I heard Dad come out the shower. I heard him walk across the corridor to his room. 5 minutes went by. I heard him come out his room. I heard him open my bedroom door.

"It's a good thing you know how to swim Sapphire." Dad begun, calmly enough but his voice sounded tamed. As if mum had recently ordered him not to yell at me, when if he had his own way he would. "Then we would only be one dead body on our hands." he continued.

"Dead?" I repeated, looking up at him.

"Not yet. But your mother called an Ambulance about 10 minutes ago. Hermione has been preforming CPR ever since she brought Thomas in. She's worn herself out. Ron had to take over, but none of it seems to be working." Dad explained. I put my forehead back on my arm.

"Why use the word 'dead' when he isn't?"

"See how you'd react."

"Oh right. And did I pass your little test?" I snapped, keeping my head where it was.

"I'm not sure yet." he stated. "What happened outside?" I stayed silent. "Why where near the pool to begin with?"

"I wanted to be left alone. He kept following me. Thought he'd keep his distance if I went by the pool. I was wrong."

"Do you know why he was following you?" Silence. "How did the two of you both end up in the pool?"

"I tripped." I explained.

"What, and did you grab onto Thomas to try and stop yourself falling in? Because if that is what happened, that's a completely normal reaction." Dad stated, by his voice it sounded like he was starting to calm down. "Is that what happened?"

"No."

"Well I guess that story wouldn't explain why you didn't say anything to us when you ran inside." I was silent. "Sapphire I need you to tell the truth. I want to think you've done nothing wrong. But so far things aren't looking good for you."

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you the truth."

"I wouldn't believe you? .. Sapphire I am your father. I've raised you, your sisters and brothers from babies. I changed your nappies. I taught you how to walk. When your mother gave up breast feeding I fed you. I taught you how to use a knife and fork. I taught you how to read. And most importantly, I taught you how to speak. And you don't think I'll believe you?" Dad stated. Tears were coming to my eyes. Not because of Thomas. Screw him. But because none of the things Dad had said was true. The memory charm made him believe it. Draco had done all those things.

"What happened today was a knock on effect of something else that happened." I begun, but I couldn't say anymore, not unless I wanted to burst into tears.

"And what is that something?"

"You don't need to know."

"Sapphire you can't say something like that and not explain yourself."

"Why not?"

"Sapphire do you even care? Do you care that your cousin is unconscious in our living room? Do you care that your cousin is potentially dying."

I was silent.

Mistake. "Get up!" Dad ordered as tried he forcing me to.

"Dad?!" I questioned.

"I said get up!" he ordered again as I did as my told. I got a second to see his face. He was pissed off. He then took hold of my hood. He pulled on my hood. Dad rarely ever got angry. When he did only me and Mum knew how to behave in a way that calmed him down rather than make him angrier. Mum because she known him for years and was a good, loyal wife. And me from living with Lucius for almost 8 years. My method was just do as he said first time and don't argue.

He let go of my hood when we were at the top of the stairs. I stood their waiting for new orders. "Get down the stairs." I ran down them. Thomas had everyone crowded around him. As if they'd read dad's mind they made an ally way so I could see Thomas.

Although still angry Dad gently pushed me to the left as he walked past and went and stood behind my second cousin Dudley, who was knelt on the left of Thomas's head. Clara - Thomas's mother - was knelling by her husband's left. Uncle Ron was on Thomas's right preforming CPR, Hermione drinking a glass of water behind her husband.

"Harry." mum warned, noticing dad glaring at me.

"Do you care now?" Dad asked. "Does actually seeing what is happening make you care?" he added. I stared blankly at his lifeless body.

"H-have you called an Ambulance?" I asked.

"First thing your Mother did when she saw my baby unconscious you stupid girl!" Clara yelled, needing Dudley to hold her back.

"Just a question." I stated.

"But do you see what you've done now? Do you understand how serious this is?" Dad asked, almost as if he wasn't angry at all.

"Hang on? What do you mean by 'I have done'?" I questioned. Dad glared at me harder.

"You caused this Sapphire."

"No I didn't!"

"Yes you did!" Dad insisted.

"No I fucking didn't!" I insisted. "This is not my fucking my fault! He brought this on his fucking self!" I screamed I pushed past everyone ran out the front door, slammed it behind me and started running towards the woods. As I ran I saw two people running out of a parked Ambulance van.

When I got up to the woods and the first tree - without saying or doing anything just wanting - a pair of boxing gloves appeared on my hands. I put them on and started punching the stupid tree. As I punched the tree it started moving more and more at an angle.

"Sapphire!" I heard my sisters call.

"WHAT!" I screamed, as I did one final punch. My glove covered fist went through the tree. Despite it being protected by the boxing glove, that did hurt my hand. I slowly released my hand, threw the other boxing glove to the ground, while I opened and closed my fist.

"What happened in their?" Emerald asked.

"I am being accused of what happened to Thomas!" I yelled.

"You we're the only one with Thomas when he 'fell in' the pool." Ruby stated.

"Why did you put air quotes on fell in?"

"Cause you pushed him in." Ruby claimed.

"Hey! Don't just go around accusing her when we don't know the full story!" Emerald said, backing me. I gave her a weak smile.

"She hasn't been telling her side of the story! She said that Thomas brought this on himself."

"He did!" I yelled.

"Then tell us how!" Ruby screamed in my face. I was silent.

"Saffie. I'm on your side but we do have to know what your side is." Emerald said calmly. I stayed silent.

"See! She doesn't have anything to say because everything we're 'accusing' her of is true!"

"No it's not!"

"THEN SPEAK!" Ruby roared. "Go on! Tell us the lies that your side of what happened."

"Their not lies."

"My boyfriend is being driven to hospital and could be dying!"

