A/N:Thanks everyone for all the nice reviews, and like I said this part is
coming to a close, only about oh 2 or 3 more chaps....it's getting exciting
folks! Lol, please review, and thanks! Especially to the real Lindsey,whom
I love and thank for her ideas! Thanks chicka! OH!! Also, I realized in the
one chapter when Lupin tells Lindsey he's a werewolf, I said "Lindsey
didn't think anything could make her not love Remus. Unless he was working
for Voldemort or something", or something along those lines. I just
realized Voldemort wasn't really a threat then, or wasn't active.
So..ignore that! lol.
Chapter 11-Fear
LEPOV
Lily sat on her bed, brushing her hair. "That...was...so...AWESOME!" she said, grinning from ear to ear at one of her best friends in the world. Christy had just gotten her boyfriend back after a teary song at the Yule Ball. Christy smiled at her. "Thanks Lil." she said. "It doesn't feel real...I mean, ya'll know what I'm talking about, its....love. Real love." she said dreamily. Lindsey nodded and sighed. "I am so in love with Remus...it's more than it EVER was with Trey." She looked revolted at the name of her ex-crush. Lily smiled. She knew exactly what Christy meant. She knew she was in love with James. No one ever made her feel this way, and she knew she would always love him. Kaitlin smiled. "I don't think I love Brent, I just like him a whole lot." she said. "The Yule Ball was fun." Lily said, reminsicing about the last dance she had shared with James. He had kissed her more lovingly, more tenderly, better than any of the kisses they had shared before. Her lips tingled at the thought of it. Lindsey pulled her knees to her chest and hugged her pillow. "We couldn't ask for better boyfriends." she said. Lily couldn't agree more.
The next day they had Quidditch practice. After a great practice, Lily and the rest of the Unknowns walked to the showers under a beautiful sky and bright sun. James came running up to them. "Hey Lily sweetie." he said. Lily felt that the Yule Ball had strengthened their bond greatly, and she grinned at him. "Hey James." she said. "It feels so good out here!" Christy said, spinning around under the warm sun. Lindsey nodded. "Perfect Quidditch conditions." she said, feeling the rays tickle her skin. Kaitlin grinned and nodded as Brent came up beside her. "Unusual for December though." he said. They nodded and looked up at the sky. 'Very odd.' Lily thought. She shrugged as she talked to her friends in the shower rooms. "I'll catch up with you guys later, I've got to get to the library." she said. "I'll go with you, I have to finish that bezoar essay." Christy said with a sigh. "I need to go finish my reading assignment for Muggle Studies." Lindsey said. Kaitlin stared at them. "I don't have any homework. Shocking, right? Why don't ya'll grab your homework and meet me under the beech tree by the lake?" she asked, desperate for some form of company. 'Poor girl, Brent is starting to get boring on her.' Lily thought sympathetically. "We will. Me and Christy might take a bit longer, we need to look up some books." Lily said. "Ok, ya'll do that, I'll be waiting." Kaitlin said, pulling a somewhat small book out of her pocket. "I can read while I wait. Hopefully the weather, unusual though it is, will stay nice and we can enjoy the lake." she said. Lily and the others nodded. They walked out together, and Kaitlin set off for the other side of the grounds, while the other 3 girls walked towards the marble staircase. They split paths when they reached the library. "Meet you outside!" Lindsey said as she ascended the staircase towards Gryffindor Tower.
KPOV
Kaitlin hummed to herself as she walked towards the beech tree. She thought about Brent. She liked him, yes, but recently he had started saying that he loved her. She wasn't ready for that kind of commitment, and didn't feel that strongly about him. He seemed quite upset, but seemed to understand. She sat down under the beech tree, and started reading her book which was entitled "Hogwarts: A Guidebook of Secrets." She looked up when she heard footsteps, expecting her friends. There was no one around, except for Brent, who was walking quickly towards her.She grinned at him, though she was disappointed her friends weren't there yet. "Why don't you ever talk to me anymore?" he asked her brusquely when he reached her. She stared at him in confusion. "What do you mean?" she said. "You know what I mean! Always hanging out with your trashy little friends!" he said, raising his voice. Kaitlin stared at him, teary eyed. "My friends aren't trashy." she said quietly. "Then where do you get it from you whore?" he said. Kaitlin was glad no one was around to see the tears falling from her face. "I'm not a whore." she said, still quiet. He pushed her, making her stumble and fall to the ground. "What was that for?" she said, shocked, looking up at him from the ground. "For being a b***h!!" (A/N:I don't cuss, so just imagine. Lol) Kaitlin gasped. Sobbing, she ran towards the shower rooms, just as Lily and Christy came out of the doors. "Kaitlin??" Lily called after her. Kaitlin continued running, and didn't stop till she reached the showers. She sat down on a bench and sobbed hysterically. Christy and Lily came in, soon followed by Lindsey. Sobbing, she told them what happened, and finished just as Brent came in. The 3 girls shot him dirty looks, but Kaitlin payed no attention to him. "Kaitlin I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any of it, please forgive me, I love you so much." he said, sitting beside her and kissing her on the cheek. "Really?" she said. He nodded and kissed her again. She pushed what had just happened into the back of her mind and forgave him.
