A/N Thank for your support, this chapter contains talk of abortion. I believe everyone has the right to choose, and I appreciate that there are people who will find the subject upsetting, should you not want to read about this i will put *WARNING* before that part of the chapter begins.

Chapter Eight

Seamus headed out onto the school grounds, the nostalgia of his time at the school causing him a small smile, but with the good memories come the bad, at the memory of the very pathway he was following being destroyed, bodies of all types of man and beast falling dead. He shook his head, he needed to keep a clear head until Harry was back to normal, he was in charge, a position he never wanted, he preferred coming to work being told what to do and getting on with it, but at the same time he knew that Harry trusted him with the job should he be on holiday or otherwise indisposed.

Reaching the Whomping Willow, he raised his wand and with a flick immobilized the waving branches before making his way to the small hidden entrance by its roots, it was quite a squeeze, and the thought that he should have just gone to Hogsmeade and used the front door, but something was telling him he was going to require the element of surprise.

After a few minutes, he was able to stand at his full height. It was dark but not impossible to see, for now, he was refraining from casting Lumos and alerting anyone who may be in the shack, he's made that mistake in training and Harry and Dean had never let him live it down.

As he reached the staircase he heard movement above him,

"You fucking Mudblood whore!" he heard someone shout, "Did you think you could get away; you are mine and I will force you to drink every potion until you…"

Seamus froze, he knew that voice, unsure why they had stopped talking he froze on the spot,

'Seamus you idiot why did you check for perimeter wards' he cursed internally,

Ron looked around the room, his wards humming through his body, he was currently on top of Hermione, buried balls deep inside her,

"Stay there my little Lolita," He said kissing her roughly "And Stay Quiet!" he warned

Hermione curled into the fetal position but dared move any further, least she would suffer his Raugh again, silent sobs running through her body,

'Sweet Merlin take me now' she prayed; she would rather die than allow him to make her a mother. Her heart ached at the thought of where she had been before all of this, Draco's soft hands on her body, 'why didn't I just ignore the knocking'

Seamus shrunk back into the shadows as a figure appeared at the top of the stairs, he held his breath. Although he was there to find the man, from what he heard moment earlier he was now 100% sure that Ron was involved, whether through the Imperius Curse or not, Seamus knew Ron could be dangerous, and he didn't want to risk Hermione's life.

As Ron shook his head and turned away, Seamus took the opportunity to take him down,

"Stupefy!" he hissed, causing the red-head to fall flat on his face, "Incarcarous" he said making his way up the stairs, he pushed his foot under Ron and flipped him over, the anger in his friend's eyes was undeniable, "What the hell has happened to you? Wingardium Leviosa" he caused the man to float behind him, and made his way into the room that Ron had exited. Upon entering and finding a naked, bloody, and beaten Hermione curled in on herself, he turned on his friend, "You better be under the Imperius Curse, because if not you are a dead man" He pulled off his cloak and wrapped it around the witch, "It's ok Hermione, it's Seamus," he whispered as she shuddered away from him, "Come on let's get you out of here" he whispered, but Hermione didn't move, she just pulled herself into a tighter ball and sobbed, "Ok" he whispered, pulling out his wand again, and casting his Patronus, a silver Fox that ran from the shack towards the school,

Minerva was sat at the teaches table deep in conversation with Hagrid when the Patronus entered, causing a murmur to erupt from the students,

"Professor, I need you at the shrieking shack, Bring Professor Draco and Hagrid," the fox said before disappearing.

"Filius, can you please contact Professor Malfoy get him to the school, Rubeus please follow me," the witch said ignoring the faces off the students that looked at them as they passed.

"Minerva, what is this 'bout" the half-giant asked.

"I'll explain on the way," she said shortly, "Hagrid I think it best that I Apparite us, it will be faster," the headmistress said offering her hand to the half-giant, Hagrid didn't question her and took her had with no further question.

Seamus spun at the sound of footsteps, letting out a sigh of relief when Minerva McGonagall stepped into view,

"Mr. Finnigan" she gasped her hand clutching at her chest, "Miss Granger" she moved to the woman's side,

"'Ey, Seamus, why is Ron Tied up?" the Half giant asked as he entered the room,

"He…he was raping her…" Seamus said almost numb, "She's terrified, she won't move and every time I try to touch her, she pulls away"

"Shh, Hermione it's ok, we should take you to the Hospital wing, can I touch you sweetheart?" the older witch asked, when Hermione didn't answer she gently stroked her hair, which only now did she realise and been cut, it was matted and looked like someone had used garden sheers on it, "I want to Apparite you to the school, no one can hurt you there" she whispered gently pushing the hair away from her face.

