RECAP: Sirius and Jade snuck off to set up a prank, that will supposedly be huge. James and Lily have an argument, which leaves them in a rocky state.

A/N: DISCLAIMER: There's some heavy stuff in here, just lettin ya know, hope it doesn't bother you or anything, sorry but it's crucial to the story. Also there isn't much Lily and James in this chapter, they just didn't make it in, but they will definitely be here in the next chapter! Please review if you like it!

Nightmare on Hogwarts Street

The night of September 1st, 1975, the school was in chaos.

Of course not most knew of what had occurred around them, because most of it happened away from wandering eyes. The select few who had the "luxury" of witnessing the events that night were not exactly excited to be a part of it.

Most would consider this series of events a "nightmare".

Nightmares are sleep induced dreams that usually evoke fear, anxiety or sadness. They are derived from the mind, made to exploit your deepest fears and make them reality for just a few quick seconds.

Even though nightmares only form when you are asleep, as of this moment everything seemed to be a real life nightmare for Hogwarts students.

As Lily and James fought, and while Severus Snape made probably his worst decision ever, and while Mary and Dorcas sat together, things had changed, and made into a nightmare.

(Sirius)

"Oy, what are we going to do, Black?" Jade cocked an eyebrow.

Both Sirius and Jade were almost up to the astronomy tower, walking quickly up the stairs. As they approached the door a few seconds later Sirius finally spoke, "Jade, I present to you-" He stopped mid sentence as he opened the door that led out to the tower and stared at what he saw.

Both stopped in their tracks and let their jaws drop. Jade screamed, but nobody heard.

Sirius yelled but still, nobody heard.

(Mary)

"Together they went, hand in hand, never letting each other go."

Mary Macdonald sat in her dorm in the Gryffindor tower, the only other person with her was Dorcas Meadowes.

For some reason all her other roommates were gone, but Mary didn't mind much for she liked being alone sometimes.

"Dor?" She hesitated a bit before saying her name.

"Yes?"

"You weren't just about to go to bed were you?"

There was a slight pause before Dorcas spoke, "..No.."

"Oh...good."

"Did you wanna talk?" Dorcas pulled back the curtain around her bed posts and looked at Mary.

"I just… I don't exactly know." Mary furrowed her eyebrows.

Mary and Dorcas had been very close since their first year now, always doing things together side by side. Their friendship was something of a symphony, no matter how irritated one got with the other, they never broke apart. They were perfect for each other.

"You can tell me anything Mare." Dorcas got up and sat next to Mary and giving her a sympathetic look.

"I- I know I can."

"Good." Dorcas smiled at her, a truly capsizing smile. Mary sighed.

"Are you sure there isn't something wrong?" Dorcas went on.

"Why do you think something's wrong?"

"I don't know… you're just not acting like yourself."

Mary smiled, "I'm fine Dor, perfectly fine." Mary continued, "You're just a really good friend is all."

"Oh, thanks, Mare." She smiled again and put her arm around Mary's shoulder.

"I hope you know that I won't ever leave you."

"I know."

(The Mystery Girl)

Her father was extremely pushy, always pushing and pushing her to be like him. To follow the family ideas and traditions. If she didn't she would surely be exiled.

If she couldn't execute her father's plans successfully she would surely be punished. No doubt about it.

She looked at herself in a mirror and stared at every one of her imperfections. Most didn't see these flaws but she did, she knew they were there. They were staring right back at her, as if to mock her, as if to say she'd never live up to what her father wanted.

She scowled and looked away. There was no time to feel bad for herself now. She had plans to follow through with. In fact she was supposed to be meeting some boys who were to help her with her plan. But instead she was standing here in the bathroom pitying herself.

Stupid.

She left the bathroom and made her way to the second floor, leaving behind her thoughts. All she should be focusing on was the task in front of her. Get it done and her father would be proud. Surely he would.

"Hello, boys." She said glancing around to all the Slytherins around her, "I hope you haven't been discussing too much without me."

"No, of course not." Mulciber said.

For just a quick moment, she wished they did. She wished that she wasn't apart of this plan, she wished that she could just live a normal life at Hogwarts…

But she quickly pushed those thoughts out of her head and simply replied, "Good."

