CHAPTER ONE
Prologue: In this fanfic, Luna Lovegood has a little brother named Charles or Charlie who is in his second year at Hogwarts. He was captured with Luna and was kept in Malfoy Manor until Dobby rescued them. The first chapter will be told from his perspective, while the others will alternate between Ron, Harry, and Hermione… And don't worry (LOL), this fanfic is totally clean.
CHAPTER 1: Pain (Charles)
I heard the door close and a bang echoed through the dark, cold dungeon. "I'm scared" I whimper and I hug Luna, my older sister. "Everything will be ok", she said in an uncertain voice. But I doubted her… I knew something bad would happen. I sat down and shivered when I heard You-Know-Who say "The boy knows something we don't…". Cringing, I prepared myself for what I knew was coming. "BRING THE YOUNG ONE!" Bellatrix barked in a fit of rage. Peter then opened the dungeon door and pointed his wand at me, "get over here", he said. Slowly, I stood up and walked toward him, as I walked I saw the terrified look on Luna's face. When I arose from the dungeon, I was shivering. I saw all three Malfoys peering at me. As if that wasn't enough, Bellatrix, a legion of Death Eaters, and 'He who shall not be named" were staring right through me.
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" Bellatrix screamed angrily "Nothing I swear!" I pleaded, knowing that it was a lie. "Bring the girl" Lucius Malfoy plainly said. "Not Luna!" I begged, "We're not talking about that filthy girl, you brat," blurted one of the Death Eaters in the most disparaging way. "Get out your wand" said "You-Know-Who". I did as he said, with an extreme feeling of dread as they brought a girl with black hair and blue eyes out of the back room. "Kill her or tell the secret" said "You-Know-Who". "NEVER!" I yelled nobly. His face turned to rage. "NOW!" he said, as he hit me with a spell I did not recognize.
Suddenly, my entire body went numb. I could barely stand up when I started to hear "Kill her" in my head over and over again. I resisted his control until I could finally move again. "THE BOY RESISTS", Bellatrix screeched as she stomped her feet. She whispered something…."CRUCIO!" As she yelled this, a curse hit me. I fell over, screaming, crying; every piece of my body felt as though I was being slowly stabbed with millions of white-hot knives. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Draco Malfoy cringe and back away from the shaking mass that was me. The entire time, I could hear Luna screaming and crying for my mercy. The pain stopped…"Stop it!", Draco said sincerely "HE'S JUST A KID!" he yelled empathetically. "ENOUGH WITH THAT, DRACO" yelled Father Malfoy as he used his cane to hit his son over the head.
This entire time I was lying on the floor, trying desperately not to vomit, as my head hurt and my entire body felt dead. Suddenly, Bellatrix Lestrange got right above and looked into my eyes; I looked away but she held my chin toward her face with her hand. "COWARD" she yelled "FACE YOUR FEARS!" In response to this, I closed my eyes. Suddenly my left forearm began stinging painfully…I could feel letters being scratched onto my skin, I whimpered "please" but my vocal chords didn't seem to work. This continued on for 30 seconds until she got up, blood dripping from her hand. "You-Know-Who" was laughing maniacally. I looked at my forearm and saw the word "COWARD" scratched into a bleeding, carved wound. I tried to get up, until I heard someone yell "CRUCIO" and once again my entire body was filled with that familiar pain. This went on for at least a minute until everyone in the house heard a knock on the door. "Get him out of here!" Bellatrix beckoned. Peter Pettigrew then levitated me back into the dungeon where I faded out of consciousness.