So I'm afraid I'm going to begin this chapter with another rambling AN. I will begin with apologising for my mistake of writing 'Rolf' instead of 'Rodolphus' at several points during the last chapter and I have gone through it and I have hopefully fixed them all now. I would also like to briefly say to SaphirasMagic that I greatly appreciate your comments as I have been concerned about the subject of Luna's characterisation myself and I hope to fix that; I hope you can all see why in these chapters she will be OOC due to the circumstances, but I hope to recapture the Luna we know and love when the drama dies back down.

Thank you for bearing with me...I will now shut up and just finish by saying that I own nothing.

Luna screamed as Rodolphus held her arm awkwardly behind her back. She had gained a split lip, many cuts and bruises and a couple of broken ribs thanks to Rodolphus' punches and kicks and now she could feel her arm dislocating; another injury to add to the list. ''Please stop''

With one final blast of pain running through her shoulder joint, he pushed her to the ground. ''Oh please don't tell me you're going to beg. At least my dear Bella died with dignity, but if you wish to died begging and screaming; then by all means go ahead''

Luna glared at the smirking man stood over her and awkwardly propped herself up with her uninjured arm. ''Why are you doing this? If you really want to kill me then why haven't you already done it?''

''Oh don't worry Luna, I'm not afraid of killing you; I just want to hear you scream first'' A sinister snarl appeared on Rodolphus' face and he pulled his wand from his pocket and raised it up to Luna. ''And I think I have a good way of making you scream''

''George! George!'' Arthur shouted after his son, whose speedy rush through the woods had given him much ground over his father. ''Would you please stop for a moment?''

George sighed in frustration, rolled his eyes and impatiently waited for his father to catch up. Arthur gave George a stern look as he arrived to see his son tapping his foot. ''George, I know that you don't want to be hanging around, but if we don't look properly we could miss something vital''

''Dad, we are in the middle of the woods where there is absolutely no life whatsoever; if Luna was hear we would be able to hear her calling out'' George snapped. He hadn't been happy when he had realised that his father had apparated them to the woods nearby the Burrow, and his attitude while they were there had reflected that.

''You were the one that said we should look in the obvious George'' Arthur pointed out as he began to trek further along into the woods. ''And if you have any other ideas of places to go George please let me know''

As George followed his father, his heavy footsteps broke the twigs under his feet and he desperately searched his mind for somewhere else to go. ''Dad maybe we should go back to the house and check there; we can see if anything's happened''

''George you're mother would immediately inform us if anything happens'' Arthur called back over his shoulder to George; who had gone from one extreme to the other and was now trailing behind him.

''I don't care Dad'' George shouted, causing the birds in the nearby trees to fly away. He came to a sudden stop and Arthur turned back to look at him. ''Every second we waste in this fucking forest is another second where Luna is alone with some psychopath''

''George calm-''

''Don't you dare tell me to calm down Dad, if there is any situation where a person has the right to lose it; I think this is the one.'' George ceased his shouting as the anger evaporated and the sadness emerged. ''This isn't fair; I lost Fred and I never thought I could get over that, and then Luna came back into my life and she saved me, and now I may lose her too''

''George, I cannot begin to imagine how you are feeling at this moment, but Luna needs you to be strong right now'' Arthur had never seen his son look so vulnerable and as he approached George, all he could do was place a comforting hand on his shoulder.

''I was going to ask her to marry me Dad'' George spoke to the ground.

''I'm not surprised'' Arthur said casually. ''About five minutes after Ginny and Harry announced their engagement your mother was talking to me about when you and Luna were going to get married, and Ron and Hermione too''

George chuckled slightly despite himself. ''That sounds like Mum; eagerly waiting for grandchildren to come along and increase her blood pressure even more than it already is thanks to me and Fred''

Arthur softly smiled. ''George, we will find Luna, and then you two will spend the rest of your lives together''

George nodded. ''I hope you're right''

Arthur began to walk again and George slowly followed on behind. Silence emerged between the two, and the only sounds that could be heard was that of breaking branches, of leaves swaying in the breeze and of the various birds and animal inhabitants of the woods. Arthur was relieved to have George behind him; as it allowed him to keep the fear in his eyes hidden from his son. The longer Luna was away, the more his fears for her safety increased; she had become a part of the family and she meant the whole world to George; Arthur didn't want to imagine what would become of his son if he lost her.

Running through George's head was all of the places in the world that Luna could possibly be; if she had been taken then she would be somewhere isolated where no one would be around to see or hear anything, and it would need to be somewhere familiar to whoever had taken her. ''But if they've been watching Luna for a long time then it might be somewhere familiar to her too'' George thought. As his thoughts hit a dead end, George paused in is place and sighed, his gaze drifted off into the distance and in the over the trees and on the top of the hill George could make out the structure of Luna's old home. The metaphorical light bulb in George's head lit up. ''Somewhere isolated and familiar''

''Dad! Dad!'' Because George had stopped, Arthur had gotten far ahead and George couldn't see his father through the tree trunks that obstructed his view. ''Dad I think I know where she is''

George could faintly hear his father's voice, but the distance between them made it impossible to distinguish any sounds. Unable to wait George grabbed his wand and apparated to where he hoped to find the girl who meant everything to him.

Arthur retraced his steps. He had heard George calling out for him but hadn't heard what he had actually said and now he couldn't see or hear George. After several minutes of calling, Arthur accepted defeat and realised that he was alone in the woods; George was gone and Luna had not been brought here.

As Arthur prepared to apparate back to the Burrow, a blue flare in the sky halted his movement. Seconds later the flare of blue light hit the ground before him and transformed into the shape of a German Shepherd. Arthur didn't recognise the owner of that patronus, and this immediately told him that it belonged to someone at the Ministry.

''Six minutes ago, the cruciatus curse was used and the Ministry has knowledge of the location this taboo word was used at. Please report to the Ministry immediately before we proceed to investigate'' A soft female voice emerged from the dog's mouth that was also unfamiliar to Arthur. Immediately Arthur stepped into action; firstly, by sending off his patronus to the Borrow, to Harry and Ron, and to Percy and Lee to inform them of what was happening, and he then apparated to the Ministry of Magic.

''Crucio'' Luna screamed as she felt a fire run through her body and she writhed on the ground. Rodolphus stared down at her with a cruel smile lighting up his face.

Luna squeezed her eyes shut as she felt continuous blasts of red light hit her stomach and she didn't dare open them to see the look of pleasure Rodolphus had at seeing her being tortured.

''Bombarda'' The unstable front door of Luna's house flew off its hinges and was blasted forwards in the house; smacking Rodolphus straight in the face and sending him flying backwards through the air.

As the pain finally disappeared, Luna weakly opened her eyes and looked up to see who had come to her rescue.

''Hey Lovegood'' Luna was convinced she was dreaming as she saw her knight in shining armour standing over her with a sad smile spread across his face.

Next chapter; George has come to the rescue, but what will happen when he comes face to face with Rodolphus

So I hope that I have finally written a chapter without any stupid mistakes in it like I have been doing (again, I apologise) and so I hope I maintain the right to ask for you to please review.