Things didn't get better. Through the rest of December and some of January, the other 3 Unknowns and the other 3 Marauders noticed Brent becoming possessive and jealous. He made rules stating Kaitlin couldn't wear her hair down or have any sign of another boy around her in his presence. Her grades dropped, and she became distant with the Unknowns. He yelled at her and blamed her for everything. Christy, Lindsey, and Lily tried in vain to bring her to her senses, because Kaitlin would tell herself he didn't mean it, and that he really loved her. He tried to choke her on several occasions, and almost broke her arm when another Gryffindor saw her in her pajamas, which consisted of a tank top and long pants. He forbade her to wear shorts during their free times and weekends.
Towards the beginning of January, Christy, Lily, and Lindsey met in an empty classroom during their break. "We have to do something. Tell a teacher, Dumbledore, anything." Christy said. "This is bad,guys, really bad. No one deserves this and she just keeps telling herself that he does it because he loves her." "Yeah. We have to make her understand somehow." Lily said. "But she'll just blow it off like 'you guys are so overprotective, it's not a big deal.' like she did last time." Lindsey sighed, looking at the floor. It had been 3 long weeks since the first incident, and had escalated from there. "Maybe we could show her what he's been doing?" Christy said. "Like, force her to relive the memories or show it to her in like a video charm or something?" Lindsey asked. "I'm rather skilled in Legilimency, I could make her relive the memories." "How did you learn Legilimency, Lily?" Lindsey asked. Lily shrugged. "I thought it might come in handy one day and I taught myself." "Cool. We'll do that then." Christy said, standing up. "Yeah. We have to bring her to her senses!!"
The girl in question was currently being slapped. "You trash! I hope you burn in hell!" Brent yelled in her face. Tears streamed down Kaitlin's face, but she told herself she deserved this. She must've done something wrong, there was definately something wrong with her. He stomped out of the common room. She sat on the couch. Her friends walked in. "Hey guys." she said,not really wanting to see them. They said nothing;they grabbed her by the arms, much to her protest. Kaitlin's bruised face contorted with anger. 'How dare they!' she thought. "Kaitlin, this is for your own good. You don't want us to drag you off but you let a boy beat you into a mass of black and purple bruises?" Lindsey said once they reached an empty classroom and had locked the door. Kaitlin stared at the floor. "You don't understand he loves me-" "No, Kaitlin, he doesn't. If he loves you so much why does he beat you?" Lily interrupted. "I deserve-" "No you don't. No one deserves this. Especially not you." Christy interrupted. "Kaitlin, look in my eyes." Lily said, holding her wand behind her back. Kaitlin slowly looked up. Quick as a flash, Lily had her wand out and had yelled,"Legilimens!" before Kaitlin could respond. Lily saw, and knew Kaitlin was also seeing, flashes of Brent slapping Kaitlin....Brent kicking her, Brent punching her, Brent trying to break her arms and slit her wrists...."NOO!" Kaitlin yelled. She fell to the ground, sobbing. "I didn't...didn't realize...how..how bad it was....why didn't I notice before....please, guys, help me! I'm so scared...." she whispered. The other 3 girls crowded around her and hugged her. "First you need to break up with him." Lily said. Kaitlin stared at her, wide eyed. "No! He'd hurt me for sure!" she said, terrified at the very prospect. Christy stared pointedly at an 8 inch bruise on her arm. "If he does, this is the magical world, and lets just say we have...erm, WAYS, of dealing with him." she said with a small, comforting smile. "Okay." Kaitlin said with renewed confidence. With her friends behind her, nothing could keep her down. Especially not a guy.
Kaitlin approached Brent in the common room after her friends had made sure that no one else was in the room. "Brent, we need to talk." she started. "Baby I'm so-" "Yes, I know, sorry, I've heard it a million times, and I don't want to hear it anymore, 'cause I know you don't mean it." Brent stared at her for a minute, then he stood up, face twisted in fury. "How dare you! After everything we've been through together-" "You mean the verbal abuse and the beatings? This is love?" she said, extending her bruised arm. Brent made a move to slap her,but she pulled out her wand. "Stop there. Brent, it's over. For good." she said, confidence in her voice. He glared at her a minute. "You will regret this. You really will." he said in a low, threatining voice. Still glaring, he walked up to the boys dormitory. Kaitlin whimpered slightly to herself, feeling as if she had done something horribly wrong. She decided she wouldn't tell her friends about his threat. He probably didn't mean it, right?
Kaitlin felt that life was much better without Brent in it. She had gone to Madam Pomfrey and the bruises had been healed in minutes. Her grades were coming back up, and her friends were always with her. One day in Transfiguration, Kaitlin noticed that Peter was again sitting with his old friends, and they seemed in much better moods. They kept whispering and drawing things on a piece of paper. Kaitlin suddenly remember that in a few days it would be a full moon. Ever since the first full moon incidense, her friends had decided not to go on anymore expeditions with them. She didn't know if her friends knew the full moon was coming up or not. They probably didn't care. They had a Quidditch match the next day right after breakfast. Kaitlin finished taking notes, and suddenly felt as if someone was watching her. She often felt this way nowadays. Brent had been scaring her very badly lately. Just before she entered class today he had threatened to torture her "the Muggle way". She didn't know what that was and didn't care to find out very much. She thought her friends were very lucky to have loyal, honest boyfriends who loved them as much as they loved them back. She recalled that they had a date tonight. 'They are so lucky. Look at them with their perfect boyfriends and perfect dates. I wish I could be like them' she thought sadly. The bell rang. She gathered up her stuff. Lately her thoughts had been confused. Why didn't she recognize what he was doing to her earlier? Why did she allow him to beat her? "Don't walk the hallways alone." a voice hissed in her ear. She turned and saw Brent standing menacingly behind her. She ran forward to where her friends were waiting for her. She also didn't tell them about this. She hadn't told them about any of his threats. She didn't want to trouble them. They probably wouldn't care that much....they were too busy with their own lives, which they were currently discussing. "James said they'd be taking us somewhere new tonight! I think they built a new restaraunt in Hogsmeade.....maybe we'll be going there?" Lily was saying. Christy nodded. "I bet that place is beautiful. I think it's called Madam Puddifoot's or something." She giggled. "Sounds like 'padfoot'" she said. Kaitlin remained quiet. 'They won't want to hear my petty problems. They're too happy, I should let them have fun.' So she slapped on a smile and walked to their next class with them, faking happiness and laughter.
