Mike put on a fake expression completely and said "O Hermione I'm so glad your back, I thought that you had ran away for good, where were you?" Hermione said "I did" underneath her breath so that only she could hear. "And who is this fine young lady? Please, come inside" Ginny walked forward alittle and Hermione looked back at Harry, Ron, Fred, and George, even though she didn't know where they were and gave a worried look.

She walked inside behind Ginny and looked around alittle; she had not been in here since the last time she was raped here. It looked the same, the little greenish living room that had a black leather couch and a matching black leather chair that face opposite of the door and toward the fireplace and tv, if he went to Hogwarts, slytherin with no doubt would be his house. She walked into the small kitchen that was attached to the living room with a bar in between the rooms. The kitchen was also small, just a couple of cupboards, an oven, a stove, microwave, sink and refrigerator, with a small wooden table in the corner of the room. The walls were a tannish color that added an Italian touch. He looked at Hermione and stood in front of the counters, he offered Ginny a seat at the bar and she accepted.

"I'm Mike Mariously, Hermione's uncle, but I'm sure you know that." He said shaking Ginny's hand.

"Ginny Weasley, a friend of Hermione's."

"Nice to meet you Ginny."

"Same to you."

"Now Hermione, please tell me where you went, I was worried sick about you."

"I went to a friends house Mike, not that it's any of your business."

"None of my business huh? You……..what the hell?" Mike started to say something when he was interrupted by the front door opening silently enough that Mike seen it. He walked into the living room and looked out the door to see if anyone was outside it. Ginny looked at Hermione and Hermione looked around the room trying to figure out where Ron, Harry, and the twins had gone to, but she didn't see any trace of them. Mike searched the room quickly, his eyes moving around fast, up and down all around the room, he finally figured that it was just the wind, as it was a windy day.

"Wonder what the hell that was?" he said walking back into the kitchen so he was standing next to Hermione by the refrigerator until she moved away from him next to Ginny. He glared at her, so only she could see, and started back on to the conversation. "Anyway……..what were we discussing again?"

"We were discussing how Ginny and I really have to be somewhere."

"Dear you just got here; I think I deserve some explanations."

"Why should you, I mean it's not like this is the first time I've ran away like this, why are you so worried this time?" she asked started to get pissed off at him, Ginny looked at her, with a confused look on her face.

"You've done stuff like this before?"

"Don't give me that shit you knew that I would run away at nights, and the nights you didn't know, you were off shagging some other girl. God I can't believe you even have the nerve, come on Ginny were leaving." She grabbed Ginny's arm and puller her toward the door when Mike stepped in front of the door and looked at Hermione.

"We need to talk, alone. Come on, my room, now." He said motioning to the place she feared the most in this whole world, the room where she was tortured the most, his room.

"No anything you want to say to me, you can say in front of Ginny."

"Hermione, if you guys need to talk, I don't mind waiting."

"See dear she doesn't mind, now lets go talk." She had no choice, he would surely show Ginny how painful he was towards her if she didn't go, she had to. So she let go of Ginny's wrist and walked behind Mike to his room. She walked in and went over and stood as far away as she could from his closet and bed, she was scared to death of what he was going to do to her. He shut and locked the door. He stalked up to her and slapped her across the face so hard she fell over onto the floor, lip bleeding.

"What the fucking hell is your problem bitch? Why in hell would you say something like that in front of her, in front of anyone!" she tried to get up but he kicked her in her stomach and she groaned. "She could've found out!"

"Unless I told her already." she whispered just loud enough that he could hear. He pulled her up by her arm and got her face and his directly in front of one another.

"You didn't tell her because you know that if you did, I would kill you, and her." She groaned some more in pain and was scared but wanted to punch him at the same time.

"You wouldn't, your too scared someone would find out about what you've been doing to me."

"You really think that I care? Knowone would find out, knowone would know, I would kill you here and now so that you couldn't tell anyone. There's no way that the police can find out what I've been doing to you, unless you told someone else, but you didn't because there's knowone after me, now is there? Knowone would know that I killed you either, knowone could prove it." She didn't know what to say, what to do, she was now scared to death, she started crying.

