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Lily shut the bathroom door slowly, then slid down it before burying her face in her arms. She wasn't sure how she even got home; everything was still a blur. She took deep breaths in and out, telling herself she was safe, over and over again. This was the worst day she'd had so far during the trial. She knew it would be hard, but she hadn't realized it would nearly break her. She had no idea how long she had been sitting on the cold tile floor, but her ass was sore, and she felt like she was running out of air with her head buried. Finally, she lifted her head and took a deep breath, then accidently banged her head against the closed bathroom door when she went to rest against it. "Ouch" she said, rubbing the back of her head.

"Lily? Are you alright?" asked Scorpius.

She rolled her eyes, she couldn't even get some privacy in the bloody bathroom, "Yeah, fine," she replied tiredly.

She closed her eyes, trying to push her annoyance aside. Scorpius was an amazing wizard and she was lucky to have him. She knew this, she did. She thought back to how things were before and tried to focus on the happy times with him, like the time she dyed her hair blonde and peach, and the first time they kissed at the Willow tree, and the time he came to her room to pick her up on his broom. When she was first rescued, she was numb and then eventually that lead to anger. Then lately with the trial, it felt like she was only ever sad, no not just sad, it was more like true despair, like she was at the bottom of an endless dark pit and there was no light in sight. But now… She began to smile; she was finally starting to feel just a glimpse of, dare she say it, happiness again. Maybe she needed to talk about that day with Louie, to finally move forward. For the first time in a long time she felt something good when she thought back on her memories before she was taken.

She smiled wide now and got up off the floor. She moved to the sink and washed her face with cold water several times, then looked in the mirror. She gripped the side of the sink as she stared at herself. She knew she was pretty, but there was something about how she looked now that she hated. She stared and wondered what it was exactly that was bothering her. Was it her nose? No. Her eyes? She thought back to that damn green lingerie she was forced to wear for the auction to match her eyes. She scrunched up her face in concentration, no it wasn't her eyes… she had always loved looking into her Dad's eyes and she was lucky enough to have inherited them. She pursed her lips… was it her lips? She quickly shook her head. The movement of her hair caught her gaze and she knew, it was her hair. The length, the color, the cut, the whole bloody thing. She hated it and couldn't stand to look at it another second. She turned and opened the door to the bathroom causing Scorpius to stand up from the chair in the corner of her room. She moved quickly to her nightstand and opened the drawer, pulling her wand out and immediately going back to the bathroom.

"Lily?" he asked hesitantly walking to the now open doorway.

"Scor, can you get Kristine for me?"

"Sure," he said and quickly went to do so.

She stared at herself, thinking of different options. What did she want to do?

"Lily?" called Kristine from her bedroom doorway.

"Come in Kristine," she called.

When Kristine made it to the bathroom, huffing and out of breath, Lily turned and instantly felt bad, "I'm sorry Kristine, I should have come to you."

Kristine waved her hand and said, "It's fine, I was getting restless on the couch anyway. What can I do for you?"

Lily grinned and whispered, "Shut the door."

Kristine smiled and did so.

"I want to change my hair. Like completely. Merlin, I fucking hate it. Literally everything about it. The color. The cut. The length. All of it. It's just this constant reminder of what the Boss, what all of them liked about me. My beautiful, sexy, long red hair. They pulled it, wrapped their fingers in it, ran their hands all over it and constantly went on about it." She was huffing and getting angrier by the second just thinking about it.

"Okay. Where do you want to start?" asked Kristine as she moved forward to stand next to Lily at the sink.

"The color."

"Alright. Let's get some chairs in here, so we can get comfortable," she grinned and called, "James?"

"Yeah?" he said from outside the door.

"Can you get Lily and I two chairs from downstairs?"

"Uh, sure," he replied.

They could hear him relaying the request to Scorpius and they heard them go downstairs.

"How did you know he would be right there?" asked Lily.

Kristine laughed and said, "He never leaves my side now if he can help it. Most of the time it's adorable, he's so worried about me and the baby. But sometimes…"

"It's really annoying?" said Lily smiling.

"Yeah."

"I know the feeling. I just keep reminding myself that everyone is just trying to make sure I'm okay. They don't mean to smother me."

Kristine reached out and squeezed Lily's hand.

