Once Jack had gotten back to the common room with the others, minus Harry who had gone to detention, kids began to congratulate him for making the team as the news of him saving Dees had spread remarkably fast.
Jack felt pleased but also bad for stealing Harry's place on the team but Ron had told him as had Hermione that it wasn't his fault several times. Once Jack had put his broom away, he and the others had sat down on the chairs by the fireplace with the fire ablaze but not too hot to Jack's relief as he was sitting on the couch. Hermione sat on the arm chair, Ron sat on the floor and Star sat on the end of the other side of the couch that Jack was sitting on. They had both saved a seat for Harry in the middle.
"What kind of detention to they make you have here then?" Star asked who currently had a pencil behind her ear.
"Well, you just stay behind in the classes really but with Umbridge, who knows?" Hermione replied, not looking up from her book.
"Hope it's nothing bad," Jack said, not looking up from his book which was about Quidditch. Hermione had just given it to him so he could see how the game was played. He had practices every day after lessons until Friday which was the day of the first game.
"I reckon we should pay her back for taking Harry off the team," Ron said and Star's eyes gleamed.
"Very tempting but I need to know her ways first. We've only met her today and we know nothing about her. We need to find her weak spots," Star said and Ron shivered.
"You sound evil" he commented and Star grinned.
"Thanks! I do try to be my best at being evil," she said. Everyone laughed at this but Jack turned his head as he heard the portrait, which was the door to their common room, open and Harry walked in.
"Harry! How was detention?" Star asked, sounding eager to know but Harry shrugged.
"Fine, she just made me write lines," he mumbled, coming to sit down in the middle of Jack and Star. The white haired teen looked at Harry and then noticed that he was pulling his sleeve over the top of his hand. He raised an eyebrow at this.
"Are you okay?" Ron asked.
"Yeah fine. I got taken off Quidditch all year and I had a detention with a teacher who says I tell lies," Harry half yelled, before getting up and storming up to the boy's dormitory. As he did so, Jack got a glimpse of his hand as he got up. Ron seemed hurt and annoyed by that comment.
"Jeez I was just asking!" Ron said, slamming his book shut.
"Let him blow off some steam. I bet he'll be fine by tomorrow," Hermione said, shutting her book and letting out a long yawn. Jack was now quite concerned and he looked at Star.
"Hey Star, can I have quick word? Private?" he asked and Star looked up from her parchment.
"Sure," she said but Hermione stopped them.
"Is this about pranks?" she asked and Jack nodded quickly.
"Yes!" he said, almost a little too quickly, then looking at Star with a desperate look. She got the message and put her parchment beside her.
"Yeah, let's go over there," she said, getting up and walking near the entrance to the common room and Jack followed her. When Jack made sure everyone was out of hearing range, he looked at Star. "What's the problem?" she asked.
"It's about Harry, I didn't want to talk to Ron or Hermione since they are Harry's closest friends and I don't want to worry them," Jack said and Star folded.
"If this is about the Quidditch and his little comment just now, I wouldn't worry. He's just in a bad mood," she said but Jack shook his head.
"It's not that. Didn't you notice how he was holding one of his hands when he came in and how his sleeve was pulled down?" Jack asked.
"Yeah I did. Maybe his hand was cold?" Star suggested.
"Very funny. When he got up, I saw something on his hand. It seemed like a burn or something and I saw some words on his hand. And this was AFTER his detention," Jack said and now Star looked concerned.
"Burn? You seriously can't be thinking that Umbridge hurt him do you? Come on Jack, she isn't that dumb enough to harm a student," Star pointed out and Jack frowned.
"That's what I want to know. I want to ask you a favour," Jack said and Star rolled her eyes.
"What is it?" she asked but Jack sensed the eagerness in her voice.
"I want you to keep an eye out on Umbridge and if you see any students go to detention with her, ask them what she made them do," Jack said and Star thought about this.
"So you want me to spy on a teacher? Meh, why not?" she said and Jack shook her hand.
"Thanks, I won't forget this," he said, thinking on how much easier this would help him on his investigation here. "But this stays between us," he asked and Star pretended to zip her lips.
"My lips are sealed," she said, then walking back into the room and sitting down.
"So what are you planning now?" Ron asked. As Jack sat down, he started to think up an excuse but Star beat him to it.
"Oh, we were just discussing how much Galleons we should spilt between us to buy some of George and Fred's merchandise," she said simply and Ron shuddered.
"Well, don't eat any of them. Who knows what will happen to you," he said and Star smiled hugely.
"Mmm… maybe not me… how do you think Malfoy would look with loads of boils on his face?" Star asked and everyone burst out laughing at the thought of that. Jack still couldn't rid the thought that something was wrong with Harry, not to mention that he woke up a few times in the night in a cold sweat as if he had had a nightmare. That was one thing he didn't want to be true.