The Slytherin princess

Chapter 74 //shitty fathers am I right?

TW - slight sexual assault

Hermione's POV

"herein is set forth the last will and testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. To Hermione Zabini I leave my very own muggle telephone, in the hope she uses it in times of need" I had met up with the minister of magic to 'chat', apparently, Dumbledore gave me a phone

"what's a telephone"

"it's a type of muggle technology, it enables you to contact other people, why Dumbledore has given you this is unknown, do you have any idea why he would leave it?"

I shrugged

"What is that?"

she looked up and shook the object

"this?" I nodded "it's called a mobile phone, its muggle technology, you can talk to people far away through it" I nodded, still confused "come here I'll show you how to use it"

"I didn't even know what a telephone was until now- wait, is there a small version of this kind of thing? Something box-looking?"

"yes, this is a very old phone, people use mobile phones nowadays" he informed

"ok... well, thank you, minister, but I'm afraid I have somewhere to be"

wanting to get away as fast as possible, I picked up my new old phone and rushed out of the small café to a long alleyway, I was hoping to apparate there but was unable to because a couple of drunks took up the space. Knowing I couldn't just turn back the other way halfway down the alley, I kept on and tried to go unnoticed by the men, it didn't work

"Hello, there darling," one of them said, looking me up and down as I tried going past

I gave him a small smile, as I would to any normal person on the street, showing I acknowledge them but do not want to engage in conversation

"where are you going missy"

I tried pushing through them but one of them grabbed me by the waist and pulled me toward him, mind you they were at least in their late 40s

"excuse me" I muttered trying to get away

"ah, ah, no you don't"

I could feel his disgusting breath against my skin, the smell of beer mixed with unbrushed teeth made its way into the air

"I have- I have somewhere to be"

I pushed him away and tried making a run for it, the other man grabbed my hair and pulled me back, shouting in pain, I realized I wasn't going to get out of this without a fight.

I put my plan into action, letting the younger of the three get close to me just enough so I could kick him there, he fell to the floor, groaning in pain, the other two seemed angry, not as angry as I was.

I round housed man 2 in the stomach, right hooked his face, and bit his arm, I may have learned a few tricks over the years, he fell to the floor too, blood seeping from his nose and upper arm

"COME ON"

the last one lunged at me, I dodged him but turned quickly enough to punch his abdomen before he hit the floor

once he had he stood back up as quickly as a 40-year-old injured man could, he was right in front of me, holding my hands above my head and pinning me against the cold brick wall.
I would've been completely useless if it wasn't for the fact I could still use my legs, I wrapped my left leg around his right and pulled away from the wall, then forcefully kicked his abdomen with my right leg, making him fall and hit his head on the ground, forcing him to pass out.

All three were beaten and on the floor

"make this a reminder to you all, don't mess with a woman, we know how to defend ourselves"

with that I picked up my stuff, luckily nothing had broken, and left

*

"ELPHIAS" I screamed, storming through the door, I hadn't had time to do anything to my father, mother had been keeping him away from me, his fist name is Elphias and he knows im pissed when I call him by his name

"ELPHIAS WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU"

the dark lord wasn't here today so he wouldn't be able to hear me, luckily.

I heard someone coming down the stairs "calm down love" I whipped around, Draco

"my dad tried to kill me, I will not 'calm down'" hearing someone talking upstairs and, recognizing his voice, I ran up the stairs

"ELPHIAS"

I saw him standing there, not nervous at all, but his eyes wide

"I'm giving you one chance, that's all you get, one chance to tell me why the hell you tried to kill your own daughter" I held my forearm to his neck, holding him against the wall,  he was wandless and so he was helpless

"I didn't know it was you?"

"Are you asking me or telling me? You would notice who your kid is for fuck sake Elphias, you stole my childhood and made it an absolute shit show and now you try to kill me? What the fuck is wrong with you!"

"fine, yes, I tried to kill you, and the only thing I'm sorry for is the fact that you lived! How does my son get to die while you get to live?"

I always knew he liked Blaise over me

"and I was your daughter, well not anymore"

the thing that happened next was all a blur,

anger with those strangers and anger with my father mixed to create the ultimate fury

I lifted my fist to his face and punched him in the mouth so hard a tooth came out, all I remember was how I kept hitting and hitting until Draco finally pulled me away

I was trying to fight Draco off and make him let me go, all the while tears running down my cheeks I screamed things like

'MY BROTHER DIED BECAUSE OF YOU'
'I HATE YOU'
'YOUR A SHIT DAD AND AN EVEN SHITTIER PERSON'

I stopped fighting Draco off and just collapsed into him, sobbing and crying about things like

"he should've protected me"
"he's supposed to be my father"
"I hate him, I hate him, I hate him!"

eventually, I got up and started walking away, feeling numb

I heard mother screaming things at my retreating back but I ignored her completely, knowing he deserves this