A/N: Sorry. I didn't realize that you had already read that chapter. At least I finally got the chapters in order. Lol. Again I'm sorry. Thank you for reviewing. And no. This wasn't an intentional repost.
Chapter 10: Cuz It's All In My Head
"Hiya Professor Lupin!" Ginny said loudly in his ear from behind him.
Professor Lupin nearly fell out of his seat he was so startled. "Ginny! You scared me half to death!" he exclaimed.
"Sorry," Ginny said grinning.
"Can I introduce you to some students Professor?" asked Hermione.
"Who?" Lupin asked.
Hermione grinned and gently pulled Zane and Lilah forward.
Lupin looked like he was going to pass out when he saw Lilah and Ginny stood next to her.
"Meet Lilah Lavinier and Zane Zephyr." Ginny said holding back laughter at Lupin's expression.
"Now we have two sets of twins!" Lupin cried. "You don't play pranks do you?" he asked Lilah.
Lilah crossed her arms. "That bulling toe-rag over there is the one who plays pranks. He hexes everyone cause he can, always brags about his quidditch skills, and won't stop messing up his hair!" she said exasperatedly as his hand jumped up to his hair.
He immediately dropped his arm.
Lupin laughed and Lilah looked at him.
"The funny thing is my two best friends acted just like you two," he said a sad look coming across his face.
"Acted?" Lilah asked.
"They were killed," Lupin said.
"Murdered more like!" Harry spat.
Lilah looked at him surprised by the hatred in his tone and was even more surprised to see how much pain and hatred was in those brilliant emerald green eyes.
She raised a brow at him and he looked down. "They were my parents. James Potter was one of the greatest pranksters Hogwarts has ever seen along with Remus Lupin, Sirius Black & this other guy that I am happy to say is dead!" he said violently.
"Harry!" Lupin exclaimed.
"What?!" he asked annoyed.
"I know you don't like him but you don't have to talk like that! Before anything happened Peter Pettigrew was a great friend. He was hilarious at times because he always got in trouble. He would say something and if we disagreed he would pretend that was what he had said." Lupin said firmly.
Harry glared at Lupin and everyone who knew about Harry's temper watched apprehensively. To their surprise Harry just sighed.
"I guess you're right. You knew him better than me but I will always be glad that the Peter I knew of is dead!" Harry said stubbornly.
Lupin seemed mildly surprised that Harry admitted he was wrong but regained his composure in seconds.
"Anyway... back to what I was saying about you two acting like my two best friends," Lupin said with a grin.
Harry grinned mischievously. "I swear you two act like a married couple!" he said.
Lilah's jaw dropped and she glared at him. "Don't you ever insult me like that again Potter!" she said half playfully. He gave her an innocent look. "Me insult? How could you think of such a horrendous thing like that?" he asked with a mock horror look on his face.
Lilah, Ginny and Hermione giggled while Zane, Neville and Ron outright burst into hysterical laughter.
Harry grinned as Lupin's face turned steadily pink while holding in laughter.
"Come on Professor. You know it was funny!" Harry protested. That was all Professor Lupin needed.
He laughed and laughed and laughed.
Everyone calmed down after a while. Suddenly Lilah spoke up. "Professor Lupin? Do you know where we might find a boggart?" she asked hopefully.
Lupin thought for a moment. "Have you tried the Room of Requirement? Harry should know where it is." He said.
"Oh yeah! I forgot all about that! Thanks Professor!" Hermione exclaimed walking out the door.
The others followed.
"He seems like a nice Professor," Lilah commented.
"That's because he is. He is the best defense teacher we have ever had! Snape tried to get rid of him by blowing his cover. Professor Lupin is a werewolf but nobody cares because he is too nice." Harry said.
Neville caught up to them as he exited the Professor's office.
"Hey! You guys are really lucky to find the Room of Requirement your first year here. I didn't find out about it until my 5th year. Most of Gryffindor knows about it but besides that no one else does. We know about it because of the classes Harry gave us in 5th year. We had a secret club called the D.A. that stands for Dumbledore's Army. We named it that because that's what the Ministry feared at the time. Harry even taught us how to do a Patronus Charm!" Neville said.
