CHAPTER 5!
Ivy woke up in a sweat, midnight, her dream still vivid. She opened her eyes and saw that Luna wasn't in the room and neither was Bella. She bolted up in bed, running down the staircase into the common room to see Luna sitting on a couch, eyes glued to the fire and she had Bella. Ivy walked over quietly and Luna smiled when she noticed her. Luna motioned for Ivy to sit down, and she did. Ivy cuddled into Luna, "I woke up earlier, and went down here because I couldn't sleep. I had a nightmare and had a feeling I should come down here, Bella came with me." Luna told her. Ivy shifted so her head was in Luna's lap, Luna stroked Ivy's hair. "I know what dream you had because I had the same." She whispered into Ivy's ear. "How long have these dreams been going on? Please tell me." Luna pleaded. "I know you had a flashback to when you were attacked but it was the original timeline, wasn't it? Without your knight in shining armor rescuing her damsel in distress!" Luna said heroically and Ivy giggled. Luna hugged Ivy and pressed her lips against Ivy's ear. "I'm here and your safe. I won't let anyone get you." She whispered. They both fell asleep but didn't notice at all, a girl sitting in a corner listening to their conversation with a tear running down her cheek.
When Hannah woke up the next morning, she noticed that only Hannah Abbot and Susan Bones were there. Before they had gone to sleep, to avoid confusion, Hannah had said to call her 'Han' and Susan 'Sue'. She frowned in confusion as she went downstairs, but then saw Luna and Ivy curled up on a couch, sound asleep, with Harry next to them. He snickered when he saw her, "Can you wake these two up for me please?" he asked. Hannah could only nod and walk over there, she bent down, "Wake up or you'll have an appointment with the cold water in the shower." She whispered. Luna and Ivy bolted up, "I'm awake!" They said in unison. Hannah and Harry laughed when Ron came down the stairs and asked "Huh? What's going on?" He mumbled half-asleep, his hair in a cow-lick and pajama's half-rumpled.
Draco came down next, tripping over the fourth last step and falling face-first onto a couch that Luna had levitated as he tripped. "Thanks," he mumbled into the cushion. "Has anyone seen Eliza?" Hannah asked. Draco bolted up, eyes wide, "Why? Did something happen? What's wrong?" He screeched, looking desperately around the common room. Loud footsteps could be heard from the girl's stairs and Eliza appeared, "I'm right here! Don't worry!" She soothed. Draco sighed in relief. "Thank god! I couldn't sleep at all… I had a horrible nightmare!" He told them. "I had a feeling I should go to the common room but I saw you two and just headed back to bed." Luna and Ivy looked at each other, confused. But, Eliza went stiff and her face went cold, "What was the nightmare about?" She hissed. Draco racked his brain, "I… I can't… I don't… remember…I think… maybe… nope! Can't remember!" At that, Eliza relaxed and turned away, sighing in relief.
Just then, Ash jumped from the stairs and meowed at Bella. "Listen Humans! I normally don't speak like this because I find this language ugly and limited." A voice said into Luna's and Ivy's head. "It's Bella, by the way. Ash told me that someone has planned to poison your food!" They quickly told the others what Bella told them. "All of us?" Eliza asked carefully. Luna relayed the question to Bella. "She says… Me, Ivy, you, Draco, Hannah, Harry, Ron, and Samuel." She reported to Eliza. Eliza raised an eyebrow, "Why me or Draco?" She asked cooly. Luna shrugged, "I can get some antidote for us." Ivy looked confused, "Why though? Why not just… not eat it?" she asked. Harry's eyes widened, "I get it! If we get the antidote then we can eat our food and shove it in those two-faced bastards!" He laughed. Everyone looked at him shocked. "Sorry, but when they involve Samuel…" He snarled and then pulled Samuel into a passionate kiss. Ron snickered and Hannah dug her elbow into his gut before clearing her throat. Loudly, multiple times too. "Break it up Lovebirds!" She shouted. "Um… That's not how I was going to put it but... yes Harry…" She said. "Bella, ask Rose and Demetrios if they can get us some antidote." Bella nodded, then sauntered away. Bella ran downstairs after a minute, she clutched a small, paper bag in her mouth. She spat it at Samuel's feet, he had just come down earlier. Samuel opened it and found eight vials of glowing green liquid. They each downed the liquid after carefully examining it, then went to breakfast. Hermione and Ginny looked smug. Snape had bribed someone in the ministry to change Ginny's age and obliviate everyone who knew about it except the three. They had gone over what would happen with Snape, but nothing would prepare them for what the eight had going on.
