Silent Screams (Gabriella/open) -MATURE CONTENT-

[weaslebee2]

*WARNING- MATURE CONTENT IN THIS THREAD*

Emily walked past the station, she always had to on her way back from work. She sighed, her breath like white smoke on the late night air. she didn't quite reach her quota, but there was only a five gumdrop difference, nobody would notice if their package was missing a strawberry gumdrop, when there were already around seven. Emily drew her hood to warm her ears, then lengthened her stride, she was anxious to go to bed. To have Zoe come and lay on her stomach. Before she knew what was happening, a spell hit her from behind. The full-body-bind. She fell face-first onto the ground, breaking her nose in the process. She felt the hot blood gush down her face. She was worthless, she couldn't move, even to get to her wand to perform the counter-curse.

A pair of hands turned her over and Emily was looking into the face of a hooded man. It was too dark to see his face. There was nothing she could do, she was stuck, she couldn't even open her mouth to scream. She was finished. She mentally pleaded for someone to stumble across them, but she knew nobody was coming, nobody would be able to hear her silent screams. Her blood was seeping down her face, getting into her hair, pooling on the ground. She was so scared, what was going on, she couldn't see what the man was doing. But she heard the sound of her clothes being ripped, felt the cold blade of a knife against her skin, cutting her because of his carelessness. Before she knew it, her clothes were gone and the man was on top of her, raping her, touching her.

Tears began to fill Emily's eyes, she was defenseless. She couldn't move, she couldn't fight, she couldn't scream. The man leaned in close to Emily, then pressed his mouth to hers, she wanted to punch him, hurt him worse than he had hurt her, but she was frozen. She began to silently cry, tears mingling with the scarlet blood on her face. The man got off and zipped up his pants. He gave a small laugh and said something that Emily was unable to understand. With a whip-like crack, the man was gone, leaving Emily alone in the cold, naked, bleeding and unable to move. Her screams were silent. Nobody had heard them.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella walked through the streets of Hogsmeade, smelling the scent of fresh blood, as though someone was hurt. Gabriella recognized the scent, it was Emily. Gabriella ran then, toward the smell until her sharp eyes detected her naked sister laying on the ground in a pool of blood, frozen with the body-bind curse. Gabriella choked back a sob as she produced the counter-course to set Emily free and then a load of healing spells that she remembered. Emily's torn clothes were laying beside her, but Gabriella didn't want to even try to salvage them. She conjured a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a large sweatshirt from her dorm. And then she bent down and hugged her sister. "I'm so sorry Emmie, I came too late, didn't I?" Gabriella whispered to her sister.

[weaslebee2]

Emily couldn't respond. She felt as if she might be sick, but there was nothing in her stomach for her to reject. She was trembling, but not from cold. Yes. Gabriella had come too late. But she wasn't to blame for this, how was she to know her little sister was getting raped? Emily burst into tears, she was so scared. She allowed Gabriella to hug her, she didn't know what to do anymore. So she sat there in the jeans that were too short for her and the sweatshirt that was a size too big, sobbing.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella patted Emily's head, allowing her sister to cry. "You're safe now," Gabriella whispered as her wand fixed Emily's clothes so that they fitted properly. Why couldn't I have noticed sooner? Gabriella thought, mentally beating herself up.

[weaslebee2]

Emily didn't respond, she just allowed herself to cry uncontrollably, losing all sanity whatsoever. Why did it have to be me? Emily thought. Why not someone- She cut herself off before finishing the thought. She wouldn't wish what had happened to her onto anyone, not even her worst enemy.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella smoothed Emily's hair again, wishing she could cry a bit herself. She hated what had happened to Emily, but there was pretty much no way of catching the person that had done it. Gabriella glanced around at the night growing colder. Perhaps they should go back up to the castle. But then she would have to leave Emily in her common room.

[weaslebee2]

Emily wished that her cloak had been spared, but no, that son of a bitch had to ruin that too. One moment she was grumbling about not making her quota, now she was completely broken. Tomorrow, she would quit her job at Honeyduke's. She was never going to walk by herself at night again. "Gabs, what am I supposed to do?" Emily whispered.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella opened her mouth to answer, but soon found herself shutting it again. What was Emily supposed to do? Gabriella had no idea, she had never known someone that had been raped before. "I dunno," she replied. "Write to mum and dad, I suppose."

[weaslebee2]

Emily nodded, she stood up, shivering. Her knees were shaking so violently that standing was difficult. She wanted to be able to apparate directly into the Slytherin common room. Gabriella was going into "Hermione-mode", she was probably going to insist on carrying Emily back to the castle.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella stood up quickly next to her sister, trying to pretend like she didn't notice Emily's knees shaking. It was truly horrible what that man had done to her, Gabriella wanted to hunt him down right then and there, but she knew it was next to impossible.

[weaslebee2]

Tears ran freely down Emily's face. And with Cici being gone in France for the Quadwizard Tournament, made things all the worse. The headmistress could deal with anything, but she wasn't there. Perhaps Emily ought to send an owl her way as well. Emily was incessantly stumbling as she walked, and she would jump at any slight noise.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella walked side-by-side with her sister, unable to put her arm around Emily's shoulder to comfort her. Emily was simply too tall, it was just a fact of life. After a long while of silence, they were up at the castle and Gabriella yanked one of the doors open, holding it for her sister.

[weaslebee2]

Emily nodded in thanks, being afraid of getting sick if she opened her mouth. Great, now they had to go all the way up to the owlery. It wasn't like she could send an owl from her dorm, the Slytherin common room was underwater, hence the strange eerie green glow about the place. She tripped over her own feet as she made her way to the stairs, tears still flowing freely.

[igloogirl]

Gabriella watched as Emily stepped on the stairs that led up, realizing that she was going to the library. "Em, send the owl later, you need to-" Gabriella stopped herself. What did Emily need? Sleep wasn't likely. "Uh, rest," Gabriella finished after a second.

[weaslebee2]

"That sounds good," Emily whispered, going back down the stairs. She was grasping the handrail so tightly that her knuckles were a very pale white. She didn't know what she was going to do with herself anymore, she was so scared. to Emily, it seemed as if every shadow could hold something to hurt her, she didn't like it one bit.