A/N: I know some of you were shocked and probably disgusted with the turn of events in this story, but this is the darkest fic I have ever written and it is helping me broaden my writing styles. Anyway, onto the chapter.
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Chapter Six: Ashlee Cooper
Ron engulfed Hermione into a hug, which was returned half-heartedly. The kiss was still playing in her mind and making her loose focus on the task at hand. Ron smiled at Hermione patting her on the shoulder, while Harry grabbed the top file and opened it. Hermione walked away from Ron and over to the table and sat beside Harry, taking the second file to begin going over. Ron joined them a few seconds later, confused about Hermione's behaviour.
"It says here," said Harry, "That Jim was once dating Ashlee Cooper."
"Ashlee Cooper," replied Ron, "Isn't she the lead singer of that girl band… what are they called? Um… Midi!"
Hermione nodded, "Yeah she is. But she is engaged to the manager of the band, Jashomie Kelton."
"So… do you think she would know where Ginny is?" asked Harry curiously.
"Perhaps. One of us should go find out something."
The two guys looked at Hermione who sighed. Trust them to decide she should be the one to go. She stood up and grabbed the address sheet from Harry who gave Hermione a grateful smile. The smile had to reasons. One Hermione could be able to find a lead on Ginny and two it would let Ron and Harry catch up on guy stuff.
"If I'm not back in two hours, please come rescue me," said Hermione before grabbing her wand and apperating to the town she knew was near where Ashlee lived.
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Just as Ginny found herself to be falling asleep she heard angry voices outside the bedroom door. Ginny sat up on the lounge she was on and peered through the darkness at the door with the light slipping in underneath.
"Sir Ashlee needs her rest," it was Jena, pleading to Jim to let Ginny rest, "Perhaps that would be best left until tomorrow?"
"I must ask her now Jena, now please step aside!" snarled Jim angrily.
"Sir, Ashlee wished me to inform anyone that no one is to enter the room until morning. She has a headache from the drug you gave her to get her here, surely you can understand that."
Ginny bit her lower lip as she walked over to the actual bed. There was silence, which worried Ginny that maybe Jim had hurt Jena.
"Perhaps you are right, Jena. Ashlee did seem tired and not herself today. I'll be back for her at 9am tomorrow morning. I have to give the house elves this breakfast list. Good night Jena."
"Good night Sir."
Ginny breathed a sigh of relief and walked back over to the lounge to lie back down and get some sleep. The door opened startling Ginny. She looked up and sighed when it was only Jena.
"Thankyou so much Jena," said Ginny gratefully, "I owe you so much."
"It is alright. I knew I would be able to stop him some how."
Ginny smiled and pulled her blanket over her.
"I will come wake you at seven. That way you will be sure to be ready for Jim. I have some of Ashlee's clothes and know how she wore her make up… do you sing by any chance?"
"No… Oh! Ashlee Cooper! The singer in Midi!"
Jena nodded, "He will want you to sing."
"I have a sore throat all of a sudden," suggested Ginny, "Do you know the spell that makes your voice sound hoarse?"
Jena nodded, "I use it to get days off to see my son. We will apply that to you tomorrow. It will only last you four hours."
"Four is better then none. Goodnight Jena and thankyou again."
"Goodnight Ginny."
Ginny sighed and buried her head into the pillow, despite feeling scared and extremely alone, Ginny wanted nothing more then to get some decent sleep.
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"So what is the status with you and my sister?" asked Ron handing Harry his hot chocolate and choc-chip cookies Molly had cooked up seeing as she could do nothing else to find Ginny.
Arthur and the other sons were searching Ginny's hiding spots around the property then were going to get into contact with known friends. Ron knew that search was pointless but it was keeping his family from loosing their minds.
"I would say friends," answered Harry slowly, "But I don't even know that myself. I still love her, but she says she doesn't love me."