Zane and Lilah looked at Harry in amazement making him blush.
"So we are headed there?" Lilah asked.
"Yes. The Room of Requirement transforms into what you need. Fred and Gorge hid in it once running from Filch but it had just been a broom closet and they didn't realize what it was. Most people who do find it never find it again." Ron said.
"That could be useful for pranks," Zane said thoughtfully.
Lilah scowled at him.
Finally they reached the blank stretch of wall that was the Room of Requirement.
Hermione turned to Lilah. "What you need to do is pace in front of the wall and think of what you want in your head. Do that three times and a door should appear." She said.
Lilah nodded and started pacing. A door appeared and they went inside behind Lilah.
The room was a little bigger than a regular classroom with an alcove big enough for at least two people. There was a wardrobe in front of the alcove that was rattling fiercely. The walls were covered with shelves housing everything about Boggarts and how to get rid of them.
"So is that the Boggart?" Zane asked pointing to the wardrobe. Everyone nodded.
"Go ahead Lilah," Ginny encouraged. "The spell is Riddikulus!" Ginny said showing her the wand movement.
Lilah stepped forward and Hermione pointed her wand at the door. "On the count of three. One… two… three… Go!" Hermione yelled.
The Boggart flew out and transformed into Zane lying on the floor. Someone was standing over him with their wand pointed at Zane's chest.
"Riddikulus!" Lilah yelled quickly. The wand turned into a stick; the persons cloak turned into a dress with pink flowers and laces around the rim.
Everyone laughed and it vanished with a poof!
Zane was looking at Lilah in shock while everyone else had slight smiles on their faces.
Lilah felt her face heating up and she tried to force the blush back. All of a sudden a wall separated Lilah from everyone.
"I guess she wanted to be left alone," Ron muttered.
Zane slowly walked up to the wall. "Can I come in?" he asked softly. There was a pause and a door appeared in the wall with a sign saying 'Come in Zane!'
Zane smiled and walked in; the door vanishing behind him.
Everyone looked at each other. "You think they will go to Hogsmeade?" Ron asked.
Ginny smacked him round the head. "You aren't supposed to ask that you dimwit!" she said.
The door appeared again and everyone went silent. Lilah and Zane walked out with their faces carefully blank.
When they closed the door the wall disappeared.
Harry could easily see Zane was trying to hide his emotions but flickers of joy kept dancing in his eyes.
Harry grinned when a balloon string appeared and then vanished.
"Who was thinking about balloons just now?" Harry asked holding in laughter. Zane blushed and Ron, Ginny, Harry, Neville and Hermione laughed.
Finally Zane and Lilah laughed too.
"Well we better get to bed before we get in trouble," Lilah said.
"Yeah I guess so." Zane said.
"So where is Gryffindor Tower anyway?" Lilah asked.
Neville smiled. "Come on and we'll show you." He said.
They made their way to Gryffindor tower.
When they got to the portrait hole Hermione gasped and leaned against the wall.
Everyone except Lilah and Zane knew what was wrong. "Lilah, Zane, Go on upstairs. Girls on the right and boys on the left. Your stuff should already be up there. We need to talk about something down here." Hermione said indicating her old friends.
Lilah looked hesitant to leave but Zane pulled her along.
When they heard the doors close they all ran down the corridor heading to the front doors.
They ran towards the boundary of Hogwarts and stopped.
Hermione was shaking with fear as Ginny tried to comfort her.
"It will be okay," she said soothingly.
"I hope," Ron mumbled. Ginny glared at him as Hermione started to cry.
"Go," said Harry.
She hugged them and disapparated.
They stared at the place where she had stood. "I hope she will be okay," Neville said worried.
"She's a tough girl. She will be fine Neville," Harry said more confidently than he felt.
