Draco tried to keep them both standing as they touched down in the reception area, but they both went crashing to the floor. Draco stood immediately pulling Hermione up after him, she still hadn't said anything and he was incredibly worried. It was a good thing he was so caught up in what he was doing, so he couldn't see the many faces that were staring curiously at him, although one had a livid look on his face as they got to their feet.

"WHAT..." He started, "Do you think you are doing?"

"Getting Hermione to the hospital" He replied rushing past the man to the reception window, "We need to see a healer immediately"

"And why do you think that you have priority to all these people waiting patiently for a healer" Said the Welcome Witch.

"Because my girlfriend, Hermione Granger" He started before lowering his voice, "Has been raped and beaten"

At the sound of Hermione's name the witch sat bolt upright, they were, after all, famous in the wizarding world.

"Well you'll need to head this way", she said opening the door of the reception area, "It leads to physical and mental injuries"

Draco helped Hermione through the doorway, and led her into a white corridor.

"Where the hell are we?" Draco cursed.

"Can I help you?" Said a stern voice from behind him, he turned to see a witch in her late 20's looking concerned at Hermione's state.

"Yes, my girlfriend has been raped and beaten" Said Draco steadily,

"And it's all my fault" He thought

"Well you'll need to come through here, I'll check her over" She lead him into the room opposite, Draco didn't notice anything about the room, only Hermione.

"Can you wait outside please?"

"Do I have to?"

"Yes you do"

Draco walked moodily outside, black robes billowing behind him. He paced the corridor repeatedly only thinking of Hermione, while inside the room Hermione was being prodded and poked by numerous objects. She still hadn't said a word, she couldn't speak, her world, in her opinion had fallen apart. She still had Draco but at this point in time it wasn't enough for her. She didn't blame him for what his uncle had done, but she was angry at the prejudices that the two of them had come up against during their relationship. No one had accepted their relationship in the beginning, she knew it would be harder for them, but she didn't realize people would be so against it. Harry and Ron had come round eventually, but Draco hadn't been so lucky, many of his friends had rejected him, his father and other family members had disowned him as a Malfoy, why did it have to be so hard for them?

"Ma'am can you please tell me what happened"

Hermione didn't answer, she couldn't instead she just lay there, staring at the ceiling.

"Maybe some sleep would do you good" The healer commented.

Hermione although her physical pain was better, her nose had been healed, her cuts and bruises were healed but her pain went right to her core, she didn't think she would ever recover, life was simply too painful for her.

She drank the potion the healer had given her and curled up to sleep.

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"You can go see her now, I've given her a dreamless sleep potion" The healer said to a still pacing Draco.

Draco immediately went to her bedside and held her hand as she slept, every now and then kissing her hand and whispering his apologies.

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A/N this still isn't finished so don't stress, next chapter up in the next few days.