Faramir sighed but would not allow the tears to come. "My earliest memory is of my mother dying," he said. "Everything seemed to get worse day by day after that." Warning: Child abuse

AU: Fifth. Harry thought he could have a normal year at Hogwarts. Well Voldemort and the Ministry of Magic have other ideas.

She wanted to be free. To escape the torture that was her life. She never imaged that she would land in another world. Can she learned to trust again after a life of pain?

They use my name in the Light rebel camps sometimes, but when they do, it is uttered as a curse, a filthy name to be spat rather than spoken: Hermione Granger, traitor to the Light side. But they don't understand. No one does. No one can. HHr