"Why, princess, I didn't know you had such a great voice." A smooth voice said.
I turned and see Regulas and the rest of his gang standing there. I froze in fear.
"What do you want Black?" James spat at him.
"I just came to say a word or two to my brother and his new fuck-buddy, I mean girlfriend." Regulas said with a shrug.
I had to grab Sirius to make sure that he didn't beat the living snot out of Regulas.
"It's not worth it love. Leave him." I said softly.
Sirius kept glaring at Regulas even though he backed off.
"Leave us alone Regulas. We didn't do anything to you." Lily said.
"Shows how much you know, Mudblood."
Now it was my turn to be angry.
"Bastard. Take that back!" I yelled.
Most of the people were now looking at us.
"Why should I? I'm only stating the truth." Regulas said with an evil smirk.
"I SAID TAKE IT BACK!" I yelled louder.
Sirius had to hold me back this time from jumping the little slime ball. James was being held back by a combination of Remus and Peter.
"Get walking Black before I kick the crap out of you." I yelled, still trying to wriggle free of Sirius.
"This is quite comical. I wonder if your skirt will fly up in your attempt to attack me." Regulas said, bending slightly to try and look up my skirt.
I did something that I would never have done otherwise. I used wandless and wordless magic to perform the Torture Curse. Regulas screamed and dropped to his knees.
"What did you just do Songbird?" Sirius asked.
"Giving that little vermin what he deserves." I said in a growl.
I made the curse more intense.
"Stop it, Sky. You'll really hurt him." Lily said.
"I don't care! He's been taunting me too long. He called you that horrible name and he's tortured Sirius at home. He deserves this and you know it." I said louder.
I made the curse more intense as I watched him squirm.
"STOP IT SKY!" I heard Sirius yell.
I stopped and so did the curse. I saw that Regulas was panting and barely moving. What had I done? I looked at Regulas with wide eyes as his friends gather around him.
"You'll pay for this Strife. You will pay dearly for this. Whether it take one year, ten years, or 50 years, you will pay for this." Snape spat at me.
I staggered a few steps backwards and looked around. There were people looking from me to Regulas and then back with shocked faces. I bet they were all wondering the same thing: what did she do? I staggered a few steps more and then turned and ran all the way out of the Great Hall and out to my spot. I didn't care who followed me, I just wanted out. I ran out and found myself in the clearing where I had been practicing when I got a chance to when I didn't spar with Cloud. I found that my new sword was out here for some reason. I picked it up and wordlessly created the faceless opponent. I made it with a little more than Cloud's level to try and get better. I started to fight it and didn't even notice that I was crying. I just wanted to get all of this frustration out. I was losing to this faceless thing and I somehow didn't care. I got thrown into a tree and onto the ground. I made the thing disappear and I cried on the ground.
"Sky?" I heard someone yelling. I looked up and saw Peter.
"Hey." He said. His voice was light and soft.
"I think you did brilliantly. That little pain deserved what he got." Peter said.
He rubbed my back to try and comfort me. He knew better than to hug me. Don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but not enough to hug him.
"I just tortured someone to the point that they couldn't move. How is that "getting what they deserved"?" I asked. I was still sobbing on the cold forest floor.
"Well, I don't know. You got me stumped there." Peter said.
"THERE YOU GUYS ARE!" I heard someone yell.
It was James. He came running up to the two of us. I sat up, still crying.
"Sky, stop that crying right now. You did a great job. Can you teach me how to do that?" James said, making a sad attempt at a joke.
"I never want to do that again. I wasn't supposed to use that for any reason than as a last resort if I lost my wand in a duel." I said sadly. I shook my head and my long red hair fell out of the hat I was wearing and into my face.
"Well, come on. Let's go back into the castle. You are shaking worse than a scared dog." James said.
"Where are Sirius and Remus?" I asked, taking a shaky breath to try and calm down. I sniffed and whipped my nose.
"Remus is making sure Sirius doesn't kill his little brother. We both volunteered to come get you." Peter said.