LEPOV
Lily grinned at her 3 best friends that night in their dormitory. She was getting ready for the date that night. She was wearing a red shirt and jeans and had thrown her hair in a ponytail. "Tonight will be mucho fun!" she said happily, tossing her head. Christy smiled and yanked her shoe on, flipping backwards over the bed while her friends laughed. She got up from the floor, her black shirt slipping sideways. "Oh shut up." she said, throwing a pillow at Lindsey, who was nearest, and hitching her jeans back up. Lindsey squealed and toppled off the bed to more gales of laughter. She straightened her white shirt and jeans, fixed her converses, then took a flying leap and landed on Christy, who screamed that she was messing up her braided pigtails. She flipped Lindsey off of her, who landed on her back. "Ouch." she whimpered as she clambered to her feet. Lindsey took another daring leap at her, but Christy scrambled out of the way, causing her to land straight on Kaitlin, who had been reading a book for History of Magic. She shrieked as Lindsey flew on her. "ARGH!" Lindsey growled, jumping to her feet. "This is so not over." she said, grinning. Christy shook a finger at her, causing her chain bracelet with a name plate and black spike bracelet to jangle. "Ah ah ah tis wrong to figh-AHH!" Lily giggled as Lindsey jumped on Christy and sent her flying over the bed. 'Those two are such idiots sometimes.' she thought mildly. "Chill you two." she said halfheartedly. "You're going to look messed up for the date." The two stopped in the middle of starting to leap at each other, making them trip and fall and bonk heads. "CRAP!!" they said, fixing their hair with their wands. Kaitlin giggled, thought she didn't feel the laugh in her heart of hearts. Finally the 3 girls were ready and they walked downstairs. "Bye Kaitlin...we will miss you girl!" Christy said, giving her a hug. "Yeah, we will...we'll bring you back a souvenier or something." Lindsey said. The girls took a moment to admire their Christmas presents they had gotten from the guys. Christy had gotten a teddy bear that Sirius had placed a charm on to make it huge, and it took up almost half her bed (perfect pillow size! she had said with a laugh). Lily had gotten a necklace that James had enchanted to always sparkle brilliantly, and Remus had given Lindsey a Quidditch Service Kit, because she lately had become obsessed with her broom. Kaitlin had recieved a stack of books on her favorite topics (Hogwarts and Defense Against the Dark Arts) from Brent. Though she still read them, she scowled whenever she thought of him. Finally her friends walked downstairs, leaving Kaitlin alone to her books. Lily didn't feel comfortable leaving their friend all alone without a boyfriend or even something to look forward to, but there really was nothing she could do about it. She grinned when she saw James and threw her arms around his neck. 'Kaitlin will be fine' she reassured herself as they walked out of the common room. 'She can take care of herself.'
KPOV
Kaitlin watched her friends leave sadly. What she wouldn't give to be joining them! She read her book for about 15 minutes, then got bored and restless and stood up. She stretched and yawned. 'I'll go for a walk I suppose' she thought boredly, grabbing her book and starting for the door. She walked down into the common room and out into the hallway. She didn't really know where she wanted to go; she didn't have to be back till 9:30. It was currently 8:30. She decided to go to the most likely deserted but still open (though it was close to closing time) library. She decided to take the long route out of sheer boredom.
