Disclamer: We do not own, yes we. Me and me mate Sarah have co written this little fic *which is gradually getting longer* hope u enjoy! We do own Dominica Matolov Ridler and Natalie Domomov Ridler. Set in Harry's 5th year. This story starts on 18th March 2003. All other dates mentioned are based on this. The dates do not correlate with the actual year 2003.

A Day in the life of the Hospital Wing

Chapter 5

            Tal quivered with fear as her father struck her around the face. The Dark Lord hated his younger daughter. She was too good. She was only good for taking messages between father and elder twin, that was it. She fell back, but last night had been worse, he'd beaten her until she had fallen unconscious. Tal murmured an apology and walked away from him. She hugged herself tightly as she went to what was regarded as her room. Meanwhile, Dom found the eagle on the third floor, said the password and entered Dumbledore's office.

            "I know you're in here Dumbledore!" Dom shouted and started throwing books and parchment around the room. "Show yourself coward!" no one answered. "I'll start a fire!" she threatened. No answer. She started the fire with her wand and left the room to blaze with colourful flames.

            "Professor?" Harry asked.

            "Yes Harry" Dumbledore answered.

            "I think your office is on fire" he said, pointing out of the window.

            "Dominica" he murmurs

            "What should we do about her?" Harry asked anxiously.

            "There is little we can do, Harry. I will go down to my office and deal with the fire. Please can you go down to the Great Hall with Ron, Justin and Colin. Do what you can to reverse the body bind." He turns to McGonagall "Please go with them, Minerva"

            "I'll go with them if you don't mind, Dumbledore" added Flitwick. Dumbledore nodded and walked over to Fred and George.

            "If you are able, Weasleys, please come with me. We have a fire to put out" added Dumbledore winking.

            "O.K. professor" the twins replied simultaneously, both jumping from their beds and straightening their robes.

            "Professor, can I go…" Ginny began but Dumbledore held up his hand, just as McGonagall and half the students walked out of the student's in the ward walked out of the door. "I do not think that would be wise, Miss Weasley. Besides, I doubt that Madam Pomphrey would…"

            "Gone" Pomphrey said in surprise "When did I say my patients say my patients could leave?"

            "Um, I told them to" Dumbledore actually seemed nervous.

            "I did not give permission for that!" Pomphrey screamed.

            "We need to go" George said and Fred noticed how pale George was. Dumbledore nodded and the three of them left. They met Dom in the hallway.

            "I knew it would make you come, seeing your office burn" she said evilly.

            "Professor! Professor!" Filch shouted, running down the corridor.

            "You even brought the twins for me to destroy!" she laughed evilly, pointing her wand at Fred. "Expeliramus" she shouted. Fred flew backwards, hitting the wall hard.

            "Fred!" George shouted, turning to his twin.

            "Imperio!" she shouted, George then froze and grabbed his head. He collapsed to the floor. Dom only looked puzzled, that was the second time it hadn't worked.

            "What did you to them?! That's the second time that spell didn't work!" Dom screeched and lunged at Dumbledore, who dodged and looked as puzzled as she was. "You didn't do it!" she realised, just before their wands collided.

            "You did it to us before? When?" Fred asked as he tried to help George to his feet.

            "In the library, when I got those other two idiots"

            "You mean when Hermione dropped a book on my hand?" asked George, indicating a bruise on his left hand and leaning heavily on Fred.

            "Probably was. Mind you, I was in a bookcase at the time!" she moves her hand instinctively to rub her shoulder.

            "We didn't see you. Then again, we didn't see Malfoy, or Hermione until she dropped a book on my hand. The book was actually quite useful, it gave us some…" George was suddenly interrupted by Fred's elbow.

            "George, shut up" Fred whispers suspiciously.

            "Ahhhh! Stupid cat!" Dom shouted at Mrs Norris. She had just jumped at Dom's wand hand, knocking the wand to the ground with a clatter. "What did you make it do that for? Avada Kadavra!" A green light erupted out of the wand Dominica stole from Flitwick. Filch threw himself against a wall as the green beam hit Mrs Norris. She fell down dead immediately. Dom then pointed her wand at George. "Why won't it work? Tell me now Weasley!" she ordered.

            "No" George said. "I won't tell you, you stupid little girl" he baited her, nodding at Fred who nodded back. "You haven't the power have you? You're weak and stupid and Ahhhh!" George screamed as the Cruciatus curse hit him again. Fred dived at her and took her wand. Dumbledore rushed past and went up to his office, telling them that they should hold her there until he returned. Filch mourned over Mrs Norris' still body. As George turned Flitwick's and his own wand on Dom, George fell weakly to his knees.