Finally Hermione opened her eyes to meet the elderly woman's soft blue eyes,

"Pr…professor…is it really you" she croaked out

"It is dear" she smiled kindly at her, "Come here" she whispered and pulled Hermione into an embrace, "Gentlemen, I'm going to Apparite Hermione and my self to the school, will you be ok with Mr Weasley?" she asked,

"With Hagrid here and Dean on his way we should be fine, I will get him to the ministry then will return to see how Hermione is" Seamus nodded, Minerva nodded and Apparated herself and Hermione directly into the hospital wing.

"Poppy" the elder woman called out, from the floor where she and Hermione had landed, moment later the elderly medi-witch ran into the room,

"Minerva!" she gasped in shock, before her training kicked in, "Miss Granger" she knelt beside the women, Hermione clutching to her former professor for dear life, "It ok, you are safe" she whispered gently taking one of the petrified woman's hands, "Come let's get you into a robe and a nice soft bed" she whispered,

"I need a potion" the young girl sobbed,

"That's fine dear, lets get you into a bed," Poppy smiled leading the woman to the furthest bed, so that Hermione had as much privacy as possible,

"He raped me…he gave me a" Hermione sobbed out…" He wanted me to…he" she broke down no longer able to form words,

"I understand" The woman said helping Hermione to the bed, "I will have that potion for you in a moment, I just need to run some diagnostic spells, just so I can heal any injuries" Poppy said, gently placing the covers over Hermione's battered body, removing the cloak Seamus had used to cover her, waving her wand the Medi which had to bite her inner cheek to stop from gasping out loud at the results.

*WARNING*

By the time Seamus returned to the castle with Draco, Ginny, Charlie, and Molly, Poppy had managed to get a portion of Dreamless Sleep into her. She had not given her the contraceptive potion as she knew that the Aurors would want samples before she could give it to her.

"Minerva," Draco said entering the Hospital wing where Neville, Luna, Hagrid, Poppy, Filius, and Minerva where sat,

"Draco you need to calm down," Seamus said, "I know you two were friends," Seamus said trying to stop the blond from marching straight up to the sleeping witch,

"Seamus" Ginny whispered "They were more than, friends" she whispered, Seamus just looked at the witch, Draco ignored Seamus and made his way to Hermione's bedside,

"How is she?" Molly asked Poppy,

"She's…even during the war, I've never seen so much torture done to a body who survived, she has a lacerated liver, a collapsed lung the list goes on, and that doesn't even count the mental damage…and" she sighed, "The fact that she is pregnant," the woman said, "I don't know how far, but she told me he gave her potions to impregnate her…I've never seen one that accelerates the growth of fatuous."

"And you're sure she wasn't pregnant before they took her?" Ginny asked,

"Certain, Hermione came for her medical a week before the was taken, she's been gone 42 days and according to my scans she's around 12 weeks pregnant." The woman looked at everyone in the room "I'm not qualified to perform an abortion, plus she has to give permission, I fear in the time it takes to stabilise her the child will be at full term…it'll be too late" Poppy said, she could see the pain, anger and heartbreak in everyone's faces,

"Wake her up then," Seamus said,

"I can't," Poppy said simply "She needs to rest so that her body doesn't just give out…I either wake her up and her body gives up…or I leave her to sleep and heal and carry the baby to term"

Draco had heard everything the Medi witch had said but he just sat in the chair beside Hermione and took hold of her hand,

"Don't give up" he whispered to her, "I've only just found you; I don't want to live without you" he said reaching up to brush a stray hair from her face, Hermione's eyes opened, "Hermione?" he gasped, "She's awake" he called to the group

"What that's not possible," Poppy said moving to Hermione's side

"Get it out of me" she begged before losing consciousness again

"I think her choice is crystal clear," Molly said, "Call St. Mungo's now, we were all witness to her request so call them and have them do what they have to do," Molly said, Draco could see that Molly was torn after all the child was technically her grandchild, but she clearly had love for the woman.