where James, Remus and Peter were sitting and studying.

"What is it, Padfoot?" James whispered, looking up from his Transfiguration book.

"Guess what little juicy piece of information I just found out from Jenny Hall?" Sirius said, squeezing between Peter and James.

"What did you find out while you were pashing this time, Sirius?" asked Remus in a tired voice.

"Lily's coming to kill James and Argent with a baseball bat," said Sirius triumphantly. "Isn't that interesting? What is a baseball bat, anyway?"

Remus looked mildly surprised. "I wonder if she plays? It's quite an interesting game really."

James, meanwhile, had taken on a horrified expression, his eyes wide, and his eyebrows having disappeared under his hair.

"She's coming to kill me?" he repeated hoarsely. "Why?"

"Well, not kill you exactly," said Sirius, trying to soften the blow, "Just smash your head in. But then I suppose that would probably kill you…"

James swallowed loudly. "You suppose it would kill me? Are you kidding Padfoot, of course it would bloody well kill me!"

"Keep your voice down Prongs," said Remus quietly, keeping an eye on Madam Pince who was prowling the shelves nearby.

"What did I do?" said James.

"Uh, not deliver that book?" suggested Peter.

James put his head in his hands. He suddenly heard footsteps along the corridor outside, slow and steady, and evenly-paced. Like that of an axe-murderer, he reasoned. Axe-murderer?

"Um, James, maybe you should leave," said Remus very quietly, catching a glimpse of red hair. "I think it's Lily."

"So did I," said James. "I'll take that corridor behind that shelf, okay? I think I might hide out in the kitchens for a while…" James hurried off to the shelves right beside the Restricted Section and slipped into a secret corridor that was concealed in the wall.

Lily entered the library, hiding the baseball bat behind her back. She spotted Remus, Sirius and Peter, and walked quickly over to them.

"You lot haven't seen Potter, have you?" she asked them desperately. Emmeline was waiting outside, on the ground and possibly unconscious.

"No," said Sirius in the best truthful voice he could muster. "But is that a baseball bat behind your back? Can I have a look?"

Lily shrugged, and held it out to him.

"Wow," said Sirius, turning it over in his hands. "That'd smash someone's head pretty bad, wouldn't it?"

Lily nodded proudly. "Yeah. Especially in the right hands."

"And they would be yours?" asked Peter.

Lily nodded again. She took that bat back from Sirius. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some head-smashing to do."

"Yeah, James already knows," called out Sirius. "He went to hide in the kitchens."

"Thanks Black," said Lily, smiling at Sirius. "You've been very helpful." She walked out of the library.

Remus and Peter both smacked Sirius round the head.

"Idiot," muttered Remus, turning back to his books.

.x.x.x.

Thanks for reading chapter 12 guys! Wow, I never knew this story would get to be so popular!

And thanks so much for your help with my tog predicament! I got a great response and have decided they shall be known as swimsuits. Now everyone knows what that is right? Good…I hope you do.

Anyway, I have a new story called 'Weather's Here, Wish I Wasn't' and it's written in Lily's POV. She and nine other students are stranded on a desert island for almost a week. My friends like it, but they're my friends, so they have to like it. Please read it, I tried to make it funny…And I think bits of it are funny. Here's a sample:

"Alex!" said Lexie. "What are you doing?"

Alex had a forkful of tomato covered pancake and was holding it up to his mouth. "Eating breakfast?"

"Your pancakes are covered in tomato sauce," said Lidia.

"So?" said Alex. He stuffed the forkful into his mouth.

Dorcas, Emmeline, Lexie and Lidia all cringed.

I, on the other hand, looked at Alex expectantly. "Can I try some?"

"Sure," said Alex, cutting off some for me.

I picked it up on my fork and put it into my mouth. It was a curious taste. "Nice," I managed to say, still chewing.

The other four girls looked at me as though I had just eaten some Flobberworms and announced that they were delicious.

"What?"

What do you think? If you like, you can read the rest, by going to my profile, searching it or however else you find stories on this brilliant site!

Have a good day! I know mine's gonna be spent eating the leftover Easter eggs…Ha!