Ron gave a short laugh, "Ginny not love you? Harry, man, she has been hung up on you for the past three years. It's most likely a façade to protect her self from being hurt. I know my sister better then anyone Harry, it mightn't seem that way to you or other people but we are close, when it was just her and me at home, she was my bestfriend."
Harry smiled and looked at his watch sighing, "Hermione should be there now."
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Hermione looked at the address on the sheet and back up at the extravagant white brick mansion. She glanced at the property beside it and looked at the gate, a large M with a snake entwined around it. The Malfoy property, but who would think they would live in such a populated part of town? Next to a famous singer of all places?
Hermione shrugged and pushed Ashlee Cooper's front gate open and walked up the path. She came to a halt at the large wooden door and lifted the doorknocker, dropping it down twice. Hermione knew it was getting late and their was a possibility that Ashlee may be asleep, but this was important and if need be, Hermione would continue knocking on the door the entire night until she got answers.
Thankfully for Hermione, a man with reddish blonde hair and blue eyes answered the door.
"Yeah?" he greeted her with.
"My name is Hermione Granger. I teach at Hogwarts, but I am here for a serious reason and need to speak with Ashlee Cooper," said Hermione in a firm serious tone, one she normally used on misbehaving students.
"Well Ashlee doesn't want to see you. So send a letter and she will send you one back in a few months."
He went to shut the door but Hermione blocked it from closing.
"You fiancées ex boyfriend, who goes by the name of Jim, has kidnapped a close friend of mine. I need her help to find her. Imagine the papers if this got out that the famous Ashlee Cooper refused to help find someone taken by her ex?" snarled Hermione her eyes narrowed.
"Jim… physco Jim? Bloody hell! ASHLEE!" bellowed Jashomie, "Come on in Miss Granger."
Hermione walked into the dimly lit entrance hall as Ashlee Cooper ran down the stairs. That's when Hermione saw it. Ashlee was nearly the spitting image of Ginny only she had shorter hair with blonde tips, thinner eyebrows and a small freckle to the side of her left eye.
"What is going on?" asked Ashlee- her voice even sounded like Ginny's, it was scary, "Who is she?"
"Ash, its' Jim," said Jashomie.
Ashlee frowned as she stepped down the final stairs, "What's he done now? I can't keep bailing him out."
"He's taken my friend. She was admitted to St Mungo's for mental issues… and she looks literally exactly like you… and he took her today and we don't know where. I need you to tell us where Jim is," said Hermione in a pleading tone, "He could've hurt her."
"Bloody hell," hissed Ashlee running a hand through her hair, "That fucking sick bastard! I knew I should have never gotten with him!"
"Miss Cooper, I know this is a shock, but please… you need to tell me, where does Jim live?"
"I have to come with you," said Ashlee, "He won't listen to anyone but me."
"Ash, no!" said Jashomie following her upstairs leaving Hermione standing in the entrance hall.
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Ten minutes later Ashlee came running down the stairs dressed in black robes with red lining and cord to tie it up at the front. She held her wand in one hand and grabbed Hermione by the hand apperating her away before Hermione could protest.
When Hermione opened her eyes she gasped. She was standing in front of a run down wooden house with wild vines growing all over it.
"I hate this place," said Ashlee to Hermione pulling an expression Ginny did when she was disgusted with something, "I left this place swearing to never return. But trust Jim to pull one calling me back."
"You don't have to come in," said Hermione, "I can take it from here."
Ashlee shook her head no; "He'll kill you for coming to take me away."
Ashlee started walking ahead, lighting her wand to weave her way through the over grown grass and bushes. Hermione lit her and jogged a bit to keep up with Ashlee.
"I met him when I was 17 and fresh out of Beauxbatons. Got engaged after one month and moved in after three… my parents begged me to not go with him… and after a year I knew why," explained Ashlee as they reached the door, "I just hope Jena is okay. She got me out of this mess. I wish I could return the favour."
