When I woke up in Oliver's arms the next morning, I couldn't help but smile. I kissed him on the lips and watched as he slowly woke up, smiling broadly as our eyes met.

'I was hoping it wasn't just a dream.'

'No, it was real.'

'I don't want to go but if anyone should come in.'

'No one but me knows the new password.'

'Oh, so we could stay here for a while.'

'Why? What do you have in mind Ollie?'

'Well Dee, I was thinking that we might just stay like this a cuddle for a while.'

'Sounds good to me. Do I get a kiss?' Oliver smiled and planted a long kiss on my lips, our tongues searching each other. We had just rolled over when there was a knock at the door.

'Destiny, it's me, Harry! Listen, I know who's in there because of the map, but Lucius is at the school doors, he'll be up here in no time.' Oliver and I looked at each other with worry.

'Let me in, I've got my invisibility cloak, Oliver and I can hide somewhere in that but Lucius is at the top of the stairs now.' I ran over to the door whilst pulling on my dressing gown and let Harry in. Oliver had managed to pull on his robes and he and Harry ran over to one corner of my room, throwing the cloak over themselves. I calmed myself down just as the door knocked. I went over and opened it.

'Lucius?'

'Didn't expect to see me so soon?'

'No, not really.'

'Can I come in?'

'If you want to.' I left the door and sat on one of the chairs in my room, watching Lucius walk in and close the door.

'I'm sorry about last night Destiny.'

'What about it? Embarrassing me in front of Oliver…'

'Is he all you ever think about? Is everything you do for his benefit? What about me? Do you think it's easy knowing that the girl I have fallen in love with is so in love with someone else? I would love to be Oliver for you but I'm not. I thought you loved me also?' I looked at Lucius and felt guilty.

'I do love you Lucius…' He walked over and knelt before me, taking my hand in his.

'I gave up on 25 years of marriage for you, I've fallen out with my son for you and we have this to look forward to. Is there anything left in there? Anything that doesn't belong to Oliver?' He had placed his hands on my stomach and then over my heart. I looked into his eyes and could see he was truly worried that he would lose me. His eyes were frightened and his heart hurt and it was my entire fault.

'You know there is. I only shout because I get worried or angry and that can't happen if you don't care about someone. I'm sorry that I've made you worry for no reason.'

'There is a reason though, Oliver Wood.'

'I know, I know and I can't help my feelings for him.'

'But think, if he hadn't have come back this year, if he wasn't here teaching…'

'I would still miss him every single day and wonder what he was doing. I would still send beaky out with letters, trying to keep in touch with him. I would still love him but I would deal with it and give you my whole heart and try not to think about how much it hurt not even being able to talk to him as a friend. But Oliver is here and I'm sorry that my feelings for him have come between them and whilst I can't ever promise to forget about them or make them die, I can tell you I will be faithful to you and give you everything you need because I care about you too.' Lucius kissed my forehead and stood up.

'I have a meeting with Delores in five minutes; I just had to see you first. I will see you later?'

'Of course. I'll be in here all day.'

'What's the new password?'

'Snuffles.'

'Strange choice!'

'I like it! See you later.' He left and the door clicked shut. There was a minute's wait before Harry and Oliver appeared from under the cloak. Harry left quickly and I looked at Oliver.

'So you're back together?'

'You knew it would happen. I'm sorry Oliver.' I fell to the floor with my head in my hands, crying hard. I felt Oliver put his arms around me and hold me tight. I pulled away and looked at him.

'Everyone says we're meant to be together but I can't see how it's ever going to happen.'

'We have a long time to go yet.'

'I want to be with you, so badly but I don't want to put you in any danger.'

'Did you mean it?'

'Mean what?'

'About being faithful?'

'What do you mean?'

'I just thought that when Lucius isn't around, maybe I could hold you at night, keep you company.' I smiled softly and put a hand on his cheek.

'Oliver, I would like that, a lot. I…' The door swung open and in stormed Lucius. Oliver stood in front of me, trying to protect me from the obvious rage that Lucius was in.

'Move out of the way!'

'No!'

'Don't make me do anything that she will regret!'

'How did you know?'

'Your little friend Potter bumped into me and dropped his map. I happened to pick it up and what do I see on it. Two dots in the room I have just left, one saying Oliver Wood, the other saying Destiny Black and they were very close together. Now, as I did not see you pass me in the corridor, I assume you were hiding in here Mr Wood, which means you spent the night here.'

'You…'

'Did you?' His voice boomed and echoed through the room, making both Oliver and I jump. He pushed Oliver out of the way and grabbed me by the arm.

'Did he spend the night in this room?' I looked at him, anger flowing through me.

'Yes!' I looked into his eyes and screamed as he threw me on the bed. I saw him head towards a cowering Oliver and leapt off the bed and landing in front of Oliver.

'Don't be stupid Destiny.'

'I may be a number of things but I am not stupid, especially not at this precise moment.'

'Move!'

