Chapter 24-

AN I told you that I would update soon…Here it is…

"I am going to KILL YOU!" her father yelled as he charged at her.

Hermione screamed and began running for her life. "DRACO!"

As Hermione ran, she tried to think of something, anything that would save her life. Unfortunately, the fear was beginning to overcome her as it had so many times before. The fear seemed to cloud her mind and prevent her from thinking clearly. All that she could think was run…she knew one thing, if she stopped, that would be the end of it. He would catch her and he would eventually kill her. So, she ran. She ran as fast as she could.

Then she heard something moving next to her. She turned her head to see what it was, and the result surprised her. It was a baby unicorn. The unicorn was running along side of her about ten feet away.

Hermione watched the galloping unicorn and memories began flashing through her head. She remembered the first time that she saw a unicorn and all of her thoughts revolved around happiness. As these thoughts began flowing through her head the happiness pushed away the fear. Then one of the memories reminded her of one very important fact, she was a witch. A very good witch as a matter of fact. She stopped running in a clearing and turned, wand out and pointed.

A few seconds later, her father came into the clearing. As soon as he saw her he froze. He looked shocked for a second before a smirk spread across his face.

"Ah, how cute. Are you going to kill your father?" he asked, totally sure of the answer.

"No, dad. I am not going to kill you." she replied, voice getting steadier by the minute.

"That is what I thought, now give me that." he said, holding his hand out as he began moving closer.

"No." Hermione replied.

"Give it to me NOW!" he said moving closer still.

"STOP!" she yelled, causing the other man to pause for a moment but continued moving with a smile. "I SAID STOP!" Hermione yelled, holding her wand more steadily.

Yet again, the man froze but didn't stop. This caused Hermione to get frustrated and fire a body-bind curse at her father. He was immediately bound and totally immobile. She also silenced him so that he wouldn't be able to interrupt.

"Now that you finally shut-up, I am going to talk. I have a lot to tell you and I don't want to have to hear a word coming from your mouth." Hermione pointed her wand straight at her father's heart and began her rant. "Now, first things first, I hate you. You have ruined my life by beating me, raping me, and nearly killing me multiple times. But, unfortunately for you, that is over now. As of this minute, I will now longer be the scared little girl that you have made me. I refuse to continue to let you walk all over me. I am not some defenseless little girl who you can control and abuse. You made me into that person, but I refuse to continue to allow you to do that. I don't know how you continually get out of punishment either, but that too is over now. I am going to stay right by your side until the dementors lay their sweet kiss on you." Her father's eyes widened at this and Hermione smiled. "Oh, that scares you does it? Is it as bad as being exiled from the wizarding world? Well, I guess we will find out because it is going to happen. You ain't escaping this time. You should've just left me alone, but no, your persistent arse wouldn't just move on. And now, I am going to sit and watch your life get sucked away by a kiss. Ironic isn't it? That first time that you forced a kiss on me, you almost sucked my life away. But I got mine back. You, on the other hand, won't be getting yours back. Once the dementors kiss you, you will roan this world all alone. Doesn't that sound like fun? Yeah, I know, I am being…sadistic? No, moronic? No, that's not it either. How about…hmm, I don't know. What I do know is, that revenge is sweet. I won't miss you. You have been dead to me for far too long. I am going to officially delete and memory that I have of you after tonight. I am going to forget all the beating and raping and I am going to live a happy and complete life without you. That reminds me, one good thing did come of one of your beatings. I met Draco. He is a great guy and he would never hurt me the way that you have. He treats me like a human being, unlike you. You could've learned from him, you know. But it's too late for you now. There will be no more second chances for you. You son-of-a-B--"

"Hermione!"

Hermione looked up to see Draco coming out into the clearing. He was soon joined by Harry, Ron and Ginny.

"Hermione, what happened?" Draco asked as he approached the girl.

"This," she kicked her father in the side, "arse hole tried to kill me, but let's discuss this later. I need you to go get Dumbledore and have him call in the dementors."

Harry and Ginny left to do this and Ron and Draco stayed behind with Hermione.

Soon, they were in the charms tower with Hermione's dad tired to a chair and the dementors standing over him.

Hermione was starting to feel a little guilty, but she knew that this had to be done. As she sat holding Draco's hand, her mind drifted back to the last time someone was up here preparing to receive the dementors kiss. 'Sirius…' she thought. 'He hadn't earned it, back then I thought no one but Voldemort himself deserved it. Things sure have changed.' She wanted the risk to be over. She didn't want him around anymore. She didn't want the possibility of him coming after her ever again. It had to end here and now…

Hours later, Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Draco were all sitting in the Common Room talking and laughing. She had finally begun to move on after they had held her and let her cry for an hour. Hermione still couldn't get the picture of her father's empty face out of her head, but she knew that what's done is done.