A/N: Okay, so many of you guys have reviewed last chapter! I would answer it all, but I really want to start this chapter and I'm guessing you guys want to read it. Someone, I think it was MissHaleyBlack said that it was really rushed. I think it might have been like that because I just sort of thought of it at the end… -sheepish smile- And there was a new reviewer who said that they've been reading since the beginning but never reviewed. Thanks for reading and reviewing! I really appreciate it. Everyone, I really appreciate it.

CHAPTER 26

I ran around to where the Whomping Willow was. There was Bellatrix and Carley, arguing. And then Bellatrix pointed her wand at Carley. A flash of light came out as Bellatrix laughed her maniac laughter that made my skin crawl. Carley fell backward, her blonde hair flying around her. Her blue eyes looked at me, glassy, as she hit the ground with a sickening thud. I gasped, and felt my eyes prick with tears. Bellatrix started throwing rocks at the Whomping Willow, making it agitated. A huge branch looked like it was going to crush her but instead she looked over at me and apparated out of there. Her laughter echoed all around me. As Bellatrix disappeared, the branch fell onto Carley's body with a crack of breaking bones. I covered my face with my hands, but then I heard someone breathing near me. I slowly removed my hands and I fell to the ground in shock and fear. Blue eyes were really close to my face. Familiar blue eyes embedded into a pale face surrounded by blonde waves.

"Hello Fayre," she said smiling.

… Earlier…

All anyone was talking about was the death of Carley Henries.

"Carley DIED!"

"I heard she was found on Hogwarts' grounds."

"Who would want to kill her?"

"I could give you a hint," and then they would always look at me. Everyone seemed to know that Carley hated me, and always have. And apparently it's a 'known' fact that I hate her back. Not that I do…or did. I didn't exactly 'hate' her until she tortured me because she was obsessed with Sirius…

Not that Sirius and I were together in any way anymore…or ever.

I just shuffled away. My hair was normal colored and I was hardly wearing any makeup. I hadn't been sleeping well. I just kept having nightmares about Carley, werewolves, and Bellatrix. All in which ended with me dying. Carley never died in these dreams. Instead she was the one who was leading the whole thing. I tucked a lock of blonde hair behind my ear. I had never felt so alone. I don't think anyone noticed. I had closed in on myself in these past few weeks. I had distanced myself from everyone I had ever known. And I kept hearing voices in my head. I looked at the girls who were talking about me earlier. And there it was again, that voice.

"They think you did it." I shivered as the voice gave a little laugh.

"They think you killed her. That hatred filled your entire being and that you went crazy and killed her," it laughed, "You're not helping your case either. You haven't talked to anyone. You've been withdrawn. Hmm, lots more people are suspecting you little Fayre. Maybe you did kill her, and you just don't remember. Maybe you did it."

I shook my head and blinked fast. My jaw locked.

"Get. Out. Of. My. Head," I whispered with gritted teeth. I shook uncontrollably as the voice laughed, which chilled me to the bone. It felt like the room was spinning and then I felt myself fall sideways. Suddenly, the ground was in my face. I got up, shaking, and pulled myself up to the wall.

"Hey! Fayre! Are you okay?" asked Remus coming up to me. I looked at his gold eyes and my hand flew to the scars on my face. I just stared at him; fear on my face and in my eyes. He backed up and looked at me hurt and confused.

"I'll get Lily," he whispered before leaving. Eventually I dragged myself to a dark hallway where no one could really see me. Breathe, Fayre, breathe. Lily came back with Remus. They couldn't find me, and for that I was glad.

"There she is," I heard Remus say, his gold eyes staring at me. He looked like he pitied me.

"Your old friends pity you. Where do you really belong, Fayre? You even change your hair color to see where you belong. But you make it out to be like you're just unique. That you want to be different. But you don't want to be different, at all do you Fayre? You want to fit in. But you'll never fit in Fayre. All because of that scar," the voice whispered in my ear. My hand flew to my scar and I traced the roughness on the skin. And as Remus walked up to me with Lily, the memories rushed to my head. The gruesome change from human to werewolf. And then standing in front of the skeletal werewolf, with him staring at me with those melting gold eyes. And then he tried to kill me. And as I sat there staring up at him, I didn't see Remus, I saw a werewolf. I closed my eyes. It's just Remus, it's not a werewolf. That werewolf isn't a part of him. This is just a figment of my imagination…

"Is it, Fayre? That werewolf is part of Remus. And he tried to kill you that night. He's trying to kill you now. Open your eyes, Fayre, and look for yourself." No, I thought, he's not. He's not a werewolf right now. It's just me imagining things…

"Fayre?" I heard Lily's voice say next to me. I kept my eyes closed.

