Fury

Sirius woke with a start as the door fell down. Standing in the doorway was Sakhmet, although he wasn't sure whether it was his daughter or the goddess that was in control. Her hair stood on end, and she looked furious. A hot sandy wind blew through the room and kept Sirius from standing up. The wind had no visible effect on Sakhmet however.

"Why didn't you tell them about me?"

The wind was almost a tornado. Sand blew in all directions. Sirius coughed loudly.

"Are you embarrassed about me or something?" Sakhmet shouted above the roar of the wind.

Sirius couldn't breathe. He couldn't see. He barely heard a few people come up the stairs and the screaming as they saw Sakhmet and her sandstorm. After that he passed out.

Sakhmet snapped out of her daze of fury as someone grabbed her in an attempt to stop her. She looked around blinking. Tears came to her eyes as she saw her father passed out across the room. "What?" she asked hoarsely. She saw the crowd look at her with pure terror in their eyes. "Oh, no." The sandstorm fell into a pile of sand on the floor. Sakhmet rushed forward to where Sirius was lying.

Searching her brain for what the goddess had taught her of healing, she checked for a pulse. His heart was still beating weakly. Closing her eyes, she searched for a problem she could solve. Sand had forced its way into his throat and lungs. She concentrated on it.

Sirius coughed up a small pile of sand. Sakhmet exhaled the breath she had been holding and opened her eyes. Standing up, she stumbled past the small crowd of staring people down the hall to the nearest bathroom where she promptly threw up and passed out.

Sakhmet sat up suddenly. Someone had moved her to her bed where she had continued to sleep till noon. And now she had a headache. Groaning, she pulled herself out of bed to see how Sirius was doing. She wandered silently through the house to his room. Mrs. Weasley was standing by his bed. Sakhmet hid just outside the doorway. Sirius appeared to be okay. The goddess assured her that he was, and Sakhmet wandered downstairs to the kitchen. She was hungry. She had used up a lot of energy with her indoor sandstorm, and healing Sirius had used up even more. Food would restore at least a little of that energy.