The next morning, Ava woke up to Donna and Hermione and Nancy shaking her rather hard, " Ava, Ava! Hurry up we only have ten minutes to get some breakfast and get to class"

Ava glanced at the clock and bolted out of her bed, they were right, she had never slept in this late before.

she brushed her teeth, brushed her hair and they ran down the stairs to breakfast, right when they got in the door, Ben, Tyler, Ron and Seamus were just packing up their books and getting ready to go to class, they turned when they heard footsteps running towards them, " your late" Tyler said in a sarcastic tone. Ava huffed " Be quiet it's not like no one noticed" but just as she said that Professor Mcgonagol walked up to them, "I would advise you to go to bed early instead of dreaming of boys all night. If one of you girls sleeps in again and is late to my class, I might just have to take away house points even if it is my own house" then she walked away.

Ben laughed " so who was it?" he asked. Nancy, Donna and Hermione all pointed to Ava. Seamus laughed " Idiot" was all he said. Ava growled at him and wolfed down a piece of toast.

Fortunately, the girls were not late to class, but they didn't eat much breakfast which made them very hungry for the rest of the morning, in Potions when Ava dropped an ingredient from grabbing her stomach because it growled for the 3rd time, Professor Snape walked up to her " control that stomach of yours Miss. Bronson or I will have to put you in detention" he snarled and walked away.

Ava ignored the snickers from Donna and Stacey.

Finally, to Ava's relief lunch period came and they went into the Great Hall, all of a sudden Ava remembered something " Aw no, I forgot to send a letter to my parents" Hermione shrugged, " just do it after, you have the rest of the day", Ava shook her head "No I can't, it will stay on my mind all day, I will just get it over with, go on with out me I will catch up" She smiled and turned to run back to her dorm.

Once she sent the letter, she walked down to the Great Hall and as she turned a corner, she ran into someone " Oh, I am so sorry I didn't see you-,

" Oh hey Mudblood", Ava was suddenly nervous, she remembered the insult that she gave to Malfoy the day before. Ava turned and said coldly " I have to go" but before she could leave Malfoy grabbed her wrist " Oh you aren't going anywhere right now, I want to talk to you about yesterday" Mafloy clearly didn't forget about what happened, Ava tried to escape but he was too strong for her, he tightened his hold on her, she winced at the pain " Please Draco your hurting me"

Malfoy just smirked " I don't care about if I am hurting you or not, you humiliated me in front of my classmates and I want payback" he smiled at her cowering form

Ava was scared Malfoy always teased her and mocked her, but never has he done something like this before.

" This is a warning this time Mudblood, you and I both know that I am stronger than you and I don't care if you are a girl and if you tell anyone about this, I won't just be getting payback, I will be getting revenge" He let go of her and walked off, Ava slid to the ground, tears in her eyes, he never went that far with her, she just imagined all the things he could do to her.

Tears formed in her eyes and she rubbed them away, she would not be seen like this in front of her friends, she looked at her wrists, bruises were already forming.

She ran the rest of the way to the Great Hall. When she got there she sat down rather hard beside Donna.

Hermione studdied her " Hey Ava are you alright? You look kinda pale" Everyone looked at her, Ava found herself embarrassed " I am fine you guys, just a little hungry is all"

" But your eyes look red" Elaine said " Have you been crying?"

Damn Elaine. Ava thought. She sighed " No Elaine, I am fine, I was rubbing my eyes before but that's because I had something in them. Ava looked down and noticed that her hands were shaking, she quickly hid them under the table, everyone was looking at her, Ben just shrugged " nah, its probably just nerves from all the homework we have been getting, just eat something and you will be fine", She looked beside Ben to see Seamus looking her up and down, he had a serious expression on his face like her knew she was lying, but he looked back down at his food and started eating, but more slowly than usual.

Ava ignored everyone and continued eating her lunch, soon everyone thought that nothing as wrong with her and continued on talking with one another, all except Donna, who was looking down, Ava followed her gaze and saw that she as looking at her shaking hands, Donna looked at Ava and looked away, Ava knew that she was going to here from this later.

Ava suddenly got up, she couldn't take much more of this, " I am going to go to the library to do some homework" she announced, Donna stood up " I will come with you" Ava shook her head, " No its fine, I won't inturupt you meal I just have a little bit of potions to finish" Donna shook her head also " I am done eating, I will come with you"

What she said was not a question, it was a statement. Ava couldn't say no and she and Donna walked out of the Great Hall together.

It was silent all the way to the library and until they found a seat away from everyone, Donna spoke

" Ava…what happened?"

" Nothing happened, I am fine" She lied

Donna huffed " Come on, I am not stupid, tell me what happened!"

" I just ran into Draco on my way back from the owlery that's all"

" Oh no, Draco is never good news, he is always flirting with you, did he say something really bad this time? How did he make you cry?"

" He didn't say anything bad….well he did but it was just that, he threatened me"

Donna didn't say anything at fist, she just stared at Ava " what did he say?" she asked, " He told me that he wanted to get revenge on me, and that he can really hurt me" Donna looked shocked, " Ava he is getting really dangerous, you need to hold back on the insults for a while, did he do anything else?"

Ava hesitated but held out her wrists, Donna grabbed them which made Ava wince at the soreness from it. Donna looked furious, " How dare he!, when I see him I will hit him with every spell in the book! He can't hurt a girl like that! What kind of monster is he?" Donna kept on fuming to herself about Malfoy not realizing that her voice was getting louder and louder, Ava looked around the room nervously " Donna, please be quiet, I don't want people to hear"

" Ava people should know what is going on, you need to tell someone. Now."

" I know but he threatened that if I told anyone, he would hurt me, and I don't want to act weak, he can't win!"

" Okay, but do you promise that if anything goes to far, you will tell someone? and do you promise that you won't humiliate him in Public anymore? let Seamus and Ben take care of that" Donna said, her face serious, " I promise" Ava smiled, " but don't tell anyone else okay?, this is just between you and me for now"

" I won't, I swear"