"That's sweet of you both." I said with a smile. I loved my friends.
"Well, come on. You are going to catch the pneumonia if we stay out here anymore." James said.
He helped me up and Peter gave me the jacket that he had on and put it around my shoulders.
"Make sure that you take that off me before we get to Sirius." I said with a small laugh.
"Don't worry, I will." Peter said, rubbing the back of his neck, uncomfortably.
I giggled weakly. The two of them walked me up to the castle. I must have been so cold I couldn't feel it because, when I walked into the entrance hall, I felt really warm. I took Peter's jacket off me and gave it back to him. They went with me all the way to their dorm where Sirius had destroyed and was now sitting and panting on his bed with his head in his hands.
"Padfoot." I said weakly. He looked up and saw it was me and waved for me to come to him.
"Where were you?" Sirius asked.
His voice was slurring slightly. He was drunk. I smelt fire whiskey on his breath. I knelt down in front of him. I didn't I had been gone long enough for him to get this drunk.
"I went into the woods to clear my mind a little." I said softly.
"Who went in with you?" Sirius asked.
"No one. I was out there by myself." I said.
"Why did you come in with Peter and James?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius, they came out to get me. They brought me to you." I said gently.
"You were out there with our best friends, with no one else around?" Sirius asked.
He lifted his head up and looked at me. I blinked a few time. This was an entirely new side of him. I had seen him slightly intoxicated before, but never this bad. He drank at the celebrations after Quidditch games, but he always controlled himself and only drank enough to have a good time. This time, however, he seemed to be drinking to drown his pain. I didn't like it.
"Padfoot, you are drunk. We'll talk about this later when you're sober, okay?" I asked gently.
"Answer my damn question." Sirius harshly.
"Sirius, I will talk with you when you're sober. Right now, you can't understand." I said.
"ANSWER ME! WERE YOU OUT THERE WITH THEM BY YOURSELVES?" Sirius shouted.
He grabbed my shoulders roughly and dragged me to my feet as he stood up too.
"I was but nothing happened. We were out there no less than 5 minutes together." I said.
My voice was still even and calm despite the fact that Sirius was raging mad.
"Things can happen that fast, Songbird." Sirius said. I sighed and then gently pushed Sirius's hands away from me.
"You are too drunk to talk calmly with. I'll be up in the morning to see if you are sober enough to talk to. I'll make sure that you have something for the hangover that you are going to have." I said.
I walked calmly across the room to the door. I turned back and looked at Sirius's shocked face.
"I love you Sirius. Goodnight." I said and then I left.
I walked up to my dorm to see Lily taking off her clothes and getting ready for bed.
"You went and talked to Sirius?" she asked and I nodded.
I took off my jacket and sat down on my bed. I flopped backwards and looked up at the canopy. I was so glad that it was only Lily and I in the dorm.
"How drunk was he?" Lily asked. Her bed springs creaked when she sat on her bed.
"Drunk enough to think that I would do something with James and Peter. And before I forget to ask, what's going on with you two? You seemed to be having a great time tonight." I said.
"Well, he asked me to be his girlfriend, but I told him that I wasn't ready. If he asked me later on in my life, I might be, but not now." Lily said. I turned over to look at her. She was looking at the floor and seemed sad.
"Tiger, you just broke a really good heart, I hope you know. But if that's the way things are going to be, so be it." I said with a shrug.
I would really like to see those two together. They were so cute.
"I know, but I really don't know what to think about him. He can be so immature." Lily said, rubbing her arm uncomfortably.
"Lills, he's not always like that. He just has a bad tendency to show off. He is really obsessed with you. When he thinks no one is looking, he's staring at you. He really is in love with you. Give him a chance." I said, getting up.
I went and got changed in the bathroom. When I came back, Lily had closed her curtains and I assumed went to bed. I got into bed after blowing out the candles. I closed my curtains and sealed them shut. I suddenly started to cry. Some way to start off a relationship.