Brittany left potions feeling sad already. She had brewed a potion wrong, and Professor Snape singled her out, and people were laughing at her and it was just a bad class. She was the first one out of the room, but before she could get far, someone yelled for her to turn around.
"Oi, Pierce!" Brittany turned around, and saw Rick "The Stick" Nelson sneering at her.
"Yes?" She asked. Rick stepped forward.
"You're so dumb, Pierce. Dumb and a mudblood. No future for you in the wizarding world, so you might as well go back to being a muggle," He sneered. Brittany turned to leave, but ran into Karofsky. She looked around, and saw a bunch of people from the Slytherin quidditch team surrounding her.
They were all around her, laughing and calling her stupid. Karofsky, Rick, all of them. Brittany tried to move away from them, but Karofsky pushed her back into the wall.
"Come on, Brittany. You can't leave. We're just having a little chat," He sneered. Where was everyone? It was just Brittany and a bunch of jocks calling her stupid. Brittany started to cry.
"Aww, you're crying now! Oh, you're like a little kid," Rick said, and the rest of them laughed like that was the smartest thing ever.
"Y-you're being mean," She sniffled, and the group laughed.
"Oh, are we? I think we're just putting mudblood scum in it's place," Karofsky said. Brittany spotted motion behind the group, but lost most of her hope when she caught a glimpse of green. Another Slytherin. She hoped that they wouldn't join in.
"What're you doing?" It was a girl, her voice raspy. The group turned around.
"Just telling Pierce here how much of an idiot she is," Karofsky said.
"Yeah, well... lay off her. I think she's had enough," The girl said. Brittany breathed a sigh of relief and the group nodded fearfully, leaving her to look at her savior. A girl with tan skin, raven hair, and a scowl stood in front of her.
"Thanks," Brittany breathed.
"It wasn't personal," The girl said, turning and leaving Brittany to look after her.
"Hey, Britt. Where's your brain today?" Sam Evans asked, waving a hand in front of Brittany's face. The two were studying in the Hufflepuff common room. Brittany frowned.
"In my head," She said. Sam smiled.
"Yeah, of course. What're you thinking about? Cute guy?" He asked. Brittany shook her head.
"No. I'm thinking about this girl..." She said. Sam raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, so you're gay?" He asked. Brittany looked confused.
"No. I don't think so. She told Karofsky and Rick the Stick to stop being mean to me," She said.
"And? I mean, it's really nice, but any half decent person would tell those jerks to stop," Sam smiled at her.
"Yeah, but she's in Slytherin, and it was kind of unexpected. I mean, not that I mind, it just doesn't seem like a very Slytherin thing to do," Brittany said, and Sam nodded slowly.
"What did she look like? I might know her," He said. Brittany's eyebrows furrowed as she remembered the girl.
"Um, dark hair... She's tan. She's got... brown eyes, and she looked kind of angry," Brittany said. Sam frowned.
"Wow, uh, that sounds a lot like Santana Lopez, but, uh, it doesn't really make sense. Because, you know, she's called Satan for a reason," Sam said. Brittany frowned. Santana Lopez? She'd heard things about a Santana, none of them particularly endearing. Santana hexed Finn Hudson, or Santana called Jacob Ben Israel a pervert (although that was kind of true).
"Oh," Was all that Brittany could say. Sam smiled at her.
"So, uh, did you pay attention during charms today? Because I was busy watching Mercedes levitate her feather..."
"Okay, Lopez, what the hell's wrong with you? We were just playin' with Pierce earlier, why'd you have to ruin it?" Rick asked Santana. The two were in the hall to the dungeons. They were the last ones out, as Santana had been studying in the library, and Rick had been waiting for her. Santana shook her head and snorted.
"It was stupid. No need to exert force on Brittany when you could be practicing for our match against Gryffindor," She said. Rick scowled.
"Yeah, but come on, Satan. It was just a little harmless fun? And what do you care about Pierce for? She's just a dumb mudblood," He said.
