'Sev…' Bellatrix stuttered.

Severus was gobsmacked, he had no idea what to say or do to comfort his wife, all he could feel was heartbreak and rage. Who had the audacity to hurt a child? Surely no-one could do this to Hermione.

'Who the hell did they transfer her guardianship over to and why were we not notified' Severus snarled. 'Flo call Albus and Minerva, and Poppy, Hermione needs medical attention. Now Bella! I know your in shock and hurting Bella, I'm gobsmacked myself, but Hermione needs us so please go.'

Bellatrix sprinted to the fire place she knew Albus and Minerva would be in there chambers trying to outwit each other at chess, they had been like this for years, Not many in the wizarding world knew they were marriage they kept it a well-hidden secret for safety reasons. They were in all intents an purposes parents to both Bellatrix and Severus neither of which had parents who cared for them, Bellatrix's father was still alive but they were still mending the fences in there broken relationship, a rift caused mainly by his inability to stand up to his wife to protect his daughters. He was now more of an uncle to her, the type you see rarely but cannot help but to love.

'Al….Minnie come quick please it's an emergency!' Bellatrix had barely stepped back from the fire before they stepped through together with frowns marring there faces.

'Bella dear what is the matter you caused us such a fright.' Minerva caressed the young woman's back as her husband tried to work out what was amiss.

'Sev and I were concerned about a student, she has been withdrawn and not herself, this morning I found her asleep in the library, Sev had told me her personality was not dissimilar to mine as a teenager. But when I woke her up and gave her detention she wet herself in fright and practically ran away, when she arrived there we wanted to find out what was wrong she managed to tell us her parents had died before she passed out she looks like she's been tortured.' Bella cried.

Albus swiftly swept out of the room in search of Severus, he knocked on the door before entering the couples spare room, and to his horror saw Hermione lying on her stomach with both brands and whip marks stretching the whole span of her back, he knew they could stop the bleeding but the poor girl was scarred for the rest of her life. If that horror was not the poor had been branded just under her hair line with the word witch and the sign of the devil. At that moment he knew everyone in that room himself, Severus, Minerva and Bella not only wanted revenge they were utterly heartbroken.

'Lets get her fixed up son, when Miss Granger wakes we will find out what has been going on and ensure she never returns to the people who hurt her.' Albus and Severus stood side by side for hours weaving there magic together enough to repair the majority of the damage she would not be in pain but the scaring was severe.

'We just have to wait for her to wake and speak to us but for now I must ask you and Bella another favour Severus, we have almost defeated the Dark Lord, Severus we are on Horcrux away from destroying him for good, I've discovered after all these years how to remove permanently the Dark Mark. I cannot bare you being my spy any longer son, I am going to remove your dark mark and I want you and Bella to raise this little girl, she has no other family and needs a safe and secure home to recover and to heal so she can fulfil her destiny as the greatest witch of her generation.'

Apparently someone could make Professor Snape speechless, he would finally be free, have a family, Bella always wanted more children after the disappearance of their baby, no one knew who had taken her nor had they ever been able to find her.

'Of course I will Albus, I couldn't bare seeing anything else happen to her.' Severus hugged his wife as she responded to their father.

No further words were spoken by the four adults waiting for Hermione to wake, many hours of silence had passed before she began to stir, disorientation and unsure of her surroundings. As she looked up she saw the four professors sitting around her bedside and began to draw her knees under her chin, she was terrified that she was in trouble, she always seemed to be in trouble.

'I'm glad to see you are wake Hermione, I do believe we need to have a chat.' Albus tried to appear calm and welcoming but he was beyond worried for the young girl.

Severus decided it was for the best that he questioned her, he was rather more equip at getting children to talk than Albus was the tended speak because they were more afraid of what would happen if they didn't. That was not the approach he was going to use with Hermione he wanted her to feel supported and comforted.

'Hermione can you please tell us what happened to your parents and who you went to live with afterwards?' Severus asked stretching his hand out for her to hold if she needed support, which she clearly did as she grasped his hand with all her might.

'Two years ago during the Christmas break, we were driving back from London Kings Cross when we were hit head on by a drunk driver, I received only minor injuries but my Mum and Dad were killed on impact. After that I thought I would be sent back to school or someone would come and help me find a new home in our world as I thought I had no family left. That wasn't true my Dad's parents are still alive I had never met them because they did not agree with my Mum, they didn't like her and they hated the fact my parents adopted me. So Dad cut them out of his life but as my only living relatives I had no choice but to go with them. Harry and Ron stopped speaking to be just before the holidays along with the rest of the Weasleys so I had no way to contact any of you to tell you my parents had died. When I came back to school I didn't want to bother anyone so I didn't tell anyone I was with my grandparents, I just kept pretending everything was fine and no-one asked.' Severus wrapped his arm around Hermione just as Bellatrix did they wanted Hermione to feel comfort.

'Hermione, what's been happening at home since you moved in with you Grandparents?' Bella asked Hermione began to cry but she knew if she wanted to escape, that someone would have to help her.