Hermione tried to twist away as she felt her clothes slowly stripped from her body. She could feel her attacker pressed up closely against her, "Please!" she begged crying, "Please don't do this!"
Her voice was cut off by a strange charm that silenced her cries of pain. In the blackness surrounding her she couldn't even see the face of the person on top of her as she silently screamed in agony and terror against the cold floor
It was finished quickly. Hermione cried desparatly as she finally managed to crawl away. She crawled slowly unable to move easily to meet a wall. Her body was trembling uncontrollably in fear. Her mind begin to race with thoughts of horror. Then through the darkness, laughter filled the air. The sound of cold dark laughter approaching her. She was shoved back violently and her head hit the wall roughly knocking her out.
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Ron was sullking on a bench near where he and Hermione had planned to meet up with each other. Harry saw this and left his other friends to go talk to him.
"Hey Ron, what's wrong?" Harry asked.
"She stood me up" Ron said glumly, "She never showed up!" Harry's eyes widened in surprise.
"That doesn't sound like Hermione at all!" Harry insisted, "There must be a perfectly logical explanation for this"
"Yeah, she hates me!" Ron said.
Harry groaned and sat down on the bench beside Ron, "Ron, she doesn't hate you! The truth is she's actually liked you for a long time now" he said, "She was so excited when you asked her out!"
Ron shook his head, "Then why didn't she come?"
Harry stood up, "I don't know, but lets go find her and see what's going on"
They got up and started looking around the town for Hermione.
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Lucius left Snape staring at Hermione's limp body. He carefully leaned down over her and wrapped her in her robe. He picked her up gently in his arms and using the back roads he made his way back to Hogwarts. As he reached the front doors of the school, Professor Mcgonagall came running our frantically.
"Dear God, Severus! What happened?" she cried as she looked at Hermione. Snape looked away from her.
"I'll explain later, just run up and find Professor Dumbledore" he said, "Bring him to the hospital wing"
Professor Mcgonagall ran inside holding the door for Snape then ran off in search of Dumbledore. Snape hurried up the stairs to the hospital wing.
"Madame Pomfrey!" he yelled, "I need your help immediatly!"
Madame Pomfrey came running towards him and helped him get Hermione in a bed. She didn't ask any questions, she immediatly began examining Hermione's bruises and head injury. As she did, Professor Mcgonagall arrived, followed by Dumbledore.
"How is she?" Professor Mcgonagall asked nervously.
"She'll be fine" Madame Pomfrey, "She's going to be confused for a day or two when she wakes, she's got a nasty bump on her head"
"What happened?" Dumbledore asked.
Madame Pomfrey's eyes darted down sadly, "Judging by her condition, I believe she may have been raped"
Everyone was silent for a moment. Noone could say anything. They all stared at Hermione in shock and disbelief.
Finally Snape broke the silence, "It was me" he said, "I did it"
"What!?" Madame Pomfrey cried in alarm.
"How could you? You bast-" Professor Mcgonagall stopped short of actually saying the word, but Snape knew she meant it with every ounce of hatred she had for him.
Snape turned away in despair, "There was nothing to prevent it. It was either me or Lucius Malfoy forcing me to do it" he said, "I didn't have time to think or come up with another plan! I didn't want to think about what I could do if I was under the imperius curse!"
"That's sickening!" Professor Mcgonagall said, "It's the most sickening thing I have ever heard in my life! You are- I don't believe you!"
Snape turned around sharply and stuck her face, "Don't you think I know how disgusting this is? I'm the one who has to live knowing what I've done!" he shouted, "I'd rather be dead than this! Even dead, I will never ever forgive myself" He sat down tensely and for the first time in his life, Severus Snape cried.
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"There's Lavendar and Parvati!" Harry said pointing at the two girls a few feet away, "Maybe they know where Hermione ran off to"
Ron nodded, and the two boys ran to catch up with the two girls, "Hey Lavendar! Hey Parvati!" he said, "Have either of you seen Hermione recently"
"Hermione? She ran off to find you ages ago!" Parvati said, "It was 10 minutes til 6 I believe"
Lavendar nodded in agreement, "She wanted to meet you there early"
"She never showed up!" Ron said, " I waited for her for half an hour"
Harry frowned, not liking what he heard, "I wonder if something happened to her"
"We should go find Professor Mcgonagall back at school" Parvati said. The others nodded in and they ran off full speed back to Hogwarts.
Once they arrived it didn't take long for them to find Professor Mcgonagall who seemed extremely busy.
