Chapter five
The great importance of blood
Harry woke up the next morning early and went down to breakfast. Colleen was talking to Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil. When Harry came over to where she was sitting the two moved down several seats. "Hello" he said happily sitting down across from her, she nodded in acknowledgement but continued to eat her breakfast. "What were you talking to Parvati and Lavender about?" he asked. "Nothing" she said dismissively then looking down at her plate avoiding his face.
"What's wrong?" he asked sweetly. "They know I'm a parseltongue, alright" she said lowering her voice so only he could hear. "How?" he asked curiously. "Have you ever talked in your sleep about bad things that have happened?" she asked half curiously, half answering his question.
"Yeah, why?" he asked curiously. "Well I've had quiet a few run ins with snakes, big ones particularly" she said quietly. "Basilisks" she said unhappily. "Basilisks?" gaped Harry. "Well, yeah it killed four witches, petrified quite a few, too" she said grimly. Harry sat there quietly and pulled food onto his plate. "Sorry for bumming you out Harry" she said sweetly. "It's alright" he said grabbing a piece of toast.
"At least it wasn't one of the times I had the Cruciatus curse put on me" she mumbled taking a sip of orange juice. "Why?" he asked suspiciously. "Because I would have woke the whole school up" she laughed and so did he. Five minutes later Ron and Hermione joined them along with Ginny.
"We have Defense against the dark arts first" said Colleen looking at her schedule. "Oy! Look who we have it with" exclaimed Ron holding his head. "Oh great" said Hermione looking down at her own schedule. Harry looked down at his and printed next to Defense against the dark arts was Slytherin.
After breakfast they said goodbye to Ginny and made their way up to the Defense against the dark arts room. Many people were waiting outside for the bell to ring most of them very nervous, most of which were Slytherin.
The class filed in uneasily and took their seats. "I'm Professor Black" said Sirius half laughing. "I'm Professor Potter" James said happily. "First thing's first, I know you're probably bursting with questions about what death is like or maybe how I got out of Azkaban, so ask away" said Sirius slyly. Malfoy raised his hand to ask a question, as did almost every one else in the class.
"How did you break out of Azkaban?" asked a Slytherin girl. "It's actually very simple if you're an Animagus" said Sirius looking at James happily. "Which I have been since I was in about my forth year at Hogwarts with James and Petigrew" he said as he narrowed his eyes.
"And what did you do?" asked Malfoy slyly. "Well I'm sure you all know dogs don't have nearly as complex thoughts" he said and he turned into the great black grim and the whole class gaped at "the death omen" except the people who knew him, who laughed. Sirius turned back into his normal self and said "and you can slip through the bars without the Dementors even noticing, nor caring" he said happily.
"Dementors Potter, you couldn't last five minutes in Azkaban" snarled Malfoy. "And you probably would die if you heard you mother begging Voldemort not to kill you, then killing her" retorted Colleen madly. "Scar head you've got competition now do you" he joked happily. "Wow that is one great come back really" said James sarcastically "5 points from Slytherin, for rude comments" he said cheerfully.
"Now can we get to teaching?" asked Sirius enthusiastically. They had a very pleasant class about patrounus charms. Harry wasn't surprised in the least that Colleen could produce a fully fledge Patronus, in the shape of a grim. This was because she heard voices of her mother protecting her, then dying, which happened to him any time he was around a dementor.
Since the lesson had been double Defense against the dark arts they headed down to lunch. Harry and Colleen sat down across from Hermione and Ron. "We've got the rest of the afternoon off" said Ron happily. "No, you, Colleen, and Harry have the rest of the afternoon off" said Hermione. "You know there are so few minimum courses at Hogwarts" said Colleen spooning mashed potatoes onto her plate. "At my other school I had Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Defensive arts, flying lessons, History of magic, focusing unfocused magic, Ancient Runes, and Arithmancy" she said counting off her fingers. "That's a lot for a minimum" said Hermione very impressed.
"Focusing unfocused magic?" Harry asked her. "Non-wand magic" she answered "it's really useful when you get into sticky situations starting fires, moving things, breaking ropes, things like that" she said biting a piece of chicken. Ron looked at Harry with a kind of you-should-learn-that look on his face. "Are you taking Ancient Runes and Arithmancy now?" Hermione asked. "No" she said "after taking five years of it, it gets easy and really boring" she finished. "Oh" said Hermione sadly. "Sorry" said Colleen apologetically, Hermione nodded in admiration.
After lunch they said good bye to Hermione and went outside to sit by the lake. They sat down in a spot surrounded by trees. Colleen took her shoes and socks off and had her legs in the water. They were talking about the Chudley Cannons (the Quidditch team) when Colleen took her vest off in the heat of the day so she only had her skirt, white uniform shirt, and Gryffindor tie on.
