Engaging

Scars of Hate

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, they belong to J. K. Rowling. Except for Sara Sweets, she belongs to me . Author's note: This is based upon what I have taken from the Harry Potter stories, and is totally in my head. And I seriously believe that Voldemort is either in love with Lily or is her half-brother, so that is in this story. If you are easily offended by vulgar language or sexual content you should not read this fanficiton. Please review.

Lily entered the Gryffindor common room and was shocked to find Sirius at the base of the stairs that lead up to the girls' bedrooms, shouting up at Sara.

"Sirius? What's wrong?" she asked worriedly. It wasn't like him to cause a scene that didn't need causing…well…at least not one that revolved around Sara, he knew she hated the attention.

Sirius looked over at Lily, "Thank God. Lily, Sara's hurt. I know she is. It looked like she had gashes down her sides and like one of her legs was bleeding. Lily, please go help her, I can't go into the girls' room and I've been down here for at least half an hour and no one else has responded. Please go check on her at least." He begged, his eyes wide with fear for the redhead that they both knew so well.

Lily bit her lip, "Alright, I'll check on her, but if nothing's wrong I'm not coming back down."

"Fair enough, but if something is, run the whole way. Please." Sirius was begging her.

His desperation frightened her, so she ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time.

She reached her room and went to Sara, gasping when she saw the open wounds on her friend's sleeping figure.

She ran back down the steps, surprised to see Professor Dumbledore standing there talking to Sirius, who was explaining to him what he had explained to her a few moments ago, "Sirius, you were right. She's hurt real bad." Lily breathed frightened.

Both heads had snapped up at her voice, and neither one was happy with her news.

Sara's eyes fluttered open and she awoke in a white room. She bolted up when she realized that this had not been the room she had cried herself to sleep in.

"Sara!" two voices called out. Lily and Sirius rushed over to her.

"Am I in the hospital wing?" she asked confused.

"Yeah, you were hurt and we brought you here." Sirius answered.

"Dumbledore said that it looked like something had attacked you. What was it? How come you didn't go straight to the hospital wing? Or to Dumbledore? Why didn't you report it?" Lily asked, her green eyes big with unshed tears.

Sara scowled at them, "Because I didn't see the need. It wasn't that bad."

Lily blinked at her, but she couldn't say anything, she was biting her lip again, a nervous habit that she had had since before they met.

"Sara, it was worse than you realized. Look, all the potions they forced down you couldn't take away the scars." He said motioning towards her sides.

She looked down to her sides to see his claw marks still on her, simply no longer bleeding. "Oh God…" she whispered.

"Sara? What did it?" Sirius asked.

Her long red hair fell into her face, hiding her expression as her fingers traced the scars, "I didn't see. It was too quick." She lied. She had seen all too well, and he had certainly taken his time.

She froze as Sirius's hand brushed away her hair, his eyes searching for contact with hers, but she denied him that, her own gaze still upon the reminders of her attack. At least he had fangs and claws, it lead their beliefs away from a man and it would be much easier to hide the truth that way.

"Class, we're missing class. Which class am I missing?" she asked suddenly, she needed all the help she could get in her classes and laying around in a hospital bed wasn't going to help her much.

Sirius smiled, she was pushing her personal things aside again, it was her nature to do so. One day he would have to help her stop that, it wasn't good for her health.

Lily hesitated, "Err…you're missing Divination," she answered honestly.

"What?" Sara said, shooting to her feet, "I can't miss Divination!"

"Here's your book," Sirius said, he had thought he should bring them along, figuring that this would be her reaction, "if you hurry you'll make it before class is over, it just started after all."

Sara gave a smile as she took the book, then she bolted out of the room, ready for class clad in her small pajamas and completely shoeless.

"Do you think that wise?" Lily asked him.

"She needs to get her mind on something else right now." Sirius answered.