"Professor!" Parvati cried, 'We're worried about Hermione. None of us have seen her and she was supposed to meet Ron at 6 and she never showed"
Professor Mcgonagall's face turned slightly white and sickly, "Hermione is here at school. She's in the hospital wing" she said quickly, "She had a very unfortunate accident"
Before any of them could question her any further and react to her comment, she hurried away anxiously,
"I hope she's ok" Lavendar said.
Harry shook his head staring after Professor Mcgonagall, "Somehow I don't think so" he said sadly,
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Dumbldore, who had been silent until now finally approached Snape and spoke, "Severus, I know you never meant for this to happen. I trust you, and trust you acted in her best interest" he said, "It isn't your fault that this is how so many of Voldemort's followers entertain themselves"
"That doesn't change what I've done" Snape said coldlly, "I've taken something from an innocent girl! Something that she can never have back! For 6 years I've despised and mocked this girl, now I can't even look at her without shame overcoming me"
Dumbledore breathed in heavily, "I understand you're upset Severus-"
No, you don't understand" Snape said, "You didn't see her there! You didn't see the pain and terror in her eyes! She couldn't even see me! I'll never forget that look! Never"
Dumbledore glanced at Hermione on the bed, "You're guilt is understandable! But for Hermione's sake, she will not know it was you until the time is right" he said, "It will already be awkward for you to be teaching her in class and seeing her in school. It will not help any if she knows it was you"
Snape nodded, "I won't let her know, but when will she know?"
"Time can only tell" Dumbledore said.
The moment was interrupted as Harry and Ron came bursting through the hospital wing doors. They began to look around searching for Hermione.
"Ah! Harry and Ron! I was wondering when you two would be coming here" Dumbledore said walking up to the two of them.
Harry and Ron spotted Hermione lying on the bed bruised and still out cold.
"Dumbledore! What happened to Hermione?" Ron asked nervously. He and Harry tried to edge closer to Hermione's bed, but were blocked by Dumbledore.
"I'm sorry, boys" Dumbledore said, "At the moment, Hermione can't risk being disturbed" He watched Ron and Harry exchange glances of concern, "She had an accident and will probably be here for at least 2 weeks. Depending on her condition, I'll let you know when she will be able to have visitors"
He indicated the door to them patiently. Harry turned around and was about to ask something, but Dumbledore answered before he could ask, "Yes, I will be sure to keep you both updated on her health and will let her know of your concern for her"
"Thankyou" the boys said together as they exited both still looking extremely worried.
"You should rest" Dumbledore said as her turned around to Snape. Snape sighed reluctantly. He didn't look like he relished moving out of the chair that he had collapsed into.
"I will later" he said, "I don't have any classes tomorrow"
Dumbledore patted Snape's shoulder, exchanged a few words with Madame Pomfrey and then left the wing. Snape watched as Madame Pomfrey checked on Hermione again before going to her office where she slept.
Snape stared at the hospital wing around him until he drifted asleep himseldf in the chair.
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The sound of crying slowly filled the room . Snape awoke startled the realized what the sound was, He stood up and walked slolwly to Hermione's bedside.
"Hermione?" he said softly. His hand briefly touched hers by accident, but he felt her flinch and back away from him. Turning a dim light on, he saw Hermione's eyes red with tears. Her hair was tangeled and messed, and her eyes were still frozen in their frightened stare, "Hermione, you're ok. You're safe here, noone is going to hurt you here!"
Hermione sniffled and turned away sobbing.
For a moment Snape tried to decide if he should get Madame Pomfrey. But Hermione stopped him, "Don't leave me alone! please!" she whispered through her tears.
He nodded and sat on the edge of the bedside. Neither one spoke for a long time, but finally Snape tried to coax Hermione to calm down enough to get her back comfortably in the bed.
"I feel so dirty!" she said. She wasn't speaking to Snape, or to anyone, her words seemed to be her thoughts spoken aloud.
"I didn't mean for this to happen"
She continued to cry and say things like that until Snape couldn't take anymore, "Hermione, this isn't your fault! You didn't do anything to deserve this!" he choked out.
Hermione looked up her eyes wide and innocent as ever, "I'm so scared! I'm so frightened! I don't know what to do!"
Snape didn't answer, he sat there and avoided her eyes as she slowly drifted back to sleep. Only then did he trust himself to speak, "Hermione, for as long as I live! I will never let anything ever harm you again!"
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Authors Note: Well that's chapter two! Thanks for the reviews! Please continue to review! Even if its to tell me that the story is the worst thing you've ever read! I hope people like it though! Anyway small disclaimer note : I don't own any of these characters. They are all JK Rowlings.
