Ron sat shaking in the shadows of the boys bathroom. He didn't know what time it was, he just wanted to hide, hide from the pain, hide from the nightmares, and hide from everybody. Suddenly he heard the door open, scared of facing the person he scurried into the deeper into the shadows. It wasn't who he feared as he heard the cubical door open then close. It was simply just someone needing a pee. After about a minute he heard the chain flush and the person unlock the door once more. He backed up against the wall again, as he did however he knocked against something letting out a bang.

"Shit!" he thought

"Who's there" came a voice, then a bright light came on, clearly from the wizards wand. It started come closer to were Ron was sat and as it approached Ron noticed it was Draco Malfoy holding the wand.

"Oh great, this all I need." He though to himself

"Weasel, is that you?" he said angrily

"Well done you little ferret." Ron replied bitterly, although he didn't have heart.

"Why the fuck are you hiding in the shadows of the bathroom?" he asked not as angrily.

"None of your business" Ron snapped back

"Fine, whatever" Draco said then left Ron in the shadows of the bathroom, once again alone.

Hermione had been to the toilet and was now walking back to the common room. She was in deep though about Ron, he'd been so distant latterly, and hated it when anyone got near him. He had stopped talking to Harry all together and barely spoke two words to Hermione. He went to bed early at night to avoid anyone, and had started going down for breakfast early to so he would be finished by the time the others had got down. Hermione turned the corner and ran right into Draco.

"Would you watch were your going." Said Hermione angrily

"Glad I found you, I was hoping you wouldn't be in bed." He said calmly

"Excuse me?" said Hermione confused. Draco hadn't called her a name yet and she's just walked straight into him.

"Ron's ion the bathroom, hiding in the shadows, I only noticed him because he bumped into something. I think he's been crying." Said Draco, Hermione just looked shocked. "look I think something bad has happened and he isn't going to tell me, he hates me." Finished Draco

"Exactly, how do I know this isn't a set up and I'll walk into that bathroom and get known as a perv for the rest of my Hogwarts life." Hermione said

"You really think I would go as low as pretend someone is really upset and possibly hurt." Said Draco calmly

"Fine, but if it's a trap it will punch you in your face so hard you'll never be able to see out of your eyes again." Said Hermione, Draco just laughed at this.

"He's in the ones near Slytherin common room, I'll show you." Said Draco leading the way. Hermione followed suit. They soon approached the toilets and once again Hermione looked doubtful.

"Look if you don't trust me I'll come in with you." Said Draco opening the door and walking in, Hermione quickly followed and heard a noise coming from the far corner. She looked at Draco as if to say, is that him? And he nodded his head. she walked over slowly and saw Ron sat in the corner, cuddling his knees into his body. He seemed to be shaking from head to toe.

"OhMiGod, Ron!" Hermione gasped making her way closer to him, his head snapped up, looked scared.

"Hermione, what are you doing in the boys toilets?" he whispered.

"Draco found me, he said you were upset. He was sort of worried." She replied managing to get to him. "Oh Ron, please tell me what's happened" she finished, looking scared for her friend

"I can't" he stutted. Bowing his head once again so he wouldn't have to look at her

"Would you tell Harry?" asked Hermione, suddenly Ron started shaking violently. Hermione gasped and reached out to put her arm around her friend, however as soon as her arm touch his body he winced like he was in pain. She quickly withdrew it and looked very concerned. What had happened to make her friend be in so much pain he would hide it from the world. Slowly Hermione started to peel back Ron's shirt.

"No Hermione, please don't!" whimpered Ron but it was too late. She had already taken it off. Nothing but the gasp that Hermione let out could have summoned Draco over! Him and Hermione both stared and Ron's back completely shocked. It was covered with scars and cuts; some looked fresh like they had only been done tonight. All three sat in the silence of the bathroom for about 5 minutes. Ron letting out an occasional whimper. Draco was the first to break the silence

"We should sort this out, help me get him up to our common room. We have some potions that will fix his back." Hermione nodded and stood up. both of them got a hold of Ron's arms carefully and managed to get him to stand up, he was still shaken, neither of them knew weather it was because he was frightened or because he was cold. They both managed to get him to the Slytherin common room, thankfully it was close. Draco said the password and they took Ron inside. They both placed him on the sofa, Hermione sat beside him while Draco went over to the far corner. He came back holding two potion bottles and to cloths.

"This should help clear the wounds." He said handing Hermione a bottle, she took it and started wiping over the cuts on Ron's left side of his back, Draco did the same with his right side. It was done fairly quickly and you could already notice a difference. Draco once again got up and walked over to the far corner, this time returning with two different bottles.

"This one will help the pain." He told Hermione, once again handing her a bottle and they both started wiping the cuts. Ron stopped whimpering so they could tell it was working.

"Where did you get them from?" said Hermione handing the potion bottle back to Draco.

"It's a good think having Snape as your head of house, especially when you're a Slytherin." Said Draco, placing them down on the table beside the sofa.

"Ron, you need to say who did this to you. Otherwise it will never stop." said Hermione, Ron just shook his head.

"Please?" Hermione said gently

"He'll kill me if I tell anyone." Ron whispered.

"Ron, we can stop him if you just tell us." Said Hermione, but Ron shook his head once more. The 3 of them sat in silence once more, however it was Ron who broke the silence

"Harry!" he croaked

"What about him? Do you want to talk to him?" asked Hermione

"No, he's the one." Croaked Ron again. It took Hermione about a minute to understand what he was talking about then…

"You mean he's the one beating you?" she gasped, Ron nodded

"How longs it been going on for?" she asked him, looking scared and shocked at the same time.

"Since about a month after we came back." He whispered

"And, you haven't said anything. Oh Ron" Hermione cried, on the verge of tears

"He said he'd kill me if I told anyone. Then he'd use you instead of me." Said Ron looking like he was also about to cry.

"Hermione, I think we should get Ron back to your common room." Said Draco quietly. He had been silent throughout there conversation, so hearing his voice made them jump as if they'd forgot he was even there. Hermione nodded her head and stood up. together they both managed to half drag Ron back to where the Gryffindor Common Room was located. Hermione whispered the password to the Fat Lady and she and Draco managed to get Ron over to the sofa where he flopped down.

"I should get going. Its late." Said Draco,

"Yeah it is, and thanks for helping with Ron. There's no way I could have got him back here." She said, giving him a sad, weak smile. He returned it quickly then made his way back out of the common room.

"You'll have to sleep here tonight. You're to weak to make them stairs, plus Harry is up there. Tomorrow we think of a plan to stop this Ron." Said Hermione sincerely. He gave her a weak nod, and about 5 minutes later you could here his snores in the quite of the common room.

A/N: what do you guys think? It my first ever fanfic so im not sure if im any good. Please review. I need to know if it sucks or if I should keep on writing :)