As she walked past the Charms classroom (part of the long way), she thought she heard footsteps behind her. "Lumos." she muttered, pulling her wand out. It was 8:45; the library would be closing soon and she did not want anyone following her at this hour of night while she was unaccomponied. "Hello?" she called out. She heard nothing. 'Must be Mrs.Norris.' she deduced, though still feeling slightly freaked out. She continued walking. After a few minutes she felt certain she heard footsteps, not directly behind her, but as if from behind her and to the side. 'Ok this is freaky.' she thought. She broke into a run, but had barely taken 3 steps when she distinctly heard a familiar male voice say "Expelliarmus!" and her wand flew out of her hand.....into Brents. He stepped from the shadows. "Long time no see Kaitlin." he sneered. "I'd rather not see you, thanks." she said. "Manners, dear, manners." he said, walking towards her. He pocketed her wand. "You won't be needing this." he said, patting the pocket in which he had deposited the wand. She glared at him. 'This cannot be good. I have to get to a teacher's office!' she thought desperately. She tried to run away again, but was soon bound by cords he had shot out of his wand. "If you won't be polite, neither shall I." he snarled. Kaitlin was terrified. 'What is he going to do?' she thought wildly, as Brent levitated her into an empty classroom nearby, an evil smirk on his face. He pointed his wand at the wall, and she felt herself being slammed into it, pinned there. "Ouch! You jacka**!" (a/n:sorry guys I just can't cuss! ^_^;) she yelled. "Tut tut, manners Kaitlin." he said,placing a Silencing Charm on the room. He moved towards her, keeping her pinned on the wall with his wand. With one hand he began to unbutton her jeans. "HELL NO!!!" she screamed, attempting to kick him or at least close her legs, whch she had just noticed were spread apart. "Actually, my dear, hell yes." (a/n:I don't consider hell a cuss word.) "No one ditches me and gets away with it. Especially not you. You're too delicious to let go easily." he said. 'What a loser.' Kaitlin thought. 'He has the worst lines....' But his cheesy lines were not the main object of her train of thought, because he had almost completely succeeded in completely stripping her of her pants. She screamed, and he laughed mirthlessly. "No one can hear you." he said, managing to get the jeans off. "Please, no!!" Kaitlin said desperately, using the only weapon she had left: kindness. He seemed to read her mind. "Kindness won't work, Kaitiln, not at all. You should've been kind while we were dating-" "You're the one that beat the living daylights out of me!" she said angrily. Brent glared at her a moment before saying,"Well thats not my problem, is it?" 'How STUPID!' Kaitlin thought angrily. 'He's really that blind? Oh if I only had my wand...' she thought bitterly. He stripped her of her undergarments. "NO!! NO! NO, NO!!!!!!" she screamed. She tried to kick out, but of course the ropes binding her to the wall were stopping her from doing so. She started to sob uncontrollably.'I'm going to loose my virginity to someone I don't even love!' she thought sadly. "Please don't!! I really don't want to do this with someone I don't love!" she sobbed. Brent glared at her a moment. "Well too bad. You should've thought about that before you decided to screw with me." Kaitlin sobbed harder as he started taking his pants and underwear off...
* * * (A/N: I don't like describing these things and i'm not good at it...so...SORRY! ^_^)
Kaitlin sobbed on the ground, bleeding, painfully remembering how ruthlessly he had thrust into her, stealing her virginity without a care. He had left her there to bleed. Slowly, painfully, she got to her feet. Still sobbing, she slowly pulled her undergarments and jeans on. She walked as swiftly as she could, wincing every now and then, to the common room. "Veritaserum," she muttered quietly to the Fat Lady. She poked her head in the common room, and saw the boys heading back upstairs and her friends chatting around the fire. She walked in, then fell to the ground sobbing. They gasped and ran over to her. "Kaitlin, oh no! What happened??" they asked. "He...he..." she choked on a sob, "He raped me." she said quietly. Knowing immediately who she meant by "he", they gasped and grabbed her into a hug. "Oh my gosh, Kaitlin, I'm so sorry!!" they said. They started to cry, too. "How could we have let this happen? We should have reported him to Dumbledore as soon as ya'll broke up!" Christy said,hugging Kaitlin and sobbing hysterically. "We have to tell Dumbledore." Lindsey said simply, wiping her eyes, which were streaming. Kaitlin nodded. "We need to get him expelled." Lily said, her eyes also streaming with tears. "Kaitlin we are so so so sorry!" Lily said, feeling guilty about the feeling she had had before they left on their dates. Kaitlin stood up and hugged her friends more tightly. "I'll be fine, really guys." she said, giving them a weak smile. They gave her a knowing look. "Yeah right, we know you, we are going to Madam Pomfrey, we can't have you getting pregnant or getting AIDS on us now, can we?" Lindsey said. Kaitlin half-hiccuped and half-laughed.
They walked quickly to the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey took pity on Kaitlin and gave her potions to make sure she didn't get any diseases or anything. She escorted them to Dumbledore's office so Filch didn't unrighteously give them detention. "Sugar Quill." she said, and the gargoyle sprang to life and moved, and they stepped onto the spiraling staircase. When they arrived at Dumbledore's office, Madam Pomfrey knocked on the door, which swung open. Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, gazing into a Pensieve. He looked up. "Yes?" he said, gazing at them intently. Kaitlin took a deep shuddering breath and walked forward. "Professor Dumbledore?" she said. Her friends walked up behind her and put reassuring hands on her shoulder. "B-Brent, you know, in my house and year....he...well...raped me." she finished. Dumbledore nodded. "He will be expelled first thing tomorrow." he said. "Thank you, Miss Hyatt, and my deepest regrets to you. I shall send an owl to your parents immediately." Kaitlin nodded. "Now I think the best thing for you would be sleep." he said, nodding again. "Thank you for escorting these students, Poppy." he said.
The next day, Brent was expelled. Kaitlin actually saw him getting on the train to go home out of her window, and he gazed hatefully at Gryffindor Tower before violently throwing his belongings into the train and stamping on board. 'I'm so glad thats all over!' she thought cheerfully.
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Months passed. Kaitlin now had a new boyfriend, much nicer than Brent, named Trent. The other 3 girls and their boyfriends had very strong relationships, and they all passed their final exams with flying colors. As they sat on the train home, Kaitlin by Trent, Christy inbetween him and Sirius, James and Lily across from them, and Lindsey and Lupin beside them,chatting happily, they remenisced about one of the most eventful years of their lifes.
