Pieces of Two Different Puzzles

"That is not a reason at all."

"Don't care Linnie."

"Please. It hurts enough to walk and I was just on my way to lay down some before my detention tonight."

Azy sighed. "Fine, but you should go up to the nurse and get them looked at."

"They're just bruises. It's not like they're life threatening or anything."

"That's beside the point," Azy said. "Go and get them looked at. I am going to see a teacher."

"I'm going to freaking lay down."

"Fine," Azy said starting to walk off. "If you want to continue walking around in pain. Fine by me."

Linnie walked the opposite way, or rather limped, shaking her head. When would Azy learn that Linn had had worse and had felt worse? She wasn't going to make a big deal over something little like this.

Cj is timeskipping over the whole talking to the teacher bit.

So. next day.

In the great hall the next morning you could tell that the Gryffindors were not happy, they had no idea how they had lost two hundred points over night. And Azy knew that the teachers weren't going to reinstate it. Because the teacher she ahd talked to the night before, (who was the Ravenclaw head of house) had also thought that Azy's self made punishment was fair. Azy wondered if the teacher had talked to Terrance and his group yet.

Linnie could feel Terrance and members of his gang glaring at her through the entire day, so she kept to places where the number of people was dense. They wouldn't be stupid enough to do anything then. But then she remembered she had a detention that night.

Because Terrance is an idiot, he was lying in wait for Linnie to finish her det.

Linn walked out of her detention and was part way back to the common room, when suddenly she was physically pushed against the wall, causing her to wince from the bruises on her back. She opened her eyes, having closed them on impact, to see Terrance and to notice that his hand was dangerously close to her neck. "I didn't tell her," was the only thing Linnie could think to say to him.

Terrance had had a bad day, as the Gryffindors had somehow found out that he was the reason behind their large amount of missing points. So when he knocked Linnie into the wall it was with quite a bit of force as he was angry. "You could have lied," He snarled quietly. He was just about pressed against her so he didn't need to raise his voice.

"I t-tried," Linn stuttered out. "She didn't believe me." She was actually really scared of him this time, as it was after hours in the middle of a deserted hallway, and he was severely ticked off.

Terrance pushed his hand against the girl's neck, not enough to choke her, she could still breath but putting enough pressure on it that it made breathing uncomfortable. "You could have tried harder."

"I tried the best I could," Linnie said with a small whimper noise. She had also begun to shake. "Now, please let go."

Terrance let go off her neck, only to punch her roughly in the stomach. Probably hitting or bruise as he did so.

Linnie gave a sharp, but somehow soft cry as he did so, because it did hit a bruise. She doubled over this time, wrapping a hand around her stomach.

Because I do not want to write it, timeskip till Lin has been knocked unconious.

Linnie was surprised she could even become unconscious with as much pain that she was in. She didn't even come to until the next morning, just before people were due to wake up and start on their way to breakfast. She would have to avoid Azy at all costs, or else it would probably get even worse for her.

Linn pushed herself up from the floor painfully, and stood on her feet, wobbling back and forth slightly. There was no doubt that she had visible bruises now, as her face hurt in a couple places. She limped to a restroom that was down the hall and walked inside to look in a mirror. She was right. Those would be harder to hide, and she also really light ones on her neck from the almost choking.

Azy was leaving the great hall after breakfast that morning when Linnie limped in. Looking absolutely awful, she had a few bruises on her face and faint ones on her neck. Azy's eyes darkened looking at her. Oh Terrance had done it this time. "Linnie," Azy said trying to keep her anger out of her tone as she walked over to the girl. "Go to the hospital wing."

Linnie bit back a whimper with every step she took. The stairs were particularly brutal today. And she nearly audibly groaned when she heard Azy. Linn had been hoping to avoid her at all costs, but her hunger had won her over. "No," she replied. "You'll have to force me there before I go myself. It's not as bad as it looks and I've had worse anyway."

"Fine," Azy replied, in something close to a snap. "I am not in the mood to argue. But, that Gryffindor is seriously screwed." She turned walking over to the Gryffindor table, standing behind Terrance and tapping him on the shoulder.

This time Linn did groan. Couldn't Azy just leave well enough alone? But she pushed it from her mind, sitting down at the very end of her table to get food.