Bess:
"Well, Ron was hit with something that made him go loopy, Ginny was just injured-," I started.
"Her ankle is broken," Luna said, tending to Ginny.
"Thank you, Dr. Lovegood! And I got burned. It hurts but I'll live. Luna seems fine. Four men chased us into a room, displaying your galaxy-."
"Solar system!" corrected Luna, cutting me off yet again.
"So now you're an astronomer?" I asked, severely annoyed.
"No, but-."
"Luna, let me finish! Anyway, the room seemed to have an anti-gravity setting, because we floated some. Anyway, -."
"Harry, we saw Uranus," Ron said giggling, cutting me short.
"Why you people named a planet after anatomy, I'll never know. Anyway, one had a hold of Ginny's foot. Luna blew up a model planet in his face, injuring him enough for us to escape. But, he wouldn't let go of Ginny's foot or his wand. He broke her ankle, and set my outer cloak on fire. I didn't get it off fast enough, so my sleeve caught. And…well…here is the result. I'm conducting as much of the Force as I can to keep the pain away."
"Oh, my. It's more than just a light burn. You're going to scar. For good," Jason said, examining it.
"Well, as long as I'm not dead. Like I said, I'm using the Force to subdue the pain. As long as my concentration isn't completely shattered, I'll be fine."
"Why is Ron all…loopy…again?" Harry asked.
"He was jinxed in some way. He's been loopy for a while," Luna explained again.
"Harry!" Ron slurred, "that girl is Looney Lovegood. Ha!"
"Everyone, we need to get out of here. Luna, you're in charge of Ginny. Gretchen, keep an eye on Ron. That leaves…Jason, Chole, Bess and me, since Neville his still hauling Hermione. We can do this!"
"Harry, we've got 1/12 the chance of scoring the exit," Chloe reminded.
"Right."
We were almost to a door, when a group led by the one called Bellatrix darted through the door and caught up with us.
We all managed to dodge the stunning spells that rebounded around the room.
Harry led us through the door ahead, followed by the Neville/Hermione pile, then Gretchen leading Ron, then Ginny and Luna. The rest of us tumbled through, and Harry slammed the door behind us.
We were back in the brain room. Ron shuttered and cringed.
"Everyone has learned their lesson: Don't touch," Harry reminded.
Luna, Chloe, Jason, and Harry began hexing the doors to shut and seal. But they weren't quick enough.
Five of our foes made it into the room with us.
Luna shrieked, and was thrown backward. She was as out of life as Hermione.
I used my lightsaber one handed, and deflected what I could, without losing too much concentration on pain control.
"Potter!" Bellatrix shrieked…now that I think back, that was almost the only tone she had.
Harry dodged her attack. I could sense Bellatrix's slight relief when she saw that the prophecy remained undamaged.
Ron staged around, laughing, while Gretchen chased him, but he was consistently one step ahead of her.
"You can't catch me," he giggled.
Even Bellatrix became still at this sight.
"Come here, my love!" Gretchen moaned after each failed grab.
"Gretchen, you tried to kiss him, didn't you?" I asked.
There was a brief moment of awkward silence.
"Maybe."
"Gretchen…" Chloe sighed.
Ron laughed and lunged out of Gretchen's grasp again.
"Is this a normal activity when falling in love?" I asked.
"No," Bellatrix choked.
"Not at all," Chloe added.
Another short bout of silence. This has made the moment as memorable as ever.
Bellatrix was the first to recover.
She stunned Ginny. Neville tried to stun back, but nothing was happening. I had not deactivated my blade, so I began deflecting their return fire.
One of the other men tried to stun him, but they missed.
Our initial group of 10 was down to 5…4. Gretchen was trying to keep Ron in line.
I knew my weapon could deflect stunning spells, but I wasn't sure about killing spells. And it was all I could do to keep up with the spells shooting around us, especially since I was down to one fully functional arm.
Harry dashed, and Harry made it. Harry held the orb high, and kept running.
"May the Force be with you," I muttered after him, while deflecting more spells. Bellatrix and three others dashed after Harry.
Gretchen finally had a hand on Ron, and stunned one of the men successfully.
It was the first time I had felt a stirring of pride for a long time.
"Jason, stay with me. The rest of you, try to get the others in a position to be dragged or carried," I ordered while finally rebounding a spell onto the remaining Death Eater.
"Neville, you carry Ginny. Mind her ankle. Ron, carry Hermione-," Chloe ordered.
"Why?" Ron slurred.
"It's a game. I've got Luna. We need to move," Chloe said.
I agreed with that plan, and helped her hoist Luna up, piggy-back style.
When I turned around, Jason was being restrained, and several Death Eaters had their wands pointed at us. I was debating making a move, but by then, we were surrounded.
Luna jerked awake suddenly. Hermione, too. Ginny was taken forcefully from Neville, and then Neville was restrained. Luna jumped off Chloe's back, and Hermione jumped off Ron's back.
"Hand over your wands…er weapons."
Everyone but Ginny handed over their wands. The Death Eater holding her pulled it from her limp fingers. This obviously mean I had to hand over my lightsaber.
We were led out of the room, to the hall. Then, we were taken back to the Arch room and down the stairs. We were all handed over to a different set of Death Eaters. I noticed Neville was thrown into the waiting grasp of Bellatrix Lestrange, and I was given to Dolohov.
"I tried, sir," I said to Harry as I was being handed off.
"Be quiet, Jedi!"