That summer Voldemort started causing quite a bit of threat. "Nothing much to worry about, nothing we can't handle." the Ministry assured the wizarding community. 7th year was drawing nearer for the Unknowns and the Marauders, and, though they didn't know it, some of the most tragic events of their lives.
A/N: So.......WHAT DID YOU THINK? ^_^ please review, 'twill make me cheery! lol. Thanks to all reviewers,me love you! hee.
Chapter 11-Fear
LEPOV
Lily sat on her bed, brushing her hair. "That...was...so...AWESOME!" she said, grinning from ear to ear at one of her best friends in the world. Christy had just gotten her boyfriend back after a teary song at the Yule Ball. Christy smiled at her. "Thanks Lil." she said. "It doesn't feel real...I mean, ya'll know what I'm talking about, its....love. Real love." she said dreamily. Lindsey nodded and sighed. "I am so in love with Remus...it's more than it EVER was with Trey." She looked revolted at the name of her ex-crush. Lily smiled. She knew exactly what Christy meant. She knew she was in love with James. No one ever made her feel this way, and she knew she would always love him. Kaitlin smiled. "I don't think I love Brent, I just like him a whole lot." she said. "The Yule Ball was fun." Lily said, reminsicing about the last dance she had shared with James. He had kissed her more lovingly, more tenderly, better than any of the kisses they had shared before. Her lips tingled at the thought of it. Lindsey pulled her knees to her chest and hugged her pillow. "We couldn't ask for better boyfriends." she said. Lily couldn't agree more.
The next day they had Quidditch practice. After a great practice, Lily and the rest of the Unknowns walked to the showers under a beautiful sky and bright sun. James came running up to them. "Hey Lily sweetie." he said. Lily felt that the Yule Ball had strengthened their bond greatly, and she grinned at him. "Hey James." she said. "It feels so good out here!" Christy said, spinning around under the warm sun. Lindsey nodded. "Perfect Quidditch conditions." she said, feeling the rays tickle her skin. Kaitlin grinned and nodded as Brent came up beside her. "Unusual for December though." he said. They nodded and looked up at the sky. 'Very odd.' Lily thought. She shrugged as she talked to her friends in the shower rooms. "I'll catch up with you guys later, I've got to get to the library." she said. "I'll go with you, I have to finish that bezoar essay." Christy said with a sigh. "I need to go finish my reading assignment for Muggle Studies." Lindsey said. Kaitlin stared at them. "I don't have any homework. Shocking, right? Why don't ya'll grab your homework and meet me under the beech tree by the lake?" she asked, desperate for some form of company. 'Poor girl, Brent is starting to get boring on her.' Lily thought sympathetically. "We will. Me and Christy might take a bit longer, we need to look up some books." Lily said. "Ok, ya'll do that, I'll be waiting." Kaitlin said, pulling a somewhat small book out of her pocket. "I can read while I wait. Hopefully the weather, unusual though it is, will stay nice and we can enjoy the lake." she said. Lily and the others nodded. They walked out together, and Kaitlin set off for the other side of the grounds, while the other 3 girls walked towards the marble staircase. They split paths when they reached the library. "Meet you outside!" Lindsey said as she ascended the staircase towards Gryffindor Tower.
KPOV
Kaitlin hummed to herself as she walked towards the beech tree. She thought about Brent. She liked him, yes, but recently he had started saying that he loved her. She wasn't ready for that kind of commitment, and didn't feel that strongly about him. He seemed quite upset, but seemed to understand. She sat down under the beech tree, and started reading her book which was entitled "Hogwarts: A Guidebook of Secrets." She looked up when she heard footsteps, expecting her friends. There was no one around, except for Brent, who was walking quickly towards her.She grinned at him, though she was disappointed her friends weren't there yet. "Why don't you ever talk to me anymore?" he asked her brusquely when he reached her. She stared at him in confusion. "What do you mean?" she said. "You know what I mean! Always hanging out with your trashy little friends!" he said, raising his voice. Kaitlin stared at him, teary eyed. "My friends aren't trashy." she said quietly. "Then where do you get it from you whore?" he said. Kaitlin was glad no one was around to see the tears falling from her face. "I'm not a whore." she said, still quiet. He pushed her, making her stumble and fall to the ground. "What was that for?" she said, shocked, looking up at him from the ground. "For being a b***h!!" (A/N:I don't cuss, so just imagine. Lol) Kaitlin gasped. Sobbing, she ran towards the shower rooms, just as Lily and Christy came out of the doors. "Kaitlin??" Lily called after her. Kaitlin continued running, and didn't stop till she reached the showers. She sat down on a bench and sobbed hysterically. Christy and Lily came in, soon followed by Lindsey. Sobbing, she told them what happened, and finished just as Brent came in. The 3 girls shot him dirty looks, but Kaitlin payed no attention to him. "Kaitlin I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any of it, please forgive me, I love you so much." he said, sitting beside her and kissing her on the cheek. "Really?" she said. He nodded and kissed her again. She pushed what had just happened into the back of her mind and forgave him.
Things didn't get better. Through the rest of December and some of January, the other 3 Unknowns and the other 3 Marauders noticed Brent becoming possessive and jealous. He made rules stating Kaitlin couldn't wear her hair down or have any sign of another boy around her in his presence. Her grades dropped, and she became distant with the Unknowns. He yelled at her and blamed her for everything. Christy, Lindsey, and Lily tried in vain to bring her to her senses, because Kaitlin would tell herself he didn't mean it, and that he really loved her. He tried to choke her on several occasions, and almost broke her arm when another Gryffindor saw her in her pajamas, which consisted of a tank top and long pants. He forbade her to wear shorts during their free times and weekends.
