Chapter 27

Shaken

Hannah POV

I ran through the mountains the minute I Apparated back to where I could see the Hogwarts grounds. I was soaked through from my swim in Loch Ness, almost to the point of exhaustion as I ran through Hogsmeade village in the middle of the night and back into the sanctuary of the castle.

I could have collapsed with relief in the Entrance Hall, but there was no relief…not until I knew where Draco was…not until I found Harry to help me find him. He obviously wasn't in Scotland, so where the hell was he?

I ran through the Hall and down to the dungeons, down to the oh, so familiar and safe snake doorknocker.

"Magic." I whispered as the door melted away.

I stepped into the common room and found Blaise laying there. He instantly shot up when he saw me.

"HANNAH!?" he shouted.

"SHH!" I hissed, shutting him up. "I know, long story, I'll explain later. Where's Draco?" I asked.

"His dorm, last I checked." Blaise said. "Wouldn't do anything for the two days you were gone?"

Two days? I was gone for two days? All I remembered was leaving the castle, going through the maze, finding out Laventhorpe was a fake, Lucius Malfoy raping me and the trail…I must have been unconscious from being Tasered for most of that time.

"I'll explain everything later, Blaise." I said before backing up and running back to the Heads dorm, all sorts of thoughts whirring in my mind.

Draco was safe…he always had been. He wasn't in Scotland at all…my attempt at saving him cost me dearly…especially my restored virginity.

I let a sob escape my lips. For the second time I had been given my virginity and I lost it…I lost it to a man who was going to be my father-in-law! Draco was going to be furious! He was going to hate me!

I whispered the password and walked in, well, more like limped in, my ankle screamed in pain from when Malfoy had broken it before he…well, I'd rather not talk about that again.

I stood on the threshold and relaxed when I saw Draco staring into the flames of the fire, the flames bathing my skin in warmth, even from where I stood, but I still felt my skin goose-fleshing.

I took one step through and Draco looked up.

Before I knew what was happening, my face flooded with warmth as I was crushed against Draco's chest.

"Thank bloody Merlin you're safe."

I sighed in relief. That was typical Draco. I was practically losing sleep over his well-being, and here he was, pissing himself over me, now kissing every part of my face.

"Baby, you're soaked." Draco told me.

"I know." I muttered, every part of my body that wasn't wrapped in warm skin trembling with cold.

"Don't tell me that Z tried to drown you again." Draco growled.

I shook harder. "No…she didn't. I swam through Loch Ness."

Draco dragged me onto the couch and wrapped blanket over blanket around me, lying down and laying me on top of him.

I sighed, my body instantly starting to regain feeling in itself before I opened my mouth.

"It's Laventhorpe." I whispered, voice shaking.

"Who?" Draco looked up at me.

"Z…it's Laventhorpe." I whispered again.

"Laventhorpe!?" Draco asked, brushing sodden hair from my face.

I nodded shakily. "She's…she's…" I swallowed, almost unable to say anything.

"What is it?" Draco asked, cradling my head to his chest.

"She's…Zimmerman's mother." I whispered, already starting to shake with fright.

I swore I saw Draco's eyes darken a shade. "Zimmerman…as in…Scarlett Zimmerman…as in…the Scarlett Zimmerman that practically killed you!?"

I nodded shakily. "She was the one that hexed that Bludger, not Alvaro."

"I know." Draco told me. "He told me so himself. We were working on a plan to save you. But you seemed to beat us to the punch."

I nodded, almost crying. "They have the Tome." I whispered.

Draco's eyes clouded over. "They what?" he spat.

"They have the Tome." I repeated, eyes filled with tears.

"How'd they get it!?" Draco shouted at me.

I started crying. "They wanted it for you!" I sobbed. "They wanted the Tome for r-ransom. If I d-didn't b-bring it, t-they said t-they w-were g-gonna k-kill you!" I started sobbing harder.

"HANNAH! HOW COULD YOU HAVE BEEN SO STUPID!?" Draco half screamed at me, shaking me hard. "NOW THEY HAVE THE FUCKING TOME!"

I tensed, still sobbing as flashbacks raced through my head of Uncle Vernon shaking me until I blacked out.

"You stupid, moronic, filthy, freak!" he shouted as he shook me, hard enough that my head started lolling back and forth.

I was sobbing, helpless to fight my way out of my predicament. I didn't even know what I did to deserve being shaken.

Suddenly Vernon shot away from me and howled as if I burned him.

Vernon growled at me and made for my throat, strangling me and continuing to shake me.

I let out a choked scream. "LET GO OF ME, UNCLE VERNON!"

And that was exactly what I screamed, shoving Draco off me, practically shaking.

Draco POV

I slackened my grip once Hannah screamed "LET GO OF ME, VERNON!"

