I received a review today 20/5/2015 that pointed out that Minerva's language was more befitting of an American teenager. I am working on revising this.

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WARNING: Mentions of Rape.

Severus POV:

I heard a knock on the door of my chambers. I knew that I would have to open it, so I gently released Hermione from the hug and instructed her on what to do.

"Remain in my bedroom, if the conversation is relevant to you, you will be able to hear it." She nodded to indicate that she understood. She stood quietly in the room and I was afraid to leave her, but I must go.

I exited my room, entering the parlor room, and opened the door. To my surprise the person standing outside my door was Minerva McGonagall. She asked me if she may enter the room to which I stepped aside to let her in. In her natural grace, her robes swirled around the floor to her movement.

In my snarkiest tone I posed the question.

"To what do I owe the pleasure of such a visit?" I noticed she was hesitant to respond. When McGonagall finally answered her voice conveyed with what sounded like, worry, or almost, fear.

"I came to ask about Miss Granger."

I thought I should reprimand her for her response at Grimmauld Place, but I decided to simply question her. "Why do you care? If I recall you are one of the people who abandoned her when she needed us most. You were her Head of House for Merlin's sake! You know she wouldn't have made a mistake like that! The poor girl was raped and you let her be thrown on the streets, waiting to be attacked again by Merlin knows what's out there! You should have said something McGonagall!"

After hearing what I said, it was obvious that Minerva was regretting the statements that she made previously. She was on the verge of tears. I almost took my words back, but I believe that what I said was exactly what was needed for this moment. McGonagall looked like she finally realized what the horror she's done to her student.

"I have been torn up inside about her situation. Do you know where she is? Is she okay? I don't care what Albus or the Ministry has to say. I want to help her if I can. I need to apologize to her. If what you are telling me is true Severus, then this poor girl has suffer too much already. I know what she went through, I want to speak to her."

As she said this I heard a door open behind me. I turned around to see Hermione peering through. Hermione then looked to who had been her mentor for so many years, and all I saw was hatred in her eyes. But most of all, sadness.

"How could you know, you weren't expelled, you weren't abandoned and you most certainly were not in my shoes as a teenager who's life was ruined when a stupid boy raped her and left her with a child as permanent reminder of that horrible night! I have nightmares every time I close my eyes, a reminder every single damn time! And now tell me Professor how the hell can you understand what I have been through?! How can you? How can you?! " Hermione screamed at the Gryffindor Head of House. I was taken aback by what the young brunette had said and impressed by her using actual language. If one person can come out of this situation, strong, it was going to be Hermione. She would get through this. I know she will.

Minerva gasped the moment that Hermione had started speaking, and by the time Hermione was finished, Minerva's usual stoic expression was replaced by one of sadness with tears falling from her emerald green eyes. Hermione obviously was able to see that her former mentor was remorseful. Minerva was about to say something when Hermione bluntly interrupted.

"I don't want to hear an apology Professor, just prove to me that you are sorry. I cannot and will not believe someone, who upon hearing half the story, abandoned me without even thinking that there was a chance that this wasn't my fault!" Hermione's brown eyes glared at Minerva, as if igniting a flame. In a quieter voice she said, "You think I chose to be raped?" it was barely above a whisper.

Minerva pondered for a moment, and calmly said to Hermione, "I will do everything in my power to help you. I will procure a wand for you, I will continue to teach you Albus and the Ministry can be damned. I might just know a charm that will allow you to hide the pregnancy and when the child is born you can give it up for adoption or I will personally see to it being taken care of on the castle grounds while you finish your education. I will fight Albus tooth and nail to revoke the expulsion and reinstate you as Head Girl. You still deserve the title, because not only do you have the intelligence, but you also are a strong and inspiring young woman, who has been put in an unfortunate situation. I must excuse myself now to speak to Albus, but I will return as soon as I am finished with him."

With that Minerva excused herself leaving me to care for Miss Granger. We sat there for a few minutes in silence before Hermione eventually asked a question.

"What will happen in regards to my child?"

I had no idea how to put my answer into words; hell I didn't even know what to say to Miss Granger. I thought for a few moments about what to say, trying to phrase things as delicately as possible so as not to upset her more than she already was. I decided on what the best thing to tell her was before I responded to her question.

"I do not yet know what we will be doing with your child. We know abortion is out of the question. For now just let me promise you though everything will be okay. Professor McGonagall and I will figure out a solution to your situation somehow." I then realized it is best to draw her attention to another topic. I enquired a little further. "Miss Granger, would you mind telling me what your wand was made out of? I need to know in order to replace it since Albus idiotically snapped it without thinking about the situation, and the possibility that you were telling the truth, which we now know that you are."

The Gryffindor Student responded. "My wand was a 10 and 3/4 inch wand made out Vinewood, with a dragon heartstring core."

I can obtain that easily from Ollivanders, I then realized I couldn't leave Miss Granger on her own, given the trauma she has been through. I knew that she trusted me, but I could not help her through this alone. She would most likely be very uncomfortable discussing the events of that night with me solely because I am a man. I knew then that I would need to help Minerva gain Miss Granger's trust.

I shook myself out of my thoughts and said "Miss Granger, when Professor McGonagall returns, I can either go get you a new wand or I can send her if you prefer that I stay with you."