"You weren't important to him in any way that night. He completely forgot about you. But he seemed to remember the Marauders didn't he?" said the voice. I froze. That was true. He didn't attack the Marauders like he did me.

"Open your eyes, Fayre. And see for yourself." I slowly opened my eyes and gold eyes stared into mine. But they were hungry gold eyes. And standing in front of me was a skeletal werewolf. Before I screamed, I felt its claws sink into my skin and run down my face. I put my hand on my face and when I removed it, there was crimson blood. The blood stung my eyes and I screamed, bloody murder.

Remus' POV

"Fayre?" asked Lily, cautiously sitting down next to her. Fayre's violet eyes were shut closed and she was shaking violently. Her mouth opened and closed before she twisted it shut. Then, she stopped shaking and she just froze. Her face relaxed and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Fayre?" I asked coming closer to her, which was altogether a bad idea. She stared at me, fear in her eyes. And then, it was like recognition. She opened her mouth as if she were about to scream when her head turned to the side as if she had been slapped. She put her hand to her scar and when she removed her hand, her eyes widened. She was shaking as she looked back at me, as if I had just tried to kill her, and then she started screaming. And she wouldn't stop. Dumbledore came rushing to where we were. Lily and I couldn't do anything. She wouldn't let us touch her. Professor Dumbledore pointed his wand at her and she stared at nothing, her mouth open in a silent scream.

"Is everything okay? What happened to her?" asked Katie coming up to me. I felt my mouth go dry. She was wearing her Slytherin robes.

"Uh. Uh. Uh."

"We're not exactly sure. She just started screaming… Something's been going on with her lately," said Lily looking at Dumbledore carrying Fayre away, concerned. I nodded my head.

"Yeah," I managed to get out. Katie looked at Fayre a little concerned. Then she turned away with a little nod and a slight wave. She caught up with her boyfriend. It was all I could do to not roll my eyes as he put his snake-like arm around her shoulders. She looked back at me and then, left. Lily raised an eyebrow at me.

"What?" I asked.

"You like her," she said smiling slyly.

"Like? Her? What? No."

"You SO like her." I felt myself get red.

"You could hardly say a single word in front of her! It's like Peter!" exclaimed Lily, laughing.

"You know, this is hardly a laughing time," I said, my face beet red. Lily laughed some more.

"Okay, okay. You're right. I'll save this for later," she said making her eyebrows go up and down before heading to Madam Pomfrey's.

"Tell the others!" she called before turning the corner. I nodded to the air.

"Yeah, I'll do that," I said to myself.

Telling Sirius what happened was the worst part. His face froze up.

"What?" he kept repeating, like it didn't make sense. Well, it didn't make sense…

"She's ALWAYS getting herself in trouble! You know if her mind wasn't so BLOODY WEAK then she wouldn't get taken over so many times! That's obviously what happened! I tell her to be careful in my head all the time! AND DOES SHE LISTEN? NO! OF COURSE NOT! WHY WOULD SHE CARE IF I CARED ABOUT HER THE TINIEST BIT?" We all just stared at him as he huffed there, angrily, for a minute.

"Dude, you have issues," said James patting his back. Sirius sighed.

"I know."

"Are we going to the Hospital wing or what?" asked Peter. James and Sirius just stared at him for a second.

"Yeah…yeah. We should do that," said James getting up. Sirius looked like someone had died.

Lily's POV

"It looks as if someone had been talking to her from inside the brain…" murmured Madam Pomfrey.

"They went into her mind?" asked Dumbledore. Madam Pomfrey nodded.

"It caused certain images to be brought up. Every time she would look at Remus, I think the memory that came up was when he slashed her," said Madam Pomfrey.

"Someone very powerful would have to do that," said Dumbledore.

"Yes. Someone very powerful indeed," said Madam Pomfrey. They stared at Fayre for a bit.

"Do you think you could cure her?" asked Dumbledore.

"Well, you know I won't be able to keep them out. But maybe for twenty-four hours. I'll brew up a potion," she said leaving. As she was leaving, I felt four boys run into me.

"Shush!" I said for they were making a lot of noise. Professor Dumbledore looked over at us.

"Shoot," I heard Peter say under his breath.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Professor Dumbledore.

"Uhh…"

"We wanted to see Fayre. We just got here," I said, thinking quickly.

"Ah. Well, she's still asleep right now, so come back tomorrow," said Professor Dumbledore.

"Right. Okay, bye!" I called as I pushed the four boys out.

"Someone was in her head," I said before any of them said anything.

"Someone? Who?"

"We don't know," I replied to Sirius.

"That means that someone knows I'm a werewolf then," whispered Remus, looking at the floor. I stared at him, sadly. He slowly looked up, catching my gaze.

"They're going to use it against her again."

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