"We're back," said James from outside the door.

"You can come in," said Lily.

The door slowly opened, and James looked in, not sure what he was going to find. But he was pleasantly surprised that Lily seemed okay. "Your chairs, my lady," he said jokingly to Kristine.

She smiled and pointed to where she wanted them.

Scorpius stood in the doorway and handed James the second chair and raised his eyebrow at Lily, "Everything okay?"

"Yeah. Kristine's going to help me change my hair," she said smiling.

He smiled back and said, "Oooh, Peach again?"

Everyone chuckled and she replied, "Hmm. I'm not sure. I think we're just going to have to try a bunch of different colors and see which one I end up liking the best."

James looked at her and said, "You should try black. You're the only Potter that doesn't have black hair."

Lily looked in the mirror and scrunched up her nose, "Black?"

James shrugged and said, "Can't hurt to try it."

She smiled and said, "Okay, but you both need to leave. I'll come show you when we're done."

"But I want to see all the colors, not just the final one," whined Scorpius.

Lily laughed and James rolled his eyes.

"Alright, out with the both of you!" said Kristine playfully shoving them out of the bathroom and shutting the door.

She waited until she heard them heading out of the bedroom before she turned around and grinned at Lily. "This is going to be so much fun!"

Lily smiled and sat down, "What should we try first?"

…..

Rose was still steaming mad. She stormed and paced and yelled. A lot.

"That fucking little prick," she said for the 100th time.

"Rose," started Harry but he stopped when she glared at him.

Jason chuckled then tried to cover it up unsuccessfully when Harry glared at him. "Sorry. Rose, forget about the prosecutor. He doesn't know anything. Don't waste your time on him."

"I know… I just… what a fucking little prick!" she yelled again. "How dare he!"

Jason and Harry exchanged a wary glance. They had been trying to calm her down for almost a half an hour now.

Suddenly the door opened, and Hermione came in, "How are you feeling, sweetheart?"

Rose glared at her, "I'm fucking brilliant Mum. And you?"

"Language Rose," chided Hermione.

Rose rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, resuming her pacing.

Jason tried again, "Rose, I know I haven't spent much time with you and I'm sorry for that. I thought I had found all the witches… "he trailed off then began again, "Anyway, I've spent a lot of time working with Lily and the others on learning how to control their magic. Do you think you'll be able to do that when we go back in?"

When she simply glared at him, he continued, "Look, it's just that the others, they're covered if something happens, we had them sign a contract with the Unspeakables."

"You did?" asked Harry and Hermione at the same time.

"I know, Lily told me," replied Rose, ignoring the others.

"I don't want to put you in a situation where your magic is going to get out of control again."

"You know that wasn't all me."

"I do."

"Would anyone really be able to prove I was the one that did anything? After all, you just said yourself that no one even knows about me…."

"Rose!" chided Hermione.

Harry looked at her, really looked at her, using his Auror skills for the first time to appraise her. After a minute he said, "She's right. There's no mention of anything out of the ordinary in her healer records and I can't tell anything's off with her magic using my Auror skills. I don't think there's anything to worry about. In my professional opinion I would say maybe the wind was due to her increased emotions, but I think that's it. On the night of the Auction one of the healers experienced something very similar to what the prosecutor just experienced when trying to enter Isabella's room. Isabella is in the courtroom and was likely just as angry at being called a victim as Rose. I really don't think there's anything to worry about with Rose."

Jason stared at Harry for a minute, trying to determine if he was telling the truth, finally deciding he was he turned back to Rose and said, "Okay. Take a few more minutes and then we'll go back in."

Rose nodded.

Jason then left the room and as soon as the door closed Harry winked at Rose, making her smile. He moved closer and held his arms out for her, offering a hug if she wanted it. She immediately moved into his embrace and buried her head in his neck. He wrapped his arms around her and could feel the magic thrumming on her skin. It wasn't shocking him, rather it felt quite nice and made his magic happy, if that was even a thing. But he had a feeling that if anyone else touched her they would feel something entirely different.

"Do you think you can handle going back in?" he asked quietly.

"Yes."

He nodded. That was good enough for him.

But not for Hermione. "Rose, are you sure? I don't want you to lose control of your magic and do something you'll regret later."

