"Now Miss Evans, you look fine nobody will notice and your friends will be here after break for the lesson, you'll be fine."
There came a knock on the classroom door. McGonagall moved towards it and opened the door. A red-eyed girl with green streaks met her.
"Miss Dixon what's wrong?"
"Professor, I've done something really bad and I should be punished."
"What are you talking about?"
"Well I put silencing spells on Black, Pettigrew, Potter and Professor Flitwick."
"You put a spell on your professor!"
The girl nodded and more tears flew from her eyes as she looked up at her head of house.
"I'm really really sorry Professor, its just they made me so mad and I lost control and I didn't mean it, I'll do whatever it is you tell me."
"Go see the headmaster!"
"I can't professor."
"You will go there."
"I can't because he's trying to sort out what already happened, he's speaking to Lupin at the moment and then he'll have to see Potter and Pettigrew."
A bell sounded signalling that it was now break.
"Sit down next to Miss Evans, while I go see Professor Flitwick."
The woman left the two girls together and they sat in silence for a while with the sound of sniffing the only distraction.
"Mand are you alright?"
"Lil, it's permanent, the green. Pomfrey can't get it out; Alice's hair is now pink streaked with purple lines and the green is making her hair fall out. That's what's going to happen to my hair and I know its stupid because I can just use a hair growth charm but that's not the point."
"Shh, come here."
The two girls hugged as more tears fell.
"I'm sorry Lil, it's my fault they did this to you, although the uniform doesn't look bad, although you don't like to show your figure do you, but it looks really good on you."
"I don't like it, it draws peoples attention I don't want anybody looking at me."
The door opened and the students started to enter looking around. The Slytherins gave the two girls funny looks, maybe it was the fact they both had blotchy red eyes with tears running down their cheeks.
Then they took their normal seats surrounding the girls leaving the seats at the very front empty for the Gryffindors, it was normal that they would only take the front seats in Potions. Lily looked up and her eyes locked with James' as he entered the room with the two other boys. Remus and Sirius were soon behind him and she guessed Peter was talking to the headmaster.
"Lily I just want to…"
"Go away Potter I don't want to speak to any of you."
"But we're sorry."
"Sorry yeah right, that's why you did it. The trick that they played on you was nothing compared to this."
Lily was on her feet looking James in the eyes, when she heard a low whistle from the back row.
"Look at the legs on Evans."
Quickly she sat down as tears left her eyes, and Amanda turned to look at the boy who had yelled.
"Lestrange why don't you go jump in the lake!"
"Oh did I upset you Amanda, don't worry your still my number one girl."
Branwen and Ginny quickly entered the room followed by three professors. Flitwick looked angrier than anybody had ever seen and the Slytherins noticed his gaze landing on the Gryffindors.
"Miss Dixon, please step outside we would like a word with you."
"Yes Headmaster."
She stood and heard another low whistle from the back and ignored it as she left the room. She stood outside with the three adults and looked at each.
"Your behaviour today has not been that which we expect of you. You will have a detention every other night until the Christmas break for what you have done and you will not be allowed to attend Quidditch matches for the entire school year or attend the Halloween feast."
"Professor, does that mean I am not allowed to try out for the Quidditch team this year."
The adults looked at each other, and McGonagall was the one to speak up.
"You may try out, but the decision on whether you may join will fall to myself. If I feel that you should join it will be allowed but otherwise it will be next year."
"No she shouldn't' be allowed."
"Miss Dixon will be trying out but for reasons I will not explain now. Now back to your lesson, I have some more students to see to."
Amanda went to walk back into the room when she heard a yell.
"Mand, Mand, its permanent you have to go see Pomfrey about your hair."
Alice came to a stop her head was covered by a hat hiding her bad hair.
"I know Gin told me, I'll go see her after Defence this afternoon, I might as well attend all my lessons now, you coming in."
"Yeah I have to wait two hours before I can have anything else on my hair."
The pair walked in followed by their Professor. With a harsh look at the boys they took their seats.
Although they didn't really know it at that point, it was the first day of a new state in their lives, the strain that had began to show in their friendships had now reached the point of braking, and the friendship between the girls and the boys had split and the group would not find themselves as a true group of friends for years to come.