'No!' He grabbed me by both arms and flung me back on the bed before lifting Oliver up and throwing him on to the chair and reciting a simple spell that made ropes shoot out of the end of his wand and tie Oliver to the chair. He turned to me and I was truly frightened. He had a mad, menacing look about him that I had never seen but had heard stories about. He sat on the bed and grabbed me by the hair, making me look at him.

'I was thinking yesterday, about 'our' baby. There is no way it could be mine because I used protection, if you remember; I always used to cast a little spell before each time. So that means that that thing is either Draco's or his. So I found Draco yesterday and asked him about your times together. He assured me that he also used protection, which leaves one other person to whom this thing belongs.' I looked up at Lucius and my mind whirred and as I thought back, I did remember him uttering words under his breath before penetration, the same went for Draco but not for Oliver. That morning in his office, we were both so carried away with one another that he didn't utter anything apart from 'I love you'. My heart rejoiced even though I was petrified, my baby belonged to Oliver, the love of my life but I knew things wouldn't be so easy. My eyes shot over to Oliver who was crying hard, struggling at the bonds holding him fast.

'So I wonder, why did you tell me it was mine. Was it because I have so much money or because you wanted to ruin my life?'

'No! I was so lost in our whole relationship; still on a high about the fact that it had finally happened that I must have just assumed it was yours. I never really thought about it. At the time, I wanted it to be yours.'

'And now you don't? Sorry Destiny but you've ruined my life so I'm about to ruin yours, both of yours. I'm not going to be the lovesick fool any more. And you can watch and know for the rest of your life that you were too useless to stop this happening!' He was looking at Oliver as he said this and I became really frightened. I tried to struggle but his grip on my hair became stronger, making pain run through my body.

'Don't try and get away, coz you're not going anywhere.' He threw me higher up the bed and got on top before I could jump off. He used his body weight to pin me down and I felt his hands undo my bathrobe. I screamed, knowing what he was going to do for he knew full well that I wasn't up for sex at the precise moment. He placed one hand on my mouth to stop me from screaming and used the other to undo his trousers. I felt him push my legs apart and thrust into me. I have never felt so much pain in all my life, feeling as though I was being ripped in two. I looked briefly at Oliver who was shaking with anger but had his eyes closed. I didn't blame him, it was all part of Lucius' plan and I despised him as he repeated 'you will be mine' over and over again as he kept forcing his way is. Finally I felt him come and burst into tears, shaking as he moved off of me. I curled up into a ball and sobbed whilst he moved over to Oliver. Over my sobs I heard,

'Take a good look. That's your beautiful lover and look what I've turned her into. You couldn't stop me and you are never going to have her, you see, she will remain here until the end of term, and then I will drag her to my mansion if I have to for Christmas and then she will come back here but I will have people watching your every move and if you go anywhere near her, I will kill you.' He came back over to the bed and sat down, stroking my hair.

'Now, I am going to see Delores and you had better be here when I get back or I will hunt you down and I will kill you, Oliver, that baby and Sirius.' I turned and looked at him.

'Yes, I know that you know where Sirius is. I mean, it's ironic that you and Harry both talk about a snuffles. You will do as I say or I will tell the ministry that you know where he is and they will make you tell them.' He kissed me on the cheek and I heard the door click shut. I burst into tears again and shook violently as my body went into shock. I heard the chair creaking and saw Oliver appear at my side, he too was crying. He kept going to put a hand on me, then withdrawing it as he tried to silently comfort me.

'I am so sorry. I have let you down so badly and I don't know what to do. Our baby, the baby is ours and I can't be with you. I should have protected you.' All I could do was shake my head. I didn't want to hear this from him for it wasn't his fault and it broke my heart to hear him blame himself like that.

'I'm sorry.' Those were his final words before he left me alone in my room. As I sat alone in my room, I became frightened and grabbed my bathrobe before running, as best as my legs would move, out of my bedroom and down the corridor to the grand staircase. I got to the entrance hall and ran into Draco, who took one look at me and his face fell.

'Destiny? What's wrong?'

'I, I…I can't…he'll punish me if I…I can't.'

'Destiny?' He put his arms on my shoulders, causing me to jump with fright.

'Get off of me! Don't touch me.' I shouted at him, making him jump back.

'Destiny?' I turned to see Harry and fell to my knees.

'What have you said to her Draco?'

'Nothing! I found her in this state. I don't…no!'

'What?'

'Destiny? Did Oliver?'

'No! Never! He would never, ever! I can't.'

'What's wrong Destiny?' I wanted to tell them, so badly but the words wouldn't come out. I wanted to tell Sirius but knew that was far too dangerous for he would come and hunt down Lucius himself and that would probably get him caught.

'Mcg…' I had hardly any strength left.

'You want Mcgonagall?' I nodded my head and Harry and Draco helped me up, leading me down to her office. Hearing her gasp when she opened the door made me burst into tears again.

'What is god's name has happened here?'

'We don't know, she won't tell us.'

'Thank you boys.'

'No, I want them here!'

