Hope

Harry lay still, his breathing coming in shallow gasps. His uncle had just left leaving his crumpled in a heap on the floor. Harry couldn't understand why his uncle hated him so much. As he exhaled a sharp pain stabbed him in his chest. He supposed that his ribs were broken. It was the least of his problems.

Flashback

Harry lay on his bed wondering how long it would take for his uncle to come into his room to shut Hedwig up. She was hooting indignantly, probably about the lack of food. It wasn't' as if Harry wasn't hungry, it was just he was used to being starved by now. He was just thinking about whether to get up and send a letter to Ron asking for food when his uncle came barreling through the door.

"Shut that blasted owl up, BOY!" shouted his uncle. "I will not have that blasted bird screeching this house down, you ungrateful swine!"

"I can't help it" Harry replied " She's hungry, we both are!"

"What did you say, BOY!!" Vernon lurched forward and backhanded Harry sharply across the cheek. "Do" SLAP "not" SLAP "use" SLAP "that" SLAP "tone" SLAP "with me" SLAP. Harry lay whimpering in the corner.

"I'm sorry, uncle.....please......don't hurt me..."

"shut it, BOY!" Vernon grabbed him by the collar and shoved him onto the bed. As Harry turned around he saw his uncle unzipping his trousers. All he remembered after was pain as his uncle beat him and raped him. He suddenly understood why they called it being violated. He felt dirty, used and disgusting. After his uncle climaxed, Vernon roughly pulled out and stood up causing Harry to cry out in pain. He sneered down at Harry.

"Let that teach you a lesson, BOY!"        

End Flashback

Tears leaked out of Harry's eyes as his vision swam and darkened. He heard a comotion down stairs and vaguely heard his uncle yell: "GET OUT, WE DON'T WANT YOUR KIND OF FREAKS HERE". He heard crashing and his bedroom door banging open. He felt someone turning him over and saw the grim face of his potions professor, Severus Snape and his rival Draco Malfoy looking down at him.

"Stay with me Harry...come on....Stay with me..."

A.N Sorry for the short chapter. It's my first story. If anyone has any suggestions or ways they would like the story to go don't hesitate to review and tell me. I am open to your opinions.xx