We're Fighting to Stay Alive Chapter 4: New Members, a harry potter fanfic

So…I haven't done this yet and I probably should. I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE GENIUS J.K. ROWLING. However, I DO want to take credit for three characters in these stories. Aubrielle Song, Nielah Song, and Emolly Goldster are witches created with my own brain. And I must say, I love watching them grow and develop. Review!

(Sunday, September 28th)

It was the day of inductions and Neville was nervously standing in the Room with most of the returning members. The only alumni that weren't there were Dean and Padma. They were taking small groups of students from the library and leading them to the Room since none of the new recruits knew the password for the ward. Dean would take the Gryffindors and Emolly, because she was one Slytherin and could easily blend in with the Gryffindors if a Carrow were to come walking, while Padma led the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. They weren't going all at once time, however, because that would be downright dumb on their part. Neville rubbed his hands together as Dean entered with the first batch of Gryffindors. The students stumbled into the Room, absolutely amazed by it all, before Dean headed back to the library for the second group. Padma followed shortly after with a group of Ravenclaws. As the students started to come in, Neville grouped them by their houses. He felt a little bit sorry for Emolly when he saw her standing all alone. Once all the students were inside, and the alumni were standing on the opposite side of a glowing line that Luna had created, Neville realized just how many students there were. Total there were 41, but since ten of them were already members, that left him to induct 31 new recruits. He smiled at the students.

"Welcome guys. As you know, you are here to be inducted into Dumbledore's army. It is a secret society with the purpose of teaching students how to more effectively defend themselves against the Dark Arts. This is our headquarters, the Room of Requirement, and once you are a member, you must swear to keep it a secret. Is that clear?"

Everyone shook his or her head, smiling. This was just as exciting for them as it was for Neville. Ginny stepped foreword to start the ceremony.

"First we will recite the oath for the Army together. Repeat after me. In Honor of THE Albus Dumbledore…"

"In honor of THE Albus Dumbledore…"

"I promise to fight for what is right and be strong against Dark Magic and its influences."

"By becoming a member of Dumbledore's Army…"

"I promise to swear to secrecy and I will not reveal anything that happens in this Room."

"And I promise to fight for my fellow members."

Ginny smiled as she said the last line of the oath, "Mischief managed."

"Mischief managed."

The students stood there, anxious for the next step. Ginny went back to her spot and Luna and Neville stepped forward. Neville held the pouch of Army coins in his hands while Luna recited the new Ravenclaw members.

"Nielah Song."

The dark haired fifth year walked to Luna and smiled brightly. Luna reached into the pouch and took out a coin and handed it to the witch.

"Congratulations. You are now a member of Dumbledore's Army."

The youngest Song sister gladly accepted the coin and stepped across the glowing line, practically swelling with pride. Luna continued to the next recruit.

"Aubrielle Song."

As the seventh year stepped towards Luna, Neville felt his heart flutter. He was beyond excited to have Aubrielle join the Army. It showed that she was a smart and strong witch. She looked over and smiled at him before accepting her coin from Luna.

"Congratulations. You are now a member of Dumbledore's Army."

Aubrielle thanked Luna and joined her sister on the other side of the line. Luna finished the rest of the Ravenclaws and stepped back so Seamus could induct the Hufflepuffs.

"Susan Bones."

As the Gryffindor continued down the list of Hufflepuffs, Neville couldn't help but study the lone Slytherin. She was standing there perfectly still, observing the process. She was popular among the boys, with deep chestnut colored eyes and long, straight blonde hair. She had a sprinkle of freckles across her nose and her lips were full. She was approximately the same size as Aubrielle, but about a couple inches taller. Neville kept watching her out of the corner of his eye. She was, truthfully, a stunning girl and he caught himself wondering why she didn't have a boyfriend. Come to think of it, she hadn't had a boyfriend since she dated Blaise Zabini during fifth year. Curious.

Seamus finished with the Hufflepuffs and Dean stepped foreword to instate the only Slytherin.

"Emolly Goldster."

While the blonde walked to Dean, everyone was silent. It was obvious that people had a problem letting a Slytherin into the Army. Dean handed her the gold coin.

"Congratulations. You are now a member of Dumbledore's Army."

"Thank you so much."

