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Chapter 4: Tyrannus, and Granger

Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling.

Sarah's day started well.

First, as she was coming down from the dormitories, she was ambushed by a couple of Potter boys. They actually managed to turn her hair bright pink before she put them in a full body bind.

She eyed them as the lay upon the floor. Overnight, she had come to a decision about them. "Lily was right about you two." She muttered. "You're not worth the effort."

"Glad you agree." Lily said from behind her. "What did you do to them?"

"Full body bind." Sarah answered. "It's useful to know a few good hexes when you have brothers like mine."

Lily raised her eyebrows. "Will you teach them to me?" She asked as they exited the common room, leaving the boys on the floor.

"Sure." Sarah said.

"Excuse me." Came a quiet voice.

Sarah turned. The voice belonged to the pale girl, Zena Lupin.

"I couldn't help overhearing…" She muttered. "And… well… if you could… would you teach me some hexes to?" She gushed. "I want to try some out on those Malfoys…" Here eyes widened. "I mean… oh dear. I'm sorry. I forgot." She stuttered. "I didn't mean you…"

"It's okay." Sarah said, seeing that this girl was obviously trying to befriend her. "Of course I'll teach you some hexes. And I'm flattered that you forgot I was a Malfoy." She added. "It's not something I'm especially proud of."

"I didn't think so, judging by the fact that you're in Gryffindor." Zena said, relieved.

"Tell you what…" Sarah said, getting and idea. "How about we form a little group that meets for studying, researching, and learning every hex, charm, trick, or prank that we can use against anybody."

"Did somebody mention pranks?" A voice said. They turned to see Heather Weasley smiling at the three. She hesitated for a moment at the sight of Sarah, but continued boldly on. "Because if they did, you better damn well count me in."

"Never did the thought pass through our minds that we wouldn't Heather." Zena said smoothly.

"We'd love to have you…" Sarah said. "But, no offense, but you're a Weasley. Don't you have something against me?"

"Well…" Here Heather cast a sidelong glance at Zena. "I trust Zena's judgment, and she's giving you the benefit of a doubt. Besides…" She grinned slyly. "I need some partners to help me out do my cousins and the Potter twins as Troublemakers-in-Chief."

"Against the Potter twins…?" Sarah asked thoughtfully.

"Count us in." Lily said. "I'd love to give those gits what they deserve."

"Where do we meet?" Zena cut in to change the subject.

"How about, in our dormitory after classes?" Sarah suggested. Everyone nodded.

"Great." Lily said. "Now, I'm hungry. Lets get down to breakfast." She turned and led them off.

Heather lagged a bit behind. She grabbed Zena just as the other two rounded a corner.

"I need to talk to you." She whispered.

"Okay…" Zena said. "Talk. I'm also hungry you know."

"How can you be sure that you can trust her?" Heather asked.

"I can't be sure. But I think I can. I overheard her talking with Lily last night…" She paused. "She hasn't had an easy life. I find myself sympathizing with her. Her situation is a bit like mine."

"How do you know she wasn't putting that on in order to gain your trust?" Sarah demanded.

"First of all, she didn't know I was listening. She was on the other side of the door from me at the time. Second off all…" She lowered her voice. "Nobody but you, Mum, Dad, and Dumbledore know I'm a werewolf."

Sarah was definitely feeling up. She had made two new friends in one morning. She was on a role.

As she and Lily walked into the great hall, she was stopped by a fifth year Slytherin with white-blond hair wearing a prefect badge.

"Tyrannus." She said coolly to her elder brother. "Did you want something?"

Lily eyed the boy, frowning. Sarah's older brother was definitely hansom, but there was an aura about him that made her shy away.

"Sarah…" Tyrannus Malfoy said coldly. "What are you doing in Gryffindor?"

"The sorting hat put me there." She answered, as if this was the most obvious thing.

"Well, since you are already degraded so much…" He drawled. "I suppose associating with mudbloods wont make you sink much lower." He cast a smug glance over Lily, who blushed.

Sarah's eyes narrowed. "Take that back…" She whispered dangerously.

"Or you'll what?" Tyrannus asked, knowing very well that she could hex him quite thoroughly, but also sure that she would never do it in front of all the teachers.

He was wrong. Sarah pulled out her wand, and muttered something under her breath.

Tyrannus's hair suddenly turned into wriggling worms. The hall exploded into laughter at this sight of a girl with hot pink hair doing this. Tyrannus's eyes widened, and he ran out of the hall.

"Miss Malfoy… Come here." Came professor McGonagall's disapproving voice. Sarah sighed, and obeyed.

As she was walking up to the staff table, she heard someone call out, "Nice one Mal… er… Sarah." She turned. Heather and Zena stood in the doorway. Surprisingly, the compliment had come from Heather. "You'll have to teach that one to me."

Sarah grinned back. "Thanks. I will."

"Malfoy…" McGonagall said again, sternly. Sarah rolled her eyes, and continued walking up to the teacher's table.

"Yes Professor?" She asked innocently as she reached McGonagall.

