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Harry eventually found himself sleeping, since Madam Pomfrey deemed it safe, but of course not without nightmares though. But he was used to those.
Meanwhile down in the dungeons, the feared potions teacher was tying up the DADA teacher in magical chains. When she was secure, and her ugly mouth was bound, he went to his storage and found the truth potion. He turned menacingly around over to Umbridge. Snape harshly grabbed the cloth around her mouth down to her neck. Not caring how much he put in he dumped the entire flask. Her face contorted and she kept on struggling.
"Tell me, what exactly did you do to Ha-Potter." He demanded. Umbridge was trying to fight the potion that she had used on so many students herself.
"He got what he deserved." She rasped. "He didn't tell me who he was talking to in my fire, so I used the only punishment that seems to work on him."
"You have used other forms of punishment?" Severus's anger was boiling inside him, he may not like Har-Potter, but nobody deserves to have to put up with anything this hag does to them.
"I have slapped him and used a blood quill. But he seems to hate the most when I-" She was interrupted. Snapes breath hitched.
"YOU USED A BLOOD QUILL ON A CHILD?" Snape yelled. He was about to curse her into tomorrow, and he would after this.
"Of course, it is what he deserves! And he is not some innocent child, he is a lie spreading, disrespectful, criminal who protects Sirus Black!" she spat at him.
Snape couldn't help himself and let the back of hand hit her squarely across her toad-like face.
"Shut your mouth before my fist shuts it for you. Harr-Potter is not the one telling lies." He gave her his best glare, "If you want to keep your life, I will highly recommend staying her while I talk to Albus Dumbledore, the rightful Headmaster. And don't even try to escape, and if you do, I. Will. Know." And without letting her say a word he billowed out the door to talk to Albus.
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When he got to the Hospital Wing and wandered past the bed where Harry was, seemingly asleep. His face was scrunched up slightly as his hands shook, even in his sleep. Snape looked side to side to check if anyone was looking. He seemed alone so he strutted over to Potter.
He took the edge of the bed covers off and gasped. On Potter's hand there were deep gashes the spelled out the words "I must not tell lies". Snape couldn't look at it any longer and headed towards the back of the wing. He knocked at Poppy's office. Her stressed face appeared in the crack of the door.
"Ah, Severus, you're here." She gulped and opened the door the rest of the way. Albus sat solemnly in the corner of the white office. Snape hissed in distaste as the white felt like it was burning the insides of his eyes. He closed his eyes and decided to get straight to business.
"Albus, this can't keep going. Umbridge has been using a blood quill in detentions." Severus opened his eyes and started pacing.
"Severus, how do you know?" Poppy exclaimed.
"Go. Just look at Potter's hand!" He was trying to keep his temper under control. "I got Umbridge to spill some secrets." Poppy needed to hear no more, she was grabbing more and more balms.
"These should help the affected area of the quill. I can't put them on until he is in his right mind though." She shook her head sadly.
"What do you mean Poppy?" Snape wondered. The last time he saw the boy he was just calming back down from flashbacks. Though he knew the answer to his question inside.
"Well…He did wake up. Hestarted to remember the... events that happened earlier. He started having a panic attack and was not happy to see Albus. And that was in a calming drought, so without it he would be worse. But the healing potions and balms i want to use don't mix well with the calming draught."
Albus rested his head in his hands. "I should have not distanced myself from him."
Severus snapped, "Yeah you should have damn well not! You should have taught him occlumency, maybe then this could have been avoided!"
"Language Severus!" Poppy snapped back.
"No... no... you are right Severus." Albus sighed and looked older than Snape had ever seen him.
Snape was about to apologize for snapping when he could hear Potter start screaming.
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Harry was dreaming, no, he was having a nightmare, it just wasn't as bad as some of the others.
He was getting thrown into the cupboard as Vernon yelled at him for burning bacon on Dudley's eighth birthday.
Aunt Marge's bulldog was chasing him up a tree as everyone laughed.
He was through into a corner by a very drunk Vernon, who was taking his belt off. That was the first time he had ever been whipped. He could almost feel the pain of the belt cutting his back again.
He had fallen to the ground as he was watching Sirius get tortured.
He had fallen to the ground as Umbridge pointed her wand at him and cast that terrible curse.
He was in detention with Umbridge writing lines.
I must not tell lies...
I must not tell lies...
I must not tell lies...
The blood on his hand was dripping down his wrist, but he didn't stop writing. Umbridge looked at him for a while with a frown.
"Potter, stop writing." she demanded. Harry's hope rose a second as he thought maybe he was done. "I have an idea, since you don't seem to let the message sink in from my gracious punishment of writing lines, I need to try something different." Harry couldn't stop the fear from rising in his eyes. The only other time she spoke like this was when he had his first detention.
"Ma'am." He gulped. He didn't like where this was going.
"Kneel and take you shirt off." She stood up.
"But-bu-" He started.
"POTTER! Get on your knees, now." Harry gulped again but got off his pink chair and kneeled on the rough pink carpet. His shaking and bleeding hands fumbled with the buttons on his Gryffindor sweater. When it was off Harry started breathing hard. He knew exactly where this was going.
His thought was confirmed when Umbridge brandished a whip.
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