Young and Hopeless
Chapter 7
'Jason's Adventure'

A/N: This chapter, let me warn you, is very saddening and not so much humorous. So just read and review and get on with your lives.

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Previous Chapter: "Blimey! Is that the time?" Jason said looking at his watch. "You three best be getting to bed. You start your first session tomorrow and I can't say what it is yet because I don't know. Well good night." Jason went upstairs.

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"Wake them," a voice growled

"But they are sleeping, let them sleep!" Jason argued

"Fine! But wait until I tell the master what you are doing for them," the persons voice hollered.

"Fine!" Jason yelled back

Ruby could hear footsteps going upstairs. She didn't dare open her eyes yet though. She just lay there, not asleep, not awake. After about five minutes she thought to herself 'I think it's safe'.

She opened her eyes and what she saw was so memorable. Jason was sitting there with his elbows on his knees and his chin resting on his hands. He was staring at her with a gaze in his eyes. When he saw that she saw him he quickly turned his head and stared at the wall. Ruby sat up and looked at him.

"That was nice of you to do that," Ruby told him.

"Yeah, you- you really think so?" he said smiling at her. He looked away and the smile faded away.

"Grindlewald's gonna be pissed when he hears what Marius is gonna tell him." Jason said through gritted teeth.

"That was Marius yellin' like that!" Riddle cut in.

"Yeah," Jason sighed

"Man he's a jerk," Riddle said trying to straighten out his hair.

"I know."

"What are you grinning at?" Riddle said now trying to reach an itch on his back.

"Here let me get that," Ruby said giggling and she scratched the itch for him. At once he relaxed.

"Hey Ruby, Riddle," Jason said anxiously

"Yeah?" they replied in chorus

"Well you know how I told you that I didn't wanna come here?"

"Yeah," Ruby said

"Well I lied."

"What do you mean by that?" Riddle asked

"I'm saying that I wanted to come, but Grindlewald tricked me into wanting to."

"Oh," Ruby said

"Well," Jason began. "I was sitting in my room. I was thinking about what had just happened. Me mum was gone I only got to see her at school, she was a substitute teacher at me muggle school. Me dad would beat me because he just plain hated me. When I asked him why he hated me he said 'It is because of that mouth of yours' and then I said 'what is wrong with my mouth?'. He dragged me into the tele room. And told me he was not done with me yet and slammed the door. After about 30 minutes he returned with a whip in hand. He said to me 'You know the drill' and me and me stupid mouth said 'No, I don't know the drill. Should I know it? Because if I should' he cut me off there by grabbing me by the hair. He said 'You'll pay for that laddy' me family is Irish if you haven't already noticed by me Irish brogue. He dragged me into the 'dungeon'. There was a room, a rather small room. It was my room and all that it had was a twin bed with grey sheets on it and on picture of me mum on the wall. The walls and floor were concrete and I had a dust rug in front of me bed. My room was colourless. I only had a small desk on which I would do me frickin muggle homework, and in the corner stood a chair with a tele on it. The tele was good for when I was locked up, but it was a black and white tele so it wasn't much. Well any ways he didn't take me in there. Instead he took me into what I called the Hell Hall. I was yellin and screamin' the whole way. I blurted out so many curses that it wasn't even funny."

"Ooo, Ooo, what did ya say?" Riddle asked excitedly.

Ruby swung her hand but Riddle dodged it by ducking.

"Ha, ha, you missed!" Riddle snickered. Before he could think Ruby smacked him straight in the forehead.

"This is no laughing matter!" Ruby spat. "Go on Jason."

"Anyways," Jason continued. "I yelled many things like: you bas****! Leave me alone! Let me go! Leave me alone! 'SHUT UP' he yelled over and over. I would retort 'F*** you!' every time. We finally reached the bloody room. It had chains on the ceiling and on a wall, along with many straps. There was a table with straps on it and a chair. On one wall stood a shelf with whips, ropes, extra chains, and extra straps. I tell you I was the son of a crazy man. He stripped me down to only me socks and shorts. He chained me to the ceiling by me wrists and he tied me feet together so I couldn't kick. He gagged me and then he wrapped me head in this black fabric. He made it so I could barley breathe. He whipped me about 50 times and left me there. I tried to keep me mind awake but I failed. When I woke I forgot for a second what had happened. Then I remembered and I tried to wriggle out of me chains. Then me dad whipped me and I screamed. He yelled 'shut up you stupid freak!' and then he began to talk to some one. My head was still wrapped so I could only hear small parts of the conversation. I did hear the person ask if I was his son and me dad said 'no I don't have a son'. 'Then who is that?' I heard the guy ask. Me dad said I was a boy who was studying witch craft in the shack out back of the house. Then he told the guy that I tried to cast a spell on him falsely and he just got really annoyed and told me to leave and I wouldn't then I egged his house so he asked who me parents were and I told him I didn't have any. Then he said that is why I was hanging to teach me a lesson. The guy just laughed. At that moment me heart sank. I heard a little whistle like a tea kettle and it turns out me dad let out a sleeping gas. He left me there again. I woke but I wasn't completely awake and I heard me dad talking to a lady. I heard him say he found me like this and the lady said that she would take it from here. I fell back asleep and I woke up in St. Mungo's hospital. I was in a straight blaze (jacket) and I wanted out. I was growing hot and angry at me father. I was in a padded room that was completely white. I was even wearing a white sweat suit- no wonder I was so hot. That was the last straw. I had to get out of there no matter what it took. I stood up it was very hard but I succeeded. I walked over to the door and looked at me self. Me hair was white! I mean completely white!"

Jason's hair is normally light brown which would look burgundy from day to day.

He went on, "I went back over to the wall across from the door and sat down. The only thing I could do really was scream, so I did. I could hear me voice echoing through the halls. A doctor entered the room. 'What do you think you are doing?' he asked. I said 'the only thing I can do scream! I want out of here I am not crazy. These slashes on me back, are from me bloody father! Now get me the hell out of here so I can go back to school!' He just looked at me oddly and then walked out. I could hear him yelling for someone but I don't know just who it was. He came back walking with a female doctor right beside him. 'He must be delusional' the male said. 'Thank you I will take it from here' I heard the female doctor say. Then the door opened and a woman walked in wearing a white lab coat. 'What are you doing?' I said. 'No, no, don't do that!' I yelled. 'It is alright Jason, it will all be over soon,' she said in a soothing voice. 'What do you mean by that?' I yelled. 'Just hold on,' she tried to soothe me again. I tried kicking to get her off of me but that didn't quite work. She just called in help. I tried to fight of the evil people and the needle but I failed. I was struck by the needle and I screamed like bloody hell. I felt drowsy and soon blacked out. I woke up in a bed. It was softer than me bed back home but then it was harder than the beds in the hospital bed. It was completely dark and there was a camera in the corner. I punched the camera and rushed out of the room. I ran as fast as I could until I was far enough away. I heard something beep and I looked down. There was some sort of tracking device on me ankle. I cut it off with a knife that I found and I threw it in the opposite direction. I ran to the park but the gates were locked so I found a place to climb over the wall. I decided that I would be safe there until I would continue me journey in the morn. I was laying there on the bench thinking 'I have to get out of here.' Then a voice in me head said are you sure you want to get away. I answered 'yes'. Then I began to feel drowsy and blacked out. I woke up here the next day.

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A/N: Sorry this took so long. I most likely won't have the eighth posted till next Wednesday. You can look on the weekend of thanxgiving but don't count on it.