            "You can't keep me here. My father will never desert me!" Dom yells, recoiling from the two wands in Fred's hand "You can never stop us"

            "Shut up or I'll stun you" Fred snapped, thoroughly pissed off. "I really don't believe I'm asking this but…Filch, help us" he added.

            "Wh-what?" Filch looked up groggily. He had been crying.

            "Get her wand. It's on the ground over there" Fred ordered annoyed, jerking his head to one side. Filch reluctantly got up and picked up the discarded wand, lifting it level with Dom's head.

            "You killed my cat. Why should you deserve to live?" Filch said, slightly insane. Dom looked ready to throw a response at Filch when Dumbledore returned from his office.

            "Argus, calm down. Miss Ridler needs to be alive. If you would accompany us back to the Hospital Wing, I believe there are two students still under her control" Dominica glared angrily at Dumbledore as he looked at her.

            "As you wish. Oh, her wand, Headmaster" Filch hands the wand to Dumbledore and follows George, supported by Fred, back to the Hospital Wing. Meanwhile, everyone in the Great Hall was being revived one at a time by the people that could move.

            "This is gonna take a long time" Harry said and Ron nodded in agreement. And on went the long task.

George couldn't think and he was so tired, so very tired. Fred was supporting all of his twins' weight. Filch was carrying Mrs Norris with tears flowing down his face. Tal stumbled out of the forest. In the moonlight the cuts and bruises showed on her small and frail body. She ran up to the front entrance, limping slightly. She wasn't a student so she wasn't in uniform. She had long, black hair, pale skin and damaged nails. She was wearing a baggy black dress which was covered in rips and holes. Her orders were to rescue her sister, so that's what she was doing. She ran up all the stairs, hiding from students until she arrived at the Hospital Wing.

She hesitated as voices drifted through the door, left open by Filch. Her sister was being interrogated by an unknown teacher. Her eyes darted around the corridor, looking for a suitable diversion, and then they fell upon one of the torches.

"You!" Harry shouted, drawing his wand. Next to him, Ron clenched his fists, wand left forgotten in his pocket.

"You gonna try to kill us like you attacked my brother" said Ron angrily, advancing slowly. Tal backs away. Ron suddenly took a leap forward and swiped at her shoulder. Tal just managed to dodge out of the way yet still screamed. The scream echoed through the hallway and could definitely be heard in the ward. All the voices suddenly went quiet "But Harry, I don't think I even touched her." Tal was now snivelling and holding her shoulder.

"You're right, I don't think you did. Hey, look! She's covered in bruises!" Harry gasped as Tal moved into the circle of light. Meanwhile, in the ward, Dom was being stubborn and not answering anything until a scream silenced them.

"Oh no, not her!" Dom said angrily.

"Who?" Fred asked.

"A random weirdo I both hate and want to kill" Dom said. Just then Harry and Ron pushed Tal into the room "What the hell are you doing here?" Dom asked.

"Nice to see you, too" Tal said, George blinked.

"Fred, am I seeing double again?" he asked.

"No, there are two of them" Fred said.

"Oh, well that's all…What?! Twins?!" George replied astounded.

"Would you mind explaining who the two of you are" asked Dumbledore, signalling for Harry and Ron to take Tal to the bed Dom is sitting on. She sat on the bed very grudgingly, never meeting her sister's eyes. A small muffled yelp from Tal is heard. Dom had sunk her claw-like nails into her sister's wrist, blood covering her already stained hand.

"Let's start with your names" asked Dumbledore generally.

"Yeah, My name is Natalie Domomov Ridler and this is my elder twin sister Dominica Matolov Ridler" Dom's grip on her twin's wrist tightened, making Tal wince. Ginny looked close to feinting for a third time when she looked at the pair's hands.

"Tal, where do you live?"

"Dunno. Wherever we end up going"

"Who the hell hit you?" Fred blurted out before Dumbledore could speak again. Tal received a glare from her sister.

"Oh, a random stranger in the woods" Tal replied rather sarcastically, she was obviously afraid. Fred and George wince together as Dom's fingers got even tighter.

"You answer another question and I'll break your arm" Dom hissed in Tal's ear. Ron quickly looked to his sister, hiding behind Harry. He hoped she hadn't heard.

