Dumbledore's army: Rogue

Thestrals

I woke up in a cold sweat, I had a nightmare that I had turned up to my home with half-blood Anthony, but my family cast me out as a blood traitor, "you're no daughter of ours" my dad told me, my mum was sobbing in our courtyard and Anthony was enraged,
"You okay Vi?" Asked Daphne, I looked at her as I acclimatised back into reality, "yeah.. bad dream I think" I replied.
We sat down for some breakfast when Terry Approached, "I had a chat with Luna about you seeing the skeleton horses or whatever they're called, she really wants to talk to you and she said she could meet you in the forest around 4, but She's abit nervous as she's never interacted with slytherin's before, so make sure to smile and be nice" Terry giggled,
"What do you mean? Im always nice?" I joked back, Terry left laughing with me and went back to his bacon sandwhich at the Ravenclaw table, "so you're definitely going mad" Daphne laughed before taking a sip of her black coffee, "no! I'm just.. I just need to know that I'm not the only one who can see them" I replied as I took some black pudding from a plate, "tell me how it goes, could be a laugh really" she elaborated,
"Yeah, might be" I sighed.

After potions, which Daphne and I gained another 100 points for Slytherin much to Hermione's dismay, I headed back to the common room to retrieve my mink coat for the cold forest.. but then I didn't think Luna would appreciate me wearing real fur so I opted for a green Ralph Lauren jumper over my uniform and my black cashmere coat with my slytherin scarf instead, "good luck with Loony" whispered Daphne as I left the common room, I turned around and laughed as I headed to the the ground floor corridor and then the forbidden forest, on my way down I saw Harry walking up from the forest on the path from Hagrid's cottage, he was looking at the back of his hand which looked red and sore.. did something bite him?
I gave him a small smile to which he looked at me suspiciously, I can't blame him really.

Eventually I entered the forest and saw some thestrals, I once again observed their skeletal features as I saw Luna in a small distance, "Luna?" I called out,
She turned as I approached to which I saw her standing with no socks or shoes on, clenching some raw meat in her left hand.. no wonder she's nicknamed Loony,
"Uh.. Hi Luna, nice to meet you",
"And you" she smiled nervously,
"Aren't your feet cold?", I asked while approaching her to observe the baby thestrals, "A bit, could be worse" she replied,
"I had no idea there were others who could see them, usually.. being in slytherin I just get made fun of, I thought I was going mad" I said,
Luna threw the raw meat to a baby thestral, "your not alone.. you're just as sane as I am",
I smiled "good, I don't want to be like everyone else" I said, "Most Slytherins usually intimidate me, but you're nice" she said, I felt my eyes well up Mildly which I wiped away quick, usually I don't show much emotion and I'm not used to other people witnessing it, "Thankyou Luna.. most Slytherins intimidate me as well" we both laughed, "I guess I just missed Harry, I saw him coming back up from here on my way down" I said, trying to move the conversation into something regarding Harry and how I can potentially gain his trust, "he's been having a tough time with Umbridge lately I think, her punishments are quite medieval", I scoffed at Umbridge's name, "she's so boring and.. and cruel, I hope a group of centaurs just apparate into her office and take her away, I don't know who she thinks she is, not allowing us to use magic in class" I ranted,
"She's worse than you think" Luna replied,
I wanted to ask how, but I dreaded Luna's answer, "I hope Harry will be okay" I said instead, "anyway how come only we can see the thestrals?" I asked,
"They can only be seen by people who've seen death" Luna answered,
"Oh.." I whispered, and I remembered how my parents told me that as a baby, we witnessed the murder of Peter Pettigrew, and mass murder of muggles by Sirius black..
"I see" I continued, "you've seen death?" I asked Luna,
She turned to me, "my mum, she was very talented, inventing her own spells, but one day one of them went badly wrong, I was nine",
I took a deep breathe,
"Oh Luna I'm so sorry", I took her hand gently for a moment before she gave me a chunk of raw meat to chuck to a baby thestral, "thankyou" I said,
"I do get very sad about it sometimes, but I've got dad" Luna smiled,
I smiled back,
"It's starting to get dark, shall we walk back to the castle together, I hate he idea of anyone out here on their own" I asked,
She nodded, "that would be nice" Luna smiled.