It’s been a couple of months since Ophelia and Draco went into hiding. They made sure to always know where the other was at all times. They were also very careful as to not leave the school grounds. If they did, they would use the invisibility cloak to walk around Hogsmeade until they got to a safe spot. The couple has been taking their time working on their relationship. Every night, Draco lets Ophelia touch and look at his dark mark all she wants. Ophelia really has grown to love the mark, and if it were possible she would say she loves Draco more because of it. Winter break was about halfway done, and that meant students might be coming back to finish classes. That was if their parents allowed them to come back for the year. Ophelia and Draco were also working on their spell casting work. They wanted to be prepared for anything that were to happen. The couple has been working on defensive and offensive spells and their skills have improved a lot. Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape have been helping them with the spells, as well as the other students that are residing in the castle.

“Ophelia?” Ophelia smiled and looked up toward Draco.

“Yes, Draco?” Ophelia was brushing her hair in the bathroom. It was the last thing she had to do for the day.

“Would you like to go to Diagon Alley today?” Ophelia smiled as her boyfriend came up behind her and hugged her. Draco kissed her cheek and looked at her through the mirror.

“Are you sure we should? They might find us.” Ophelia put down her hairbrush and put her arms on top of Draco’s.

“Ophelia, I’m sure we’ll be fine. If anything happens, I’ll protect you.” Ophelia smiled and sighed. She nodded a few times and Draco turned her around to kiss her. After she agreed, Draco and Ophelia got ready to go to Diagon Alley. When they were finished, Draco grabbed the invisibility cloak and they apparated to Diagon Alley. They walked into the Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes shop and looked around. Ophelia had been feeling uneasy, and not even the twins could help her.

“Ophelia, nothing is going to happen. You’re safe here.” Fred said and Ophelia sighed. She felt her heart starting to race and she always listened to her gut. Currently, it was saying get the hell out of there.

“No. Somethings wrong. I can feel it. We need to leave, now!” She grabbed Draco’s hand and tried rushing out of the shop. The twins only sighed and shook their heads. They truly thought their friend was paranoid until they saw the death eaters that entered the shop. The twins ran down the stairs with their wands out. Lucius came forward and Draco put Ophelia behind him. Ophelia was crying silently. She knew it. She knew something bad was going to happen.

“I told you,” Ophelia whispered into Draco’s ear. Draco hadn’t felt this much guilt in so long. He should have listened to Ophelia.

“Draco, come now. We’re going home to the manor.” Draco was furious with his father.

“No. Ophelia and I aren’t going anywhere.” Lucius scoffed and pulled out his wand.

“Fine, you leave me no choice. Crucio!” Draco fell to the floor groaning and screaming in pain. Ophelia was trying to help him, but she couldn’t. There was no way to help him. Ophelia was sobbing as she tried consoling her love.

“Stop it! We’ll go with you, just stop it!” Ophelia screamed at Lucius and he continued for just a moment before he stopped. Draco gasped for breath and stayed in a fetal position. He was ashamed of himself that he allowed Ophelia to witness what he just went through. Ophelia was still crying and held Draco’s head in her lap. Draco started to get a nose bleed and she wiped the blood away onto her pants. Draco was taking in deep, shallow breaths and Ophelia was running her fingers through his hair. Draco was grabbed roughly by the death eaters and Ophelia stood quickly. Bellatrix grabbed her and Ophelia couldn’t have been more scared.

“You’ve caused us quite some trouble, Ophelia.” Bellatrix couldn’t wait to kill the girl in front of the dark lord. She also couldn’t wait to torture her. She had been the cause of all of their problems and was finally going to be dealt with. They all apparated to the Malfoy Manor, and the twins looked at one another sadly. They decided to apparate to Hogwarts to tell professor McGonagall and Snape what had happened.

Harry and Hermione were on their own since Ronald left. They had long left the forest they had arrived in and had continued traveling around the world in search of the Horcruxes. Currently, Harry had found the sword of Gryffindor and Ronald had saved him from the water. The trio had gotten to another forest where they were captured and were being brought to the Malfoy Manor by the Snatchers.

Draco and Ophelia were sitting in the corner of the room holding one another when they spotted their friends. Something was wrong with Harry’s face, but they knew it was him. Lucius grabbed Draco and brought him over to Harry.

“Draco, all you have to do, is tell us if this is him. Then we are going to be okay!” Lucius was desperate at this point. Draco knew he couldn’t give up Harry. They had become friends, and Harry has done a lot for Draco. Draco acted as though he was staring intently at Harry, trying to figure it out. He lightly shook his head no.