"Look, just lay off her, okay?" Santana said. Rick stepped in front of her.
"What are you, her girlfriend? Look, I'm tired of you acting better than the rest of us just 'cause your parents are buddies with the Dark Lord. You're just hidin' behind them and him. You're just a coward, and it's time that someone showed you that you're not all that," He snarled. Santana tried to step around him, but he shoved her back. She gasped. Nobody had pushed Santana Lopez around in her four years at Hogwarts, and she didn't expect that anyone ever would. Rick smirked at her. And thus began the fall of Santana Lopez.
"Come on, bitch, fight back. There's no hiding now," He laughed. Santana lunged toward him, and he dodged, pulling her down. Rick got on top of her, and started raining down punches. She tried to fight back, and even landed a few blows, but he was mad and steadily hitting her. Eventually she gave up and took the punches, hoping that they would end soon. Eventually they did, and Rick stood up slowly, panting.
"Screw you, Lopez. Everyone's gonna hear about this. I'd suggest sleeping right here, because if you come into the common room I'll give you a second helping," He said. He spat on her, and turned around. Santana sat up, wincing. Her body hurt all over, and her skin was already turning purple in some places. She used the wall to get to her feet, and staggered away from the common room, gasping in pain.
She needed somewhere she could stay for the night. A closet would work. She stumbled to a door near the potions dungeon and stepped inside. A broom closet, perfect. She curled up in between a mop and a bottle of magical cleaner and fell asleep.
When she awoke, Santana tried to stretch out, before wincing when she felt the pain all over her. Memories of the previous night came rushing back. She stumbled to her feet and came out of the closet. Nobody was in the hallway. Good. Nobody would have to witness her like this. Only they would. No way would she go to the nurse's office. If Rick was being honest, word of her beating had probably already been spread, and not showing up to class would show that she had been defeated.
Santana tried to walk normally to the great hall for breakfast. She ended up limping. She passed a Ravenclaw who gave her a worried look, and she scowled. Soon she was walking past groups of students who either snickered or looked at her in pity. She simply glared at them. No way was she going to appear weak.
Santana caught the eye of Brittany Pierce who looked at her in confusion and worry. For some reason, Santana didn't feel spite for Brittany. It was her choice to defend the girl. Santana ignored her and walked into the great hall. She sat down next to Rachel Berry, who moved over two seats. When she looked at her in confusion. Rachel shook her head quickly, and Santana scowled, settling to eat her food.
"Hey, Lopez. Just wanted to say screw you for hexing me in second year," Santana turned, and saw Finn Hudson's hand connect with her face. She gasped again, and looked around the great hall furiously. To her discomfort, people weren't mad at Hudson. They were laughing. Laughing at her. Santana scowled and stood up to face Hudson, wincing as she put pressure on her injured leg. Finn simply looked at her with a face that looked like a constipated monkey.
"Stop being mean to her," Someone said. Santana turned around. It was Brittany Pierce. Santana raised an eyebrow, and Brittany simply walked over to Santana and Finn, despite her blond friend at the Hufflepuff table trying to pull her back.
"Come on, Brittany. She's been a bitch to the whole school for the past four years. She deserves it," Finn said. Brittany scowled.
"No she doesn't. Yesterday she stopped the Slytherin quidditch team from hurting me," She said. Finn looked surprised.
"I said it wasn't personal," Santana said, even though it was. Something about Brittany just made her feel protective of the girl.
"Yeah, well, it doesn't make up for all of mean stuff she's done," Finn said.
"It doesn't, but it doesn't mean she deserves you punching her in the face," Brittany said. Finn nodded slowly.
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever, I'm gonna go eat my breakfast," Finn said, turning and leaving.
"Are you okay?" Brittany asked. Santana scowled.
"Yeah, I'm fine," She said. Brittany nodded, and walked back to her table, where her blond friend looked like he had just survived a heart attack. Santana smirked slightly. His facial expression was hilarious.
New story woo! And it's a Hogwarts AU! Hurrah! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.