I woke up the next days and put on a pair of ripped jeans and a black tee shirt (we had a free day before classes started so we didnt have to wear our robes). Then I put on soem dark eyeliner and mascara making my eyes as dark as i could. Next put on some of my blood red lipstick. I then went into the bathroom and cut my hair to little past my shoulders then I died it black (it had been long and a shiny brown) Then I put a few red streaks in it. If your wondering what im doing, I have decided to completely change my style. I was tired of being known of as the sweet innocent kind Sarah O'reilly. I needed to change my appearence so people were intimidated and wouldnt pick on me (especialy after what happened with the whole malfoy thing on the train yesterday). I then went down stairs to find the common room empty. I made my way down to the great hall and when I opened the door all heads turned towords me and alot of people's mouths fell open and their were some gasps. I ignored them and walked over to the gryffindor table and sat down in an empty section. I put some bacon and eggs on my plate and began to eat. Then I heard a few people sit down around me and continued to stare at my plate. "Hello, Im Remus Lupin. Are you new he-" he cut off and his mouth fell open. I had just looked up from my plate. "Sarah! But..what...how!" he stuttered. I smirked at his expression then looked around and saw James and Sirius looking at me with the same expressions. I scoffed at James who had his mouth open and his eyes wide starring at me even more idiotically then the others. Sirius was the first to regain his composure. "I kinda like it!" He said scooting closer to me. I scowled and stood up. "Good because its all your going to be seeing from for me the rest of the time we are at school." I said then i walked away without a backwards glance. I walked into the entrance hall and saw Lily talking to some of her friends by the stairs. I walked over to her. "What up?" I asked. She turned and when she saw me her mouth flew open. "Sarah! What did you do to yourself!" she asked. "I improved." I said. She looked at me confusion and disbelief mixed on her face. "But WHY?" she asked. I was starting to get a bit offended. I had started to like my new appearence and here was my best friend practically dissing it! I mean Sirius liked it! "Because im tired of people thinking im some goody two shoes who everybody can just come at! If you dont like then well bye!" I said then I stormed up the staircase to the Gryffindor common room. I went to my dorm, grabbed my cleansweep 2000 and mt beaters bat then went out to the quidditch pitch. I pulled my wand out and made several dummies float in midair for me. Then I opened the supplies chest and took out one of the bludgers. I sent it off then took off after it. I had hit every dummie at least 8 times when I noticed that there were at least 20 people sitting in the stands watching me. I turned and saw that there was James and Sirius surrounded by a group of 4 girls. Then about 30ft away Remus sat watching intently and a few of the slytherin boys were sitting watching on the other side of the pitch. I ignored them at first but then more people came down and were watching me practice. I was starting to get annoyed. After I had gotten a 10th wolf whistle from a group of Slytherin boys I flipped. When the bludger came back towards me again I hit it as hard as i could and it hit one of the boys in the group in the stomach. He flew backwards from the force and landed with a loud thud. I just flew in place for a few seconds, stunned silence from everybody watching then realizing that he wasnt moving and that my bat was broken I had hit it so hard I flew down to the boy who was surrounded by the other Slytherins. They parted as I came over and let me threw. I knelt down next to the boy and saw that it was Severus Snape. I instantly felt sorry because i knew that he wasnt the one who had whistled. He was one of the only fairly decent Slytherins and he was friends with Lily and any friend of lily's was a friend of mine. I saw that he was unconsious so I picked him up and all the boys around me starred at me in shock. (I didnt look as strong as I was) I ran for the castle but half way there I was blocked by James and Sirius. "Nice hit O'reilly!" said James. "Yeah! You know why dont you just hand Snivellus here and we'll 'take care' of him for you." said Sirius. I glared "Look Black! If you dont move right now, then all hell will be unleashed! You to Potter!" I said. I didnt raise my voice but I 'did' make it sound dark and threatening. They immediatly moved looking anxous. *Wow. Im better at this than I thought!* I thought to myself. I began running again and then I finally reached the hospital wing. I layed Severus down on a bed and called "Madam Pomprey!" A young witch with blonde hair came out and saw Severus laying on the bed unconsious. "Oh Dear! What happened?" she asked running over. "I..uh...accendentally hit him with a bludger." I said. Well it was partly true! I hadnt meant to hit Severus! "Thank you for bringing him. You may go now dear." she said. i walked out and went back to the pitch. Everybody was still there but I didnt mind them. I went back to the middle of the field and picked up the two halves of my beaters bat then quickly did 'repario' then I grabbed the bludger and threw it inot the air. It immediatly began to zoom around. I flew back inot the air. I hit the bludger around, destroying 4 of the school dummies. Then when the bludger was coming at me again all of a sudden it froze and a figure zoomed out in front of me. It grabbed the quaffle while another person went behind me and grabbed me around the middle, pinning my arms to my sides. I looked around and saw that it was James and Sirius AGAIN! *why dont they just leave me alone!* I thought angrily. "Now now Sarah, it isnt nice to go around destroying school property." said James. He was the one throwing the frozen bludger back and forth in his hands. Sirius was still oinning my arms down. "It also isnt nice to hold someone against their will, especially 150 ft in the air." I retorted. James smiled and said " I dont think I'll be nice today Padfoot, what about you?" he asked Sirius with a mischevious smile on his face. "Definitally not." said Sirius with an identical grin. James looked down and I just then realized that Remus was standing under us on the ground. He looked worried. "Remus? Is it nice to dump somebody in the middle of the black lake?" he asked. Remus looked up confused. "No. Of course not." he called back. Knowing what was about to happen I began to struggle in Sirius's arms. If it was anybody else I would have succeded but Sirius was too strong. Sirius and James smiled evilly at each other. Then James called down. "Everybody if you want to have a good laugh then come to hte black lake! NOW!" Everybody ran to the lake as you were taken there with James and Sirius as thier hostage. The whole way thier Remus was yelling up at them in protest. I struggled untill we were over to the lake. I knew that struggling at that point would just make it worse. I expected then to just drop me but htey didnt want to end their fun too quickly. They flew to the very middle of the lake and flew about 200 ft up then Sirius grabbed the back of my shirt and held me out at arms length in mid-air. I reached for my wand but it wasnt in my pocket! I realized i must have dropped on out way up here when I was thrashing against Sirius's restraints. I just hung their for a few seconds while everybody watched in excitment. Then I felt myself being pulled back. "You didnt think I would actually drop you did you?" asked Sirius he was about to put me back on the front of his broom when I slipped from his grip and fell the 200ft and plunged into the icy water. I sliced threw it so hard that I plunged down at least 60 ft. My ears popped painfully and I tumbled around. I finally stayed stil in the freezing water and looked around. Every direction was pure darkness. There was no light coming from any direction so i had no clue which way was up. I began swimming the way that my head was facing because that was technically my up and after 30 seconds my lungs burned painfully. I still hadnt made any progress. I turned and swam for a while then all of a sudden it felt like I was being pressed down on from all sides. Then a beautiful music filled my ears and a scally hand gripped my arm and pulled me away. I didnt get a chance to see what it was becaus eI blacked out. I was pulled into a world of pain and darkness that I knew I couldnt excape.