Towards the beginning of January, Christy, Lily, and Lindsey met in an empty classroom during their break. "We have to do something. Tell a teacher, Dumbledore, anything." Christy said. "This is bad,guys, really bad. No one deserves this and she just keeps telling herself that he does it because he loves her." "Yeah. We have to make her understand somehow." Lily said. "But she'll just blow it off like 'you guys are so overprotective, it's not a big deal.' like she did last time." Lindsey sighed, looking at the floor. It had been 3 long weeks since the first incident, and had escalated from there. "Maybe we could show her what he's been doing?" Christy said. "Like, force her to relive the memories or show it to her in like a video charm or something?" Lindsey asked. "I'm rather skilled in Legilimency, I could make her relive the memories." "How did you learn Legilimency, Lily?" Lindsey asked. Lily shrugged. "I thought it might come in handy one day and I taught myself." "Cool. We'll do that then." Christy said, standing up. "Yeah. We have to bring her to her senses!!"
The girl in question was currently being slapped. "You trash! I hope you burn in hell!" Brent yelled in her face. Tears streamed down Kaitlin's face, but she told herself she deserved this. She must've done something wrong, there was definately something wrong with her. He stomped out of the common room. She sat on the couch. Her friends walked in. "Hey guys." she said,not really wanting to see them. They said nothing;they grabbed her by the arms, much to her protest. Kaitlin's bruised face contorted with anger. 'How dare they!' she thought. "Kaitlin, this is for your own good. You don't want us to drag you off but you let a boy beat you into a mass of black and purple bruises?" Lindsey said once they reached an empty classroom and had locked the door. Kaitlin stared at the floor. "You don't understand he loves me-" "No, Kaitlin, he doesn't. If he loves you so much why does he beat you?" Lily interrupted. "I deserve-" "No you don't. No one deserves this. Especially not you." Christy interrupted. "Kaitlin, look in my eyes." Lily said, holding her wand behind her back. Kaitlin slowly looked up. Quick as a flash, Lily had her wand out and had yelled,"Legilimens!" before Kaitlin could respond. Lily saw, and knew Kaitlin was also seeing, flashes of Brent slapping Kaitlin....Brent kicking her, Brent punching her, Brent trying to break her arms and slit her wrists...."NOO!" Kaitlin yelled. She fell to the ground, sobbing. "I didn't...didn't realize...how..how bad it was....why didn't I notice before....please, guys, help me! I'm so scared...." she whispered. The other 3 girls crowded around her and hugged her. "First you need to break up with him." Lily said. Kaitlin stared at her, wide eyed. "No! He'd hurt me for sure!" she said, terrified at the very prospect. Christy stared pointedly at an 8 inch bruise on her arm. "If he does, this is the magical world, and lets just say we have...erm, WAYS, of dealing with him." she said with a small, comforting smile. "Okay." Kaitlin said with renewed confidence. With her friends behind her, nothing could keep her down. Especially not a guy.
Kaitlin approached Brent in the common room after her friends had made sure that no one else was in the room. "Brent, we need to talk." she started. "Baby I'm so-" "Yes, I know, sorry, I've heard it a million times, and I don't want to hear it anymore, 'cause I know you don't mean it." Brent stared at her for a minute, then he stood up, face twisted in fury. "How dare you! After everything we've been through together-" "You mean the verbal abuse and the beatings? This is love?" she said, extending her bruised arm. Brent made a move to slap her,but she pulled out her wand. "Stop there. Brent, it's over. For good." she said, confidence in her voice. He glared at her a minute. "You will regret this. You really will." he said in a low, threatining voice. Still glaring, he walked up to the boys dormitory. Kaitlin whimpered slightly to herself, feeling as if she had done something horribly wrong. She decided she wouldn't tell her friends about his threat. He probably didn't mean it, right?
Kaitlin felt that life was much better without Brent in it. She had gone to Madam Pomfrey and the bruises had been healed in minutes. Her grades were coming back up, and her friends were always with her. One day in Transfiguration, Kaitlin noticed that Peter was again sitting with his old friends, and they seemed in much better moods. They kept whispering and drawing things on a piece of paper. Kaitlin suddenly remember that in a few days it would be a full moon. Ever since the first full moon incidense, her friends had decided not to go on anymore expeditions with them. She didn't know if her friends knew the full moon was coming up or not. They probably didn't care. They had a Quidditch match the next day right after breakfast. Kaitlin finished taking notes, and suddenly felt as if someone was watching her. She often felt this way nowadays. Brent had been scaring her very badly lately. Just before she entered class today he had threatened to torture her "the Muggle way". She didn't know what that was and didn't care to find out very much. She thought her friends were very lucky to have loyal, honest boyfriends who loved them as much as they loved them back. She recalled that they had a date tonight. 'They are so lucky. Look at them with their perfect boyfriends and perfect dates. I wish I could be like them' she thought sadly. The bell rang. She gathered up her stuff. Lately her thoughts had been confused. Why didn't she recognize what he was doing to her earlier? Why did she allow him to beat her? "Don't walk the hallways alone." a voice hissed in her ear. She turned and saw Brent standing menacingly behind her. She ran forward to where her friends were waiting for her. She also didn't tell them about this. She hadn't told them about any of his threats. She didn't want to trouble them. They probably wouldn't care that much....they were too busy with their own lives, which they were currently discussing. "James said they'd be taking us somewhere new tonight! I think they built a new restaraunt in Hogsmeade.....maybe we'll be going there?" Lily was saying. Christy nodded. "I bet that place is beautiful. I think it's called Madam Puddifoot's or something." She giggled. "Sounds like 'padfoot'" she said. Kaitlin remained quiet. 'They won't want to hear my petty problems. They're too happy, I should let them have fun.' So she slapped on a smile and walked to their next class with them, faking happiness and laughter.
