A/N: So, onto the reviews that I wasn't able to answer last time. Sorry, it's a bit delayed.

MissHaleyBlack: I completely and totally agree. Although, Sirius is an idiot and hasn't exactly noticed anything. -_-

FantasyEye: MY DARLING READER! I thought you had left me there for a while. :D Anyway, thanks! I'm so sorry I cheated you out of a chapter though. And I'm not going to have any luck with him. He has a girlfriend. Unfortunately.

Again MissHaleyBlack: It's not going to be cute for long…

Welcome New Readers! I love you all. We're one big family here.

So, I finally wrestled my computer back from my parents. (Yesterday I was using a different one.) So, onto chapter 19 shall we?

Chapter 19

Grace skipped down the corridor, her Gryffindor robes flying behind her. Her copper curls bouncing against the black fabric on her shoulders.

"It's snowing! It's snowing!" she was singing. I watched as the werewolf came closer and closer to her. I tried shouting, but nothing came out of my mouth. The claws of the skeletal werewolf scratched against the floor. Grace still hadn't noticed. The werewolf flashed its blue eyes at me, and smiled in a way only a monster could. Then, as she focused her eyes on the skipping girl in front of her, she turned into first a black dog, then a stag, and then a rat. Finally, she finished off in the form of Carley. Her blue eyes winked at me as her wand flashed red as she whispered the unforgivable curse. Grace dropped to the ground, her screams echoing down the empty corridor. Her copper eyes rolled to the back of her head. The curse sent spasms in unnatural ways down her body. It was like a train wreck, I couldn't turn away. Then, as if her pain wasn't enough, Carley stooped down and stabbed the wooden wand through Grace's chest. Blood poured out of the open wound. Then the crimson liquid poured out of her mouth as her screams turned from ear piercing to gurgled. As Carley left in a black fog, I watched as the life left from Grace's copper eyes and as the bounce left her copper curls. I closed my eyes, as I felt warm tears roll down my face.

My eyes opened up to my dormitory. I was in a cool sweat, and breathing heavily. Apparently I screamed because Claudia and Ariana were up. Grace… wasn't there.

"Another nightmare?" asked Claudia, her almond eyes looking concerned. I nodded.

"Seems worse than normal," commented Ariana. I was breathless and nodded my head again.

"Was it about a werewolf again?" asked Claudia.

"Worse. It was about Carley," I whispered, finally getting some breath back. Lily had already filled my roommates in about why I was missing in the first place. She had told the truth that time, but she made them swear not to tell anyone else. So, I wasn't surprised when Claudia gasped and Ariana looked at me concerned.

"She can't hurt you anymore, Fayre. She's been expelled. She's not even allowed a foot into Hogwarts' grounds," said Ariana, coming closer to me. Claudia engulfed me into a hug.

"No, it wasn't about her torturing me again, it was about Grace," I said. Claudia pulled away from me.

"Grace?" she asked.

"Why would Grace be tortured in your dream?" asked Ariana.

"I don't know. But it was awful. In the end, before I woke up, Grace was- was- was …dead," I said bursting into tears. The dream felt so real.

"Where IS Grace?" I asked looking around as I wiped the warm tears off of my face.

"Oh, she must've fallen asleep in the Common Room," said Claudia.

"Yeah, we saw her studying, or, er, obsessing over how Sirius lent her a pencil…" said Ariana.

"That she's not intending to give back," smiled Claudia. I cracked a slight smile. Of course, that's what Grace would be doing.

"Is Grace a muggleborn or a halfsie?" I asked.

"Halfsie?" asked Claudia.

"She doesn't want to say 'mudblood'," Ariana stated rolling her eyes.

"It's an offensive term!" I defended.

"Yeah. Grace is a 'halfsie' as you so delicately put," said Ariana. Carley would attack her, for He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

"C'mon let's get ready. Just shake off that dream and let's go," said Ariana patting my shoulder awkwardly.

"Yes Quidditch Master," droned Claudia and I. We laughed hysterically as Ariana glared at us. She had a game tonight.

"Except, everyone knows Potter is the Quidditch Master," whispered Claudia as Ariana stepped into our shared bathroom.

"I HEARD THAT! And I'm just as good a Quidditch player as James. Maybe even better!" she said sticking her head out from the doorway of the bathroom.

"Haha! You wish!" we both cried. I had nearly forgotten about my nightmare in the midst of all the giggles. I brushed my pale blonde hair and then used my wand to dye it orange with crimson tips in favor of our house colors. I put a little bit of mascara to widen my bright violet eyes. I grabbed a orange and red striped hat and the matching scarf and ran out of my room. On the way I passed by Grace (thank God) who was half asleep murmuring about a pencil from Sirius and whom Ariana was leading. God bless her, she's like a mother to us all. I ran into Sirius and started giggling uncontrollably. He supported me with his arms and stared at me like I was crazy with his grey eyes.

"What's up with you?"

"I thought Carley somehow got into the castle and then was an animagus and could turn into all the animals that you guys could turn into and then tortured Grace before finally killing her. But she's not dead and Carley's not in the castle. You wanna know how I know this?" I giggled. Sirius just nodded his head slowly.

