Chapter 14
Chapter 14 of 17
nogod1215After nearly being killed by her husband, Hermione returns to Hogwarts. (Ultimately a SS/HG, but starts out a little different.)**NOW COMPLETE**
ReviewedDISCLAIMER::: Everything you recognize belongs to JK Rowling and Warner Bros. I just love them so much I wanted to play with them a little.
Summary::: Hermione and Ron... need I say more?
New Beginnings
Chapter Fourteen
Wandless magic ~ the ability to cast spells and charms without the use of a wand.
Hermione had never been very good at wandless magic. The theory behind it was easily understood, but theory alone is not all there is to magic. She had the theory down. She could even perform a few spells, a couple of charms and one hex, but none of that would help her now. All the research she had down after graduating from Hogwarts and the work she had done for the Ministry, would not get her out of this damn cell, or help her defend herself against an armed and very pissed off Ronald Weasley.
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"Okay, Mr. Weasley, tell us again exactly what you remember before my Aurors found you in your attic?" Draco asked.
"Molly and I had just finished an early dinner, and I was having my pudding. Molly was clearing the table, and as she was walking away to set the dishes to washing, I heard an odd sound coming from her direction. As I looked over to her, she turned and pointed her wand at me. I remember thinking how much that sound reminded me of one of those Muggle techy phono things," Arthur Weasley answered, looking confused.
"It has to be Ron then," Bill shouted, shooting out of his chair once again. "He has to be the one who kidnapped Hermione. Then he must have contacted Mum on that techy thing to tell her what he had done."
Bill was pacing the room again, and when he finished his rant, he turned to see his father staring at him.
"What do you mean Ron must have kidnapped Hermione? She is safely tucked away at Hogwarts," Arthur said before turning to look at Draco. "Isn't she?"
"I am afraid, Mr. Weasley, that Hermione was abducted from the gates of Hogwarts around five o'clock yesterday evening," Draco replied. "We have been questioning your sons and seem to have all come to the same conclusion. Ron attacked and stunned her, them somehow moved her without Apparating."
"Well, if he stunned her, then he needed to use a wand. The Ministry snapped his when he was exiled. Since he can't get a new one on his own, he must have stolen someone else's."
"Of course, that explains why he didn't Apparate with her! You can't Apparate with someone else's wand, even if your magics are compatible enough to do small spells. Why didn't I think of that before?" Draco's eyes were almost glowing with the knowledge he had solved one of the riddles of Hermione's kidnapping. "Fred, George, where is your brother living now? My team must go there right away. If he is holding Hermione there, he has had her for more than twelve hours now. There is no telling what he may have done to her in that time."
It was not the twins, but Arthur who answered. "I will take you to him. If he did in fact abduct Hermione, and Molly knows this and is helping him hold her, I want to be there."
"Of course, and I have two guests of my own I plan to bring along when we call on your son," Draco said, leading the way out the door.
Once out in the hall, Harry and Severus joined the Weasleys and Draco.
"What are you doing here, Professor Snape?" Charlie asked, looking shocked.
"I am assisting in locating Hermione, as she is a professor at Hogwarts, and..." Snape paused to find the right words before continuing, " she failed to appear at dinner last night, and I became concerned."
"We are wasting time." Draco shouted, over the whispers from the Weasleys at Severus' answer. "Let's just get going and find Hermione."
With that everyone nodded and headed down the hall and out of the Ministry to the nearest Apparition point.
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Hermione watched as the door to her cell was slowly pushed open. As soon as she saw the wand of the person entering, she slammed all of her weight into the back of the door, and grabbed for the wand as the person in the doorway was knocked off balance from the impact of the heavy door. Wrenching the wand from the hand that grasped it, she spun it around, pointed it at the door and backed away, as it was slammed open.
"Stupefy!" shouted a male voice.
Hermione had expected this and dodged the spell shouting, "Expelliarmus!"
As the wand shot out of her attacker's hand, Hermione shouted, "Petrificus T..."
She was never able to finish as she was hit with, "Immobulus!" Her body froze into its position, and she fell to the ground on her side, completely unable to move more than her eyes. She looked about to see who hit her with the hex, but could see no one.
