It had been exactly one month since the wedding. One month since she had seen him. One month since his lips touched hers. Ginny Weasley peered out of the windows of the Hogwarts Express and sighed. She missed his presence. The feel of his rough hand sliding its way into hers and clasping it tightly. Her heart ached for their last peaceful days at Hogwarts together, when they spent their days lounging out near the lake or cuddled up on a sofa in the Gryffindor common room. She had absolutely no idea what he could be up to now, but whatever it was, he had better be safe. All of them.

"Oh, hello Ginny," a soft voice spoke from the door. "May we come in and sit with you?" Luna Lovegood, her radish earrings dangling wildly from each ear with each bump from the train stood at the entrance to the cabin with Neville Longbottom, each carrying a trunk.

"Sure," Ginny looked away from the window, smiling, if a little half- heartedly. "How've you two been? Had a nice summer?"

"Oh yes," said Luna enthusiastically, stowing her luggage beneath her seat and handing both Neville and Ginny a copy of The Quibbler. "Daddy and I went on a wonderful holiday to Albania on the search for Goobersmoofs; they're supposed to be incredibly rare, but, if you suck on their quills, they're supposed to give you mind- reading abilities!"

"Ew…" Neville muttered, grinning at Ginny who said:

"Luna, are you really sure-"

"I promise you, they're real!" Luna said earnestly, fastening a pair of neon Spectrespecs onto her face, peering into the magazine. "And for your information, Neville, Daddy says the quills taste like pumpkin juice, so there," she finished this tirade by holding the magazine closely to her eyes and began reading.

Ginny turned to Neville. "So what about you? Had a good summer?"

"Oh yeah," Neville mused, casting a look out of the window at the cloudy skies. "Yeah, Gran's really lightened up on me; said I might even be able to take her on in a duel some time." He and Ginny both broke out into laughter. "Though," Neville said, chuckling, "I dunno if I really could take her; you wouldn't know it by looking at her, but she can be tough when she wants to be."

"All right," Ginny giggled, "I'll believe it when I see it."

"So you've been all right? How was your break?"

"It was…" Ginny searched for a word "interesting. A lot happened."

"What d'you mean?" Neville asked. Luna put down her magazine and stared at Ginny through her odd- looking glasses.

"Oh, are you going to tell him about the Death Eaters at your brother's wedding, Ginny?"

"What!" Neville exclaimed, "I never heard about-"

"Shhh!" Ginny whispered, looking quickly at the compartment door. Pulling out her wand, she whispered: "Muffliato"

"What did you just-"

"It's a spell I picked up from Hermione," she explained quickly. "Anyways, you need to keep this quiet…" as Ginny explained everything that had happened the day of Bill and Fleur's wedding, Neville's eyes kept getting wider.

After her anecdote, he whispered: "So that's why I didn't see those three on the train! They're off fighting You- Know- Who! You both know what this means, don't you?" Ginny and Luna stared at Neville with determination and energy burning brightly in their eyes.

"We need to keep the DA up and running- in case they return," Ginny said in a low voice, pulling out the gold Galleon used for communication between members. "It's our turn to step up now," she said, turning the coin over in her fingers.

"Yeah," Neville grinned, "when do you reckon the first meeting should be?"

As Ginny and Neville discussed future dates for the Army, Luna stared outside the window.

"Does anyone else feel a bit cold?" she asked her two companions, her breath became visible as she spoke.

"It does feel chilly…" Ginny mused as she hugged her arms to herself. "and… sad. Almost like in second year when the Ministry sent dementors to the school because of Sirius…" the three looked at each other with dread.

"Not again," Neville whispered hoarsely, his eyes glaring at the floor of the compartment.

"It's not all bad," Luna tried to smile. "Remember when Harry taught us the Patronus charm? I think I can do it fairly well by now…" and with that, Luna took her want out of her bag, closed her eyes and smiled for a moment before pointing her wand and whispering:

"Expecto Patronum,"

From the tip of her wand, burst a white rabbit that hopped energetically around the compartment. Its presence made Ginny and Neville smile.

"Here, I think I've got some chocolate in my bag," Ginny dug through her purse and pulled out a small bar of chocolate and broke it off in pieces, handing them to the other two.

"Thank you, Ginny," Luna bit into her piece and smiled. "Still not as tasty as Goobersmoof quills, but it will do."

"Yeah, thanks," Neville said to the red head, "looks like we'll make a pretty decent team this year,"

"I hope so," she replied, "though it doesn't look like it'll be easy with dementors already closing in on the castle."

"Oh come on," Neville chortled, "whoever said fun would be easy?"

A/N: Hello everybody! Just so you all know, I already had this fanfiction uploaded but I deleted it and edited it and so hopefully it's better and I hope you enjoy it. Please review and thank you all so much for reading!