He stared into her face as they were face to face, and he slapped her when she had started crying louder. He dropped her so she was on the floor once more. "Shut the hell up, do you want them to hear? Now if you ever disappear like that again ill find you, and you'll never leave this house, or see your bloody parents house again." she knew he was telling the truth, so she nodded her head. She looked over at his closet and shook in fear. He smirked without even having to know what she was looking at, but knowing what she was thinking, rape, beatings, torture. He picked her up to her feet and looked strait into her eyes. "Now go tell your friends goodbye, and go back home, ill be there in a few minuets." he kissed her forcefully on her lips, he forced her lips open with his tongue and slithered it into her mouth, moving it around her own. She shuddered and tried to get out of it, but his lips were like glue. He'd finally let her go and she quickly wiped her eyes and ran out of the room.

When she came out she had seen Ginny wide eyeded, standing near his door, and figured that the guys were close. She walked out of the house without even looking where she was going and headed up to her parents room, Ginny, and hopefully the guys, closely behind. When they had finally gotten up there, Ginny put her hand on Hermione's shoulder. She didn't turn around; she just wanted to get out of there as quickly and as fast as they had gotten there

"Hermione?" She didn't say anything, she couldn't.

There were about three minuets of silence until Harry finally spoke up. "Hermione we're really sorry, we had no clue."

She turned around, with tears in her eyes from crying, "What are you talking about Harry?"

"Hermione, we know what's going on." Fred said slowly.

"Yea we would've never guessed it either." George joined in.

"Seriously, what are you guys taking about? There's nothing going on." She said on the verge of tears once again.

"Hermione don't play dumb with us, we heard him yelling at you, him threatening you, everything." Ginny said sorrowfully.

"But h……."

"Extendable Ears, Fred had a pair in his pocket." Ron said lightly. She looked up at each and every one of there faces, and then at Ginny. She put her hand over her mouth and started crying again. Hermione sat down on her parents bed and cried harder, Ginny sat down next to her and Hermione used her as support, resting her head on Ginny's shoulder. Harry came over and sat down on the other side of Hermione and hugged her gently, Fred and George came over and started rubbing her back and Ron came over and rubbed her leg sincerely. She loved them all so much; they were always there to help her when ever she needed help.

"How much do you guys know?" She asked threw her now slowly falling tears.

"We know that he beats you." Ginny said slow and sorrowfully.

"And why you finally decided to come back to the Burrow." George said.

"Why would you think that he beats me?"

"O Hermione, we heard him slap you; your cheek is red from it." Ginny replied.

"Yea and we heard him saying the shit like she could've found out." Harry said.

"Not to mention we heard him threaten to kill you and Ginny." Fred said. She had stopped crying and looked at Ron in front of her, and then shut her eyes. They only knew the half of it, she was glad about that, if they knew the whole thing; Mike would definitely be dead right now. They sat there for a few more minuets when she heard him open up the front door of her house.

She got up so quickly that she almost tripped. "We have to go, now, come on." She whispered so Mike wouldn't hear.

"Hermione? Where are you at?" Mike called up the stairs.

"But…."

"No go, you guys go, ill go last, I don't want him catching you, go!" she hissed. The boys left quickly into the fireplace and she and Ginny walked into the fireplace. Ginny pulled the floo powder out of her pocket, threw it down and they were at the Burrow.

She looked around and got out of the fireplace brushing the soot off her skirt. They all were standing around the fireplace, waiting for Hermione.

"I think I'm gonna go lie down you guys, I'm kind of tired."

"Of course." Ginny said.

Hermione started too walked up the stairs and then remembered what she absolutely had to tell them, "You guys have to promise me something, ok?"

"Sure." Harry replied.

"What it is?" George asked.

"You guys have to promise me that you wont tell anyone about Mike ra... beating me, okay?" she said quickly changing raping to beating before anyone noticed.

"But why, wouldn't you rather him sent to prison so he cant hurt you ever again?" Ginny asked.

"No, everyone already pity's me about my parents and all, I don't need this. And I'll make sure he won't find me and hurt me ever again." They were all very hesitant. "Promise?"

"Yea, we promise." Ginny said finally, with Fred, George, Harry, and Ron nodding there head in agreement.

"Thank you guys, you don't know how much this means." They slightly smiled. She walked up the rest of the stairs to the attic up to Ginny's room and lied down onto her bed. So many thoughts were going threw her head at that time, what would've happened if she stayed, if she should tell everyone about how Mike not only beats, but rapes her, what's going to happen between her and Ron, how everyone at Hogwarts would treat her, and so on, they didn't stop.

Around 5 o clock, Hermione was awaken by the yells and shrieks coming down from the kitchen. She got up and walked down stairs, curious as to what the shouts were all about, and when she walked down the stairs into the kitchen it was pretty obvious what was going on. Hermione looked at Fleur, and then again to be sure her eyes had not deceived her, Fleur and Mrs. Weasley's skin was a dark blue.

