Chapter 8

Bold is Emily's thought

Italics are Hermione's thoughts

Hermione collapsed back onto her bed in the hospital wing. Severus had just stormed out and she had no idea what he was thinking. She was pissed that he had dared to enter her thoughts without her permission but also upset that he had left without saying a word. She was also strangely disappointed in her own ability to block her mind from invasions, she hadn't even realized what he was doing until it was to late. Hermione waited for Emily to drift off into peaceful dreams, most likely filled with Sirius, then folded in on her self and cried until oblivion took over.

"Shhhh shhh shhh, it's ok Hermione I am here. Wake up honey, it is just a bad dream darling. I'm here." Emily kept whispering nothings until Hermione finally came around. "What was it 'mione, do you want to talk about it?"

"I… I.. don't know how to explain it, or were to start, I don't want to." Hermione was a mess, her pretty blonde hair was everywhere and all tangled up. She had tear stains down her face and her lip was quivering in an attempt to hold in her sobs.

"Don't worry hon, I won't push you. You know that you can trust me with anything, just start when ever you are ready to love." Emily was really worried, it had to be really serious for her sister to be reluctant to fill her in.

"It all started when I was eight ….sniff…. My mother got laid off of work, after that she nitpicked and argued until my dad lost it." Hermione gave another sob and Emily just let her cry it out. "When you say your parents, you mean the muggle family that Dumbledore left you with?" Hermione nodded her head sadly as she remembered what her life had been like. "It wasn't my fathers fault, it really wasn't, mother drove him to the edge, she just wouldn't quit bugging him. He turned in to a drunk ….sob…. He lost his job and he couldn't live with that. He started getting violent, with mother and me, but I swear it wasn't his fault. He didn't go far with me, he hit he occasionally and kicked me." Hermione started to lose it here, she didn't want her sister to know any of this but she knew it would help. "This is what Severus saw when he used ligilimens on me. The day I turned 11 he was drunk and mad 'cause my mother had yelled at him for not having a job. When my letter came for Hogwarts came he freaked out, he hit me in the face…...I fell over and he kicked me in the stomach. He… he kicked me out that night. I never told anyone, I haven't stepped foot in that house since. Every summer I work seven days a week to pay for my school books and clothes." Hermione was nearly asleep again, all cried out and ready to fade into darkness. "They weren't always bad, they took me to Italy when I was younger, and France too, but Italy was always my favorite." She finally fell asleep to thoughts of her home in Italy.

"Don't worry my dear sister we will get revenge on the one who put you there, but we will need help. Just sleep and I will take care of everything." Emily was beyond pissed, that fucking muggle had hurt Hermione, he should never have been anywhere near her anyway. It was all Dumbledore's fault, he was going to PAY. Now were in the hell did that potions professor go.

How could he just walk out on her like that, how could he, he sees some amazingly personal memories and all he can do is leave. I'll teach him a lesson he won't soon forget. Ass, what was he thinking, I mean really. Were in the hell is he I have been walking around the Dungeons for half a bloody hour.

"What, may I ask? Are you doing in my dungeons Miss Giordani?" Oh, well, there he is, he found me, that was unexpected. "Please Professor my name is Emily, I must insist that you use it. This will cause less confusion if my sister ever wants to be in your presence again. However we will discuss you unfeeling reactions later……."

"Stop, you think that I am unfeeling………… What I saw was a shook, I had always thought that she was pampered. It was a shook to see that she has had pain in her life. No I will not explain myself to you anymore, when the time is right I will talk to Hermione about it but at this moment I will not talk about this anymore. Goodnight Emily." Severus was obviously unhappy about calling her by her first name as the word came out laced with distain.

"I'm not through yet. The walls have ears and I am unwilling to let mine and my sisters lives be overheard, Is their anywhere private that I can asses your allegiance.

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