Up to no Good

by acciooh

Lily Evans is going into her 7th year at Hogwarts. She's become Head Girl. Everything is great, until she finds out who the Head Boy is, and realizes what she feels for the messy haired James Potter. R&R. Rated Teen just because.

5. Chapter 5

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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Great. Also, Cora followed through. She reported she'd heard rumors floating around the house-elves that Dumbledore and /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Karkaroff/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" are meeting just before the Halloween ball. I guess they figured the students would be too occupied with getting ready to notice them."/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Perfect. So we'll get ready for the ball, leave together, eavesdrop on the meeting. By then the Poly Juice potion will have wore off, so we can attend the party as ourselves, in time for our dance. Of course, we'll have masks on the whole time, so no one will notice a difference." Lily grabbed the hair out of James's hand and put both samples into a vial. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Are you implying we're going to the ball together?" Lily glared at him./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""I suppose there is no getting out of it." /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""You're /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"gonna/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" be stuck with me the whole night, Evans. Anything could happen." He grinned and leaned forward./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""In your wildest dreams, Potter." She stood up from the couch, and walked up to her dorm for the night./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"The next day, Lily sat in charms class, waiting for Professor Flitwick to commence class. She looked up as Remus and Sirius entered the room, Remus with his head down, and Sirius giving him worried looks. Sirius placed a reassuring hand on Remus's shoulder, then sat down behind Lily, Remus following. Lily took out a piece of paper, and began scribbling a note onto it. She threw it across the room, and it hit James in the shoulder. He looked around, confused, then saw the note. He opened it in front of him. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"Is it Remus's time of the month?/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"-L.E./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"James turned to look at Lily and nodded, grim. Ever since being attacked by a werewolf when he was a kid, Remus had to endure the gruesome change every full moon, the marauders changing into their /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Animagi/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" to help him, without Remus recognizing human scent. Lily had stumbled upon the boys in their /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Animagi/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" forms last year, while she was taking a walk in the grounds. She was now used to their monthly trips to the shrieking shack, in attempt to hide Remus's howls. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"Lily spent the rest of the period worrying about Remus. On the way out of the classroom, Lily caught James's arm./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Do you guys need any help with Remus? I hate sitting around and not doing anything, and watching him suffer." James placed his hands on her shoulders, a kind smile on his face./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""/spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Lils/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;", I know, but it's too dangerous around him. You don't have an /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Animagi/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" form." Lily just sighed, and James pulled her into a hug, which she gladly accepted. "We'll help him as much as we can, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Lils/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"." James whispered in her ear. A shiver involuntarily ran down her spine./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""I know." Then she and James walked back to their common room. Lily did homework for a while, then went to search for Marlene. Dumbledore had given fifth through seventh years permission to go to /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Hogsmeade/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" to buy outfits for the next day. Once Lily located Marls, she, Alice, and their other friend Hestia Jones met up, and walked down to /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Hogsmeade/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;". /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"After searching through a few shops, Lily finally picked out a gorgeous pale green dress that ended a little above her knees. It had a laced bodice and a frilly skirt. Though it was a bit princess-y, Lily didn't mind. It complemented her eyes and hair marvelously. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""You/span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-style: italic; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" have/span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" to buy it." insisted Hestia. Lily grinned./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""I guess." She looked at herself again in the mirror. "I'll have to check with James's outfit... make sure we match..."/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Oh Lily, you two are /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"gonna/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" be adorable!" Hestia exclaimed. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""We're sharing a dance." Lily explained. "We /span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-style: italic; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"have/span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" to match." Marlene and Hestia laughed at that. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Of course. Nothing to do with the fact that you're in love with Potter." Marlene teased. Lily just rolled her eyes, and the group finished up shopping and concluded with a trip to the Three Broomsticks. When Lily entered the shop with the other 3 girls, she was greeted with the smell of warm /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"butterbeer/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;". She immediately smiled, and while the other girls sat down, Lily ordered for all of them. When Lily came back to the table, she noticed Marlene was missing. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Where did Marls go?" Lily asked as she took a seat./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""She saw Sirius outside and was out of here faster than you could say 'lovesick'." Alice responded. Lily looked outside expectantly. What she was looking for, she didn't know. Not a certain Gryffindor boy, that was for sure. She looked down disappointed, and mad at herself for feeling so./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Lily.." She whipped her head up at the sound of Hestia's voice. