Here is the second chapter… I hope that you enjoy it, review if you want, any suggestions or criticism are more than welcome, even if you tell me I'm the worst writer in the world. ^_^ I do not own Harry Potter.
Chapter 2
Hermione woke up and was immediately surrounded by many people.
"Give her some room." Madame Pomphrey said sternly. Harry, Ron and Professor McGonagall were standing by Hermione's bed and all looked extremely worried. Madame Hooch was still by her son's bed and looked over at Hermione. Professor Dumbledore and Professor Snape were on the other side of the room waiting for the students to wake up so they could find out exactly what had happened. Snape looked nervously at Orion. He was one of Snape's favorite students; always top of his class in Slytherin and always gaining points for his house. Orion Hooch never got into trouble, which could have something to do with his mother being a teacher.
"Is Orion alright?" Hermione's voice was raspy and her mouth was extremely dry. Madame Pomphrey conjured her some water and cast a diagnostic spell on her. Hermione huffed and pushed the healer's wand away. "Is Orion alright?" She asked more forcefully, her voice stronger from having the water.
"He will be okay dear, he's still asleep." Professor McGonagall spoke. "Just let Madame Pomphrey make sure you are alright."
"I'm fine." She stated firmly and looked over to Orion's bed. Everyone thought it was strange the way they had just met, but the two students seemed to care deeply for each other. Madame Hooch looked troubled at the thought, and Professor Dumbledore caught the slight emotion. He turned his twinkling blue eyes at her and she tried to avoid his gaze.
"Rolanda…" He said gently. "Can I speak to you alone for a moment?" She nodded and stood to follow him. Once in the hallway, he spoke again. "There is something happening with Ms. Granger and Orion isn't there? Something perhaps to do with you're heritage and his?" Madame Hooch's face paled and she nodded, unable to find words to speak. "Please tell me about it."
"I.." Madame Hooch cleared her throat and began again. "I am half demon, and Orion's father was half veela." Dumbledore's eyes widened slightly. Rolanda Hooch never spoke about Orion's father. Few people knew the true story. Dumbledore was one of them. Madame Hooch was raped and left to die, but she survived and had a child nine months later. He had the same piercing yellow eyes as his mother. "I am thinking perhaps that Orion has found his mate, but I'm not sure yet. Only time will tell, but if they are separated and she is his mate, my son and Hermione will die." She looked down at her feet with tears in her eyes. Dumbledore stepped closer and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Do not worry Rolanda, if they are mates they won't be separated. From what Peeves has told us the Slytherin's were attacking your son and Hermione. I have discussed it with Severus and I will discuss it with the other heads of houses. We will see if the Sorting Hat will resort him. I fear being in Slytherin would be too dangerous for him now. Once we find out who the guilty parties are we can expel them, but I am afraid that there will be others that won't be happy about the situation."
"Thank you Albus." She tried to smile, but could only manage a half smile before it disappeared again. Albus smiled kindly and nudged her back into the hospital wing.
"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, I need you to go and get Professor Sprout, and Professor Flitwick, we need them to be here as well." Both of the boys looked reluctant to leave their friend, but didn't dare disobey the headmaster to his face. They walked silently out of the hospital wing before Dumbledore turned toward Minerva. "We are going to try and have the sorting hat resort Orion. Have you spoken about what happened yet?" He then turned toward Hermione who nodded and began her story again.
"I remember going into the bathroom, and then I woke up in a dormitory, which I later found out to be a Slytherin dormitory. Pansy Parkinson, Crabbe, Goyle, Malfoy and Zabini were in there. They started putting spells on me. They cut me open with a spell I had never heard before. Then Pansy did the Cruiciatus Curse on me. I was screaming but they put a silencing charm on the room. Somehow Orion heard me or something because he came running in and blasted the door right across the room. He started trying to stun the others and helped me escape, but he was hit with a lot of spells at once and told me to leave him there. I couldn't leave him so I helped him down the hallway. The others didn't follow, they stayed in the common room it looks like. Maybe so they wouldn't get caught. Orion didn't make it far before he collapsed, I tried to help him up but… there was so much blood and he couldn't stand. So I waited with him for help." Hermione was now sobbing and tears were continuously running down her face. They heard a murmur from the other bed.
"Hermione." Orion was barely audible but they heard him. She turned her chocolate eyes to him and waiting. He didn't seem to be waking up though.
"He probably sensed she was upset." Madame Hooch looked up to Professor McGonagall who nodded knowingly. No one knew that Minerva knew exactly what having a demon mate was like as her mate was Rolanda. They were inseparable, which is why both were working at Hogwarts together.
"Hermione, will you consent to have me take the memory from you so that we can observe it directly? Rolanda, we will also need Orion's memory of the event, you can give consent for him. I would also like to see yours and Minerva's if possible." Dumbledore smiled politely.
"Of course, Professor." Hermione was the first to speak. Dumbledore summoned his pensieve and started with Hermione's memory.
Hermione was just coming from another class and she was weighed down with tons of books and pieces of parchment. She seemed frazzled by the amount of homework she had to do, but she was confident she could. She stopped off in the girls' bathroom and then her mind went blank.
"It looks as though someone stunned her." Professor McGonagall commented. Dumbledore nodded gravely and the memory continued.
When Hermione opened her eyes again she was in a Slytherin Boys Dormitory. She looked around and saw the people standing in there. Draco Malfoy, Blaise Zabini, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and Pansy Parkinson.
Snape made a note of the students involved and they all gasped when Pansy Parkinson cast the Cruiciatus curse on Hermione. They noted all of the Slytherins in the room used an unforgivable curse.
Hermione was screaming at the top of her lungs. Then suddenly they all spun around when the door was blown clean off it's hinges. There stood Orion Hooch with a strange, almost murderous look in his piercing yellow eyes.
"Hooch! What do you think you're playing at?" Draco demanded. They watched as Orion shot stunners at Draco, but he dodged them both. He magically untied Hermione and ordered her to start toward the door. They watched as he shielded Hermione instead of himself, getting hit by several hexes the entire time.
Snape noted that Theodore Nott, and many others were helping Draco. Madame Hooch was crying as she watched her son get hit with several more curses as he pushed Hermione out into the hallway.
"Go!" He yelled, blood was pouring out of his mouth and he kept throwing stunners behind him at the group of Slytherins. Hermione threw several hexes into the room.
"No." she stated firmly. "You didn't leave me; I'm not going to leave you." The observers watched as the two moved down the hallway. Orion collapsed against the wall but Hermione still refused to leave him there alone. She stayed with him until help came.
The Professors came out of the memory and looked to Orion. He still lay unconscious in the bed. Dumbledore carefully removed his memory of the events and swirled it in the pensieve.
Orion was sitting in the Slytherin common room, reading as usual. He watched as Pansy, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise walked by. Crabbe and Goyle seemed to be carrying something but Orion couldn't see it. Orion looked suspiciously at his fellow Slytherins but went back to reading. There was no sound coming from upstairs but Orion stood and ran up to the dormitory. He blasted the door open and from there the memory was the same as Hermione's.