A/N: Thanks to everyone that's commented and added this story to their faves and alerts! Here's the latest and greatest chapter. Hope you enjoy! Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out by Friday next week. If you noticed, I did change the rating to M for a mild rape scene in this chapter. Wasn't expecting it so soon, but I knew eventually it'd go to M anyway.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just play with them for my own amusement.
Rhiannon woke from another nightmare. She lay in her bed panting and pushed her red hair off her sweaty forehead. She checked the time on her wristwatch, which read 4:45am, and decided to get up for the day. As quietly as was possible, the young woman gathered her toiletries and snuck across the hall to the sixth year girls' lavatory.
She'd only been there for a week, and she knew already that she love being in Slytherin. The other girls in her dorm were just starting to warm up to her, and she to them. She loved the daytime, only because nightmares plagued her whenever she closed her eyes. Rhiannon shivered under the hot water as she replayed the most recent nightmare.
She was lying on a damp stone floor and felt extremely weak. The rhythmic 'drip-drip' of water echoed somewhere in the distance. A felling of hopelessness and fear washed over her, threatening to overpower her and she gasped for air. It was then that she heard footsteps coming closer to her. Her body was too weak to move, and all she wanted was to close her eyes and just fade away.
A deep chuckle tore through the silence before saying, "Poor little Ginny. Always in the shadow of others, but that won't be for long. Soon you will be known as the little girl who helped me come back to power. Then, I'll kill your little friend, Potter."
Suddenly, a young man of seventeen was standing over her. Under different circumstances she might have thought him to be most handsome. He had wavy dark brown hair with matching brown eyes that were filled with malice. She started to cry as he knelt next to her and started to play with the buttons on her blouse.
"Didn't your mummy and daddy ever tell you not to speak to strange things?" he smiled, baring all his teeth. "I guess I'll just have to teach you a lesson about that," the boy said as he reached down and pull her legs apart before repositioning himself between them.
She tried to move her legs back, but her body felt like dead weight. Rhia felt him lift her skirt before pulling her panties down chuckling and muttering to his self the entire time. Then she felt him at her opening. His eyes locked with hers, and she felt his hatred and sadistic excitement mingling with her fear.
"I want to feel this as you feel it," he told her before he pushed himself into her.
Rhia felt a blinding pain start in her groin and travel throughout her body. Her tears blurred her vision as each thrust from him sent another wave of pain through her. She could smell her blood, and feel his excitement at it. He laughed during all of it, and when he was done he cleaned them both up and replaced her panties.
He stood up and sneered, "I always enjoyed taking virgins, and your mental screams were tantalizing. Wish we could do it again, but you must die for me to live. Think of this as a parting gift from me. Crucio!"
There was a knock at the door which tore Rhiannon out of her thought. Once again she was shaking just from the thought of this man. She was repulsed by what this poor young Ginny had gone through that night. She turned the shower off, and stepped out.
"Hey, new girl! You fall in?" a voice called through the door.
"I'll be out in a minute," Rhiannon called back, drying off and getting her uniform on.
She opened the door and was greeted by the sight of two of her roommates. The taller of the two had shoulder-length dark brown hair, large hazel eyes, olive skin and a muscular build. The shorter one seemed to be the polar opposite with blond hair, ice blue eyes, pale skin, and a more fragile looking build. The blond was glaring at Rhiannon, while the brunette just looked bored.
"Thought you might have drowned in there. Was about to send Cissy in to come after you," the brunette said.
Rhia smirked before saying, "I wouldn't have taken so long, but the Bloody Baron decided to come for a show so I gave him one."
The three looked at each other for a moment before breaking into giggles. "That is not a mental picture I want to have," Cissy said.
"I'm Ophelia Dippet, and this is Narcissa Black. Everyone calls her Cissy, though," the brunette said.
"I'm Rhiannon Tudor, but you can call me Rhia," she smiled.
"Why don't you wait for us in the common room, and join us for breakfast," Ophelia offered.
"Sounds good," Rhia said before walking into their room and grabbing her books.
The common room was deserted except for one boy who was seated on a couch reading a book. He had long, lanky black hair and a very large nose. Deciding to make another new friend, she walked over to the couch and sat down.
"Hi, I'm Rhia," she smiled.
The boy glared at her, "And?"
Rhia frowned, "Nothing. I was just trying to be friendly."
"Severus, you should be kinder to our newest housemate," Lucius Malfoy said from behind her. Rhia turned to face him and smiled. "Good morning Rhia. My apologies for Severus, he's not very sociable. Let me introduce Ian Pritchard and Jackson Avery," he said, gesturing to two handsome boys standing behind him.
Ian had very tan skin color with sandy blond hair, green eyes, and had a body built for a beater. He smiled and bowed by way of greeting. Jackson was dark skinned with dreadlocks and dark brown eyes. He came forward and kissed Rhia's hand.
"It's nice to meet you both. Are you seventh years as well?"
"No, just Lucius and I are. Jack's in sixth year like you, and Severus is a fifth year," Ian said.
"Would you care to join us for breakfast," Lucius charmingly asked.
"That would be lovely, Lucius, but I'm waiting for Ophelia and Narcissa."