"Miss Malfoy. Detention for hexing a fellow student."

"But he's my brother…" Sarah complained. "Can't I hex my brother?"

"He is still a student, and a prefect." McGonagall said.

"Do I get extra points… er… punishment for the prefect part?" Sarah asked.

McGonagall just gave her a stern look, realizing exactly where this was going. "You will report to my room after classes today." She said in a dismissive tone.

Sarah shrugged, and walked back down to sit between Lily and Zena, with Heather on Zena's other side.

"Well, I won't be able to join you guys in the dormitories tonight." She said as she sat down. The other's chuckled at this statement.

"Nice hex." Lily said. "What else do you know?"

"Not much." Sarah said shrugging. "That one's okay for laughs sometimes, but Tyrannus is so used to it, that it's ceased to be really good for anything else. He knows the counter-curse backwards and forwards by now." She sighed. "I need some new things to do to them." She said.

"I might be able to help." Heather said. "My dad owns a joke shop."

"Really?" Sarah asked eagerly. "Which one?"

"Weasley's Wizard Wheezes." Heather and Zena said together.

Sarah's mouth fell open. "You're kidding." She said. "No way. Your Dad owns my favorite joke shop." An evil glint came into her eye. "Oh… We are going to have fun this year." She said.

A thoughtful smile spread across Heather's face. "Perhaps we will." She said, actually beginning to see the girl beneath the Malfoy for the first time.

"And…" Sarah added. "Do you know what those Potter boys did to my hair?" She gave a lopsided grin. "I don't think hot pink really suits me."

The first class of the day was Charms. By this time, Sarah's hair was back to its' usual silvery blond color. It turned out that the boys had only used a simple hair coloring powder from the Weasley joke shop that came out in three washings.

The first thing professor Granger did was take role. She frowned as she got to the "P's".

"Where are the Potter twins?" She asked.

Sarah looked guiltily down at her desk. Danny raised his hand.

"Yes Longbottom?"

"I believe they are currently lying on the Gryffindor common room floor, restrained by a full body bind." Danny shot a nasty look at Sarah.

"Excuse me Professor." Lily said, standing up. "It was my fault. I attacked them." She smiled at Danny, who looked shocked. "They were harassing Sarah." She said by way of explanation.

"Mr. Longbottom, is this true?" Granger asked.

"Umm… I didn't actually see what happened." He answered guiltily. "I assumed…"

"Thank you. Everyone wait here." Granger said as she walked towards the door.

Whispers started up as soon as she left.

"You didn't have to do that." Sarah said quietly to Lily.

"Of course I did. What are friends for?" Lily asked smiling. "Besides, now you'll have somebody to keep you company in detention."

"You mean you were lying?" Heather asked incredulously. "Wow." She whispered as Lily nodded. "You've got to be the best liar I've ever met."

"Only you two and the Potter boys know exactly what happened." Zena said when she saw the looks on Sarah's and Lily's faces. "Nobody else was there."

"Now we just have to hope that the Potter boys don't squeal…" Lily trailed off as Granger came back in with Sirius and James in tow. One look at Granger's face told her everything she needed to know.

"Tough luck." Heather whispered to Sarah.

"Malfoy, Wright, come with me." Granger said. "You two come as well." She added to the boys. They followed her out into the hall.

"Miss Wright… these two boys just happened to tell me that it was not you who attacked them, but Miss Malfoy here." She said to Lily.

"That's not true." Lily protested. "They attacked Sarah. She was just defending herself."

"But it was not you that cursed them?" Granger asked.

"No. But Sarah's already got detention, and they were being such gits…" Lily glared at the Potter boys when they opened their mouths to protest. "Just because she happened to be born to a family of muggle hating maniacs doesn't mean that she is one." She continued, not giving them a chance to say anything. "She doesn't deserve anymore punishment." She finished.

"Thank you Miss Wright. Please return to the classroom." Granger said firmly. As Lily turned to go, she added, "And Miss Wright…" Lily turned. "Detention for lying to a teacher, and ten points to Gryffindor for sticking up for your friends." Granger smiled. "Go on."

Lily walked back into class in a daze.

"Now… Mr. Potter." Granger said, addressing Sirius. "Did you and Mr. James Potter attack Miss Malfoy?"

"She's a Malfoy Professor…" Sirius began. "Surely…"

"I did not ask who she was. I asked if you attacked her." Granger interrupted. "Did you or did you not."

"We did." James answered. "But there was no need for her to…"

"Thank you Mr. Potter." Granger said. "That will be enough. Detention to both of you for attacking a fellow student. Go back to class." She ordered.

The boys glared at Sarah as they left. Sarah was sure she heard James whisper sarcastically, "She'll go easy on us? Right."

"Miss Malfoy…" Granger turned to her. "I will not pretend that I do not have any prejudices against your family…" She began.

"That's okay Professor. I don't like them either." Sarah said.

"Oh… well then…" Granger smiled at her. "I think I understand Miss Wright's reasons for befriending you. I do not find you at fault in this situation. You may return to class."

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