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Emolly was beyond thrilled to be back in the Room and Requirement and protected by its password-encoded ward. She had left Blaise a rather…tasteful letter on his bed and she knew that as soon as he read it, he would come searching for her. Things would be different this time, though. This time she had her friends backing her up and she was actually grateful that Neville knew what she had gone through. At first, she was really concerned that he would look at her differently. She was afraid that he would see her as a slut, like everyone else in Slytherin house. However, the Gryffindor made it very clear to her as soon as she came back to the Room that he fully supported her and would protect her from the abusive wizard. She realized than that she should have come to her friends sooner and sucked up her pride, but there was nothing she could do about it now. Emolly couldn't stay in the Room of Requirement all year, however, because that would just be silly. She would be hiding from her enemies rather than standing up for herself. Blaise really wasn't the one on her mind anymore anyway. She kept cursing herself for letting her heart take over for that split second the other day, and blabbing her secret to Daphne. Of all people, her? The witch had hated her, despised her, envied her, and now she had Emolly's biggest secret tucked up her sleeve. Being the Slytherin that she was, she would most likely use it as leverage on the blonde by blackmailing her. She would just have to wait and see.

(Wednesday, January 7th)

The Great Hall was practically empty. It was late at night, close to eleven o'clock, but there were about a dozen students that were taking advantage of the quiet. Emolly was sitting at one end of the Slytherin table, while Pansy, Daphne, Astoria, and Goyle were at the other end. Neville and Ginny were the only ones at the Gryffindor table, there were four students at the Hufflepuff one, and Aubrielle and Nielah occupied the Ravenclaw table. Books, parchments, inkwells, and quills were spread out over the tables, giving the allusion that there were 30 or so students studying. Amycus Carrow was casually sitting in a chair at the head of the Hall, observing the students. Aubrielle was quickly scribbling away on a roll of parchment, trying to catch up on her University level potions class.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"

The booming voice cut through the silence like a butcher's knife and everyone looked up to see whose mouth it had came from. Aubrielle felt panic rise in her as Blaise Zabini rushed over to the Slytherin table and straight to Emolly. The blonde looked up nervously and rushed to put her supplies in her bag. She was going to run if she could. She didn't care if it looked cowardly; she couldn't handle any more pain.

"YOU STUPID SLUT!"

He stomped over to her furiously but Neville, Ginny, and Aubrielle were already out of their seats with their wands drawn. They were out from behind the benches, but not quick enough before Blaise whacked Emolly forcefully in the back of her head. A sharp ringing occupied her ears and she suddenly felt light headed. She had just had a really bad concussion no longer than two weeks ago, and another head injury was the last thing she needed. Next thing she knew, there was a frenzy of spells being cast and light was whizzed above her.

Aubrielle leapt over the table with her wand pointed at Blaise. Just as she was about to get a hex off, she was hit hard with a spell and her body was instantly petrified. Goyle had his wand pointed at her, smiling, before turning towards her little sister. Ginny swiftly jumped in front of the fifth year and blocked the curse. She quickly pointed her wand at Aubrielle.

"Rennervate."

Aubrielle gasped as her body regained control. Neville was already sprinting at Goyle, furious about him hexing his girlfriend. Soon the two wizards were intensely dueling each other. The Gryffindor would knock the wizard off his feet, only to shoot back towards the wall. They kept outdoing each other in a fight that was too close to call. Aubrielle's head was reeling as a full battle broke out. She felt someone hoisting her up and turned to see Ginny pulling her to her feet. She looked in the direction of her best friend just in time to see Blaise kick the back of her knees. She crumpled to the ground with a hard thud and her wand shot out of her hand. She started crawling to it, but Blaise stepped on her bum wrist, causing her to scream out in agony. Aubrielle's one goal was to get to her, that's all she needed to do. She needed to help her best friend and protect her. She started bounding towards the two seventh years but stopped abruptly when her kid sister called her name.

"AUBRIELLE! TO YOUR RIGHT!"

The Ravenclaw turned to see Astoria Greengrass facing her with her wand drawn.

"Cru-"

"Levicorpus!"

Aubrielle shot the Slytherin back into the table, but the latter was determined and a fierce witch. She shot back at Aubrielle with everything she had. She was firing curse after curse at Aubrielle and the brunette was just barely keeping up. One thing was for sure; Astoria was positioning herself in between Blaise and Aubrielle so the witch couldn't get to them. 'Think again bitch!' Aubrielle started upping the ante with her curses, and she could tell that the Slytherin was faltering.

