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Chapter 3: The two girls

About a day later after Hermione went to the hospital wing, she was aloud to go to her classes. Remus watched her when she came in to class, a smile never on her face. But the strangest part was that most of the girls he seen in the Room of Requirements would never smile.

Most of the time when Remus saw one of those girls, they had tears coming to their eyes. Snape was the same way. They were both very worried about them. Remus had told Snape what had happened that day, but Snape did not think it as important as Remus did. One day would change everything.

Remus was patrolling the hallways when he heard the voices of some girls and boys. He ran towards them. A girl was crying, the other fighting. He turned a corner and saw a sight he would never forget.

Draco Malfoy, Crabb and Goyle were standing near two other girls. Crabb was kicking one of them, the one crying. Goyle was holding the another while Malfoy talked and hit the girl. Remus' mind disappeared from his brain. Remus ran into an empty classroom and went over to the fireplace. He through some flu powder in and called Snape, he came almost immediately. The two of them ran out of the classroom, towards the group.

Malfoy was hitting the girl in the face. She almost fell to the ground other than the fact that Goyle held on to her. Remus could not stand it any longer. He ran over to Goyle and hit him with a binding spell. Snape did the same to the other boys. Goyle fell against he wall and the girl with him. Her head hung on her shoulders, when Goyle let go of her. She started to fall with Goyle, but Remus caught her, in his arms.

The girl was limp. Remus looked over to Snape, to see him helping the other girl on her feet. Remus gasped when she turned around. The girl was Ginny Weasley. Her nose was bleeding and she had a large bruise over most of her face. Tears still falling down her cheeks.

"Ginny, are you alright?" Remus pulled the girl in his arms, closer to him. He was starting to become afraid of finding out who she was.

"I think so," Ginny looked up into his eyes and then fell down to the other girl. Ginny ran forward to them and was trying to see the girl's face.

The girl moved a little in his arms, and then called out. "Ginny?" It was barely more than a whisper. But everyone could hear it. The girl fell limp again, partially falling out of his arms. Remus picked the girl up and found her to be very light, that he hadn't noticed before. Her head rested against his shoulder.

Tears began to fall more rapidly from Ginny's eyes. She fell to the floor, in a little ball. Snape picked Ginny up and held her close to him. Snape had never felt this way before at least for anyone other then a Slytherin, he was worried about Ginny. Ginny stopped crying after a moment. She turned around in his arms to see the girl again. Then she began to whisper. "You must help her, Malfoy hurt her bad..."

Snape looked from the girl in his arms over to the unconscious girl in his friend's arms. Remus caught Snape's eyes and looked down to the girl. He moved his hand over to her face and pushed the hair away. Snape gasped as her saw the face of the girl. It was bloodstained and bruised. The more shocking part was, that the girl was Hermione Granger. Remus already had the feeling it was her, but wished it not to be.

"We might want to get these two up to the hospital wing and get those three," Remus pointed over to the three binded boys, "To the headmaster's office.

"No, we need to take the girls with us. They will be our proof." Remus nodded and looked at Hermione again. Snape held Ginny with one arm and unbinded to boys. They quickly stood. "You three, follow me. Remus come behind me, we need to watch them." Malfoy and his friends began to follow Snape up the stairs. Remus followed after them.

That group must of looked pretty funny. Snape was caring Ginny. Malfoy, Goyle, and Crabb followed him. Remus brought up the rear with Hermione still in his arms. They made it to the Headmaster's office shortly after starting. Snape gave the pass word and went up. The boys still following him. Remus walked slowly up the stairs. He did not want to hurt Hermione any worse than she already was. When Remus at last walked in, the boys were all sitting in chairs in front of Dumbledore. Snape was standing to the side, Ginny still in his arms. She was shaking, so Remus assumed she was crying, again. Remus went over to another chair and leand up against it.

"What has happened?" Dumbledore looked from the three scared boys to the Professor's with female students in their arms.

"Remus saw those three hurting these girls. He called me and we stopped them. Then we brought them here." Snape said.

"Who are the girls?"

"Ginny Weasley and…" Snape did not continue as his eyes fell on Hermione.