Miss Granger looked down, before steeling her honey colored eyes to my gray ones. "Would you mind going to get my new wand? Although I feel safer with you, I need to talk to Professor McGonagall alone."

I stood up to stretch my limbs and get a bottle of scotch from the cabinet set off to the side of the room. "If that is what you wish, Miss Granger, then that can easily be arranged."

Minerva's POV:

I exited Severus's chambers thankful that at least someone was taking care of her, I set off for Albus's office, and within minutes I was outside the gargoyles that guard his office. Suddenly, Albus came down to meet me and he seemed to know I was coming, so I was ushered in. Once inside he motioned for me take a seat before starting off with the niceties. "Would you like a cup of tea, Minerva?"

Not taken aback by his usual politeness I addressed him. "No Thank you, Albus." I paused for a second before continuing. "I am here to discuss a serious and time-sensitive topic."

The twinkle in his eyes had disappeared and as if he were reading my mind he guessed the topic. "I presume you are here to discuss the topic of Miss Granger. Well there is absolutely nothing I can do Minerva. No matter how bright she is, she got herself into this situat- –"

Before Albus could finish his statement I interrupted in a matter of fact tone, similar to the one that I used on Dolores Umbridge during the Golden Trio's 5th year. "Albus don't you dare go accusing that poor girl of getting herself into this mess! Did you not listen to the girl? She was RAPED! Now do I have to spell it out for you? R-A-P-E-D! She didn't choose this and that is a fact! Severus found her at a Revel the night that you EXPELLED her! How dare you?! That revel is where McLaggen confessed to He Who Shall Not Be Named that he had in fact raped Miss Granger! How daft are you to not see this? Do you not see that you messed up! You! You Albus! She still deserves to be Head Girl and she still deserves to be a student at this school! You have NO idea what the poor girl went through! And don't say you do! Men like you Albus will never understand!"

Albus waited for me to finish before posing his question in turn. "How do you know what she has been through, how could you understand?!"

"Are you bloody kidding me Albus?! You will never understand unless you have been raped. So don't you dare tell me that you understand because you don't and you never will! If anyone in this castle could understand, It would be me because the fact of the matter is I was RAPED, and even if I didn't tell you this now, there would still be a possibility that I had been raped and like most victims, I would have been to ashamed to tell anyone. I was raped just because I am a woman and it is terrible, Albus! It is horrible that women can be raped and even if they report it most times nothing will be done about it!"

Albus sat shocked, quietly, so as to keep the volume down he answered, "You're right Minerva, I could never understand, but as I said earlier, I can't fight the Ministry and You Know Who at the same time."

I scoffed at this. Outrageous! "Albus, you have fought the Ministry and You Know Who before! So you can damn well do it again! You can fight for Miss Granger and you will have to if you want to win this war! After all, how many times would Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley have died if it hadn't been for Miss Granger? She saved their asses several times! If you don't help her you will be killing all three of them and thus killing any hope of us winning the war! Be rational! As to how I would know what Miss Granger is going through, I have been in her shoes, except being a half-blood and having a compassionate mother allowed me to hide my pregnancy, thus allowing me to avoid the consequences. If you don't recall in my seventh year I missed about a month of school for so called 'Family Emergencies', well actually that was so that I would be at home and thus able to seek medical care without fear of repercussions when I went into labor. My mother had helped me through it by taking me to a muggle version of a healer. I gave my son up for adoption to a couple with the last name Granger. I figured out he was a squib because he was not in attendance in the school year that he would have been eleven. Given the similarities that Hermione and I share, it is quite likely that I am her biological grandmother. Since her parents have abandoned her, I will ask her if she would be open to the idea of me adopting her. If that does happen, she will be staying in my chambers along with her baby. You cannot and will not stop me, and if you try to, I will resign. You and I both know that there is nobody who is as qualified as I am to teach Transfigurations in all of Britain, and possibly the entire world. I demand that you give her the position of Head Girl back seeing as she rightfully earned it. She deserves a future and she will go far if you give her the chance." I settled down a little to fix my hair, which had fallen out of its bun during my rant. I readjusted my robes as well.

Albus looked at me with sad eyes. "Minerva, if you want to fight this, I won't stop you. I did not tell the Ministry yet and if she can either prove that this child was the result of rape or get married before school starts again, she will be able to attend and retain her position of Head Girl. If neither of those occurs, you adopting her will be the only way that she can remain in the castle, but she would still be unable to attend classes since she has been expelled. Now I suggest you go down to the dungeons and speak with Miss Granger. Now would be the perfect time to inform her of her options. I do know for a fact that she is currently with Severus. Please give my regards and apologies to Miss Granger."

With that I bade Albus farewell. I spent the time walking back to the dungeons thinking about what he had said. How dare he try to say anything to the poor girl that he has only added on to her suffering and more importantly how did Albus know that she is in the dungeons with Severus? I know Dumbledore knows everything that happens in this castle but I knew then that I would have to investigate. My robes flourished behind me as I quickened my pace. I was almost giddy to actually relay some good news and some good options to a girl who had been through so much. I only hope she'll accept these options and not freak out. For a traumatizing experience such as this, only time can heal her and that is only if she is strong enough to push past this.

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