"George some members of the DA are stationed in front of Snapes office. Head there and see if that's where Marina is." Mad Eye ordered him.

"Yes sir." He ran as fast as he could toward the office.

"Hermione." Her eyes lit up with gratitude as she saw him approach.

"George! Thank Goodness. Have you seen Marina?"

"No I thought she was with you." Her face dropped.

"She's supposed to be but we were separated by the great staircases."

"And she's not back yet?" George felt himself begin to itch with worry as Hermione looked down the hall.

"No. She had to take a detour that led down to the dungeons."

"Aren't these the dungeons?"

"One set, the staircase led her to the ones in the opposite ends of the school."

"Ok. I'll go find her."

"Be careful." As he took off toward the dungeons he felt a headache surface due to the lack of sleep. In his mind he attempted to block the hurt he felt when he had saw the memories. The hurt he felt for Marinas suffering, and the hurt that came to him when he tried to encompass why she had not wanted him to know. Narrowing his eyes he tried his best to simply silence the thoughts as he made it to the great staircases.


Marina shuddered with fright as her wand lit the way. She had never been down in the dungeons before. It was an unnerving feeling and she almost felt as if she was being followed.

"Hello?" she called out as she heard a footstep behind her. Jumping she turned looking around for the source but finding nothing…but just as she was about to turn.

"Marina..." Her heart skipped a beat. As finnaly saw someone move out of the shadows, meeting the eyes of the one person she was most afraid of.

"Barty..." His eyes were filled with lust and his expression took on a very relived appearance as he disarmed her, her wand flying across the corridor.

"You gave me such a fright. " he was right in front of her, and completely aware of his power over her. "I thought you had perished." She winced as the back of his hand ran down her cheek. He chuckled, his voice lowering to a whisper as his hand stroked her neck. "Come now Marina, you must learn to trust me." she tried to pull away as he backed her into a wall, slapping her. The sound echoed down the hall and confirmed Marinas worst fears.

They were alone.

"Do you really think that Weasly will survive this war," he chuckled as his breath hit her face. "Blood traitors are just as bad as muggles and mudbloods. Join us."

"No." She whimpered as he smirked, eyeing her as he felt his entire body ache.

" Just wait Marina, you'll be sorry you were ever with him."

"Barty stop..." he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer as she tried to squirm away.

"What's wrong?" he whispered into her ear as she tried to push him off. He pinned her arms to the wall behind them and stuck his head next to her ear. "You are betrothed to me after all."

"Stop!" he nibbled at her earlobe.

"Don't be so feisty Marina, if you want me to stop then stop me." She struggled against him as he watched, his eyes bright with amusement. "Your too weak."

"Stupify!" Barty was thrown back as Marina fell to the ground, George embracing her. "What did he do?" his voice was spilling over with rage as Barty rose to his feet.

"Come now I was just playing with her." George turned hostility to the older man.

"How dare you even think of touching her."

"Who are you to tell me this, pathetic Weasly." He raised his wand at George as he did the same toward Barty.

"I don't know who you are but she's my girlfriend." Barty laughed.

"Well Weasly I'll have you know that she's mine. Not yours, mine." George glared as Marina tried to stop him.

"George don't. Youll get hurt…"

"You just wait boy. In time she will choose me."

"No I wont!" Barty laughed as George stepped in front of Marina protectively.

"So are you going to do anything blood traitor? Or do we just sit here staring at eachother?" George stood firmly standing his ground as Barty took a step forward. "So this is a dominance battle for you isent it…your afraid of me aren't you boy. Your scared that ill defeat you. Well trust me the second I do I wont hesitate to claim my territory." Bartys eyes met Marinas as George attacked in fury.

"Stupify!" Barty dodged and laughed attacking George with the same spell as he barley stopped it.

"Just wait boy."

"CROUCH!" Bellatrix scampered down the hall and grabbed the wizard before he attacked. "We must go! Severus has ushered the command! IT'S DONE!" Marina pulled out her wand, standing by George at the ready as Bellatrix laughed.

"Maybe another time daughter. Barty come." Two black clouds shot up toward the sky as George held his wand at the ready.

"George, their gone now." He lowered his wand and refused to make eye contact with her. "George…" he didn't answer, causing Marina to become frightened.

"George what's the matter!" Tears began to fall from his cheeks as Marina tried to comfort him. "George! Why are you?" he cut her off and embraced her.

"Im so sorry."

"George don't worry im fine Barty didn't do too much."

"NO!" Marina jumped as George grabbed her shoulders "I know."

"Know what?"

"Mad-Eye he showed me."

"Showed you what Geo…" Relization hit her mid-sentence. She felt her body stiffen her eyes growing wide in shame. "You saw."

"All of it."

"George why?"

"Don't ask me that." He said coldly as she reached out to touch his face. He slapped her hand away. "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME! I HAD TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE! I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME BUT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN TELL ME THAT! I HAD TO GET MAD-EYE TO!" she felt tears come to her eyes as George yelled at her tears streaming down his face. She had never seen him like this and didn't know what to do.

"…George don't yell at me." He looked down.

"Why wouldn't you tell me!" He was so hurt, and the feeling just grew within him as she was quiet for a long while before answering.

"George, I didn't want your feelings to change." He fell to his knees and hugged her, burying his face in her stomach.

"Marina, I will always love you. Nothing can change that. After watching you suffer, I hate it. More than anything." Marina felt tears gushing down her cheeks. He lifted her shirt slightly and traced the large scar that resided across her stomach. "Even then, I couldn't protect you. I just sat and did nothing while you suffered."

"George." She begged. "It's not your fault." He looked down as she lowered to her knees. She gently touched his face as he winced. "Please, don't be afraid of me."

"Im not afraid of you im afraid of getting attached and losing you. Im afraid that you don't trust and love me, and I'm sorry I couldn't be what you needed." She got a large rush of fear as he stood walking away as she ran to him embracing him from behind.

"George!" she felt tears running down her cheeks, as he pulled away walking off. "GEORGE!" she pleaded as she embraced him again. He tried to pull away again as she tightened her grip.

"DON'T GO!" Her words turned to sobs as the fear filled her again. "I NEED YOU! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! PLEASE DON'T! DONT LEAVE ME HERE ALONE!" He felt his chest fill with joy as he heard what he had been longing for, for so long. He turned and hugged her tight her sobs filling his ears as she cried into his chest.

"Don't cry. Im sorry love. I'll always be right here. I promise."