She gladly accepted the coin and went over to Aubrielle. The two girls hugged and Neville couldn't help but smile. It didn't matter that she was a Slytherin; she had a good heart. And besides, Luna had said so herself, not all Slytherins are evil. Now it was Neville's turn to call names and Lavender came and took the bag of coins out of his hands. He smiled at his fellow housemates. He couldn't wait to add more Gryffindors to the Army.

"Romilda Vane."

The seventh year rushed foreword with a bounce in her step. Neville handed her the coin.

"Congratulations. You are now a member of Dumbledore's Army."

She grinned at him before crossing the line. Neville continued to the next student.

"Katie Bell."

It went on like that until all the Gryffindor's were properly inducted. By the end, everyone was on one side of the line, united. Neville turned to face everyone.

"Congratulations to all of you. You are now apart of Dumbledore's Army. Our first meeting will be this Wednesday night at eight. In order to enter the Room, you must recite the password. The password is to never be told to anyone. In order to make the doors appear you must say, 'We're fighting to stay alive.'"

Everyone nodded their heads in mutual agreement.

"Now, as you can tell the Room is well equipped with sleeping quarters and I understand that the work load this year is very stressful. You can come here at any time of the day to get away or do work. Just make sure you are not followed here. If you are 16 or older you are allowed to sleep here at night. Those older students are allowed to start doing so tonight, so after this you can head back and gather your things. You do not have to sleep here if you do not want to; it is strictly up to you."

Neville finished and smiled at the excited students.

"Congratulations and welcome to Dumbledore's Army."

The alumni applauded for the new inductees, which made them jump up and hug each other. Aubrielle ran over to her boyfriend and he caught her in a tight hug. He picked her up so her feet couldn't touch the ground and spun her in a circle. He set her back on the floor and caught her lips in a kiss. He pulled away and looked into her dazzling hazel eyes.

"I am so proud of you."

She beamed at him before kissing him again. They held it longer this time and Dean snickered at the display.

"Merlin you two. Don't you need to breathe or something?"

Both students cracked up, ending the kiss. Aubrielle took her arms out from around the Gryffindor's neck and placed them on his chest.

"I have to go grab my trunk and then I'll be right back."

"Okay. Be careful please."

"I will."

Aubrielle left the Room along with most of the other students. Dean, Luna, Ginny, and Seamus were still there since they had already moved in, and the five gathered to talk before the older students came back with their things. Ginny was the first one to speak.

"Both Patil twins talked to me before the inductions. They are going to stay in the dorms so they can watch over the younger members of their houses. Susan Bones is doing the same for the Hufflepuffs."

Neville was surprised, but pleased, with their sacrifices. "That's very selfless of them."

"They're great witches."

"Indeed."

The doors resurfaced and Hannah Abbot walked in with Marcus Belby and Ernie Macmillan, trunks in hand. They picked out beds and Neville was happy to see that the Room wasn't divided by gender since he and Aubrielle were sharing the same bed. They were young adults, after all, and they could handle sleeping next to the opposite sex. The next group to come in was the pack of Gryffindors. Romilda, Katie, Cormac, Lavender, and Nigel all walked in with their trunks and got situated.

Neville looked around the room and all the students there. It was surreal that Hogwarts had come to this. Just a few years ago it was a joyous and bright place. Now it was practically jail.

The next three students to get to the Room were Aubrielle, Michael, and a newly sixteen Nielah, whose birthday took place a week before school started. Emolly followed close behind and brought up the rear. Neville was happy to see the Slytherin come in with her trunk. She needed to gain everyone's trust and staying in the Room was certainly going to help that process quicken. In total there were seventeen students that chose to sleep there and there was still plenty of room in case any of the older students changed their minds. Neville went over to Aubrielle and grabbed her trunk out of her hand. She playfully batted her eyelashes.

"Such a gentleman."

She went up on her tiptoes to give him a quick peck on his cheek. He smiled at her and put his trunk at the foot of his bed. She reddened as she realized what bed it was. He turned to see her blushing and found her embarrassment cute. He took a step closer so he could wrap his arms around her tiny shoulders. He lowered his voice and whispered into her ear as she took her arms and linked them behind his waist.

"I figured it was already ours."

"Hmmm…"

Stuck in their love-struck haze, they continued to embrace, not really noticing who was watching. So their mouths were open and their tongues were down each other's throats.