Her voice was cut off by a strange charm that silenced her cries of pain. In the blackness surrounding her she couldn't even see the face of the person on top of her as she silently screamed in agony and terror against the cold floor
It was finished quickly. Hermione cried desparatly as she finally managed to crawl away. She crawled slowly unable to move easily to meet a wall. Her body was trembling uncontrollably in fear. Her mind begin to race with thoughts of horror. Then through the darkness, laughter filled the air. The sound of cold dark laughter approaching her. She was shoved back violently and her head hit the wall roughly knocking her out.
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Ron was sullking on a bench near where he and Hermione had planned to meet up with each other. Harry saw this and left his other friends to go talk to him.
"Hey Ron, what's wrong?" Harry asked.
"She stood me up" Ron said glumly, "She never showed up!" Harry's eyes widened in surprise.
"That doesn't sound like Hermione at all!" Harry insisted, "There must be a perfectly logical explanation for this"
"Yeah, she hates me!" Ron said.
Harry groaned and sat down on the bench beside Ron, "Ron, she doesn't hate you! The truth is she's actually liked you for a long time now" he said, "She was so excited when you asked her out!"
Ron shook his head, "Then why didn't she come?"
Harry stood up, "I don't know, but lets go find her and see what's going on"
They got up and started looking around the town for Hermione.
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Lucius left Snape staring at Hermione's limp body. He carefully leaned down over her and wrapped her in her robe. He picked her up gently in his arms and using the back roads he made his way back to Hogwarts. As he reached the front doors of the school, Professor Mcgonagall came running our frantically.
"Dear God, Severus! What happened?" she cried as she looked at Hermione. Snape looked away from her.
"I'll explain later, just run up and find Professor Dumbledore" he said, "Bring him to the hospital wing"
Professor Mcgonagall ran inside holding the door for Snape then ran off in search of Dumbledore. Snape hurried up the stairs to the hospital wing.
"Madame Pomfrey!" he yelled, "I need your help immediatly!"
Madame Pomfrey came running towards him and helped him get Hermione in a bed. She didn't ask any questions, she immediatly began examining Hermione's bruises and head injury. As she did, Professor Mcgonagall arrived, followed by Dumbledore.
"How is she?" Professor Mcgonagall asked nervously.
"She'll be fine" Madame Pomfrey, "She's going to be confused for a day or two when she wakes, she's got a nasty bump on her head"
"What happened?" Dumbledore asked.
Madame Pomfrey's eyes darted down sadly, "Judging by her condition, I believe she may have been raped"
Everyone was silent for a moment. Noone could say anything. They all stared at Hermione in shock and disbelief.
Finally Snape broke the silence, "It was me" he said, "I did it"
"What!?" Madame Pomfrey cried in alarm.
"How could you? You bast-" Professor Mcgonagall stopped short of actually saying the word, but Snape knew she meant it with every ounce of hatred she had for him.
Snape turned away in despair, "There was nothing to prevent it. It was either me or Lucius Malfoy forcing me to do it" he said, "I didn't have time to think or come up with another plan! I didn't want to think about what I could do if I was under the imperius curse!"
"That's sickening!" Professor Mcgonagall said, "It's the most sickening thing I have ever heard in my life! You are- I don't believe you!"
Snape turned around sharply and stuck her face, "Don't you think I know how disgusting this is? I'm the one who has to live knowing what I've done!" he shouted, "I'd rather be dead than this! Even dead, I will never ever forgive myself" He sat down tensely and for the first time in his life, Severus Snape cried.
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"There's Lavendar and Parvati!" Harry said pointing at the two girls a few feet away, "Maybe they know where Hermione ran off to"
Ron nodded, and the two boys ran to catch up with the two girls, "Hey Lavendar! Hey Parvati!" he said, "Have either of you seen Hermione recently"
"Hermione? She ran off to find you ages ago!" Parvati said, "It was 10 minutes til 6 I believe"
Lavendar nodded in agreement, "She wanted to meet you there early"
"She never showed up!" Ron said, " I waited for her for half an hour"
Harry frowned, not liking what he heard, "I wonder if something happened to her"
"We should go find Professor Mcgonagall back at school" Parvati said. The others nodded in and they ran off full speed back to Hogwarts.
Once they arrived it didn't take long for them to find Professor Mcgonagall who seemed extremely busy.
