Chapter 1

My name is Sebastian Heart. I'm a Hufflepuff 6th year. I'm also a girl. I know my name is a guy's name... But it's not my fault my parents have no taste. I have to admit though, Sebastian suits me quite well. It could have been a whole lot worse.

Anyways, here at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I'm the loner of the school. The outcast. But that is partially my fault. The people in Hufflepuff tried their best to befriend me and make me feel comfortable. I just didn't get on with them very well. We never saw eye to eye. They were all too kind and caring and helping, with an irritatingly positive view on basically EVERYTHING... I liked to squash bugs and preferred to see the darker side of things. I still like to squash bugs. I always had a twisted amusement with the way there guts just popped out the way they did.

Anyway, you could definitely say that I was the black sheep of Hufflepuff. You see, I'm goth. Here in this magical school of magic, we are a rare species. It's quite unfortunate. There is only one other person here, (Severus Snape doesn't count, ok? He just mopes and hangs out with the wrong crowd), like me. My best and only friend, Zuri McNair. But of course, she got to be in Slytherin, where it makes more sense to be a goth.

Unfortunately for Zuri, she tends to get shunned for being best friends with the weird muggleborn in the 'loser' house. Thankfully, I have her to be an out-cast with. Otherwise I would have gotten myself expelled a long time ago. I could not bear to be alone in the school, with the likes of Sirius Black constantly making me miserable.

I once made the mistake of asking my hippy parents for advice on how to deal with Black's treachery. They told me to politely ask him to stop. Tell him he is hurting me. And that all I want is for us to just be friends. That isn't an option. Ever. I will never try to make peace with that man whore. Especially after his latest stunt. I got a mystery letter this morning at breakfast from a secret admirer.

The letter basically asked me to go to the entrance hall when classes were finished for the day, so I did. It was stupid of me to have actually fallen for something like that... I feel like such an idiot. I definitely should have listened to Zuri. But anyways, I waited. And waited. And waited. For about 45 minutes, waiting for someone to come up and acknowledge me. That never happened, as you might have guessed. It eventually clicked in my head that this was some ones idea of a joke, so angered I made my way to the Hufflepuff common room. Or started too. I didn't even make it too the stairs, when I was suddenly lifted in to the air and flipped upside down. As I was in my school uniform, everyone in that general area got to see what my underwear looked like. Over the laughter of all the other little rotters in this school, I could hear Black and his little posse. Then is irritating voice yelled over the crowd...

You wanna know what he said?! He said, "Looks like those rumors were wrong. Definitely a girl."

Putting it mildly, I had every intention of making him pay. But I imagine you would like to know why we hate each other so much? Why I'm targeted out of everyone in this school? Well, the story goes back to first year.

Going through the barrier and stepping on to plat form 9 ¾ for the first time was exhilarating. It was the best day of my life. It was even better though, getting on the train. Minus the part where I basically got trampled, trying to find a car to sit in... I am small for my age. It doesn't make things easy. I did eventually find one though. Inside were a girl and boy about my age. The girl was a fiery red head, and the boy had long greasy looking black hair. As I slid open the glass door, the two both turned to look at me. The boy giving me a particularly nasty sneer, and the girl was looking at me like I was some sort of ghost. It probably had something to do with the fact that I looked like someone who had been locked away in the dark for far too long... all pale and dressed in black with un-brushed hair with a small amount of black make up over my eye lids.

Way to make me feel welcome.

Awkwardly I slid in to the car and took a seat across from them, right by the door.

I probably hadn't even been sitting there for more than five minutes when the door slid open and two boys walked in. One had dark, shoulder length hair and the other had messy jet black hair. Again, they both looked to be first years like me. I paid no attention to them as they talked to the other kids in the car. From what I did catch though, they were both being extremely nasty to that greasy kid. The boys both laughed when the greasy kid growled something at them. Then the red headed girl started yelling at them. Before long she stood up, grabbed the boy's arm and dragged him out of the car with her after saying, "Come on Severus. Let's find another place to sit." The two continued to glare as the left.

Then the two boys turned their attention on me. I hadn't realised that I had been staring at them until now. I quickly looked away and began to pick and my black finger nails.

"What are you looking at?" One of them demanded. I looked back at them to see that it was the boy with longer hair. He was rather good looking, actually.

"Nothing appealing." I grumbled in my unfortunately deep voice. I looked away from them again and continued to pick at my nails. The two boys sat down across from me, and I could feel both their eyes on me.

"Well. I'm Sirius Black. And this is James Potter." I didn't look at them and pretended to ignore them. "What's your name?"

"Sebastian." I answered sharply.

"But that's a boy's name... I thought you were a girl!"

My hazel eyes glared out from under my messy fringe at them. "I am a girl."

"You don't sound like one." The James guy remarked. "Or look like one, for that matter."

"Well you do!" I snapped. The boys looked at each other and laughed. Then it was quite, for a whole half a minute.

"So...Sebastian. How do your parents feel about you dressing like a girl? Surely they can't be too pleased."

At that I ended up standing up so fast that my spine cracked loudly, and for some reason making both the boys snicker again. Walking up to Sirius, who had made most of the remarks including the last one. "I'm not a boy!" I shouted.

He giggled again. "Could have fooled me."

Without warning and with surprising strength I used one hand and roughly pulled Black off the seat and used my other hand to smash his nose in. Twice. There ended up being a blood volcano from his nose, nicely coating my knuckles in it. His eyes began to tear up and he staggered backwards, clutching his nose. His friend looked shocked and just stared.

I gave them both my best death glare and slammed the sliding door open hard. I was surprised the glass didn't go and break... And then I left.

I ended up meeting Zuri shortly after that.

But yes, that is the reason why we don't get on...

Sebastian found herself stalking down the hallways towards the library with Zuri at her heels, looking not quite as angry, but still quite livid. "Why are we going to the library?" She at one point asked.

The Hufflepuff didn't even look back as she answered; she continued to stare coldly at the hallway ahead. "So we can go to the restricted section." Behind her, she could hear Zuri stop walking.

"But Madam Pince is still there?"

Sebastian stopped and had to mentally slap herself. The things, revenge and hatred made you do. "Right." The short girl, quickly turned to face her friend. "Tonight at 2 I'm going to break in. Are you in?" Zuri smirked and instantly nodded. Sebastian grinned right back.

A fat beetle caught her eye as it made its little way to the other end of the hallway. The badger crouched down and raised a finger over the unsuspecting insect, before squishing it in to the stone floor.

"Seb, that is disgusting. You know that right?"

What do you guys think? Is it worth continuing?