"Can any of you tell me where the hell Neville is ?" stormed ginny angrily ."were going in a second and he`s disappeared AGAIN"
"Calm down Ginny!" Said parvati " look here he is now"
Neville stumbled down the stairs ."sorry , lets get going "
"Finnaly" muttered Colin under his breath .
They cast the usual protective spells including a particuly usefull one which deflected minor jinxes .They were being hexed that often by slytherins that they had to take safety measures . Of course some used more than hexes .They were lucky and reached the room of requirement with only one intruption form peeves who tried to throw inkpots over their head . Even peeves seemed to be giving only a halfhearted attempt and he zoomed off when they threatened to get a teacher.
*We need somewhere where we can practise and not be caught .. somewhere they can't find us … where no dark magic can enter*
The door appeared and they entered looking over there +shoulders to check no one had seen .
The students from the other house were already there . Parvati went over to her ravenclaw twin. They had been particuly close lately and It was open news that their parents were hiding .
Luna sat in a corner by herself twiddling her hair and reading an old leather book .When Neville spoke she looked up and put the book away.
"OK, so today Aberforth is supposed to be meeting us but not until later on , what do you want to practise today?"
"Disarming?" suggested a small hufflepuff who seemed amazed she had dared to talk.
"na we did them ages ago "said dean " how about some hexes to practise on those slytherin`s?"
"How about our patronus charms" suggested Luna .
Everyone looked at her as if they hadn't realized she was there then a few of them nodded.
"Why not ? " said ginny "we haven't practised it for awhile " They all knew this was because they hadn't had happy thoughts in a while . They all wandered off into pairs and small groups . Ginny coupled with Dean and luna went with Neville.
"I don't know why I suggested this" said Luna softly "no one`s going to be able to do it!"
"mayby not" replied Neville "but we need to practise it … your not going to be happy at meeting dementor are you ?"
"good point " Said Luna wildly .
"You try first " offered Neville .
"fine" Said luna She took a deep breath "EXSPECTO PATRONUM" she bellowed but only a faint mist came out of her wand .
"No use , you try"
Neville lifted his wand ." EXSPECTO PATRONUM" His was no better than Luna`s .
Hear luna said and held his wand with him. He stared at her then they lifted the wand .
"think of something happy think of something happy " muttered Neville
"think of something happy " luna echoed
"Exspecto Patronum" They yelled in unison . A rabbit sprung out of Neville`s wand followed closely by a light shield . Luna`s eyes followed the rabbit round the room whilst Everyone stood there with there mouths open.
"Wow! Ive never tried a unison spell before" squealed luna in delight .
"mayby we should all try it ?" suggested ginny and they ran into pairs eager to try the spell .
Crys of exspecto patronum echoed the room .Two other pairs jumped back in surprise .One was a racenclaw and hufflepuff pair who were dating and the other was George Weasley and Angelina Johnson both of whom joined them regularly through the passage in the hogs head .
The passage swung open as Luna`s rabbit faded and everyone tensed in cautionary stances
"just me "said abberforth and they all relaxed . some dragging up bean bags to listen to him.
"hey abberforth!" exclaimed Neville . "How are things in hogsmede ?"
"terrible " he croaked
"Dementors?"
"Death eaters , coming in and upturning my ruddy pub , trying to get information!"
"You didn't say anything did you!" said parvati in alarm.
"What do you think I am ? " he said crossly "some sort of sneak ? selling you to that lot" he said with a jerk with his head towards the door.
"of course we don't!" said fred indignantly " We have to check though don't we ?"
Abberforth looked at him with some respect. " heard your radio broadcast the other day" he said gruffly "bloody brilliant it was!"
The twins looked at him and smiled ."Hey ab?" said cho nervously .
"yes ?"
"can we ask you something ?"
"ask away"
"what can you tell us about unison spells?"
He looked at them in surprise .
"Why ? They launched into an explanation of what had happened and when they had finished he gave luna and Neville a curious glance.
"Well , a unison spell is where two people hold the same wand and the spell they perform is ultimately more powerful then it would have been singurly HOWEVER this spell is incredibly dangerous if the two people performing the spell are not bonded . The stronger the bond the stronger the spell. See?"
"What do you mean by bond ?"asked Angelina nervously glancing at George
"I mean compatible soles , lovers , mates , strong friendship and so on"
The six people in the room who had achieved the spell were gazing at their partner in wonder.
"Can I see you perform the spells again?" asked Abereforth .
"no problem said 4 of them but the couple looked uncomfortable .
" Its already late the boy said glancing at the grandfather clock in the corner "we don't want to be caught !"
"Me and Neville don't mind " said Luna happily and George and Angelina nodded in agreement . After 5 minutes only the these four , Aberforth and Fred remained .
"Exspecto patronum!" they yelled .Luna`s bunny appeared and also an animal that looked like a lynx appeared they chased each other round the room until the owners drop there wands.
"interesting" said Aberforth " Just out of interest whose patronuses are they ? "
"mine" said luna and Angelina . "interesting " said Aberforth again.
"I think you too must have had the strongest emotions out of the pair " and by the way I think your pair , he guestured to George and Angelina was a love stared at him shocked and then blushed .Fred mumbled something then they left the room slowly saying there goodbye.
Once they had gone Aberforth turned to Luna and Neville. " as for you two .. I realy couldn't tell! But I know that you defiantly have compatible soles"
And with this bombshell he left the pair and returned to the hogs head.