I decided that I was going to have to tell them the truth and turned to everyone in the room, "I will tell you what happened in my past, but I need you to not say anything because if I stop I won't be able to start again, I don't mind answering some questions but I need to be able to get through with this" I explained.
Severus walked over to me and smiled, "okay we will do this your way, but I need you to let me put a charm on you so your magic doesn't react to this because I have a feeling that this manor won't be standing when you have finished" Severus said to me.
I nodded and watched as he took out his want and muttered some spell, smiling he turned to me, "okay so your magical core is high and I have only be able to cover half of it, so I need you to keep yourself calm" he explained.
I smiled and turned to the rest of the family, "this isn't going to be easy for you to hear and I am sure that dad is going to want to kill them when I am finished, but I need you to understand that I cannot lose any more family" I said to them.
Dad nodded and walked over to me, "so how about we do this together, you take my hand and I will keep you calm and you can do the same for me" dad said.
I smiled and nodded, "sounds like a plan" I said to him.
Dad sat down on the arm chair and pulled me down into his lap and smiled at me, "go on then princess" dad said.
I nodded and turned to the other, grabbing a hold of my father's hand, "I don't remember much from when I was taken from you but I can remember little things that before didn't make any sense until now, I remember Lily telling me that I would go home when she would be able to get away, but there was something different about her, she was always crying" I explained.
Dad smiled and took a hold of me, "go on, I know we know the next part, but I think that you need to say it" dad said to me.
I nodded, "I can't remember what happened completely but I can remember that Lily had put me upstairs because of someone coming over and I can remember that I could hear voices downstairs, I believe that Lily was arguing with James, I remember shouting and someone telling lily to run but there was a bright green light coming for me, god I don't even think I cried" I said looking to my father.
I watched as my father shook his head, "I don't remember much of that night, I remember that I was told by someone in the inner circle that the potter kid would be my downfall, I was so angry that everything was over this child and what it would do to me and I couldn't find my twins, I was so worried that I wouldn't see you again. I didn't mean to hurt you princess" dad said to me.
I smiled and shook my head, "to be honest I don't think it was you because I don't remember seeing you, now that I think about it the man who threw that spell at me didn't look anything like you dad" I said.
People looked confused and our mother smiled, "we can have this conversation later, sweetie you need to get this out" she said to me.
I nodded and looked over to see that my father looked broken, I kissed his cheek and smiled as he looked to me, "we will find out what happened to you princess" dad said and I turned to the others and took a deep breath.
I smiled as I took a deep breath and opened my heart of all the hard times "as the years went on with the Dursley's from the first time that they left me with them there weren't very nice to me, from a young age they would make me clean, cook, make sure that the laundry was done and that was only a small bit of it, I had to clean the house in a certain time frame and if I didn't get it done in time well it is safe to say that I would be hit. I wasn't allowed outside unless it was to do the gardening or mow the lawn and well I lived in the cupboard under the stairs for the first eleven years of my life, it wasn't until the Hogwarts letter I received that I got the second bedroom that was Dudley's play room" I explained.
They smiled at me as I knew that they were broken, but it was Caden that looked scared, "the abuse from the Dursley's was from a young age and growing up the Dursley's were not always cruel in the same way, sometimes it was verbal and then it turned to beatings well until I was 8" I explained.
Faye looked to me and shook her head, I watched as she walked over to me and crawled over to me and dad and smiled as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders and cuddled down, "go on" she said to me.
I nodded, "I was eight was the first time that Vernon did those horrible things to me and at that age I didn't realise what he was doing to me, I remember that I fell ill the next couple of days form being out in the rain while making sure that Petunia's garden was perfect, it got to a point where the next door neighbour came over asking if everything was okay, I don't know why she had come over to the house but when she noticed that I was pale she had pushed her way into the house and checked me over, when she confirmed that I needed a hospital and called them herself, Vernon was going mad saying that I was just making this up, I tried to tell them that I was fine but they didn't listen to me and took me into the hospital, the nurses and doctors said that they thought that there was abuse as well as I have the worst case of pneumonia seen and I remember that the nurses said that they needed to speak to the police and the Dursley's, I noticed that Vernon walked in and smiled down at me, but it wasn't a nice smile, he bent down and told me that if I didn't lie to them and tell them that I was a clumsy child that he would make my life worst, I didn't mean to lie to them but I was terrified of what would happen to me" I explained to them fighting the tears.
