**Once again Lily and James are still alive, Harper has a brother at Hogwarts named Matthew Alexander (2nd year Gryffindor) and a sister named Liana Alice (1st year Gryffindor)**

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Harper Potter sat in her first class of Defense Against the Dark Arts with Delores Umbridge as the ministry sent teacher with Ron and Hermione. Umbridge cleared her throat and with a sickly sweet voice said, "Good morning students."

No one answered her but they were then prompted to return the greeting which resulted in the students mumbling out a "Good morning Professor."

"Now...put away your wands. We won't be using them in this ministry approved curriculum," she told them as she handed out the book they would be using to study theory. 

"But how will we learn defensive spells and how to use them properly?" Hermione asked, looking at the book in confusion. 

"Who could be out there that would want to harm children such as yourselves?" 

"Child pedophiles, murderers, rapists, thieves, death eaters, and oh I don't know maybe Lord Voldemort?" Harper stated, leaning back in her chair. 

"He-who-must-not-be-named has not returned!"

"Are you saying that Cedric Diggory dropped dead on his own accord?"

"Cedric Diggory's death was a tragic accident!"

"It was murder! I saw it myself in that graveyard! I saw Voldemort return!"

Umbridge turned on Harper and slapped her face, her own being a bright red in anger, "He is not back! Detention Miss Potter - 7 o'clock tonight in my office."

Harper placed a hand to her now stinging cheek as Umbridge began to "teach" the class. Nearly everyone, including the Slytherins, were shocked that Umbridge would strike the heir of an ancient and noble house.

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That night Harper returned to Gryffindor tower after 3 hours of detention with Umbridge. Said detention consisted of writing 'I must not tell lies' with a blood quill. 

Getting back to the dorm she shared with Hermione, Lavander, and Parvati she grabbed a roll of bandages and began to wrap them around her hand to help stop the bleeding. In doing this Harper kept hissing in pain and finally woke up Hermione who had dozed off in bed while reading a book. 

"Harry what happened?!" Hermione asked, jumping off the bed and over to Harper's. 

"Nothing 'mione...It's fine just a cut on my hand..."

"Let me see it...You don't want it to get infected."

Harper tried to pull away but Hermione won and began to unravel the bandages. Gasping at what she saw Hermione hurried to the bathroom and returned with a bowl of hot water and a few towels. Cleaning the wound she asked, "What did that witch do to you?"

"Made me write lines..."

"No quill makes the lines show up on the back of your hand Harper!"

"I don't know Hermione! Just finish cleaning it if you want to and then let me wrap it back up!"

The pair fell into an angered silence as Hermione finished cleaning the blood away and wrapping new bandages on.

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No one knew what was happening in Harper's detentions besides herself, Umbridge and Hermione. She didn't tell her parents, her brother Matt, or her sister Liana. Finally one day, mid-November, Matt pulled Harper aside in the Gryffindor common room and asked, "Okay. Harper what's with the bandages?"

"It's nothing Matt..."

"I'm gonna call BS on that Harper."

"Sirius taught you that didn't he?"

"Never you mind. Honestly you've been wearing those bandages since the first week of classes!"

Liana came over and held onto Harper's arm. Looking up at her older sister with wide hazel eyes Liana asked, "Can we see your wound if you keep having the bandages on?"

"No Liana cause I'm fine."

"Then why do you wear the bandages?"

Ron and Hermione walked into the Common room to see Harper on the floor with Matt and Liana on top of her as they wrestled and argued.

"Ron! 'Mione! Help me!" Harper cried in "fake" desperation to get away from her siblings.

They looked at each other and finally Hermione sighed, "You should just tell them Harry..."

The Potter siblings stopped their wrestling and looked at Hermione; Harper in betrayal, Matt and Liana with curiosity. "What is it Hermione? What is wrong with Harper's hand?" Matt asked softly, as if not to anger his sister anymore.

"Umbridge has her using a special quill during detentions that writes the lines down onto the back of her hand in blood..."

Ron and the Potter siblings stared at Hermione and then at Harper. Finally Matt hissed, "She's been making you use a blood quill?"

"It's nothing! I'm the only one she's been using it on and if that's what it takes to keep her from using it on others better be me than anyone else!"

Liana slapped her forehead and exclaimed, "YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD US!"

"I know what I'm doing Liana!"

"Apparently not Harper Lillian James Potter! Do you know what happens with prolonged exposure to the use of a blood quill does to your hand?" Matt asked, a hard mask coming over his face. 

