The medical bay was full of Students from different years .Some were unconscious but those who were not smiled weakly at them or nodded in acknowledgement.

"What happened to you two" Asked madam pomfrey tiredly .She looked ill and Neville was surprised she had not healed herself but then again he supposed she was to busy.

"Nev was tortured by carrow " said luna waving absent mindly to the few ravenclaws .

"Not another one!" exclaimed madam pomfrey "weve already had abbot and macmillian "

"sorry "said Neville timidly . madam pomfrey waved her hands " its not you that should be sorry boy its Them! " She looked at Luna "why are you up here ?"

"Luna was affected by it " Neville said quickly .

"I thought so " muttered madam pomfrey "She looks terrible!"

Luna nodded her head in agreement " Get Neville healed first please"

madam pomfrey surveyed her for a moment then steered her to one of the few empty beds , handing her a bottle of pick me up potion and a glass of pumpkin juice "thanks" luna called as she bustled away to treat Neville .

For once in her life Luna wanted to leave Hogwarts . Her friends were being tortured and her teachers were allowed to beat them . She missed her home but received letters as often as possible from her father telling her to stay …

My dear Luna ,

You MUST stay at Hogwarts everything is fine here (Luna had noticed that fine was written with a shaky hand) the nifflers are trying to breed with the dinkypuffs so I have the newest article for the Quibbler (He had attached a copy of the quibbler with the letter but it was disguised as The daily prophet ) I know it is hard but try not to cheek your teachers and do your school work PLEASE . I do not want to lose you .. (he had scribbled this bit out but luna had undone the scribble) Remember your mother is looking down on us .

Daddy

… not that she had a choice , Hogwarts was compulsory for students and those who were not attending were being hunted down . She glanced up to the ceiling and smiled knowing her mum was up there entertaining people with the different potions and bangs she had been so interested in whilst alive .

After 2 hours madam pomfrey came over and ran here hand over Luna`s forehead . " you are ok to go now dear , come back if you are worried about anything" Luna thanked her and walked over to Neville`s bed .

"Hey Luna" grinned Neville
"Hey nev " Luna smiled at him and gave him a gentle hug before she walked out of the medical bay.

The rest of the day passed uneventfully they had missed The rest of DA and most of potions so Luna went back to common room and sank into a sofa .

"Hey luna " called cho chang from the other side of the common room . Cho being in her final year had more advanced lessons then Luna and she was surprised to see her missing them. Then she noticed Cho`s hand was bleeding badly with what looked like I will not lie etched into her hand .

"Who was it ?" she asked .Cho glanced up then shook her hair out of her face " umbridge found me telling people to support harry and put me in detention ."

Luna grimaced " have you tried essence of murtlap Cho ?"

"not yet I don't have any and I .. my hand … " Luna understood and walked upstairs to her dorm and retrieved the potion from under her bed poured it into a bowl and carried it to cho who thanked her gratefully and let out a sigh of relief as her hand reached the liquid.

In the Medical bay madam pomfrey had given Neville everything and suggested he stay overnight , but Neville had shook his head .They had DA again tonight and Aberforth was supposed to be meeting them . So he thanked madam pomfrey who handed him a bottle of some type and left .When he reached the portrait hole and entered the room who found the usual silence and said nothing himself . There was a few of the senior students huddled in a corner with their hand dipped in a bowl and Neville felt sympathetic towards them , knowing what would of happened. Ginny rushed up to him as her set off to his dorm .

"DA still on Nev ?"

"yeah of course it is!"

"Are you sure ? no one will mind if we postphone it you know .. if you need to recover"

They both new this was a lie .DA was the one thing which kept many of them going . He knew ginny was trying to look after him but he was determined to practise the DA tonight .

"Were doing DA "he said firmly and left Ginny to go to his dorm where he grabbed his books for next lesson (Transfiguration) and walked to his next lesson . Proffesor mcgonnagol smiled at him briefly as he entered and Greeted the rest of the students as they walked in . It was with the hufflepuffs and was certainly the best lesson Neville had had all week.