Lily faced palmed when she saw Haley walking down the stairs with a pair of sneakers with spikes on them and a black hat on her head.

Sirius chuckled and said, "You look very pretty Haley." He was rewarded with her giving him the middle finger. Then he said, "Don't worry. Your bruises distract everyone from the shirt."

He said then rewarded with a slap over the head via Lily. Now it was Haley's turn to chuckle. Remus walked into the room and gave Haley elevator eyes and said, "Uh, cool shoes."

"There! A normal compliment! It's that easy. Thanks, Moony."

Remus chuckled.

888

The morning passed far too quickly for Haley's liking. It wasn't long until they were flooing to the Ministry.

Tonks met them and talked Haley through what was happening. They were hoping that there was no need for her to testify but she needed to remain there in case someone on the council requested her.

She sat in between her parents and stared at her lap. Each parent took one hand in theirs. They just sat there, waiting. Eventually, Haley saw eight red heads enter and sit in there row. She recognized some of them. There was Ginny, Fred and George, Molly and Arthur. She hadn't met the other three but by their appearances they were probably Ron's family as well. They all had to sit on the witness stand so they had to sit beside them. Tonks told them this would happen so they took it into account when they sat down. Lily sat on the edge seat to Haley's right. Her father was on her left. Next to him were Remus and then Sirius. It looked as though the Weasleys had discussed there seating arrangement as well because Ginny sat next to Sirius. Then it was the twin and next to them the three that Haley didn't know. Molly sat on the very end.

Ginny saw Haley looking at them and gave a shy smile. Haley returned it before looking at her lap again. A few minutes later Ron entered under them. Haley's grip tightened on her parents. Ron sat down and looked at the stands. He shouted, "Well look at that! The whole family showed! Bill, Charlie, Percy! Long-time no see!"

Then he turned to Haley and shouted, "Hey! Bitch! You never told me how you got out of your chains!" Then he winked.

On the inside Haley was dying; on the outside she had her best poker face on. James and Lily knew how she was feeling however because the second he turned to her they began losing the feeling in their hands.

"Ronald Weasley!" Molly snapped.

"Oi! Shut it! The whore got what she deserved."

That did it Haley was losing control of her magic. It was like a large gust of wind was hitting only Haley. She decided to have some fun with it and maybe shut Ron up. She released her parent's hands. The wind continued to blow on her. Then she started speaking in an odd tone.

"Darkness falls across the land,

The midnight hour is close at hand,

Creatures crawl in search of blood,

To terrorize your neighborhood,"

Haley pointed at Ron.

"And though you fight to stay alive,

Your body starts to shiver,

For no near mortal can resist,

The evil of the THRILLER!"

The wind stopped and Haley sat down and grabbed her parents hands again as everyone stared at her. That shut Ron up. She looked over to the Weasleys and they immediately turned away. Ron was trying to figure out what it meant. Actually almost everyone was. Fudge and Umbridge were looking terrified of her. Oddly enough, no one asked. Haley saw Tonks grin in the corner and gave her a thumbs up.

Finally the trail began. They talked about why they were there and what the charges were. Then they asked Ron how he pleaded. His answer was, "Well, if I pleaded not guilty you would just give me Vertisarium and I'd go to jail and it would be a huge waste of everyone fucking time so I guess I'm guilty."

"Tell us exactly what happened," Fudge requested.

"Well, I met her. I asked her out. She said no. I love when they play hard to get. I started following her around. I heard her talking about the Potters to that freak of a friend of hers. I knew the general location of the Potters quarters. I knew that she would need to go down the hall of classrooms. Classes weren't in yet and I overheard McGonagall telling Snape that she was going out for the afternoon so I knew transfiguration would be open. I waited there and grabbed her as she walked past," Ron said clearly annoyed.

"And after that?" Fudge asked.

Ron looked at Haley and smirked as he said, "How much detail do you want?"

Haley felt the sudden need to cross her legs and Ron laughed.

"Just give us a basic outline," Fudge snapped feeling sorry for the girl.

"Well you're no fun," Ron said in a fake pout. "But fine. I put a silencing ward and locking charm on the room. I shoved her around a bit before shoving her into a wall and choking her."

As Ron spoke she heard a choking sound from down the aisle. She saw Molly freaking out. She couldn't watch her so she turned her attention back to Ron.

"Then I thought I would have some fun. I kissed her. Then the bitch bit me! So I smacked her around a bit more. Then she fell to the ground and I slammed her head into the floor. You can still see the bruise!" he yelled pointing at Haley. "Then I found a sting on a desk and got inspired by the transfiguration classroom. I transfigured it into a whip. I vanished her clothes and told her that she had a sexy body just like that MILF of a mother of hers. I told her that Lily would be next on my bang list. Then for the next hour or so I hit her. I would hit her. She would scream. I loved hearing her scream. But by then end of it the screams had died down. I wanted to hear her say something again. So I guessed what would get her talking. I started to undress and she started to beg me not to," he said it as if he were bragging.

Haley was trembling. It was hard enough being around him but hearing him talk like that was horrible. She began to feel sick. She took her hands from her parents and ran out of the room to the bathroom. Her parents rushed after her. Lily entered the bathroom after her and heard her being sick. She entered the stall and held her hair for her and rubbed circles on her back. When she was done throwing up Lily got her a cold cloth and washed her face down. They sat there on the floor as Haley cried. Lily pulled her into her lap and hugged and rocked her.