"Keep the snogging to a minimum when I'm present please!" Aubrielle didn't hear her little sister's request and continued to passionately snog Neville. Nielah finally raised her voice at the couple. "OY! YOUR LITTLE SISTER IS STANDING RIGHT HERE!"

Aubrielle snapped back to reality and quickly pulled away from Neville to find him smirking at her. "You can't get enough of me, can you?" He sounded a little too cocky for her liking. She looked around to find everyone looking at her.

"SHUT IT. All of you!"

Aubrielle threw herself on the bed, completely humiliated by what had just happened. She buried her face into the pillow so no one could see her blushing. She heard Neville laughing next to the bed, which caused her to get even more upset. Her sister was one thing; she didn't need her boyfriend laughing at her too. She felt someone sit down on the side of the bed and place a reassuring hand on her back. 'This better be Neville with an apology.' She thought stubbornly. She turned her head to its side to instead see Emolly Goldster looking down at her. She smiled at her friend.

"Hey."

"Hey. Ignore him Aubs. He's just being a boy."

Aubrielle looked to see her boyfriend joking with Dean and Michael about her eagerness. She turned to face her friend again.

"I know. I just…don't like it when he acts like some hot shot like that. It makes me feel like meat."

Emolly gave her friend a small smile and pulled her up so she was sitting next to her. The Slytherin wrapped her arm around her friend's side and Aubrielle responded by resting her head on Emolly's shoulder. The two witches sat there for a moment without talking.

Aubrielle loved the friendship she had with Emolly. They understood each other so well without even having to say anything. They were both quiet witches, but that didn't mean that they were weak. They were both very intelligent and their spells were never short from extraordinary. Since Aubrielle had started dating Neville, she had seen Emolly less and less. They had grown apart in a sense and Aubrielle knew it was her fault. She spent her entire summer drooling over Neville when she could have been having great times with Emolly like she normally did. Meanwhile, Neville still went and hung out with Seamus, Dean, and Ginny all the time. Aubrielle started to subconsciously question her relationship that she had with the Gryffindor. Now that she thought about it, she had changed quite a lot since she started dating Neville. Had she become one of the ridiculous fan girls that she never wanted to be? No, no she hadn't. Her relationship with Neville may be time consuming, but she had a lot of great memories with him. She tightly wrapped her arms around Emolly.

"I am sorry I've been so distant from you Emolly. I just got so attached to Neville and-"

"It's okay Aubs. I understand completely. He's your first boyfriend and it's only natural that you fell for him as quickly as you did."

"I still feel terrible."

"Don't. That's one of the reasons I wanted to join the Army. So I could see you more."

Aubrielle lifted her head, feeling sentimental. It was so sad that her best friend had to do this just she could talk to her again. Aubrielle swore at that very moment that she would be a better friend to Emolly. She smiled at her.

"How about we take two of the corner beds and combine them. We can have a little sleepover just like we use to."

Emolly grinned at her best friend, pleased to see her acting like herself again.

"Sounds awesome."

The two seventh years stood up moved their trunks to one of the corners. They pushed the cots together to make a bigger bed and dressed them accordingly. Neville raised his eyes at the witches and went over to see what they were doing.

"Aubrielle, why did you move your trunk?"

"Because I'm sleeping with Emolly." She said very matter of factly.

Neville's mouth fell open as he heard her tone of voice. She had never been so rude to him, ever. He took hold of her wrist, grabbing it a little too strongly, before pulling her around to look at him.

"Ow! Neville that hurts!"

Emolly stood there with a terrified look on her face. She was planted at that spot, frozen, not knowing what to do.

"We're going to talk…now."

He pulled her out of the Room and around the corner so they could talk out of earshot from everyone else. They settled into a little cove and Neville finally let go of her wrist. The Ravenclaw rubbed it, scared at what he had just done to her. He had never put his hands on her like that. He glared at her with dark eyes, making her wonder if the man sitting across from her was really her boyfriend. When he spoke to her he had a hint of annoyance in his voice and Aubrielle did not like it one bit.

"What is up with you? I thought we were going to share a bed."

"Well I changed my mind. I'm sleeping with Emolly."

"Since when are you all buddy, buddy with her? I knew you guys were friends but you never talked about her much."

