I got in the Thestral carriage for my sixth year at Hogwarts. Naturally, I was all alone in the carriage, so I took out a copy of the Quibbler.
I was alone until Neville got in, he was in his seventh year, and I smiled at him through my spectrespecs. He was holding a plant.
"What kind of plant is that?" I cocked my head at him.
"It's a muggle plant.. A venus fly trap." He nodded, and now that he said it, it did look as if it had teeth.
"Does it attract wrackspurts?" I asked cautiously.
He just shrugged. "I didn't ask."
He was the only person who never called me loony.
Who never doubted my ways.
To be truthful, I had a crush on him.
But he was 'normal', plus Hannah Abbott was crushing on him too.
I sighed to myself as the carriages began to move and Neville became interested in his plant, so I read.
I just sorta stared at the pages actually. I was really scared.
There was a guy on the train, a death eater, and he looked at me the longest, like he had a plan for me or something.
Neville could tell something was wrong, because he moved to sit next to me and he put a comforting arm around me. "Everything is going to be okay, Luna. I promise." And I couldn't help but smile at him.
"thank you, Neville." I nodded and leaned into him as the castle came into view.
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-later, Neville's POV-
I looked at the Ravenclaw table for Luna, as she was due back for Christmas break today and I couldn't see her anywhere. I saw Cho and I poked her.
"Have you seen Luna?"
"Oh, she was kidnapped on the train by Death Eaters as a bribe." She turned back around as if nothing had happened.
I felt like crying. I had Luna's Christmas present in my bag and everything.
I sat at the Gryffindor table, suddenly not hungry.
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-same time, elsewhere, Luna POV-
I desperately wanted to get out of this dungeon, but Olivander advised me and the goblin to preserve our energy since we wouldn't be fed often. I found a corner and used my jacket as a pillow.
When we heard someone coming, we'd hide behind pillars.
We hid as normal as we heard someone coming, and the door slammed shut and two new voices that sounded so familiar.
"Ron? Harry?" I exposed myself only to see them, and be very relieved that it was them.
They began to try to break out, of which Olivander told them that it was no use.
We eventually got out with the help of Dobby and we saved Hermione... and well.. You know that part of the story.
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-much later, Neville's pov-
We had defeated Voldemort, and I had helped. I was so ecstatic. I looked around, seeing who else was there, and I saw Luna, applauding. She was skinnier than I remember, almost skeleton like, but still beautiful.
I picked her up and kissed her, just like I wanted to do when she was supposed to come back from Christmas break.
And from that moment on, we both belonged somewhere.
It was like we were meant to be
