After a day of - Lily was correct, mostly boring - classes, Macyn went into the Great Hall for dinner. Lily sat down beside her. "You really want to go snooping around this castle?", Lily asked.

"Uh-huh."

"That doesn't seem safe. Aunt Hermione would say that -"

"You shouldn't do exactly what she did at Hogwarts, with the help of your dad?"

Lily frowned. "Okay fine. But they did it cause they thought the world was in danger. And it was."

"Well... we'll be doing it cause it's fun. That a problem?"

Lily shrugged. "I guess not."


That night, they decided to sneak out. "We should go to the Forbidden Forest" , Lily said. "There's all sorts of cool stuff there."

"Okay", Macyn said.

They walked out through the hallways, staying in the shadows. Lily's brother had found a route where no paintings could spy on them. After a while, they reached the front door, and snuck out onto the grounds. Lily walked towards the forest, and Macyn followed. They reached the edge of the forest.

"No turning back now", said Lily.

"I know", Macyn replied. They walked in.


It felt like they had been walking forever when finally they saw something. It was a centaur, prancing through the woods.

"Wow!", said Macyn. "I've never seen a centaur before."

"I'm guessing you've also never seen detention before?", said the gamekeeper, coming up behind them.