I Dreamt Of You (Wolfstar)

Chapter 20

That evening, Sirius reluctantly and a bit nervously walked to Monroe's office, feeling jumpy and scared. He'd ended up having to go by himself as Remus was required to be at a prefect meeting. The door was open, so he ventured inside to find him sitting at the desk. The room had been completely redone in nauseating levels of green with snakes everywhere.

Choking back a laugh and a cringe at the same time, Sirius sat down in the chair across from him, forcing himself to remain calm and his face blank. He had a small bag with him and was wearing the protective bracelet from Remus, just in case. One could never be too careful when the teacher seemed to have it out for him.

"Good evening, Professor Monroe." He said politely, trying not to get any further on his bad side.

Ignoring his greetings Monroe pushed a piece of paper towards him, sneering. "Mr. Black, this evening you will be writing lines for me."

"I don't have a quill professor." Sirius responded calmly.

"I have one for you." Monroe smirked, pulling one out of a desk drawer. "You will write I must not tell lies." he handed him the quill.

Sirius, just about to start writing, paused. "How many times, professor?"

"As many times as it takes to sink in..." Monroe smiled sinisterly and poured himself a cup of green tea.

***

Remus was just entering the common room after the prefect meeting when his hand suddenly stung fiercely. A gasp of pain escaped him and Felix was at his side in a second.

"What's happening?" The vampire asked.

Between waves of burning pain, Remus choked out. "S'not me. Sirius. Detention. Monroe. Think he's. Using blood. Quill. Him."

Felix's eyes widened and the students nearby who heard were outraged, muttering to one another angrily. Blood quills were the height of illegal except for legal binding documents and only Gringotts and the Minister were able to have them. "Unfortunately, we will have to wait until he returns after the detention but we can get evidence and take it to the school board in an emergency meeting and get him fired."

Remus slumped into a chair and Felix paced nearby, anguished at the fact that he was unable to stop his cub and their mate's pain. Most of the Gryffindor common room had now gathered and were sitting and standing solemnly nearby, having resolved to be witnesses so that they could call an emergency board meeting that very night.

***

Sirius clenched his teeth in pain as he wrote the next line. It had been an hour and his hand was stinging fiercely. He went to stretch it out and froze when he saw the bloody words gouged into his hand.

Monroe looked up. "Something the matter, Mr. Black?"

"My hand..." Sirius mumbled, horrified.

he took his hand and looked at it, before nodding to himself. "I think you've learned your lesson, Mr. Black. You may go."

Shocked speechless, Sirius stared at him for a moment before rushing out the room, almost forgetting to take his bag with him. He slowed down before he got to the dungeons. Remus couldn't learn of this, he'd think Sirius was pathetic for not standing up to him, and leave him, just like everyone else did eventually.

He put his other hand over the words and tried to make it seem casual, but he was forgetting that his mate would have felt everything, because as soon as he entered the common room, Remus's head snapped up and he rushed over to the elf. "How bad is it?" Sirius let out a whimper in distress. He'd failed his mate and now he'd be all alone.