This drabble was written for:

1. Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges: Birthday Fic Exchange's Fanfiction, School of Imagination and Creativity - Transfiguration Assessment 2 - Drabble 1- Emotion: Fear

2. Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges: why the caged bird sings's Globetrotter Drabble Competition - Kuala Lampur, Malaysia (romance, hurt/comfort)

3. Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges: InLoveWithLaughing's Triwizard Competition - Neville/Luna, Emotion: Frustration, Word: Precious, Quote: "A circle has no end." -Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation

Wordcount: 530 words

Disclaimer: I don't own the Harry Potter series, all rights go to J.K. Rowling.

Precious

"Stop it," Neville muttered and Luna looked up curiously. Her big silvery grey eyes were fixed on him.

"What?" she asked curiously. Her look held pure innocence, but Neville just shook his head in frustration.

"You... you shouldn't be doing this," he said softly and Luna's eyes became even bigger.

"Doing what?" she asked in her usual somewhat other-worldly tone. He closed his eyes for a moment before he stepped closer to the younger girl.

"You are going to get killed." His voice seemed far from him and her reaction seemed hazy. There it was he said it aloud.

"I'm thinking that some Wrackspurts are making your brain go fuzzy, although I don't have my Spectrespecs here so I can't be completely sure," Luna answered him; in a way completely ignoring what he has just said. He frowned and then sighed.

"Luna... This... You should get off. You should leave the DA," Neville said to the blonde girl who clenched her lips. Her grey eyes were full of determination and for one of the first times Neville didn't find them dreamy, no, they were the exact opposite, they were sharp like she was aware of everything which was happening.

"I'm here to fight, Neville." Her voice was clear and smooth. Just like her eyes, her tone was completely sharp, it wasn't dreamy anymore and it frightened the boy in front of her. He has never heard her talking like that. Not when she was speaking passionately of the many creatures she believed in, not even when she was trying to prove that she was right.

"A bloody war is taking place, Luna. A war and we are in the middle of it," he stated and his voice was full of fear. He was fearful because of the war of course, but mostly because of the possibility of losing the girl who meant so much for him. Luna.

She looked at him and for a moment Neville found the idea of Luna being a year younger than he was ridiculous. The girl in front of him seemed older and wiser than he was. She seemed strong and determined, not dreamy and loony.

"Harry would want us to fight. Dumbledore would want us to fight. A circle has no end, Neville. We can't just accept what's going on. The DA is counting on us. Harry, Hermione and Ron are away fighting a war which is just as much ours as theirs. We need to do the same," Luna said so passionately, but calmly at the same time that Neville shivered. He always knew that Luna was incredible, but she seemed even more now...

"You are precious to... me, Luna. I-I can't lose you," Neville said softly closing the space between them. He brushed his hand against her pale, but rosy cheeks.

"You won't, Nev. We are going to win. You know why?" she asked and the boy shook his head while a smile appeared on Luna's face.

"Because love is on our side," she stated and the boy smiled too. He leaned closer to her and let his lips brush against her. When she didn't pull away he kissed her softly.