Torture.

That's all Elodie could explain what she's been through this summer holidays. After Cedric's death, the last thing she could remember was seeing her family before she fell into a sleep, afterwards she woke up in the cellar of her family home in a large cage, with only enough space for a small bed and a toilet. That night she tried all the magic she had in her to force the gate open however she couldn't even light a simple candle never mind break herself out of that cage, her father watched her struggle before telling her whilst she was in that cage her magic would not work.

She cried a lot for the first few weeks but as time went on she seemed to turn numb to everything which had happened over the last couple of months. It was only two days in of her being in that cage where Melodie had used the crutiatus curse on her for the first time, her screams filled the whole mansion in which they owned and no one batted an eye lid. This continued on every single day, at least twice as her mother or her Death Eater friends tried to get any information off of Elodie about Dumbledore, Harry Potter or anything else they were curious about but each time she would just tell them she didn't know anything.

It was the fifth week when she had her first meeting with Voldemort himself along with many other death eaters, including Lucius Malfoy which wasn't much of a shock to her, during that meeting she had the dark mark forced upon her forearm as she screamed out in pain, trying to kick her way out of it. It was now a constant reminder of everything she had been through and was going to continue to go through. Her mother was right, Voldemort needed her, he wasn't as strong as he was before, at least not right now however Elodie had rare magic which he needed, constantly coming over and forcing her to do new things almost like she was a little play toy to them. Which, she kind of was.

In her sixth week the Armbridge family came over and that is when the families agreed on an arranged marriage between Elodie and their son Scotty, whom she loathed with a passion but after enduring so much pain she just smiled and nodded. The same week, Melodie decided to cut all of Elodie's hair off, claiming she needed a new look which out of everything this was almost like a treat for Elodie. Her long brown hair now fell to her chin and she had curtain bangs also which gave the hair a very choppy feel to it.

She found herself wearing clothes which would hide the many scars and bruises she carried on her body now and couldn't wait to go back to Hogwarts to be away from her family however Elodie knew deep down she couldn't go anywhere near her friends, and certainly not Fred. After what had happened to Cedric she couldn't bare having anyone else killed over her, it was all her fault and she knew it.

Fred spent his summer at Grimmauld place, the Black's former residence with his family, Sirius Black, Hermione Granger and in the later weeks where it came closer to going back to school, Harry Potter.

The night of the final task, Fred spent almost all night looking for Elodie however she was no where to be seen, all of her stuff had gone from her room and she was no where to be seen, he soon found out from Professor Mcgonagall that she was pulled out of school due to a family emergency which he knew was a lie.

Fred sent many letter to Elodie, pleading for her to get in touch, stating how much he misses her and a week before they were to go back to school he sent a final one.

Ellie,

I'm not too sure why you're not writing me back, maybe it's too hard for you and I appreciate that but I just want to know that you're okay. I'm so sorry about Cedric, I know he was your best friend and I am here for you always. I've missed you, a lot actually, more than I'd probably like to admit but please just let me know you're safe. I'm really worried about you. As soppy as this sounds, I can't lose you Ellie, I really can't so please just say something, anything.

You know, I think I'm falling for you Elodie Daisy Sinclair, and I don't even think I'm afraid to admit that.

Love, your Freddie x

He cried whilst writing that letter, hoping she would write back however when it became time for him to set off to Kings Cross, he knew he wasn't getting a reply.

On the train to Hogwarts Elodie sat in a carriage with her brother, Marigold who was weirdly being nice with her, Scotty who had his arm around her small shoulder and a few other slytherin's which made her fidget uncomfortably, hoping it was just one big nightmare. Elodie barely paid any attention to the conversations and instead spent most of her journey staring out of the window until they pulled up to the station. She kept her head down, avoiding anyone's eyes which she managed to do as she made her way into the school.

She managed to be unseen in the common room by anyone too close to her and still tried to acknowledge the others around her and as soon as she left her common room she was greeted by Scotty and other Slytherin's who were stood waiting for her.

"Ready babe?" He smirked down at her, practically eating her with his eyes as she held in a gip. Instead she hummed, flinching slightly when he placed his arm around her shoulder to guide her with him. Multiple students turned to look at the pair but Elodie kept her head down as she tugged on her robe sleeve some move to cover up the mark on her arm.

"Have you seen her?" Fred asked Finley with a frown, the whole group stood outside the hall waiting to see if they could see Elodie.

Finley shook his head sadly, "no, this isn't like her."

"I get she's sad but she never closes off like this." Billie added.

"Holy shit." George spoke loudly, looking over at a group stopping in the hallway as everyone diverted their attention to them. "Is that Elodie with—"

"You've got to be fucking kidding me." Fred spoke in anger, jaw tightened as he stormed over their, the group following after him. "Ellie?" He spoke softly, looking down at the girl as he could barely recognise her, she was extremely thin, bruises on her bare thighs and almost all of her hair had been cut off. "What— what happened to you?"

As Fred reached up to touch her face Scotty was quick to hit his arm out of the way, "the fuck do you think you're doing touching my girl?"

Elodie swallowed, tears in her eyes as she couldn't look Fred in the eyes. "Your girl?" Fred said in confusion, looking back at the girl who wiped a tear from her face. "Ellie what's going on?"

She looked up at him for the first time and he could see how empty her eyes were, "I—" she begun to speak but got cut off by her brother. "Er excuse me Weasel but ur kind of in our way, fancy moving?"

Scotty chuckled at this and George scoffed, "can someone explain what the fuck is going on, Elle are you okay?"

"I—" elodie once again got cut off by Scotty, "She's fine aren't you babe?"

"Babe?" Fred's voice cracked, looking at the girl who bit her lip to hold in her sob.

"That's right, she finally chose the right side didn't you?" Elodie stayed quiet which seemed to have annoyed Scotty who grabbed her face with one hand, "isn't that right Elodie?" He gritted through his teeth and she was quick to nod.

"Don't fucking touch her like that." Fred launched himself forward but George held him back, watching at Scotty removed his hand.

"I can do what I like with her, she's one of us now."

"No she's not, no you can't."

"Babe, show him you're one of us now." Elodie shook her head, not wanting to show what he was meaning however it was too late, Scotty pushed her sleeves up her arm revealing the very permanent mark on her arm.

Fred stared in pure horror, a wave of emotions ran over him and unsure of how to react he could only do one thing which was walk away. "Freddie!" Elodie cried after him but was quick to be pulled into the Hall for supper and instead George ran after the boy.

It had all changed.