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Tired of all the change,
That happened because of him.
Should I change back,
Or stay on track,
Which way will help me win?
I'll change my hair back?
To help me forget?
To forget the past,
Without a fret,

The next morning before going to class, Raine dyed her hair back to black and told her roommates to call her Lorraine again. From then on, she wanted to be herself.

The only thing that she didn't like about having her old hair back was that she completely hated it. She had always thought that.

Lily was walking to class with James that morning, so she had to walk alone. She stared down straight down at the floor and paid no attention to people around her. Lorraine concentrated on the sound of her footsteps as she walked. It was like she was in a trance.

Somehow, she managed to get to class without bumping into anybody. She sat down on Lily's left just before the bell rang.

In the middle of class, Lily passed Lorraine a note, but she wasn't really in a mood to read it, so she put it into her pocket so she could read it later.

Later, during lunch, she took the note out of her pocket and read it:

Tell me what secret you're keeping from me. I literally need to know. It's very important.

Why would it be important to know the secret? Of course, the secret was that she was a Death Eater that was plotting to kill her, and that wasn't something she would tell Lily, but would she get mad if she didn't tell? She probably wouldn't because… Well, it wasn't a very 'Lily Evans' thing to do.

It was one of the moments that she felt that she really needed some advice. But who would give advice to somebody about killing people without trying to arrest them after? Death eaters probably would, but she couldn't tell any other Death Eaters that she didn't want to kill them, or she would die…

Did she have any friends that she wasn't going to kill? Lorraine thought about it for a moment, and then the thought came to her. Cameron!

But would Cameron be mad that she had completely forgotten her? It was just like her to do that. Cameron was stubborn at times and sometimes had a short temper…

Lorraine scanned the Great Hall for Cameron, who wasn't there. If I were Cameron, were would I be?

"I gotta do something. I'll see you at Ancient Runes." She said to Lily before standing up and walking out of the Great Hall, and heading toward Gryffindor tower. The one place she could think of was her dormitory.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

No answer.

KNOCK! KNOCK!

There still wasn't an answer, so she sat down, her back against the door and closed her eyes, thinking. Where would I be if I were Cameron? Where…. "BLOODY HELL!"

Cameron had opened the door that she had been leaning on, making her fall back onto the floor.

Cameron laughed slightly. "Sorry. Didn't hear you knocking, Raine." She had said that word 'Raine' as if it were poisonous.

"I'm back to Lorraine now. The name came with the hair, which is gone now." She said, flipping her black hair.

"But your new friends came much before those, so they're still there, right?"

"You mad?" She asked in a quiet, small voice.

"You became popular and forgot about me! My birthday was two weeks ago but no you weren't there! If you were me, would you be mad?" She practically screamed.

"Yes." She said even quieter.

"Why did you come up here, anyway?"

"Because I need your advice… And I'm really sorry, okay? I've had so much on my mind recently and I had to be their friend. I had no choice!"

"Sure." Cameron said sarcastically.

"It's true."

"Then tell me why you had to be their friend."

"I can't… Unless you agree to stop being mad at me, to forgive and forget.

The door slammed in her face, and she fell down the stairs.

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Although she didn't show it, Lorraine was a wreck. Cameron was mad at her and she was still a bit upset whenever she saw Sirius. She still didn't know what to say to Lily, who was still waiting for a reply, but wasn't saying anything about it. What really got to her was all the homework she was getting. Apparently, the professors didn't think that they were going to pass any of their N.E.W.T.s, and didn't want to get stuck with them for another year.

She felt like she was drowning in cold poisonous water. She couldn't breath, and couldn't even open her mouth, or else she would die anyway.

Cold, poisonous water,
Should I try to breathe?
Cause I'll die anyway.
Or should I wait away,
And postpone my death day?

Everything seemed to pass by faster then ever. Classes were over in what seemed like a minute, and morning turned to night in what seemed like an hour. Most of her time was spent staring off into space and thinking the same old thoughts as usual.

Soon, it was the second Hogsmeade trip of the season. Lily was planning on spending most of the trip with James, so Remus and Peter decided to keep her company. Sirius was on a date with a sixth year Ravenclaw. She wasn't sure what her name was, or how she looked, because Sirius didn't tell that to Remus and Peter.

Lorraine tapped the window of the train boredly. "Are you staying for Christmas?" she asked the two boys without looking at them.

"Since Lily is, Prongs is too, which means that Padfoot is also staying, so Wormtail and I are too."

"I'm staying. I think that's why Lily's staying."

Remus laughed. "So you're the reason why five people are staying."

"I guess I am." She smiled.

She heard Remus taking out a book, but the train came to a halt, so he had to put it back. "What store do you want to go to first?" Peter asked cheerfully as he stood up.

Lorraine shrugged. "No idea."

"How about we just go down the road?" Remus said. "And stop at every store we need something from."

"Okay then."

The three seventh-years walked off of the train.

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I am extremely sorry it took me so long to put up these chapters, so I put up a lot, and one of Connect the Dots too…