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Chapter Four

Injured

Esmerelda and Ethel landed on the pavement and Ethel breathed a sigh of relief as she recognised the road as being the one near their house but the shifting of transferring took the last of Esmerelda's strength and she started to fall but Ethel quickly kneeled near her and stopped her head from hitting the hard concrete floor as she fainted. She held her head in her lap trying to think what to do.

"It is okay Esmie, you will be fine..." Ethel said as she tried to think what she could do. She couldn't leave Esmerelda here and her panic increased when she realised she was bleeding heavily. Her dress were bloody from the assault and Ethel knew she was badly injured. She looked around in a panic wondering what she could do when she saw a witch dressed in magenta ropes walk past. She wouldn't trust a wizard and she was not going to let this woman touch Esmie but maybe she could help.

"HELP" Ethel shouted. The witch turned around and looked at the blonde girl and saw the panic on her face. She could see she was holding something but couldn't see what from the position she was in. She rushed over and saw the older girl out cold and bleeding and had to refrain from retreating.

"Please help me" Ethel said starting to sob "I need you to call the hospital, please I can't leave her" Ethel said as she cried harder.

"What on earth happened to her?" the woman said concerned.

"She was attacked...please just do something!" Ethel screamed to the woman. The woman nodded before speaking.

"My house is just up there, I will mirror the hospital immediately" she told Ethel before running off leaving her alone.

"I am sorry Esmie, this is my fault" Ethel said holding her sister close as she waited for the unknown witch to return.

She came back a few minutes later, panting from running to her house and back and stopped in front of Ethel.

"They are coming" the woman told Ethel as an ambulance pulled up just as she spoke.


Witches did use transferring to the hospital but it depended on the injuries. For Esmerelda, it might cause more harm then good and it would be safer to drive there. Before Ethel knew it, a woman was rushing to her and Esmerelda and asking her questions before she had time to think.

"What is her name?" the woman said as she checked the girls airways and was relieved to see she was indeed only out cold.

"Esmerelda Hallow…..she is my sister" Ethel told the woman who nodded before asking her next question.

"Age?" the woman asked her as she checked the girl over some more.

"Fifteen…." Ethel said trying to stop herself crying more.

"And what happened to her?" the woman asked Ethel and Ethel started to cry more and just hugged her sister closely. She didn't want to admit what had happened to her.

"If you know what has happened I need to know so I can treat her properly" the paramedic said calmly. She could tell the younger girl was distraught and shouting at her would not help.

"She ... ...r..raped" Ethel said before covering her face with her hands and sobbing even more. Saying it made it hit home what had happened and all she could see in her mind was that disgusting creature all over her beautiful sister.

"What is your name hun?" the woman asked her and Ethel choked on a sob but did manage to reply.

"Ethel" the girl replied trying to control her crying.

"Right Ethel, I know you are really upset but we are going to help Esmerelda yes? She needs medical attention" the paramedic told her.

"Can I come with her?" Ethel asked as she whimpered.

The woman normally would say no. They didn't allow children in the ambulance and normally only parents but their parents did not seem to be with them now and the poor girl was so upset she didn't have the heart to tell her no, and it would be good for the older girl to have some support.

"Alright, but no touching anything alright?" the paramedic said as Ethel nodded as the woman was joined by another woman and they lifted Esmie onto a stretcher. Ethel jumped up and got in the ambulance sitting on the tiny seating available and clutching her sisters hand. The woman who had let Ethel come got in the back with her as the other woman drove the ambulence.

"I think it is best if we call your parents, what are their names?" the woman asked Ethel gently.

Ethel wanted to tell the woman not to bother. They were rubbish parents anyway but even though she knew if this had being her they wouldn't of probably cared or shown up they would show up for Esmerelda and despite being slightly jealous of that she knew Esmie needed support right now.

"Triton and Ursula Hallow" Ethel replied helpfully and the woman made a note of that as the ambulence drove on. Ethel saw the blood and if anything she thought there was more and started to cry again.

"She is bleeding….are you going to be able to help her?" Ethel asked as she cried. She was glad her sister was unconscious so she could not feel the pain. The woman nodded sympathetically.

"I am sure we will be able to, I am sure she will be okay, do you know who it was that attacked her?" the woman asked her and Ethel shook her head crying more.

"No, he was a stranger to us both, he kidnapped us and then…." Ethel told her trailing off.

"Did this man do anything to you at all?" the woman asked needing to know if Ethel needed medical attention like her sister. Ethel shook her head.

"No...he tried too...he was going to but..." Ethel said starting to get hysterical again.

"But what?" the paramedic asked her gently.

"My sister wouldn't let him….he told her to do it to her instead…..it is all my fault, she doesn't deserve this, she has being through so much crap lately which has all being down to me, I should have let him have me but I couldn't do anything" Ethel cried putting her head in her hands again.

The woman proceeded to stare at Ethel for a while in shock. The girl had taken her sisters place? With something like this? She had been in this career for years and years and she had never heard that before. In fact, when there was two people involved normally one kept quiet. It was a sad truth normally the other one kept quiet and allowed the other girl to be attacked but it was understandable, the girl was terrified. She knew nothing about Esmerelda yet apart from what Ethel had told her but she realised she was a very good person. She obviously thought the world of her sister in order to let herself be raped.

"I am not very nice to her...I am such a horrible person...why did I let this happen?" Ethel asked angry at herself for this.

"I don't know your past with your sister but I can tell you love her very much and this is not your fault, the only person at fault here is the man who did this" the woman told Ethel not wanting her to blame herself.

"I do...but I never tell her that...I have hurt her so much" Ethel admitted only now realising everything she had done to her sister. Tricking her into giving her powers to Agatha, pushing her away, blaming her for their parents treatment of her, tricking her into using the founding stone and making her sister accidentally freeze the school. Esmerelda had hid her pain and hurt well but Ethel knew she was suffering, she never treated her nicely even though Esmie was always nice to her. She hated herself so much for everything. She didn't deserve Esmerelda. If Esmie did not have her she would not of suffered.


Suddenly Ethel was sent out of her thoughts as they arrived at the hospital. She followed the doctors as they wheeled Esmerelda into a room but the paramedic who had been looking after her stopped her in her tracks.

"We are going to have to check her over Ethel, I am sorry you will have to wait in the waiting room" the woman told her. Ethel felt sick at the thought of all these people looking at her sister naked but she knew it could not be helped. She needed urgent treatment, plus these people were professional, Ethel trusted them not to harm her.

"Okay" Ethel said admitting defeat in a way glad. She was not sure she could have dealt with watching her sister being looked at and prodded by these people anyway. She only had one request though.

"Make sure you look after her like you would a queen...that is what she, just be careful with her, she is so much more than just another patient" Ethel told the woman. She wanted Esmerelda to be treated properly because she was to special to receive anything less.

"I promise she will get the best care" the woman told her and Ethel nodded not sure if she believed her but as after she had closed the door Ethel took a seat in the waiting room trying to clear her mind from the horrible thoughts and visions running through it.