Chapter 28

Luna Pov

School is hell on earth. We have been back a month. As soon as I stepped foot on the train station I could sense it in the air. It was wrong, there was a sinister vibe. The Carrow sibilings were at the train station. They were watching over everyone looking out for any muggles apparently. I could hear them discussing how muggles were dirty animals that need to wiped from the earth. Amycus the brother is squat and lumpy. He is standing to the side leering at any pretty pureblooded student that walks past. He has a wheezy giggle which he uses repeatedly when speaking to his sister Alecto who is a stocky little woman, she clearly shares her brother's squatness and laugh. It is a truly horrible laugh. It matches their personalities. The Carrows have been nothing but malicious and vindictive since they have arrived at Hogwarts. They are appalling with their punishment methods. Anyone who isn't pureblooded or a death eater's child is punished for the smallest infractions. Amycus teaches defence against the dark arts but it has become just "The Dark Arts". We are forced to perform the Cruciatus Curse against students who have been assigned to detention. In my defence against the dark arts class this week we were told to practice the Cruciatus curse on a first year who had dropped his book in Muggle studies. The poor child had only dropped his book because he was so terrified of his teacher. Alecto teaches Muggle studies, which has become a compulsory subject, she tells students that Muggles are like animals.

Neville, Ginny and I have started Dumbledore's army again to help protect the students from the Carrows. No one knows about the room of requirement so our base is there. Well actually Crabbe and Goyle knew where it was so we were forced to oblivate them. Draco also knows but he would never tell because he hides there also. We are really seeing who we can trust and who we cannot. Theo, Draco, Pansy and Blaise can be trusted but no other Slytherins can. I had to miss class today because my body was in so much pain after Defence Against The Dark Arts. I refused to use the Cruciatus Curse on the child so I was punished for disobeying. It was horrible but it is getting less painful each time. I think my pain threshold is getting higher. Neville has been through the worst he is truly our hero. He stands up for everyone and doesn't let the Carrows get away with inflicting this pain on us. However their punishments for him are a hundred times worse than any they give anyone else. His chest and arms have become a crisscross of scars and cuts. I can't believe Snape is letting this happen. I thought he was a Dumbledore man! I know he is doing what he can by changing people's detention from with the
Carrows to with Hagrid or Mcgonnall but it is not enough. The students are suffering. We have more and more people moving in to the room of requirement.

Luckily every time someone new arrives the room expands a little bit more and a new bed shows up. I was so glad when one of the girls thought we would need boys and girls bathrooms then we got a kitchen which links down to the house elves kitchen so we now have food but we can live in a room forever only leaving to help the others on the outside.

Neville somehow created a passageway through a painting to the Hogs head Inn in Hogsmeade. The inn is owned and run by Dumbledore's younger brother, Aberforth Dumbledore. He has helped us so much throughout the year.

I have not been able to spend much time with Blaise. He has had to play the role of the perfect pureblood while I must protect those that are weaker than me. I know Blaise helps me sometimes but he is trying to protect his mother by acting this way so our relationship has been put on the back burner.

Not that I love him any less. I love him so much it hurts but at the moment we have very important roles and things to do. We always have later and forever to be together but right now we need to focus on these tasks.

Blaise Pov

This year has been torture. I cannot believe it is Christmas already and I am on the train home. Luna and I have barely been able to spend time together because we both have roles to play and those roles don't mix. We have been able to meet up sometimes at night but those nights are few and far between.

I can't wait to make it to my manor so Luna and her father can come over and spend Christmas with my Madre and I. She got rid of James over the summer, he was brutally killed when his cows charged at him and trampled him to death. My Madre could not save him in time and he had left his wand inside so he could not protect himself.

I really hope that Mr Lovegood is ok because he has not been replying to Luna's letters and the last time I saw a Quibbler it was very pro Potter and Voldemort would not like that. He has already taken over the prophet and it is nothing but propaganda now.

I suddenly felt the train shudder and stop. I looked over at Draco and we both had fear in our eyes. What was happening. We looked out of our carriage windows and saw the dementors flying over head. We can no longer tell when they are near because are moods are constantly bleek.

I see three death eaters storming down the corridors. I see a flash of platinum hair. Lucius must be here. I wonder why. I see Bellatrix dancing down the corridor. She seems to be singing something.

We slide open the door slightly to hear what she is saying.

"Moon bright that's our girl,

Oh Luna where are you?

Are you hiding on me now?

Bella only wants to play with you darling.

We have your lovely daddy.

He is learning his lesson about talking about the dark lord and we are going to enforce that lesson by using you. "

Oh Merlin I think I am going to be ill. They are here for my Luna. I look over to Draco. I can feel the terror struck look that is painted on my face. What can I do to fix this?

Suddenly I see a flash of blonde past my window along the corridor.

"Over here. No one harms my father. I am surprised Tom sent you, I thought you would be too busy warming his bed!"

Luna flung a hex towards Bella. Bella ducked but the hex managed to slice her arm.

Bella let out a maniacal laugh. It hurt my ears.

"Oh so Dumbledore's little army sergeant wants to play."

Bella shot a hex towards Luna who just managed to side step it in time. The corridor was too small for a duel.

Luna doesn't have enough room to move. She is going to get hurt.

They continued to duel. I could see the flashes of light go by. I tried to leave the cabin I was in but the doors were magically locked. I did everything I could to open then but nothing worked.

Luna was doing really well. She got a few well places hits on Bella. When suddenly I saw a red light hit her right in the middle of her chest and she collapsed to the ground with a dead thump. There was silence but Bella's insane laughter.

Bella reached down and grabbed Luna with a crack they disapparated. I heard two more cracks of disapparation. All the death eaters were gone.

Then suddenly I heard screaming. It was so loud. Why wasn't it stopping?

Oh Merlin it was me. Why can't I stop screaming? Merlin I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I looked to Draco only to see him searching through his trunk.

He finally pulled out a phial. He uncorked it then stuck in my mouth and forced me to drink.

Suddenly I became very calm then everything went black.

It has been four days and I have heard nothing more about Luna.

I hope she is ok.

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