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Hermione apparated and found herself alone in a burned down house. She looked around carefully and walked towards a charred dresser. There was a photo of a man and woman holding a baby.
The picture was charred at the edges but she could make out the baby's eyes.
They were emerald green, wide, and innocent. She looked at the mother and father and gasped. It was Harry and his parents! Harry was laughing as Lily gently tickled him.
"Sweet isn't it?" a voice said from behind Hermione.
She spun around dropping the picture. Lucius was standing in the doorway with an evil sneer on his face.
She dropped to the floor in front of him.
"Your actions have been foolish so you will be punished. I have to wonder if you are worth the trouble of keeping. Of course that would mean killing you," he said casually as if he had done it many times.
She gulped nervously.
He must have given some kind of signal because all of a sudden Death Eaters came streaming in from all sides boxing her in.
"Get up!" he commanded.
She stood shakily and looked at him.
She was startled for a second to see a woman holding his hand but remembered about Narcissa. That could mean only one thing. She wanted revenge and she wanted to hear someone scream.
A cold finger ran down Hermione's spine. She knew Bella and Narcissa had been cousins and Bella had always called Narcissa by the name of Cissy. They were almost like sisters. She should've known this would happen!
Lucius looked at Cissy who smiled and advanced on Hermione wand drawn.
Hermione scanned the Death Eaters and picked out Severus. His eyes were full of concern. They locked eyes but she knew he couldn't do a thing. The thing was, neither could she. It would be very stupid to try and harm the Dark Lord's wife. If she tried he would kill her and it would be slow and painful.
Cissy let her hood fall to reveal auburn eyes full of hatred and anger and Hermione had a bad feeling that it was directed at her. Cissy had beautiful blonde hair curling into perfect ringlets down to her waist. Her lips were full and her nose turned up snobbishly. Even so Hermione thought she was the prettiest lady she had ever seen.
"You know my husband says you are a very talented witch. I think you are a fool to have even dared harm a relative of the Dark Lord." She said cruelly
Hermione flinched at the razor sharpness of her voice. She trembled as Cissy came closer.
"You must have some talent if he said you do," Cissy said almost admiring.
"I could show you if you like," Hermione said her proud spark coming back.
The Death Eaters took a hasty step back but there seemed to be some new ones that didn't know her so well. Hermione smiled as she found her target.
She looked at a couple of Death Eaters who seemed to be holding in laughter.
Looking at each one carefully, she cocked her head. Nothing happened.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Cissy asked her eyes flashing. Hermione just smiled making Cissy even angrier.
"Look," Hermione said jerking her head towards the Death Eaters.
As soon as Cissy looked the Death Eaters turned into hamsters.
Cissy shrugged her shoulders. "No matter what I will enjoy torturing you!" She said gleefully.
In her fear Hermione's concentration slipped and the little hamsters smacked into the ceiling squealing.
Hermione quickly conjured a bed of soft pillows so the hamsters wouldn't hit the cement floor too.
One hamster bounced off the pillows and Hermione caught it before it got hurt.
Cissy watched in shock as Hermione carefully examined the hamster/Death Eater. 'She cares if they get hurt?' Cissy screamed to herself.
The hamster had two broken legs and Hermione healed them slowly. The hamster stopped squealing when his legs were fixed.
Hermione set the hamster on the ground and reversed the transfiguration spell.
As the hamster started to grow she saw he didn't have any clothes. She quickly conjured a cloak and covered him before he was full human.
He looked at her before scrambling away. She checked each one in turn and gave him a cloak.
She became aware that Cissy was watching her intently when she finished.
Hermione stood up and faced her.
Just for a second Hermione could have sworn she saw some warmth in Cissy's eyes but then the fire returned but brighter than before.
Hermione swallowed hard.
"Impressive… for a girl," Cissy said smirking.
'You truth-slanting git!' Hermione screamed in her mind before remembering Lucius could hear her thoughts.
Lucius looked at Hermione with a terrifying glare.
Hermione looked down, fear rushing through her.
Cissy looked at them curiously and Hermione gave her an innocent look.
