Authors note: Sadly I own nothing of the Harry Potter realm… *sigh* All Contents, save the plot, belong to the lovely J.K. Rowling.
CHAPTER 2-Trust Me
Hermione woke to the morning sun streaming in through the window. She felt someone shift behind her and stiffened trying to recall last night's events. Remus. He was still with her, just like he promised. She smiled slightly and turned in his arms and snuggled into his chest, waking him on accident. He yawned and stretched.
Smiling down at her he asked, "Feeling better?" She shrugged. "Ready to talk?" She didn't answer, only looked to the door that was beginning to open.
"Hermione!" Harry Potter exclaimed, seeing that she was awake. Remus sighed and sat up. "We were so worried about you!" Hermione squealed and jumped over to Remus as Harry and Ron Weasley bolted to the bed.
"Boys! Back off. She's still very shaken. And scared." Remus turned and pulled Hermione into his arms and she buried her head into his chest, peaking out at Harry and Ron. "They won't hurt you. They're your best friends." She nodded but hid her face further from view from the two boys.
"'Mione?" Ron asked. "What's wrong? What happened." Hermione shook her head, still buried in Remus' chest. Remus sighed.
"You boys best leave. She doesn't want to be around anyone. For some reason I'm the only one she wants around her. I'll let you know when she wants to see you." The boys nodded looking defeated and headed for the door.
"Get better 'Mione. We love you." Harry said as he shut the door. Hermione visibly relaxed as soon as the door shut.
"I have an idea, if you'll go along with it." Remus started. "I know you don't want to talk, but we need to know what happened and who did it to you." Hermione leaned back against the pillows and gazed at Remus questioningly. "I'd like to bring in some pictures of suspected Death Eaters and have you point out which ones were there and which ones harmed you. Would that be ok? Could you do that?" Hermione looked away from him and looked thoughtful. Finally she slowly nodded her head, tears in her eyes. Remus got up and crossed the room, picking up a folder of papers. He went back to the bed and levitated a small table next to her bed and sat in the arm chair again. He began pulling out pictures and laying them on the table when he had 7 laid out, as many as would fit on the table, he asked her to point out if any of them were there. She shook her head and he picked up all the papers and set them on the floor next to him and took out 7 more and asked her again. She nodded and he asked her to point out which ones. She pointed out Dolohov and Bellatrix with a shaking hand.
"Hermione how many were there?" She held up 3 fingers. He shuffled through the pictures and laid out another picture on top of the others. "Him?" She shivered and nodded. He picked up the remaining photos and put them back in the folder along with the ones he set on the floor, leaving out Dolohov, Bellatrix and Malfoy's pictures. "I need you to try to tell me what they did." She shook her head fiercely. He sighed. "Hermione, the sooner we know what they did, the sooner we can put them in Azkaban where they belong." She nodded slowly and pointed to Dolohov. "He started it?" Hermione shook her head and pointed to Malfoy then back to Dolohov. "Malfoy started it then Dolohov?" She nodded.
"My parents" she whispered and pointed to Bellatrix.
"She had your parents?" She nodded. "In the living room?" Again she nodded. "Ok then what? Did Malfoy get you or did Dolohov?" She pointed to Dolohov. "And he brought you to the living room with your parents?" She nodded and tears slipped down her cheeks. Remus leaned over and wiped them away placing a finger beneath her chin and bringing her face up. "I need you to concentrate honey" She nodded again and he leaned back into the chair. "What happened when you were in the living room?" Hermione gestured all around her. "Grimmauld place? They asked you about the headquarters?" She nodded. "Did you tell them?" She shook her head no and he breathed a sigh of relief. "They tortured your parents?" It was more of a statement than a question and she confirmed it with a nod of her head. "Who was torturing them?" She pointed to Malfoy. "Who was first? Your dad?" She shook her head. "Your mom?" She nodded. They both looked up as the door opened and Mrs. Weasley walked in carrying a tray of breakfast food.
"Everyone is asking about Hermione. Are you doing alright dear?" She asked. Hermione didn't answer but looked at Remus.
"She's still pretty shaken Molly. She's trying to tell me what happened." He said gesturing to the pictures on the table.