"And Hermione Granger." Remus finished for him, holding Hermione tighter.

"Let me see the girls." Dumbledore stood and went over to Snape and Ginny. He touched her shoulder and she looked at him. He whispered a few words to her before walking over to Remus and Hermione. He touched Hermione, but she did not move. Dumbledore held her face in his hands for a few moments before shaking his head. He walked back over to his desk and sat down. Looking at the three boys.

"Why would you three do something like that to Ginny and Hermione?" None of the boys answered. "Ginny should be fine, at least she is awake. I do not know about Hermione. Remus, please take Hermione to your quarters and watch over her. Severus, same with Ginny. Madam Pomfrey is not here right now, some kind of meeting in Australia. Care for those two." With that, the Professors left the office, not wanting to hear any more. They separated there. Remus walked slowly to his rooms. Once inside, he laid Hermione on his bed. Remus got some water and a cloth. He then began to dab at the wounds on her face. Hermione stirred, her head moving back and forth silently.

Hermione began to shake. More violently as time passed. Remus had to use all his strength to restrain her. She stopped quiet suddenly. Remus was still holding on to her as her eyes flickered open. To Hermione, everything was blurred. She could see a man standing over her, and she freaked out. She began to struggle against his grip. She knocked him to the floor and backed away. She was still on the bed and she was crawling to get away. Remus stood up and walked over to where she was. Hermione still backed away. She was too close to the edge and fell off. But that did not stop her. She crawled over to the corner of the room. Nothing had ever scared her more, than to find a man holding her down, on a bed.

Remus seemed to sense her fear because he stopped and looked down at her. "Hermione, I am not going to hurt you."

The voice was soft and kind; it also lowered some of her fears. Hermione was still terrified. The man began to come closer and she tried to back farther away, but she was already against the wall.

Remus slowly walked over to where she was huddled. She was scared of him. He could not understand it. Remus slowly lowered down to her face level. Her fear grew. Slowly, Remus reached out to her and touched her shoulder. She shuddered under his touch but did not freak out, totally. Remus stuck both arms out and wrapped them around Hermione.

It was then, that Hermione realized that this person was not going to hurt her. She began to cry in his arms. Remus picked Hermione up and set her on his bed. He began to realize why she had freaked out. It was because she woke up in a bed that she did not know who it belonged to, with a man holding her down. That would probably freak anyone out. Especially with what had just happened to her.

"Hermione, are you alright?" Remus asked after another moment or so.

"I… I am sorry. I am sorry about how I reacted." Hermione was still holding on to him, with cries breaking through. Remus did not reject her, if anything held her tighter. He really cared about Hermione. She seemed like a long lost friend. But would he realise that, no.

"Sssh, everything is going to be alright. You just need to sleep." Remus let go of Hermione and helped her lay down. Hermione was still crying ever so slightly. She laid her head down as Remus began to dab at the cut across her forehead.

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Hermione spent about a week with Remus. She slept most of the time, to much stress. One day though, Remus walked into his rooms to find a note written to him, Hermione gone. The note read this:

Dear Remus Lupin,

I am sorry for everything I put
you through or done to you. I do not want
to be a burden any longer.
Lkoo fro t eh glri whti t eh erokbr seilm
Hermione Granger

Remus reread it. It was as strange as the note he got a while back. Part of it looked to be in a different language. One he did not know. Remus went to his fireplace and called Snape. Snape can almost immediately.

"I came in here and Hermione was gone. This is the note I found." Remus gave it to Snape as he read it over.

Once Snape was done, he did not look any different then before. "Well Remus, looks like we have a problem, read this." Snape handed him a note that read:

Dear Severus,

I am sorry for everything I put
you through or done to you. I do not want
to be a burden any longer.
Lkoo fro t eh glri whti t eh erokbr seilm
Ginny Weasley

Remus reread it. This note was about the same as the note he found. "I found that when I came back and Ginny was gone. I think that might have something to do with everything. They had to have talked to each other to write these. They are the exact same other than the names."

"I think they might have something to do with the other note we found a while ago. Those notes were the same." Snape shook his head.