Lily was put into a
forced sleep, and even before she was finished singing, Nox was gone.
@---^--
As James fell he looked
up and saw Lily trying to reach for him. He knew it was pointless but he
lifted his hand and tried to touch her fingers. He didn't shout, because
he figured he'd have plenty of time to screamed when he broke half the
bones in his body.
Falling was taking
an abnormally long time. James crossed his arms and looked around seeing
nothing but darkness forever. Even the light from Lily's room was completely
gone.
"I'll stop any time
now," James said, laughing to himself, thinking he might as well be slightly
humored when he would smash into the ground. He didn't think it would work,
but after he said, that he stopped in mid air.
Shocked, he looked
around and saw a light ball of light come towards him. It was laughing
at him.
"Silly little boy,"
the small circle said, giggling. It had a high pitched, relatively female-
sounding voice.
"Um...?" James was
lost in thought. He felt the air around him, and couldn't believe that
there was nothing there. He was almost floating... except he couldn't move.
"Do you think you
could put me on the ground?" James asked. Even when he said it to himself
it sounded stupid. The light flickered quickly, and James found himself
lowering to the ground slowly.
"So, what's your name?"
the small light asked, hovering around his face.
"James," he responded
weakly.
"How pretty," it giggled
again, James guess it was a she, even though he couldn't see her, "My name
is Luna. I was summoned by someone with extreme powers of the moon. Someone
connected with me has decided to save you."
James was confused,
but didn't say anything until he felt the solid ground under his feet,
"Where am I?" he asked, still peering around into the darkness. Her little
body didn't provide to much light. He felt his pocket and pulled out his
wand, "Lumos!" The chamber was badly lit. It was like a large cylinder
of wood and rafters, probably above a class room, he thought.
"This is underneath
the Gryffindor common room," Luna said, fluttering around his head again,
"You're cute."
He blushed silently,
but straightened up and started looking for a door, "Is there any way out
of here?" he asked, feeling the wall for a knot or a loose board.
"Well.... I suppose
I could take you out of here," she said, giggling. While James had his
back turned to her, there was a bright flash of light and a much lower
pitched voice began speaking to him.
"You'll have to follow
me if you want to get out," the voice said. James spun around to see a
very tall and fairy-like woman standing in front of him. She had white
skin that shone in the large circular space, "Are you ready?"
"Y-Yeah," James stuttered
almost silently. She held out one long white arm, and took his hand, "This
shouldn't hurt. You'll end up in the hallway nearby."
She lifted her other
hand and closed his eyes. James tried to open them, but it was like they
were sealed shut. There was a strong jet of cold air and when James opened
his eyes, he was standing in the hallway, next to an impossibly familiar
looking statue that he knew he'd never seen before; it was of Luna standing
with her wings shut and her eyes closed, just like a statue should be.