She shoved me off her and shook as I realized that I had done what her uncle did to her. God knew what she went through in Scotland and one of the first things I do to her is shake her? It wasn't her fault that the Tome was gone…I would have done anything in my power to get her back if I was in her shoes.

She was shaking, eyes welled with tears.

I reached out and wrapped my arms around her. "I'm sorry, sweetheart." I whispered. "I'm so sorry."

Her shaking wasn't as violent, but she still shook. I must have terrified the girl.

I brought her into my chest and rubbed her back, easing her shaking, but not helping her from bursting into sobs.

"I'm sorry, baby, I'm so sorry." I chanted, rocking her gently.

She nodded, but still wouldn't stop crying.

"What is it?" I whispered to her, brushing hair from her face.

"Y-You'll l-leave m-me w-when I t-tell you." she sobbed quietly, almost as if she was giving in to her fate.

I kissed her temple. "Try me."

"I t-took a V-Virginity D-Draught…" she started.

"Yes, I know, Alvaro told me what you did." I whispered.

"I-I l-lost it!" she sobbed harder.

I paled. "What!? Who's the git? I'll kill him!"

Hannah started to shake again. "Y-Your f-father!" she wailed.

I almost dropped her in shock. "YOU SLEPT WITH MY FATHER!?" I shouted.

"N-No!" she started sobbing harder. "H-He…h-he…" she shook even harder.

"What'd he do, Hannah, tell me." I ordered her.

"He raped me!" she started to sob even harder.

Again I almost dropped her. I yelled at her for being raped…that was why she wouldn't stop crying.

I held her, rocking her as she sobbed. All I heard was her rambling how "I'm going to call off the wedding!" in almost her exact words.

"No, no…" I told her, rubbing her shaking back. "no…it's not your fault. Rape is not your fault." I whispered, almost crying with her at the sounds of her traumatized sobs echo around the common room.

I moved her over into my shoulder, resting her head over my heart, stroking her soaked cheek.

She slowly started to calm down, gasping and shuddering. "Don't leave me…" she whispered.

"I won't…" I murmured into her hair. "God help me, I won't."

She slackened, relaxing against me as I rocked her gently, humming her lullaby.

She whimpered, eyes heavy and closing fast.

"Shh, love." I murmured, stroking her hair.

She sighed, eyes falling shut as her breathing deepened, relaxed and smooth unlike when she was sobbing, when she almost stopped breathing altogether.

I picked her up, carrying her up to my dorm and cocooned her in even more blankets before laying her down.

I smiled down at her before drawing my wand, locking the windows, locking the doors and casting protective enchantments around the dorm to keep her completely safe before going down to the corridors.

I ran down to the Headmistress's study and pounded on the door.

"Professor!" I shouted, chanting it repeatedly until the door opened.

"Mr Malfoy!" McGonagall looked absolutely frazzled, unlike her normally put-together exterior. "It is four o'clock in the morning! I know that Ms Potter's disappearance has upset you greatly, but -"

"That's the thing, Professor, it's Hannah…she's back!"

McGonagall's annoyed tone snapped. "What!? When?"

"Fifteen minutes ago, I reckon, but she's dead to the world. Listen, we need to put Charms up over the school…the Death Eaters kidnapped her and my father raped her."

"What!" McGonagall went white. "Right away, first thing in the morning, we'll have Professor Flitwick assist putting up Charms in your dormitory."

I nodded. "Thank you, Professor." I said with a nod. "And Hannah is very shaken up over what happened."

McGonagall nodded. "This is a very severe crime that's occurred, Mr Malfoy…Ms Potter has complete permission, as do you, to miss as much class as you need."

I sighed in relief. "Thank you, Professor." I said. "Goodnight." I added before running back to the dorm.

When I got there, I heard Potter screaming and Hannah sobbing again.

I shot up and ran up to her dorm to find Potter shaking Hannah like I had done.

"ARE YOU FUCKING STUPID!?" Potter shouted, backhanding his sister across the face. "YOU COULD HAVE FUCKING DIED, YOU STUPID FREAK! AND NOW THE TOME'S GONE AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! THINGS WOULD HAVE GONE SO MUCH BETTER IF YOU DIED THAT NIGHT ON THE CLASSROOM FLOOR! IN FACT, THINGS WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER IF YOU WERE NEVER BORN! THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM!"

He kept shaking her, slapping her as she sobbed. I had to step in.

I grabbed Potter and forced him off her, picking her up before she collapsed to the ground, sobbing.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON!?" I shouted, setting Hannah in my bed and closing the door that separated our dorms. "Do you have any idea what I did?! I did the exact same thing, she's shaken up! She comes back and you instantly start shaking her!? Did you know that she was raped by my father!? You're fucking worse than your uncle!"

