Stupefy!

[melissatreglia]

Title: Stupefy!
Author: Melissa Treglia (aka gnosticdiva)
Fandoms: 50 Shades Trilogy/Harry Potter movie-verse
Word Count: 545
Rating: PG
Inspiration: Chapter 16 - "Suddenly he grabs me, tipping me across his lap. With one smooth movement, he angles his body so my torso is resting on the bed beside him. He throws his right leg over both of mine and plants his left forearm on the small of my back, holding me down so I cannot move. Oh f***." 'Nuff said.
Warnings: Brief magical violence. Implied abuse.

Summary: Christian Grey's abusive treatment of Ana is interrupted by a very magical trio.

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I can barely breathe. Christian's elbow is jabbing me in the small of my back. My face is planted into the pillow, and I can't wiggle enough to give me more air.

But my ears are working perfectly; they're not muffled by the pillow. I jolt when I hear a young woman's voice, with the hint of a British accent, shout, "Stupify!"

Christian yelps and I hear his body thrown to the floor. I turn my head, and take in a big gulp of air. I can breathe again. But I'm afraid to do much more.

"Hermione," a young man's voice asks, with a similarly refined Brit accent. "How is she?"

"Let me have a look at her first, Harry," the girl replies, somewhat peevish, as she steps into my view. She's a pretty girl with a light brown -- almost blonde -- lion's mane of hair. Her eyes meet mine and she tells me, "Try to relax." She places the tip of a very stylishly crafted stick against my skull. A wand? my subconscious wonders.

Then Hermione says just one word. "Legilimens."

Suddenly, everything I experienced with Christian is there in my mind, rapid-fire like a mental bazooka. My stomach begins to turn as I realize more fully what Christian has been doing to me.

I was never in control of my body. He forced me to do what he wanted. He forced me...

The girl, Hermione, looks up at the others present in the room. One is a young man with dark hair and horn-rimmed glasses, the other a gangly fellow with bright red hair.

The redhead speaks, in a Cockney accent that could stop a clock. "'ow is she?"

Hermione snorts. "He placed one of the Unforgivable Curses on her." She pauses, then adds, "the Imperius curse."

The two young men look like they're about to explode. "Bloody hell!" The redhead shouts. I'm confused; what's an Imperius curse? The redhead than sighs. "Poor Muggle girl. Never saw it coming, did she?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I see movement where Christian's body had been flung. The boy with the glasses points a wand at Christian... who's now crouching on the floor with a wand in his hand. When did he get one of those?

"Expelliarmus!" The wand immediately flies out of Christian's hand and clatters harmlessly to the floor.

The redhead, his chin locked in rage, joins in. "Petrificus Totalus!" Then Christian stops moving. Literally. He looks like he's been frozen into place. I squint at him and realize that that's exactly what was done.

"We've got to move quickly, Harry," Hermione adds, speaking to the boy with the glasses. "The Aurors will want to know we've successfully captured Kristos Greyback."

"Who?" I stare at the trio, more confused than ever.

Hermione's lips purse in a thin, displeased line. Did I say something wrong?

She points her wand at me. "Obliviate."

* * *

I wake up, Kate shaking me frantically. "Ana!"

"Huh?" I mumble, never the most articulate in the morning.

"Did you see the news? Christian Grey disappeared!"

I've never heard that name before, and a frustrated Kate explains things to me that I can't ever recall happening. And though I'm not sure why, I'm very glad the world is rid of him.

*Fin*

Comments

[morri-delrae.livejournal.com]

I enjoy most of your spitefics, but this one made me definitely uncomfortable, the same way the HP books did (which would make it quite canonical, I suppose?). The characters come across a victim of abuse who has had her will stripped away by sexual predator, and they treat her no better than they would an inanimate object. They keep talking over her head, as if she wasn't there, they don't try to comfort her, or establish any sort of contact. They only obliviate her as an afterthought, and it seems that it's done not so much for her own well-being, as for the precious security of the magical community.

I could never come to terms with the sort of careless obliviating that goes on in the Potterverse, but it would be a bit better if Hermione exchanged a few words with Ana, asked her how she was feeling, maybe covered her with a blanket, because she noticed that the girl was shaking from shock, and THEN announced that she was very sorry for what she was going to do, but it had to be done. The end result would have been just the same, but it would make the characters look more compassionate.

[melissatreglia]

Yup, it's canonical. The trio tend to talk to each other like they're the only ones in the room, even if there's loads more people. And nobody seems to think much of Muggles (non-magic folk).

That being said, Kristos is off to Azkaban to receive the Dementor's Kiss. He won't be hurting anyone again.

[morri-delrae.livejournal.com]

Aw, heck. No matter who calls the shots, Ana gets the short end of the stick :-( It's a good thing that the world finally got rid of Kristos the rapist, but it wasn't as satisfying as a usual spitefic, because I still want to smack each and every one of the trio.