"Well, I can see you are as feisty as ever, wife," Ron growled as he stepped into her limited range of sight. Turning to someone behind him, he shouted, "Get yourself up off the ground, and let Mum repair that broken arm. It won't do to have you slacking off on your duties due to your own stupidity."
Hermione heard a groan and shuffling.
"Come along, dear, let's get that fixed. You really should be more careful. If I hadn't been here to mend this, there is no telling if it would have healed right."
"Hermione, Hermione, Hermione. So I have you here at last. Mum is quite proud of me for getting you to come back," Ron said, picking up the wand that she had shot out of his hand and casting, "Incarcerous!"
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Severus, Harry, Draco, and the Weasleys Apparated into the alley behind the small brick building containing Ron's flat. Arthur cast a Disillusionment Charm on the rescue party so that any Muggles who might be in the area would not see them as they made their way to the front of the building. At the front entrance, Charlie and Bill kept lookout as Arthur and Severus worked on opening the door.
"Do you know how this damn thing works?" Severus growled, indicating a small electronic pad with buttons next to numbers.
"I think you push the button to alert the resident you are here to visit, so they can open the door."
"Haven't you ever used it before?" Severus growled again.
"No, Ron has always met us out here and taken us in," Arthur said, annoyed.
Harry pushed Severus out of the way to examine the pad and asked, "Which one is Ron's flat?"
"Number three," answered Fred.
Harry pushed the button next to the number two, and a voice said, "Yes, what do you want?"
"I'm sorry, sir, but I left my key. I am in number three; could you please buzz me in?"
A loud buzzing sounded, and the door clicked open. Harry pushed it open and smirked at the incredulous look on everyone's faces.
"What?" he asked as he stepped inside.
"How did you do that?" Bill questioned.
"I was raised by Muggles, remember?" he answered with a shrug.
"Up the stairs and to the left. Ron's door is the third on the right," said George as he headed up the stairs.
Once the group was outside the door with a brass number three on it, Severus whispered, "Okay, Draco, you unlock the door. Arthur, you push it open from over there, and Bill, Charlie and I will enter. Wands drawn and read to stun anyone inside. Understood?"
"What do you want Fred, Harry and me to do?" George asked, as everyone nodded.
"Stay here and guard our arses," grumbled Severus. "Okay, one, two, three..."
"Alohomora!"
"Stupefy!"
"Stupefy!"
"Stup... Oh, well, it looks like you got everyone," said Bill sounding a little disappointed.
The rest of the rescue party entered the flat and saw two women lying on the floor of the small kitchen. Neither one of them were Hermione.
TBC
AN::: As always I would like to thank my fabulous betas, Allison and Piper. I would also like to thank all those who have reviewed. In the next chapter comes Snape to the rescue, but is he in time?
AN2::: IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE BEING ABUSED Physically,mentally, or emotionally you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799 SAFE (7233)
AN3::: Okay, before I start getting flamed, our dear admin Southern pointed out that per canon a wand is not needed for Apparation. But, for the purposes of my plot, and to save my writing hand, let us just assume that one is needed. Thank you all.
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237 Reviews | 5.8/10 Average
So sorry to read that you had to write this from real life experience. Nobody should have to go through anything like this. This story is so plausible it is frightening, and I guess we now know why. I hope writing this helped you and very glad to see you are not in that relationship anymore. Thanks for a compelling read and my thoughts go to you for love and healing for the rest of your life.
Wow! Great story! I wish this kind of thing happened in real life as well - where the abuser/rapist was given the harshest possible sentence and the woman was protected by all means necessary. I like your world in which that happens. Too much of the time of course, the judge gives out a useless restraining order or worse, doesn't believe the person making the charges and she gets killed by her abuser. I can't wait to finish this story. Thanks for writing it.
Very well written! Congratulations for having the courage to leave your ex! That takes a LOT of strength and determination to do, so kudos to you!
Missy/LovesRickman
ii do love when ron gets smacked down i have always felt JKR never shouldhave married ron and hermione!
Thank you so much. It's a great story and really well written. I had enjoyed it up to the point that you mentioned your personal experience. That knocked the wind out of me to be honest.
