Lucius had just apparated in the Ministry of Magic when a thought about Jyoti and Julianna struck him. It's too late now to go back,he thought to himself,But then again...No one had actually seen him yet...or noticed him, so he took the steps to disapparating, turned slightly on the spot, and in seconds was headed back to Hogwarts.
"That was so fuuny," Draco said, "You two nailed him good!"
"Someone had to", Jyoti said.
"Well I'm going to put my bag away", Draco said.
"Oh, can you take mine since you're going there?" Julianna asked.
"I can't go into the girls dormitory", Draco said.
"I'll go with you", Pansy said. She took Julianna's bag, and started heading away with Draco, when she stopped and turned around.
"Jyoti," she said, "I can take your bag too."
Jyoti shrugged and threw her bag to Pansy, who caught it, and continued walking with Draco.
"Well," Julianna said, "shall we go and eat?"
"There's really nothing else I wanna do", Jyoti said.
They were about to go into the Great Hall, but two people were blocking their way.
"Look Julianna, It's the Potty boy's body guards."
Julianna laughed, "Granger and Weasley right?"
"Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley to be frank", Hermione said, "And I think that you two were being extremely unfair to Harry."
"We only stated our opinion", Jyoti growled, "And if he can't handle simple opinions, then he has more issues than I thought."
"Do you even know what it's like to have lost both your parents to You-Know-Who and-"
"Don't you dare talk to us about losing parents", Julianna suddenly hissed,and Hermione backed away a smidge. "You are the one who doesn't know what it is like, you filthy mudblood! We've lost our parents too. One of them was killed doing his job, the other is not able to be with us because she's locked up. One of our parents is still alive, but it's like she's dead cause we can't see her."
"I didn't think-", Hermione began, but Jyoti cut her off.
"Yeah well that's the way Mudbloods are", she said to Julianna, "They don't think."
The two of them started laughing. Hermione, knowing she couldn't win, turned and ran in the direction of the girl's bathroom. Ron, who didn't dare speak to Draco Malfoy's cousins in any manner, turned and went into the Great Hall.
"I say, bloody good show", said a voice behind them.
Jyoti and Julianna whipped around to find Lucius standing there smirking at them.
"Didn't you just leave?" Julianna asked.
"I did, but something came to my attention as I was arriving at the Ministry, and I came back", Lucius said.
"Oh", Jyoti said, "Well what's wrong?"
"Nothing really", Lucius replied, "I just have to know something. If you are the daughters of Bellatrix Lestrange, why are your last names different?"
"Well", Julianna said, "When we came here the first person we met was Cornelius Fudge-"
"The Minister of Magic," Lucius cut in, "he never told me about his meeting you."
"Yeah well he was the one who greeted us when we came here", Jyoti said.
"And when he found out that our mother was Bellatrix Lestrange, he told us that we were going under different last names to protect our identity", Julianna finished.
"Idiot", Lucius said.
"Your mother is Bellatrix Lestrange?" asked a voice behind them. Julianna turned around slowly to look into Harry Potter's green eyes.
"Did I drop a piece of bread or something?" Jyoti said, "Are you following us now?"
"I wasn't following you," Harry snapped,"I just happened to overhear you as I was passing by and-"
"And you thought we would let you butt in?" Lucius asked. "Doing some detective work are you?"
"No", Harry replied through gritted teeth.
"It's none of your business who our mother is", Julianna said in a threatening tone.
"And if you go telling people what you heard, you're gonna pay dearly", Jyoti said.
Harry backed up some.
"I won't say anything about it", He replied. "If you leave me alone."
"Don't you dare attempt to black mail my neices, Harry Potter", Lucius said in a soft, deadly voice.
Harry stared open mouthed at Jyoti and Julianna. " Neices? But-"
"Yes, neices, Potter", Lucius said. "Now, leave or I'll-"
"Get your fellow death eaters on me?" Harry asked.
"How dare you!" Julianna snapped angrilly. "Don't you dare talk to him like that!"
She had hold of the back of Jyoti's robes just like Harry and Hermione always had to do when Draco would provoke Ron.
"What?" Harry said, sounding a bit more confident than he did seconds ago. "Didn't you know your uncle was mates with Voldemort?"
Jyoti wrenched free of Julianna and started at Harry, but was immediately grabbed by Lucius.
"What's the matter?" Harry asked. "He's not your grandfather is he?"
Lucius put his hand on Julianna's shoulder in case she decided to run at him. Jyoti was trying with little effort to get free of Lucius.
"You know," Julianna said, "you think you're so tough when it comes to insulting people. But from what I heard you tend to get a little angry when people mention...oh what was his name...Cedric Diggory?"
The smug look on Harry's face disappeared; "Don't you talk about him to me."
"Why?" Julianna asked. "Oh, I'm sorry, you don't want to remember that night do you?"
"How do you know about that", Harry asked.
"You complain about it enough", Jyoti said.
"Yes," Lucius said,"it seems that if Mr. Potter talks of Diggory enough he gets more attention."
"That's not true", Said Harry, his voice beginning to rise.
"I'm sure it's not", Lucius said," Now leave us."
Harry didn't move. He was debating with himself whether he should hex Lucius or not. Then again he had no chance seing as how he would be attacked by Julianna and Jyoti if he touched their uncle.
"Go", Julianna said.
"You are all losers you know that", he said as he backed up. He then turned around only to hit the floor with a bloody nose. He had turned right into a statue of a man getting clubbed by trolls. Behind him Julianna and Jyoti were doubled over laughing. Lucius merely smirked.
"I think he needs the hospital wing", Jyoti said.
"Allow me to do the honors", Lucius replied. In a lower voice he said, "I don't approve of anyone calling my family losers."
He performed a levitating spell on Harry. The hospital wing was just at the end of the corridor. Once there, Lucius flicked his wand and Harry went flying head first into the doors of the hospital wing. Jyoti and Julianna were holding onto each other for support because they were laughing so hard. There were students in the corridor who hadn't gone to dinner yet, and they were also laughing at what had happened, not knowing that it was Lucius who had done it.
"What on earth are you doing?" Madam Pomfrey asked when she found Harry on the floor with a bloody nose and holding his head.
"I didn't do it on purpose", he said.
Madam Pomfrey looked at him closely, and then sighed," I told Professor Trelawney to lay of the sherry. She doesn't listen to me, and now look what has happened: an intoxicated student."
"What!" Harry yelped as Jyoti and Julianna went into another fit of giggles; "I wasn't drinking sherry I-"
"That's what Fred Weasley said last year", Madam Pomfrey said crisply as she pulled him into the hospital wing," But it turned out he was lying."
The doors closed and no more could be heard.
"That was so funny!" said Draco between fits of laughter.
"When did you get here?" Julianna asked.
"I saw my father and came to ask why he was here when I saw Scarhead go head first into the door", Draco replied. " Which one of you did that?"
Jyoti and Julianna pointed at Lucius. Draco stared at him opened mouthed. "But you told me never to-"
"Nevermind what I told you never to do", Lucius said," Ask your cousins, they can tell you everything. I must be going. I'll see you two when I come to get you for Christmas holidays."
Jyoti waved good-bye to Lucius as he went outside.
"Bye", Julianna called. Lucius turned to the left and disappeared.