A/N: The black pixies mentioned are not the nice ones everyone thinks. They are vicious and evil. I will leave it up to you to figure out who sent them!

I DO NOT own Harry Potter!

Chapter 10

Paige awoke the next morning feeling very groggy. Although she slept for more than twelve hours, she was still tired and disoriented. It's probably from all the crying, dummy, Paige thought to herself. She pulled herself out of bed and made her way to the bathroom for a nice long shower before anyone else infiltrated the bathroom. This relaxed her and woke her up a bit. After her shower, she made her way back to her room and got ready for classes. She got dressed and looked in the mirror to apply some makeup when she noticed her hair was still black.

Oh well, she thought. My hair matches my mood. She threw it up in a ponytail and made her way to the common room to finish up an essay for herbology. By the time she was finished, the other Gryffindors came downstairs.

"Paige!" she heard a voice call out. It was Hermione.

Paige smiled. "Good morning Hermione."

"How are you feeling? Are you okay? Wood has been over his head concerned about you!"

"He'll be happy to see I survived Snape's retaliation," she said. "I start detention today. I can't imagine what he's going to make me do."

"You'll be okay. Come on, let's get to breakfast," she said. Paige put her paper in her bag and the girls made their way to the Great Hall. Paige was particularly hungry this morning because of her lack of dinner. She helped herself to toast and raspberry marmalade, sausage links, eggs and French toast. In the midst of eating, Wood sat next to her and kissed her cheek. Harry sat across from her and smiled.

"Are you okay love? I was concerned about you!" Wood said.

Paige tried to swallow the contents in her mouth before answering. "I-" She swallowed the rest. "I'm okay. I fell asleep forever. But I just want to forget about everything and serve my detentions. I'm going to keep my mouth shut from now on." After that statement, no one brought it up again.

Everyone except Wood went to Herbology. They spent the lesson, trying to protrude a pulsating pod from its peapod. That proved to be a little dangerous for some, when the pod was trying to bite and scratch. After class, they endured double Potions where Harry was getting major marks and then to double transfiguration after lunch. Paige showed Professor McGonagall that she could change her hair color AND eyebrows WITHOUT saying the spell verbally. McGonagall was so excited she awarded twenty points for Gryffindor. Paige smiled. At least she won back some points back for Gryffindor! That put Paige in an excellent mood, until she saw Snape in the hallway after class.

"Ms. Matthews," he said to her in a low, dangerous voice. Paige remained calm.

"Yes, Professor Snape?" she said, holding her tongue.

"You will report to my office every night this week at 8 PM for detention. Good day," he said in the same voice, walking away.

Paige took a deep breath and rushed to the common room to get as much homework done as possible before Quidditch practice at 5 PM. She got more than she expected done and rushed to the Quidditch pitch just before it hit five. Although she was Wood's girlfriend, he hated people being late. He would have no problem yelling at Paige.

"Hi!" she breathed when she got to the team. They were all there. Wood looked at her and smiled.

"Alright team, let's get started. We have a game against Ravenclaw this Saturday. They are getting pretty good, if you couldn't tell by their match against Hufflepuff. I want to see hard beating of the bludgers and aggression with the quaffle. Make me proud people!" Wood yelled, as he flew up in the air to maintain his post at the rings.

Practice was grueling, but they managed to make dinner by 7 PM. Paige ate very quickly and ran to the dorms to change into cleaner robes before her detention with Snape. She got to his office just when it hit 8 PM. She knocked on his office door.

"Enter," said the cold voice. Paige walked through the door and without looking up, Snape said: "You're late."

Paige could have defended herself, but decided not to piss him off anymore. "I'm sorry sir it won't happen again."

"I'm sure. Sit," he said still not looking up from whatever he was doing. It was silent for a few minutes when Snape finally spoke again.

"You will start your detention off by going into the store room and arranging every potion, beetle eyes or whatever you may find in there, in perfect order. I want them numbered right and alphabetized. I do not want to see one thing out of order. Are we clear?" he said, intently staring at Paige with his bitter eyes.

