a/n: okay.. Imma finally doing a new chappie, and I hope that this is to your liking.. imma try to make it more Sirius/tasha okay? Oh yeah.. I almost forgot.. I don't think there is such thing as a black diamond..

CHAPTER.. Umm.. SEVEN!!

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fine.. Imma just trying to delay.. HERE IS THE CHAPTER!!

Tasha walked around Hogwarts, walking by the gamekeepers cabin, exploring the edges of the forbidden forest, just thinking. Soon though, it was time for her to meet them. So she headed towards the courtyard, where her waiting friends were well, waiting. "Hey," Nia said enthusiastically to her.

Tasha merely nodded, and managed a smile.

"C'mon, don't be down!" Lily nudged her. "Think of dancing tonight, and of watching the Marauders' latest prank,"

Tasha was confused, "The Ma- what -ers?"

James, Sirius, and Remus just arrived and heard the last few remarks. Sirius spoke up, and tried to sound like Lily speaking about them, "The Marauders. Only the single-hottest boys around," he spoke in a high voice, provoking Lily to playfully slap him upside the head.

Tasha laughed, "So, who are part of the Marauders.. Besides Sirius I mean," James laughed, and pointed to the grinning three-some. "Sirius, Remus, and make up the marauders! We do pranks on people like Snape, Malfoy, teachers, and most of all, Snape!" He grinned.

Lily and Nia grinned and Nia said, "And the weirdest part, is that they like getting in trouble for their pranks,"

Remus said, "It's pride. You can't blame us can you? We're guys." He said as if that explained everything. The other guys nodded seriously, making the girls giggle loudly.

They played with each other for a while, until the topic came to the dance. "So, who's taking you to the dance, Lily?" James asked her smoothly.

"A couple offers, but I turned them all down," Lily stated.

"Wanna go with me?" James asked, a little nervous.

Lily looked at him a little surprised, but agreed, "Sure James," (Okay.. I know that they start dating in 7th year, but this story is different okay?)

Nia said, "Aww.." making Lily push her.

"While we're in the asking mood," Remus interrupted, "Nia, want to go to the dance with me?" he said, turning to a blushing Nia.

"Yeah, that'd be nice," Nia replied, crimson.

It was Lily's turn, so she said, "Aww.." mocking Nia.

"Who are you going with, Si?" James asked his best friend.

"I don't know. Who are you going with, Tasha?" Sirius answered.

"Hmm. I think Blake," Tasha pondered.

James turned to her. "Have you seen Blake?"

Tasha looked stricken, "Not since break! I hope he's okay!"

Sirius turned to her, "I can check, right guys?" He said, looking to his pals for permission to 'check.' They nodded, and he pulled out the Marauder's Map.

The girls looked amazed at the intricate map, and stared at the little dots moving around the campus. Sirius searched the map for Blake, and found him in the dungeon. "What is he doing there," Remus said worriedly.

So, they all headed into Hogwarts, down to the dungeons, where the map told them Blake was. The next time James checked the map, he muttered, "Uh-oh,"

Tasha heard him, swung him around to face her and said to him, "What do you mean 'uh-oh?'" she said stricken.

James gulped, "According to the map, he's surrounded by Slytherin's, and it looks bad," he said showing her the map. And as she took a look at it, sure enough, there was Blake, with his dot almost hard to see, with these other dots that had names that sure sounded like Slytherin names including, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. She gasped, and practically ran to where Blake was, dragging her exhausted friends behind her.

When they finally saw a huge circle of Slytherin's, they realized Blake was probably in the middle. Sirius, James, and Remus hurried to make way to the middle, shoving Slytherin's left and right, with Lily, Nia, and Tasha trailing behind them. When they almost reached Blake, they could see him. He was bloody, and looked seriously hurt, almost unconscious. "What have you done to him, you bloody prat!" Tasha yelled at a grinning Malfoy.

"Nothing, nothing. We're just asking him some questions is all," Malfoy smoothly replied to her, not noticing the angry faces of her friends.

"Let him go! He did nothing to you. What the hell do you want with him, you bloke!" she said, almost hysterical.

Malfoy looked at her, trembling with rage, and smirked, "Calm down. You look positively hideous when you're this angry with someone. Lower the tone, and you look feisty, which is more, sexy," Malfoy said to her.

She snarled at him, and would've punched him, but James and Sirius were holding her back. Lily and Nia went to go to Blake, who was looking seriously hurt. Then, Tasha went to him and told him, "Hang on, Blake,"

Blake tried to smile at her, and slowly closed his eyes. Tasha screamed, and tackled Malfoy. She started punching him, until Sirius held her back and said, "Calm down, Tash. Look! Here comes Mrs. McGonagall," and sure enough, the head of Gryffindor came rushing down the halls, followed by a distressed looking Madame Pomfrey. "What is going on here?" she said, looking from the bloodied up Lucius, to the unconscious Blake.

"They were beating him up," Lily said, pointing a shaking finger at the Slytherin's, who were trying to leave.

Professor McGonagall looked appalled, and ordered that they have 3 months detention, 200 points from Slytherin, and that Malfoy should get a talk with the Headmaster.