Cissy glared at her. "That stupid Potter boy killed my cousin and you protected him! Either way you look at it you killed my cousin. I will enjoy avenging her death," Cissy hissed raising her wand menacingly.
The Death Eaters behind Hermione moved so they wouldn't get hit by a spell.
Hermione backed up fearfully, her stomach in knots and her heart beating so hard she thought it would rip out of her chest.
Hermione bumped into the wall and Cissy shot a curse at her.
Hermione deflected it and caught a glimpse of someone covered in boils.
"I never meant any harm! I never use violence unless protecting myself! Everyone knows I hate when people get hurt. I should have stopped Harry. I tried to, I swear! But his anger was too great. Do you know the things that Bella did to him?" Hermione wailed.
"I don't care what she did to him! Whatever he got he deserved!" Cissy screamed at her waving her hand.
Pain filled every limb of Hermione's body. She couldn't tell if she had screamed or not but if she had the pain was so bad she didn't have room for anything else.
Cissy finally released Hermione her face one of glee.
Hermione lay there for a few seconds before painfully pulling herself to a sitting position.
She looked around at the other Death Eaters.
Snape's concern was standing out so much she was sure someone would notice and he would get in trouble.
"Still feel talented? Smart? How about brave?" Cissy taunted.
Hermione's head snapped up, anger surging through her like a tidal wave.
Hermione slowly stood up not taking her eyes off of Cissy.
Suddenly the Death Eaters closest to Hermione went flying into each other. In the brief chaos Hermione summoned the picture of Harry and his parents and slipped it into her robe.
'Smart, talented and brave enough to do that?! YOU WICKED, FOUL B -' she thought aggressively.
'This is my LAST warning. Shut up now or you will have to face both of us!' Lucius snarled ruthlessly.
Hermione obeyed the command and stopped the flow of nasty thoughts in her head.
Hermione watched as the Death Eaters around her stood up gazing at her murderously.
Hermione averted her eyes from the few people in pain and had to hide a smile at Cissy's expression.
"You really don't like violence do you?" Cissy asked.
Hermione shook her head slowly. "We could fix that for you if you would like. Do you want that?" She asked.
Hermione looked at Severus, who was shaking his head, and didn't reply.
"Good idea. The only way to do that would be to kill you. In your case it would be very slow and very, very painful," Cissy said.
Hermione had always thought Cissy and Bella looked nothing alike but right then she could see the resemblance perfectly. To be honest it was terrifying.
Cissy had on the most vicious grin. It was almost like meeting Bella again but three times worse.
Hermione's eyes widened in terror and she started to back away from Cissy but suddenly stopped. Running hadn't got her anywhere before. It would just get her trapped. Hermione decided right then that if she went down she wouldn't be the only wounded party.
Hermione whipped out her wand. No use draining herself with wandless magic.
When Cissy saw the wand she laughed out loud. A cruel razor sharp laugh that sent terror flowing through Hermione.
Without warning Cissy angled her wand towards Hermione and turned it sharply towards a brick wall. Hermione slammed into it her face getting the worst of it.
'Well that's going to leave a bruise!' Hermione thought to herself whimpering in pain.
Expelliarmus! Hermione yelled in her head. Cissy's wand flew to her hand and she quickly put an anti- retrieving spell on it.
Cissy stared at Hermione with clear message: 'Give me my wand or you will regret it!'
Hermione stood her ground defiantly.
"Give me my wand," Cissy said threateningly.
"No," Hermione said flatly.
Hermione saw movement behind her and she spun around the bat-boogey hex on the tip of her tongue. She stopped dead when she saw it was Lucius. She looked at the floor horrified by what she had almost done.
He smiled cruelly. "You can start now," he said.
At first Hermione didn't know what he was talking about. Then everyone raised their wands and pointed them at Hermione. Hermione thought of the strongest transfiguration spell she could think of and surprisingly it worked.
In a matter of seconds there were replicas of Draco the White Ferret everywhere. She vanished them without thinking so there were four people in the room.