'If you're sure.'

'They need to know. I've made the most stupid mistake.'

'What?'

'Lucius saw your map Harry, he saw Oliver in there and figured out that he had been there all night. He also figured out that the baby wasn't his and swore to make us pay. He threw me on the bed and tied Oliver to the chair and made him watch as he…as he…'

'Oh dear Helga! I knew that man was a monster but never…'

'He said that if Oliver comes anywhere near me, he said he's going to kill him and oh god, Harry!'

'What?'

'He knows that I know where Snuffles is and said that if I don't obey him, he will make me tell the ministry where he is.' I looked at the three of them. Mcgonagall was the calmest and handed me a tissue. Harry was pacing, obviously wondering how exactly he would kill Lucius (he and Sirius were a lot alike) and Draco, well, like father like son is all I can say. He had that same menacing look in his eyes as Lucius had when he did what he had just done. Draco got up and stormed out of the office. Fearing the worst, I ran after him with the others running behind me. I followed Draco to Umbridge's and watched him storm inside before I heard the sound of a punch hitting the side of a face. I ran to the door and saw Draco standing over his father.

'What has she been telling you Draco? What lies?'

'No lies! I know she's telling me the truth because the bruises say so!' Lucius got up and pushed passed Draco before standing before me, making me cower to the ground.

'That wasn't me was it Destiny? It was Oliver wasn't it? I walked in and found him hitting you, didn't I?' I looked into his eyes, trying to plead for him not to make me say yes. I felt my heart break as I nodded.

'Stop tormenting her, making her say such things! I know that Oliver would never, ever lay a finger on Destiny, not as long as he lived!' I sighed with relief as Mcgonagall said this.

'I will make you pay for this Destiny.' He began to walk off.

'No! He's going after Oliver!' I managed to shout and Lucius began to run. Harry and Draco ran after him and I got the energy to run after them too. I followed them down to the quidditch grounds only to find Oliver's broom and luggage gone. I fell to the floor and began crying, I couldn't believe that he had left me when I needed him the most.

'Harry, Draco, take Destiny to her room and wait for me there. Madam Sprout, Professor Snape, you will help me make sure that this man has left the school grounds properly and we will have to have nightly watches around her room for the time being.' I looked around and my mouth dropped open in shock as Professor Snape stood with his wand facing Lucius. As I walked passed, he grabbed my arm softly and looked quite concerned when I began to shake quite violently.

'I wish to apologise for my behaviour earlier this year.'

'That's ok.'

'Professor Mcgonagall, once this monster is removed, I feel she will need a calming potion.'

'Good idea professor Snape.' I followed Harry and Draco to the castle and too my room. I said the password and almost screamed when I saw Oliver in there.

'We'll wait outside.' They both left and I looked at Oliver.

'I had to make him think I was gone.'

'So you're not leaving?'

'And leave you to face all this alone? I couldn't stop it happening to you Destiny but I will as sure as I love you stop him from hurting you ever again!' For my answer, I ran over to him and threw my arms around him, glad that he was back where he belonged, in my arms. He hugged me tightly, kissing me softly on the head as he stroked my hair and back.

'You should get checked out by Madam Pomfrey'

'I know. Let's go now.'

'Are you sure?'

'Lucius will be gone for now. Plus, I'm in quite a bit of pain.' Oliver picked me up and carried me to the hospital wing. I hadn't told him for fear of worrying him too much, but I was getting a sharp cramping pain in my stomach and it was getting stronger by the minute. Oliver placed me on a bed and went to get her whilst I curled up on the bed, trying to stop the pain in my stomach. It felt like a thousand knives were ripping my insides to shreds. Oliver returned with Madam Pomfrey who ordered Oliver to wait outside whilst she examined me. She looked horrified and anxious.

'Are you in pain dear?'

'My stomach, there is so much pain. I don't know what to do.'

'Let me take a look.' She undid my bathrobe and took one look down below and uttered a small cry.

'What's wrong?'

'I am afraid my dear, you have lost your baby.'

'No, I can't have. She's safe inside me.'

'I'm so sorry. Your robe is covered in blood and that's why you are in such pain. It seems the trauma of what that monster did to you was just too much.'

'No, she can't be gone. My baby, Oliver's baby, our baby.'

'Oliver's?'

'That's why Lucius did it, he worked out that the baby wasn't his, it was Oliver's.'

'But how?'

'The day after my birthday…I don't need to fill in the details do I? Our poor, poor little baby!' I held my stomach and began to cry. Madam Pomfrey left me and soon Oliver was by my side, his arms wrapped around me and tears flowing down his face.

'What has he done to you? My beautiful girl, my lovely, gorgeous girl. I'll kill him.'

'Oh Ollie, he'll kill you first, you know that if you went after him, he would kill you first.' He kissed me on the forehead and kept stroking my hair before letting out the occasional sob. I eventually fell asleep, although I was afraid to and would not shut my eyes until Oliver had curled up next to me so I knew I was safe.