Hermione was found lying near the ground of Hogwarts castle, a healer who was responsible for the hospital wing while Madam pomfrey was out walked outside to see her crying on the grounds. Elianna Sky bent down near the girl and put a hand on her shoulder.
"G-go a-a-away" Hermione sobbed.
Elianna had blue hair, maybe the girl had thought it was intimidating. She had frighted a small child in the Hospital only last week, when she was trying to remove thorns from a bush the little child had fallen into at the nearby park.
"I'm going to bring you up to the hospital wing now okay?" Elianna spoke softly in attempt to comfort the young girl. She carried the weak form of Hermione Granger up to the hospital wing and put her on a bed to rest. She had fallen asleep on the way up so Elianna quickly checked her for injuries and fixed anything that was out of the ordinary. The girls face was terribly burnt and she carefully wiped the blood in order not to wake the small girl. Elianna checked Hermione vital signs and left her to sleep once she was stable.
"H-H-Hello?" Hermione called out once she woke up. Curious about where she was, Hermione's body still ached terribly. Elianna walked towards the noise once she heard the girl.
"Hey, Im Elianna Sky, I was introduced at dinner two nights ago, I'll be here for madam pomfrey,"
"I-I was with those two girls" Hermione shook slightly as she told Elianna. "They" She paused and grew quiet. "They... tortured me."
Elianna's eyes grew sad, as she handed Hermione a little bottle of pain killer telling her to drink it. "You've been asleep for a few hours. How are you feeling?"
"Horrid." Hermione replied. Even with the pain killers Her body ached terribly, then she started crying. Elianna put a hand on her shoulder. "It'll take a while for the pain Killers to work, you can have another dose in four hours if you still aren't feeling well." She stated.
Hermione nodded in response and continued to cry again. Hermione looked at Elianna with sad eyes. She started screaming as her tears burnt. Elianna grabbed a book. Healing Injuries caused by dark magic." She looked up the possible curse and found the counter curse underneath, after preforming it on the girl she healed the burns that her previous tears had caused her.
"What is your name, sweetheart?' Elianna asked. "Would you like me to call any of your friends?"
"H-H-Hermione Granger." She replied with a slight stammer in her voice, "No, I don't want them to see what happened today." Hermione replied softly.
Elianna nodded. "I understand, It's almost dinnertime and nobody else is in the hospital wing, would you let me join you for dinner? I'll sit right her and you can let me know if you need anything. I'll get your order put it in, you can have anything you'd like."
Hermione nodded requesting only some chicken soup, a glass of water and a slice of bread. Elianna left for a few moments and dinner was brought to their room in a about half an hour.
"Now, Hermione... Who did this to you?" Elianna questioned.
After about forty-five minutes Elianna was finally able to convince Hermione to tell her who hurt her.
"This girl, She's a year above me In Ravenclaw, she has a friend. Their Names are Natalie Gloss and Cassiopeia Black." Hermione replied
Elianna looked at the young girl quiet stunned. "Cassiopeia? you say Cassiopeia did this to you."
Hermione nodded then looked up at Elianna. "Why?" She questioned.
Elianna took a deep breath and looked at Hermione. "Cassiopeia is my cousin Hermione, she's was such a sweet little girl, I don't know what went wrong."
Hermione knew what went wrong. She used to be friends with Cassie when the two were younger. Bellatrix had taken her from her parents home and kept her as a Slave, Cassie would secretly invite her to play, and lie to Bellatrix about needing her bedroom cleaned. Hermione always felt guilty for what she knew happened to Cassie in the next couple of days. Bellatrix had kept her in the cellars Hermione could still remember Bellatrix's words coming from the cellar next to her. "If you want to be friends with Mudblood then I shall treat you like one." Cassiopeia's screaming had gone on for hours. She left Hermione alone until her forth year, Cassie would have been in fifth and that was the first time Cassie tortured her. Perhaps the bad experiences during their childhood had caused Cassie to grow cold and hostile towards Hermione.
"I know" Hermione replied. "We were friends.. before Bellatrix tortured Her."
Elianna looked honestly shocked. "I'll talk to Cassie." she assure smiling. "It's almost time to get some rest. Lights out is earlier in the hospital wing that it is for the rest of the school. I'll be in my room just through that door, Please do call if you need anything."
With those last words Elianna Sky Was gone, Hermione closed her eyes and slowly fell asleep.
"You stupid little mudblood." Cassie hissed throwing Hermione to the floor carelessly. "CRUCIO! You stupid girl!" Cassie yelled as Hermione screamed under the intense pain from the curse. "St-STOP!" Hermione screamed. "PLEASE CASSIE!" the girl continued to yell. "PLEASE!"
