After Christmas Hermione was lecturing Harry on running out of the burrow like that and trying to catch Bellatrix Lestrange.

" You could have been killed, you have to realize who you are," Hermione lectured.

" I know who I am," Harry stated. A few feet away from them were Ron and Lavender. She was hugging him from behind and just gave him something she made.

" Of course I'll wear it," Ron said as she put the scarf around him and squealed in delight. 

" That's my Won Won ! " she squealed.

" Excuse me I have to go and vomit," Hermione said before walking away. Harry smirked and continued walking till he was in Dumbledore's office. He was shown a bizarre memory of Slughorns.

" Confused? " Dumbledore asked. " I'd be surprised if you weren't".

" I don't understand. What happened? " Harry asked.

" This is perhaps the most important memory I've collected. It is also a lie. You see this memory has been tampered with by the same person whose memory it is, our own friends Professor Slughorn".

" But why would he tamper with his own memory? " Harry asked.

" I suspect he's ashamed of it," Dumbledore replied.

" Why ? " he asked.

" Why indeed I ask you to get to know Professor Slughorn and you have done so. I want you to persuade him to divulge his true memory. Any way you can," Dumbledore told him.

" I don't know him that well sir," Harry said.

" The memory is everything. Without it we are blind. Without it, we leave the fate of our chance. You have no choice. You must not fail,"  Dumbledore urged. Harry nodded, Dumbledore sent him away and Harry decided he would try soon.

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Cortney was in the hallway, all by herself, she was humming to herself when all of a sudden she was pulled into a closet. She was shoved up against the wall. A pair of lips smashed onto hers harshly.

" How much I've missed those lips," a voice said against her lips. Cortney started to squirm.

" Let me go, Nott! " Cortney ordered. One hand covered her mouth as the other hand began to travel up and down her body. Cortney was trying to get away, knocking into things. All of a sudden both hands traveled up her shirt, revealing her bra.

" Let me go! " Cortney screamed. Theodore broke her bra and began to violate her even more. Tears streamed down her cheeks. All of a sudden it stopped, Cortney collapsed onto the ground. Holding her bare upper body close to her knees. She looked up to see Theodore Nott pinned to the wall by Seamus Finnigan. 

" I believe she said stop," he growled with his wand pointed at the other boy's chin.

" I-" Theodore began in a childish voice. A hand smacked him in the face, blood trickled out of his nose. " Why does it matter to you !?" Theodore was getting his voice back.

" Cortney happens to be a very good friend of mine! One of the best Slytherin I've ever known! Touch her again and you'll regret it! " Seamus said angrily. He threw Theodore out of the room and closed the door. A candle was lit, soon everything was lit up in an orange glow. Seamus turned around and saw a frightened friend. Tears flowed down her cheeks, she avoided his eyes " Cortney". He said gently kneeling down to her. " Why didn't you tell me about this ? "

" Go away," Cortney cried. Seamus ignored and sat next to her.

" Do you want to talk about it? " He asked. Cortney shook her head, she had no courage to talk. He noticed the situation she was in and started to help. He went to go take her bra off so the broken parts wouldn't hurt her.

" What are you doing? " Cortney panicked.

" I'm just taking it off," Seamus assured her. He finished the process, pulled down her shirt. 

" Thanks, Seamus," Cortney said finally looking at him. Seamus helped Cortney up. He realized it was a tight shirt, outlining her breast and her nipples showed and poked through. He looked up at the ceiling blushing.

" The Gryffindor common room is right around the corner," Seamus mentioned

. " We should go and get you a different shirt or a sweatshirt". Cortney looked down and saw what he saw. She blushed in embarrassment and covered herself with her arms and hands. She was so embarrassed he had to see her like this.