Harry thought to himself that it might be fun to play a small prank on her. He stood up and walked over to her. She was looking out to the other side of the lake when Harry lifted her off the ground. "NO!" she screamed "Harry NO!" But it was too late, she was already under water. She swam back up to the side of the water, but instead of getting out she pulled Harry down into the water, and before he knew it he was in the cool water of the lake. When he came up to the surface of the water Ron was on his back laughing but Professor McGonagall was standing next to him with a very stern look on her face. "Detention Potter, Black tonight in the dark arts room" she said turning on her heel and walking away. Suddenly James and Sirius came running to where Ron was laying, still laughing happily.
"What are you two doing?" James asked holding back a laugh. "Harry threw her in the lake" said Ron laughing slightly still. "Then why is he in the lake?" asked Sirius trying to hold back a laugh, but failing. Colleen pulled her self out of the water daintily "he was stupid enough to stand on the water's edge" she said sounding very happy with herself. She stood up and took out her wand and dried her clothes off, with a very strong wind. She went over to the side of the lake and helped Harry out of the water.
They met Hermione at dinner who looked completely exhausted. "How were your classes?" Harry asked cheerfully. "Tiring, how was your time?" She asked pulling a plate of food toward her. "We got detention" said Harry happily. "Who?" Hermione asked curiously. "Me and him" Colleen said scooping food onto her plate. "What'd you do?" asked Neville who was listening in on the conversation. "He threw Colleen into the lake" said Ron starting to laugh once again. "Then why is she in trouble?" Hermione asked anxiously. "I- er- pulled him down with me" she smiled and continued eating,
After dinner Harry and Colleen went strait down to the defense against the dark arts room they found James and Sirius talking happily. "Hello" they said as they entered the room. "All dry now?" asked Sirius happily. "Dumbledore gave me an early birth day present" said James gesturing toward a pensive that sat in front of him.
"I wana see how you got thrown into Azkaban" said James to Sirius. "Fine, I remember it like it was yesterday" said Sirius pulling out his wand and sticking it to his head and extracting a memory. "Do wanna see or what?" asked James after Sirius had put the memory into the pensive.
Harry walked up to the desk and touched the substance inside of the pensive with his index finger. Almost immediately he was in a completely different place, and a second later Colleen was by his side. "Cool!" she said excitedly "there's my dad" she said pointing a younger Sirius walking on the sidewalk, then James and Sirius appeared next to Colleen smiling.
"Hey look, Sirius" said James pointing at the young Sirius. "The day after you died" he said shaking his head "One of the saddest days of my life, I was going to talk to Dumbledore about Harry, the day after Serena was killed" said Sirius sadly. They watched as the young Sirius walked down the street that was very packed with muggles.
Then, around a minute later came Peter Petigrew, at the sight of Sirius he quickly drew out his wand and pointed it at Sirius. Sirius (young Sirius) drew out his own in defense. "Peter NO! you ratted out Lily, James, and Harry, which is just as bad as murder, and now you're going to kill me?" he said "Peter they'll throw you in Azkaban for this, they'll never let you out" he said raising his wand to Peter's chubby chest. "It's your own damn fault Sirius, you're the one that told James to change their secret keeper to me, so it's your fault not mine" he said viciously.
"Don't make me even more mad Peter, I've lost my wife, my daughter, my best friend, and his wife don't you dare blame this on me you- you-RAT!" he screamed "It's you're fault James is dead, yours, not mine!" The next thing Harry knew their was a brilliant flash of yellow light and the people who were standing between Sirius and Wormtail were now dead and Peter had turned into a rat and scampered into a sewer.
Sirius had an astonished look on his face, with mouth hanging opening with a look of awe on his face. When two Aurors disapparated onto the street in front of him Sirius started to laugh. The memory faded back into the dismal defense against the dark arts class room.
"That's so cool!" said Colleen excitedly "I don't mean you going to Azkaban, I mean the pensive, I've only ever read about them, never seen one before." "Now one of the best things that ever happened" said James extracting one of his own memories. "Oh god James, I really don't think that's appropriate" said Sirius wiping his hand over the pensive. "What?" Harry asked curiously. "The day you were born" said James smirking.
"What's so bad about that?" asked Colleen curiously. "He mean's Lily giving birth to Harry" said Sirius looking at James shaking his head, but smiling all the same. "Alright, I'll admit that was a little thick" said James slowly. "A little? Come on James, really" said Sirius laughing slightly.
An hour later Harry and Colleen emerged from the Defense against the dark arts room. "That was the best detention I've ever had" said Colleen happily to Harry "And trust me, I've had quiet a few." "Me too" he said happily "I had a crazy defense against the dark arts teacher last year" he showed her the back of his hand which 'I will not tell lies' was still lightly written. "Punishment Quill" she said showing him the back of her hand where 'I will not insult PUREBLOODS' was written in a large amount of dark pink scars. "God, that looks painful" he said staring in awe at the scars.