Meanwhile, everyone else had the same mind set as Aubrielle; get to Emolly. Neville was occupied with Goyle and now Pansy was taking on Ginny. Nielah dodged curses and hexes as she made her way towards Emolly. She was so close to her, could practically touch her, when Blaise spotted her coming. He stopped beating Emolly for a moment only to raise his wand and petrify the fifth year. She hit the floor, hard, and stayed there. No one could turn around and say the counter curse, because the second they did, they would be hexed as well. The Hufflepuffs that were sitting at their table had fled as soon as they saw trouble, and Carrow was grinning wickedly at his seat, enjoying the show. The only one that was still standing there, frozen, was Daphne. For once, she didn't know what side to take. There were her friends and her sister, bravely fighting for Blaise. She was a Slytherin girl, through and through, but she felt like fighting against her housemates this time. She looked over to see her friend beat Emolly over and over again. The blonde's words from the day prior were still ringing in her ears, and Daphne couldn't help but sympathize with the witch. She saw now, with the way Blaise was abusing her in front of everyone, that the relationship wasn't healthy like they portrayed. Even more, Emolly was not the slut that Daphne thought she was. She was actually getting raped, continuously, and Daphne did nothing but bully her. She looked from her friends to Emolly; feeling more conflicted now than ever before in her life. She needed to make a decision, and fast. She nervously raised her wand and shot off the hex.

"Stupefy! Petrificus Totalus!"

Blaise quickly shot to the back wall before freezing up under the second spell. Daphne then turned her wand to her sister, feeling the sting of tears in her eyes. 'I'm sorry sis.'

"Petrificus Totalus."

The younger Greengrass girl hit the floor with a thud and Aubrielle looked up, confused. She glanced over to see Daphne crying, pointing her wand at her sister. The Slytherin then pivoted towards Pansy and fired off the same spell, before finishing with Goyle. Aubrielle, not having the time to stop and gawk, sprinted over to Emolly's beaten body. The blonde was on her hands and knees sputtering and coughing. Aubrielle's insides turned as she witnessed her best friend spit up a considerable amount of blood. She knelt next to her friend and hoisted her to her feet, putting her arm around her waist for support.

"Neville! She needs Madame Pomfrey…now!"

Her boyfriend rushed over to her, still confused as to why Daphne turned on her friends and family, and picked Emolly up bridal style. In a matter of seconds, he and Aubrielle were both rushing towards the medical wing. Ginny went over and rejuvenated Nielah and helped the fifth year to her feet. The Ravenclaw gathered her equilibrium before surveying the scene. Nielah stared cautiously at Daphne, unsure of what to do. Why had she done that? Daphne followed Blaise around like a lost puppy, so why would she hex him? Ginny pointed her wand at the Slytherin.

"Sorry Daphne. I'm just being safe. Incarcerous."

The ropes shot of the Gryffindor's wand and wrapped themselves around Daphne's shaking body. She was still crying, totally torn by what she had just done. Ginny looked at all the petrified Slytherins before setting her eyes on Daphne. The sixth year could tell that she was upset by her actions, but then why would she have done them? She looked at Nielah and spoke out loud.

"Go get McGonagall. She'll know what to do with them."

"Okay. That sounds like the best thing to do anyway."

The fifth year vanished from the Great Hall while Carrow casually took a sip of his tea and smiled.

o.O.o

Neville and Aubrielle rushed into the medical wing. Emolly was still crying and hacking up blood, which was staining Neville's button up. They were frantically screaming for Madame Pomfrey, who came scurrying out from behind a large changing wall. Both seventh years were talking at an amazingly rapid pace as the healer came towards them.

"BLAISE KICKED HER AND PUNCHED HER-"

"She was on the floor for a long time-"

"Spitting up blood!"

"Coughing and hacking-"

"SHUT IT! I need you to both be quiet so I can work on her in peace. Mr. Longbottom, bring her over to this cot. Gently now…"

While the wizard set the blonde on the bed, Aubrielle kept firing off information.

"Blaise has been raping her and she broke up with him but he wasn't happy about it and we were all sitting in the Great Hall when he came storming in and he hit her on the back of her head and then-"

"MS. SONG!"

The brunette quickly shut up, understanding the demanding tone of the witch's voice.

"Please get out of the medical wing. I understand that you two are good friends, but if you are going to be like this I simply cannot have you in here. Scoot! Let me do my job!"

Aubrielle looked worriedly at her struggling best friend, reluctant to actually follow orders. She didn't want to leave her alone. Neville gently tugged at his girlfriend's shirt, begging her to walk out with him. She quickly looked at him but whipped her head back to the Slytherin sputtering on the cot.

"Ms. Song-"

"Yes ma'am!"

The Ravenclaw turned around and clutched Neville's hand before darting out of the wing. He figured they were walking back to the Room of Requirement, but he was puzzled as they sped past the blank wall.

"Love? Love, where are you going? C'mon, let's head back to headquarters-"

"No!"

He gave her hand a tug, understanding where she was going with this. She felt his resistance and immediately pulled away from him. She started running towards the Great Hall with Neville close behind.

"Aubrielle! NO!"

She sprinted through the doors with her wand drawn. She wanted Blaise dead. She wanted him to suffer and feel pain. She wanted him to taste his own goddamn medicine! Neville quickly came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She still had her wand in her hand but Neville batted it away and onto the ground. She was kicking and screaming against him but he simply held on tighter.

"Neville! Put…me…down! I'm gonna kill him! I'm gonna kill him!"

"No! Aubrielle, calm down! Calm down!"

"NO! Didn't you see her? She's coughing up blood! That bastard! LET ME AT HIM!"

"Now now Ms. Song… I would listen to your bloody boyfriend if I were you."

