New Beginnings

Chapter 20: Sample

Sarah was on her way to her Divination class just after she had left her common room. She was a little late and wouldn’t make it to class anywhere near the time that class started. She tried to walk as quick as she could but couldn’t be bothered.
“SARAH, OH SARAH!” A male’s voice called. Sarah turned around and saw Matthew swaying towards her.
“Go away Pannet.” Sarah kept walking.
“Hey! Don’t walk away from me!” Matthew shouted.
“I can do what I want.”
“HEY!” Matthew ran up behind her and grabbed her by the hair. “You’ll do what I say.” Matthew pushed her up against the wall. Sarah could smell the alcohol on his breath.
“Are you fucking pissed?” Sarah asked.
“No.” Matthew smirked.
“Yes you bloody are.” Sarah pushed him away from her. “I’ve had enough of you Pannet. Just leave me alone.” Sarah walked away. Matthew ran up behind here and pushed her into the wall again. Her face hitting the cold stone wall hard. Matthew held her against the wall as he reached behind him and pulled out a knife.
“You’ll do what I say!” Matthew held the knife to the side of her face.
“Matthew don’t.” Sarah breathed heavily, feeling the cold blade graze her cheek.
“Shut up!” Matthew turned her around so that she was facing him.
“What do you want from me?” Sarah asked, fear showing in her voice.
“Everything.” Matthew ran the blunt side of the knife down the side of her arm.
“You, you can’t have me.” Sarah whispered.
“Oh don’t be to sure.” Matthew grabbed her chin and forced a kiss on her lips. “I’ll get you eventually.” Matthew moved the knife back up to Sarah’s cheek and slid it across quickly. Leaving a red line behind.
“Ah!” Sarah hissed. She felt her warm blood trickle down her cheek.
“I’ll do worse then that if I don’t get what I want.” Matthew ran the knife through Sarah’s shirt cutting it open. Sarah was scared. “Nice.” Matthew cut open her bra exposing her breasts. Sarah closed her eyes. Matthew quickly grabbed Sarah left wrist and slit them. Sarah gasped in pain, and began to cry. Matthew went for her right wrist and Sarah tried to pull away but he grabbed it and slashed her wrist. “That’s what you get for turning down Matthew Pannet.” Matthew raised the knife.
“NO!” Sarah screamed. Matthew brought the knife down and slashed it across her chest. Sarah fell to the ground blood all over her.
“Tell no one about this. This is just a sample of what I’ll be doing to you.” Matthew turned around and ran off. Sarah looked down at her body. There was blood all over her. She cried in pain. Her wrists hurt and the slash on her chest was huge. Blood running from each of her cuts. “HELP!” Sarah screamed with as much might as she had. She felt herself become wheezy. “SOMEBODY HELP ME!” Sarah cried. She slowly crawled through the corridor. “HELP!” Sarah screamed again. She couldn’t take her pain anymore and collapsed to the ground. She closed her eyes as she heard footsteps running towards her.
Snape had heard Sarah’s cries from within his office. He ran over to her and saw her covered in blood. Her top and bra cut open wrists slashed.
“Sarah!” Snape grabbed both of Sarah’s wrists to stop the blood.
“Help me.” Sarah murmured. Snape ripped up Sarah’s shirt and wrapped bits of it around her wrists. “Help me.”
“I’m helping you.” Snape covered up as much of her chest as he could and picked her up into his arms.
“Professor?” Sarah mumbled.
“Yes.” Snape made sure that he held her properly and ran off to the infirmary as quick as he could. Hn thn thought the infirmary doors and laid Sarah down on to a bed. “Poppy!”
“Yes.” Madam Pomfrey came out of her office.
“Help her please.”
“Oh dear!” Madam Pomfrey looked at Sarah’s body. “I may need your help Severus.”
“Sure.” Snape began to help Madam Pomfrey.

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Snape sat in Dumbledore’s office talking about what had happened.
“I promised that nothing like this would happen again.” Dumbledore frowned. “What have I done?” Dumbledore asked himself.
“Albus do not blame yourself. You can not stop everything and besides this person isn’t a death eater.”
“Who but a follower would do this? This is just so horrid. We must found out who had done this.” Dumbledore rose from his chair. “I shall go and see her.” Dumbledore walked over to his office door.
“Yes.” Snape stood up and followed. The both walked out of the office and towards the infirmary. They walked in and over to Sarah’s bed. Sarah was laying on her back with drooping eyes.
“Sarah?” Dumbledore whispered.
“Yeah.” Sarah mumbled. Sarah turned her head to face two of her professors. Sarah was now free from the blood. She now had bandages on her chest and wrists.
“Are you alright dear?” Dumbledore asked.
“I’m fine now.”
“Oh good.” Dumbledore smiled.
“Who did this?” Snape interrupted.
“I.” Sarah remembered what Anthony had said to her. “I don’t know.”
“Are you sure? No clue at all?” Snape urged.
“No.” Sarah shook her head slowly.
“Right.”
“Thank you.” Sarah whispered. Snape looked down at her. “Thank you.” Sarah repeated. Snape felt a slight tingling sensation.
“No problem.”
“Don’t tell anyone about this. I don’t want anyone to come here. I want to be left alone.”
“If you wishdeardear.” Dumbledore pattered Sarah’s shoulder.
“No one but you two and Madam Pomfrey can know that I am here.” Sarah shuffled around a little.
“Yes, yes.”
“Good.” Sarah smiled. She turned her head the other way and closed hers. “s. “I’m tired.”
“We shall leave you dear.” Dumbledore walked away. Snape stayed put. Dumbledore looked at him.
“I will just stay a little longer.”
“Very well.” Dumbledore proceeded out of the infirmary.