Living a Lie

Chapter 10: Tests

(Sorry that this chapter might be crap and sound unethical but I couldn’t be bothered thinking up anything else. So just enjoy what ever its like.)

Sarah woke up four hours later. It was an early Saturday morning and she could have slept in longer but she couldn’t sleep anymore. All she would see when she closed her eyes was Anthony’s face.
Sarah got out of her bed and walked into the bathroomt wat was just off the girls bed room and shared between her bedroom and another bed room on the other side of the bathroom. She locked the doors and threw off her clothes then got into the shower. She turned on the taps on cold, thinking that a hot shower wouldn’t be good enough to wash away her painful memories.

An hour later Sarah thought that she had spent enough time rubbing the dirt she felt from her body and turned off the shower taps. She grabbed a clean towel to rap around her body. She left the shower and walked in front of the mirror and looked at her self. She saw the bruises on her left cheek and the red marks on her neck.
Sarulleulled off her towel so she could see what other bruises she had received earlier this morning. Her arms, stomach and legs had bruises all over them from where Anthony had grabbed her.
Sarah turned around so she could see her back. He eyes widened as she saw the amount of purple, black and blue covering the most of her back. She wrapped the towel around her body once again and walked into the bed room.
Sarah sat down on her bed and grabbed a fresh set of clothes from her trunk that she knew would be able to hide all the bruises from the neck down. She put on her underwear, then her jeans and a long sleeved turtle neck along with a puffy black jacket.
Sarah looked around her room and saw that the girls were still asleep. She walked out of the room quietly not wanting to wake up the girls. She walked down to the common room and saw Draco sitting down on the couch that was facing the fireplace. Draco turned around and looked directly at Sarah.
“Sarah.” Draco stood up and walked up to her. He stared at the bruises on her face.
“I’m sorry Draco but I don’t feel like talking right now.” Sarah walked past him.
“Please.” Draco pleaded. Sarah slowly turned around and looked at him. They both looked at each other in the eye. Sarah started to melt. The feelings she had for Draco began to flood back to her.

“Ok, what is it?” Sarah sighed. Draco walked over to her.

“I think you should tell Snape or Dumbledore about what happened.” Draco suggested.

“No Draco, I don’t want to. The year is nearly finished in a few weeks. Its not worth it.” Sarah shook her head.

“It doesn’t matter. What if he does it again? You have to stop him.”

“Draco, No. What happened was my fault. I deserved it.” Sarah began to walk away.

“It was your fault.” Draco assured. Sarah kept walking. Draco stood there watching her walk off, not knowing what to do.

Sarah walked out of the common room and through the corrs. Ss. She walked up a few staircases then down the hall into the library.

“Morning dear.” Madam Pince greeted. Sarah turned to the librarian.

“Morning.” Sarah replied.

“Oh my!” Madam Pince gasped. “What happened to your face?”

“Oh this thing?” Sarah pointed to her left cheek.

“Yes.”

“I hit my head on my bed post. They are really dangerous they are.” Sarah lied.

“Hmm, yes. I do hope it goes away soon.” Madam Pince frowned. Sarah just nodded and walked over to the book shelves. She walked up and down the isles looking for a book on Salazar Slytherin or just the Slytherin family. She wanted to know what her family was like.
Sarah looked in the famous witches and wizards isle. She walked down towards the end when out of the corner of her eye she saw a thick black book with gold writing on the spine of it. It read Salazar Slytherin.

Sarah pulled out the book and nearly dropped it. It was really heavy. She held the book in both of her hands and walked over to a private corner of the library and sat down on a single couch to read. She opened the book to the first page.

Salazar Slytherin was one of the first founders of Hogwarts school of Witch craft and Wizardry…………

Sarah kept on reading. As she read she found the book to be highly interesting. Salazar had a totally different personality to what Sarah had. She liked muggle borns, bloody hell she thought she was a muggle born for 15 years.
Sarah looked out of the window for a moment. They sky was a beautiful shade of light blue, even though it was cold outside. She wanted to go out there and see the sky with out the window blocking her view, but decided to stay in the library reading.