Harry sat down first before the rest followed. He took a big sip of his pumpkin juice, looking nowhere near Ginny or Hermione. His head suddenly darted towards Ginny and a dreamy smiled played on his lips. He walked over to Ginny and whispered in her ear. She giggled and nodded, then Harry started walking over to the Hufflepuff table, still smiling ear-to-ear. "Fucking Bitch!" Samuel snorted and sprayed everyone with his pumpkin juice. "What the frick?" Hannah and Ron both shouted at once, jumping up. Samuel snickered then they sat back down, "What was that about?" Hannah asked, eyeing him. He shook his head, still laughing. He told them what he said and they also started laughing. Harry stomped over to their table and refused to look at them, still making "cow-eyes" at Ginny. Ron snorted then took a sip of pumpkin juice and he almost mirrored Harry's reaction exactly.
Except for one small detail, Ron's head snapped to Hermione and a dreamy look appeared on his face. He walked over there and sat down with them, he was soon laughing along with them. Harry jumped up and also walked over there. "I hate this plan, sweetie," Ron told Hannah sadly. "I know, So do I, babe. I'll take you out for dinner at Diagon Alley during the weekend," She promised. That seemed to lighten him up because he suddenly laughed even louder. Ivy and Kuna spent almost the entire breakfast looking worriedly at their left friends. Samuel and Hannah were both looking, longingly, at their respective loved ones. After breakfast, both Harry and Ron took Hermione and Ginny to a small alcove in an unused corridor.
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A boy and girl were waiting for them. The girl was sitting with her back to the wall, tears flowing down her cheeks, her eyes closed, and the boy was leaning against the wall, a dark look on his face. Both Harry and Ron "mysteriously" disappeared leaving Hermione and Ginny with the two. The boy kicked off the wall and crossed his arms. "Ah, ladies… we were just waiting for you." His voice also had a menacing edge to it. Hermione edged towards the door, "Ah but we gotta go…" Someone grabbed her and pressed a wand into her neck, "Well… you see, we don't like it when people drug our boyfriends with lust potions, you see," A singsong voice explained patiently. Hermione reached for her wand but felt the girl grab it from her pocket.
"Ah, ah, ah! We can't have you ruining our fun!" The boy snarled, he grabbed Ginny and shoved her into the wall, grabbing her wand from the back pocket of her jeans, underneath her robes. "Listen… what do you want? Gold? Jewels?" Ginny asked fearfully. "No." The girl laughed. "You might know what we want." Ginny looked around fearfully. "I'm a virgin! You can't touch me!" She said desperately. The girl and boy looked at each other and laughed. "You think we want your virginity? Besides you wouldn't have been one for long." The girl snarled and pulled a knife from below her robes and lunged for Ginny, pressing it against her neck. Ginny whimpered, struggling before the girl pressed it deeper. "Move and I'll slice your lovely neck open!"
Ginny couldn't think, her friend was on the ground, the girl had petrified Hermione before jumping over here. Her arms were behind her and tied to the wall. The boy shoved a gag into her mouth and blindfolded her. The cold on her neck as the girl removed her knife, instead, her arm was grabbed roughly. "March!" The girl snapped. "W-w-who a-a-are you?" Ginny stuttered. Not being able to see or talk well. "Ron's girlfriend. The boy is Harry's boyfriend. We're here to teach you a lesson." Ron's girlfriend told her. "Y-y-you're H-H-Harriet…" Ginny squeaked. "No! I'm Hannah and he's Samuel!" Hannah snarled before a cool voice asked, "What's going on here?" Ginny almost buckled in relief. "My boyfriend is here!" She cried in relief. Hannah chuckled, "Really?" She asked before grabbing Ginny roughly around the neck and yanking her blindfold off.
Harry was wrapped around Samuel, snogging her passionately. Ginny started crying, "What?" she asked between sobs. "Listen girlie, I would suggest you forget about this. Hermione wasn't and Snape won't. We don't want too many enemies, Ginny. We want you to be our friend." Hannah explained softly before taking off her restraints. Ginny crumpled to the ground, still sobbing. "Y-y-you d-d-don't u-u-understand! H-h-he threatened me!" Hannah was immediately alert, "Who? Who threatened you?" She asked, crouching next to the crying girl. "H-h-him! Sn-Sn-Sn-" She began, but Hannah interrupted, "Snape threatened you? Why? Why does he want you with Harry?" She asked intently. "He told me to get Harry to love me so that he would be easy to control! He gave us the potions but he threatened me because I didn't want to! H-h-he t-t-told me th-th-that he w-w-would-" She started heaving with her sobs, grabbing her stomach and throwing up. Hannah's face drained white, "That's why you thought we were going to rape! He was threatening to… " Ginny nodded before Hannah waved her wand and cleaned up the vomit.
