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Watching the blade wave in front of her, Piper was aware of another presence in the room. A powerful presence. Her breath came out in short bursts as she was drained of consciousness.

Hermione watched as Piper passed out in front of her, and looked into the face of the headmaster. Professor Dumbledore sighed, then glanced down towards the unconscious body laying on the floor at his feet.

"Pity." He murmured as he took out a vial of a light yellow potion and inhaled sharply as he poured the contents into Piper's mouth, and stepped back, watching the effects take place.

Cho Charity Chang crept up to the entrance of Dumbledore's office, and found it open. Trying her hardest to keep as quiet as she could, she peered around the door and, to her surprise, found herself facing a rather odd sight. A crowd of people, pupils and teachers alike, were gathered around a glowing, hovering object that seemed to be changing shape and slowly gaining power from the objects and people around it. Terrified, she fled back to the Ravenclaw Common Room.

Why were residents of the school practicing the Occult?

Why were they worshipping Satan?

Harry watched the transformation take place in front of his eyes. Piper's hair became straight and blond, her skin became lighter and smoother, her eyes became bluer with a small yellow spark in the middle where the pupils should have been, and her clothes also changed into a blood red, flowing dress with long, loose sleeves.

Hermione, no matter how much she hated Piper, found herself looking astonished at the changes happening in front of her. She remembered the marks on Piper's body, and forced herself to think straight. After all, she had lied to all of them, for no reason.

After the transformation was complete, Piper's body collapsed to the floor, the light faded away, and Piper somehow looked more relaxed. It was as if holding all that power had used up all of her energy.

Piper slowly opened her eyes, and sat up, looking down at her outfit, confused. Finally she spoke.

"Where am I?"

Her voice seemed different somehow, like she felt completely comfortable with her surroundings. The pupils and professors gathered around her exchanged looks of confusion and astonishment.

Piper gracefully picked herself up and dusted her dress down, then looked at the people surrounding her calmly.

"Would someone care to explain?"