Fire and Passion( Sequel to Potter and Farron)(Completed)

12. Christmas Break

Juliet's POV:

Once the swirling stops I open my eyes to see we were right outside grimwald place. I walk up to the door and knock. I don't think they were expecting us till Friday. Sirius opens the door. He looks confused. "Why are you kids here this early?" He asks. I just run into his arms. I needed my dad. Yeah I know he's not my real dad but he is the closest thing I'm going to get. He hugs me. "Her and Harry had a nightmare. Mr. Weasley was attacked by a snake." Nikki says. I pull away from Sirius with tears in my eyes. Today was not my day. Except for the hour of bliss I had thid morning. "Sirius who is it?" Claire asks walking in. Nikki walks inside and pulls her into a hug quickly. You can tell Nikki's worried as well. "Nikki? What are you kids doing here?" Claire asks hugging her little sister. " Apparently something happened to Arthur... Jay and Harry had a nightmare about it..." Sirius explains. "Oh my Goodness." She says shocked. I feel a stinging in my hand. I look down and realize I'm bleeding through my bandage. I must have reopened the wound when I was sleeping. I felt slightly light headed. " Can we go somewhere where we can sit? We're all tired..." I ask. " Of course come in..." Sirius says. We all go into the kitchen and sit around the table. I hide my hand under the table. That's when Mrs. Weasley walks in. " What are you kids doing home?" She asks. " Molly it's Arthur..." Sirius says. She gasps. I was starting to smell my own blood. Fuck. Being a canine animagus meant I had better scent. The worst part is I knew Sirius could smell it too.

" Why do I smell blood?" Sirius asks. Nikki looks confused. I bite my lip. I put my hand on the table. My bandage was completely soaked with blood now. "Juliet what happened?" Claire asks running to my side. " Detention..." I say. "What?" Claire asks confused. "Professor Umbridge thinks it's okay to make us use these quills that when you write it carves into your skin. She's been doing it to everyone. I've been cleaning wounds left and right." Nikki speaks up. Ced shows off his bandaged hand to prove Nikki's point. I take a sharp breath as a shooting pain goes through my hand. "I'll be right back." Nikki runs upstairs and comes down with a towel and clean bandages. She holds out her hand for mine. I put her in mine. Claire and Sirius were watching. Great they were going to see what was written on my hand. Nikki carefully take the bandage off. It was really bleeding. "Whoa okay. Take this and apply pressure. It's going to hurt but it will slow down the bleeding." Nikki says placing the towel on the hand. " Nurse Nikki to the rescue..." I say trying to defuse a tension I noticed settled in the room. That's when I realized Harry and Ced got stuck sitting next to each other. Nik let's out a quiet laugh. "I Always am Jay." Nikki says. I take the towel and apply pressure to my hand which made it sting. Nikki places her elbows on the table and her head in her hands. She looks physically and mentally exhausted.

I pull the towel away after a while. Now you could clearly read Ced's name on the back of my hand. I hear Claire gasp. "Why is it Cedric's name written in your hand?" She asks. Nikki looks over and gets the clean bandages. " We were caught kissing in the hall... Umbridge made a rule that male and female students have to be atleast six inches or further apart from each other..." I say. Ced clears his throat. He had unwrapped his own hand. ' Juliet Potter' was neatly carved into his flesh. This time Sirius gasps. "It's horrible. And not only is she torturing us she's not teaching us anything. There's no point in that class anymore. We're all gonna fail our O.W.L's." Nikki rants as she finishes wrapping my hand up. "Do I need to rewrap your hand?" She asks Ced. "No. It's not bleeding." He says. "Just be careful." She responds. He nods. " She's a real bitch..." I say. That's when Mr. Diggory enters the room.

"Why are the kids here?" He asks stopping in his tracks. Why do all the adults seem to be up this late? " Arthur was attacked... Molly just left..." Sirius answers. Nikki was cleaning up her medical supplies. She goes upstairs to put the supplies away but doesn't come down right away. I sigh and run my hand through my hair. Wrong hand. I hiss in pain. Everyone looks at me worried. " I'm fine..." I lie. Mr. Diggory raises an eyebrow. "What happened?" He asks. " Umbridge..." I say knowing he knew who she was. He and Mr. Weasley both worked at the Ministry. "What did she do?" He asks. " She has this quill that carves whatever you write on your hand..." Ced answers. He rests his hand on his chin. Mr. Diggory must have noticed the words there because he gasped. "Why would she do such a thing?" He asks. Nikki still hasn't come back downstairs. " Detention..." I answer. "Why would you get a detention?" He asks. What is this twenty questions? " We kissed in the hallway..." Ced says. " She made some stupid rule that male and female students must be no less then six inches apart..." I explain. "She did this just because you kissed? This is messed up." Mr. Diggory says. I hear water run upstairs.