LEPOV
Lily grinned at her 3 best friends that night in their dormitory. She was getting ready for the date that night. She was wearing a red shirt and jeans and had thrown her hair in a ponytail. "Tonight will be mucho fun!" she said happily, tossing her head. Christy smiled and yanked her shoe on, flipping backwards over the bed while her friends laughed. She got up from the floor, her black shirt slipping sideways. "Oh shut up." she said, throwing a pillow at Lindsey, who was nearest, and hitching her jeans back up. Lindsey squealed and toppled off the bed to more gales of laughter. She straightened her white shirt and jeans, fixed her converses, then took a flying leap and landed on Christy, who screamed that she was messing up her braided pigtails. She flipped Lindsey off of her, who landed on her back. "Ouch." she whimpered as she clambered to her feet. Lindsey took another daring leap at her, but Christy scrambled out of the way, causing her to land straight on Kaitlin, who had been reading a book for History of Magic. She shrieked as Lindsey flew on her. "ARGH!" Lindsey growled, jumping to her feet. "This is so not over." she said, grinning. Christy shook a finger at her, causing her chain bracelet with a name plate and black spike bracelet to jangle. "Ah ah ah tis wrong to figh-AHH!" Lily giggled as Lindsey jumped on Christy and sent her flying over the bed. 'Those two are such idiots sometimes.' she thought mildly. "Chill you two." she said halfheartedly. "You're going to look messed up for the date." The two stopped in the middle of starting to leap at each other, making them trip and fall and bonk heads. "CRAP!!" they said, fixing their hair with their wands. Kaitlin giggled, thought she didn't feel the laugh in her heart of hearts. Finally the 3 girls were ready and they walked downstairs. "Bye Kaitlin...we will miss you girl!" Christy said, giving her a hug. "Yeah, we will...we'll bring you back a souvenier or something." Lindsey said. The girls took a moment to admire their Christmas presents they had gotten from the guys. Christy had gotten a teddy bear that Sirius had placed a charm on to make it huge, and it took up almost half her bed (perfect pillow size! she had said with a laugh). Lily had gotten a necklace that James had enchanted to always sparkle brilliantly, and Remus had given Lindsey a Quidditch Service Kit, because she lately had become obsessed with her broom. Kaitlin had recieved a stack of books on her favorite topics (Hogwarts and Defense Against the Dark Arts) from Brent. Though she still read them, she scowled whenever she thought of him. Finally her friends walked downstairs, leaving Kaitlin alone to her books. Lily didn't feel comfortable leaving their friend all alone without a boyfriend or even something to look forward to, but there really was nothing she could do about it. She grinned when she saw James and threw her arms around his neck. 'Kaitlin will be fine' she reassured herself as they walked out of the common room. 'She can take care of herself.'
KPOV
Kaitlin watched her friends leave sadly. What she wouldn't give to be joining them! She read her book for about 15 minutes, then got bored and restless and stood up. She stretched and yawned. 'I'll go for a walk I suppose' she thought boredly, grabbing her book and starting for the door. She walked down into the common room and out into the hallway. She didn't really know where she wanted to go; she didn't have to be back till 9:30. It was currently 8:30. She decided to go to the most likely deserted but still open (though it was close to closing time) library. She decided to take the long route out of sheer boredom.