Before anyone realized that Hermione had 'forgotten' to do the same to Severus she banished him to Hogwarts. Now there were only three people in the room. Herself, Lucius and Narcissa.
"Impressive but you have a small problem. You still have me and you have the Dark Lord still standing. Both of us are worth more than all of those Death Eaters put together." Cissy said with a psychotic grin on her face.
"Now. Give. Me. My. Wand." Cissy said taking a step towards Hermione with every word.
By the time she said the word 'Wand' she was standing right in front of Hermione.
Hermione acted as if she was thinking really hard. "Hmm... No!" she replied disobediently.
Lucius stared at the girl who would dare mock Narcissa.
Hermione trembled as Cissy stepped closer so their faces were almost touching. Cissy spun Hermione around and kicked the back of her knees.
Hermione's legs buckled and she fell to the floor. As soon as she stood up Cissy did it again… and again… and again.
Hermione eventually just stayed on the floor, her legs feeling as if they were on fire. She gazed up at Cissy who gave her an evil grin.
"Give me my wand!" she said holding out her hand.
Hermione looked at her defiantly. "NO!" she yelled bracing herself.
The blow came a second later. Cissy raised her foot and slammed it down on Hermione's stomach hard.
Hermione screamed out loud clutching her stomach. Cissy cackled as she watched Hermione roll around on the ground crying and whimpering in pain.
Lucius just watched the whole thing bored.
"GIVE ME MY WAND!" Cissy screamed at Hermione.
"Go….to…..hell!" Hermione panted out.
Cissy screamed with rage and Hermione shrank in fear. Even Lucius was amazed. No one had ever dared make Cissy this mad. There was a good reason too.
Cissy's eyes flashed red and Hermione figured she was as good as dead.
Cissy picked Hermione up none too gently and threw her down hard. Hermione figured she better not let Cissy get her wand back so she made sure to land on it snapping it in half.
Cissy howled with fury. "Now you shall feel the complete power of my wrath!" she screamed her whole body shaking.
Cissy came at Hermione so fast she barely saw it coming. There was a pain in her stomach. A pain in her face. Then she felt hairs being pulled out. Next thing she knew she was being held by Lucius whose grip was steadily tightening.
Hermione whimpered in pain and squirmed but Lucius' steel grip only tightened and Hermione gasped before going limp.
She stared at Cissy in fear and Cissy smiled back. She nearly wet her pants.
"Do it," Cissy hissed to Lucius.
Hermione looked between them confused and scared at the same time. When Lucius hesitated Cissy stomped her foot and screamed, "DO IT NOW! SHE NEEDS TO LEARN!!!"
'Do what?!' Hermione screamed to Lucius.
He just looked at her and didn't answer as he dragged her to a wall.
She thrashed, kicked, screamed and pleaded. She only stopped when he gave her a direct order to either stop or make the punishment worse.
She looked at him fearfully as he pushed her on the ground against a wall. He conjured a box and lowered it on to her. She whimpered at the weight. He forced it to go down further and she gasped. It pushed down further and she struggled to breathe.
"Master! Please… stop!" she begged. "Please! I… can't…breathe," she gasped out.
He lifted it slightly and when she got a gulp of air slammed it down on top of her making her scream. Cissy laughed gleefully at the sound of her scream.
He watched as she caught her breath thinking about how powerful this witch was. Thinking of that reminded him of his Death Eaters.
"Where did you send my Death Eaters?" he asked suddenly.
Hermione's head snapped up at the question and she thought for a moment.
She lowered her head, the blood draining from her face. Fear ran through her like fire when she realized she didn't know where they were. She thought frantically for some kind of excuse.
Lucius could tell immediately that she was hiding something and his voice turned ice cold.
"Where are my Death Eaters?" he asked in an intimidating tone.
Hermione tried to shrink into the shadows, terrified.
"Where are my Death Eaters?!!" he yelled.
Again she didn't answer and he lost his temper. He grabbed the front of her robes pulling her to her feet and stepped in front of her.