"You refused to name your father earlier" Dumbledore reminded Dom "Who is he?"

"Tom…" Tal starts. Before she finished his name, a loud crack indicated that her arm was broken. Ginny rocked momentarily on her feet before collapsing into Harry's arms, who carried her back onto the bed. Tal gasped and a lone tear slipped down her cheek. Dom wrenched her nails from Tal's wrist, taking some skin with them. Tal jumped off the bed and tried to get away but was caught by Fred. Ron stared at Tal's bleeding and broken wrist. "Let me go" Tal mumbled, starting to cry.

"Keep her away from me" Dom said. Tal turned away from her sister and looked up at Fred. "She's a pansy ass mummy's girl who nobody wants, she wasn't even allowed to join Hogwarts 'cos she's so gay" Dom said laughing as she saw Tal wipe at her eyes with her good hand. "She's a nobody who doesn't deserve to live!" Dom shouted and laughed evilly as Tal again tried to run and was caught again by Fred, but this time she slumped against him and cried into his shoulder. Dumbledore just glared at Dom.

"Don't you care about your sister's feelings?" George asked.

"What feelings?" Dom asked insensitively, causing Tal to cry more. But suddenly she stopped, wiped her eyes and looked at Dom, then the floor.

"Papa will be mad at us" she whispered quietly. Dom froze, she knew what their father was like when he was mad, although he'd only hit her once, but this was bigger than any other mistake she'd ever made. He probably would hit her. Tal was shaking with silent fear as she watched her sister.

"Let's get everyone calmed down" Dumbledore said. Tal was taken over to Fred's old bed and laid down. Dom sat on the bed with many people glaring at her.

The next morning was no better. Tal had stopped crying and was silently sulking into her hands, one wrist tightly bandaged. Dom just glared at her sister, looking ready to strangle her.

An almost choking cough stopped the scattered conversations in the ward. Madam Pomfrey rushed past a confused McGonagall and down to Hermione's bed. "Miss Granger, you may be under the Imperius curse but please do not try to choke yourself" Pomfrey's mood had lightened very slightly since the night before.

"She's here? What about Malfoy?" Dom asked, rounding on Dumbledore.

"They are both here, Miss Ridler. They are also still under the Imperius curse" Dumbledore said, knowing she already knew. He was trying to calm her down.

"Let me guess, you want me to release them" Ron's face brightened slightly when she said this. "I'll need my wand back, Dumbledore"

"I would not advise giving it to her, Albus" Snape called, having pushed Madam Pomfrey away from himself and climbed awkwardly off the bed.

"I know why you are cautious, Severus" Dumbledore turned towards the unsteady Snape "You understand that she must release Miss Granger and Mr Malfoy. This is the only way"

"I understand perfectly, Headmaster" Snape replied icily

"You don't trust me, I understand. But if you want your students returned to normal, you'll have to trust me" Dom said to Snape, happily sarcastic. Dumbledore handed Dom the wand as Snape drew his own.

"I warn you, do not try anything" Snape growled to Dom as the screen separating the beds was removed.

"Mistress! You came to save us!" Draco exclaimed, yanking again on the restraints binding him "What are you doing?" he added as she raised her wand. Instead of releasing them from the spell as she was supposed to, she spun around quickly and muttered the supreme body locker curse once again. But as there were only 7 people in her range it hit them hard and they were all knocked off their feet. Harry and Ron smashed into the ward doors, ending up on the floor in the corridor. Dumbledore, Snape, Sprout and Pomfrey hit the screen hiding the beds, knocking it over. Ginny didn't move but she looked very winded. She had been lying down on the bed and the force of the blast had crushed her chest. Fred and George jumped up. They had been behind her and had not been hit. They lunged at her but she avoided them, looking very smug.

"Tal, release those two imbeciles" Dom ordered. Tal slowly untied Hermione and Draco. Dom pointed her wand at George's head and held out her hand. Reluctantly, the twins handed over their wands. Dom pocketed them and started going through a list "Two hostages, check. Two stooges, check. One mistake…" She looked to Tal.

"Check" Tal said sadly and Dom laughed evilly.

"You got it sis" she said, pushing Tal. Hermione and Draco both took a twin by the arm and marched them towards the door. Dom led the way, followed by them and then Tal, who was walking very slowly, a single tear sliding down her cheek. Tal, Fred and George looked sadly down as they stepped over Harry and Ron. Filch looked after them, surprised, from the door of Pomfrey's office and followed them at a safe distance out of the ward.