"Harry! Samuel! Ron! We need to go, now!" Hannah barked at the still-entwined boys, who broke apart sheepishly. Ron had heard the entire conversation via his mind-link with Hannah and had already rushed over and told the other boys. They quickly picked Ginny up and helped her along the corridor, "She can't go back to Gryffindor tower!" Ron whispered. The others agreed, "I agree!", "She can't go back", and "Going back to Gryffindor? That is so not happening, sweetie!". The last one was, of course, Hannah. They quietly took her with them and then got to the Hufflepuff entrance. Of course, everything had to go wrong there. After all, they were magnets for it!
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Snape was waiting, impatiently, by the Hufflepuff entrance with that stupid mudblood, Granger. She had run to him, telling tales of Potter's mudblood, Di Angelo, and Weasley's half-blood Ahava. She also had said that the Ginger beauty known as Ginny had betrayed him. He had to crucio the mudblood for telling him that. He was waiting for them when he saw that they had Ginny with them. He smirked, "POTTER! AHAVA! DI ANGELO! WEASLEY! 100 points, each, from Hufflepuff for attacking another student! And another 400 points for kidnapping Miss Weasley!" He shouted the first, then leered at Ginny. The boy Weasley let out a roar then charged him, he didn't notice Ahava till Hermione screamed as she was taken down, then a stunning hex almost hit him on the arse. He yelped and spun around, his wand out and casting before he could think. "CRUCIO!" He screeched. A scream answered him. Another roar and Weasley was charging blindly again, he whipped out his extra wand and stunned him before stunning Potter and Di Angelo. He lifted the crucio from the girl writhing on the ground, screaming at the top of her lungs.
Training his extra wand on Ginny, he laughed as Ahava almost melted into a puddle. She whimpered, his heart soared at the noise, "CRUCIO!" He laughed at the girl screamed in agony again. "Stop! Please!" Ginny pleaded, that lovely noise clearly getting to her. He laughed again, "Why should I?" He asked amused, "I-I-I-I'll d-d-do i-it…" She answered before he was the one suddenly screaming in pain. He hadn't had his eyes on Ginny and didn't notice her revive Weasley. He had run over to Ahava and attempted to comfort her in her pain before casting an unknown spell. He just roared, "DOLOR!" Snape would have wondered what that meant but he was too busy sinking into unconsciousness from pain.
The Hufflepuff door opened suddenly and Cedric ran out, "I heard a girl scream!" He said panicked, Gabriel right behind him, peering fearfully over his shoulder. He noticed the situation, a professor on the ground with five students around him. Two had clearly been stunned, with another, next to them, close to falling, two more were on the other side of the fallen teacher. Ron Weasly if he remembered properly holder Ahava who was convulsing on the ground and whimpering in pain. He ran over to them yelling over his shoulder for Gabriel to check the other girl. He dropped to his knees and grabbed the girl in his arms, "What happened to her?" He yelped. "Crucio by a professor," Ron snarled looking at the fallen Snape. "Come with me and Gabriel! I have a feeling you won't let her go alone, we need to get her and your sister to the infirmary!" He told Ron, then Bones and Abbott came out of the barrel too, "Unstupify those two!" He ordered them, pointing to the two students still on the ground. He quickly tied up the fallen professor and levitated him behind.
He, Gabriel, and Ron ran to the infirmary, bursting through the doors. "Madam Pomfrey!" Cedric shouted, "What-?" She began, he cut through her question though, "We have a girl that was exposed to the Crucitias curse for-" He told her but Ron cut through it, "ten minutes!" Cedric gaped at Ron before rushing to continue, "And a girl that appears sick and faint!" He finished, Madam Pomfrey levitated Hannah out of his arms and Ginny out of Gabriel's arms, putting them on separate beds. "How is she not dead?! After three minutes, even the most skillful person would at least insane!" She exclaimed. "Because we share a bond and I took some of the pain to keep her alive," Ron spoke up. The entire room was silent.