"Hermione! Hermione!" Elianna called to the screaming girl. Tears ran down Hermiones face she was stuck in a endless nightmare. Elianna put her arm around the girl and tried to calm her down. Finally after fifteen, minutes Hermione was awake, not fully aware but she wasn't screaming anymore. Tears still ran down the girls face and it was another fifteen minutes until she was fully aware of what happened.
"Elianna? It was horrible" Hermione cried. "I know it was only a dream but it felt so real." The girl burried her hands in her face and Elianna rubbed her back comfortingly.
"It's my fault I really should have given you a dreamless sleep potion." She summoned one from her potions cabinet and made Hermione drink two doses. "You're alright she said." Smiling. "Tomorrow I'll go over a few more things, you can tell me what happened, and I'll tell you how long before you get to leave." She got up off the edge of Hermione's bed and went back to Her room after the dreamless sleep potions had claimed Hermione and she was sound asleep.
Light poured in through the windows of the hospital wing the next day. Hermione was still asleep as it was very early and Elianna had only got up to check on her and another two students who got ill during the night and came to see her. Two hours later Hermione's soft cries filled the Hospital wing. Elianna walked over with a painkiller she knew the girl likely needed.
"Here, It'll help with the pain." She smiled.
"Thank you." Hermione replied softly in return. Looking up at Elianna with tear-stained eyes. "It hurts." The small girl stated, as somebody came in with breakfast for her. Apple juice, a cup of fruit a bowl of plain oatmeal and two slices of toast. Hermione groaned and pushed the food away. Feeling sick to her stomach the girl decided not to eat anything until Elianna came back and made her Drink the glass of juice and eat a slice of the toast.
Lunchtime came and Hermione was sound asleep, and comfortable with the painkiller and dreamless sleep potions she had been given. Upon waking up Elianna gave the girl a glass of water.
"Feeling any better Hermione?" Elianna asked.
Hermione shook her head, she didn't want to tell Elianna about the constant frights she would get about Cassiopeia or Natalie coming to get her during the night. She was afraid of more torture and knew her body couldn't take it at the moment.
"No." The girl replied simply not bothering to go into detail about anthing else. Elianna watched confused as the girls face brightened slightly. "Harry!"
"Hermione? I heard you were here this morning, what happened."
Hermione shook her head as Harry spoke to her. She knew that Harry would know sometime and took a deep breath before speaking once more.
"Cassiopeia and Natalie, two Ravenclaws in the year above me, took me out of the school grounds and tortured me."
Harry looked stunned as her stared into Hermione's saddened eyes. "Oh, Hermione." Harry replied pulling his best friend into a hug. "I'm so sorry, I wish I had waited for you when we went to Quidditch practice."
"It's okay Harry you would've been late." Hemione cried wiping a tear from her eye.
"Don't say it's okay, you're Hurt Hermione, You and Ron are very important to me. I don't want anything bad to happen to you."
"If I wasn't capable of getting through things I wouldn't be Harry Potters friend" Hermione laughed Hugging Her friend back.
After Harry left for afternoon classes Hermione felt slightly lonely. Elianna only came to check on her every few hours since she was now busy with at least six or seven other students. She looked through a book that Harry ran to go get her before he had to return to class. One of her favorites even though she had read it cover to cover many times. Hogwarts a History.
Soon night fell and it was quiet in the small Hospital Wing, Elianna didn't have the time to talke with her about the events that happened since She was very busy with all the paperwork and needs of other students. She kept giving Hermione painkillers and told her no matter what she would deal with it first thing in the morning.
Hermione woke early. All the other students were sleeping, but the healer was awake. "Goo-morning Hermione." Elianna called walking over to the young girl. "Sleep well she asked."Pulling up a chair and summoning a clipboard and pen.
"Now, lets talk about what happened With Cassiopeia and Natalie."
Hermione looked nervously and the blue-haired healer. "She used the torture curse on me." Hermione stated softly. "I've never felt that kind of pain before, it was unbearble... unimaginable. I don't know how she could want to do that to me, or anyone. Hermione sobbed with her hands in her face as she remembered the extensive pain the cruciatus curse had caused her. Elianna nodded softly and rubbed the girls back in attempt to comfort her.
"You're doing remarkable for somebody who has just been tortured Hermione, I understand it was hard for you to tell your friend what you had been through."
Hermione nodded not looking back up at Elianna and continuing to let the tears drip from her face. "Thank you." She replied in a small voice. "I'm just so scared, all the time, I don't think I could take another torture session like that."
"You'll be okay, I've spoken with your Headmaster and his intelligence show that Cassiopeia and Natalie have left the school grounds, there is no safer place you can be than here right now. I will ensure you get the care and medicines you need for that curse and your terrors." Elianna spoke in a voice of authority.
"Thank you." Hermione paused for a moment "Elianna, you've really helped alot." The gryffindor smiled.