“No, it’s not him.” Ophelia let out a quiet sigh of relief. Sooner or later, whatever happened to Harry’s face would wear off and they would be in trouble. Hermione and Ophelia exchanged glances and they give each other small smiles. At least they knew that they were okay.

“Take them downstairs to the dungeon, I want to interrogate the Mudblood,” Bellatrix said as Harry and Ronald were taken to the dungeon and locked in there. As Bellatrix tortured Hermione, her friends couldn’t bear listening to her screams of agony. Draco held Ophelia in the corner as she cried into his chest. They knew they couldn’t do anything to help her. Once Bellatrix was done, she walked over to Ophelia and grabbed her by her hair. Ophelia let out a scream of her own and was thrown down next to Hermione. Hermione was too weak to move, and could only stare at her friend.

“Now, it’s your turn,” Bellatrix said in a high pitched voice before she started laughing. Bellatrix used the Cruciatus curse on Ophelia and Ophelia nearly ruined her vocal cords by how loud she was screaming. Bellatrix got on top of Ophelia just as she had done to Hermione. Draco tried to rush to Ophelia to stop what was happening to her but Lucius held him back. He held his wand up to his neck and muttered threats of killing him if he were to move another muscle. Ophelia continued to scream and Draco started to sob. He couldn’t handle seeing his love get hurt, especially by his aunt.

As Bellatrix was cutting something into Ophelia’s arm, Voldemort rushed in with Nagini. As soon as Voldemort saw Ophelia on the ground screaming in pain, he screamed at Bellatrix.

“Bellatrix!” She looked up quickly and smiled at her master.

“My lord, I was just teaching her a lesson,” Bellatrix giggled as she dragged the knife across Ophelia’s skin one last time. Draco elbowed his father in the gut and ran over to Ophelia. He shoved Bellatrix out of the way and held Ophelia. He continued to sob over her limp body. She was taking in small, shallow breaths, and she knew she was going to pass out any minute. She looked up to Draco and muttered words only he could hear.

“I love you,” Ophelia spoke weakly and Draco cried as he kissed her forehead.

“I love you too,” Draco moved Ophelia so that she was sitting in his lap and her head was on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair and hugged her tight. Voldemort saw just how much he loved Ophelia, and it brought a slight warmth to his heart. Voldemort felt rage toward Bellatrix for hurting Ophelia and brought out his wand.

“Get out, Bellatrix, before I kill you.” Voldemort didn’t care at this point. Bellatrix didn’t understand. What had she done wrong? Voldemort brought up his wand and was about to say the killing curse, but Harry, Ronald, Luna, Mr. Lovegood, and Dobby appeared from the dungeons. Lucius all but growled at Dobby. Dobby smirked and the fight ensued. Draco was still protecting Ophelia as the rest of his friends were fighting and starting to leave. Before they apparated away, Bellatrix threw her knife at them and it apparated away with the group. Ophelia shed silent tears, knowing that the knife was going to hit one of them.

The group of friends apparated to the safe house of Bill and Fleur Weasley, and that is where they buried Dobby the free elf. They continued with making a plan for how to get the next Horcrux.

Voldemort started to make his way toward Ophelia and Draco pulled her closer to him.

“Get away from her.” Draco was furious with everyone in the room except for his mother. She was silently shedding tears because her son had been broken by her husband and her sister. Voldemort didn’t heed the warning and continued to make his way toward Ophelia. Voldemort took a good look at her almost unconscious state. He frowned and looked at Narcissa.

“Narcissa, make a few healing potions for Ophelia here, make sure she is good as new.” Narcissa’s eyes went wide and she nodded before slowly making her way out of the room. She rounded the corner and stayed where she would listen in on the conversation. Narcissa was very curious about why Voldemort cared about this one girl so much. Voldemort glared daggers at Bellatrix and she started to feel guilty for some reason. She didn’t know why the dark lord cared so much about some random witch.

“You had no right to do this. I explicitly gave you orders to not hurt her.” Voldemort was furious, and he might as well take his anger out on the person who had done the damage.

“She is just a child. There are more of her. What is wrong with getting rid of one, measly child!” Voldemort screamed in anger and shot all kinds of spells at her. She dodged them and put up a shield. The next words that came flowing from Voldemort's mouth had everyone in shock, and it was the final thing Ophelia heard before she passed out.

“I will not have anyone risking the life of my daughter!”