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Huh?"/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""I said we should probably go back to the castle. It's nearly dark." Lily looked outside. Sure enough, the sun was dipping low in the sky. She guessed Remus was going to change soon. Lily hoped Sirius got back soon enough to help./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Right." Lily agreed. The three girls walked back to Hogwarts together./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"Lily and James sat in the Head common room an hour before the ball. They sat across from each other at the table, a black cauldron sitting in-between them, holding the /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Polyjuice/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" Potion. Lily stirred it /span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"slowly. The two had already gotten ready for the ball, and James was trying hard not to gape at Lily. She looked like a goddess, wearing her pale green dress. Her hair was done in loose curls, and adorned with a golden headband. James himself was wearing a dark grey sit, with a light green tie matching Lily's dress. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Alright James, I think the potion is ready. Lily said. She pulled out both of the hair samples, and dropped them into 2 goblets. She handed James his potion. The hair from Simon had turned it an odd green color, like a rotten apple. Lily's potion had turned a hot pink. James looked at Lily./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""On three." she said. "One.. two... three." They clinked glasses./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Bottoms up." James muttered. As the potion slid down Lily's throat, it tasted like bubblegum. Lily grimaced. It was disgusting. As the potion was swallowed, Lily could already feel the change. The girl was short, shorter than Lily. Lily felt her facial features morph and elongate. Once the change was finished, she turned to the mirror hanging on the wall. The girl standing there had medium length, wavy brown hair, and was short and skinny. She had fair skin, and was very pretty. Lily turned to James. He had a frown on his face. Or rather, Simon's face. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Nothing James. Now lets go get some information on how to avenge your parents." He looked like he wanted to say more, but shut his mouth. "Anyways." Lily went on, "I like you better as you." James grinned./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Likewise, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Lilyflower/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"." Lily smiled and the two started off towards Dumbledore's office. "I've got an enhanced hearing spell if we need it, but I doubt we will. With the invisibility cloak, we can get as close as we need." He pulled the cloak from his bag. "Speaking of that, we better put it on." He draped the cloak around himself and Lily. They neared Dumbledore's office, completely hidden by the cloak. Just as they reached the gargoyle entrance, James shushed Lily. As she listened intently, she could hear two sets of footsteps approaching. She and James quickly scrambled behind a nearby curtain, just in time for Dumbledore and /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Karkaroff/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" to appear around the corner./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"Lily could feel James's sweet-smelling breath on her face. She reprimanded herself quickly. This was/span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-style: italic; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" not/span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" the time. She returned her attention to the two headmasters outside. She heard Dumbledore mutter 'sour watermelon' and the gargoyle slid open. She heard the two step inside, and then James grabbed her hand and quickly dragged them inside. James wrapped his arms around her and put his back against the wall. Lily heard a door up the stairs shut, and she finally dared to breath. Keeping the cloak around them, James and Lily moved up the stairs quietly and pressed their ears to the door. /span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Now, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Karkaroff/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;", I thank you for coming. We have business to discuss about the Order of the Phoenix." Dumbledore paused. "Which is an organization I have put together to, in essence, stop /span/spanspan class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"Voldemort. A band of wizards, working secretly against him. And I ask you, Igor, if you would like to join." Lily heard shuffling. She assumed Dumbledore had started pacing./span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""You ask me, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Albus/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;", to risk my life, and the lives of my students, to stop a man who is barely a threat?"/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; text-indent: 48px;"
p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""He has killed multiple people already, including citizens who have direct relation to students at my school." Lily heard James's quick intake of breath. "And that is not an immediate threat?"/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""It is not an immediate threat, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Albus/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;", until Voldemort directly threatens my students. I'm sorry, but I must decline."/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Though I am saddened, I must warn you. Lord Voldemort is a growing threat. And you might be oblivious, but that will only condemn you."/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Goodnight, /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Albus/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;"."/span/spanspan class="EOP SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" /span/p
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p class="Paragraph SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; color: windowtext; font-size: 6pt; background-color: transparent;"span class="TextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;" xml:lang="EN-US"span class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;""Igor." Lily slapped James's arm and they moved away from the door, and pressed against the wall as /spanspan class="SpellingError SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-image: url(data:image/gif; base64,r0lgodlhbqaeajecap/8aaaaaaaaaach5baeaaaialaaaaaafaaqaaaiilgaxcchrtcgaow==); background-color: inherit; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x;"Karkaroff/spanspan class="NormalTextRun SCX30536939" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; background-color: inherit;" passed them. They quietly followed him out the gargoyle passageway, and quickly made it back to the safety of the Head Common room./span/span/p
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