"I do know for a matter of fact Matthew Alexander! I wouldn't wish it upon anyone else either!" Harper hissed at her brother, before getting off the ground and leaving the common room.

Matt and Liana looked at each other and then at Ron and Hermione. "We've gotta find her - now. Liana go get McGonagall to call mom and dad here... Tell her family business or even family emergency if you have too. Just get them here."

With that they spread out to find Harper.

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Once locating Harper, Matt and Hermione dragged her to McGonagall's office where Lily, James, Liana and Ron were waiting with Minerva.

"What happened Matt? Why did Liana have us called here?" Lily asked after hugging her two eldest children.

"It's nothing..." Harper was then cut off by Matt grabbing her bandaged hand and showing it to the adults.

"What happened to your hand Harry?" James asked, concern glazing over his face.

"Nothing happened I'm fine. They're overreacting!" Harper said, glaring at her siblings and best friends.

Matt snorted, "You tell them or I will."

Harper turned her glare to the floor as Matt said, "Umbridge has been making her use a blood quill during her detentions. So far she's the only student she has done this too."

Lily and James quickly sat Harper down and undid her bandages. There in the back of her hand was engraved, 'I must not tell lies'. It was so deep that James could see a few bones in her hand. Lily began to cry as she looked at Harper's bloody left hand which was now shaking. 

"I'll call Poppy and Albus here," McGongall whispered before heading over to her fireplace.

"Harper why didn't you tell anyone?" Lily asked gently as she wiped her tears away.

"I figured it would be better for it to be just me than more of the student body..."

"Did she tell you this?" James asked, a calm angered look on his face.

"She may have let it slip that she would use the blood quill on all the muggleborns and everyone that I love and care for who goes to school here if I told anyone..." Harper whispered, burying her head into Lily's shoulder.

"Has she done anything else to harm you?" Lily asked as Poppy and Albus walked into the room.

"S-she slapped me during the first class for saying that there are people out there who would hurt children...and then we got into an argument about Cedric's death..."

"Anything else that you'd like to mention?" 

Harper shook her head as Poppy cast a diagnostic spell. As new injuries or old showed up on the piece of parchment that Poppy held, Harper saw Poppy get slowly angrier. Finally it stopped and Poppy said, "Mr. Potter carry her down to the hospital wing. I have no idea how she's even standing at this point!"

James quickly scooped up his eldest child and carried her down to the infirmary. Harper told him which bed to put her on as she had been injured during Quidditch so many times Poppy had dubbed that 'Harper Potter's bed'. Poppy then came bursting in with Severus Snape to begin treating her. 

"Poppy what's wrong with her?" Lily asked as she, Dumbledore and McGonagall came into the room.

"Where do you want me to start?" Poppy asked a bit sarcastically. 

"Start with this year's injuries."

"Blood quill...malnutrition...exhaustion...exposure to the...the cruciatus curse...that's happened twice...once a few weeks ago and also this past June...Then basically all the injuries that you knew about from during the tri-wizard tournament...Surprisingly not much from her 3rd year...just a few quidditch and dementor related injuries...Oh merlin..." Poppy paled as she looked at what had happened her 2nd year. "How..."

"Fawkes..." Harper spoke up softly.

"What happened 2nd year?" James asked, standing by Lily.

"Basilisk venom..." Poppy whispered as the adults whipped their heads around to look at Harper who was looking at the sheets.

"Harper Lillian James Potter what the bloody hell happened?!" James exclaimed, a mix of anger and concern on his face.

"Ginny was possessed by a diary that had a piece of Voldemort's soul...She opened the Chamber of Secrets and....and I fought and killed a Basilisk which was petrifying students and a fang got in my arm...and I defeated Voldemort for a 2nd time."

"Harper that's...wait what do you mean 2nd time?!" Lily exclaimed as she paled so dramatically that James had to sit her on a nearby bed. 

"First year... at the end of the year...when I was in here? That's why...I stopped Professor Quirrell from stealing the sorcerer's stone and he had Voldemort in the back of his head..."

"I don't even want to know what else happened..."

"You basically know everything else..." Harper whispered to her parents as Snape and Poppy healed her.

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Needless to say, Umbitc...I mean Umbridge was arrested and placed on trial for the (in a way) attempted murder of the heir to two ancient and noble houses. 

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I wasn't sure how to end it sorry - hope you enjoyed it :)

~ Mags

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