Rose huffed and buried her head further into Harry, tickling him and causing him to huff out a laugh.

"Rose."

"…."

"Rose are you going to answer me?" demanded Hermione.

"…."

"Rose, please, you have Sera to think about."

That did it.

Rose pulled away abruptly and glared at her mother, "For fucks sake Mother just shut up! I don't need you to remind me that I have a daughter at home waiting for me! But don't think for a second I give a shit about any of those bastards in the courtroom. If I could set them all on fire and watch them burn in a slow, painful, horrible death I would. And I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. They tortured Lily. They raped me 401 times. They raped Lily 975 times. They raped over 50 other witches every single day, some for a year! Do you honestly think I care if my magic gets out of control and hurts them? Whatever I might be able to do to them could never, ever even come close to what they've done to me."

Hermione was crying now, wiping tears of her face, "Oh Sweetie, I'm sorry. I just…" she trailed off.

Rose whispered, "I wish I could kill them all. I really do. But I can't. My magic just isn't strong enough."

Harry pulled her back into his arms and kissed the top of her head, letting her take strength from him.

Rose snuggled into him and took comfort in his scent and his strong arms. She heard movement and then the door opened and closed. She felt Harry relax and he said, "She's gone." He pulled back a little and waited for her to look at him. When she did, he said, "Rose, your magic is strong. I lied to Jason. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

When she just stared at him, he continued, "Rose, you saved Lily. You're the mother of my beautiful angel, Sera. There is nothing that I would not do for you."

Her eyes widened and she brought her forehead against his, never breaking eye contact. They stared at each other, so much passing between them without a single word being uttered. Their hands joined and Rose brought his left hand to her mouth and pressed a gentle kiss to it and then did the same with his right hand.

The moment was broken when Jason knocked and entered again. "How are you feeling, Rose? Ready to head back in?"

She turned towards him and said, "Yeah, let's finish this."

He nodded and held the door open for her.

She began to walk and noticed that Harry was still holding her left hand, she tried to pull away, but he held tight. She looked to him and he squeezed her hand and repeated, "Nothing."

She smiled at him before letting go and heading to the courtroom doors, squaring her shoulders and holding her head high.

She was NOT a victim.

Jason nodded to the Auror's and the doors were opened for her. Everyone was already seated, and she headed straight for the witness stand, not waiting for anyone to escort her.

She was NOT a victim.

"Miss Weasley, you were the last witch … acquired before the auction, is that correct?"

"Yes."

"Could you tell us about your last week and the night of the auction?"

"Um, sure. It was kind of chaotic. We knew they were getting ready to sell us. They had us all fitted for special lingerie, to match our eyes." Here she looked at the Boss then to the jury and said, "The color I'm wearing today was the color of my lingerie and shoes."

"…."

"We had to practice walking in our outfits on stage and around the ballroom. Practice flirting with the different trainers. That was revolting," she deadpanned.

The Boss growled and the judge glared at him and said, "Keep quiet."

Rose smirked and continued, "We had been tested by 10 different trainers on every possible sex act for weeks. They even graded us. Anyway, then everything was added up and averaged and then our final report card was handed off to the last tester to confirm."

"Who was the last tester?"

"The Boss."

"…"

"He …. He wanted to test me separately… from Lily. It was the first time I had been alone with him since the night I arrived."

"Take your time Miss Weasley."

She gathered her courage and continued, "I… I don't really know what to say. It was awful. Usually, there were two of us, which at first was … just… I mean…"

"…"

"I'm sorry. This is harder than I thought it would be."

"There's no need to apologize, Miss Weasley."

She huffed and looked to Harry, really not wanting him to hear any of this. She looked to the judge and asked quietly, "Is there anyway I can answer this question without an audience?"

The judge was surprised at first but thought about it for several minutes. He looked around at all the families. He thought about what she had just said, about how it was always her and her cousin together, then looked up to see her and her cousin's family in the audience. It was unusual, yes, but if it prevented this poor girl from being further traumatized… "Auror's, please escort everyone in the audience out of the courtroom. All families, friends, press and anyone else. I want to see all the benches completely cleared. We will not continue until everyone has exited."

Rose had to quickly look away from Harry and her family, they were completely shocked.