"Because I just saw Grace muttering about a bloody pencil you gave her," then I burst out laughing. Sirius just put his head into his hands.

"Why am I friends with you?" he asked before leading me down the stairs towards the Common Room.

"I ask myself the same question," I said, calming down.

"You ask why you're friends with yourself?"

"No, I ask why I'm friends with you."

"Haha. Funny, aren't ya?"

"Terribly."

Then we burst out laughing and everyone looked at us like we were idiots.

Lily's POV

"James, you're going to do really well like you usually do," I said to his weird looking face.

"No, no. I know that," he said.

"Conceited, are we?" I asked cocking my head to the side. He smiled at me, his hazel eyes glowing with love.

"'Course. But that's not why I have this weird face on my face," he said pointing at his face and then crossing his eyes and sticking out his tongue. I laughed and put my hands on each side of his face as he laughed with me.

"Then why do you look so weird?" I asked softly.

"Because of them," he said nodding his head to the top of the stairs leading to the girls' dormitory. There was Fayre and Sirius laughing hysterically and leaning on each other for support.

"Why are we friends with them?" I asked, shaking my head. He wrapped a strong arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him.

"I was asking the same thing," he said, smiling.

"You're going to do great today," I said.

"I just wish Sirius was still on the team," said James sadly. I sighed remembering the cruel prank against Severus last year and the consequences Sirius had for revealing Remus' secret. I shook my head.

"He'll still be supporting you," I said.

"And I have you as my good luck charm," he whispered. Then he leaned in and kissed me.

"Oh great. Is this going to be another Alice and Frank thing?" Sirius said suddenly next to us.

"Head boy and Head girl! Such a cute love story," said Fayre pretending to be all faint-hearted. James and I reluctantly pulled away from each other.

"I hope we're like Alice and Frank," James said. I smiled at him. He just kept getting cuter. WHY did I not agree to date him before? He smiled back at me.

"You guys are too cute. I think I'm going to die," joked Fayre. Sirius mocked gagged and then smiled at us.

"Don't you guys have a Quidditch game to go find seats at?" asked James.

"So does Lily!" cried Sirius.

"Don't let him do any funny business, Lily," said James looking his best friend up and down.

"Like I'd do anything," scoffed Sirius. Fayre and I just looked at him in disbelief.

"She's my best friend's girlfriend! C'mon, give me a little credit," said Sirius.

"Like you have any credit. You went out with Carley," pointed out Fayre.

"And I horribly regret that. Mostly because it wasn't really a relationship in the first place," said Sirius, being all sad at first but then teased in the end. Fayre covered her ears.

"I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!" she cried. Sirius laughed and threw an arm around her shoulder.

"Come along Flower," he said steering her out of the Common Room.

"Am I the only one curious to see if they'll get together?" I asked turning towards James.

"Trust me, I've been pestering him about it. But they just became friends again. He doesn't want to ruin," I was about to protest, "OR rush things by asking her out. Besides, Sirius is a bit scared. Not that he'd admit it, but he is. He might even be in love with her, and that's a rare thing for Padfoot," finished James. I sighed as I watched the two best friends leave the Common Room.

Even though everything was in good moods this morning, I couldn't help feeling that something bad was going to happen…

Fayre's POV

"Gryffindor scores!" the announcer announced. We jumped up and cheered.

"The snow's falling thick now," yelled Sirius over the crowd. I looked up at the sky and smiled as I stuck my pink tongue out and caught the big snowflakes. I felt a sudden chill as I looked back at Hogwarts.

"Where's Grace?" I asked looking around.

"Hmm?"

"Grace! Where is she? You know the girl who's obsessed with you?"

"Why? What's wrong? Fayre you look pale," said Sirius grabbing my arms gently.

"I had a nightmare last night," I said slowly. Sirius' grey eyes grew wide.

"About…Grace?" he asked. I nodded my head.

"Carley came back and used the Cruciatus curse on her before killing her," I said. Sirius got up and grabbed my hand.

"Let's go find her," he said.

"You don't think-"

"No, of course not. Just to calm you," he said quickly. We got up and headed back to the castle. We could hear the crowd cheering behind us.

"Gryffindor is winning," grinned Sirius. I knew he was upset that he wasn't in the game. But he was being a good sport about it.

"Slytherin is losing," I said.

"Like always," shrugged Sirius. I laughed. And that's when we fell upon a still figure in the snow. She had curly hair frosted with snow. Her copper eyes were still open. Her face twisted into agony and horror. I stared at the girl as the snow fell softly.

"Fayre," whispered Sirius as he grabbed me as I started to fall to the ground.

There, in the snow, was Grace.

And Grace was dead.

A/N: Grace will be missed. Her obsessiveness just added to the story.

No, really. I will miss this character. She made things really happy. Because she was a happy character. Too bad she's now dead.

DON'T KILL ME!

If you like this fanfiction you should go to and look up darkzjewel. I write my own stories! :D Check it out.

REVIEW BECAUSE YOU'LL MISS GRACE!

XOXOXOXO,

Innocently Beautiful