Well, I am very excited about the positive response to this story. thanks
everyone!! Not sure where it's going, I have some hazy ideas.. I'm as
clear as Trelawney on where this is going to lead, but that's OK.
Remember, bother is not mine, nor is beloved SEV (bless his outraged soul)
nor any of the HP gang.
Enjoy!
Slipped
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Ginny's terrifies screams rocked the train. There was blood seeping out from under the door of the third compartment before the loo, and there was a lot of it. A pool formed in the middle of the passageway, and she dared not attempt to step over it. She was frozen in her fear, first thoughts turning to Voldemorte. was this the work of a Death Eater? The next logical thing was to start screaming, and scream she did. Ginny Weasley stood there petrified as the most horrendous shrieks filled the train, causing all compartment doors to be flung open, many of them exploding the glass panes on impact.
The narrow hall was soon filled with students of all sizes ages and houses, and all of them stood there staring at the shrieking red-haired girl. Her cries also brought a flood of Gryffindors rushing from their area at the front of the train, and Ron and Harry bullied their way to the front of the crowd.
"Cor blimey Ron, it looks like Ginny!"
"Bloody Hell Harry, it IS Ginny!"
Elbowing through the other students, Ron had his hands on the now catatonic girl's shoulders. Shaking her roughly, he tried to get her to express what was wrong. She shakingly just pointed at the floor, and whispered "That's Hermione's compartment. Mum left her there to rest just and the train was about to pull out." With that, she flung herself into Ron's arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
Pointing to Seamus Finnegan, Harry lowered his voice and simply said "Find a teacher, now!" He reached across to the compartment door handle, only to find it locked. Drawing his wand, he cried out "Alohamora!" and then pulled at the handle to open it. Only it wouldn't budge.
"What it bloody hell is this all about?" he cried out in exasperation. Drawing his arm back further to a dueling position, he brought his arm down with more force and let the panic enter his voice slightly.
"ALOHAMORA! Dammit!"
The door shook under the impact of the spell, yet there was no tell-tale click of the lock. As he pushed on the door again, Harry could tell the incantation had been useless. He drew back one more time to attempt a different and more powerful spell to shatter the door, but found a hand grabbing his wrist as the students all parted way for the formidable figure.
"Professor Snape! Sir! Please, something's terribly wrong in there! We need to get in and save her. Hermione.." The black haired boy's voice broke as he found himself speechless at the repercussions of the scene. Looking down disparagingly at the boy and the ever growing mess behind him, the best Potions Master Hogwarts had ever seen took over the situation in classic style.
"Everyone other than Potter and the two Weasleys go back to your respective compartments immediately. You will remain there until the train pulls into Hogwarts Platform or you will be EXTREMELY SORRY! 100 house points taken for anyone found in the train passageway for the duration of the trip. no EXCEPTIONS!" Snape glowered menacingly at the sea of children blocking the exits.
"GO NOW!!!" With that, he turned to the door and muttered. "I think a little proper old-fashioned brute strength might be in order here. Stand back!" With that, Severus drew his robes sleeve down over his right fist, brought it back and smashed through the opaque glass on the door. He had to put all his weight behind the punch as the glass was charmed to be shatterproof. students were very talented at door slamming it seemed. He then reached down inside carefully avoiding the shard of glass left clinging to the edges of the sill, though stepping directly in the mess which had oozed out underneath.
"Wait here." He told the stunned children and then entered the compartment without a word.
Draco Malfoy had stood back surveying the scene and walked past Potter closely followed by his lackeys Crabbe and Goyle. His eyebrows were raised and he had a shocked expression on his pale peaked face.
"Granger? Granger the Mudblood made all this mess? Who ever would have thought that Miss Perfect could do any wrong?"
"I'm surprised it's red. I quite expected it to be a drastically different colour." Malfoy drawled, careful to avoid the crimson puddle on the floor. "Wouldn't want to sully my good dragon hide shoes now, would I?"
This time, before he could stop himself, Ron had drawn back and landed a fist square into Draco's pointy little nose. Fast as lightning, before the two goons could react, Ron pulled his wand from his robe pockets and pointed it at the bloodied Slytherin.
