Breaking Hermione

Awful Things

A/N: this chapter is dedicated to the readers who didn't give up on this story even when I was too depressed to update. I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK U

Ferte in noctem animam meam
Illustre stellae viam meam
Aspectu illo glorior
Dum capit nox diem

Carry my soul into the night
May the stars guide my way
I glory in the sight
As darkness takes the day

In Noctem
Nicolas Hooper (HP7 OST)

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Shalini's P.O.V

I stood on the staircase looking down at Hermione and my sister feeling completely alone in the world. No one else except us three were in the common room, it was a wonder no teachers had come for us yet as we were all supposed to be in class.

My entire body was hurting. The pain was as if I got hit by a truck, it especially hurt to walk. I took the steps one by one, almost making it down to the common room door when suddenly both Hermione and Jade appeared beside me.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"
Jade shouted in obvious distress.

"I'm going back to the hospital wing." I said rolling my eyes, it was ridiculous to even be asked this stupid question. I opened both my arms as a gesture to myself, wincing at the pain. "Look at me. Do I look well to you?"

Jade flinched, Hermione just looked sad. "We think taking you to Dumbledore is the better option here."

"Are you fucking serious." I snapped. "I understand that Dumbledore is some wise old wizard and all but he isn't Madam Pomfrey. Don't you get it? I'm in agony, here."

"Well.... Okay. Fine." She said. "You can go to the Hospital Wing, and I'll go with you. We can find Dumbledore later."

By the look on her face, I didn't have a choice. I gripped the door handle so hard my knuckles turned white. Jade looked confused for a second.

"You've got your classes. You go to them," Hermione said, her face softening a little, "And I'll take care of your sister. She'll be fine with me."

"No." I said. For some reason just the idea of it all sounded wrong in my head. "You both should go to class. I'll go by myself."

I walked out the common room door, the others came with me so we were all just standing together. Can't they just get out of the way?
I pushed past them only going about 4 steps before they'd dashed in front of me.

"Look, I'll be fine you guys." I told them, it was an effort to keep my voice level and to not shout. They were trying to help me but I was just getting extremely pissed off instead.

"We can't just let you go by yourself, what if Tom is waiting out there for you?-" Jade had the sort of wild expression one whose midlife crisis had just come, I struggled to compose myself.

"I don't need the two of you babysitting me all day, alright?" I snapped. "I know you mean well. But I can take care of myself. And Tom?" I laughed derisively. "He's not the problem here."

We were in the hallway. It was filled with hundreds of students making their way to their next class, the odd person glancing at us making a scene.

"I'll go with you Jade, and skip my next class. It really doesn't matter." But even as she was talking I noticed Hermione looked torn.

"Look, we can't stay here forever discussing this," Jade said reasonably. "How about we both just-"

"No." Someone interrupted. We all turned to the voice.