"We'll see you up there, then," Lucius smirked before the four boys left.
Not long after their departure Ophelia and Narcissa appeared from their corridor, and gestured for her to follow them. Their walk to the Great Hall was full of the normal 'get to know you' discussion. As they made their way to the Slytherin table, Rhia took in the three empty seats left. On one side of the table was an empty seat between Severus and Jack, on the other side was two empty seats between Lucius and Ian. Rhia rolled her eyes as Narcissa sat next to Jackson and Ophelia next to Ian leaving the only available seat next to Lucius.
Lucius turned to her as she sat down and put on his most charming smile, "Hello again."
"Hello, Lucius," Rhia replied as she started to fill her plate.
"I can't help but be curious about what you think of Hogwarts so far, and most notably about Slytherin house," Lucius silkily asked.
"I like it a lot, actually. Especially the Bloody Baron," she joked, causing Narcissa and Ophelia to giggle.
"And what is your opinion of your housemates? Anyone you've taken an interest in?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Leave the girl alone, Lucius! She's only just arrived," Narcissa scolded.
"You'll have to forgive our friend, Rhia. He seems to think that he's the most attractive man in the UK," Ian joked.
"Of course he's wrong, since that title obviously belongs to you," Ophelia laughed.
"I can already tell that Rhia wants me," Ian smugly said, winking at her.
"And here I thought I was hiding it so well," she commented, her voice full of sarcasm. "I guess I'll have to go with my second choice since you're obviously taken."
Lucius asked innocently, "Who might that be?"
Rhia turned to look at him and said quite serious, "The giant squid, of course."
That sent the whole group over the edge. All were laughing, except for Lucius who glared at her before standing. He gestured to the other boys and said, "We had better be going if we don't want to be late."
Ian and Jack shot an apologetic look at the girls as they followed Lucius out of the hall. Rhia turned to the girls saying, "I hope I haven't really angered him."
Narcissa gave her a reassuring smile, "The only thing you've done is hurt his over-inflated ego. I'm sure he'll recover, so don't worry your pretty little red head."
"You should prepare yourself, though," warned Ophelia.
"Why's that?" Rhia asked as they left the hall on the way to their first class of the day.
"No one's ever spoken to him like that before us-"
"Except for us, but we've known each other since we were kids," Narcissa cut in.
"So we don't exactly count, but you don't know anything about him. What I'm trying to say is don't be surprised if he tries to pursue you," Ophelia said as they entered the Transfiguration classroom.
"Just what I wanted to happen within the first three days of being here," scowled Rhia while the other two just smirked.
Later that night in the common room the three girls sat around a table attempting to do their homework. However, there was more laughing than working going on. Ian, Jackson, and Lucius came in from their rounds and joined the girls at their table.
"What could possibly be so funny that would turn our very sophisticated and normally quiet girlfriends into rowdy first years?" Jackson asked.
"Rhia was just informing us of her wild date earlier this evening with the giant squid," Ophelia choked out before giving into another fit of laughter.
"If that's all you three have to talk about, then I'll leave you to it," glared Lucius before getting up and walking to the other side of the room.
He stopped next to a couch where four seventh year girls were sitting. The girls smiled prettily at him as he bent over and whispered into one girl's ear. She had long raven hair, violet eyes, and very busty. Rhia could tell that the girl had no problem getting a boyfriend as she smiled seductively at Lucius' whispered comment. She didn't even look back at her friends as she stood and followed Lucius towards his room. The couple didn't turn to look at their as they disappeared down the hall.
"Who was that?" Rhia asked, turning her attention back on her essay.
"Veronica Smethley," Ophelia answered, rolling her eyes.
"She's the resident slut of Slytherin, and is in love with Lucius," Jackson said.
"She's more in love with his name and money than anything else," Cissy corrected.
Ian winked at Rhia, "He must be desperate if he's been left to her. No worries, though. Our dear Lucius is just trying to make you jealous, Rhia."
Rhia rolled her eyes, "Why should I care who he beds? I'm not looking to be his girlfriend. I'll see you all in the morning. I need sleep if I want to get a decent grade in potions tomorrow."
As soon as she was out of sight Ophelia said to the others, "She definitely likes him. I noticed that she would have a worried expression whenever she thought no one was looking."
"Lucius wouldn't shut up about her all day. It's worse now than before we decided to see if they were compatible," Ian commented.
"From what I can tell, she's as stubborn as he is. She won't openly admit it, but I think it'll do him good to get knocked off his pedestal," Narcissa chimed in.
"It's definitely not going to be easy now with Vermin in the picture, but that might give her a chance to prove herself to him," Jackson offered.
"Why don't we take a bet on the eventual fight between the lovely red head and the slut?" Ian joked.
"I got Rhia," Ophelia and Narcissa said at the same time.
"I'm with them," Jackson said. "You haven't seen her in class. The girl is very powerful. I'm almost wondering if he wouldn't want to recruit her."
The four sat quietly for a moment before Ophelia said, "Let's get back to work. I have an outline that needs to be done by tomorrow, and I need to get started on my essays before this weekend so I can go to quidditch tryouts."