"…..I want all of those potions now or ill kill you both myself!" she yelled over Fluer's weeping voice. Ginny went over to Fleur and hugged her for comfort. Mrs. Weasley was yelling at the twins who were obviously trying hard, along with Harry and Ron, not to laugh.

"But mum it's not our fault." Fred tried to explain.

"Honestly." George chimed in.

"Don't you start that shit with me you two, I told you not to bring any of your little "inventions" into this house! And what do you do? Plant them in here trying to make it seam an accident!" She was furious, so furious, even the twins were started to look frightened. They looked at each other, trying to think up an excuse in there little minds.

"Were sorry mum." Fred said trying to act sincere, but it wasn't doing any good.

"Yea and we assure you it'll never happen again." George added sarcastically enough for Molly to start on them again. Hermione looked over at Harry and Ron who caught her drift and headed outside, Ginny tagging along.

"So what exactly happened?" Hermione asked while walking up to the small lake far behind there home.

"Well Fred and George brought this new potion over, and was going to show us how it works." Harry started, "So they thought it would be funny to try it out on Mrs. Weasley, but instead she poured it into Fleur and her own cup and………"

"It didn't work out as planned." Ron finished for Harry.

"Well how was it supposed to work out?"

"There teeth were to turn blue, not there bodies. I told them not to, I knew it wasn't a good idea, but did they listen, no, and now they'll probably get kicked out of the house." Ginny said

"When have either of them ever listened?" Hermione asked while chuckling.

"Good question." Harry replied. They four of them walked over to the lake behind the Burrow and sat down on the dry green grass.

"How are you feeling Mione?" Ginny questioned.

"Better, but glad."

"Glad about….." Harry asked unsure.

"Glad that I'm never going to see Mike again, glad that he'll never hurt me again."

"Yea anyone would be, that's terrifying the way he treated you." Ron responded.

"How long has he been doing this to you?" Ginny asked again.

"Since…." Hermione paused to think of what to tell them. "Since my parents died, so only for a few months. But a few months long enough."

"He was probably just so confused on how to act, was he drunk when he would hit you?" This time asked by Ron.

"No, when he was drunk he would hit me harder and worse."

"Even if he was drunk or high or whatever, he had no right to do anything like that to you. He should be sent to jail, you should really tell someone." Harry said concerned.

"Maybe, but not now, I can't deal with more pain and questions from police."

"Well you have to tell someone soon, before he starts to hurt someone else, or finds you." Ron said.

"I know, I will tell someone soon you guys. I promise I will." They sat there starring at the water that reflected the suns heated rays of light. They sat there for maybe twenty minuets until the twins came out and joined them, smirks on there face.

"What are you two smirking at?" Ron asked.

"Mum, that's what." Fred answered.

"There's really nothing to be smirking about, what you did was cruel." Hermione said.

"No it was funny." George corrected

"Yea 'sides, the spell'll come off with a simple potion, no biggy." Ginny snorted at Fred's simple minded sentence.

"But that's not even the best part." The other twin stated.

"O really, and what would that be?" Harry demanded.

"That would be that Mum can't do anything about it." George said simply.

"Course she can, she can kick you out, which I'm sure she already has." Ginny said upset.

"No she can't." Fred started "We can't go and stay at the flat in the shop because there's too much storage." and finished with a wink.

"She wont send us anywhere else, she's to afraid something will happen, therefore no where to go."

"But she can ground you both." Hermione said.

"No she can't, because we don't live there anymore."

"And were adults." Fred added.

"A bad excuse for one." Ron said.

"O ickle Ronnikinns, you're just upset that you ditched your hot girlfriend." George mocked. Ron looked up, obviously pissed off, and was just about to make a comeback when Mrs. Weasley called them all in for supper. They all got up and Hermione could've sworn she heard Ron say under his breath "As always." Right when she called them in, Hermione just grinned. When they got inside al the food was prepared and was waiting to be eaten. Mrs. Weasley and Fleur were no longer the royal blue they had been, but normal once again, but she looked furious at the two twins.

After supper they all had gone into the living area and were doing there own things. Ron and Harry playing wizards chess, Fred and George viewing the two play while trying to distract them by talking loudly, while Ginny and Hermione sat on the couch just talking about a little of this and a little of that. It was a fun and peaceful nights, all up until around 9 o clock when Ron asked if he and Hermione could talk privately, then things turned around.