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Chapter Seven:

Severus regained consciousness and looked around him. It was dark and smelled like blood and fear. Cold, damp stone walls, that had water and blood from previous beatings or killings trickling down them in little streams, created a circular room. Him and the other students were all chained up by their wrists, their feet dangling a few antagonizing inches above the ground–a ground that if they could just reach would take their full weight off their shoulders and arms. It felt like his shoulders were going to detach from the rest of him any moment, and the pain was almost unbearable. He heard sniffled sobs coming from his left and noticed that Pansy Parkinson had tear stains running down her cheeks. He noticed that almost everyone else was also awake from their slumbered state.

Surveying the room more he saw a chair in the center and an unconscious Leah was tied to it with muggle bonds; he assumed by magical bonds as well. She had blood running down the left side of her face and a large gash in her left temple. Spider-like web patterns could be seen on her forearms from excessive exposure to the Cruciatus curse; he shuddered knowing it took a good ten before the shadow of webs began to show on skin. The picture of her in the chair brought up the memory of the vault and he instantly recognized that this was the same room with a few minor adjustments. Next to Leah was a small table with shackles and chains, and he could only imagine what the Death Eaters were going to use that for.

The sound of a door latch clicking brought his attention to the right side of the room and he noticed a good assembly of Death Eaters enter the room. He could regonize Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus and Bellatrix Lestrange, and the Nott clan. They lined up around the curved wall on the opposite of the room from the prisoners and Bellatrix stood in front of her daughter. She raised her hand and slapped her across the face; Leah's head rolled from the left to the right and settled there. Severus flinched as Bellatrix slapped her until Leah's eyes fluttered open and she straightened her head a little bit.

"I am glad to see you are awake," said Bellatrix, loathing and hatred evident in her voice. Leah did nothing, only stared at her mother, who turned away from the gaze. Silence settled over the room, echoing off the walls, winding its way around everyone in the room, squeezing and pushing the life force from every person present. It was unsettling just hanging there and watching Leah stare hard at her mother's back, not saying a word, her eyes and face devoid of emotion; all of it bottled up inside of her. "Are you not going to talk, child. Do you not understand what you've done wrong?"

This time Leah snapped her gaze down to her lap and held it there, not daring to show her fear or anger or any other emotion that the Death Eaters could use against her. She held her head down, but the tears that trickled down her face did not go unnoticed by anyone present. Each one plopped down and splattered on her torn jeans, the noise slicing through the deafening silence that surrounded them.

"Ah-h, I see we are breaking you my child. Perhaps some more torture will help," said Bellatrix, a smile twisting her features, "only this time, let them see." She motioned to the seven children on the wall and Severus. Severus turned to look at the seven students that were hanging in agony beside him. Pansy still had silent tears running down her cheeks; Hermione and Harry had their faces set forward watching the scene unfold with anger and hatred clouding their eyes; Dean and Neville shuddered every time Bellatrix spoke, and looked anxiously around at the Death Eaters; Blaise seemed to have passed out from the pain; and Draco looked as if he was about to overcome pain, break loose from his chains, and kill every single person in the room.

He turned his attention back to Leah when he heard a strangled cry come from her direction. The magical bonds on her were being lifted by Rodolphus, but the ropes remained in place. Realization hit Severus as the ropes on her feet and hands were pulled out taut and her limbs spread. Bellatrix pointed at three random Death Eaters who he couldn't identify who walked over, glee on their faces from what they were about to do. Bellatrix turned to Lucius and whispered something in his ear. He disappeared through the door for a moment and came back with none other than Jackson Mable, supposed best friend and flat mate of Leah's. Her eyes widened with understanding and tears flowed freely down her cheeks as he strolled over and crouched next to her.

"Hi, love. Bet you didn't expect this, did you? I am guessing not," he smiled with contempt down at the girl on the floor, and began slowly unbuttoning her shirt. "The Dark Lord was able to offer me much, much more than Mr. Grafton or you ever could. With the potion you invented he will be more unstoppable than before. You are a genius Leah, I never doubted that, however, your stupidity as to not to catch my real identity did amaze me." He slid the shirt off her shoulders and exposed more spider-web designs that cris-crossed across her stomach and chest. "However, there is one thing I have always wanted from you. Something I always thought you would be quite good for." Her eyes widened in shock and she attempted to scream, but the spell on her prevented it. His hands slid down to her waist line as he slowly undid her pants, and slid them off; her legs also covered with marks of the Cruciatus curse.

He turned to Bellatrix. "Take the Silencing Charm off of her; I want to hear her scream." Bellatrix did as she was told, but Leah had her mouth clenched shut against all odds. "For you, Leah, there is no pain relieving potion, no way to get yourself out of this ordeal, and I am honored to be your first." With that he took off his own clothes and stood over her naked and bent down and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I always loved you Leah, I am sorry it had to be this way." With that he entered her, hard and fast, breaking past her barriers. Her screams filled the vault and caused everyone present to shudder, even the Death Eaters. Severus tried to scream out, wanted to make them stop, but the charms placed on him prevented him from doing anything useful, so he watched. He watched as his beloved Leah, a girl he had sworn to protect was hurt and tortured in the worst way. He watched as man after man violated her, laughing about the control they gained for a few moments from harming a mere girl.

When they were done, they left her there, in a pool of blood showing that she really was a virgin. Bellatrix looked down on her unconscious daughter and spat upon her pale and torn body. "You were worthless, Leah; you brought shame to our family. Leave them all here to rot." The Death Eaters filed out of the room, casting final glances at Leah's mangled body and the prisoners on the wall. Only when the door had shut and darkness consumed and twisted its way around everyone's body, into every corner and crack of the vault, did Severus give into the pain and allow himself to fall into a relaxed state of unconsciousness.

A/N: Amazing how I still want your reviews...just to let me know you read it.