Chapter Five 5
'I'm not ready to back down, I’m still mad as hell…'
Sorry for the long wait, but between school, tragic loss of a dear friend, and the 4 story downfall of another, its given me some ideas for my next chapter.

Sleeping last night for Lukas was harder than ever before, he and his cat were relieved when he finally got up at four thirty the next morning. He took a quick shower grabbed the book from the restricted area and dashed into the library before the clerk got there. He quickly and quietly placed the book back into its place and left for the Great Hall.
It was strange that in two days a single girl could cause him to be so infatuated. He tried to push back all the feelings of want and love to keep himself focused, but it seemed that every attempt failed miserably. For some other odd reason, it did not matter to him that her father was heir to Voldemort. Some how he had to get stronger, he had to then the thought hit him, he would avoid her. He would become invisible to her eyes and inaudible to her ears. Today would be day one for the rest of the year.
For a week or two he thought he was doing exceptionally well, flirting with a few girls here and there, and wild weekends with friends. He heard teachers talking about how he was just like his father, just like The Slytherin Prince.
It had been a month or two since he had seen the Rose girl. He really hadn't even thought about her, she was completely forgotten, until he heard about her, until her heard about what happened.
Lukas walked down the corridor on the seventh floor with a group of Slytherin boys talking and laughing, smirking at girls here and there.
"Did you hear about Serenity?" two second year girls discussed among themselves about her.
"What happened?" the Ravenclaw.
"She was beaten!" the Hufflepuff exclaimed.
The Ravenclaw sucked in air extremely fast.
"By who?!"
"No one knows, and no one's supposed to know about that, she hasn't even been to Madame Promphey! She had bruises and gashes everywhere! Who ever it was beat her with a studded belt, and she didn't even get a fair start!"
"How did she not?"
"She was in a cubby hole in the new potions room last night and he came in and started hitting her, the only thing she had was a book and she threw it at him as he started hitting her. Then he told her he would find her again tonight," the Ravenclaw, said.
Lukas was shocked, though his facial features did not show it. He walked briskly up to the Ravenclaw girl,
"Where is she now?" He asked her. All of the emotions he once held for her flew back into his mind racing around at the speed of light. "Library I think," The girl said.
He raced to the library looking down every aisle. He found her sitting at a table with a book on spells. She was wearing long pants and a black hoodie. Her hair was down covering the right side of her sat down beside her and pulled up her pants leg, not giving her time to react. There were bruises there, all over. He pulled up her shirt and it was the same there. The place that he dreads the most was the beautiful face of hers. Her eyes were so wide and frightened; she could not absorb what was happening. He brushed her hair back and on her cheek was a discolored rainbow with a deep gash in the middle. He let her hair fall stood up abruptly grabbing her arm lightly.
"Please!" She choked out. She grabbed the book and brought her arm up to hit him in the head with it but he blocked it away and it fell to the floor.
"Serenity, listen to me, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm going to help you," He whispered into her ear. She collapsed into him crying heavily.
"How?" She sobbed out, "he'll kill me… he'll kill me!" She cried. Not if I'm here he won't Lukas thought to himself.