Harry was obviously trying to convince them he could stay, since he was the Head Auror, but the judge noticed and said, "I'm sorry Head Auror, you will also need to exit the courtroom. You, as well, Senior Undersecretary."

Rose took a sip of water and looked down until the sounds diminished and the doors were closed.

"Auror's, please cast the privacy wards," said the judge.

Rose felt the shift in the atmosphere, letting her know the wards were cast and looked up.

"Thank you," she said quietly.

"Not a problem, dear," replied the Judge.

"Miss Weasley, when you're ready, could you continue?"

She nodded and took a deep breath then said, "When it was Lily and I, when one of us got tired… we could switch off. Then there were times when he just wanted to…"

"…"

"when he…he would… make us…."

"…."

She wiped the tears that had started to fall, damn it, she didn't know if she could say it.

"I'm sorry, Miss Weasley, please, take your time."

She nodded and tried again, "He wasn't always interested in… participating."

There were several gasps from the jurors and even the prosecutor looked surprised.

"He liked to watch too."

"…"

"So, while it was horrible spending every night with him. Truly. Horrifyingly. Awful. I got some … breaks… I guess you could call them. But when it was just him and I, there was no one else to relieve me, no one else to distract him, no one to entertain him with; it was just me."

She took a moment to wipe the tears off her face then looked to the prosecutor, waiting for his next question. He still seemed at a loss for words but finally cleared his throat and asked, "Could you tell us a little of what happened during the final test?"

"Um, sure. He basically made me do everything in the order the other girls were trained. Because of when I arrived and then having taken care of Lily, I wasn't trained in anything other than entertainment so … he wasn't … satisfied … with me. I was fine with … um…" she stopped and looked sheepishly at the judge, who said, "It's alright, you can speak freely."

"Um, right. I was only forced to perform one blow job on him. Then we moved on to vaginal sex. He was not happy with me. I think it took four tries before he was satisfied. By this point I was exhausted, in pain and a bit hysterical. I remember he kept yelling at me to stop crying. And then we moved on to anal sex … that didn't go much better. He got really angry with me at one point and slapped me around, then shoved something in my mouth to quiet me."

"I'm so sorry Miss Weasley."

"I… I don't know how I survived that day to tell you the truth." She crossed her arms over her stomach, thinking back to the feeling of Sera fluttering in her womb. That's what got her through it.

"But you did."

"I did. Eventually we moved on to entertainment, since I was one of only a few girls that were not trained to be submissive. He said that he was using that as a selling point for me. Anyway, since it was just me, I had to put on a show for him… masturbate. He would yell things at me and smack me and push my body the way he wanted it. But finally, he said I was finished." She looked at the Boss for a second then said, "He said I had done better than all the other girls he had tested so far. I remember being horrified because he had tested everyone except Lily. If I had done better than the rest, what kind of hell did he put them through? I could barely walk; I was nauseous, and I felt on the verge of passing out. I had bruises for days after and I needed healing from the…rough… treatment. All I could think was those poor girls. He was a monster."

She looked at him again, glared at him hard.

He smirked at her.

She slammed her hands on the stand, stood up and yelled, "You're a fucking monster!"

He laughed out loud.

"Silence!" the judge ordered.

"You're a brutal, disgusting, vile, piece of trash!" she screamed as the windows shattered and wind started whipping through the courtroom.

"Let's take a break!" yelled the judge, ushering the Auror's to escort the jury out.

The Boss stood and broke free of his restraints.

The Unspeakables rushed to him but he waved his arm and they were all blasted back away from him.

The Auror's started shoving the rest of the defendants out of the courtroom.

The defense and the prosecutor ran to the Judge's chamber, quickly closing the door to all the chaos.

"Come now Rose, darling, you loved every moment you spent in my bed."

"I fucking hate you!" she screamed, hurling all the broken glass in his direction.

Jason realized he needed Harry to get through to Rose and took down the wards sealing the room, quickly opening the doors to find chaos on the other side. The families could tell something was happening and everyone wanted to know what was happening. Harry was in front of him within seconds, "What's going on?" he demanded, eyes blazing.

"I need you in there," said Jason, barely able to catch his breath.