Potter instantly went white and silent, Hannah's sobs increasing in volume.

Hannah POV

Flashback

Quiet…it was quiet that night. The night my life changed forever.

All I did was sit in my cupboard, shaking under the light of the moon. Harry was running away from Dudley and his gang as they initiated their favourite sport: Harry Hunting.

I was scared, it was dark, so dark I couldn't see my own hand in front of my face.

I whimpered, squeezing Alejandro tightly. I wanted my brother, but he wasn't there, he was off fending for himself.

I heard the latch click and I looked up, still whimpering. Even though I was nine years old I was still absolutely terrified of the dark.

The door burst open and there stood my uncle.

"Enough of your whimpering, you stupid little bitch!" Vernon spat.

I shook, unable to stop whimpering, even after Vernon had his hands around my neck.

Everything I felt after that was blinding pain everywhere. He was hitting me everywhere I could reach, paying special mind to where my kidneys were.

And then suddenly I felt myself become oddly detached as I started to go limp.

Vernon smirked and let me go as I dropped from consciousness.

I jolted back to the real world when I felt warm arms wrap around me and lift me into their lap.

I looked up, still in tears and found my brother rocking me.

It took everything I had not to scream and push him away from me.

"Mei-Mei…" Harry murmured, stroking my hair.

I scrambled away from him. "No…!" I told him. "You have no right!"

"Hannah…" Harry whispered, wiping my tears.

"No!" I shouted, stepping away from him, sobbing.

Harry wrapped his arms around me as I was close to having an anxiety attack.

Harry sat me back down and rocked me some more, chanting out apologies a mile a minute before humming my lullaby.

I stopped crying, but shook, fearing that Harry was going to shake me again.

"Shh, Mei-Mei." Harry muttered, kissing my temple and relaxing me as he started to sing my lullaby.

I sighed, letting myself slip into a world of dreams.

Meanwhile

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE GIRL'S GONE!?" Cronus bellowed.

"Simple, I woke this morning and the girl was nowhere to be seen." Lucius growled. "Her wand and backpack gone."

"IDIOT!" Cronus belted Lucius over the head. "You're worse than your wife with your son!"

"She couldn't have gone far." Lucius said with a nod. "Spread out, she must be in the Forest."

"SHE HAS HER FUCKING WAND! SHE COULD EASILY APPARATE!" Cronus shouted. "The woman who killed my daughter is out in the world! I want her back here and we're doing the ritual when we find her! Full moon or no full moon! SUSPIRIA!"

Zimmerman's wife came running. "Yes, Cronus?"

"I want you back at Hogwarts. Get our friend Harley Quinn alone and bring her back here. I don't give a fuck how long it takes, I want her back here NOW!"

"Yes, love." Suspiria nodded and left the castle.

Cronus threw Lucius into the wall. "I don't care what your penis is thinking, I want her locked in the dungeons when she's brought back!" he ordered. "You will take her in her cell and leave. Never in the tower room again!"

"Yes, Cronus." Lucius muttered, looking as though Christmas had been cancelled.

"I want her found." Cronus ordered, throwing Lucius an Invisibility Cloak. "I want her found and brought back here by yesterday! Get out there and help my wife look!"

Lucius was gone in an instant.

Draco POV

Potter came back down alone and I shoved him into a wall. "You are a bastard, you know that?" I asked. "Shaking your only family!"

"I got caught up in the moment, I was mad!" Potter shouted.

"Mad enough to shake her!" I growled. "She's probably up there shaking and crying her eyes out and it's all -"

I got cut off with a loud scream from upstairs, followed by an evil laugh.

I shot up and ran upstairs to find Hannah pressed against a cloaked figures chest.

"LET GO OF HER!" I shouted, drawing my wand and removing the hood, revealing Laventhorpe.

Laventhorpe only grinned, dragging Hannah through the window.

"DRACO!" Hannah screamed, thrashing around to try and break out.

I started to try and catch her, but Laventhorpe was already on the ground running off as if her life depended on it.

I grabbed my broom and flew down to the grounds, dismounting and running after them.

But by the time I had been able to catch up to them, there was a loud crack and just as quickly as I had gotten Hannah back, she was gone.

I swore, going back into the castle.

"I hope you're fucking happy now!" I snapped. "The last thing Hannah knows you did to her was scare her to death! Laventhorpe was just back and she's gone again!" my voice cracked as Diamond entered the ajar common room.

"I saw everything." he said.

"YOU!" I shouted, lunging for him.

"Malfoy, listen to me!" Diamond told me. "I know exactly where Hannah is! But we have to go fast. The full moon is tomorrow night."

I looked to him and raised my eyebrows. "I'm listening."