"Where. Are. My. Death. Eaters?!" He demanded.
Hermione gulped and mumbled something.
Lucius seized her arm pulling it behind her. "If you don't tell me now I will break your arm," he whispered in her ear.
When she didn't answer right away he pulled her arm up sharply and she gave a piercing scream. "I don't know where they are! I vanished them. I'm sorry Mas-!" she started to say.
Lucius pushed her on the ground. "You will stay right there if you know what's good for you!" he screamed at her.
She nodded tears streaming down her face.
He went over to Cissy and whispered something. She smiled evilly before nodding.
Hermione felt like running as she saw Cissy slowly approach her. The only thing holding her back was Lucius' threat.
'You will do whatever she says!' Lucius hissed.
'Y-yes master' she said.
Cissy finally reached her and smiled.
"Give me your wand!" she barked.
With trembling fingers Hermione handed her wand over.
Cissy snatched it from Hermione's hand and carefully examined it.
"Good wand. Too bad you will need a new one," Cissy said laughing.
She raised the wand and Hermione flinched. "Did I say you could move?" Cissy snapped kicking Hermione in the side. Hermione forced herself not to make a sound.
Hermione just stayed where she was waiting for Cissy to say something.
"So how does it feel to have to follow orders? Huh?" Cissy asked.
Hermione started to reply.
Before she even formed a word Cissy kicked her again and she accidentally yelped.
Hermione was rewarded with a blow to the head.
"No one told you to speak or make a sound!" Cissy yelled.
Hermione bit back a retort that would have made people gasp.
Cissy yanked Hermione off the ground and threw her against the brick wall.
'How many times am I going to be thrown against this stupid wall?!' she screamed at herself.
'Many more times if you don't shut up' came Lucius's voice.
Hermione stared at the ground.
"Lie down on the floor," Cissy said in a low voice.
Hermione's head snapped up hoping to hear the order again.
"What?" Hermione asked meekly.
Cissy drove her fist into Hermione's stomach and she stumbled swearing in her head.
'I just asked a freakin' question geez!' she yelled.
'That's IT!!' Lucius yelled.
Hermione raised her eyes fearfully trying to plead with her eyes. 'I forgot. I swear I won't do it again!' she tried to say.
"Cissy could you come here?" he asked her.
Hermione shook her head but he just glared at her. She lowered her head in defeat.
As she heard Cissy's footsteps approaching she looked up. Cissy's eyes were flashing murderously. Lucius walked right behind her. Hermione gulped and lowered her head again.
"Get on the floor," Cissy ordered. Hermione dropped to the floor. "On your back!" she barked. Hermione shakily laid on her back.
Cissy looked at Lucius. "You first," he said. She smiled before sitting on top of Hermione without restraining her weight at all. Hermione yelped but quickly muffled it. Cissy smiled down at her. "Now you're learning what happens to foolish people who mess with me."
Hermione nodded weakly. "Come on Lucius honey. There's still room." Cissy said.
Hermione nearly burst into tears as she saw Lucius come over.
"This is what happens to foolish little girls," He hissed. "There will be no more mercy for you!" he snapped before sitting on top of her.
Hermione shrieked and Lucius put the rest of his weight on her. Now she couldn't even breathe.
She squirmed and Cissy pulled her hair. She didn't care. What she cared about was breathing.
She squirmed harder and gulped down air. Cissy realized what her problem had been and seized her around the throat.
"You could've just asked you know," she said.
Hermione shook her head. "You… would've… punished…me," she said choking.
Cissy tightened her grip on Hermione's neck before letting go.
Hermione felt tears stream down her cheeks as Lucius shifted his weight so it hurt more.
Cissy stood up and conjured a chair with chains on the arms and legs. There was a seat belt and what appeared to be a chain for the neck.
Lucius stood up and Hermione almost cried with joy.
"Get your ass over here NOW!" Cissy commanded.
Hermione bolted over to her and bowed her head looking at the wood-strewn floor.
