Neville rolled over in bed and propped himself up on one elbow. He looked at the sleeping body of his soon to be wife and smiled. She was beautiful there was no doubt about that with her high cheekbones, spectacular smile and long flowing chocolate colored hair. People had often wondered out load how he had gotten a girl like that, often blushing and apologizing when they realized they had vocalized there question.
He knew he was lucky to have her but the circumstances that had been they're first meeting and the beginning of their romance still hurt to remember. It had been almost ten years ago but he remembered it with precise detail.
Neville crept down the halls of Hogwarts with ease these days. After weeks of sneaking out of the room of requirement to get supplies for the others it had become like second nature. His hearing had improved rapidly from necessity and he could now hear someone coming up to two corridors away. What he herd this night made his blood run cold.
"Please…stop, GET OFF ME," screamed a female voice from one of the classrooms he had just passed. He knew he should leave, if he was found he would be tortured and more than likely killed. But the sob's made him stop in his tracks. "Please, please stop" the girl whimpered again.
"Shut your mouth or you will regret it. We run this school now, we own you, I own you" said a deep slimy voice. Neville recognized it at once, the dull tones of one of the Carrows.
Neville walked back to the room and peaked trough the door. "No one is coming to help you now, not now one of us is in charge" he saw the satisfied look on Carrows face as his hand shot up the side of the girl's skirt. Her face was lined with mascara as she sobbed her face turned away from the monster pressing him self against her.
Is this what Hogwarts had come to? The Carrows taking whatever they wanted, including the innocence of the older girls. Neville felt bile rise up in his stomach threatening to come out as he watched Carrow pull open the girls shirt.
"STOP!" he shouted pushing open the door with a strength he didn't realize he had. Carrow turned towards him throwing the girl to the floor.
Carrow's face became enraged as he looked upon the intruder. "Longbottom" he spat from between clenched teeth. He pulled his wand from his robes and pointed it at Neville's chest. "oh how I've missed this" he hissed. The Crucio curse hit him with such force he was thrown against the wall.
The pain radiated from every nerve ending in his body sending shrieks of agony trough the classroom. The pain ended almost as suddenly as it had appeared. He opened his eyes and looked to the spot Carrow had been standing.
The girl was stood with a large wooden block in her hands. Her shirt hung open with many buttons missing, there where four scratches up the side of her right leg sending crimson streaks down her thigh. Tears stained her pretty face, which had a look of confusion and fear across it. Carrows body lay unconscious on the floor.
The girl dropped the block of wood and ran over to Neville throwing her arms around him. "Thank you" she sobbed. The girl took a step back from him and took in the face of her saviour. Suddenly a look of fear ignited in her eyes. "What am I going to do?" she asked. "I have no were to go, if he see's me again he will torture me, he…"
Neville cut her off with a soft "shh" taking her hand he lead her from the room. "We have sanctuary within the walls of Hogwarts, ill take you there" he said leading her to the room of requirement.
I know its not much, I may write more if people like it.