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Draco left the common room once he had decided what to do. He headed towards Snape’s office. If Sarah wasn’t going to say anything he was. Draco stopped at the front of Snape’s office door and knocked on it.
“Who is it?” Snape’s voice grumbled.
“Draco sir.”
“Come in.” Snape continued his grumbling tone. Draco opened the door and walked in. “What is it?”
“Well, early this morning and I mean really early this morning I caught Anthony raping Sarah.” Draco replied.
“Do not play around with me Draco, Rape is a serious offence.” Snape looked atco wco with a tight glare.
“I assure you that I am not lying.”
“I assume that you are talking about Mr. Poland and Miss Harrison?” Snape asked.
“Yes.” Draco nodded.
“Where are they both now?”
“Anthony should still be in the store room. I locked him in there last night. I don’t know if he’s conscious or not.”
“And why would Mr. Poland be unconscious?” Snape looked curious.
“I had to fight him to stop him from hurting her.” Draco explained.
“I’m glad to know that you didn’t just join in.” Snape stood up from his desk. “But why did you not tell me this earlier afterhapphappened?”
“I’m sorry professor but I wanted to ask Sarah first.”
“I suppose it’s to late now. We’ll have to go and find Sarah.” Snape walked over to his office door.
“Yes, but I think you should take a vial of the truth potion first. I don’t think Sarah will admit what happened. She didn’t want me to tell you about it.” Draco suggested.
“Hmmm, yes.” Snape walked over to a shelf and picked up a clear vial and a yellowy clear. “We may go now.” Draco walked out off the office and Snape followed, closing the door behind him. “Do you have any idea where Miss Harrison may be?”
“I don’t know, she could be anywhere really. She does like to go outside a lot and likes to go to the library too.” Draco replied.
“We shall go to the library first and then we will go out side.” Snape walked quickly, his robes billowing behind him. Draco found it hard to keep up with him. They kept walking till they got to the library. Snape walked in first.
“Hello professor. How may I help you?” Madam Pince asked politely.
“Hello, have you seen Sarah Harrison come in here?” Snape asked.es Ies I have.” Madam Pince nodded. “She had a nasty bruise on her cheek too.”
“Thank you.” Snape looked around the library.
“She went over there.” Madam Pince pointed to the right of the library. Snape walked off in that direction, Draco followed. They walked over to the seating area and saw Sarah sitting down on a couch reading.
“Sarah.” Draco walked up to her. Sarah snapped her head up from the book.
“What now?” Sarah looked annoyed. She looked past Draco and saw Snape. “You told him?”
“I’mry Iry I had to.”
“Draco! I told you to forget about it. Nothing happened.” Sarah hissed.
“That’s a lie Sarah and you know it.” Draco growled. Sarah closed her book and stood up.
“Professor nothing happened, Draco’s just over reacting.” Sarah lied once more.
“I told you that she would try to deny it. She had bruises all over her body.”
“Take this.” Snape handed Sarah the vial.
“Why?” Sarah looked at the vial.
“If you are telling the truth you will have no problem taking that.” Snape stood with his arms crossed.
“Fine.” Sarah swallowed the vial. Snape sat down on a chair.
“Good. Now how old are you?” Snape asked testing if the vial was working.
“15.” Sarah replied.
“Good. Did Anthony Poland rape you earlier this morning?”
“Yes.” Sarah nodded.
“Did Draco Malfoy stim?”im?”
“Yes.” Sarah nodded again.
“Do you have bruises on your body?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm.” Snape took out the other vial from his pocket. “Take this.” Sarah took the vial and drank it. She had just admitted that she was raped. “Tell me where are the bruises?” Sarah looked over at Draco and saw his grin. Sarah scowled at him.
“Well you can see there’s one on my cheek.” Sarah pointed to her left cheek. “I have them on my neck, back, arm, stomach and legs.”
“Okay.” Snape stood up. “Would you please accompany me to the infirmary?”
“Why?” Sarah looked alarmed.
“I would like for you to have some tests.” Snape answered.
“I don’t need tests.” Sarah shook her head.
“Sarah there’s nothing worse then being pregnant at 15 when you have your whole life ahead of you. Especially when you are a great student that could be anything that you want to be.” Snape urged. Now Draco looked alarmed. Sarah thought for a moment.
“I’m not pregnant.”
“You will never know until 9 months from now and a baby comes out.”
“Alright.” Sarah gave in.
“Good.” Snape led Sarah and Draco out of the library and through the hallways into the rmarrmary. Sarah had no idea why Draco was going with them. As they walked into the infirmary Sarah saw Madam Pomfrey walk of hef her office.
“Hello.” Madam Pomfrey greeted.
“Hello. I would like you to run some tests on Sarah for me.” Snape ordered.
“What kind of t?”
?”
“Pregnancy test and any other test.”
“Oh.” Madam Pomfrey realized what was going on. “Yes.” Madam Pomfrey walked over to a bed. “Sarah please sit on the bed.”
“Ok.” Sarah walked up to the bed and winced as she sat down. Madam Pomfrey walked into the office and grabbed two different potions and a cup. She walked back over to Sarah’s bed. Draco and Snape stood by the bed and watched.
“Now you must take this.” Madam Pomfrey poured a glass on the orange potion and handed it over to Sarah. “If you turn green you are pregnant if you turn red you are not pregnant.” Sarah drank the potion. A few seconds later Sarah began to change colour. She looked back and forth form Draco, Snape and Madam Pomfrey waiting to see their reactions.
“What colour am I?” Sarah asked. She felt her heart beat extremely fast.
“Red dear.” Madam Pomfrey smiled.
“Oh thank dear God.” Sarah sighed happily, clutching her painful chest.
“One more test now.” Madam Pomfrey poured another glass of a different potion. “Here.” Sarah took the potion and drank it. There was a few seconds wait. “Good you are yellow. You are all clear.”
“Thank you Madam Pomfrey.” Sarah smiled and hopped off the bed.
“No problem my dear.” Madam Pomfrey smiled back. Sarah walked up to Snape and Draco.
“Can you not tell my parents? I don’t want them to worry.”
“If you wish.” Snape nodded.
“Thank you professor. Can I go now?”
“You may.”
“Thanks.” Sarah walked off, scowling at Draco as she walked past him.
“I have to go and talk to professor Dumbledore about what has happened. I would like you to come.” Snape said to Draco.
“Yes sir.” Draco followed Snape out of the infirmary.