Chapter 5: Her Saviour
"I-I was going to my dormitory" Ginny said while silently praying that someone would stop what she was sure was about to happen.
"I think you ought to change your course: my office, now" Snape sneered at her.
"W-Why would I do that?" Ginny asked, cursing her voice for sounding small.
"Because" He walked up to her, grabbed her roughly by the arm and pulled her towards the dungeons with a tight grip. Then whispered "This is your punishment for telling Miss Granger what happened last night"
"But I didn't tell her!" She nearly scream whispered back. "I swear."
"You think I'm going to believe you?" He hissed. "I saw you with her this morning. From where I was sitting, it certainly looked like you had told her judging by her reaction at the look on your face when you saw me."
"Severus! What in the world are you doing?" I know that voice Ginny thought hopefully. Snape froze in his tracks. "Release Miss Weasley at ONCE Severus!" The voice was angry. Snape slowly softened his grip on Ginny's arm, she prised his hand off her as soon as she could, and ran to Dumbledore, her saviour. As she ran to him, she felt a tear run down her face That's the second time I've found myself crying in less than 12 hours. She didn't know if she was crying due to happiness or at the thought of being raped again. She felt like hugging Dumbledore. But by the look on his face, she decided that wouldn't be a good idea.
"Thank you, sir" she whispered when she reached him. His eyes darted from Snape(who still hadn't turned around) down to Ginny. He winked. She couldn't help but giggle at that. She noticed there wasn't a sparkle in his eyes as there usually is. Ginny knew he was angry.
"Ginny?" said a voice from behind her. She turned, to see Hermione. If Hermione had been further away, Ginny would've run to her. But since she was so close, Ginny just pounced on her, wrapping her arms around Hermione's neck as tight as she could without strangling her. Ginny buried her face in Hermione's extra bushy hair, mentally thanking her for not brushing it this morning.
"Miss Granger, would you mind taking Miss Weasley back up to the Gryffindor Tower?" said Dumbledore in a forced calm voice.
"Yes, sir" Hermione replied. Ginny loosened her arms and slid off Hermione replacing her arms around Hermione's waist. Hermione placed her arms around Ginny's shoulders again, and they walked up towards the Gryffindor Tower, in each others embrace once again.
"Gin" Hermione said once they reached the second floor. "What happened back there? Why was Professor Dumbledore so angry?"
Ginny didn't answer at first. She didn't know if it was a good idea to tell Hermione what had happened. It's over now. Snape's probably getting the sack right now. It'll be fine to tell her. And if for some reason Dumbledore tells me not to tell anyone, then, well, I know I can trust Hermione not to tell anyone else.
"I don't know how to word it" she said slowly. "Back there, Dumbledore caught Snape in a bad position. Well, good for me after what he did to me last night. But bad for him."
"What did he do to you?" Hermione said, sounding outraged yet worried.
"He ahh… well, he kind of… umm… he… raped… me" she replied slowly, while rubbing at her right temple with her forefinger.
"What?" Hermione sounded absolutely shocked. She took one quick step forward and spun around so she was facing Ginny, and hugged her tight. Ginny wrapped her arms around Hermione's waist and buried her face in her neck. "How could he do that! Are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm fine" Liar.
Hermione held Ginny by the shoulders and looked her in the eyes. "Are you sure? People aren't usually fine after being raped."
"I'm… well, I will be fine. I just need time" Hermione smiled at her and they walked back up to the Gryffindor Tower. The only thing on Ginny's mind was I have to get away from Hermione.
"I think I need a quick walk. Just to clear my head" Ginny said to Hermione as they approached the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Ok, do you want me to come?" Hermione asked.
"Nah, I think some time alone would do me good" Ginny replied, she looked at Hermione, gave her a slight smile, then walked off in the direction of the Astronomy Tower.
A/N: Hey guys, sorry about the long delay for this chapter – I thought I was gonna have time over Christmas to write it but it turned out I didn't. I had so much stuff to do that took priority over this. I'm also starting to lose interest in this one so I've started another story. Two actually. One of them just needs a name, and the other one needs to be a bit longer. Actually no, I lie, they both need to be longer, and I'm thinking of changing the name of the first one. But anyway, back to this story, I want to end it. Next chapter maybe? I don't know how I'm gonna end it yet. Hmmm… this next chappy might take a while. Oh well, R&R! Tell me if you think ending it would be a good idea or possibly the worst I've ever made!