"Maybe we can get both Jena and Ginny out?"
"Let's hope we get out alive."
Ashlee knocked three times, paused and knocked another four short ones. Seconds later the door opened to a brown haired women dressed in a nightgown.
"Ashlee!" she whispered embracing the young woman, "Oh my dear!"
"Hi Jena," smiled Ashlee pulling away smiling, "This is Hermione, she is friends with Ginny. We have to get her out of here. Is Jim asleep?"
"He says he is taking his medication."
"Medication?" asked Hermione.
"He should be in St Mungo's," said Jena, "But he fooled them by making out he was fine. He went in after Ashlee left for about three months."
"Jim has a psychotic problem, which I learnt over the year here," added Ashlee, "He has gone so insane he has kidnapped a woman who looks like me."
"She is the spitting image of you," said Jena with a nod from Hermione, "When she speaks, she sounds like you."
"Look," said Ashlee looking awkward, "Jim should be heading to bed now. He takes the short way to his room and that doesn't go past the one I was locked in… is that where Ginny is?"
Jena nodded and the three women began walking through the run down large house. Jena lit her wand and signalled Ashlee and Hermione to extinguish theirs. They walked through a well-maintained dining room where a small fire was blazing in the fireplace with a mattress and blankets laid out in front of it. They walked up the staircase on the far side from the fireplace and entered an unlit hall with creaking floorboards. Jena stopped them and turned to face the two silent women.
"Step where I step to avoid the creaking floor boards. If Jim hears to many, he will become suspicious," instructed Jena sternly reminding Hermione of Professor McGonagall.
The two women nodded back and slowly followed Jena up the hallway avoiding the noisy floorboards. After five slow minutes the three came to a stop outside a plain looking door with a golden door handle. Jena pulled a key out of her pocket and slipped it in unlocking it. She glanced around her checking for any sign of watching house elves or Jim lurking in a corner before opening the door letting her wand light flood the room.
"GET AWAY FROM HER!" screamed Hermione pushing past Jena, as they were welcomed to Jim straddling Ginny on the bed.
Jim sat up on Ginny looking at the three women startled. Hermione pulled her wand out and instantly stunned him, taking no chances of him attacking her. She ran over to Ginny and handed her the robe lying disguarded on the floor.
"I'm so glad you are alive," said Hermione helping Ginny do the robe up, "Let's get you home."
Ginny only nodded and gingerly stood up. She kept her eyes trailed on the ground and didn't see Ashlee looking at her with her mouth open. Jena patted Ashlee on the shoulder and led her from the room before Jim woke.
They walked through the hall and down the stairs taking no heed to avoid the creaking floorboards. Hermione kept a firm grip on Ginny's shaking hand.
"Don't worry, I'm going to take you home to your family. Everyone is looking for you," said Hermione calmly not getting a reply from a shaken Ginny.
Once outside Hermione turned to wait for Ashlee, who was trying to convince Jena to come. Even Ginny was looking at Jena in a pleading way.
"Jena please… you can work at my place and see your family all the time," said Ashlee gripping the woman's hands, "Jim is going away for good this time, I know it! You should leave before he wakes."
"Please Jena!" yelled out Ginny speaking for the first time, "Please!"
"We have to go," said Hermione glancing at her watch, it was nearing 1am.
Finally Jena nodded and ran over with Ashlee to Hermione and Ginny. They all linked hands and Hermione closed her eyes, focusing on returning to the Burrow.
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"It's been over two hours," said Harry standing up an walking over to the files, "Hermione should be back now."
"A few more minutes Harry," said Ron, "I trust Her-"
Ron was cut off by the loud crashing noise coming from the front hall, followed by voices. Him, Harry and Molly ran out through the sitting room and into the front hall. Hermione was dusting her robes off along with two red heads and a brown haired woman.
"Ginny?" said Molly.
Ginny turned around and broke down in tears hugging her mother who held her daughter tightly rocking her back and forth.
