Susan POV

I watched Harry carefully as he did his work. We were sitting in my charms class. He sat beside me happily doing his work.

Anne POV

(Earlier in the Day)

He continued to run through the corridors as I hit his back and shoulders as hard as I could. He ran to a hall I'd never seen before. He opened a wooden door and tossed me in. He just kept muttering, "Marry Anne . . ."

I was terrified, scooching up to the wall, hoping to protect myself. He swiped his head around violently, looking for me. He spotted me and crept closer. I backed against the wall and waited.

All those years of terror came back to me. I whimpered and whispered for him to stop. I cried quietly watching the monster in front of me. I felt the blood trail down my forehead. I cried wanting my brother, but at the same time not wishing this fate upon him.

It never stopped, I wasn't quite that lucky. I gave up fighting back, it was pointless. I was less than half his size. I cried.

Susan POV

Harry was oblivious as ever. Most of the students knew something was up. Word got around about Reggie Burton. Everyone knew something happened concerning him and Snape's daughter, but didn't know what. The teachers who were holding classes still were paranoid. Finally during lunch, Dumbledore told everyone to go back to their common rooms and to have the prefects seal the doors.

Why would the issue of one student be this serious? Could they not stun him? Or have they not found him and Anne? That poor girl. I directed the students back to the common room and followed the instructions I was given. I was told not to open the seal till I received a patronus from a teacher.

I made a head count and made sure all the students were in the common room, I sat Harry in an armchair by the fire and gave him a book. Then, I took my wand and sealed the common room shut.

Many students questioned me about what was going on and to be truthful, I didn't know. I did know Reggie though. I wracked my brain to think of where they might be. No one knew Reggie better than his girlfriend Grais Payne. I told Harry to stay in the common room while I scoped out Grais.

She was sitting on her bed biting her nails anxiously. She looked up, hopeful at my arrival. Probably thinking I would have information.

"Hello, Grais. How are you holding up?" She blinked her eyes at me. "What's happened to Reg? Please just tell me, don't sugar coat it." I nodded. "Reggie had an incident. Someone slipped him something. I believed it to be a love potion from the way he was acting. I think now that it was something much more powerful. The potion didn't go into effect immediately, but Mary Anne Walker looked him in the eye, a victim. She didn't poison him. I think I know who did, but I'm probably not allowed to indulge you with that information, yet. He went crazy though. Trying to get Mary Anne. Attacked her. Thomas and Leopold restrained him. Then he took Snape's daughter." She narrowed her eyes at me.

"What?"

"Well, he thought she was Mary Anne. She was bringing the antidote for him. He caught sight of the two of us and went rigid. He came after her directly. I jumped to the side, being defensive. I should have grabbed her also. The poor girl. Only nine. She can't use magic to defend herself." Grais covered her mouth with her hand.

"Oh poor, Reg. He wouldn't hurt that girl would he. If he's been given a love potion."

"I don't know. The professors all seem very shaken. I don't think they can find them. Grais, tell me, is there any place that Reggie would go, a place he likes to hang out with you?" She blushed, her face turning a nice shade of red.

"Well on the fifth floor corridor, you know that classroom. It used to be Professor Binns old classroom till Peeves figured he could get in there. Peeves hasn't been there for years so . . . yes, that's where we go. Why?" She looked confused and embarrassed.

"I think he might be there now. Somewhere he is comfortable. I'm going to tell the teachers where I think he is." She nodded looking hopeful once more, but still flustered from sharing that embarrassing information. "Thank you, Grais."

I left the room in search of Leopold Lewis. He had to be downstairs somewhere and I needed him. Only prefects could seal and unseal the common room.

On my way down the stairs, I found a black vial. The very bottle Anne was holding when I last saw her. I picked it up and stuffed it in my robes. Once I got to the very full common room I spotted Lewis. He was comforting some first years.

"Lewis, I need to speak with you. Now." He looked startled, but followed me. "I need to leave the common room. Once I unseal it you need to seal it back, yeah? I'll do the same as the Professors when I come back. I'll send a patronus telling you to let me in."

He looked so utterly confused. "Alright, but you better tell me why I'm doing this." I nodded.

"I can help the Professors find Reggie Burton and Anne. I know where they are. I figured it out." He nodded and we began the unsealing. Many students stared as we did so. I nodded to Lewis and left the safety the common room provided.

I ran down the corridors in search of a teacher, but couldn't find one anywhere. I searched and searched and searched. No teachers.

I didn't know what I should do, but I was wrong. I knew exactly what I needed to do. I ran, as fast as I could to the fifth floor corridor. I found the classroom. I heard noise from the outside. Whimpering.

I quietly opened the door and restrained myself from gasping at the sight. I was frozen in horror, allowing tears to slip from my eyes. I raised my wand.

