Summary: Harry, Draco, Blaise, Ginny, and Luna get lost in the forbidden forest during the final battle.
AN: I'm stuck on the current chapter I'm working on for my other story so I decided to go ahead and add another chapter to this one while I was brainstorming for S.T.W.A. I'd like to thank Ella Palladino for the wonderful review. It was appreciated greatly. Umm...if you want the pairing to be Ginny/Draco tell me. If you want the pairing to be Ginny/Harry, tell me. The ship is going to depend on what the reviewers want, even though I am partial to Ginny/Drao, myself...I think thats about it so enjoy!
Disclaimer: Lets face it-you know it, I know it-it isn't mine.
"Don't let go of it." Luna told the last group of students as she handed them a portkey. She watched as they all dissapeared a moment later, and then looked across the clearing in the middle of the forest to make sure no one had been left behind. When she felt sure no one was left she bent down and picked up the last portkey that was supposed to return Ginny and her back to Hogwarts grounds to help in the battle.
She put the portkey in her pocket and started walking in a random direction. Luna felt that there was a reason for everything so it didn't matter where she started out. If she wasmeant to find Ginny, she would find her. And if not...Ginny was smart and a good witch, Luna was sure her friend would be fine.
Luna started to hum to herself as she strolled along and a few minutes later she came across a huge old sycamore tree. She eyed the temptation and wasn't sure if she should continueon or give in. A moment later she gave in and started climbing up the tree. After all, sqash tashes are in bloom this time of year and there was always a chance she might spot one or two.
Luna stopped whenshe wasn't able to go up any higher, and satdown on a large branch. Shehadn't found any sqash tashes, but that wasn't very surprising because they normally grew farther south.
She stopped humming to herself when she hear a noise below her in the forest. It was a faint moaning that sounded a lot like a wounded animal. She looked below her into the forest and tried to see if she could find what was making the noise, but it was too dark. "Hello?" She called out softly, trying to see if whatever the noise was coming from would respond. When she didn't hear anything she shrugged her shoulders, forgetting about it and looked up at the stars.
Pain was searing throughout Blaise Zabini's left side, as he stumbled through the forest. He knew he had been hit by a powerful hex, but he didn't know what kind, so he wasn't able to fix it. Not that he had enough strength to fix it even if he did know how. He was too sore and tired, he knew if he went on much longer he would end up passing out, so instead he dropped down in front of a large tree.
A muffled "oomph" came out of him when he landed on his side and he started moaning slightly. He hadn't even noticed he was making any noise until he heard a voice say, "Oh, hello there. Are you hurt? Is that why you're moaning? I bet it was those darn kneedle-peedles again, I've been thinking that Hagrid's been breading them here in the forest, but I wasn't sure. So what's wrong?"
Blaise turned over onto his back and saw a person sitting on a branch above him. A girl someone, if the voice was any indication. He tuned out the pain for a few moments, and his vision was able to focus on the blurry figure a bit more. He recognized her as some blonde Ravenclaw girl that seemed a bit ditzy. He moaned again. His chance at rescue, and it had to come from a girl that was more mental than Dumbledoor. Oh well, he thought, better than a bloody Gryffindor. One of them probably would have beaten me while I was down.
He watched the girl slip down beside him and started peering down at him and poking him in odd places. What the bloody hell is she doing? he thought.
"Well, Ginny's more of an expert at this type of stuff than I am of course, but I do know the basics." she was saying,"It looks as if you've been hit by a powerful, dark hex." She opened his right eye wide between her thumb and forefinger, and was looking intently into one of his dark blue eyes, when she frowned and stood up abruptly. "If I'm not mistaken, you're a Slytherin, right?" without waiting for him to confirm her suspiciouns, she went on,"Why would a Slytherin be hexed by someone on Voldemort's side?" she cocked her head slightly to the side.
Merlin, does she ever shut up? he wondered. "I'll make you a deal."He said, speaking for the first time and grimacing slightly as pain shot through him. "If you shut up and help me make this pain go away, I'll answer all your questions."
She considered it for a moment before saying,"I have to do two things for you, only get one thing in return?"
He cursed the fact that he got stuck with a Ravenclaw. "Fine, I'll do something else for you too. What do you want? I'll pay you."
"I don't want your money. For all I know you might die before you could give it to me. I'll think of something later. I don't need anything at the moment."
"Whatever." Blaise muttered as his focus started blurring again. "I think I'm going to pass out." Blaise informed Luna just before everything went black.
AN: Alright, I know it was short and I'm sorry for that. And if you miss Ginny, she's going to be in the next chapter, so don't worry. Umm...sorry if the Luna and some of the others are OOC. I'm not too good with that type of stuff. I'm not sure when I'll update again because I've actually started liking this story more, but I've kind of been neglecting my other story. Not to mention school work. Its the end of the year-hallelujah-which means end of the course tests all around. I'll try to update soon though for those of you that care. Please review.