Ron lunged at Hermione and hugged her, who hugged him back just as tightly. Harry looked at the other two and nearly fell over when the other red head turned to face him. Ron's mouth fell open two and could only manage to say, "Blimey! You look just like Ginny!"
Molly looked up from crying into her daughter's shoulder's and gasped when she saw Ashlee looking at every one in a confused way, "Ashlee!"
"Yeah… I-I should go. I'm glad everything worked out," she said with a nod and smile, "Come on Jena."
She grabbed onto Jena's hand and both were gone within a spilt second.
"Ginny… are you okay?" asked Harry as a stunned Molly let her broken daughter go.
"I need to shower," mumbled Ginny walking away without answering Harry.
Harry and Ron watched in surprise as Ginny walked away with a drag of her foot in every step. Hermione signalled for them to follow her into the sitting room as Molly hurried off to send letters to her husband and other son's.
"When Ashlee, Jena and I got to the room Jim had Ginny locked in we found him in the middle of raping Ginny," explained Hermione grabbing onto Ron's arm as he went to go after his sister, "Leave her for now. She needs to be alone at the moment."
"Hermione, my sister has just been raped!" yelled Ron, "How on earth is leaving her alone going to help?"
"It won't, but crowding her and hounding her to tell you everything is only going to make her clam up even more! In a day or two you can question her, but for now she is in shock and probably needs to process everything that has happened to her."
"That Ashlee," said Harry softly, "I've never really looked at her pictures before, but she is looks like Ginny… too much for it to be a coincidence."
"I know," nodded Ron calming down, "Mum knew who she was as well."
"Look's like you have a family secret to uncover," said Hermione with a raised eyebrow.
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Ginny sobbed as she rubbed her body down till it was red raw. New bruises from Jim joined the old ones. He had sneaked in a few minutes after Jena had left, angry that she wasn't sleeping in the bed where they 'confess our true love to one and other'. He'd grabbed her and dragged her by the hair and shoved her onto the bed ripping her robe open to kiss, and bite her chest all over before fully violating her.
When Hermione, Jena and Ashlee arrived Ginny had never felt so relieved. Being away from that place made Ginny feel a lot safer, but now her mind was tortured by the memories of everything that had happened to her. She didn't know what to do or who to turn too for help. She felt utterly lost and alone.
She climbed out of the shower and wrapped her body up tight in a towel before running to her bedroom and shutting the door behind her. She dressed quickly into her loose old home robes and brushed her hair. Now she didn't know what to do. She walked over to her bed and grabbed her old stuffed bear she had owned since her second birthday, laid down and curled into a ball before falling asleep holding back a flood of tears.
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By 2am Ron, Harry and Hermione were exhausted. Everyone had come home wanting to see Ginny but the three told them all she was asleep and needed to be left alone for a while. Hermione was shocked that Fred had joined the search but George told her he had brought Fred a floating chair like the muggle wheelchairs. Now the three were heading up the stairs for Ron's room, Hermione knew Ginny would want to be alone and was going to bunk with the boys. But as they passed Molly and Arthur's rooms they were stopped by the angry voices coming from the room.
"… supposed to know that I was having another set of twins?" came Molly's angry voice, "And I didn't know she would turn up tonight!"
"Now those four will know something is not being told! They will be suspicious that you know her name!" yelled Arthur.
"Arthur, Ashlee is famous! Everyone knows who she is! They will just think I was surprised to see her in our house that is all!"
"Molly you aren't into that type of rock music."
"Let's just go to sleep. We have to deal with Ginny tomorrow and she is the most important thing at the moment," sighed Molly.
Ron turned to look at Harry and Hermione who looked back at him seriously, "Do you think they are saying Ashlee is Ginny's twin sister?"
"Come on Ron. We're all tired," said Hermione grabbing Ron by the hand and walking up the stairs, Harry following the two.
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