"Petrificus Totalus." Reggie hit the wall and froze. I ran to the little girl that lay limp on the floor. I picked her up easily and sat her in my lap trying to wipe away the blood. I raised my wand once more, "Expecto Patronum." I relayed my message to the rabbit, "Professor, I found her. I found her and Reggie Burton. It's awful, come quick. She's lost a lot of blood. I stunned Reggie, I have the antidote with me. Come quick. Please. We are in Professor Binn's old classroom on the fifth floor." The hare hopped away, sensing the urgency.

I held Anne tight in my arms. I took off my robe and wrapped it around her open body. I set her down for a moment and went to Reggie, I took advantage of him being stunned. I poured the contents of the vial down his throat massaging his neck as it went down.

I went back over to Anne and collected her in my arms tightly, sobbing over her. Not five minutes later all the teachers burst through the doors. They took in the scene. A petrified Reginold Burton. An unconscious, bloody, beaten Anne in my arms. Me, a school prefect sobbing over her limp body.

Snape rushed over, "What happened? What's wrong with her?" I looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "It was horrible, sir. I opened the door, he was over her. She was unconscious the whole time. I stunned him, I gave him the antidote already. But he was . . . he . . . he" I burst into tears and Madam Pomfrey rushed over. "Oh, it's alright dear. What is this Anne's wearing? Is this your robe? Let's get this off her, it's covered in blood."

She reached to pull the robe that acted as a blanket around her, but I stopped her hand. She narrowed her eyes angrily at me. I just pointed at the lump of green and blue clothes in the corner. She gasped and seemed to piece it together. Snape just looked confused, "What?! What the bloody hell-!" I don't know where it came from, but I screamed at him, " Don't you see, he raped her!"

His chest seemed to deflate. All the teachers gasped and looked tearful. I sobbed once more. Snape just sat there staring at me. Then all of a sudden he jumped from his seat running towards Reggie. Lupin jumped in between them though, "Stop, Severus! The boy didn't know what he was doing. Stop! She'll be fine. She'll be fine. He isn't the one responsible, that Bulstrode girl is. It's not his fault!"

This seemed to calm him. He just looked away from Reg and walked surely back to Anne. He scooped her up before anyone could stop him. Madam Pomfrey motioned for me to follow her. Lupin cast a floating charm on Reggie, he followed us. I tried to remember the Reg I knew, but every time I looked at him I saw what he did to Anne.

Madam Pomfrey rubbed my back comfortingly as we walked towards the Hospital Wing. The tears continued to fall from my eyes.

Madam Pomfrey laid me on a bed and gave me a calming drought. She told me to go to sleep, but I couldn't. I watched as they placed Reggie on the opposite side of the room from us. I watched as they placed Anne's limp body on the bed beside mine. Madam Pomfrey transformed my robe that covered her into a hospital gown. I watched as she tended to her wounds.

Snape just watched her, tearfully. I've never seen him show such emotion other than anger. I understood though. That poor defenseless little girl. This will probably ruin Reggie's life. What if he remembers what he did?

I just laid back and closed my eyes. I felt someone sit on the bed and take my hand. My eyes opened again. Snape sat at the end of my bed, looking into my eyes. "Thank you, Susan, thank you." I nodded sadly. "Are you alright?" I shook my head. The tears fell from my eyes and he just held my hand comfortingly. I closed my eyes once more. And fell into a deep sleep.

"AHH! AHHH! AHHHH!" I screamed out from the horrid dream. I cried, letting the tears pour from my eyes. Snape and Madam Pomfrey stood before me. Both were trying to calm me. Once my breathing even out I could speak. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, did I wake everyone?"

"No, Susan. It's fine, there are silencing charms around your bed." I nodded, thankful not to bother Anne. "Ms. Ca- . . . Susan, Madam Pomfrey and I were thinking that you should go home. I believe you need to be with your parents. Don't worry, I don't mean forever, just a week or two. I believe you just need to go home. Either way, your parents are on their way here. They will decide once they get here." I nodded. I wanted to go home.

"Can I see her? Please?" He seemed to look at Madam Pomfrey quickly.

"Susan, I understand your need to see her, but her condition is not good. I do not think it is wise to let you see my patient," Madam Pomfrey explained. I nodded, but still wanted to see her.

"Where is she? Madam Pomfrey!" Just then the curtain swung open and my parents walked in. "Oh, my baby girl, are you alright?" My mother crooned me and for once I let her.

"Professor Snape." My father shook his hand. "Can you tell us what exactly happened? You just said there was some sort of horrible . . . trauma." Snape looked from me to my father. "Mr. Capper, I believe that is for Susan to explain when she is ready. I believe taking her home for a while is the best option. Give her some time alone, whilst not facing the badgering of her peers' curiosity. She needs to think things through." They all looked to me as if asking my opinion and I just simply nodded, agreeing with them. I wanted to go home and I wanted to forget.