✔ Lily Luna Potter First Year

Chapter 20

"I suppose I should let Snape deal with you two and Mcgonagall deal with you," he spat out at them. James relaxed a little. Professor Mcgonagall was strict but she wasn't as bad as Filch. Lily and Scorpius on the other hand were very uncomfortable. Though Snape may favor Lily, she still knew that the man took his job very siriusly. Filch stood up and walked to the door. He then turned back to look at them.

"Stay here and DON'T move!" he said before turning and leaving his office. Once he left, the three kids sat there in silence when finally Lily spoke.

"I say we run," she whispered.

"We can't, who knows what Filch will do to us if he finds us tomorrow," Scorpius whispered back.

"Double the detention probably," James whispered bitterly. Lily sighed. She really didn't want to get into even more trouble. Filch came in a second later followed by Mcgonagall and Snape. Snape had his usual cold look on his face and Mcgonagall had an amused expression which was also a bit stern. James shrunk under her gaze.

"Thank you for telling us Argus, you may now leave," Mcgonagall said to him. Filch's grin slipped off his face as he looked disbelievingly at Mcgonagall. James, Scorpius, and Lily did all they could to hide their laughter. Finally Filch huffed and left the room muttering something about how he doesn't get any credit. Lily, James, and Scorpius' amused mood turned into dread as soon as Snape and Mcgonagall turned their gazes back to them.

"Now may I ask what you were doing wandering around at this time of night?" Professor Mcgonagall asked in a stern voice. Lily and James were both having trouble forming words so Scorpius took over.

"We had heard about how our parents snuck out in their first year so we wanted to try it too!" Scorpius exclaimed suddenly. Lily and James looked at him bewildered.

"Yes, I suppose Potter and his friends would've been bad influences," Snape spat.

"Even so, what you three did will not go unpunished. You three will have detention every night for a week and I will be taking 15 house points each from the three of you," Mcgonagall added.

"Yes professor," Lily and James said glumly in unison. Scorpius just nodded his head. With that the three of them were dismissed and Scorpius and Lily were escorted back to the dungeons by Snape while Mcgonagall escorted James back to the Gryffindor tower. 

As soon as they got in, Snape watched them both to make sure that they didn't socialize and went straight to their dorms. Lily and Scorpius waved goodbye and went up to their dorms silently. As soon as she got in, Madelyn bombarded her with questions.

"Lily what happened!? I was trying to get through to you but you weren't responding! What took you so long!?" Madelyn whisper yelled.

"We got caught," Lily whispered back. Madelyn cursed under her breath.

"Did they get the diary?" Madelyn asked. Lily shook her head no and told Madelyn about how she'd sent Lev off with the diary and the cloak.

"Are you sure it was smart to send Lev back with them? I mean we don't even know him that well," Madelyn said. Lily just shook her head.

"I don't know Mads, I just kinda did it without thinking, hopefully he'll do as I asked," she said. With that, both girls decided that they should get some sleep.

The next morning Madelyn was wide awake and getting ready while Lily could barely keep her eyes open. She swore that Madelyn had some sort of time turner that she used to go back in time and get more sleep. 

Finally, the girls were ready and they headed down to the Common Room to find a tired Scorpius waiting for them. The three exchanged greetings and then walked down to the Great Hall. When they got there, they saw Lev and James waiting outside the doors. Lily was relieved to see Lev holding the cloak and the diary.

"Hey guys, I heard you got detention," Lev said. Lily and Scorpius nodded glumly. Lev handed the cloak and diary over to Madelyn who gratefully took them. She muttered a spell and the cloak and diary vanished. Everyone looked at her in alarm.

"Madelyn, what did \you do to the diary!?" Scorpius exclaimed. Madelyn rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe she was friends with such dimwits.

"Relax guys, I just transported them to my dorm," she said. They all visibly relaxed and went inside the Great Hall to have breakfast. As soon as she walked in, Lily could feel the burning stare of Nina's eyes on her back but she chose to ignore it. Nina knew that Lily must've done something overnight, when she couldn't find the diary anywhere. She just couldn't prove it. 

On one hand, Nina was grateful that the diary was gone but on the other hand, she was longing to have it back but she didn't want to do what Lily and her friends had done to get the diary. Over the next few days, everything was calm and peaceful at Hogwarts. Slytherin had won their match against Ravenclaw the other day and everything was how it should be. 

Almost.

 Lily avoided going near the diary that was sitting in her dorm. She let Madelyn keep it because Madelyn had better restraint than she did. The attacks had stopped happening but Lily had a bad feeling that something worse was about to come. It's like they say, it always gets worse before it gets better. 

Lily voiced her concerns to Madelyn and Scorpius but they just told her that she was being paranoid. James and Lev didn't dare say a word about their part in any of this which the Slytherin trio was very grateful for. Lily's friends were wrong for not listening to Lily when sheold them that something bad was going to happen though. 

It was 11pm and Lily and Scorpius were walking back from both of their detentions. James had already left. Scorpius was currently watching over the diary and it was hidden in his robes. They walked in silence until they heard a loud shriek. 

Now, normal people would've ran as far away from that sound as possible and just went back to their common rooms. But of course, Lily and Scorpius weren't those types of people. They looked at each other in panic before sprinting in the direction of the sound. 

When they got there they hid behind a pillar to see what the matter was. Madam Sprout was staring at a wall in horror. The other Professors came running in to see what the fuss was about. When they got there, they too froze and looked at the wall. 

Lily and Scorpius couldn't get a good look at what was written though. They saw Professor Mcgonagall whisper something to each head of house and they all dispersed only to come back a few minutes later. Lily and Scorpius inched a little closer and finally saw the writing on the wall.

HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER. Lily stifled a gasp and turned to Scorpius to see a similar expression of shock and panic on his face.

"It's the same thing that was written last time," Madam Pomfrey whispered in horror. She then turned to Professor Mcgongall.

"Minerva, who has been taken into the chamber this time?" She asked quietly. Professor Mcgonagall sighed heavily.

"Nina, Nina Louis,".

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Dun dun dunnnnnnn

I feel like that was kind of predictable though...

Oh well!

Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you guys hopefully soon in the next one!!

Baiiiiiii!!!

-Mangocats16