Nightfall Potions Room…

Lukas put her in a cubbyhole and gave her a book. She had started to pretend reading it, because she was too scared to really read it. Her eyes darted around the room every few minutes. She knew Lukas was in the shadows, but sometimes it would get so quiet, that she thought he had abandoned her. Around midnight, he showed up; he had on a ski mask to conceal his identity, but it did not matter, for the moonlight was the only light around. This time he didn't have a studded belt, he had a thick slim leather whip. He grabbed her face and pulled the ski mask up to only reveal his full red lips.
"You will be mine."
He forcefully kissed her before tearing away and delivering the first, and only blow for the night. He pulled back again, and a quick silver hand jumped out from behind the shadows.
"Not tonight she won't, she's mine." A growl escaped from Lukas's lips. He snarled as he snatched the whip out of the guy's hands. He let it fall to the floor along with a little of his bright red blood. The next few events happened so fast. She did watch him however, jump onto the boy and attack him like an animal. Smashing his head into a desk, Lukas walked over and picked up the whip lying on the floor.
"Let's see how much you like it," he said. A maniacal smirk placed itself onto his face as he struck the boy with the whip. Lukas did it slowly and roughly, twelve times before Serenity jumped in, begging him to stop.
"Please!" She yelled out, "No more!"
"Sit down!" He yelled back to her, "He deserves every bit of this and you know that!" Serenity did not sit down, and she did not be quiet.
"NO!" She ran over to him as he drew back again. She dashed in front of him as the whip hit her instead of the boy. It was swift, one quick blow to the chest and she fainted. She fell on top of the boy and he pushed her off he tried at a weak attempt to push himself off the ground and as he got up, Lukas punched him and he too fell to the ground and blacked out.
Lukas gathered her broken bruised body up into his arms. He took her to Madame Promphey's nursing corner. He used his quiet skills to lay her onto the bed and walk out completely unnoticed. Before he left, he leaned down and whispered against her lips, a kiss.
On his way back to the commons area, he passed the potions room and the boy was still lying in his own blood. He was so tempted to kill the boy previously, but something held him back. It was not instinct, because instinct told him to kill. How dare he harm what was his! He must have been drunk or something. A shadow cast upon the floor a few feet in front of him.
"Who's there?" He heard Snape's voice echo through the corridors. He rolled his eyes and banged the potion's room door fully open exposing the boy. After that move, all of the torches along the corridor lit up and he had vanished, as if he was vaporized into air.
Snape walked to the potions room and found his student on the floor, face down with tiny cuts all over his body. A book was on the floor near him, and the whip was right next to it. Snape picked up the book on potions, 1163478900 written inside of it. It was from the school library.
Snape picked up the boy and carried him to they hospital wing, notifying Madame Promphey of his existence and then leaving, not noticing Serenity lying crumpled up on a bed in the back. Snape grabbed the book and walked to the library.

The librarian rounded the corner on a ladder.
"I need to know whose book this is." He said.
"Do you have any idea what time it is?!" The librarian growled frustrated.
"This is important a student has been injured and this book was in the room with him. I believe it was thrown at his head because there is a bruise on his forehead and the corner is dented." Snape said.
"Oh me! …well, lets see… Ah! Here it is! Serenity Rose! Why on earth would she want to harm someone! That is absurd!" The librarian exclaimed.
She looked up and Snape was gone.

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Snape went into the Slytherin commons and yelled out: "All students out of their dormitories now!" All of the students walked out sleepily, all except for one Serenity. Lukas stood closer to the back only wearing pants and a pair of socks.
"Where is Serenity," Snape yelled. All of the girls looked around at each other puzzled, and they too noticed she wasn't there. Lukas remained silent his eyes were glowing. Snape turned and walked out a few minutes later Cheainy's voice echoed through the corridors "All houses please make your way to the great hall! ALL houses, this includes everyone!"
Serenity was awake now, and she forced herself off the bed and into the great hall. Every step felt like someone was stabbing her and tormenting her with death. She arrived and fell to the back making sure all the blood and bruises were covered up. Her face was fine though due to the power of Covergirl from the American country.
"Students there has been a mishap at Hogwarts, and a student or two has been hurt, so when I call this name will she please come forward, if she does not, will some one please step up and tell me if you have seen her," Cheainy said. Every one still looked around among each other.

"Serenity Rose."

Serenity slowly made her way forward. "You may all go back to your commons area!" He announced once seeing her. She continued forward in the crowd of people fighting to get out. One person shoved her and she fell to the ground, she was evaded a couple of times, but once or twice she was stepped on by other students. She pulled herself up and walked to the stage.
"Come with me to my office," She walked out of the door leading to his office with he and Snape behind her.
The headmaster stopped, "Mr. Malfoy, do you have any testimonies?" He turned around to look at Lukas. Lukas walked after them and followed with Serenity.

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"Ms. Rose, Snape has seemed to have retrieved this book, of yours, in his room around two tonight. It was lying next to Mr. Morgan Goyle; do you know why it could have possibly been there?" He asked. Serenity burst into tears clinging to Lukas's arm. She buried her face into his shoulder.
"Serenity was attacked… brutally a few nights ago… and she didn't tell any one," Lukas said. "She must have acted in self defense." Lukas pulled up her shirt and showed them the bruises and gashes.
"The first night was a belt… and I guess a knife, and tonight was a whip. She had an unfair start and I was there so I defended her, I acted when she could not, I acted when the abuser was bigger." Lukas said defining his point.
"Very well… Lukas you do know that you might be expelled for putting another student into the hospital wing." Lukas stood up and walked out. "Serenity please go with Mr. Malfoy." Serenity stood and left after Lukas.
"Lukas," She whispered. He turned abruptly checking wanting to know everything would be okay.
He left her at her room and then went to his. He felt so unsure of leaving her by herself. Meanwhile, the Professor and headmaster debated the punishment either to Serenity, Lukas, or Morgan.