"Good!" I shouted before thinking. "Death is all that bastard deserves." I added.

"Sapphire. What did he do to you?" Emerald asked.

"What the fuck are you on about?" Ruby asked.

"Do you really think Sapphire would say something like that simply though pure hatred?"

"Yes." Ruby said. I felt a pang in my chest. I silently turned to Emerald.

Their was a long pause of at least 10 seconds.

"T-Thomas tried to r-r-rape me . . . on the last n-night of the term at H-H-H-Hogwarts." I stuttered to my sisters.

"Oh Sapphire." Emerald said, pulling me into a hug as her eyes watered. Ruby glared at me.

"Lair!" Ruby stated, when me and Emerald pulled apart. Suddenly I slapped Ruby around the face! So hard she fell to the ground. So suddenly that Emerald gasped.

"Don't you dare call me a lair!" I screamed.

"Thomas is a Hufflepuff. He wouldn't of tried to rape you!"

"And why do you think that?" I questioned. "Because Hufflepuffs are meant to be so innocent and friendly and 100% incapable of doing wrong!" I added, sarcastically.

"Yes."

"Ruby that's a fucking stereotype. Not all Ravenclaws are clever and nerdy. Mum's ex-boyfriend Michael Corner was a Ravenclaw and he was stupid enough to draw unwanted attention to Dumbledore's Army! Not all Gryffindors are brave. Peter Pettigrew was a Gryffindor when he was a coward and informed Voldemort, were our grandparents were hiding! And what about our grandfather James Potter the first who BULLIED Severus Snape for 7 years."

"Our grandfather was a great man." Ruby snapped.

"No he wasn't! Bullying someone for 7 years is not great. I don't care how shit you're life is, how bored you are or how sorry you claim to be after it's happened. Bullying is wrong. And ALL bullies are evil. And if I remember correctly Severus Snape was a Slytherin and he was a great man."

"No he was not!" Ruby insisted.

"For fuck sake Ruby! He agreed to a plan made by Dumbledore, to kill him, so Voldemort would trust him, so he could give him false information about what the order was planning. Did it help Dad directly? No, but he potentially saved hundreds of life's. And ended up dying in the process! Someone who does that is a great man. Not a good-for-nothing bully .. I can say without feeling any guilt, with my hand on my heart that I am ashamed to be the granddaughter of James Potter the first! And I can name many more Slytherin who are not evil."

"Then name 3." Ruby challenged in disbelief.

"Well w-" Ruby started.

"And as for Hufflepuff!" I interrupted. "Zacharias Smith. A Hufflepuff in Mum's year, who was nothing like his house stereotype. He was a rude and horrible person to anyone who had a different point of view. But just because he wasn't loyal or friendly to everyone doesn't mean he doesn't have those personality traits at all. And finally just because Hufflepuffs personality trades are being Loyal and friendly does not stop them from being evil. Yes they contained THE LEAST amount of death eaters, but the ones that were death eaters were LOYAL and FRIENDLY to Voldemort. Meaning an evil Hufflepuff is bloody hell possible!"

"Are you done?" Ruby asked.

"Yes ... Yes I am." I replied.

"Can the two of you calm down?" Emerald snapped, trying to relieve the growing tension.

"No I won't. Because I know for a fact that Thomas would never do that to me."

"What do you mean to you?! I'm the victim here!" I screamed.

"Why would Thomas want to touch a disgusting little lesbian for?" she yelled back.

"What?" I said angrily, moving closer to my sister.

"Contengo!" Me and Ruby stopped moving towards each other knowing that we'd walk into an invisible wall if we didn't. Emerald put her wand back in her pocket.

"You know I always thought that if only two people it the entire world accepted me for who I was, it would be my triplets . . . I was clearly very wrong." I stated.

"I accept you." Emerald reassured. I gave her another weak smile, then glared at my other triplet.

"You know this is your fault that this happened anyway right?" I snapped.

"Is it now?" Ruby snarled

"Yeah it is . . . Remember why I left the Great Hall in the first place? Chris spilled his drink all over me. I had to take off my tie and robes. Had no way of looking different to you - well their is my scar but as you know I try to hide it with Lizzie's make up and I don't think he was paying much attention to my forehead - anyway he thought I was you. And while he was trying to . . . he whispered in my ear 'Come on Ruby. It's not like we haven't done this before.'" I explained.

"Now I know you're fucking lying. Me and Thomas have NEVER touched each other in .. that way before."

"Why would Sapphire be lying? About any of this?" Emerald defended.

"Because I have a boyfriend and she's jealous!" Ruby said.

Me?

Jealous?

Of her and Thomas?

I was in no way jealous.

In fact I felt sorry Ruby that she was defending a bastard like Thomas.

"I have a girlfriend." I stated, despite knowing that Mum and Dad were likely to be using the stalker spell on the three of us.

"Yeah you're too ugly for boys, so you go for girls instead."

What?!

This just strengthened my points on stereotypes earlier.

She was meant to be a Ravenclaw and she was saying stupid things like that?

"We're identical triplets!" Me and Emerald said to our idiotic sister at the same time.

"Oh shut up." she snapped, realising her stupidity.

"Then stop lying to me and tell the truth!" I demanded.

"I'm not lying, about anything!" Ruby insisted.

"Then why would Thomas whisper that to Sapphire?" Emerald questioned.

"Because Sapphire is a lair! He never said it because it never happened!"

"Stop calling me a lair!"

"Reveala!" Emerald yelled pointing her wand at Ruby.

Well? . . . . What do you think? Really really really REALLY sorry about missing three promised updates :( ! I've had technical difficulties. To make up for it, today (7th August 2016) I will post chapter 25, 26 AND 27 of this story as well as the promised update to Harkness and the Hawk.

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