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Chapter two

When the train reached a stop at the castle, death eaters were waiting for them. One grabbed Neville and Ginny, another grabbed Luna and a third year. The students were dragged up to the castle, and they were not released until they reached the great hall. Neville was set down gently, but Ginny was thrown to the ground. Neville helped her up, and her eyes were wide and she was shaking.

"Do you know who that was, Neville? That was Amycus Carrow. You know, the death eat-"

"But what's he doing here?" Neville interrupted. Apparently he did it too loudly and too angrily, because someone slapped him across the face.

"Oh, sorry," Alecto Carrow said in an innocent tone that deceived nobody. She headed up to the staff table. Both Ginny and Neville were left in the doorway, mouths open and eyes almost popping out of their sockets. Snape was sitting at the headmaster's seat. It was bad enough that Dumbledore had died, but him being replaced by Snape? Seamus Finnagan popped up between Ginny and Neville, bringing them back to Earth.

"Shall we try to find a spot to sit at, or will we be eating on the ground?" Seamus joked. Finding a spot actually wasn't very hard, because all of the tables only had about a third of the students they normally had. All of the tables, that is, except for the Slytherin table, because there were no muggle-borns in Slytherin. The wooden doors opened, and Professor McGonagall swept gracefully into the

room. A crowd of about six or seven first years trotted behind her, and a couple of minutes later, that group became a group of Slytherins. The hall became greatly disturbed at this, except for the Slytherins. Neville noticed a first year had burst into tears, not knowing what their offense had been. Neville nudged Ginny, who had stayed quite quiet, and they stood up and followed the lead of the Slytherins- after a moment, the whole hall was applauding. Snape stood up and uttered one word.

"Eat." The food that appeared in front of them looked as delicious as usual, but Neville wasn't hungry.

"So, Seamus, where's Dean?" Ginny apparently was uninterested in her food as well. Seamus' face darkened, and he put his face in his hands. He mumbled something about 'blood status' but it was garbled.

"Huh?" Ginny said softly, scooting closer to him. Seamus lifted his head and said,

"He couldn't prove his blood status. He's on the run." Neville and Ginny gasped. Neville knew that all of the muggle-borns were in terrible danger. Ginny obviously knew that too, and she squeezed Seamus's hand tightly. Snape stood up once more and the hall went silent.

"I have a few announcements. First of all, we have two new professors. Taking the place of Professor Burbage, who resigned two months ago, will be Professor Alecto Carrow. The new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher will be her brother, Professor Amycus Carrow. Also, they will be in charge of all discipline at this school. All teachers must refer to the Carrows if they have any trouble with students. Madame Pomfrey has resigned as well. That is almost all. The Head Boy and Girl are Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson. The Quidditch Captains for the year are Draco Malfoy for Slytherin, Ginevra Weasley for Gryffindor,"-Neville felt Ginny straighten up a bit more- "Morag McDougal for Ravenclaw, and Zacharias Smith for Hufflepuff. That is all. Schedules will be distributed at breakfast tomorrow. Go to bed." Neville stood up and helped Ginny up. He doubted that much sleep would be gotten in his dorm room, seeing as Dean, Ron, and Harry were all gone. But he forced a smile as he walked, one arm around Ginny and the other on Seamus's shoulder, up to the common room. Ginny rested her head on Neville's shoulder, and Neville could smell the flowery scent of her hair. As students congratulated her on becoming Quidditch Captain, Neville was furiously thinking that with the Carrows and Snape in charge, this may be the best memory that may come from this year.

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