Sorry I haven't updated lately, I had a lot to do. Exams, Christmas shopping, etc…so this is just a short chapter I wrote in my free time. The next one will be longer, I promise! So don't kill me, please! '

Disclaimer: I don't own them, but I can do whatever I want to do to them because it's my story… goes to smother Ron with hugs> Yay!

Novel Knowledge:

'What did I do to deserve this? I can't help but worry…will she be alright?'

The whip came across my back in a torrent of pain, and yet I couldn't scream.

'Look, there's Ginny. Maybe she's come around.' I go to sit with Ginny in the bustling Gryffindor common room.

The sting comes again. Will this never end? Haven't they had enough 'fun'?

"Ginny"

"Ron" At least she acknowledged me.

"I want to talk, Gin."

"I figured as much. You wonder why I burst out of McGonagall's office a few weeks ago?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

Why me? Why did I have to be so smart? This is what got me into this, right?

"You had it wrong from the begging, Ron. If you had only tried to talk with her, like I did, when she wasn't with Malfoy."

"Huh? Oh, I guess I was blinded in pain, wasn't I? I didn't even try…"

"No, you didn't! You see, as soon as I found out Hermione was with Malfoy, I knew something couldn't be right."

This isn't right. What can I tell them? The Order hardly let me in on anything. Unless…they're just doing this for fun?

"So I watched them and waited until Hermione was left alone. I found her alone and confused in the fourth floor corridor.

She explained what she thought had happened. You see, Ron, she was never going out with Malfoy. She would never!

It's just…"

"Well? It certainly looked to me like she was dating him. Although, they never actually snogged, did they?"

Why aren't they using magic? Maybe…Ow, it's getting hard to even think! What're they saying? I can't hear them…

"Ron, what can you possibly think of that would make a person do something they didn't want to do?"

"Er…the Imperious Curse? But how could that go on right under everyone's noses? Huh? What d'you have to say to that!"

"…yes, she was under the Imperious. And how? What, with Dumbledore's death and You-Know-Who at large once again, and the Ministry in a panic? Of course, someone doing the Imperious Curse could never have gotten away with it!"

"So she was…under…t-the Imperious?" Ron whispered, turning pale.

"No duh…"

Ron just sat there and stared at Ginny.

Argh! I wonder how long I've been here. Aren't they trying to find me? Is this what comes from finding a little too much information?

They grabbed Hermione and flung her back into the stall. However, one Death Eater indicated for the rest to leave. He pointed his wand at her, muttering, "Crucio!"

Her tortured screams pierced the night, but no one was there to hear.