James Potter and the Half Blood Hallway

Six

James sat in the library that very night, unaware of his parents aunt, uncle, and the Malfoys being in Hogsmade, doing homework with Rose, Albus, and Scorpius. (Ever sense the train ride back from the holidays Scorpius and the other three had become close friends, which didn't seem to be gaining Scorpius any popularity in his own house.)

James leaned back in his chair, exhausted.

"Long day?" asked Albus.

"You have no idea," said James. Rose put the quill she'd been writing with down and looked at her cousin with a serious look.

"What?" said James. "Is there something on my face?"

"No," she said.

"Then, why - oh."

"What?" asked Scorpius. James hesitated, and then decided that he could trust him, and told him about the poem from Jackson.

"You got one too?" said Scorpius.

"You mean -" Scorpius pulled a small piece of parchment from his pocket. His dad had duplicated it with magic to they both could have a copy.

James, Albus, and Rose all examined it. Then, they compared it to James's parchment.

"It's strange," said Rose. "How you both got one..."

"Hey, Al!" said a girl, materializing next to him.

"Oh," said Albus. "Hey Marie."

"Professor Jackson told me to give this to you," said Marie. She handed him a small piece of parchment.

"Thanks," said Albus. As she turned to leave he turned to the others, panicked. "Now I've got one!"

"What's it say?" asked James. Everyone leaned over the parchment to read. It read :

Now the fifth year dead,

Seven heroes who have lead.

You shall go to the room of fire,

You shall seek the lair,

You shall return what was lost,

And gain what was tossed.

"Wow," said Albus.

"Room on fire?" questioned Scorpius.

"Seven heroes who have lead?" said James.

"Liar?" said Rose.

"Where're these coming from?" Albus wanted to know.

"Let's go ask the Deviation teacher," suggested Scorpius.

"Good idea," said Rose.

So, the four friends trudged down the corridors together, got lost, trudged some more, got lost again, trudged, got lost, trudge, until finally they found the knight that had showed James's dad, uncle, and aunt to the deviation class room. They ran after him, up the spiraling stairs and came to a stop at the trap door. It opened before them. They friends exchanged looks, then climbed the latter.

"I knew you would come here!" said Trelawney when she saw them.

"That's not creepy at all," muttered Albus.

"You've come to sort out all the prophecies have you?" asked Trelawney.

"How did you know?" said James, a bit surprised. Trelawney merely chuckled.

"They don't call me the Deviation teacher for nothing," she said.

"Right," said Rose. "So, will you help us?"