"Professor!" Parvati cried, 'We're worried about Hermione. None of us have seen her and she was supposed to meet Ron at 6 and she never showed"
Professor Mcgonagall's face turned slightly white and sickly, "Hermione is here at school. She's in the hospital wing" she said quickly, "She had a very unfortunate accident"
Before any of them could question her any further and react to her comment, she hurried away anxiously,
"I hope she's ok" Lavendar said.
Harry shook his head staring after Professor Mcgonagall, "Somehow I don't think so" he said sadly,
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Dumbldore, who had been silent until now finally approached Snape and spoke, "Severus, I know you never meant for this to happen. I trust you, and trust you acted in her best interest" he said, "It isn't your fault that this is how so many of Voldemort's followers entertain themselves"
"That doesn't change what I've done" Snape said coldlly, "I've taken something from an innocent girl! Something that she can never have back! For 6 years I've despised and mocked this girl, now I can't even look at her without shame overcoming me"
Dumbledore breathed in heavily, "I understand you're upset Severus-"
No, you don't understand" Snape said, "You didn't see her there! You didn't see the pain and terror in her eyes! She couldn't even see me! I'll never forget that look! Never"
Dumbledore glanced at Hermione on the bed, "You're guilt is understandable! But for Hermione's sake, she will not know it was you until the time is right" he said, "It will already be awkward for you to be teaching her in class and seeing her in school. It will not help any if she knows it was you"
Snape nodded, "I won't let her know, but when will she know?"
"Time can only tell" Dumbledore said.
The moment was interrupted as Harry and Ron came bursting through the hospital wing doors. They began to look around searching for Hermione.
"Ah! Harry and Ron! I was wondering when you two would be coming here" Dumbledore said walking up to the two of them.
Harry and Ron spotted Hermione lying on the bed bruised and still out cold.
"Dumbledore! What happened to Hermione?" Ron asked nervously. He and Harry tried to edge closer to Hermione's bed, but were blocked by Dumbledore.
"I'm sorry, boys" Dumbledore said, "At the moment, Hermione can't risk being disturbed" He watched Ron and Harry exchange glances of concern, "She had an accident and will probably be here for at least 2 weeks. Depending on her condition, I'll let you know when she will be able to have visitors"
He indicated the door to them patiently. Harry turned around and was about to ask something, but Dumbledore answered before he could ask, "Yes, I will be sure to keep you both updated on her health and will let her know of your concern for her"
"Thankyou" the boys said together as they exited both still looking extremely worried.
"You should rest" Dumbledore said as her turned around to Snape. Snape sighed reluctantly. He didn't look like he relished moving out of the chair that he had collapsed into.
"I will later" he said, "I don't have any classes tomorrow"
Dumbledore patted Snape's shoulder, exchanged a few words with Madame Pomfrey and then left the wing. Snape watched as Madame Pomfrey checked on Hermione again before going to her office where she slept.
Snape stared at the hospital wing around him until he drifted asleep himseldf in the chair.
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The sound of crying slowly filled the room . Snape awoke startled the realized what the sound was, He stood up and walked slolwly to Hermione's bedside.
"Hermione?" he said softly. His hand briefly touched hers by accident, but he felt her flinch and back away from him. Turning a dim light on, he saw Hermione's eyes red with tears. Her hair was tangeled and messed, and her eyes were still frozen in their frightened stare, "Hermione, you're ok. You're safe here, noone is going to hurt you here!"
Hermione sniffled and turned away sobbing.
For a moment Snape tried to decide if he should get Madame Pomfrey. But Hermione stopped him, "Don't leave me alone! please!" she whispered through her tears.
He nodded and sat on the edge of the bedside. Neither one spoke for a long time, but finally Snape tried to coax Hermione to calm down enough to get her back comfortably in the bed.
"I feel so dirty!" she said. She wasn't speaking to Snape, or to anyone, her words seemed to be her thoughts spoken aloud.
"I didn't mean for this to happen"
She continued to cry and say things like that until Snape couldn't take anymore, "Hermione, this isn't your fault! You didn't do anything to deserve this!" he choked out.
Hermione looked up her eyes wide and innocent as ever, "I'm so scared! I'm so frightened! I don't know what to do!"
Snape didn't answer, he sat there and avoided her eyes as she slowly drifted back to sleep. Only then did he trust himself to speak, "Hermione, for as long as I live! I will never let anything ever harm you again!"
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Authors Note: Well that's chapter two! Thanks for the reviews! Please continue to review! Even if its to tell me that the story is the worst thing you've ever read! I hope people like it though! Anyway small disclaimer note : I don't own any of these characters. They are all JK Rowlings.