The Last Time, Chapter 10

By PinkChubbyMonkey (pinkchubbymonkey@aol.com)

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. No profit is being made from this.

Hermione was lying in the hospital wing. Hermione thought to herself, 'Why am I in here?' she laid there thinking about what could have happened. She looked around the room, it was nighttime. 'What time did I come in here?' Then Hermione remembered, Victor. He attacked her. He tried to rape her. But...someone saved her. Who? She was trying to remember if she heard them. The door open, it was Madame Pomfrey, Professor Dumbledore, and a figure that Hermione couldn't see who it was.

"Oh, Hermione you are awake. That is good. Now we don't have to wake you," said  Madame Pomfrey.

"Miss Granger, I assume you know Mrs. Weasley, she heard your screams and saved you from Mr. Krum," Professor Dumbledore said. "Would you like to tell us what happened?"

"I am not sure what happened." Hermione said quietly. Penelope sat next to Hermione and put her arms around her and hugged her tightly.

"Professor Dumbledore, may I have some time with Hermione, alone," Penelope said softly. Dumbledore nodded and turned around and pulled Madame Pomfrey along with him. Hermione looked at Penelope, 'Thank god she got there when she did,' Hermione thought.

"Thank you." Hermione said softly, she wasn't in a talking mood.

"Of course. I know what it's like you, being raped. It's awful. But he didn't rape you, right? Almost, he didn't, right?" Penelope said with tears in her eyes.

"No he didn't. What? I didn't know you were raped. I am so sorry."

"Yes, it was awful. Percy saved me though. I was just left in the dungeons to, well, bleed to death. I was tied to a table. It was horrible. I still have no idea why Percy was down in the dungeons at night, but he was." Penelope said and started to cry.

"Who did it? When did it happen?"

"Some Hufflepuff. I didn't know him. He broke my wand, your wand is broken, did you know that? Anyways I couldn't fight him off without my wand. It was horrible. I won't get into the details. I don't like talking about it, but sometimes, like at these times, I do feel like talking about it. Anyways, he slit my throat and left me for dead. I played dead till he left and then I just cried and cried. Then I heard the door open and I thought that he had come back, but it was Percy. Percy doesn't like to talk about it at all. No no no, I haven't talked about it with him, he just changes the subject, the new popular subject for him is Holly. Use to be qudditch." Penelope laughed at the last part.

"Is that how you two started dating?" asked Hermione. Penelope just nodded.

"I am happy that it didn't happen to you. Besides I owe you, you saved my life by asking if I had a mirror. Remember? You screamed at me right before I turned the corner from the library. And right around the corner was that snake thing. I could have died. But I didn't, thanks to you."

"Where is-" Hermione couldn't bring herself to say his name.

"He is in Dumbledore's office. Being questioned. They think he might be under Imperius Curse. They aren't sure. Dumbledore will check. It's up to you to press charges."

Hermione sat there, Victor in jail. She couldn't do that to him. No, it had been horrible what he had done, but he could have done worst. Besides he wanted to be a Healer for children or a teacher at his old school and change its reputation. Also, he could have been under the Imperius Curse. "I don't think that I will press charges. I don't know. I need to think about it. No one is going to know about this? Right? Please don't tell. Ask the-"

"Of course not. The teachers won't tell."

"Ok."

"Do you want me to get Ron, Harry, Ginny, or anyone?" Penelope asked.

"No. Maybe Ginny in the morning, Harry and Ron hate me, so no for them." Hermione said. Penelope just nodded.

"Maybe, you should go to sleep. You have had a hard night."

"Yeah, you are right. I will. It could have been worst you know. I am fine. Just scared a little."

"Yes it could have been a lot worst. But it is still wrong. I will stay with you, for awhile. Night."

Hermione laid down and was asleep before her head touched the pillow. Penelope just stared at Hermione for a few minutes, until Madame Pomfrey asked her to leave.  Penelope left without a word and headed towards her bed chambers.

Penelope had reached her chambers after slowly walked around her old school. She missed this place, even with the bad memories. She never talked about what happened in her fifth year with anyone, why Hermione? Maybe because Hermione almost had it happen to her. She couldn't talk about it with Percy. He just got angry (not at her of course) at the thought that some people could be so cruel. She sighed and laid down in her bed. 

Okay please review. Sorry if you don't like the talk about rape and stuff. I am sorry. I don't like writing about it either. That's why I don't go into details about it. Anywho, please review. Flames welcome. That's all for now folks.

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