A/N: Sorry for the slight delay in updating but R/L happened… LOL…. Anyways here is the next update!

Disclaimer: I don't own HP!

WARNING: THIS CHAPTER MENTIONS SEXUAL ASSAULT BUT DOESN'T GO INTO DETAIL!

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Hermione groaned as her eyes fluttered open and the light hit them. She quickly shut them and then opened them again. She turned her head to look around and gave a small smile when she saw Narcissa looking at her in concern. "I'm okay Mrs. Malfoy. What time is it?"

Narcissa smiled slightly and shook her head. "I've told you more than once Hermione to call me Narcissa. As for what time it is, it is about noon. How are you feeling?"

Hermione frowned slightly and shifted and then gasped. "I'm in some pain but it is nowhere near as bad as what it was yesterday or this morning. At least I think it was yesterday and this morning."

Narcissa chuckled and nodded. "Yes, Hermione you came back to Hogwarts yesterday. I will give you a pain relief potion. Do you need anything else?"

Hermione shook her head. "No, thank you. I want to thank you Narcissa for what you are doing."

Narcissa shook her head again as she stood up and took a pain relief potion out of her robe pocket and took the stopper out of it before helping Hermione take it. Once she made sure Hermione swallowed the potion with no problem she took Hermione's hand in her own. "You have nothing to thank me for Hermione. You helped both Draco and I during the Final Battle and after. I'm happy that I'm able to help you even just a little bit. Do you want to talk about what happened?"

Hermione sighed and looked down at her hands as she whispered "I wasn't completely honest with everyone yesterday because I didn't want them to look at me differently."

Narcissa frowned and then sat down gently on the edge of the bed by Hermione's side. "Why would we look at you differently?"

Hermione felt the tears pool in her eyes as she whispered "My father raped me. After he got done he blindfolded me and let the man I saw him talking to rape me also. I didn't want Harry or anyone else looking at me as if I'm dirty even if I am dirty."

Narcissa gasped and then pulled Hermione to a sitting position gently and then into her arms as she whispered "Oh Sweetheart you are not dirty. You should have told us because we need to make sure that no other problems can arise from it. Now I am going to send a message to Severus and have him come here so that we can talk to him. This way we can see if there is something he can brew to help make sure that you have no infections and to make sure that you don't end up pregnant from your bastard of a father or that other man. Okay?"

Hermione lifted a hand and wiped away a tear and nodded. "Okay. Thank you Narcissa."

Narcissa nodded and then stood up after bending to give Hermione's head a kiss. She quickly walked out of the room Hermione was in and to Poppy's office where she knew Poppy was at making sure that they wouldn't need any other potions. She took in a deep breath and let it out as she walked into the office. "We need to get Severus up here and quickly."

Poppy looked at Narcissa in stood up. "What happened?"

Narcissa shook her head and said in a cold tone "Hermione's bastard of a father raped her and then let his friend rape her. We're going to need a couple potions that aren't standard to make sure that she doesn't suffer any more than she already is."

Poppy gasped and then said "Why didn't she tell us?"

Narcissa sighed and said sadly "She didn't tell us because she was afraid that we would look at her differently. She said she didn't want any of us to think that she was dirty even though she knows that she is."

Poppy slammed her hand down on her desk and snarled "She is not dirty. If I ever get the chance to get my hands on the men who did this they will regret it. I'm not a violent person by any means but any man who can do that to his daughter or to any girl doesn't deserve kindness. I will send a message to Severus now and one to Albus."

Narcissa nodded. "That is fine Poppy. I am going to go back in and sit with her. She is doing well physically it seems but mentally she isn't doing so good at the moment."

Poppy nodded and with a flick of her wand she conjured up her Patronus and sent it to both Albus and Severus before she sat down hard in her chair. She couldn't believe that she hadn't thought to check to see if Hermione had been sexually assaulted then again if it had happened a while ago she wouldn't have been able to tell. Her only consolation at the moment was that Hermione opened up to Narcissa. She wiped a tear away that fell from her eye and stood back up. She took in a deep breath and let it out and then made her way out into the main part of the infirmary to await Severus and Albus so she could explain to them what was going on before letting them in to talk to Hermione.

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Severus was in the middle of teaching seventh year Slytherin's and Gryffindor's when a Patronus flew into his classroom saying "You are needed in the infirmary now. It is important."

With that message his head flew forward and he caught Draco's, Blaise's, Harry's and Pansy's eyes and shook his head. "Draco, I want you to take over the class and make sure everyone works on their essay. If I hear that one person was not doing what they were supposed to be doing it means detention for a week and point loss regardless if you are in Slytherin or Gryffindor. Listen to Draco and Mr. Potter until class is over."

He didn't even wait for Draco or Harry to respond to what he had said before he walked as quickly as he could out of the classroom. With the message that Poppy had sent him, he decided to go through his office and into his private quarters and then flooed through to the infirmary. As soon as he shook the soot off of himself he looked up and saw Poppy motioning him over to where her and Albus were standing. Without a thought he strode over to her quickly. "What is it Poppy? Has Miss Granger taken a turn for the worse? Where is Narcissa?"

Poppy sighed and looked from Severus to Albus and sighed again as she shook her head. "I'm afraid that Miss Granger left some information out about what happened to her. As for where Narcissa is, she is in the room with Miss Granger trying to keep her calm. Miss Granger told Narcissa that her so father sexually assaulted her and then allowed another man to sexually assault her as well."

Severus' eyes widened in horror and he snarled "Dear Gods why didn't she tell us this when we asked if anything else was wrong?"

Poppy sighed and said sadly "She told Narcissa she didn't want to tell anyone because she was afraid that we would think she was dirty and she was already thinking that. That poor girl has been through hell in back because of her parents and to top it all off she thinks that she is dirty because she was raped."

Albus sighed and said "Let us go and talk to Hermione. We need to make sure that she knows she can tell us anything. We also need to make sure that she knows that we don't think less of her for anything that has happened to her."

Poppy nodded as did Severus who said "Well let us go and see Miss Granger. We need to check to see if it is a possibility that she is pregnant. If she is that could explain the reason that the cuts on her stomach are not healing even with being made from dark magic."

Albus sighed again and shook his head sadly and led the way into Hermione's room. He was glad now that they had made it where she was in an actual room and not in the main part of the infirmary where there were just curtains pulled around the bed. His heart broke at the sight he saw when he opened up the door to the room. He looked back at Severus and saw that he too was feeling the same way that he was.

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Severus' never once thought that his heart would break for a student or a woman but when he saw Hermione clinging to Narcissa as she cried her eyes out he felt his heart slowly breaking. He took in a deep breath and let it out as he walked past Albus and into the room. He walked over to where Narcissa sat on the bed beside Hermione and without even thinking about what he was doing he gently pulled Hermione out of Narcissa's arms and into his own as he rubbed his hand down her back. "There, there Hermione you are safe now. I promise that I won't let anyone else hurt you."

Narcissa watched as Severus took Hermione from her and held the young woman to his chest. As she heard him talking softly to Hermione, she realized that the dark man she loved like a brother had feelings for the young woman even if he didn't realize it yet. She smiled slightly as she realized that this could be the best thing to happen to both Hermione and Severus. The smile on her face grew wider when she saw Hermione wrap her arms around Severus and cry into his chest.

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