Meanwhile, Madame Pomfrey hurried Blake to the hospital wing, and gave Lucius some magical medicine, making his bruises heal completely. At the hospital wing, she carefully laid the floating cot with Blake on it, on top of one of the mattresses that was in the section of the hospital wing, that was marked *EMERGENCY's ONLY!*

She ordered the anxious group of friends out, while she did some tests, to be sure what happened, and how she should cure him. They waited anxiously outside of the wing, not talking, but nervously looking at each other, and fiddling with their fingers and all. Later, in what seemed like hours, the hospital door opened, and a grim-looking Madame Pomfrey was revealed, sporting a sad face. "Sorry, he's gone," she choked out.

Nia and Lily broke out crying, and hurried to the nearest girl's bathroom. James, and Remus just stood there, with shocked expressions on their face, and walked to go to their dorms or something. Sirius looked at Tasha, when he found out, trying to figure out how this would affect her. He felt so sorry for her. He looked at her, and saw a stricken face, that looked like it was trying to comprehend all that has happened. He laid a comforting hand over her shoulder, and she cried in his shoulders, while he tried to soothe her nerves.

After a couple hours, at around 3:00, Tasha was feeling much better, since she never really knew Blake. But, she was still more disheartened than she usually was. All of her friends tried to cheer her up, but were all unsuccessful. The only person that actually lit a smile on her tear-stained face, was Sirius, who was constantly doing pranks on Malfoy, and just saying jokes.

All her friends noticed this, but they didn't dare say a word, because they were scared of what would happen, especially because of the mood that Tasha was in. But then, they all realized that it was around 5:00, and that they had to get ready for the dance. Actually, the Lily and Nia had to get ready for the dance, and they had to drag Tasha upstairs to get ready.

Once upstairs, they shut and locked the door, and checked to see that they were the only one's inside. "Are you okay, Tash?" Lily asked her hesitantly.

"I'm fine. I liked Blake, but I didn't know him that well, and I didn't love him. I'm sad he's well, yeah, but I'm not going to dwell on it," Tasha bravely said, letting out a lot of what her heart was pounding to say.

Lily and Nia smiled, and hugged her, while Nia innocently asked, "So, whom are you going with. Sirius???"

Tasha tried to conceal a grin, "Yeah," she said inaudibly.

"What was that?" Lily teased, pretending not to hear her.

"I'm going with Sirius, alright?" Tasha practically yelled, blushing crimson, grinning widely. Lily and Nia made kissy noises to her, making Tasha fake-tackle them.

Then, they all got up, and started to get ready for the dance. First, they took a bath, put facials on, and painted their nails. Lily put on a light purple polish on her toes, and a magenta color on her nails, while Nia put on a light yellow polish on her nails, and an orange color on her toes. Tasha on the other hand, skipped the pastels and put on a red, almost black color on her nails, with a bright, hot pink on her toes.

They grinned and pointed at each other's toes and nails, and waited impatiently for them to dry, talking all the way. Next, they cleaned their faces of the facial, and did their hair next. Lily put her hair in curly tendrils, and put half up, half down. Nia put her black hair in one neatly plaited braid, and coiled it in a perfect bun that she held in with bobby pins, and decorated it with yellow ribbon strung in it. Tasha put her hair in a very messy, but secure bun, that was held in with two silver hair chopsticks. She let loose a few tendrils, that framed her tan face, and illuminated it.

Next, they put on their dresses, they previously bought at Diagon Alley. Lily put on her beautiful lavender one, and added a beautiful amethyst set, that had dangly earrings, a necklace, and a gorgeous bracelet. Nia wore a yellow sapphire set. She also wore dangly earrings, a necklace and an amazing yellow sapphire bracelet. Then, Tasha slowly took out her jewelry box that held her mother's jewelry. She opened it and held up the first black diamond earrings she saw, the set of earrings she held out. She carefully put it on her ear, and then put on a black diamond bracelet, and a glittering black diamond necklace. She then, charmed her's and her friend's jewelry to not fall off, or nothing bad to happen to it.

Finally, they put on their shoes, and make-up. Lily wore purple liner, and a lavender shadow on her lids. She also put on a light pink blush, and a pink lipstick that accented the blush. Nia wore yellow shadow, red blush, and classical red lipstick. Tasha wore black liner, and gray-black shadow that brought out the gray and black of her eyes. She wore a brown-red blush, and a dark red lipstick color.

They were finally done. They each put last minute touches on their outfits, and headed downstairs, one by one. Lily was first, then Nia. While Lily and Nia were heading downstairs, Tasha was carefully putting her mother's jewelry away, and charming it, and everything to keep it safe. She than headed down the steps to be greeted by Sirius. He wore a sharp black suit. It had a black shirt on the inside, black pants, and a black jacket, all silk. His hair was slightly messy, making him look even sexier. She grinned at his astonished looking face, and linked arms with him, trailing behind their friends who were probably already at the Hall. "You look.." Sirius couldn't finish, as he handed her a rose corsage.

"Beautiful?" Tasha jokes, faking a pose.

"Yeah," Sirius said seriously.

She kissed him on the cheek and said, "Thanks," He just nodded, and walked on mesmerized.

A/N: like it? so sad yeah? but, I had to do something! but, I didn't even plan that. wow! I feel so bad! and her reaction to Blake's death will be more dramatic in later chapters! hope you like this!