"Because I was so wrapped up with you! I never got to see her because I was too busy following you around! I've realized how terrible of a friend I've been to her and I'm going to make it right."

"Make it right?"

"Yes, make it right! I'm going to be her friend again. And if you don't approve, well, I don't care!"

She sat there with her arms crossed, defiant. Neville had never really gotten mad at Aubrielle until now. She was being so sassy and he wanted her to stop it. The whole point of letting the older students sleep in the Room was so that he could be with her more and hold her like he use to. His anger started to bubble inside of him.

"Merlin Aubrielle! Just three nights ago we were celebrating our ten-month and having awesome sex! Now it's like you don't even care about our relationship!"

Aubrielle's eyes widened at him. How dare he say that she didn't care! He had taken it way to far. She stood up so she was towering over him. Her words came out in sharp breaths and she practically spat them at him.

"Don't you dare say that I don't care about this relationship Neville Longbottom. I care and you know it. I just want some bloody friend time. You get it all the time with Dean, Seamus, and Ginny. Why can't I have it with Emolly?"

"Because you're supposed to be with me!"

"I AM WITH YOU! I am at your beck and call constantly! You still got to hang out with your friends even though you are 'with me.' I have sacrificed so much for our relationship! Why can't you just let me get my way for once?"

"Let you get your way? Let you get your way? I swear Aubrielle…"

He was screaming at her now and she backed away from him, absolutely terrified. Her eyes were wide and her hands were shaking so hard that she had to clasp them together tightly. Neville caught the demeanor in her eyes change. Instead of seeing rage, he saw nothing but hurt in them. He slowly extended his hands and gripped her waist, testing the waters. She flinched at his touch but she didn't move away. He took her and pulled her down onto him and wrapped her into his arms. She quickly draped herself around him as she felt tears start to build in her eyes. She dug her face into the crook of his neck and he rubbed big circles onto her back. He lightly kissed her ear.

"I'm sorry babe. I shouldn't have grabbed you like that and I shouldn't have yelled at you."

"I d-don't like fighting w-with you."

"Shhhh. I know, I know. I don't like fighting with you either. You can sleep with Emolly tonight. That's perfectly fine. I just got mad because you didn't tell me what was going on."

She lifted her face out from her neck. Her eyes were red and her cheeks were flushed. Neville took his thumb and whipped away a falling tear. Even though it was short, that was the biggest fight they had ever had. It was the only fight they had ever had now that Neville thought about it and it took a lot out of them. He felt so ashamed for hurting her like that and Aubrielle saw it in his eyes. She leaned down and kissed him tenderly on the lips.

"I know. I should have told you instead of snapping at you. I'll sleep with you tomorrow night, promise."

"Okay."

She got off of him so he could stand up. He brought her in for another quick hug and kiss before intertwining his fingers with hers and walking back towards the Room. They reached the wall and Neville took a second so Aubrielle could compose herself.

"You ready to go back in?"

"Yeah."

"Ok. We're fighting to stay alive."

The doors appeared and the couple slowly walked in. It was obvious that near everyone was talking about them because a rushed silence fell over the Room. They let go of each other's hands; Neville walked to Ginny and Aubrielle went over to Emolly. Both wanted to talk to their friends and ask for advice. Emolly looked up to see Aubrielle walking towards her and barreled at her. She wrapped her friend into a hug and whispered into her ear.

"Do I need to hex him into next year?"

Aubrielle laughed at her friend, "No. Everything's okay now."

She unconsciously looked down at her throbbing wrist, somewhat surprised to see that it was already bruising. Emolly's eyes widened as she saw it.

"Okay? Aubrielle, look what he did to you. No man should ever put his hands on a girl like that."

"I know Em but it's okay. I promise."

She looked up at her friend to give her a reassuring glance. Emolly had always trusted Aubrielle's judgment and she wasn't about to question it now. The two girls hugged again before moving towards their double bed.

"Just like old times?"

Aubrielle smiled at her, "Just like old times."

o.O.o

Later that night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Aubrielle and Emolly were still wide-awake, catching up with each other. They were giggling like twelve year olds, even though they were taking about very grown up subjects.

"So how long have you been having sex with him?"

"For about 5 months now."

"I gotta know…is it good?"

"Well if it was bad do you think I'd keep having it?"