"I see. Well here's some breakfast for you both, when you're ready." She set the tray down on the table and turned to leave. Once the door was closed, Hermione reached for the tray. Remus handed it to her and she pulled a bowl of porridge from the tray and a glass of orange juice and set it on the bedside table.
"So Dolohov came to your room and brought you to the living room, where your parents were being held by Bellatrix" Remus began. Hermione nodded and he continued. "Lucius asked you about Headquarters and when you refused to answer he tortured and killed your mother, then your father?" She nodded again, starting to cry once more. "What happened then?" Hermione looked thoughtful, wondering how to tell him this next part. She pointed to Dolohov then Bellatrix and clapped. Remus looked confused. She pointed to his wand and clapped again and pointed to her ears. "The used their wands and made a clapping sound?" She made shooing motions at him and he understood. "They left? Disapperated?" She nodded solemnly. "Ok What about Lucius? Did he leave?" She shook her head no and gestured to her body. "He's the one that hurt you?" She nodded. "What happened…" she shushed him and tried to continue. She pointed to Lucius again and gestured to his wand and shook her head. "He didn't use his wand?" She nodded. "He did all this with his hands?" she pointed to her feet. "And his feet?" She nodded and sat back against the pillows exhausted. "Did he do anything else? Why did you pass out? Do you know how the muggle authorities got there?" She waved a hand at him and layed down turning her back to him. He sighed. "Ok, you can go to sleep but we need to finish this later." She nodded and drifted to sleep.
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She was running through a forest. She didn't know what she was running from all she knew is that if she quit running, she would die. Suddenly she heard screaming ahead of her and she ran faster, knowing what was coming and desperately wanting to stop it. She ran for what felt like hours, her legs not wanting to go fast enough.
Suddenly she was in a clearing. In the middle was her mother and father tied to posts with Death Eaters surrounding them firing curses one at a time.
Her mother looked up and saw her and told her to run. Forget them and run the other way. Doing as she was told she turned and ran. But she hadn't gone far when she tripped over a branch and fell rolling over on her back the face of Lucius Malfoy loomed in front of her.
"You'll need to be punished" he sneered. Suddenly he was tearing at her clothes and exposing her body. She felt like a knife was being plunged in between her legs.
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Hermione woke screaming, drenched in sweat.
"Hermione! Shh it's ok. I'm here" Remus jumped from his chair and across the table pulling her into his arms. She quieted and sobbed in to his arms. "What happened? Did you have a night mare?" She nodded and pulled away. Wiping her face she looked up at him.
"H-he r-rap-raped me." She broke down crying again and Remus pulled her closer.
"Who, sweetie? Who raped you? Dolohov?" She shook her head. "Malfoy?" She nodded slowly. "Oh Hermione. Sweetie, I'm so sorry." He sent his patronus to Molly asking her to bring him a vial of dreamless sleep and a few minutes later she opened the door. She handed the vial to Remus. "Hermione, honey. Take this and go back to sleep. I'll be right her when you wake up." She nodded and quickly swallowed the potion and laid back down. When he was sure she was asleep he turned to Molly. "I need Minerva, she needs to know what happened to Hermione. Tell her to bring a healer as well." Molly nodded, took one last look at Hermione, and left.
"Well Remus? What happened?" McGonagall asked the moment she walked in, with Poppy Pomfrey striding in behind her. Remus recounted what Hermione had told him and she looked very old by the time he finished.
"She needs a pregnancy test. Just to be sure. And she has multiple bruises and cuts that need to be healed. Molly and I healed the broken bones already." McGonagall left to talk to the Ministry and Poppy started to work on the bruises and cuts. Finishing that she shifted Hermione so she was laying on her back and she pulled up her shirt.
"Gravida declaro" She muttered and within seconds Hermione's stomach began glowing red. "Unfortunately, Mr. Lupin, she is pregnant. With twin girls." Poppy left after leaving instructions to Remus about potions and such that she had left behind. Remus sat back and tried to digest this information. He suddenly wanted very much to Apparate to Malfoy Manor and rip Lucius Malfoy's head off.