"Eat shit Malfoy!"
Malfoy dropped his hands from his nose to his mouth and ran for it. He had turned a wicked shade of green, as unlike the episode in second year, Ron's wand did not malfunction.
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While the drama went on it the train hall, Severus Snape faced a greater human drama in the cramped compartment. There was, quite literally, blood everywhere. The girl was crumpled on the floor, lying where she had landed after falling off the bench. There was so much blood that Severus was shocked to reach over and find a thready pulse running down the blood- encrusted neck. She had been bleeding a long time. some of it had congealed and was sticking to her face, robes and skin. In fact, the left side of her shirt and jeans were saturated in it.
"I don't DO healing charms, little girl."he growled under his breath as he picked her cautiously off the slippery floor and placed her up on the bench. "How I am supposed to save you when more of your blood is on the floor than in your body? And where are you bleeding from?" He tore a large thick strip of black velvet from his robes, and locating the source of the bleeding, bound her forearm tightly.
"Foolish child, FOOLISH CHILD! There is more to it than this girl, and I for one will not allow you to die while I am here! New Prefect tries to commit suicide on the train and the only person they can find to help is me? How DO these things wind up this way?"
Snape looked at the waxy complexion and the shallow breathing. Running his wand over her face, he muttered a quick cleansing spell so he could better assess her state. He was shocked to note that the girl had grown far more attractive over the summer, and again he wondered at what would have driven her to this. He didn't know any of the medical spells to heal her arms, but placed a sealing charm over both of them to prevent any further blood loss until he could get her back to the infirmary.
Stepping out into the swaying train's hall, Snape briefly informed the three horrified students there that Hermione would be disapparated directly to Hogwarts infirmary, the only apparition location on the entire 100 acre property, and that they could come and see the girl there.
"She's had an unfortunate accident" he spat out through clenched lips. "Good work. Your actions Potter... sending someone for a teacher. was admirable. Possibly you have saved her."
With a final nod, he left the distraught Gryffindors and returned to the compartment with the reek of her blood making even his steel nerves nauseated, Severus Snape gathered the limp Gryffindor in his arms and murmured the disapparating spell, adding on to the end "Merlin be with us."
Slipped
You don't need to bother;
I don't need to be
I'll keep slipping farther
But once I hold on,
I won't let go 'til it bleeds
Ginny's terrifies screams rocked the train. There was blood seeping out from under the door of the third compartment before the loo, and there was a lot of it. A pool formed in the middle of the passageway, and she dared not attempt to step over it. She was frozen in her fear, first thoughts turning to Voldemorte. was this the work of a Death Eater? The next logical thing was to start screaming, and scream she did. Ginny Weasley stood there petrified as the most horrendous shrieks filled the train, causing all compartment doors to be flung open, many of them exploding the glass panes on impact.
The narrow hall was soon filled with students of all sizes ages and houses, and all of them stood there staring at the shrieking red-haired girl. Her cries also brought a flood of Gryffindors rushing from their area at the front of the train, and Ron and Harry bullied their way to the front of the crowd.
"Cor blimey Ron, it looks like Ginny!"
"Bloody Hell Harry, it IS Ginny!"
Elbowing through the other students, Ron had his hands on the now catatonic girl's shoulders. Shaking her roughly, he tried to get her to express what was wrong. She shakingly just pointed at the floor, and whispered "That's Hermione's compartment. Mum left her there to rest just and the train was about to pull out." With that, she flung herself into Ron's arms and sobbed uncontrollably.
Pointing to Seamus Finnegan, Harry lowered his voice and simply said "Find a teacher, now!" He reached across to the compartment door handle, only to find it locked. Drawing his wand, he cried out "Alohamora!" and then pulled at the handle to open it. Only it wouldn't budge.
"What it bloody hell is this all about?" he cried out in exasperation. Drawing his arm back further to a dueling position, he brought his arm down with more force and let the panic enter his voice slightly.
"ALOHAMORA! Dammit!"
The door shook under the impact of the spell, yet there was no tell-tale click of the lock. As he pushed on the door again, Harry could tell the incantation had been useless. He drew back one more time to attempt a different and more powerful spell to shatter the door, but found a hand grabbing his wrist as the students all parted way for the formidable figure.