The rest of the conversation happened in a blur. She thought back to what she had done just before, to the student up in the astronomy tower. It wasn't like she had hurt them in any serious way… she just did what she was told. She had to force herself to think that it was the right thing, after all, she had to please her father, and whoever he was working for.

No regret.

No hesitation.

She repeated those words in her head over and over, they were words her parents had stuck in her head since a very young age, teaching her to stay strong, to do what was right.

The girl in the astronomy tower, she was a fifth year. Muggleborn. Annalise she thought, that was her name. The girl wouldn't remember though, she wouldn't remember anything that happened that night. What this mysterious girl did was a warning to all the muggleborns out there.

But it had to be done. Her father always pushed her, to make sure it was done.

(Jade)

She screamed. Nobody else could hear her scream though.

What she saw in front of her was… horrible. Just horrible.

Sirius Black ran towards the unconscious girl that was floating over the edge of the astronomy tower. Pale faced and ghost like, she floated hundreds of feet above the ground, as if about to drop any second.

She looked dead. Surely she couldn't have survived that.

Hot tears streamed down Jade's face, and her throat closed up. Struggling to take a breath she ran to the girl as well. She looked dead.

With the flick of his wand Sirius brought the girl back on the other side of the ledge and carefully onto the ground. Jade dropped to her knees and hastily put a curl behind her ear, tears still falling down her face.

"Please wake up, please wake up…" She thought aloud. She didn't wake up.

"Rennervate!" She muttered as she quickly moved the girls head onto her lap.

"Vasquez…"

"Who did this?!" She looked up at Sirius and tears formed again.

"I don't know." He kneeled next to her and gave her a sympathetic look, the girl still wasn't awake, "We need to find professor McGonagall, or someone."

Jade wiped a tear off her face, "Right. Right, I'll go-"

"No, it's okay, I'll go, you stay here in case she wakes up." He quickly stood up and nodded to her.

"Okay…" She nodded and watched him run out the door, "Rennervate!" She said again.

The girl shuttered a little bit and her eyes fluttered open. "Oh thank Merlin! Hey, are you okay?"

"Where- where am I?" The girl muttered.

"You don't remember?"

"Remember what?"

Jade stayed silent. "Are you sure you don't remember anything?" She said after a few seconds.

"No… I don't think so." She tried to push herself up but shuttered once more and Jade caught her.

"It's okay, Sirius went to get McGonagall, it'll be fine," Jade looked at the door hoping to see Sirius walk through the doors again, "He'll be here soon."

"Sirius Black?" Her eyes grew wider.

"Hmhm."

"Oh."

"Here, do you think you're fit to try and stand up now?"

"I suppose so…"

Jade grabbed the girls arm and helped lift her up, this time she didn't shiver and instead grabbed the ledge of the tower for support. "Thank you."

"What's your name?"

"Annalise. Annalise Pratt."

"You're- you're a muggleborn?" Realization hit Jade, and she looked around the room. On the farther wall she saw the words "KEEP HOGWARTS PURE, CLEAN OUT THE MUDBLOODS." Jade suddenly felt very nauseous.

"Yes I am muggleborn. Why do you ask?" Then she saw the words on the wall as well and grew very pale, "Was I… attacked?"

Jade shook her head, "I don't know."

She took a deep breath and leaned against the wall.

(Sirius)

There are sometimes where you hate everything around you.

You hate your family, your traditions, the world.

As Sirius ran out of the Astronomy tower he saw the writing on the wall. In that moment he hated everything.

The reason this happened was because people like his family hated muggleborns. People like his family caused the demise of everything.

There are times where you realize that the world has something seriously wrong with it, and you just can't fix it. No one can.

The world was evil sometimes, and everything was just a nightmare. A never ending nightmare that consisted of constant reminders of his family and their stupid ideas. He wished so bad that he could fix it all, that he could make it so Jade and Mary and Lily and every other muggleborn could live without fear of them.

He wished he could make it all go away.

But the rest was yet to come, he had no idea what was in store for him or his friends.

If only it would all just go away.

A/N: Hey guys, kinda a sordid chapter I know, but these things happen, the plot thickens I guess. This chapter may be short I haven't checked yet but it's fine, it wasn't very fun to write but I had to. Review if you liked it, it really helps!

Dogfur