Through the Darkness | Draco Malfoy

Thirty one

"You can't do this!" said Harry. "You can torture me all you want, but you can't do this to her, Professor!"

He have lost his mind after his punishment is over and it's Aries' turn, which turned out to be more painful than his.

Aries was sitting on the chair beside Harry's chair. Her face was red, her eyes were red from all the tears coming out of her eyes. She was silently crying, with more tears rolling down her cheeks. But was funny is that despite all the pain, she's still glaring at Umbridge murderously.

Umbridge made Aries do lines, but the lines she gave the girl were much more different and torturous.

The quill she used had those words carving on her body:

Disgrace, on her back.

Slytherin's traitor, on her right arm.

Burden to the Black Family, her left arm.

Filthy Half-Blood, her left hand's dorsal side.

Lucky for her, Umbridge did not question the bandage where she covers the Dark Mark of hers. But unlucky for her, she could collapse any moment.

Not to mention, Harry is half yelling because Umbridge is about to continue torturing Aries and dismissed Harry.

"Step back, Mr. Potter. I've had enough of you two, it's my first day as a Professor, I'd like to enjoy it." she said, trying to hand Aries the quill but Harry blocking her

Umbridge forcefully had the quill to Aries' red hand.

"Write!" she yelled at Aries.

"I'll carve that quill through your skin instead!" Aries threatened loudly.

"No stop! Don't!" yelled Harry.

The door of Umbridge's office opened.

And a gasp came out of this person's mouth. It's Professor McGonagall y'all.

"Dolores! What is this?" she stepped closer to the two Gryffindors. "Is this what you call detention?! Let me see your hand, Potter—"

"See my hand? Look at Aries' shirt!" he said, pointing at the weeping girl.

McGonagall turned, and saw Aries' white blouse stained with bloody words that printed, showing what the words say by appearing on the shirt with blood.

"This is... This is outrageous!" McGonagall helped Aries up and wrapped her arms around her. "You are going too far, Dolores!"

"I'm fine!" Aries tried telling them but failed to let them believe that. Well... of course she's not fine, she's bleeding everywhere.

McGonagall left the pink office and went downstairs, while she walks, taking Aries to Dumbledore 's office, half way, Umbridge who was following his stopped her.

"You call this a punishment? Disciplinary?!" yelled McGonagall, pulling Aries closer to her. The young girl's eyes were blank, it's like she's dead, yet still insisting quietly that she's fine.

"Pardon me, professor, but what exactly are you insinuating?" said Umbridge, both two Professors stopping at the stairs.

Students heard the argument and came to see.

"I am merely requesting that when it comes to my students, you conform to the prescribed disciplinary practices."

"So silly of me, but it sounds as if you're questioning my authority in my own classroom, Minerva."

"Not at all, Dolores, merely your medieval methods."

"I am sorry, dear. But to question my practices is to question the Ministry and by extension, the minister himself. I am a tolerant woman, but the one thing I will not stand for is disloyalty. Things at Hogwarts are far worse than I feared. Cornelius will want to take immediate action."