"Sit in the chair!" she ordered.
Hermione obeyed gingerly putting her arms on the armrests.
As she had expected the chains sprang to life. Her arms and legs were chained and the belt for her waist squeezed till she could barely breathe…again.
She tried holding her neck out of the chain's reach but the chain stretched and smacked against her neck painfully squeezing harder than it would have if she had left it alone.
Lucius grinned as she yelped in surprise then in pain.
When she was chained to the chair everything tightened again and she felt the chains cut into her skin.
Cissy stepped back to observe her. "It needs something else…" she said thoughtfully.
Hermione's eyes widened in fear.
"Aha!" Cissy yelled in triumph.
Hermione would've flinched but she couldn't move.
Cissy waved Hermione's wand and chains snaked their way around Hermione's stomach too.
Hermione tried pushing her stomach out but the chains gave a huge squeeze and she screamed in pain.
Lucius waved his wand and an electric wire shot out snaking around Hermione's chest. She didn't dare try and resist that. She moved just the slightest and felt an electric shock go through her.
She stopped tensing her muscles in defeat.
Cissy laughed and sent a streak of purple light sailing at Hermione. She deflected it with her mind.
Cissy sneered at her. "You can't keep that up forever," she said.
A yellow light went streaking towards Hermione from Lucius's wand.
She let it hit her and felt electric shocks go through her whole body from the movement.
She screamed in pain as the volts went through her whole body. Hermione couldn't take it any longer.
With her mind she flung the electric wire at Cissy who screamed.
She moved but not fast enough. The wire hit her and she screamed in pain.
Hermione closed her eyes wishing she could block the screaming from her ears.
Then it stopped and Hermione opened her eyes to see Lucius helping Cissy to her feet.
They both glared at her murderously.
She lowered her eyes. "Just-" the chain tightened around her neck then loosened.
"Do-" It tightened harder this time and held it longer. "IT!" she yelled.
The chain tightened almost crushing her windpipe and held it for ten seconds before letting go.
Cissy stared at her in disbelief and Lucius looked at her amused. "She is very honest with the punishments. Take away the chain so we can see what else she will say," Lucius told Cissy.
She did and Hermione gasped for breath. "I- I was being stupid and deserve everything I get for being so careless." She sniffed.
Cissy stood there staring at her.
"Well are you going to do it or not?!" Hermione snapped finally.
Cissy snapped and hurled five stinging hexes at Hermione who screeched in pain.
"You don't talk to me like that!" Cissy barked.
Hermione nodded her head.
She had no idea where her next words came from. A surge of anger came from nowhere.
"I'm tired of you. Just because you're older… and bigger that doesn't give you the right to treat me this way! How would you like it if someone did this to you?!" she snapped.
Cissy and Lucius seemed to be in a daze.
"What did you just say?" Cissy asked in a deadly tone.
Hermione shook her head confused. She didn't remember what had just happened but the look on Cissy's and Lucius's faces told her she was in some deep trouble.
Lucius flicked his wand and the chair became a table with her arms, legs, waist, and chest chained down.
Cissy flicked her wand and the neck chain reappeared.
The chains squeezed painfully and Hermione whimpered.
Cissy came over to her, lowered the table and pulled Hermione's hair hard.
She squealed in pain making the neck chain tighten so it choked her.
'What did I do?' she asked Lucius desperately.
'Well I think you said to Cissy 'I'm tired of you. Just because you're older… and bigger that doesn't give you the right to treat me this way! How would you like it if someone did this to you?!' Lucius answered.
'I-I did?' Hermione asked weakly.
'Yup. And now you will really see how angry Cissy can really get.' He said.
Hermione felt tears of disbelief stream down her face.
Cissy smiled evilly and conjured a heavy looking object making it hover above Hermione.
"Say you will be my personal slave for a year or I may let it drop," she taunted bringing it higher over Hermione.
Hermione's eyes widened. "Iwillbeyourpersonalslaveforayear," she blurted blacking out from the chain squeezing her neck.