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Well here is the next chapter in my string of writing. Hope you enjoy, going to work on writing more. I would've updated this morning but I went to a Beach Boys concert at the Stadium of Fire last night to celebrate the Fourth of July and I didn't wake up till eleven o'clock this morning. I am so tired, but Scotty McCreery performed at the concert too and the Fireworks made everything worth it. ~May

Chapter 3

Lily

"Now that all of you are fed and watered I'm sure that you all are ready to crash onto the lovely four poster beds in your common rooms." Dumbledore said standing up, the hall fell quiet. "I would like to give you all a word of warning. The Forbidden Forest restrictions are being tripled this year as well as bedtime curfew. All students are to be in their common rooms by ten o'clock; unless students, prefects and this year's heads, are on patrol. The castle will be on lock down and there is much more security protection.

"You might be asking why at this moment, well it's simple really. A man out there who attended Hogwarts not so long is waiting to kill anyone who gets in his way. Tom Riddle was what most would call a smart, polite boy, but he has turned into an unspeakable monster that is gathering followers. He will not hesitate to use those of us here in Hogwarts to his advantage if we give him the opportunity.

"I give you another word of warning; there are those in the castle that are already eager to join his side. I would like to tell you all that Lord Voldemort is on the losing side and by putting yourself with him you might as well drown yourself in Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. I do of course, not want any of you to die, so please be careful who you trust. Power is not everything that it sounds like; please take this into your countenance.

"I do believe that those warm beds are waiting for you. Please, go find your friends, go sleep or do whatever you wish to do. Term starts Monday morning do not forget, it would not do good to be late on the first day. Prefects please gather the first years and show them to their dorms."

"Mr. Potter and Miss Evans if you could hang back for just a moment." McGonagall called approaching the table as everyone began to clear the hall.

"Yes professor?" I asked her, wondering why in the world she'd need to talk to us privately.

"As the Heads this year there is a common room that you both are required to share. Your things have been put there and I wouldn't want either of you to be lost. Follow me." Then Minerva McGonagall was off out the doors of the hall. James and I quickly followed after her, trying not to lose the teacher in the madness of sleepy Hogwarts students.

James

"So instead of making her jealous you managed to go on a double date?" Sirius said for umpteenth time.

"Yes and shut up! I'm getting sick of you saying that over and over again!" I yelled at him as I prepared for my double date.

The three boys were sitting in my room which looked as if I was sleeping in molten lava. The walls were dripping with red carpet with tiny gold streaks in it. The ceiling has small stalactites that drip sleeping potion at ten o'clock for an hour. The floor was made out of hard wood that absorbed the dripping potion. A desk was positioned in one corner; it had a hanging canopy to protect it from the ten o'clock rain. On the opposite side was a rose wood door that could be locked from the inside or outside, it led to the bathroom which also led into Lily's room. She hadn't even let me get a peek at it, though I did know that it had some purple and blue's mixed in with her room from the small glance I had grabbed when she'd left her own rose wood door open a crack. A giant fluffy gold bed, slightly softer than the four poster beds, resided in the middle taking up the most room.

"Wonder how this night's going to go." Remus commented from his position on my desk chair, he flipped a page in the book he was reading and I rolled my eyes.

"No one knows Moony, I just hope it'll go okay." I replied and after fixing the collar on my shirt, leaving several buttons open, I held out my arms questioningly for my friends.

"It looks good Prongs." Peter told me softly and I grinned.

"Potter, if you don't get out here now you're going to be late to pick up Lilac." Lily's voice sounded through the door and I sighed.

"Coming Evans." I left my friends in my room and opened the oak door that led to the common room.

What met my eyes wasn't a pretty sight to me; Halden had apparently showed up and in the process started a make out session with Lily. I scowled and pushed past them opening the portrait door, they must've heard the creak because they pulled apart, jumping.

"Now who's going to make us late?" I muttered under my breath as the held hands following me out of the door and down into the Entrance Hall. I continued down into the dungeons to meet up with Lilac while Lily and Halden waited by the giant oak front doors doing who knows what.

Lilac wasn't that bad of a girl, she was great at times, but I never would've dreamed of going out with her. Lilac was waiting just slightly down the hall so I didn't have to go traipsing around the dungeons looking for her.

"You look nice." I complimented, she really did. Her hair was free falling with only a little pulled back into a small barrette; Lilac was wearing muggle jeans that fit her curves nicely and a green sparkly t-shirt.

"Thanks, you don't look so bad yourself." She returned with a smile and I offered her my arm, she put her own through it and we made our way back up to the entrance hall.

"You ready?" Lily asked as we reached them, at least they hadn't started snogging again.

"I think so." I replied and Lilac nodded eagerly. Lily led us to a part of the castle not even I had seen before, which is pretty amazing. It was a small botanical garden that had been set up for a picnic. It was amazing and beautiful, but now, it was all I could concentrate on. Why haven't I ever been here before?

Thanks for being patient with me, I'm hopefully going to be able to update a lot more for a while. Four days till my birthday though ! Plus my S16 is this Saturday so I might not be able to update on Saturday. Other than that, yay for writing! Here is my review replies:

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