I'm back! Sorry if I've kept you waiting. I didn't get many reviews, so maybe I'll make this chapter LONGER. Would that appease you people? Ok, I have two questions for you, and I want you to answer at least one of them.

WOULD YOU READ A NEXT GENERATION TIME TRAVEL FANFIC?

Do you think that I'm demented (like my friends do) when I bursted out laughing at the end of my book because the last sentence was, "And so I set off to kill the man I loved"? All of my friends think I have mental issues (they're right,) but I am determined to find someone who agrees with me.

Now on with the story!

A few months had passed since that fateful first detention. It was almost Christmas time at Hogwarts, and the decorations were going up. But they weren't normal decorations.

The whole of Hogwarts was a blackened color that looked like it had no life. There were occasional red banners or similar decorations, but everyone knew it was only because it was the color of blood.

Finally, the day that the Hogwarts Express left for Kings Cross rolled around. Our Marauders had been invited to stay at the Longbottoms by Neville because, "No one wants to be around here anymore". And he was quite right.

"This is the first time I've ever said this," Sirius grunted as he helped Neville push his trunk up into the luggage compartment. "I'm glad to be leaving this hellhole."

"I completely agree with you, mate," James said as the four boys sat down. "Hogwarts has never been so gloomy."

"You're absolutely right," said Ginny as she entered, closely followed by the blonde that they now knew as Luna.

"Yes, it is quite depressing," said Luna dreamily as she opened The Quibbler, her father's magazine.

"Well, at least we have a couple weeks away," Neville smiled as he and Remus started a game of Exploding Snap.

Small, amusing games led them through the journey as the train chugged on. Suddenly, it came to an abrupt stop.

"What's going on?" Remus asked.

"Dunno," Neville said with a frown. "We're obviously not there yet," he said, gesturing out the window to the English countryside.

"Who's getting on the train?" James asked, squinting out the window. There were figures in black cloaks coming on board.

"No," breathed Ginny.

"What is it?" Sirius asked anxiously.

"Death Eaters," Neville answered for her.

The three hooded figures that they'd just seen entering came to an abrupt stop at their door. It slid open.

"Luna Lovegood," rumbled a deep voice from under the cloak.

Luna glared at the man with her crystal clear eyes filled with loathing.

"Your father's given us quite a bit of trouble," the voice rang out again.

"As he should," Luna said, holding her ground.

"Not anymore," the man said. The young adolescents could almost see him grinning wickedly. Before anyone could do as much as react, the man had grabbed Luna and whisked her out the door.

"Luna!" Ginny yelled as she tried to get past the other two men with no avail.

"See you later, princess," smirked on of the other men as they left as well.

"Bloody Death Eaters!" Ginny screeched as the train began to move again. "Why did they have to take Luna away!" she ranted in her fury. "Why?"

"Hey," said Sirius putting his arm around her. (*) "It's okay. She'll be alright."

The other boys made moves to comfort her as the train moved onward. But in truth, they were in every bit as shook up as her. What would they do without Luna? She was one of the most prominent members in Dumbledore's Army, and she could always be counted on for anything.

A few hours later, the train came to a halt at Platform Nine and Three Quarters. Ginny waved good bye to her friends as she went to join her mother.

"These are the boys?" Augustus Longbottom said as she peered at them with her hawk-like eyes. "Well, get along then," she smacked Neville with her red hand bag, which reminded the boys of THE SNAPE EPISODE, which Neville had told them about. It was hard for them to keep from cracking up then and there.

And so the four boys and the old woman left the station, having no idea the troubles that awaited them ahead.

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*This is Not Sirius/Ginny. There are no pairings in this fic. He's just comforting his friend.