As she walked past the Charms classroom (part of the long way), she thought she heard footsteps behind her. "Lumos." she muttered, pulling her wand out. It was 8:45; the library would be closing soon and she did not want anyone following her at this hour of night while she was unaccomponied. "Hello?" she called out. She heard nothing. 'Must be Mrs.Norris.' she deduced, though still feeling slightly freaked out. She continued walking. After a few minutes she felt certain she heard footsteps, not directly behind her, but as if from behind her and to the side. 'Ok this is freaky.' she thought. She broke into a run, but had barely taken 3 steps when she distinctly heard a familiar male voice say "Expelliarmus!" and her wand flew out of her hand.....into Brents. He stepped from the shadows. "Long time no see Kaitlin." he sneered. "I'd rather not see you, thanks." she said. "Manners, dear, manners." he said, walking towards her. He pocketed her wand. "You won't be needing this." he said, patting the pocket in which he had deposited the wand. She glared at him. 'This cannot be good. I have to get to a teacher's office!' she thought desperately. She tried to run away again, but was soon bound by cords he had shot out of his wand. "If you won't be polite, neither shall I." he snarled. Kaitlin was terrified. 'What is he going to do?' she thought wildly, as Brent levitated her into an empty classroom nearby, an evil smirk on his face. He pointed his wand at the wall, and she felt herself being slammed into it, pinned there. "Ouch! You jacka**!" (a/n:sorry guys I just can't cuss! ^_^;) she yelled. "Tut tut, manners Kaitlin." he said,placing a Silencing Charm on the room. He moved towards her, keeping her pinned on the wall with his wand. With one hand he began to unbutton her jeans. "HELL NO!!!" she screamed, attempting to kick him or at least close her legs, whch she had just noticed were spread apart. "Actually, my dear, hell yes." (a/n:I don't consider hell a cuss word.) "No one ditches me and gets away with it. Especially not you. You're too delicious to let go easily." he said. 'What a loser.' Kaitlin thought. 'He has the worst lines....' But his cheesy lines were not the main object of her train of thought, because he had almost completely succeeded in completely stripping her of her pants. She screamed, and he laughed mirthlessly. "No one can hear you." he said, managing to get the jeans off. "Please, no!!" Kaitlin said desperately, using the only weapon she had left: kindness. He seemed to read her mind. "Kindness won't work, Kaitiln, not at all. You should've been kind while we were dating-" "You're the one that beat the living daylights out of me!" she said angrily. Brent glared at her a moment before saying,"Well thats not my problem, is it?" 'How STUPID!' Kaitlin thought angrily. 'He's really that blind? Oh if I only had my wand...' she thought bitterly. He stripped her of her undergarments. "NO!! NO! NO, NO!!!!!!" she screamed. She tried to kick out, but of course the ropes binding her to the wall were stopping her from doing so. She started to sob uncontrollably.'I'm going to loose my virginity to someone I don't even love!' she thought sadly. "Please don't!! I really don't want to do this with someone I don't love!" she sobbed. Brent glared at her a moment. "Well too bad. You should've thought about that before you decided to screw with me." Kaitlin sobbed harder as he started taking his pants and underwear off...
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Kaitlin sobbed on the ground, bleeding, painfully remembering how ruthlessly he had thrust into her, stealing her virginity without a care. He had left her there to bleed. Slowly, painfully, she got to her feet. Still sobbing, she slowly pulled her undergarments and jeans on. She walked as swiftly as she could, wincing every now and then, to the common room. "Veritaserum," she muttered quietly to the Fat Lady. She poked her head in the common room, and saw the boys heading back upstairs and her friends chatting around the fire. She walked in, then fell to the ground sobbing. They gasped and ran over to her. "Kaitlin, oh no! What happened??" they asked. "He...he..." she choked on a sob, "He raped me." she said quietly. Knowing immediately who she meant by "he", they gasped and grabbed her into a hug. "Oh my gosh, Kaitlin, I'm so sorry!!" they said. They started to cry, too. "How could we have let this happen? We should have reported him to Dumbledore as soon as ya'll broke up!" Christy said,hugging Kaitlin and sobbing hysterically. "We have to tell Dumbledore." Lindsey said simply, wiping her eyes, which were streaming. Kaitlin nodded. "We need to get him expelled." Lily said, her eyes also streaming with tears. "Kaitlin we are so so so sorry!" Lily said, feeling guilty about the feeling she had had before they left on their dates. Kaitlin stood up and hugged her friends more tightly. "I'll be fine, really guys." she said, giving them a weak smile. They gave her a knowing look. "Yeah right, we know you, we are going to Madam Pomfrey, we can't have you getting pregnant or getting AIDS on us now, can we?" Lindsey said. Kaitlin half-hiccuped and half-laughed.
They walked quickly to the hospital wing. Madam Pomfrey took pity on Kaitlin and gave her potions to make sure she didn't get any diseases or anything. She escorted them to Dumbledore's office so Filch didn't unrighteously give them detention. "Sugar Quill." she said, and the gargoyle sprang to life and moved, and they stepped onto the spiraling staircase. When they arrived at Dumbledore's office, Madam Pomfrey knocked on the door, which swung open. Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, gazing into a Pensieve. He looked up. "Yes?" he said, gazing at them intently. Kaitlin took a deep shuddering breath and walked forward. "Professor Dumbledore?" she said. Her friends walked up behind her and put reassuring hands on her shoulder. "B-Brent, you know, in my house and year....he...well...raped me." she finished. Dumbledore nodded. "He will be expelled first thing tomorrow." he said. "Thank you, Miss Hyatt, and my deepest regrets to you. I shall send an owl to your parents immediately." Kaitlin nodded. "Now I think the best thing for you would be sleep." he said, nodding again. "Thank you for escorting these students, Poppy." he said.
The next day, Brent was expelled. Kaitlin actually saw him getting on the train to go home out of her window, and he gazed hatefully at Gryffindor Tower before violently throwing his belongings into the train and stamping on board. 'I'm so glad thats all over!' she thought cheerfully.
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Months passed. Kaitlin now had a new boyfriend, much nicer than Brent, named Trent. The other 3 girls and their boyfriends had very strong relationships, and they all passed their final exams with flying colors. As they sat on the train home, Kaitlin by Trent, Christy inbetween him and Sirius, James and Lily across from them, and Lindsey and Lupin beside them,chatting happily, they remenisced about one of the most eventful years of their lifes.
That summer Voldemort started causing quite a bit of threat. "Nothing much to worry about, nothing we can't handle." the Ministry assured the wizarding community. 7th year was drawing nearer for the Unknowns and the Marauders, and, though they didn't know it, some of the most tragic events of their lives.
A/N: So.......WHAT DID YOU THINK? ^_^ please review, 'twill make me cheery! lol. Thanks to all reviewers,me love you! hee.