𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 [𝐑. 𝐋𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐧]

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐑

Songs:
All For Us (Labrinth)
"Doing it all for love."

All Too Well (10 minutes, TV) (Taylor Swift)
"Running scared, I was there, I remember it all too well."

The Marauders had bent a lot of rules over their seven years of living at Hogwarts. They had been out during curfew more times than one could count, they had thrown parties, smuggled alcohol in under Slughorn's nose, been late to class, ran around with an angry werewolf while being illegal animagi. Every single rule one could think of had been broken without second thought.

Well, except for one.

None of them had dared to go on the Third floor, not because Flich scared them, but because they knew better. When Dumbledore talked about not going into the Forbidden forest, there was a slight humour in his voice. It sounded like a challenge to the trained ear. That hint of humour was very much missing when he mentioned the Third floor.

They had all promised not to go there; it was as simple as that.

But now it was obvious that James, Lily and Sirius were in trouble and Remus found himself hurrying to the staircase with Callisto following right behind him.

"Go back to your dorm, Callisto." Remus stated, the deadly calmness in his voice ticking Callisto off. "I don't want you to get hurt."

"I don't want you to get hurt either."

"I can't leave them alone." Remus said, digging in his pocket for his wand. "There's a reason we've never been there, and I don't plan on risking your safety."

"I can take care of myself, Lupin." She sternly retorted, her eyes narrowing. "I don't need your protection, so spare me the bullshit."

"You're coming no matter what I say?"

"Precisely." Callisto responded. "Now shut up and let's go before they kill each other."

Remus felt his heart shudder, not because of the macabriety of her words, but because Remus knew it wasn't all that impossible.

The two teenagers sprinted up the staircase, running to the secluded corridor they had seen their friends' tags. Remus wasn't paying that much attention to his surroundings, but Callisto couldn't help but notice how cold the floor was compared to the rest of the Castle. Usually she wouldn't mind the silence, but the dark, candle lit corridors filled with peculiar portraits and closed doors with heavy locks made her heart clench in fear. It was as if she had left Hogwarts, and she was magically transported to a whole different Castle.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" They heard the distinct voice of James shouting out a spell, his voice mixing with Lily's as a red light erupted and caused a lamp to break in small pieces.