Crescent Moon - J. Whitlock

EIGHTEEN

—— "She's coming back." Hermione, a girl with brown bushy hair and doe brown eyes, said as she watched a painting move closer.
        "Who's that with her?" Ron, a lanky boy with red hair and blue eyes, said as he the portrait come back with another person. As Ariana got closer the portrait started to open.
        "Neville!" Aquila, a girl with dark curly brown hair and sapphire blue eyes, said as she ran to go hug the younger boy. Neville was a boy with short brown hair and dark brown eyes.
        "Neville." Harry, a boy with untame black hair and emerald green eyes.
       "You look," Ron started but he was cut off.
       "Like hell I reckon." Neville said, smiling. "This is nothing, Seamus is worse." Neville said crouching down. "Hey we've hot a couple more coming though." Neville said to Abaforth (Dumbledore's brother). Lighting her wand Aquila started to follow Neville down the dingy hallway that lead to the castle.
        "Never saw this on the marauder's map." Ron said as he got hit on the back of the head by Hermione.
      "Well no crap Ron." Aquila said her southern accent shunting through.
     "That's beacuse it never existed until now." Neville said as he continued to hobble down the passageway. "The seven secret passages were closed at the start of the year."
       "I guess there not a secret anymore." Aquila muttered as she slung her bag over her shoulder. Aquila was was wearing a black turtleneck with a blue shirt with yellow moons on it, along with a pair of back pants.
        "This is the only way in or out now. The grounds are crawling with dementors and death eaters." Neville continued as Aquila rubbed her right forearm.
        "Do you think we'll be okay. In the end?" Aquila asked Hermione quietly.
       "I hope so Aggie." Hermione replayed as the continued down the passage way. "How is it now that Snape is headmaster?" Hermione asked.
      "Slimy git." Ron said under his breath.
      "Never see him. Always up in his tower." Neville said
       "Tower bat." Aquila chimed in as she saw Ron's face.
       "It's the Carrows you need to look out for." Neville said as they started to see the exit.
       "There my cousins... Ew." Aquila muttered to herself. Aquila had been raised by Narssisa  so she knew all about her family wreath.
       "The Carrow's?" Harry asks in confusion, he didn't know about the scared 28.
        "Yeah, brother and sister. In charge of discipline. They like punishment," Neville said pointing at a bruise on his face. "The Carrow's." Neville said.
         "They did that to you?" Hermione said.
         "Today's dark art lesson we were practicing the cruciatus curse," Neville started before taking a pause "on first years. I refused."
          "That's horrible." Hermione and Aquila said in unison. Aquila felt disgusted on what they were doing.
          "Hogwarts has changed." Neville said before the rest of the walk was silent.