A/N: I know this is about the trio era characters after the war, but I really wanted to write about Nuna during it. Nuna is non-canon, so it is slightly AU. I just didn't want to confuse anybody here. This was written for the Pick a List Competition, the 25 Days of Christmas Competition with fireplace as the prompt, the Ultimate Shipping Extravaganza Challenge, and the Montly Het-Tastic Drabble Athon Competition. Special was my prompt used here. Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. JK Rowling does.
Neville had been a bit distraught ever since he got off the train to go home for Christmas in his seventh year. The train had stopped again like it had at the start of term, but this time the Death Eaters had taken Luna Lovegood.
His Luna.
His grandmother hadn't understood a word he had said when he got off the train, but Seamus told her everything for him. He had tried to fight them off, but it hadn't been good enough. Luna had been taken away anyway. She had acted differently around him ever since they had gotten home. He had heard her say the words, "Brave boy," and "Courageous, just like his parents," a few times, but they didn't cause him to stir at all. He just kept staring at the fireplace with his hand in his hair.
He had finally gotten more praises than ever from his grandmother, but the cost had been high. Neville was starting to realize just how much Luna meant to him. He was worried about what the Death Eaters would do to her, but he could only hope that she would stay strong through whatever she went through.
Neville finally realized just how special Luna was to him. She was his flame in the darkness. He supposed he had to find his own light now that she was….He shook his head. He couldn't think about about her like that. She would come back to him one day. He had to believe that.
When she came back to him, he would know they were meant to be. He would pluck up his Gryffindor courage and tell her exactly how he felt. He would wait as long as it took, though he would put up a good fight in the war for her. He would try to find her if he could. Neville just hoped that he wouldn't be too late.
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