Year 2: Chapter 30

With a last kiss goodbye Amanda headed for her common room, she only had five minutes until the exam started and she couldn't afford to be late.

She ran through the corridors and then as she was coming to the last one somebody grabbed her. Before she could scream she felt warm breath against her ear and a voice she had known all her life

"I just saw what happened back there and I hope you have a good reason to be kissing a Mudblood."

Amanda tried to struggle but the older boy held her tight, she was unable to move with his hands holding her so firmly.

"It's none of your business what I get up to with my boyfriend thank you very much."

"BOYFRIEND! Amanda what is wrong with you, he's a Mudblood. You can't date him and even if he were pure you couldn't because you're promised already."

"I don't care if he's not a pureblood and so what if I'm promised so are you, it doesn't stop you from doing what you do!"

The boy spun Amanda around so she was facing him, she couldn't even see his face though she was held so closely to his chest. To a passer-by it would look like an embrace of passion of needing but it was nothing like that.

"You are a Dixon Amanda. This will spread and then what will happen people will look at us funny after all its not only you. There's your brother and sister, then Severus and what about me!"

"Lucius go to hell, I don't care about you or the family."

"Hell is reserved for Mudbloods and mudblood lovers, it's where you'll end up if you're not careful."

"I'd rather be in hell with people that don't judge than in heaven with the likes of you!"

She spat the words out and a moment later a fist impacted with her face. It was the first sign of Lucius' true colours and what simple beliefs can do even to close family.

Her body hit the floor and blood trickled from her nose. Her eyes were watering but she refused to let them spill over. He stepped above her leaning over looking at her.

"You will end it now Amanda won't you."

"No! I don't have to do what you say."

She coiled up in pain as his foot impacted with her stomach, pain shot throughout her body but still she refused the tears that should have spilled over.

"You will end it won't you Amanda."

She heard the voices of the second year Gryffindors leaving the common room and knew her exam was starting, she locked eyes with Lucius knowing he wouldn't let her leave until he heard what it was he wanted to hear.

She nodded her head to indicate that it would be over and watched as he smirked at her.

"You better hide those bruises people will ask questions."

A single tear left her eyes as she took her wand from her pocket and pointed it at her face.

"Oncealcay ontusioncay" (A/N: Conceal contusion)

She felt a tingling through her face and the blood disappeared along with the makings of her black eye. She heard Lucius mutter the same curse at her stomach as he moved into the shadows.

"Miss Dixon is that you?"

Amanda looked up at her head of house and prayed the tears in her voice wouldn't show.

"Yes Professor McGonagall"

"Well what are you doing on the floor, you have an exam to sit."

"Sorry Professor, my bag just broke I was picking my things up."

"Very well, join the others."

Amanda watched her walk off and the girls indicated for her to follow, her eyes met Lucius' before she turned and went to take her exam.