"Yes sir," she said. She got out of her seat.

"Ms. Matthews," he said before she went into the store room.

"Yes, sir?" she said turning around.

"You may NOT use magic," he said with an icy smile.

"Of course, sir," Paige replied with a forced smile.

It was nearly 11 PM when Paige got back to the Gryffindor common room. She was exhausted but satisfied with herself. She finished the entire store room in 3 hours. Of course, Snape wasn't happy because she finished by the time he sent her away.

Ron and Hermione were sitting next to each other, giggling about something. Paige walked up to them cautiously.

"I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Paige said.

"Oh, not at all Paige," Hermione said. "Ron and I were just, just…"

"I'm sorry I interrupted Ron," Paige said apologetically. Ron only smiled and nodded.

"You really weren't interrupting. Harry is here," Ron said, nodding his head toward the window. Harry looked over.

"No, the only reason why I'm over here is because you two were snogging!" he said, trying to keep a straight face.

"Shove off Harry!" Ron said, throwing a pillow at him.

"How was detention?" Hermione asked.

"Not too bad," Paige said. "But I think I upset Snape quite a bit."

"Why?" Hermione said, her face falling.

"No, it's funny. He had me arrange the store room of the potions room in order; you know by numbers and letters, using no magic. I finished the entire thing within three hours!"

"Are you sure you didn't use magic?" Ron asked.

"Yes," she replied. "He had his creepy eyes on me he entire time." She shuddered and Hermione cringed.

"That's weird!" Harry said.

"Yeah, I know. It's kind of uncomfortable when a teacher is staring at you the ENTIRE time you're working. Well, at least when you're alone with them!"

They spent a little more time chatting while Paige finished her transfiguration and potions essay.

"I'm off to bed," Paige said yawning. "Schoolwork, then Quidditch, and then detention are very exhausting." She got up off the couch and went upstairs to sleep, while thinking. She avoided Harry all day today. She did have Quidditch with him and classes but they barely spoke. She was a little rattled by the other nights' events. She couldn't help but wonder the impossible…

The rest of the week went by the same. Paige ran from classes, to eat really quickly, to more classes, to Quidditch practice, to dinner and then to three hour detention. It was exhausting. Paige tried to keep her eyes open on Saturday, when Wood was explaining that day's Quidditch approach. She was leaning on her Firebolt closing her eyes every so often. Harry nudged her awake when they were going to the pitch.

"Are you okay?" Harry asked, walking next to Paige.

"I'm just really tired, but I'll be fine once we're playing," Paige said.

"Okay, are you sure?" Harry said. Paige nodded and they flew out as their names were being called.

"Wood, Potter, Matthews, Willies, Spinnet, Presentation and Bell!" Lee yelled into the microphone. There were both cheers and jeers from the crowd. When Ravenclaw came onto the field the game began. Paige quickly woke up as soon as the game began. The bludgers were coming at the Gryffindor team with such speed. Ravenclaw was really vicious! Paige was busy trying to protect the team. She was exhausted. She was having a hard time keeping up with everybody. She almost let a bludger hit Harry!

"I'm so sorry Harry!" Paige yelled.

"Matthews!" Wood yelled. That was the first time he has used her last name. She only nodded her head and hit more bludgers. What was wrong with her?

The score was so close. IT was 60-70 Ravenclaw. Gryffindor was doing terribly. Even Wood was off on his game. Harry needed to find that snitch soon. Everyone was dirty and had frozen sweat plastered on their faces since it snowed the night before. They were starting to lose patience, especially Wood, who was screaming at everyone to pay attention. Paige was on the verge of tears because of how tired and soar she was. She was getting agitated.

All of a sudden, a dozen black pixies bearing their teeth and their claws came barreling onto the Quidditch pitch. They weaved their way through the players and went straight for Paige. They started attacking her face. She tried beating them off, but they kept on biting and scratching her.

"Get-off-!" Paige struggled. She tried to fly away but they kept on coming after her. It was all happening so fast, especially when she didn't see that bludger come right for her…