«I can't believe that Krum is here,» Ron muttered into Harry's ear. «Do you think Hermione invited him?» Harry muttered back, «No, I don't think so. I think she would have told us if she had invited him, wouldn't she?» «If you think so,» came as reply from a gloomy Ron.

As they were passing the joke shop of Ron's brothers Fred and George, Harry saw Luna and Neville standing in it.

«I'll be back in a minute,» he said and went inside. «Hey you two!», he said as he was standing between Neville and Luna. «Harry!» said Luna. «What are you doing here? How are you?» «So great to see you, Harry,» said Neville. «Great to see you, too. I am on my way chasing Voldemort with Hermione, Ron and Victor.» «Do you mean you are going to chase Voldemort with Victor Krum?» Luna asked confused. «Yeah! I tried to stop Krum comming with us but he wanted to be with Hermione.» «So, Hermione and Ron are still not together? How long do they want to wait?» «Don't know but Ron can't tell Hermione what he feels for her. He thinks Hermione loves Krum.» «Well, back to the main thing,» said Luna siriously. «What do you think? You're going to chase Voldemort but you're just taking Ron, Hermione and Krum with you. But have you asked us? No, you haven't. I bet you'ver never even thought about you. After all the things Neville and I did to help you. You should have asked us to come with you.» «But, Luna, I've never even asked Ron or Hermione to come with me. I wanted to do this alone, because it's too dangerous. I don't want my friends to get hurt or even murdered.» «Okay, I can undersand you but when Ron, Hermione and Krum come with you Me and Neville will come with you, too.» «No, Luna, be rational. You can't come with me and the others.» «No, Harry,» said Neville. This was the first time he spoke since Harry and Luna have started their conversation. «Luna's right. We will come with you. I want my grandma to be proud of me just once and I want to find my parents tormentors.» «Okay, if you really want to. I think I can't change your minds.» «No, you can't, Harry,» said Luna.

The three of them went out of the shop to Ron, Hermione and Krum.

«Neville, Luna, what are you doing here?» asked Hermione. «We're going with you,» said Luna. «You're going with us? Where?» asked Ron looking a bit confused. «Oh, Ron. It's obvious. They want to chase and find Voldemort with us. But Neville, Luna, you can't come with us,» Hermione answered. «But the more we are the better is our chance to catch and kill Voldemort, isn't it?» Luna said. «And if one of us is caught the others and depart into two groups. One chasing Voldemort and the other group can go and search the caught one.» «Can't we change your minds?» asked Ron. «No,» said Neville. «You can't. We're with you four whatever happens.»

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Authors note: This was part two of chapter two. The next part will be online soon.

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