In a compartment near the front of the train, Draco Malfoy was holding on to Hermione's hair while Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle stood by the doorway. Malfoy had decided to get even with Harry Potter and decided the best way to do that was through Harry's girlfriend.
"I'm gonna make you scream in pleasure and your dear Saint Potter won't be able to do anything," Malfoy said.
Hermione whimpered as tears fell down her cheeks. Once she had finished talking with Padma, after the prefect's meeting, she had started going back to the compartment Harry was in but Draco Malfoy had appeared out of nowhere and dragged her into a compartment. Once inside, he had taken her wand and left it on one side while his idiotic bodyguards who stood at the door to prevent intruders. She had a bad feeling he was going to do something to her.
"Aww, will you look at that, Granger is crying all because Saint Potter isn't here to save the day like he normally is," Malfoy said. He then stopped and pulled down his pants while he ripped off Hermione's top and started to fondle her breasts. "Do you like that Granger?" he asked sneeringly.
Hermione continued to feel the tears fall down the side of her face. She looked up to see Crabbe and Goyle watching her and laughing. Malfoy was also laughing and he had a sick smile on his face. He continued to fondle her breasts and started to kiss her. By now, Crabbe and Goyle were letting out howls of laughter which Malfoy heard.
"I'll let both of you have a shot at Granger before we return her to Potter. Once I marry Granger, this will be common," Malfoy said, pulling down her pants and continuing to kiss her.
Malfoy then grabbed Hermione's hair and threw her down onto a chair. He moved closer to her and was about to have sex with her anally when the glass from the door shattered and both Crabbe and Goyle fell to the floor unconscious.
"What the fuck just happened?" Malfoy asked, looking up in disbelief only to see Harry in the doorway.
"Malfoy, get your damn hands off her," Harry said angrily.
"What if I refuse to? I think Granger has such a wonderful body and feel that she should share it with me and not you" Malfoy replied, smiling smugly.
Harry looked as if he wanted to tear Malfoy apart with his bare hands. Instead he took a deep breath and looked as if he was going to leave but quickly turned around with his wand at ready.
"What the fuck are you going to do now Potter?" Malfoy asked in a taunting tone.
Harry walked closer to Malfoy until both of them were inches away from each other. Both stared each other in the eye, the hatred they had for one another was evident. Harry then punched Malfoy in the face and continued to punch him even when he was on the ground. Finally after several minutes, Harry got off Malfoy and went over to where Hermione was lying on the ground. He looked at her and then felt a rush of anger toward Malfoy.
He moved over to help Hermione get dressed and after she had gotten dressed, he held her in his arms as she continued to cry. As they were about to leave, Malfoy got up and blocked the doorway.
"Malfoy, get the fuck out of my way," Harry said angrily.
"What if I refuse to do so?" he asked, blood dripping down his face.
Harry looked thoughtful for a minute. By now, several students were watching this encounter between Harry and Malfoy, interested to see what would happen. Harry took Hermione's hand and was going to walk away with her before Malfoy spoke again.
"What's the matter Potter? Leaving so soon are we? I just want you to know that I made Granger ripe for picking."
With a fast lightning reaction, Harry rushed over to Malfoy and began punching him senseless once again. Several of the younger students let out screams of excitement but several older students including Ron, Ernie MacMillan and Justin Finch-Finley broke up the fight.
"I'll fucking kill you for that Potter!" Malfoy yelled, making a throat-cutting gesture with his right hand while being restrained.
"Bring it Malfoy, you don't stand a fucking chance against me," Harry replied as he was restrained by Ron and Justin Finch-Finley.
"I'll get you again somehow Potter," Malfoy yelled.
"Bring it on asshole, I'll be ready to beat your fucking ass yet again," Harry said.
"Okay gents, break it up," Ernie MacMillan said in a loud booming voice.
Ron and Justin let go of Harry who grabbed Hermione's hand then started to head back to their compartment. As they were walking, Malfoy made another throat-cutting gesture and Harry responded by sticking up his middle finger at him then walked away. He led Hermione past the crowd of onlookers and went back to the compartment he had originally been in. Once he got there with Hermione, she fell onto a chair and started to cry.
"What happened?" Ginny asked.
Harry looked at Hermione who was still crying and put his arms around her. To his surprise, Hermione looked up to see who it was before she cried into his shoulder. Normally, she had known that he was the one who would put his arms around her but now Malfoy had as well, Harry didn't want to think about it. He looked up only to see that Ginny, Neville and Luna were all looking at him curiously. He was going to reply, however Ron came in.
"I'm so sorry that I returned so late Luna," he said, sitting next to Luna and wrapping an arm around her.
"That's okay Ronald. We were waiting for Harry to explain what happened to Hermione," Luna said in her usual dream-like manner.
