Hope amongst Ruins

Chapter two: People are made to what they are!

Crabbe and Goyle had gone away under the peering eye of Louise.

"Are you sure they haven't been violated also?" Louise asked.

"I don't know," answered Colin. "I would have to ask Tom..."

Colin looked in Tom's direction and he got the hint. So he decided to come and greet Louise. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Well," Matilda said. "Louise thinks that Crabbe and Goyle have been violated too, just like they did to poor Colin and Dennis."

"If they have been there is only one person who could have done it... Draco Malfoy. But I doubt that he had homosexual instincts to go on... But on the other hand, if he could control them when he did that, I'm sure he would have done."

"Wow! I never knew that. It makes me put Draco Malfoy and even Crabbe and Goyle into a new light," Colin said.

"See, you may think that they have ruined your life, but their lives have also been ruined. In this case by this Draco Malfoy," Louise said. The three nodded, it was understandable the way Louise put it.

"And now up to your Common Rooms!" Louise finally added. "You three need to get some sleep. Especially you, Matilda. After the long journey from France!"

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So Matilda kissed Colin goodnight and went with Luna Lovegood who had waited for her.

Thomas went back to the Slytherin Common Room while Colin slowly made his way up to Gryffindor Tower. He'd have to owl his parents that Fanny had been sorted into Slytherin. They were dying to find out in which house she had been sorted, he didn't know how they were going to take it.

When Colin came into the Common Room he was immediately approached by his sister Eleanor and his brother Dennis. To them he couldn't pretend that nothing had happened. They would notice immediately and sure Eleanor was the first...

"What happened?" Eleanor asked as she saw his face.

"They're here... they are still here," Colin said miserably.

"Who?" Dennis asked.

"Crabbe and Goyle. They failed their NEWTs and had to do the last year over again." he shrugged.

Dennis and Eleanor gasped.

"Are you sure?" Elly asked.

"Positive. I've met them when I was talking to Matilda. Louise and Tom sorted them out for us. But she said something strange..."

"What?" Dennis said.

"Somehing about Crabbe and Goyle getting raped by Draco Malfoy. Don't know all of it. Tom didn't even know it all!"

"That's terrible. But now I can at least understand why they turned out like this. But it still doesn't justify what they did to you two!" Elly said wisely.

Colin stiffled a yawn. "I think I go to bed. It's going to be a long day and if we will be getting those lessons with Madam Pomfrey..."

The others nodded and with that they all went to their beds, but each Creevey lay awake, thinking of the things that had happened that evening.