Chapter 19: Found Out
As Severus stormed into the Headmasters office with Draco and Blaise behind him they were surprised to see so many people there.
Sirius and Remus were sitting quietly beside a calm looking Harry Potter who sat next to Lucius Malfoy.
Against the walls leaned the Sunnydale/LA Crew.
"Severus, good to see you! As you can see Mr. Potter decided to travel here with Lucius. We were just discussing the Prophecy. What about you? Have you discovered anything?" Dumbledore finished in a rush as if to explain everything in just a few minutes.
"Father? What are you doing here?" Draco had been standing behind Severus quietly but just couldn't take it anymore.
"Draco, I told you during the holidays about Harry. Now is the time for a Prophecy to happen and we are all in it. Albus told me you are concerned as well as me, so here I am."
"Sorry to interrupt but what about Severus? Have you found anything?" Angel hated to disturb them but it was important for them to find the Fourth!
"I believe I found out who he is. But I have to addmit that I was surprised. It seemes that both Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Zabini feel attracted to Mr. Finnigan!" with that he explained everything Draco and Blaise had told him.
"Seamus?!?!" burst Harry out. These were the first words he had spoken since Severus had entered the room.
"But if I understood right that would mean that Seamus has scars...and I never saw any on him!"
"That could be because he hides them. Victims of abuse often hide the results. And he is a wizard additionally to that his abuser wouldn't want to be discovered." Tara finished shyly. The others could tell that she had experienced abuse herself in some degree.
"Tara, what happened to you? Who hurt you?" Oz spoke with a deathly voice. The other occupants of the room could hear the surpressed violance in his voice.
"Nob...Nobody!" she tried to deny, but not very convincing.
Severus moved towards her and saw her flinch as he loomed over her. Then he knelt down and took her hand in his.
"Tara, please tell us. It will help you heal. And you don't want to lie to Oz, right?"
Again Tara tried to deny but with all the encouraging looks she decided that they wouldn't laugh at her or hate her.
"The women in my family always get abused...cause we are demons..."
Here Xander interrupted "But we proved that you are human!"
"Yes. But before that I believed I deserved it. They would always controll us and watch every step we make. Some can be meaner than others and they started to search through my clothes and would always touch me. A brush here and a slap there and I was always frightened when they were around. then one night my father came into my room and asked me directly if I still was a virgin. I stammered that i was but he didn't believe me. He threw me down and undressed me. Then he touched me, to make sure I was still a virgin and touched me some more. As he finally left I dressed and ran as fast as I could. I landed in Sunnydale and meet you all." As Tara told all that she didn't look at anyone and hid her face behind her hair.
"How can one find out if a girl is still a virgin?" Harry didn't know anything about sex before he got together with Lucius and because neither of them was a girl he didn't really know much about the mechanics.
The others looked a bit uncomfortable and Tara looked as if she might start crying.
"You can determine it with a spell. But as her family is non magical he would have to penetrate her to be sure." Luciuc whispered in his ear. he didn't want to embarass the girl any more. he could see that she was scared and would rather leave. Severus liked her obviously, so he decided that he had to like her too.
"Tara...would you please look at me?" Oz voice shook a bit with feelings. He couldn't believe how much his love had suffered.
As Tara glanced shyly up he took hold of her chin.
"Do you love me, Tara?"
At that Tara looked so shocked that he would question her that she took her right hand from Severus grip and slapped Oz hard.
"How can you ask this?! I have never loved anyone more than you! And now you question me???" before she could slap him again he took hold of her hans and kissed her deeply.
As he released her Tara looked dazed.
"Just so that you know, love. I would never question you! I just wanted you to know that I will always love you. It is not important what was in the past. They will pay for their crimes and be punished acordingly. But I wanted to know because I am a werewolf. I used to take drugs and sold my body to get them. I did it because I didn't know better. We all did something we are not proud of and would rather forget. But we have to live with it." Oz ended. His friends where astonished. The had never heard the quiet boy talk so much and to admitt that he sold himself for drugs only to make Tara feel better told them alot.
Tara's eyes filled with tears and she rose her hand to touch the spot she had slapped before and leaned forward to kiss said spot.
"I am sorry, Oz. I didn't know and thought...I'm sorry love!" with that the stepped into his arms which came around her at the same time.
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"What should we do about Mr. Finnigan?" asked Lucius after Tara and Oz released each other but stayed in a loose embrace.
"It is more likly that Harry will find anything out, don't you think?" Remus suggested.
"Right. He is in the same dorm and could try to get a look in the showers. If there aren't any scars you should try 'finite incartatem' ,Harry." Sirius said. It didn't feel right to disturb the privacy of the boy like this but they just ahd to find out if it was him.
"But don't look to close, love." growled Lucius into his ear. He normally wasn't jealeous but couldn't help himself. The Prophecy had washed away many of his worries but not all.
At hearing this Harry blushed a bright red but agreed with both.
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