Harry took a deep breath, "I found that Malfoy had taken off Hermione's clothes and started to fondle her breasts. He was going to rape her, but I got there and managed to stop him."
Ginny, Neville and Luna gasped after Harry spoke and Ron looked extremely angry. Harry looked over at Hermione and continued to try and comfort her. Silence fell in the compartment before Ron spoke.
"That fucking son of a bitch! I'll fucking kill that damn asshole," Ron said.
"I agree with you there Ron. Malfoy has been aggressive to us for so long and we haven't really done anything to retaliate the situation," Neville said.
Ginny looked extremely angry and looked like she wanted to beat up Malfoy with her bare hands. Instead she spoke in a calm voice. "Harry, Ron, maybe we can get revenge on Malfoy during the Quidditch match against Slytherin."
"You know, I have always wanted to try a Wronski Feint ever since I saw Krum do it in the World Cup," Harry said.
"That's good then maybe you can do it and cause Malfoy to get hurt badly and then we can blow out Slytherin by two hundred points," Ron said.
"That would be cool," Ginny said.
"Harry, I'm scared," Hermione whispered.
"Why are you scared Hermione?" he asked.
"Harry, you saw what Malfoy did to me before. It made me feel weak and unimportant," she said.
"Hermione, you are not weak and you are definitely not unimportant. Don't worry about Malfoy, I'll get him back for you, don't worry."
"Harry, thanks for being my knight in shining armor," she said, hugging him and smiling.
"Are you okay after what happened before?" he asked her, the concern evident on his face.
"Harry, I just want to thank you for saving me from Malfoy. Without you I don't know what he would have done with me, so I just want you to know that I appreciate you looking for me," she said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Hermione, you know that I will always try my best to protect you from assholes like Malfoy."
Hermione merely smiled and put her head on his shoulder. Within minutes she had fallen asleep and Harry fell asleep shortly after. Later, after a somewhat peaceful sleep, Harry felt someone shake his shoulder. He looked up and saw it was Ron shaking his shoulder while Ginny was doing the same to Hermione.
"Harry, Hermione, we're almost at Hogwarts. You might want to get changed now," Ron said.
"Uhh, thanks Ron," Harry said groggily.
Within minutes both Harry and Hermione had placed their robes over their clothes and were ready to depart and head toward Hogwarts. After the train had come to a stop, all the students got off and went into nearby carriages. Harry got into a carriage with Hermione, Ron, Luna, Neville and Ginny; they spent the trip to Hogwarts sitting in silence, each of them thinking. After reaching the Hogwarts grounds, they got off only to see Draco Malfoy and his two bodyguards standing by their carriage.
"Well, well it's Saint Potter and his little fan club," Malfoy said.
"Malfoy shut your fucking mouth," Ron said.
"If it isn't the Weasels, Longbottom, Loony Lovegood, the whore Granger and Potter himself," Malfoy said.
"Malfoy, what the hell do you want?" Harry asked.
Malfoy glared angrily at Harry before he turned and walked into the Great Hall. Harry glared angrily at his retreating back before he felt someone place a restraining hand on his chest. He turned around and saw that it was Hermione and she looked concerned.
"Harry, don't start anything with Malfoy this early in the year," she said, the look in her eyes pleading with him to ignore Malfoy.
Harry cast one more glance at Malfoy before he walked into the Great Hall. When he sat down at the Gryffindor table, he immediately received a note. Opening the note, he saw that it was from Professor McGonagall and it said that she wanted to see him in her office after dinner.
"Who's the note from?" Hermione asked.
"Oh, it's from McGonagall, she wants to see me in her office after dinner," he said.
"Ooh, Harry, you got into trouble already," she said jokingly.
Harry merely scowled at her and waited for the sorting to begin. Shortly afterwards, Professor McGonagall walked in with several first years who Harry thought were extremely short compared to him.
"Hermione, don't the first years seem to be a little short since I certainly was not that short in my first year?" he said.
"Oh stop it, Harry," she said, slapping his arm lightly.
Half an hour later the Sorting was finished. There had been fifty new first years and most of them seemed nervous before the Sorting. Twenty of the first years had gone to Hufflepuff, ten had gone to Gryffindor, fifteen had gone to Ravenclaw and only five had gone to Slytherin. After the Sorting was finished, students started to chat with each other until they saw Professor Dumbledore stand up at the staff table. Dumbledore raised his hands for silence and everybody quickly became quiet.
"Welcome all, to another glorious year at Hogwarts! There will be a time and place for talking but with our tummies growling, this is not the time," Dumbledore said.
