Amortentia ♔ t.r.

Lady Luck (Chapter 11)

You woke up on a cloudy Sunday morning to Lily shaking you aggressively and telling you to get out of bed because she wanted to go to breakfast.

"Lilyyy it's the weekend let me sleeppp." you groaned as you threw your pillow at Lily, who retaliated by pulling your sheets clean off your bed.

"You git! now I have to put those back tonight!" you groan again but ultimately sit up out of bed.

"Well it worked didn't it?" Lily said with a smirk.

"Yeah yeah whatever. now let me get ready!" you reply, trying to hold back your smile.

"I'll meet you in the common room in 15 minutes." she says leaving the dorm and feeling accomplished.

"Twenty!" you shout after her.

"Fifteen!" you hear echoing up the stairs. you grumble, but continue to get ready.

you grab your outfit, toothbrush, toothpaste, and brush and make your way to the bathroom.

you finish getting ready and head downstairs to meet Lily, and the two of you make your way over to the Great Hall.

Once seated, you and Lily begin to grab food onto your plates, and not long after, the Marauders make their way in, seemingly arguing over something.

"What makes you think I lost it? It could have just as easily been James!" Sirius whisper-yelled at Remus.

"Hey! don't throw me under the bus just because you can't keep track of things!" James argued.

"Look i'm just saying you are the last person who had it, so you probably lost it. we just need to find it before a teacher does." Remus replied.

"What happened?" You ask, although you already knew the answer.

"James lost the map!" Sirius said, glaring at James.

Ah. Right. Almost forgot about that one with the roller-coaster of emotions the past few days have been. You were seriously considering just ratting yourself out but it's not like you could without some pretty bad repercussions. Sure, Riddle didn't have you under his control anymore but if you told them that, you probably wouldn't have anymore friends.

regardless, you went along with the conversation.

"alright. so if James was the one who lost it, where was the last place you saw it?" you say, hoping he wouldn't connect the dots.

"well it was in my dorm, and then i thought i put it in my pocket... but i guess i didn't? i don't know, but i came to the great hall for breakfast afterwards. i went to classes after that... i only talked with you guys at breakfast but you guys wouldn't take the map you have no motive..." James said, eyes seemingly peering into his brain for answers.

that was, until remus spoke up.

"you say we have no motive right? but i can bet someone else sure did. Who sat at our table that morning? Tom bloody Riddle, thats who." remus said, like a light bulb had popped over his head.

well, that wasn't exactly what you wanted, but it could be worse. at least they didn't suspect you. although, tom is a rotten snitch, and would most likely tell the marauders who snagged the map in the first place. this didn't look like it was going to work out very well.

"HA! So what you're saying moony, is that I didn't lose the map?" James said, glaring into Sirius' soul.

"precisely. well, you were the one who had it when he took it so technically you are partially to blame... but that doesnt matter!" Remus shook his head, as to rid whatever he was thinking from his thoughts. "we should be focusing on how to get the map back."

"Y/n, riddle tolerates you right? can you take it back when he tries to snog you again?" Sirius asked, with a bit of a joking tone added to the end.

before you could quip back, lily intervened.

"nuh uh. you aren't gonna involve Y/n this time. That awful boy has traumatized her enough." lilly said, patting your head as though you were a rabbit with PTSD.

purely out of the fact that you felt immensely guilty about taking it in the first place, you stopped her. "no. I want to help. what's the plan, cause i'm all in." you say with a smirk. This was the perfect way to get back at Tom for his bullshit and at the same time prove to the marauders you were fully trustworthy. (although you obviously were not)

11:30 read the clock on the common room wall. this meant go time. James handed you the invisibility cloak and you were on your way.

The plan was to sneak you in the slytherin common room before Tom got back from his prefect rounds and quickly steal back the map from his dorm. the reason you were ideal for this is if you were caught it wouldn't be even half as suspicious as Sirius or Lily. So here you were, sneaking around the corridors of the hogwarts castle at almost midnight. you could practically smell the week of detention you would receive for this. but of course, thanks to your little friend, the invisibility cloak, you were not spotted.

Once you finally reach the dungeons, you can see the door to the common room wide open, but slowly closing, so you sprint quietly to the door and squeeze in just in time.

you turn around to face the common room only to be met by the most beautiful room you had ever seen. this was definitely not fair, this room was better than the gryffindor commons by a long shot. must be all the bloody rich people you think to yourself before sighing wishfully and turning to face your goal.

the boys dormitory.

All you had to do was get up stairs, grab a piece of parchment, and not be seen. it wasn't that hard, especially with the invisibility cloak. so you set up the stairs, feeling more and more uneasy as you went.

scanning each door down the long hallway for a T.Riddle sticker pasted on a door, you finally find it. the bane of your existence, who had tricked and embarrassed you (okay, you embarrassed yourself most of the time but STILL) a countless number of times, this was his dorm. you open the door to the room and...

it was surprisingly normal. huh.

you shut the door quickly and shed the invisibility cloak, draping it over your shoulder. now for the hard part.

actually finding the damn map.

you looked and looked but no matter how many spots you rechecked, you knew you weren't going to find it. the idiot probably keeps it on his person at all times.

"that prick is probably spying on me with the damn thing..." you muttered to yourself, preparing to leave when you heard the door click. you froze, entirely unable to move. your back was still turned against the door but you didn't need to turn around to know who was entering. lady luck had never been very friendly to you.

"well well well." the familiar voice says, the smirk on his face was easily heard through his smooth voice.

yep. you were screwed.

(A/N welppppppppppp theres another chapter for yall! been a hot second so i hope this one suffices. hopefully ive gotten better at writing but thats for you to decide. have a good day and ill see you guys next time! LOVE YOU LOTSSSSS <33)

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