The next morning at breakfast, the post owls came and with them came Voldemort's eagle-owl. It swooped down and put a box before my and a letter down on top of it before taking my letter and flying off. I grabbed the box and letter before heading down to the quidditch pitch. We sat in the stands and read the letter between us.
Andrea,
Severus has wrote to me to tell me about your antics on the first day of school. I do not want to hear about you getting in trouble like that again or I will be pulling you out of school and teaching you here myself. I want you to study hard and work to the best of your ability so you will get good O.W.L's and hopefully outstanding N.E.W.T's. I have a lot of faith in you and you cannot be letting me down. I hope that this will help you.
Grandfather.
I opened the box after stuffing the letter in my pocket. In the box was a baby snake. I took her out and she wound around me. Pany, Blasé, Crab and Goyell came up to us and sat with us. They all looked confused at the sight of the snake and Draco handed them the letter after fishing it from my pocket. The snake, which I had now christened Temperance, flicked her toung out at them and wound down my arm. She put her head down on the bandages and stayed still like a bracelet. She looked like a bracelet and could easily pass as one. We all sat there chatting until lunch time and Umbridge came to fine us.
"Andrea, on weekends, your detention will start at lunch time. I want you in my office in five minutes" she said before leaving.
"If I have to sit in that pink prison for any longer, then I am going to die" I grumbled.
"Pink?" Blasé asked.
"Completely pink, there are no other colours in there apart from pink and the brown of her desk and the desk she makes me sit at" I sighed as we all headed back up to the castle.
They walked me up to Umbridge's office before going back outside. I sat down in the chair and unwound the bandage from my hand. The lettering was still a gaping hole and it was red and sore. Umbridge handed me the quill and I started writing out the same words over and over again. The lettering on my hand got deeper and deeper with each word I wrote and soon blood was raunning onto the table.
"That is enough for today I think, I expect you back here at the same time tomorrow" she told me.
I held my hand still as I left the room and went to the girls toilets. I rinsed off my hand and winced at the sting. I thought I could see some of the bone it was that deep. Temperance had slithered off somewhere as we passed through the DADA classroom. When I had dried my hand, I went straight to Madam Pomfrey to see if there was anything she could do.
"What can I help you with Andrea?" she asked when I walked in.
"This" I said holding my hand out to her.
She took one look at it before rushing off to get things for it. She came back with potions and bandages.
"How did this happen?" she asked pouring a potion over it.
"Detention with Professor Umbridge. She's using a blood quill" I muttered as pain shot up my arm.
Madam Pomfrey shook her head and wrapped bandages around my hand before sending me on my way.
"You finally went to Madam Pomfrey then?" Pansy asked when I sat down with them by the lake.
"Had to. I could see the bone" I shrugged as Temperance came up to us and wound around my arm.
"Have you told Uncle Sev about this?" Draco asked.
"I told grandfather instead"
They all nodded and we carried on chatting for a while until we went in for dinner.
"I'm going to get my homework done" I told Draco as we headed back up to the castle.
He nodded and I went to the library instead of the Great Hall. I sat at a table with all my homework and books that I had got off the shelves. I opened the books and started on my homework. While I was flipping through a book trying to find the right page, Potter, Weasly and Granger came up to me and sat down to do their homework as well.
"How come you're not at dinner?" Potter asked me.
"I have to complete my homework and that won't happen over the next few weeks after lessons because I have detention everyday for making a few jokes about Umbridge" I said flipping through the next book.
"They must have been good if she gave you detention over the next few weeks" Weasly said.
"Everyone else thought they were really funny" I muttered as I grabbed for a piece of parchment with my left hand.
"Why do you have a bandage?" Potter asked.
"Blood quill. I could see down to the bone when I got out of detention before" I shrugged.
"You have to tell someone" Granger said.
"I told Madam Pomfrey and I'll tell father tomorrow. Right now, I just need to get my homework done or grandfather will kill me for not keeping on top of my studies" I told her.
She nodded and we all got our homework down before I went back down to the dungeons. I went to Snape's office. He answered the door straight away when I knocked and took me inside. I sat down and unwound the bandages from my hand.
"Was this is detention?" he asked.
I nodded, "She's making me use a blood quill"
"Until when?"
"When I learn my lesson. She can't keep doing this daddy, it hurts and I can see the bone" I almost started crying at him.
"I know Andy, have you told your grandfather?" he asked.
I sniffed and nodded as he re-wrapped my hand.
"I'll sort this out" he told me as the fire glowed green and Voldemort stepped into the office. He came over to me and quickly unwrapped the bandages.
He looked at my hand as Temperance curled around my shoulders. He looked closely at my hand before taking his wand out and casting several silent spells. When he had finished, all that was left was a scar. I wrapped my arms around him and he hugged me back before making me sit down and crouching before me.
"Which person did this?" he asked.
"Delores Umbridge. She works for Fudge" I told him.
"Severus, I need you to sort this out, if she gets hurt again, then I'm pulling her out taking her to live with me in the citadel. I do not want her hurt any more than she already is" he told Snape as he stood back up.
"Yes my Lord" Snape bowed.
"Good" he said.
"How is the plan coming on grandfather?" I asked.
"It is coming on really well. By Yule, one of the order will be injured, Severus will be instructed to teach Potter legemancy and Potter will fail. Do you know what part you are going to play in all of this?" he asked me.
"Yes grandfather" I nodded.
"Good girl. I'll write and I expect you to keep in touch as well" he said giving me a hug before leaving.
I went back to the common room after that and sat down with Draco and everyone else for most of the night.