They charged the house before the Mckinnon's could even blink. They were out numbered by two. Marlene recognized four of them; Travers, Lestrange, Avery and Rosier.

"Mark! Take mum upstairs!" Marlene yelled towards her brother. Mark grabbed their mum and pulled her up the stairs, Marlene turned around before she could see Avery follow them. She ran into the living room where Rosier had her brother, Caleb, sprawled on the floor writhing in pain. Marlene turned when she heard the door open, it was pouring outside. Her father was fighting with a burly death eater on the lawn. She stood frozen for a moment, who was she going to help.

"Hello there, pretty." No one, apparently. Marlene turned around to face Bellatrix Lestrange.

"Hello Bellatrix."

"Let's hope you put up a better fight the your brother." Marlene felt a pain in her heart, she had killed Louis. But she hardly had time to dwell, for Bellatrix had charged her full speed, shoving her into the wall.

Marlene rose her wand. "Stupefy!" She screamed, and the spell hit the wall as Bella dodged it. Marlene obviously had to take a different approach. She punched Bella in the face as hard as she could. "Bitch!" She yelled.

Marlene glanced towards the living room, and the color drained from her face as she saw Caleb fall to the floor, dead behind the eyes. Frantic, she looked out the window to see her father lying still in the grass. Avery came running down the stairs, "All clear up there, Madame." He said to Bellatrix.

Marlene charged him, with a yell. Bella grabbed Marlene by her elbows, pulling her back.

"How unfortunate for my cousin. Poor Sirius won't know what to do without you." She cackled, and Marlene cringed.

"Just kill me and get it over wi- PETER!" Marlene screamed as Peter Pettigrew walked through the door. "Peter help me! Go get Sirius! Owl him! What are you doing, don't just stand there!" Bella cackled again, and Marlene stared at him in shock. She began to writhe in Bella's arm, attempting to attack Peter. "You Bastard! How could you, We are your friends! You weak, feeble minded little prat!"

Bella had obviously had enough, she wrapped her hand around Marlene's throat and shoved her against the wall. "Travers, get over here." She yelled.

Travers was thin and lanky, he carried himself with an undeserved sense of accomplishment. He was ruthless, known for getting confessions from people who didn't want to talk. Which is why he had been sent, after all. Marlene was very important, and Voldemort needed to know everything she did. Travers raised his wand to Marlene's throat, and she began to writhe and choke, her eyes never leaving Peter. He was standing in the doorway soaking wet, his eyes downcast.

Travers had been speaking the whole time, but Marlene wasn't paying attention. She would die and Sirius would never know about Peter, Who else would he sell out? After all, it had to have been him. No one knew where the Mckinnon's country house was But Sirius, James and Peter. Remus had never been taken to her house, and Alice would never. Fabian was dead... It had to have been Peter. Sirius and James would never!

Something Travers said brought her out of her trance and back to reality. "... Now we might let you live if you tell us where The Potters are hiding? Or maybe one Sirius Bl-"

"I will die before I betray my friends!"

It was Peter who spoke. "Come on, Marlene. Just tell them, save yourself. Siri-"

"Don't you dare say his name, fucking scum! Your scum! Your selling your friends out to an ego maniac! This is not a gam-"

"Enough!" Bellatrix yelled. "Move over Travers, I'll handle this one. Take Pettigrew and report back to the dark lord. Tell him she would not talk, but the Mckinnon's are dead just as he asked."

"But Bel-"

"I said go!" She said, sneering at him like an angry cat, Marlene thought she might actually hiss. "Now you..." She all but purred. "It's a shame, your a talented witch. You could have been great, but you are far to loyal to my disgrace of a cousin and the rest of the blood traitors." Marlene was still writhing in Bella's grasp, but Bella hardly noticed. "The dark lord will be very angry you wouldn't speak up, he was so hoping you would have very valuable information. But, hey... can't always get what we want, right?"

"Just kill me and be done with it."

Bella nodded. "Yes, I'll get to that in a minute. But don't fret, Marlene, your beloved Sirius will be joining you soon... Galavanting around great Britain on a flying motorcycle, I mean really. All we really have to do is shoot him out of the sky, he has made it increasingly easy for us."

"You disgust me."

"Oh please, can't you people ever be a little more creative?" And with that, Bellatrix raised her wand at Marlene's chest. "Avada Kedavra!" She screamed, and a jet of green light shot into Marlene's chest. A thousand memories flashed before Marlene's eyes, and she opened her mouth to say something, but fell to the floor.

For the second time that night, the color drained from her face. But this time it would not return.

Her eyes were lifeless when he found her, her blonde hair matted to her forehead. "She never gave in. That's my girl.' He thought, wiping the hair from her face. He knew she wouldn't, they both lived by the same code. She would die before she ever betrayed any of her friends. He had been flying in when he saw the burst of green light come from the windows, his heart had still not come back from where it had fell. He imagined it sitting somewhere deep in his stomach, still beating, but just barely. He had watched as Bellatrix walked from the house, and apparated.

Still he knew she wouldn't have wanted to go any other way. Marlene was not one to go quietly into the night. She was supposed to go down a hero, it was in her nature. He brushed his hand along her cheek, she was cold. She wasn't supposed to be cold, she was supposed to blush the way she always did when he touched her face. "My Marlene.." He whispered. He stood up to survey the area, her house was in complete disarray, chairs were flung aside, there were holes in the walls. Caleb was lying dead in the living room and Mr. Mckinnon was on the lawn. Sirius imagined he would find the rest of her family upstairs.

But he wasn't interested in them quite yet. The others would arrive soon, he had sent an owl for them as soon as he had seen the jet of green light. He shut the front door, Marlene's hair was soaking wet now, and Sirius was getting quite cold. He stared down at Marlene, his face was gaunt almost vampiric, the way it always got when he was angry and upset. She was gone. Marlene was gone. He closed his eyes, he had to tell her. Even though she wouldn't hear, he had to say all the things he couldn't when she was alive.

"Marlene, Who do you think you are leaving me all alone like this." He said, the tears stinging his eyes. "I don't know what I'm going to do without you. You were my light, my ground, my world... and now your gone. I loved you. And I'm sorry I didn't say it more often, I should have told you every day. And I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry I let this happen to you." He was crying now, the tears falling freely down his face. "I will fid whoever did this to you. And they will pay, I promise. Oh god..." He choked out that last bit, just as James and Remus came barreling through the door.

"Oh Sirius...' Remus said, hugging him. He gripped his friend tightly, sobbing into his shoulder. James glanced at his friend, than down at Marlene.

"Oh, Pads, I'm so sorry."