"You see back in America pureblood is the highest honor a wizard can possibly have, you see the Malfoys are the only pureblood family that has ever said two words to me, and let me tell you they weren't pleasant words" she said angrily. "You see, they were they the ones who brought me back from America" she said as she leaned up against a wall. "I feel so bad for Draco" she said remembering the time. "Why? He's a rich snob, what's to be sorry for?" he asked taken aback. "His father beats him brutally, and trust me once again that man really hurts you when he wants to" she said sadly. "The Pensive, I can show you what I mean, come on" she said, and Colleen and Harry turned around, and headed back to the Defense against the dark arts room.
"Dad can we barrow your pensive" Harry asked moving toward the desk were James sat. "Sure" he said pushing the large pensive closer to Harry. Harry took the pensive off the desk and out into the hallway. Colleen walked out of the classroom after him. "Right then" she extracted her memory and placed it into the pensive. She touched it with her wand, and within a second she had disappeared. Harry did the same and then reappeared in a dismal study room, with a large black desk, several black leather armchairs, and a large crackling fire.
Lucius Malfoy sat behind the desk and his wife sat before the fire with a terrified look on her face. Suddenly the large black doors opened and Colleen was hurled inward, and behind her stepped Draco Malfoy, with a stern but scared look on his face. "Finally Draco, what took you so long?" Lucius said as he rose from his seat. "Sorry father, I had to go to the bathroom" said Draco hesitantly. Colleen had a blue button down shirt that was open at the top and partially ripped and a short skirt, her black hair wet with sweat.
He walked over to her and grabbed her by her chin, they starred at each other for a moment. "Now you thought you could escape from the dark lord now did you?" he asked viciously and his grip tightened around her neck. "Did you?" he asked and pulled her off the ground, her feet dangling over at least an inch above the ground. She didn't answer, he dropped her and when she fell back to the ground her knees buckled under her.
"But they also wanted to hide this now didn't they?" he ripped her skirt, exposing her under pants and her scar. "Just as I thought" he said fiercely. He slapped her face, and she fell to the floor on her knees in pain. He kicked her stomach, then drew out his wand and cut her forehead above her scar, then did the same to her stomach several times, the blood quickly flowed onto her pale face. "Draco take her, you know what to do with her" he said and he waved his hand at the door. Draco moved closer to Colleen and lifted her onto the ground, with his hands on her shoulders he guided her out of the room forcefully.
Harry and the present day Colleen followed the two out of the study, and up a large stone staircase and into a bathroom. Draco propped Colleen up onto the sink, her face was drenched in blood. Draco found a wash cloth under the sink and turned the faucet on and wet it. He handed it to her, she wiped her face quickly then left it on the top of her forehead where the cut was. He took out another cloth and wet it once again. He opened her shirt quickly, revealing six scars and a large brown bruise, her stomach was even more drenched in blood than her face was. He pulled open her shirt even more exposing more cuts. He stuck the wash cloth on her bloody stomach, she winced in pain.
"I think that's the angriest I have ever seen my father" he said wiping the blood off her stomach. "One of the most painful things I've ever felt, and I've endured the Cruciatus curse a number of times, so that is really saying something" she joked trying to cheer herself up. He laughed slightly but continued to wipe her stomach clean.
"I really hate your dad you know" she said looking down at him. "So do I, I hate being hit like I'm five years old" he said pushing the cloth against her skin harder she cringed in pain. "I'm just as strong if not stronger then him" he said angrily. "So why don't you do something about it then" she asked him with a bit of confusion in her voice. "Can't, I'm bound to my family, and the Dark Lord" he said pulling up his sleeve to show her something. "That's really…really….scary, well not as much scary as it is really horrible for a father to do to his son" Harry took a step closer to see what was on Malfoy's wrist, it was the dark mark, burning bright green.
"Is that what you think of me?" said a cold voice from the doorway. "" Draco cursed under his breath as he turned around to face his father. "What is it that you think you are doing Draco?" he asked maliciously. He walked closer to Draco and slapped him harshly across the face. Then lifted him off the ground by his neck, then throwing him into the sink. The sink broke from the pressure of him and Colleen on it, they fell down onto the floor, Draco on top of Colleen.
He reached down and pulled Colleen up by her collar and set her on the ground, then put one of his hands around her neck. "Don't you ever insult my family, you silly little girl" he hurdled across the room, her head hit the toilet and she was knocked out, the memory faded, and they were once again in the dark hall.
"Er- are you and Draco Malfoy friends?" he asked. "Kind of, he helped me out, and he didn't do something his father wanted him to do, thankfully" she said lifting the Pensive. "What did his father want him to do to you?" Harry asked opening the door. "I won't tell, it's too embarrassing" she said.
"What was too embarrassing" asked Sirius lifting his head from his work. "I'll tell you some other time" she said setting the Pensive down on James's desk. "Why does he get to know and I don't?" he asked still holding the door open. "Because he's my dad" she said turning on her heal and walking out the door. Harry followed after her closely trying to catch up with her.
