A/N: As this is my first fanfic please be gentle, I have never done this before! Hermione is a little darker this year and I'll let you know right now this chapter isn't going to be very fun for her. Just as a reminder this fanfic is rated M for sexual situations and language. This chapter in particular is a little violent.
Pull Me From The Darkness
Chapter One- In the Rain
She loves standing in the rain, feeling it saturate her hair, seep through her skin into her very soul, making it cold. Sometimes she doesn't feel anything but the water lightly caressing her skin, and she is home, just soaking in heaven's tears. How she craves to be normal, like everyone else; nothing can change her eyes, filled with a pain no one can fathom. But with the rain the dirt, the mistakes, the differences are washed clean, leaving her new, untouched and alive.
Hermione walks through her font door; still wet, red staining her cheeks from the vicious cold, but becomes frozen in place by the look on Roger's face. (A/N: He is her stepfather.)
It is glaringly evident he will use her again. She waits for the first hit but his black eyes only glitter evilly, making her stomach turn sickly.
"Where have you been whore?" Hermione's stepfather sneers, drawing blood with every cutting word. Her mask falters slightly, showing her terror, utter disgust and loathing. She desperately reaches for her cool facade, but it is beyond her grasp and she trembles, shudders, quivers fearfully. Hermione Granger untouched and alive…Hermione Granger…alive, alive. These words give her the strength to keep breathing. They are her frequent prayer, plea and hope. Don't let him bleed me dry; don't let him kill the rest of my shattered soul, Hermione Granger, untouched and alive. Maybe if she said the words enough they would come true, maybe her dragon would disappear and her prince would come to save her.
But God doesn't seem to hear her this night.
Roger comes forward slowly, with the gracelessness of a drunk. "Little bitch, whore, slut…wait until I get you out of these clothes, I'll make you scream girl!" All his words ran together, barely recognizable.
Mommy, save me! But Mommy isn't here so the monster grabs her roughly, eyes dark as sin glaring into hers. She shakes as his hands roam her slender form, lust and drunkenness making him clumsy. And soon-too soon- she is on the floor and is naked, the coldness sinking into her bones and very soul. Roger shoves his fingers inside her: he wants to hear her scream.
Hermione tries desperately not to let out a pained cry but the electric pain is too much when he thrusts his throbbing member inside her and begins to bite her. He snarls "This is the only thing you'll ever be good for."
Strength Hermione has never known builds up and soon cries for release. Roger flies off Hermione and hits the opposite wall; plaster falls in chunks. Blood drips from the side of his face into his dark hair; he does not move. Hermione is covered in crimson, all she can see is red her eyes are so swollen.
Hermione stands, shaking slightly. Hermione Granger, untouched and alive. She climbs the stairs in a daze and soon gets ready for school, for she does not wish to be here when Roger awakens. After performing a glamour spell Hermione glances in her mirror.
The face that looks out is a haunted one, sucked dry of life.
Hermione reaches an empty compartment with some difficulty, a plastic smile in place. None seem to notice or care. Tears threaten and Hermione blinks them back stubbornly. This is neither the time nor the place for pity.
"Hermione!"
Inwardly Hermione cringes. "Hey, Harry!" It made Hermione sick how easily she gave him a smile she did not feel. But she had become good at this. It was her only tool for survival. When had she become so numb? When had the thoughts of death and suicide become so appealing? It didn't matter, really nothing did.
A/N: Please don't hurt me! i know it's short but i have no time...plus i want to knw what you guys think first. A special thanks goes out to Kerrymdb who made this possible! Now do me a huge favor and review!