The Noble House Black.

Part 16

Leo's Pov, 

Some Days Later. 

Walking into the great hall I see many tables ready for our detention, but I tilt my head to the side as I see two wooden poles stand in the middle of the room with chains on them. She's headmistress for now and has been shoving so many rules through that I lost count of them all! Like the whole school is just changing and it's only been 24 hours! She's completely taken over and of course the sad excuse of a Minister is going to let her do whatever she wants to do, this woman should stay far and I mean faaaaaaaaaaaaar away from children! Or just anyone for that matter! 

"Mr Black." She says as she motions me over and I keep my head up high as I walk to the front of the Great Hall. "Yes Pro-" 

"Headmistress." 


"Yes Headmistress." I say with no emotion in my voice or on my tone before I let my eyes widen as she waves her wand and the chains wrap around my wrists as I'm being pulled down on my knees. 

"Mr Black will set as an example what happens if you disrespect the Ministry and the Minister himself, if you lie and lie and lie..........  By Educational Decree Number Twenty-nine your punishment will conclude 20 whip lashes. Has she lost her mind!? WHIPPING! SHE"S GOING TO WHIP ME! 

"What?!" 

"You can't do that!" 

"Have you lost your mind! You can't do something like that!" 

"Silence!" She yells and I keep my head up high as I see Flinch walk over with a whip that he holds out towards the woman. Feeling my upper clothes being pulled off of my body I see Draco look with shock and fear as he stands in the open hall doors with the rest of that stupid squad.

"Dolores! If you touch my son!" Mother yells as she quickly walks into the hall with Severus, Newt and Tina who look at the scene in front of them with wide eyes. "Then what Minerva? This punishment was hand picked by the minister himself." She says as I just hear the smile in her voice while my eyes meet those of Mother who are filled with worry. 

"He's a boy! Let him go." She yells as she gets ready to pick her wand and I raise my head higher. "It's alright, do what you feel like you have to do." I say as I look over my shoulder and wrap the chains around my hands as I look back in front of me. 

"No, Dolores!" Mother's cry is abruptly silenced by the echoing crack of the whip against my back. I clench my jaw, resisting the urge to lurch forward from the force. Despite the searing pain, I refuse to grant her the satisfaction of seeing me falter... no matter how excruciating it becomes.

"Count Mr Black." 

"One," I declare, and in an instant, the whip descends once more. Mother is in tears, restrained by Severus and Newt. If she were to lash out at Dolores now, she might find herself in Azkaban. So, I resolve to endure the whipping myself. I will bear it.

"Two." I say as I keep my head high while I just feel my skin break more and moer every time the whip lands on it........ and I feel my body wish to cry out in pain..... for me to let the tears and screams leave me as she makes me count every time after it comes down on my body.

"N-nineteen," I manage to grunt, my jaw clenched as tears stream down numerous faces. My head droops slightly in agony, and I watch as blood stains the stone below me a deep crimson red. 

Feeling the whip come down one moe time my body jerks a bit forward as I clench the chains in my hard tightly while I have to stop the yell that was on the tip of my tongue as tears have welled in my eyes. 

"T-twenty." 


Seeing the woman walk in front of me as the click of her heels almost echoes through the silent Great Hall. "You know you deserve this don't you." She says and I ignore my body as I slowly but surely lift my head high, forcing my body to stand up I bite the inside of my cheek to not let the grunts and yelps leave my lips as my back feels like it's been ripped apart. 

Standing up with my head held high she turns a shade of red as with a wave of her wand the chains leave my wrists that left deep marks on my skin and I slowly stumble forward as the blood runs down my back making hisses wish to leave my lips but not a sound is heard..... all that one can hear in the Great Hall at this moment is my steps and the dripping of my blood onto the stone. 

Passing the students I continue to stumble forwards before I almost fall into Severus and Mother as they are quick to keep me up by wrapping my arms around their shoulders. "He needs to see Poppy now." Severus says as my eyes flicker closed for a second. 

"Hem, Hem... may this be a warning for all. Things around Hogwarts are going to change." 

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Severus's Pov, 

Seeing Minerva sit next to the bed where a sleeping Leonidas lays I release a sigh, he'll bare the marks with him forever.... they may fade a bit but the whip was full of dark magic.... and Dark Magic can leave lasting scars no matter what spell we try to use against it. 

 How a Minister can stand for this.... to have a boy whipped for speaking his mind. And we had to watch Leo knew that if any of us would have stepped in we could have gotten a one way ticket to Azkaban so he stood there Bravely with his head high and took it...... he's 15 and he took the whipping he never should have gotten. 

"Minerva." I softly say and it makes the woman turn towards me with teary eyes, she just had to stand there.... she had to watch how it happened. "The whip... it was filled with Dark Magic..... it will scar and they will remain." I softly say and she turns back towards the body of Leonidas as a sob leaves her lips as she lays her forehead on his stomach. 

"H-how can she do this and get away with it. I-I'm going to ki-" 

"Minerva we can't act not now.... Leo he knew that, if we act now we will find ourselves in Azkaban." I say as I cut the woman off and by the look in her eyes I knew she would kill Umbridge right now if she has the chance.

Hearing a distance screech I turn around only to see Fawkes fly over to us and land next to the sleeping boy with tears glistering in his eyes. "Quickly turn, help me turn him around." I say as I move forward and together, we pull the body of Leonidas around as I start to pull the bandages off making his bloody and open back come into view. 

As Fawkes let's his tears fall down on Leo's back soon the open wounds turn into scars as they close, and like I said it will scar..... even the tears of a Phoenix can not make the scars go away but it can make that they won't hurt.... that he doesn't feel any more pain. 

"T-thank you Fawkes." Minerva says to the Phoenix who nods it's head before teleporting away while we carefully lay Leo back down on his back. "Why is it always him." She whispers as her hand runs through his black curls and it makes a sigh leave my lips. 

"I don't know Minerva, maybe because he's strong...... maybe because there is no one else in the world who could go through the hardships that he's been through and still stand there, still be able to feel love, to have hope. Maybe for that reason." 

"C-can we see him?" The voice of Hermione Granger says and it makes me turn around to see her, with Potter, Weasley, Greenwater and Zabini stand there with Dawn next to them. Turning around to look at Minerva again she gives me a hesitant nod as she wipes the tears away. 

"For a moment, Mr Black needs all the rest he can get." I say and it takes them less than a second to move forward and towards the bed Leonidas is laying on as his chest slowly moves up and down with every breath he take. We gave him some  Sleeping Draught so he's in a deep sleep but he'll awake somewhere tomorrow during the day. And even if his wounds are already healed the wounds this left on a boy.... on his mind will bever fade, what she's done to him will for ever stay with him. And no potion or spell can change that. 

Author's Note, 
Poor, Poor Leo and in the books like Filch was speaking about them reinstalling that punishment so yeah.