"Professor Snape! Sir! Please, something's terribly wrong in there! We need to get in and save her. Hermione.." The black haired boy's voice broke as he found himself speechless at the repercussions of the scene. Looking down disparagingly at the boy and the ever growing mess behind him, the best Potions Master Hogwarts had ever seen took over the situation in classic style.
"Everyone other than Potter and the two Weasleys go back to your respective compartments immediately. You will remain there until the train pulls into Hogwarts Platform or you will be EXTREMELY SORRY! 100 house points taken for anyone found in the train passageway for the duration of the trip. no EXCEPTIONS!" Snape glowered menacingly at the sea of children blocking the exits.
"GO NOW!!!" With that, he turned to the door and muttered. "I think a little proper old-fashioned brute strength might be in order here. Stand back!" With that, Severus drew his robes sleeve down over his right fist, brought it back and smashed through the opaque glass on the door. He had to put all his weight behind the punch as the glass was charmed to be shatterproof. students were very talented at door slamming it seemed. He then reached down inside carefully avoiding the shard of glass left clinging to the edges of the sill, though stepping directly in the mess which had oozed out underneath.
"Wait here." He told the stunned children and then entered the compartment without a word.
Draco Malfoy had stood back surveying the scene and walked past Potter closely followed by his lackeys Crabbe and Goyle. His eyebrows were raised and he had a shocked expression on his pale peaked face.
"Granger? Granger the Mudblood made all this mess? Who ever would have thought that Miss Perfect could do any wrong?"
"I'm surprised it's red. I quite expected it to be a drastically different colour." Malfoy drawled, careful to avoid the crimson puddle on the floor. "Wouldn't want to sully my good dragon hide shoes now, would I?"
This time, before he could stop himself, Ron had drawn back and landed a fist square into Draco's pointy little nose. Fast as lightning, before the two goons could react, Ron pulled his wand from his robe pockets and pointed it at the bloodied Slytherin.
"Eat shit Malfoy!"
Malfoy dropped his hands from his nose to his mouth and ran for it. He had turned a wicked shade of green, as unlike the episode in second year, Ron's wand did not malfunction.
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While the drama went on it the train hall, Severus Snape faced a greater human drama in the cramped compartment. There was, quite literally, blood everywhere. The girl was crumpled on the floor, lying where she had landed after falling off the bench. There was so much blood that Severus was shocked to reach over and find a thready pulse running down the blood- encrusted neck. She had been bleeding a long time. some of it had congealed and was sticking to her face, robes and skin. In fact, the left side of her shirt and jeans were saturated in it.
"I don't DO healing charms, little girl."he growled under his breath as he picked her cautiously off the slippery floor and placed her up on the bench. "How I am supposed to save you when more of your blood is on the floor than in your body? And where are you bleeding from?" He tore a large thick strip of black velvet from his robes, and locating the source of the bleeding, bound her forearm tightly.
"Foolish child, FOOLISH CHILD! There is more to it than this girl, and I for one will not allow you to die while I am here! New Prefect tries to commit suicide on the train and the only person they can find to help is me? How DO these things wind up this way?"
Snape looked at the waxy complexion and the shallow breathing. Running his wand over her face, he muttered a quick cleansing spell so he could better assess her state. He was shocked to note that the girl had grown far more attractive over the summer, and again he wondered at what would have driven her to this. He didn't know any of the medical spells to heal her arms, but placed a sealing charm over both of them to prevent any further blood loss until he could get her back to the infirmary.
Stepping out into the swaying train's hall, Snape briefly informed the three horrified students there that Hermione would be disapparated directly to Hogwarts infirmary, the only apparition location on the entire 100 acre property, and that they could come and see the girl there.
"She's had an unfortunate accident" he spat out through clenched lips. "Good work. Your actions Potter... sending someone for a teacher. was admirable. Possibly you have saved her."
With a final nod, he left the distraught Gryffindors and returned to the compartment with the reek of her blood making even his steel nerves nauseated, Severus Snape gathered the limp Gryffindor in his arms and murmured the disapparating spell, adding on to the end "Merlin be with us."