Harry nodded and they both entered the courtroom again. They didn't realize that Isabella, Raine and Caitlin had also slipped in before the doors were sealed again. Harry looked around in shock. Rose and the Boss were facing each other, only a few feet apart but the windows were shattered, the desks toppled, paper everywhere and the entire courtroom was empty save the few Auror's and Unspeakables that were trying to get to the Boss.

"But look at how powerful you are now because of me," he said loudly as he waved the wall of broken glass towards the Auror's and Unspeakables, who tried to hastily put shields up.

Rose narrowed her eyes at him and said, "I was always powerful. I am here today because I am strong. I was always strong."

He laughed in response.

"And I am fierce!" She looked down and concentrated on all the paper all over the floor, lifted it up and then sent the newly transfigured knives straight at the Boss.

He widened his eyes in surprise and tried to push them towards the Auror's again. He was mostly successful but this time he took a few hits and groaned in pain as he pulled two knives out of his right thigh.

"You're going to pay for that, you fucking whore."

Furious, Harry started to charge at the Boss, then watched as he suddenly fell to his knees and screamed in pain.

Rose looked up in surprise, then smiled when she saw Isabella approaching.

Harry looked to Rose, then yelled to Jason, "Go! Take your men and seal the room behind you!"

Jason shook his head but motioned to the other men to leave. They did so reluctantly.

Harry did the same with the Auror's, who instead of leaving, sealed the doors after the Unspeakables and remained inside, wands at the ready, just in case.

Jason and Harry watched as Raine and Caitlin joined Isabella and Rose, surrounding the Boss. He was still on his knees, screaming in pain.

"Isabella, it's my turn," said Raine.

Isabella huffed but let her curse end.

The Boss doubled over, hands on the floor, trying to catch his breath.

"Stand up," ordered Raine.

Suddenly he started laughing maniacally.

"Stand up," she screamed at him.

A furious wind started whipping around them again and Harry had to grab onto a bench to keep from falling over.

Caitlin moved forward and kicked the Boss in the jaw, an audible crack resounding in the room. Then he was suddenly levitated into the air and his back was thrust with such force that another crack was heard.

The Boss was alternating between screaming and laughing, clearly out of his mind.

"Ladies, please," said Jason, finally close enough that they could hear him.

Rose, Isabella and Caitlin looked at him, then at Harry who had moved to his side, before they looked to Raine, letting her decide. Raine nodded and Caitlin dropped the Boss to the ground roughly.

"Help him stand," she said coldly.

Harry and Jason looked at each other, uneasy, but still moved to pick the Boss up, each taking on arm and putting it over their shoulders. When the Boss was finally standing between the two men, she smirked and then suddenly both of his knees were blown out, as if he was hit with two reducto's. Harry and Jason stumbled as the man's legs were essentially blown away, and they were splattered in blood.

The Boss was screaming and sobbing at the same time.

Before Harry could get over his shock, Jason said, "Shut up," and silenced the man.

They all watched as blood pooled on the ground.

"We really should leave him alive for Lily," said Rose.

"True," said Isabella and Raine at the same time.

"Can you stop his bleeding?" asked Caitlin conversationally.

"Uh… yeah," said Harry, waving his wand and performing a field medic spell that acted like a tourniquet.

"Why don't you ladies head home, we'll take care of this," said Jason.

The girls looked to Harry for confirmation and he said, "Yeah, we can explain to the Judge that the Boss tried to attack you after he broke free and we had to subdue him."

"It's lucky for us you were both here," said Isabella, shamelessly flirting.

"Yes, quite lucky," added Caitlin, smirking.

"Our knights in shining armor," said Raine, wistfully.

Rose rolled her eyes and said, "Come on, let's go home. I need to wash all this blood off me."

Harry and Jason watched as the four witches walked to the doors of the courtroom, which the Auror's opened for them, and then walked out, heads held high and never looking back. When the doors closed again Harry said, "Auror's, everyone clear on what happened here?"

"Crystal."

"Yeah, Boss."

"Yup."

"Good. Jason, do we need to check with the Unspeakables before we talk to the Judge?"

Jason shook his head and said, "No. They won't speak of anything that happened. They know the girls are Unspeakables in training. They will follow my lead."

"Good. Now, let's get this piece of shit handed off so I can get home."