It's hard to believe how cruelly people can treat each other. Hope writing brings you some relief. x
Really liked the story, just one thing bothers me greatly. On your warnings list, you have BDSM listed, and nothing in your story is true BDSM. I would ask that you research what true BDSM is before trying to pass off rape and sickness as something that has nothing to do with it. Yes, BDSM is different than regular sex, but everything is consentual, no one is taken against their will and forced into acts they don't want to be in. There are numerous safety guildlines used in almost all places, and while, yes sometimes things happen, and someone gets hurt, its not rape, not anger or hate or violance in any way shape or form. BDSM gets a bad rep because of luntics that use it as an excuse to be sick and hurt others without their consent, and polute something that can be truely beautiful. And yes, there are a lot of things claiming to be BDSM, that are not really truely about the power exchange that happens in a BDSM relationship. So again, please consider researching BDSM and try to understand why rape and violance has nothing to do with healthy BDSM. Thank you for a wonderful story.
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
,Thank you for your comments in your review. I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond, but I kinda lost the password to this acct and it took me forever to find it again.As far as your concerns about me equating BDSM with rape, I would like to first say that No BDSM isnt rape when performed in its proper fashion. However, there are many people in the world who see tieing your girlfriend to the bed posts and have consentual sex with her as just as perverse as rape. I personally am not one of these people.Second, I am sure you have come across authors who over rate and over warn just to be on the safe side. This is what I have done. I would rather warn someone of BDSM to prepare them for something they might not be interested in then to not warn them for it and get blasted or even removed from the site by the mods.I am sorry you feel that I was demeaning a lifestyle and those who participate in it. I did not mean to offend, just to caution.Thank you,nogod1215 
Response from AlanaVawn (Reviewer)
Thank you for clearing that up. I understand over rating a story rather than underrating and getting the story pulled. I feel strongly about this, because I've been on both sides, raped and in the lifestyle. They couldn't be more different. It would mean the world to me and other if you would be willing to write a note at the bottom, disclaiming that what was written isn't bdsm, it's pure rape. This would again, mean alot to me and also clear up any possible confusion. :) Thank you again!Alanavawn
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
,I changed the warnings to not include the BDSM warning. If the mods want to contact me about it I will deal with it then.nogod1215
Response from AlanaVawn (Reviewer)
THANK YOU! I really appreciate that you did that! I didn't want to ask you to do that, simply because I understand why authors have to be careful about not reporting things, but that's so wonderful of you! Thank you!!!!! :)Alanavawn
A heartfelt Thank you or providing the DV Hotline here. Why not see if anyone around here knows the UK equivalent since we have so many from the Old Country as readers and autors here?
The description of Ron 'giving up' on a job and deiding to booze to make up for it sounds eerily like Marvolo and Morfans Gaunt. Hmmm. Did you pictue that while writing this?
That was a very intense story. Some aspects of the characterization were way off. I don't mean canon off, as in real life reactions off. However, looking beyond that, this was a very intense story.
And so we have reached the end. An excellent story, and painful. both you and I as well as billions of women and millions of men have been through abusive relationships.
Abuse is a sneaky thing and starts out like a small virus. It can be little things at first, Jealousy, extra overprotectiveness, OBSESSION with most, if not ALL aspects of ones life, then it progresses faster from there, usually manifesting in physical abuse. But dont forget! Abuse can be Physical, mental and emotional. Even spiritual (Think REV. JIM JONES) AND men, YES men can be victims too! It does not have to be your partner. It can be a friend, relative etc. Domestic Violence charges can be filed against ANYONE who has abused you in any way. One does not have to be involved in a sexual relationship or even living with the person. Once again the National Domestic Violence Hotline Toll-FREE number is 1(800)799-SAFE (7233). If you or someone you know are being abused or suspect that you or they are, CALL. Help is out there! PLEASE, take it from me and the author of this story's footnote. Remember if they are violent, especially extremely violent, like RON was in here, DO NOT CONFRONT THEM ALONE! It will incite more anger if you are threatining them with leaving or calling the police and could get you seriously hurt or (sorry to say) killed. Wait until you can slip away (but dont wait long!! I left when my EX husband passed out drunk and left that day. He woke up in jail with a lifetime restraining order from me. But mak3e sure once you are gone, you get a close support network of family friends etc. to check up on you until the person gives up or you know its finally over. Unfortunately, a piece of divorce paper and a restraining order did not stop a lady in my town from being shot in the head by her boyfriend. I apologize for being so blunt, but its necessary. Peace be with you.
IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW ARE BEING ABUSED Physically,mentally, or emotionally you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799 SAFE (7233)
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
I have added this information to the author notes for each chapter... I hope it helps!nogod1215
Ummm, 8 wizards with 8 wands, most of them extremely skilled and they need Harry to trick the resident in #1 to buzz them into the flat? THEN they use the Alohomora to get into #3? Tsk, tsk. The shame! I'm kidding with you!
(figured I could use Ginny for Bill Cos the long hair and another set of redheads for Arthur and Charlie!
Once again the number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE (7233)
Once again the number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE (7233)
'The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE (7233)
The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE or :(7233)
The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE or :(7233)
Once again, if you are being abused emotionally, mentally or PHYSICALLY, you DONT have to put up with it! There is help out there. The number to The National Domestic (and you dont have to be married or residing together for it to BE domestic violence, it could be your own mother in some cases!) Anyway The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1(800)799-SAFE or :(7233)
~The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is Toll-FREE:1-800-SAFE (7233The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is Toll-FREE:1-800-799-SAFE (7233)~I agree. Bill would be the best of the Weasels and he DID save her life a few times, and got his bro exiled, BUT it was about ten years too late, dontcha think? Anyone decent wouldnt watch that continue. I like this story because I know how it goes, but I have always had a couple of problems with it. First of all, it is waaaay too OOC for Hermione (even under threat of death, or misguided love) I would know I was abused by 2 different men, that she would have stayed with him after the second beating. Maybe even the first. Her persona is right I just dont find her sticking with Ron feasable. Maybe dull it down to a couple years instead of 10 and have it start out with mild abuse if you want to make the beginning situation more in character. 2. (okay I really have 3 problems:] ) HARRY would NEVER let her go through this for 10 years or even one. He would kidnap her himself just to 'play the hero' or kill Ron in her defense. 3. I DO NOT believe half of the Weasleys would have let this go on at all. Since you need Molly to be a bitch (in canon she would KILL her son herself!!) I understand, BUT Arthur, Bill, Charlie (whenever he's around) maybe the twins and surprisingly but DEFINATELY stick up his arse PERCY would have never let this go on. Percy is so to the letter of the law he would have 500 feet of parchment in notes to hand the minister and lock Ron up himself, just to get ahead!!! OK Im done picking at you. But I have something to say: *TO ALL WOMEN OUT THERE: IF YOU ARE BEING HIT, or called terrible names, or your mate doesnt like you to even go to the store SEEK IMMEDIATE HELP! THERE ARE PLENTY OF HOTLINES FOR BATTERED WOMEN, The number to The National Domestic Violence Hotline is Toll-FREE:1-800-799-SAFE (7233)~~YOU DONT HAVE TO UP AND CALL THE POLICE TO GET HELP, EVEN IF HE/SHE THREATENS TO KILL YOU. I have been there. Dont stay with an emotionak/mental abuser or anyone who hits you, in MY opinion the emotional abuse is worse. PLEASE get help.* AND REMEMBER: Emotional/mental abuse is STILL abuse, it just takes longer to heal from and statistically wont kill you, but I cut my wrists and a friend saved me 5 YEARS after I left the jerk!
Response from nogod1215 (Author of New Beginnings)
I know that canon Hermione would never put up with something like this, but using the Harry Potter characters was a therapeutic way for me to fight my own demons of spousal abuse.nogod1215
not to be a nettle in your side, cos it is semantics, so it does'nt matter: ME<------GRAMMAR FREAK! Hagrid always said 'yeh' when referring to one or more individuals. JK Rowling never had Hagrid use the old english (which I know you weren't meaning it that way, just making his garbled hackney accent) 'Ye'. There was always an 'H' on the end. Sorry Im a butthead, but the story is great, Ive read it once.
Glad to see that Ron got what he deserved.
Gosh, the things that Hermione has put up with, but I know that she is strong and that she will through it--at least I hope so.
I just knew that Ron had to the one to nab Hermione, and I cannot get over Molly helping her git of a son. Wonder chapter as always!
Another awesome chapter! I just knew that Bill was a good man, however, his brother, Ron... not so much.
