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A Place to Hide

If we thought the Carrows were angry before, it's nothing to what they are like now. We know they suspect Neville, but they'll never find him. Even we don't know where he is. If only Harry hadn't taken the Marauders Map, what does he need it for anyway? It's not like he will be stupid enough to try to break into Hogwarts, but then again he did manage to escape from Malfoy Manor. It was one hell of surprise when we found out that Ollivander was being kept there. From what I heard from Bill, he was just skin and bone.

Back to Hogwarts, here I am walking down the corridor. Mc Gonnegal went around as usual taking the names of the students who were staying at during the holidays. Surprise, the only people staying at Hogwarts were the Slytherins. Mum had hinted that I may not be going back to school after the holidays and to be honest I would be over the moon. I know that Luna was also being kept at Malfoy Manor and it would be great to see her again.

This Christmas will be one of sadness. Ron won't be there and neither will be Harry. I know that wherever they are, they are doing something to stop You – Know – Who with Hermione. Poor Hermione, she had to erase any memory of her from her parents' minds and send them to Australia. I hope the three of them are alright.

Inside the Room of Requirement Neville was sitting down on a nice comfy couch and his head was spinning,

"How am I going to get out of this mess? The Carrows are furious and this would definitely be my worst punishment – and I've had my fair share. If only there was some way to get me and the rest of the DA safe. A place where the Carrows couldn't find them" of course, how could he be so stupid – he was sitting in it for Merlin's sake. The Room of Requirement. He jumped off the couch and started thinking, hoping the Room would oblige for his needs.

"I need a place to hide from the Carrows, that they can't find and neither can anyone loyal to them" he heard a clanking noise and turned towards the door. There were chains all over it, no one could get in. Neville was practically jumping up and down in excitement. He used the old coins of Dumbledore's Army to contact the others; maybe times were looking up after all.

Seamus had just come out of detention with the Carrows. If you could call it detention, torture would be more accurate and he hurt all over. And to make things worse, he couldn't stop thinking about the last episode of Potter Watch. Teddy Tonks was dead and no one had seen Dean. At least he wasn't dead to. It was hard to think about his best friend, having to run all around the country to escape the Death Eaters just because he was muggle born. He felt a burning feeling coming from his pocket. He took the coin out of his pocket and saw that he had to go to the room of requirement immediately.

At long last all the DA members still at Hogwarts were in the Room of Requirement. Neville had filled him in on his plan and everyone was for it. They were still going to rebel against the Carrows and Snape but they would be more discreet about it. Even with things looking up, everyone knew they couldn't hide forever. They knew when the time came they would have to fight the way Harry told them to. They just hoped it would be sooner rather than later.


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