Protection
"Wait, I'm not sure I really understand?" Ginny said quietly, fixing her skirt so the pleats were facing the right way. The three of them; Ginny, Neville, and Luna, had met up for a little meeting in the Room of Requirement to discuss the safety of students.
"Remember," Neville said, trying to articulate the plan so everyone (and not just he) understood what they were doing. "Remember when the Carrows were making that announcement and at first it was unknown, but they figured out…" He was halfway through the explanation when the doors opened and a very flustered looking Seamus Finnigan burst through the doors.
The three of them looked at Seamus for a moment, then whipped their wands out and pointed them straight of his chest.
"What did you injure in third year right before the Quidditch try-outs, which made you not want to go?" Neville asked, his face blank but his eyebrows creased slightly. Seamus caught his breath before he quickly answered: "My fourth toe on my right foot!" The girls looked at Neville, who nodded, and everyone dropped their wands and started inquiring at his presence.
"What's wrong?"
"Was there an attack?"
"Seamus, are you okay?"
The other boy just looked at them, his eyes slightly vacant. Like he had seen something and desperately wants to forget it.
"Seamus," Neville said softly, approaching him slowly. "What happened?" Seamus' eyes suddenly darted to Neville's face, and he let out a harsh breath.
"They're dead," he choked out, "all of them. The muggle-borns; they killed them."
A/N: Words – 257
Everard (B) – "Injure, Attack, Unknown, Remember."