A/N: This is where it starts to get a little dark and may possibly include something triggering (as listed in the first chapter). Continue at your own risk.

She had only seen Erik once more since gaining consciousness and it was the only time she was allowed to eat. That was two days ago, or so she thinks. Thanks to the darkness it was impossible to keep track of time, so she wasn't sure how long she has been in the cave. It was so quiet in the darkness that if she sat completely still and held her breath, she could hear her heart beating in her chest. She would go insane if this went on for too long. That was if Mulciber didn't kill her first. Mary had yelled until she lost her voice. She had pulled on the chain and in many different directions until her foot was sticky with blood from the metal cutting into her ankle. She had cried until there were barely any tears left. She was lost again, but this time she may never be found.

Mary had been tending to her bleeding ankle when she saw Erik next. The light from his Lumos-lit wand that sat near the ceiling absorbed into the dark rock walls around them. He was silent as he set down a tray containing cold food and lukewarm water out of her reach and walked closer to her. She leant her head back against the wall behind her and fixed her eyes on a corner of the cave where the light didn't fully reach. Her eyes close as she felt his body press against hers and his lips on her neck, his warm breath against her skin. A shivering sound escaped her mouth when his hand slipped under her shirt. His movements were slow and silent. He moved up, kissing from her neck to her lips as he lifted her skirt up and ran his fingers against the fabric of her underwear.

Back at Hogwarts Luke was sitting in the Gryffindor Common Room with the rest of the group. Charlotte had dared James and Sirius to wear lingerie for a day so they were spread out over the couch seductively, trying to make Char and Lily laugh. Remus was sitting on the floor with a book in his lap. The fireplace warmed the room and flickered light on Luke's face as he stared at it.

"Hey Harper, Cheer up! Not everyone can wear lingerie as well as we can," James joked with a grin, his fingers teasing his messy black hair.

"It has been a week…" He says vaguely and only looks away from the flames when he feels a body sit on the arm of the chair he preoccupied.

"Mary hurt you and the rest of us, Luke," Char says with a soft voice. "Just be glad it didn't go any further."

"A week, Charlotte!" Luke said as he stood up quickly. "Look me in the eyes and tell me that you are not worried about her!"

"Well… I…" She stammers and glances at the others for help.

"Can any of you tell me that you are not worried?"

"Mate, I'm sure she is just hiding in the Green Houses or someplace and doesn't want to be found," Sirius said with a perplexed look on his face.

"It is snowing outside! She might be blonde but she is not stupid, Sirius," Luke said with an almost snapping annoyance. "I have looked everywhere and talked to anyone who might know. No one has seen her for a week. A week… Don't you guys get it? We have been having fun for a week and she could be dead and frozen in a hole somewhere for all we know."

"I'm sure she is fine Luke," Remus says calmly and shutting his book before continuing. "But if you are that worried about her then we will start looking in the morning. It is late and there is no use in panicking now. It will only slow us down. If she is missing then we will find her."

Once the light of Erik's wand had fully disappeared, she forcibly wiped her cheeks dry and tried to cleanse herself of him, which just caused her to cry more. She couldn't stop him, she wasn't strong enough. He had won. She was alone with no one to care about her. The friends she once had were probably having some kind of party right now and not even noticing she was gone. She was truly alone and she had lost. Mary rested her head back against the wall and ignored the food that still sat out of her reach. She was tired and all she wanted to do was sleep, so sleep is what she did.