Neville pivoted to see who had said that. He set the Ravenclaw on her feet as he made eye contact with Headmaster Snape. It was a shock to the Gryffindor. He hadn't seen the Headmaster since the first week of school. Aubrielle was obviously stunned too, because she completely forgot about Blaise and didn't care to reach for her wand. McGonagall was there too, standing next to Ginny and Nielah, and Carrow was behind the line of bound Slytherins. The only Slytherin not tied up was Daphne. Instead, the witch was lightly crying, refusing to make eye contact with her sister or friends. Amycus was smiling, obviously pleased with himself, while McGonagall's face was twisted into a stern scowl. She, on the other hand, was not pleased by any means. Snape looked around at all the students before talking again.

"Now, I want to know what happened here. Exact words. I don't like to be disturbed like this."

Everyone was silent, not sure what to say. Neville looked over at Aubrielle and raised his eyebrows. She knew everything. Sure, Blaise did too, but he was in no position to speak. The witch looked at Blaise, the hatred still brewing inside of her. She wanted him properly punished, that was for sure.

"It's a long story Headmaster."

"Well you better start explaining."

o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o

It had taken nearly two hours to reiterate everything that had happened between Emolly and Blaise. Aubrielle started from the beginning, and by that she meant when they first started dating in fifth year. Blaise would pipe up at times, and say things like, "Oh she wanted the damn sex!" or, "It's not rape if she doesn't say 'no.'" This only fueled Aubrielle's anger and her determination to get the asshole kicked out of Hogwarts. What shocked everyone, though, is that Daphne testified against the Slytherin. She told the Headmaster about the screams and pleads that she heard behind closed doors. She told the professors about the unexplainable bruises that she noticed whenever Emolly would change in their room as well. Madame Pomfrey was called into the debate, revealing Emolly's past medical records at St. Mungo's; and when the healer said that that's where the witch was now (because her injuries were that severe), the Headmaster made his final decision on the matter. Blaise Zabini was expelled from the school, not necessarily due to raping the girl, but because Snape really didn't want anymore fights breaking out like that. He said it disturbed the school's delicate atmosphere and it wasn't healthy. Ginny, Neville, Aubrielle, Pansy, Goyle, Astoria, and Daphne all got two weeks worth of detention with Carrow. Since there was so much animosity built up between the two distinct groups of students, they would serve their punishment on separate nights. Daphne, due to how she revolted against her housemates, was assigned to serve detention with Ginny, Neville, and Aubrielle. The Slytherin witch was not welcomed into the Common Room that night. Pansy made a point to make her feel unwelcome in her own room, even though the witches had been friends for years. The betrayal was too much in Pansy's mind and she showed it by throwing all of Daphne's clothes and things out of the Slytherin dungeons. Daphne, unsure of where to go or what to do, took her belongings to the library and slept in a seldom-used cove. The little nook housed the University level potions books and since there were only five students in the whole school who were intelligent enough for that class, she figured she would be, for the most part, undisturbed.

(Friday, January 9th)

Aubrielle strutted down the library aisles, trying to keep her mind occupied. She had been told that she wasn't allowed to leave the school to go see Emolly at St. Mungo's, and it was tearing her apart. Worse than that, Madame Pomfrey wasn't telling her anything. The healer was not allowed to reveal her state of health to the seventh year because, quite frankly, she didn't know that much yet. The only thing that she told the Ravenclaw was that the witch had some serious internal problems and possibly a couple cracked ribs. For once, Aubrielle was happy that she had a huge assignment due for potions because it would distract her for an hour or so. She turned the corner that led to the University level books and unexpectantly tripped over something. She hit the ground with the thud and let out a groan. She heard someone let out a sigh and quickly jumped to her feet when she turned her head to see Daphne Greengrass sleeping on the floor. She drew her wand and pointed it at her as the Slytherin rubbed her eyes and sat up. She looked at the Ravenclaw and smirked.

"Put it down Song; I'm not going to do anything."

Aubrielle stared at her cautiously before slowly lowering her arm.

"Did you…sleep here last night?"

"Yeah. Pansy kicked me out of the Slytherin dorms."

"Oh."

Aubrielle caught herself feeling sorry for the girl. Obviously she was not welcome in her own house because she aided Emolly instead of Blaise. It was still unknown why she had done it; she didn't really give a good reason behind her actions, but Aubrielle was grateful for her decision nonetheless. The Slytherin stretched and finally stood up, brushing the lint of her sweater. She turned and looked at Aubrielle, who was still looking at her skeptically. The brunette finally put her want away.

"So, you're sleeping in the library?"

"Well where else am I suppose to go?"

She had a point. Maybe she could sleep in the hospital wing though. At least she would be on a cot and not on the floor.

"Uhm, right. Thanks, by the way, for what you did. You ultimately saved her life."

"Mmmm. Don't mention it."

"No, really. You were really courageous and brave to go against your friends and Astoria."

"Thanks. But like I said, don't mention it."

"Okay."

Aubrielle awkwardly reached up and grabbed the book that she had been wanting. Daphne was packing her things back into her trunk; she most likely kept everything locked away during the day, and the two witches didn't exchange any more words before the Ravenclaw hurried out of the library.

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