"Hunny" mum said to me.
I shook my head and smiled, "I'm okay" I said and took a deep breath, "well once I got back to the house from the hospital Vernon was not happy with me and safe to say that I was not seen for the next couple of weeks as he took it out on me, I was withheld on food on getting enough to make sure that I was alive and was told that I have to get all the chores done otherwise I would be in worst trouble. It was hard on me as I had to figure out what was happening to my body on my own and well to be honest I would have been lost if I was for Faye when we meet in first year" I explained.
Dad looked to Faye and smiled, "thank you baby" dad said.
I smiled, "as for the beating's that I got from them growing up that started from a young age, there was broken bones and then the bruises and burns but he didn't stop there the writing and not to mention that I did get to a low point in my life" I said not looking to them.
"Suicide" Caden said to me.
I looked to her and nodded, "yeah I got that low, I took a knife to my wrist and tried to kill myself, but as I was only 12 my magic saved me" I explained.
I noticed that people looked at me and I shook my head, "my first year in Hogwarts was not great, I was singled from the groups and well I didn't really make friends as I didn't want to, it took Ron and Faye a couple of weeks to make friends with me" I explained.
Dad looked confused and turned to Faye, "she was a difficult person to speak to, she wasn't jumpy she was cruel to people, I was amazed that she wasn't put into Slytherin straight away" she said.
I all of a sudden I found the floor interesting and I heard a chuckle, "seems like she was able to tell the sorting hat where to put her" Lily said.
I smiled, "I didn't want to be put in with Draco, we had a misunderstanding and well I didn't like him" I explained.
Draco looked up and smiled, "hey you started it, I was just saying to be careful who you were friends with" dray said to me.
I looked over and smirked, "remember that mud blood you was being mean about and saying that she wouldn't become anything was Faye" I said looking at him.
He sighed and nodded, "I know and I have said that I was sorry to her" Draco said to me.
I smiled at him and noticed that dad looked pissed, "Draco" he snarled.
Draco looked over to me and smiled, "I'll be fine; I have been under your father's punishment before" Draco said to me.
I rolled my eyes and nodded, "well I need to continue first" I said.
They all nodded and I turned to dad and smiled, he rolled his eyes and I knew that he wouldn't be to hard on draco, "I couldn't believe that my magic had saved me and I did the worst thing I could have when at home with them I screamed my frustration out on everything and well it wasn't a good idea as Vernon came in with Dudley, he looked pleased with himself and grabbed a hold of my arms, I struggled against him trying to get free but he decided to tie me down which made me scream at him, I was gagged and hold that I deserved it because I was a freak" I sobbed.
Dad wrapped his arms around me and rocked back and forth, "shh come on, they were lying to you" dad said to me.
I looked up and shook my head, "I did freaky things and they were right what person does this to another" I snapped.
I felt another pair of hands on my shoulder and noticed that it was lily, "Octavia, what my adoptive sister and her disgusting husband did to you was wrong, they should have protected you being that you are only a child, I swear to you that when I get my hand on them it isn't your father they are going to have to worry about" Lily said to me.
I looked confused and she smirked, "I have my brother's temper, but it doesn't come out often sweetie. When it does I will tell you now that you will be amazed" Lily said to me.
I smiled and nodded, "right I think that is everything that we will need, we can use a pensive for the court hearing so you don't have to repeat anything, also I need to get poppy at the hospital wing to do a spell for your body to get all the broken bones and everything so we can put that in as well" Severus said.
I smiled and nodded, "thank you" I said and snuggled down into my father and closed my eyes.
Tom's POV
I looked down to my daughter and smiled as she was falling to sleep and I hoped that this would be the first time that she would be able to sleep without any nightmares as I was worried about her, I turned to my other side and smiled as Faye had fallen to sleep holding on to Oct's hand ad snuggled down into me and I didn't even care that I needed to yell at Draco for what he said to my daughter. I looked up and noticed that Olivia had tears in her eyes and walked over to me, "this was the last time that we held them when they were baby's, but they were on me instead, Tom I can't lose them again" Liv said to me.
I smiled and looked down, "nothing will make me lose them, they are my world as are you hunny" I said to them.
"DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY" Lucius shouted at his son.
