(FINALLY CHAPTER 12!! I have been busy with school ... sorry!)

Harry rushed to the headquarters right after he left Ron's house to visit Hermione. He wasn't in the best mood right now. Seeing his best friend in such a weak state and his other best friend in a worried state angered him. Knowing that Draco Malfoy was the one who put them in these states angered him even more. He held his wand in his wand tightly. He's ready to blast someone right now. He wanted to blast Malfoy into little bits for what he did to Hermione.

He walked quickly to the doors and inside the main corridors was an old friend.

"Hey Potter! What are you doing here?" Seamus Finnigan asked, "It's your day off!" Harry didn't smile. He kept walking past him till he reached his desk. Seamus looked at him strangely. Harry was usually the cheery one in the headquarters. He was just the usual cheery one in general since their first year at Hogwarts.

"I need information on Draco Malfoy Finnigan," Harry said sternly. He rummaged furiously in his desk drawers and pulled up piles of papers as if something incredibly important was going on. At least that's what it looked like to Seamus.

"Why Malfoy?"

"JUST DO IT!" Harry snapped. Seamus didn't think twice. He knew Harry too well. If something bothered him then it's bad. He asked no questions.

"Malfoy ..." Seamus said thinking, "Haven't heard that name in a while. He's been a good boy lately." Harry's patience was testing him. Seamus noticed this and entered the record room and came back out with a pile of records in his hands. Harry walked briskly towards him and snatched the records away. Seamus was now worried.

"Harry, what's going on?" Harry didn't answer. His mind was preoccupied by what he held in his hands.

"What the fuck?!" Harry yelled out loud.

"What?!" Seamus asked. Harry held the record tightly in his hands and read all the others. Each record he read widened his eyes and each one made him angry.

"How come I didn't know about this?" Harry asked angrily. Seamus didn't know if this question was towards him to if he was talking to himself.

"About what?" Seamus replied a little irritated. Harry scowled. He couldn't believe what he was reading. It explained everything.

"Harry ... if you don't tell me what's going on you won't know any answers," Seamus said looking hard at Harry. Harry slammed the record on his desk.

"How come I never knew Draco had charges of rape before?" He tried to ask calmy. His breathing slowly turning to a calmer pace.

"You weren't an auror yet Harry. This info is not classified for public viewing. You know that. Besided, what you care about Malfoy? We haven't seen him since graduation."

Harry was mad now. Why didn't he do a check up on Malfoy before? How could have he been so stupid? He had 5 charges of rape in his past ... he should have known!

Harry kept reading his records until something overtook him. An electric like shock ran through his body and he knew what that feeling was. Someone he knew was in danger. Ron and Hermione. He looked at Seamus. He felt it too.

"Tell me Harry," Seamus said in a tone that said he's not repeating himself again. Harry looked at him and did not hesitate.

"Draco raped Hermione yesterday," Harry said controlling his anger. He took it out on Draco's records, crumpling it. Then, something on the record caught Harry's eye.

(All victims found in Draco's lower basement ..... )

The twinkle his eye made Seamus understand.

"I'll get the guys," Seamus said knowing what Harry was thinking. Harry took his wand and held it tight in his hand again.

He prayed he would save his friends in time.

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The driving pain in Ron's head woke him up after a few hours. He kept his eyes closed and closed them tighter and tighter to push that pain away. He tried to move but found it excrutiatingly painful. The beating he got earlier really took a toll on him. He figured that he had a broken rib. He managed to lift his hand though to grab his aching head. Dried blood. At least he stopped bleeding. He couldn't help but groan out loud in pain as he rolled over on his back. He took deep breaths as he sat himself up. His stomach hurt the most but he had to keep it together. He's been in pain like this before.

He finally opened his eyes. His vision was still a little blurry was it was obvious it was dark. He suddenly felt cold.

He then noticed that there was something a few feet away from him. It looked like a person. He recognized his own shirt.

"HERMIONE!" he said aloud. He pushed himself to get up and run to her but he could only crawl. She layed still and it scared him. Each move he made drained his boyd but he had to get to her. He had to be alright.

He finally reached her and found her curled up into a ball. He couldn't see her face.

"Hermione," he said softly as he tried to turn her over. It's me Ron. Are you okay?" She didn't budge. She was tight in her ball.

"Hermione," he repeated. He attempted to turn her over again gently not wanting to startle her.

All of a sudden Hermione sprang up and jumped him. With her eyes buldging she screamed out loud and so did he. His head hit the ground hard hitting the exact same spot he was hit on earlier.

He felt a sudden strange feeling of shock and pain in his left shoulder. Hermione back away with an expressionless face that scared the living hell out of Ron.

He then felt a warm liquid dribble down his dirtly shirt and down his arm.

He looked over on his shoulder and there was a knife jabbed in with blood trickling everywhere.

Hermione had just stabbed him .....



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(Next chapter is coming soon!! I promise! Please review for now!! I really want to know how my story is going so far!)