The next morning in the Great Hall, Colin Creevey was sitting next to Neville. Colin is part of the D.A but can never keep his mouth shut. He was just itching to ask Neville a question, so when he thought nobody was looking, he taps Neville on the shoulder and whispers, "Do you reckon Harry will be okay? I've always wanted to fight side by side with him."
Neville looks over at him and says out of the corner of his mouth, "Colin, you better be bloody quiet for the rest of breakfast unless you want to be tortured."
"But," he continues, "I just wanted to know about…." He was cut off short by a yell.
"Who is talking?" yelled the Carrow brother, Amycus, "I heard someone talk, and you all know I have very good ears." He paused and walked around the hall. "So, who did it?" The room was silent. "WHO DID IT?" He yelled even louder.
Neville started looking around; he did not want anything bad to happen to Colin.
"Why looking so suspicious, Longbottom?" asked the Carrow sister, Alecto. "Would you like to be tortured again?" Neville swallowed hard. The sister was just about to blast him with the Cruciatus Curse, when Colin spoke up. "No, he didn't do it, it was me, I swear." Colin looked down at his hands.
"Oh, the Creevey boy," Alecto said, "I should've known it was you. You good for nothing little…"
"ENOUGH!" Ginny shouted and stood up in her seat, "Do not insult him! All he was doing was saying something to his friend. Is that too much? He is a kid! Don't torture him." The whole room was turned toward her.
"Okay, fine we won't torture the little boy," said Amycus, "We'll torture you, ginger and your little friend." Colin fidgeted in his seat. Ginny looked over at Luna, she was closing her eyes and continually muttering something. Ginny couldn't make it out but it looked like she was saying, "Please,"
Ginny closes her eyes as Amycus raises her wand. "Cru.." she started to say, but was cut off short by a girl that screamed, "Stupefy!" It was the Hufflepuff, Laura, who asked Ginny about Harry. Everyone in the D.A started cheering, but their party was cut off short by Snape.
"What gives you the right to do that?" he asked, his words dragging like a slug. "All of you, back to your dorms, except for you four, come with me." He pointed to Ginny, Neville, Colin, and Laura. He motioned to them to come to him while the rest of the students hurried to their dorms. He led them to his office. The whole way up the children were silent with fear.
"What are you children up to?" he askedthem, eyeing Neville. "You know that the Carrow's are respected Death Eaters and will not stand for little children, like yourselves, act like that. You are lucky I didn't Crucio all of you!" He said, walking around his office with his black cape trailing behind him like a slithering snake.
Neville swallowed hard, he hated the Crucio curse. He will never forgive Bellatrix for what she did to his parents. He had to speak up though, "It's not right that they get to do this to innocent children." He said with his voice raising on every word.
"This is what the Dark Lord wants and he shall always be obeyed!" Snape shouted. He took deep breaths and said, "Just get out of here." He said it so that it was barely auditable, but the four children walked right out and up to their dorms.