Food suddenly appeared in the middle of each of the House tables. As Harry waited to scoop some mashed potatoes, he made eye contact with Draco Malfoy. Both of them glared at each other, the hatred evident among their faces. All of a sudden, it seemed as if they were the only two in the Great Hall. Malfoy made another throat-cutting gesture before turning away. Harry turned away and saw that most of the Gryffindors were staring at him, the concern evident on their faces.
"Harry, what happened before?" Ron asked.
"Nothing," Harry said, and returned to eat.
After everyone was done eating with the feast, Dumbledore stood up at the staff table again. He then began to speak.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Please be advised that the Forbidden Forest is off-limits to all students and first year students cannot have their own brooms. I would also like to introduce the newest member of the faculty who unfortunately, cannot join us tonight. The new Defense of the Dark Arts teacher is Professor Lupin," Dumbledore said.
After Professor Dumbledore made this announcement, many of the older students started to applaud. Most of them had remembered Professor Lupin as the best Defense teacher they had ever had. Excited murmurs could be heard throughout the Great Hall from many different students, each of them excited by the return of Professor Lupin. The rumors died down however, when Dumbledore raised his hands again.
"Prefects, please lead the new first year students up to the dormitories. I bid everybody a good night," he said.
Once Professor Dumbledore dismissed everyone from dinner, Harry went to Professor McGonagall's office and knocked.
"Come in," Professor McGonagall said.
Harry entered the room and then spoke. "Professor, you wanted to see me?" he asked nervously.
Professor McGonagall looked up and traces of a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth. "Potter, I have some news that may be of great interest to you," she said.
"Is this going to be something that I want to hear or is it some bad news Professor?" he asked.
"Potter, as you may know, last year's Quidditch captain, Miss Angelina Johnson, graduated last June. Before she left, she named you as the person to succeed her as captain. That along with the fact that Miss Alicia Spinnet and Miss Katie Bell also graduated in June has made me decide to offer you the job of Quidditch captain," she said.
Harry thought about the news for a minute. This was something he did not expect Professor McGonagall to say. He could hardly believe it. The job of Quidditch captain could be his if he accepted the offer. After thinking about it some more, he decided to see if there could be co-captains of the team.
"Well, Potter? What do you say to my offer?" she asked.
"Professor, I would like to accept your offer but I can't. I think that for the Gryffindor Quidditch team to be successful, we must have co-captains," he said.
"Well, Mr. Potter, who do you propose to be your co-captains?" she asked.
Harry thought for a minute before he spoke. "I think that I should be co-captain along with Ginny and Ron Weasley."
"Very well then, I will give each of you your badges tomorrow or whenever we meet. You may leave Potter," she said.
Harry left Professor McGonagall's office in disbelief. He could hardly believe what he had just heard. Ideas were already starting to float in his head. Ever since he had started playing Quidditch, he had always thought of it as a team game and no player was more important than the other. Now Gryffindor would have three co-captains and they would walk onto the field as a team, not as individual players. Harry was outside the Charms corridor when he ran into two Slytherins with Prefect badges on their robes.
"If it isn't Harry Potter," Daphne Greengrass said in greeting.
"Oh, erm hi," he said.
"Harry, we have a proposal that will benefit the both of us," another student Harry remembered was Annie Buckett said, tucking a loose strand of blonde hair behind her ear.
"What type of proposal is it?" he asked.
"We feel that because of Draco Malfoy and his idiotic tactics, Slytherin house has developed a bad reputation. However, not all Slytherins are evil. We heard that you started a club that taught defensive spells and we want to join. If you allow us to join, we will spy on Slytherins and tell you if they have shown an intention to become a Deatheater," Daphne said.
"I have no problem with the two of you joining. I'll tell you when the first meeting is and know that we have ways to make sure that you're not supporting Voldemort," he said.
"Wait, so you'll let us join?" Annie asked.
"Yeah, I mean I see it as you're either for or against Voldemort regardless of your house, gender and all that other stuff," he said.
"Wow, thank you so much Harry," Daphne said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Yeah, thanks a lot Harry," Annie said, kissing his other cheek.
"Oh, and Harry? There's something else we want to tell you since you seem to be a nice gentleman," Daphne said.
"Um, okay. What is it?" he asked.
Daphne and Annie grabbed each other's hands. They moved forward and kissed each other on the lips. After several seconds of kissing, they separated and looked at Harry.
"You're telling me that both of you are lesbians?" he asked, surprised.
"Well yeah," Annie said.
"I'm okay with that, I really could care less about your private lives," he said.
"Well thanks Harry. Goodnight," they said, heading back toward their common room.
'Well this has been one long and fucked up day' he thought, heading back to the Gryffindor tower.
A/N: I apologize for what happened before but hey, I need to justify the rating. If you thought the profanity was bad, you should hear me speak. I can barely go a sentence without cursing (although I try to tone down around women and children). Please read and review. Thank you very much.