Wayward Girls

Chapter Seven

Night looks at her breakfast. How could she be such an idiot? She had told Harry last night about her gift of premonition. He snapped at her at his lack of privacy. Honestly fair, but he refused to even acknowledge her this morning. This is what she gets for telling him. She just felt wrong hiding it from him.

"Fascinating," Neville mutters, looking at Herbology book.

"You're talking to yourself again," she states as she looks over at Harry again.

"And you're staring again."

She looks away and at him. That is until she hears yelling in the hallway. Everyone leaves the Great Hall to see what is going on. Umbridge and McGonagall are on the stairs arguing.

"I'm saying your methods are medieval, Deloras," McGonagall snaps, taking a step up. Umbridge joins her.

"Are you questioning? There by questioning the Minister." McGonagall takes a step down and Umbridge goes up another. "Hogwarts is far worse than I feared. The Minister will want to take immediate action."

Umbridge quickly leaves. McGonagall looks at the students.

"Go to class," she orders. Night goes to get her stuff before heading off to her classes. Every single one Umbridge seems to want to shadow. How Snape just brushed her off was honestly hilarious. Maybe she can see why Jas can tolerate him.

The issue is truly in Divination though. Night is staring at the glass ball in front of her, debating on what to do. Harry looks slightly annoyed and so does Ron. After a certain point, the brown hair girl looses it. Trelawney maybe weird but she doesn't deserve this harassment.

"Her job is to be teaching us," she states. The other three might have rubbed off on her honestly. "Not to entertain you."

"Then why don't you show me what she has taught you."

Night rises from her seat, walking over to the woman in pink. She grabs her hand and a vision quickly flashes before her eyes. The woman being dragged along the forest floor.

"Danger down this path," she states. "Though you won't listen to me."

Umbridge sneers at her before using her power to dismiss the class. Everyone heads downstairs to get food. Not too long in and there is chaos once more. A cry comes and everyone goes to investigate. In the courtyard, Umbridge is standing there and Trelawney is crying.

"This has been my home," the skinnier one cries. "I have nowhere to go."

McGonagall rushes over to comfort her coworker.

"Do you have something to say Minerva?" the one in pink smirks.

"Several," the woman in green snaps. This is when Dumbledore enters in his usual fashion. He orders the Headmistress to take the crying woman back inside.

"You may have a right to dismiss a teacher from the position," he states, "but not from the grounds. That still remains with the Headmaster."

"For now," Umbridge smirks. Soon everyone is made to disperse. Night locks eyes with Harry who quickly brushes her off.

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Jas lays on her bed, trying to go to sleep. Just one voice keeps popping up. Her basically adoptive father keeps calling to her. It's just, he's dead.

"Jasmine," she hears. "We need you. Scarlette and I need you."

She groans, trying to cover her ears. This can't be happening. This is never a good sign. Always danger. Still she gives in. She pulls on her leather coat, though it looks odd with her cotton clothing, and head out of the dorm. One Ravenclaw with black hair is on the couch. She thinks her name is Cho. She's Miss Popular, though C dislikes her.

"Where you going?" Cho asks. Jas just ignores her and follows the voices. Until she arrives at the entrance of the door. There he stands. His signature smile stretched across. His blue eyes and his blond hair with the small bit of gray. Still on his young face, the iconic scar. He hasn't age since. Still in the same clothes as that day. Just without armor and blood. Her heart starts to race.

"Luke," she manages. He died at twenty-two. Still is by the looks of it. The throbbing noise increases as she feels her eyes sting.

"Come on," he beckons. Her feet move with out her command. She knows not to follow him. There is a chance this is a trap. Also last time she ended up following him, she followed Kronos. Now she can never live it down. But what if this is different? What if it is him? Even if it is trap, this could be a creature that could endanger the other student. She follows it out to the Forbidden Forest, unsure what to fully expect. He stops and looks at her again. The tears start to roll down her cheeks.

"Why are we here?" she asks. Her heart feels like it is about to burst out.

"Don't you remember?" he smiles, walking over to her. Her pushes her hair back. "Scarlette and I would hang out in the woods so we could train. So we could teach you how to be better than the other campers. Our powerful daughter."

"Tell me something only Luke would know."

"Right before I gave myself to Kronos, I promise you that we would be a true family after the war." She embraces him, fully crying. He rubs her hair softly. "I mean, it is your fault it didn't happen. Scarlette and I would still be alive if we never took you in."

She pulls back and sees his eyes are now gold. She should have known. Quickly twisting the ring, her dagger appears in her hand.

"Cedric?" she hears. Her head turns to see C standing there in shock. So she sees her dead boyfriend. The creature takes this advantage and swipes a set of sharpened claws across her face. She hisses in pain. This causes her to fall and her dagger flies off. C pulls out her wand and casts a spell. It just barely injures it. But it gives Jas enough to do what she needs to. She followed the two steps.

First is to assess. Looking into Duat, she can see it's an Egyptian demon. Second is pulling out the right weapon. She pulls a duffle bag out of the layer, she pulls out chalk and statues. Saying the right words and setting it up correctly, she creates a protection circle. She pushes C into the circle before grabbing her ivory wand. It looks a bit like a boomerang.

"Stay in the circle," Jas orders. She focuses on her energy. You better not fail me now, Thoth. "Ma'at."

The spell quickly drains her but destroys the demon. It is suppose to maintain balance, which can include banishing demons. The demigod collapses on the ground, breathing heavily. C leaves the circle, helping her friend up. Jas feels a warm sticky substance against her side. She looks to see the blonde is bleeding on her side.

"We need to go to the Hospital Wing," C states.

"I have-"

"No arguing. We're getting proper attention."

The two girls work together to get back to the castle. If it weren't for C, Jas would have passed out for exhaustion. But the two eventually make it to the building. Snape and McGonagall were there. Instead of asking questions, the two help the students to the Hospital Wing. No questions at the moment, just trying to help them.