Emolly burst out laughing and Aubrielle had to quickly put her hand over her mouth.

"SHHH!"

The blonde giggled under her hand, which made Aubrielle laugh. Both witches smiled at each other. Emolly's faded when she saw a flash of mischief flash into her friend's hazel eyes.

"What are you think about…?"

"I was just wondering about something. Are you a virgin Em?"

Emolly had had her fair share of boyfriends but the relationships hadn't lasted that long. Aubrielle had always wondered if her friend was having sex or not but she was always too afraid to ask. Emolly looked at her.

"Of course not."

"What? Spill…now!"

"Alright alright! Keep your voice down, will ya? Remember when I dated Blaise Zabini back during fifth year?"

"Yeah…"

"Yeah. He took my virginity after about three months of us dating."

"No way! What ever happened to you two? You guys were great together."

Emolly looked at Aubrielle cautiously. She never had told anyone about what Blaise did to her and it was still a touchy subject to her, even two years later. She stuck out her pinky to her friend.

"Swear not to tell anybody? It's really serious Aubs."

Aubrielle wrapped her finger around Emolly's, "Swear."

The Slytherin took a deep breath before speaking. As she recounted one of the worst nights of her life, her voice started to shake.

"Well, after we started having sex our relationship became purely physical. Whenever we were with each other we were doing it. That's it. We never just sat down and talked about how our day went or how we were. It was always, 'hi, come here,' and then he would pull me on top of him. I got tired of being used like that. So one night, while everyone was down in the Great Hall having dinner, he pulled me into his dorm room. I knew it was coming, I knew what he wanted, but I just wasn't having it that night. Something inside of me changed and I felt like sticking up for myself. He tried to kiss me but I pulled away. When he asked me what was wrong, I asked him if it would be okay if we just sat down and talked for a little bit. He thought I was joking so he laughed at me, which made me even madder. He went to go kiss me again but again I pulled away. Then, something inside him switched and he got furious at me. He pushed me onto the bed and used magic to pin me down. I was pretty much helpless. He ripped off my clothes and no matter how hard I struggled, I couldn't break free; he was just too strong. And I had to lay there, helpless, and watch him…"

Aubrielle started to cry as she heard her friend's story. She had no idea. She reached out and took the blonde's hand in her own. She gave it a tight squeeze, willing her to continue.

"I watched him rape me Aubrielle. I wasn't going to let him have any satisfaction, though, so I kept my mouth shut and refused to make the noises that he strived for. That's when he backhanded me across my face. When he was done, and came inside me, he simply whisked away my bindings and got dressed as if nothing had happened. Once he was dressed he looked at me and said, 'Alright, I'm done with you,' and walked out of the room. That was the last time we ever talked."

Tears were now streaming down the witch's face and Aubrielle felt her body heat up. She was so angry with Blaise that wanted to jump out of her bed and kill him were he slept. She pulled her friend into her chest and let her drench her shirt with her tears. The blonde shook under the Ravenclaw's embrace and it took her a couple of minutes before she calmed down. Her story wasn't done yet.

"S-so then I didn't want Blaise to have the satisfaction of knowing that he was the last one to have sex with me so…so I went and had a one night stand with Theo Nott. Well of course he told everybody and all the Slytherins think I'm some sort of ragging whore. I…I'm not, obviously, but it still hurts. Funny thing is, I haven't had sex since Theo and they still think that. Aubrielle…" Her voice turned serious as she looked her best friend in the eye, "I care about you, you know that. And seeing Neville do that to you just brought back those memories of Blaise and I because…that's how we started. I know you are a smart girl and I know you can make your own decisions but just please be careful. Don't go down the road I did."

Aubrielle touched the bruise on her wrist. Sure, she loved Neville, but if he started to do anything worse to her she was brave enough to get out of the relationship before it got worse. At least, she thought she could. She didn't want to think about it though. Neville loved her and he said he was sorry for touching her like that. There was no way he was going to take it to the next level. She gave her friend a comforting smile.

"I'll be careful Em. Promise."

DRAMA! Well there is your first taste of Aubrielle and Neville fighting. And I'll just say this…it won't be your last. Also, how do you feel about Emolly? Now that I have developed her more and given her some background, I'm growing quite fond of her. That's all for this update. Review for a snippet of the next chapter! HAPPY NEW YEAR!