promises // fred weasley

chapter 4 - d e t e n t i o n

Natalia was scared to attend detention with Umbridge. She knew that Harry would be there with her but she had no idea what kind of techniques Umbitch would use on her and Harry.

"You got detention too?"

"You're finally talking to me, how wonderful," Lia replied. 

"I'm sorry, I was just disappointed ok?" Harry said with a frown on his face.

"It's fine but it's not like it was something I could control, the Sorting Hat chose, not me."

"I know I realized that after Hermione yelled at me for the millionth time."

The two finished their conversation and then proceeded to enter Umbridge's office. 

The office was bright pink and had plates with cats on them all over the walls. There was even a picture of Cornelius Fudge, the Minister, sitting on her desk.

"Good evening Miss Edwards and Mr. Potter."

"Good evening," they both muttered. 

"You both will be writing lines today," Umbridge said while the two were getting out their quills. "You won't be needing your quills today, I have my own for you to use."

The two looked at each other confused when they were handed the quills.

"But Professor you haven't given us any ink to use," Harry said. 

"You won't be needing any."

"What are we supposed to write?" Lia questioned.

"You both must write 'I must not tell lies.'"

"How many times?"

"As long as it takes for the message to sink in."

Natalia started writing the lines on her paper and wondered where the ink was coming from until she started to feel a burning in her hand. She looked at it and saw the words being carved in her hand. She then realized that the pink bitchette had made them use blood quills to write their lines. 

Harry and Lia had both looked at the professor in pain and all she said was, "Students who tell lies must be punished."

About 30 minutes in, Natalia was sick of her bullshit. She saw how hard it was for Harry to write anymore and as a protective older sister, she had to stick up for him. 

"This is barbaric! How can you think that this is a fair punishment for us speaking our opinions?"

"Miss Edwards, I have already told you, students who are out of line deserve to be punished."

"Not by making us write lines that use our blood as ink!"

"That is enough, an extra hour for you."

"But Professor-"

"Unless you want me to make it 2 hours I suggest you continue writing."

Natalia continued writing but she wouldn't let the bitch knew how much it was hurting her. Every single time she was on the verge of tears she would make sure to move her hair so that Umbridge couldn't see her. 

After 30 more minutes Harry was done with his detention. He had tried to convince Umbridge to let Natalia go as well but she wouldn't budge. 

Natalia looked at Harry and gave him a slight smile before he had left her all alone with the spawn of Satan herself. 

***

As soon as Lia stepped out of Umbridge's classroom, she collapsed. She fell to the ground and started uncontrollably sobbing. The pain was too much for her to handle. Every time she would start a new line it would feel like someone was taking a knife and carving those words into her hand over and over again. 

She was in the middle of crying when she heard footsteps. Lia was about to get up and go back to her dorm but a voice interrupted her. 

"Lia? What the fuck happened?"

"Nothing happened I'm fine Freddie."

"Lia you're crying you're obviously not fine. Does this have something to do with Umbridge and your detention?"

"It's nothing look I have to go. Tori's probably wondering where I am."

"Wait-" Fred said while grabbing onto her hand. As soon as Fred's hand collided with hers, she screamed. 

The cut was still super sensitive and when Fred touched her hand, she couldn't bear the pain anymore. 

Fred pulled her back to him and lifted up the sleeves of her sweater.

"Lia what the hell is this?"

Natalia was about to speak when Fred interrupted her. 

"And don't tell me it's fucking nothing because this looks a hell of a lot like something Lia." 

Natalia looked up at Fred with tears brimming in her eyes and when she tried to speak, nothing came out. Fred understood that the pain was too much to handle so he asked the questions and Lia would answer by nodding or shaking her head. 

Once Fred knew everything that happened during her detention, he brought Lia into a tight hug. Needless to say, he was livid. He swore to the heavens that he would do everything in his power to make sure Umbridge got what she deserved. 

How could someone hurt his Lia like that? He knew Lia was a trouble-maker but she didn't deserve such a harsh punishment. The whole reason Sirius and Lupin decided to send her to Hogwarts was so that she would be safe and protected but after seeing what Umbridge did, he was determined to make sure that they tortured Umbitch. 

"I swear to god I'm going to make sure that piece of shit suffers for this, love," Fred claimed.

"Freddie as much as I want to see her suffer, no. You're gonna get in trouble and then get detention and she's gonna do the same to you," Lia said trying to reason with him. 

"She can't just get away with this Lia!"

"I know but what is it gonna do if you're stuck in detention? Look I'll send a letter to Dad and Uncle Lupin and tell them but until then promise me you won't do anything irrational."

Fred blew out a breath of air before saying, "I promise." 

A/N: 

Enjoy lovelies!

School has officially started again for me and I already hate it. I've been waking up at 2 pm during winter break and having to wake up at 8 was so hard for me. 

Also I have a lil surprise for y'all in my next chapter ;)