AN: Uh, so I don't think anyone is even reading this, but just in case, 1. Sorry I never update, I am really bad at that, and 2. I literally don't edit because I'm very lazy and don't have anyone to help edit so keep that in mind. Also, nothing belongs to me except the characters I've made up. Thanks for reading and please review!

It took me a while to actually get to the Forbidden Forest because I had to make sure that no one would see me. But finally I was standing at the edge of the large green mass. It looked really cool. I've always liked the color green but this was a really nice color green. It was so dark it could have been black but it just had that little hint of color so I knew it was green. I admired the amazing greenness for a bit, and then, at last, I ventured into the forest. It got progressively darker as I took more and more steps, but that didn't bother me. I mean, pitch black is such a nice color. Finally, as I peered through the trees I saw this really cool thing. It looked kind of like a horse but then it also kind of looked like a human. Obviously it was very confusing. I mean, it would be confusing to someone else. I, of course, knew immediately that this thing was a centaur. Or maybe it was a satyr. Oh wait, satyrs are half goat not half horse. Never mind, it was a centaur. He was glancing around, like he was looking for something. I decided to keep hiding because I'd heard that centaurs could be temperamental at times, and while I didn't exactly know what temperamental meant, it didn't sound like anything good. Then I saw another person step out of the trees. I recognized the man immediately, mostly because he had been really annoying when I'd last seen him. He was the man who'd met all the first years before we'd gone into the big hall with the food. I didn't actually know his name because to be honest, I didn't really care. I looked away for a little bit because I thought I saw a tortuck, and tortucks are infinitely more important than secret meetings in the woods. By the time I looked up again, there were many more people standing there.

"I have put up wards, so there is no danger of anyone listening in." One of them said

I guess they hadn't counted on me. I must've been inside these so-called wards before they'd been cast, or whatever the word is for that sort of thing. I was slightly suspicious by now of this strange gathering, as they were gathered in a circle. Everyone knows that the only people who would ever gather in a circle have to be evil. Otherwise, they would align themselves in a small square or slightly squished oval. Those are the only acceptable gathering shapes. My fears were confirmed by what I next heard them discuss.

"Now that we can consult with our inside man, I think our plans will finally be able to advance." The man speaking turned to the man I knew.

"So, I have reviewed the defenses that are in our way, and I'm happy to say that I don't think they will be much of a problem." He started. "The headmaster is relatively new, and he hasn't had time to coordinate the system by which warnings are distributed. If I take out one of the relaying towers before I let you in, we should be able to proceed unhindered."

My first thought, of course, was that this meeting looked like it was going to go for a long while and they had no refreshments. Then I thought that their speech sounded slightly sinister, mostly because they used annoying words like consult and coordinate. Anyone who talked that pretentiously couldn't be anything but evil. I decided to stay where I was and see if I could pick up any more information. The first man began to talk again.

"Once inside, we must gather the students without alerting the teachers. Or at least, without alerting too many of them." So they wanted to take the students somewhere. Well, I, for one, wasn't going to go anywhere with these pretentious circle gatherers. The mere thought made me shudder.

"Once we have all the students, we will lead them outside and take them away with us to our training facility. Then, we will train them to become our evil army, and then we will take over the world." Well. These people were quite strange, I would have to say. Their plan was really stupid for one. Why did they even need to get kids from the castle? I mean, couldn't they just take over the world themselves? Also, how were they going to get the kids to come with them, and, more importantly, become part of their evil army? All in all, it really didn't make any sense. I decided I should probably tell someone about this, because no one should be allowed to execute such a horribly created plan. That would be disastrous. I looked up just in time to see them start to disappear as the one who was probably the leader said, "Kill everyone who resists." Then they were gone. I was glad I'd come into the Forbidden Forest instead of going to the headmaster's office, because this had definitely been more exciting. Now, I just had to decide who I should tell about the pretentious circle gatherers poorly thought out plan. Obviously, I should not go to the headmaster, because headmasters are always really busy, and he probably didn't care about evil plans anyway. The only person I actually kind of knew here was Roxie, so I decided to tell her. The only problem there was that I didn't know where she was. I'd last seen her in Care of Magical Creatures, but I'd been in the forest for a while, so I didn't think she'd be there anymore. I didn't know what her next class was though, so I decided it would be a good idea to search the whole school.

I was on the second floor-at least; I thought it was the second floor-when I ran into Professor Mallow. "Achillies, what are you doing out of class?"

"Uh…I'm looking for Roxie because she has my schedule and I kind of need it because I never actually looked at it so I don't know what classes I have so I don't know what class I'm supposed to be in right now so uh yeah that's why I'm not in class."

She looked at me with narrowed eyes and then asked, "Have you been in the forest?"

"Uh…no?" I said.

"You don't sound very sure of that."

"Well, I may have gone very near to it, but actually in it, I don't think so. I mean, unless I had some major lapse of memory or something, then no. Nope, no forests were gone into by me."

I smiled in a way I hoped was innocent, but then there was a voice behind me.

"You are such a liar. There are twigs stuck everywhere in your hair."

I turned and saw the kid from the train, Geoffrey, walking towards me.

"Way to ruin it!" I said, shoving him when he got close enough.

"Hey!" he said, and shoved me back. I hit his shoulder lightly, but he hit me harder back, so I hit him harder back, and soon we were rolling around on the ground, punching and kicking each other.

"Enough!" Professor Mallow yelled.

We both stopped, awkwardly, on the ground.

"Detention for both of you after classes! Come, follow me!" She said, grabbing both of us by the arms and starting to walk.

"I'm not following you if you're dragging me next to you, seriously, come on!" I said angrily.

"Shut up!" Geoffrey said

"Don't you two start again!" Professor Mallow snapped, jerking us both farther away from each other. "I'm taking you both to your classes, and I expect you to behave from now until your detentions."

We both nodded. I, of course, would never dream of disobeying her orders. I would behave until the detention. After that, I had free reign. Ah, I loved loopholes.