Spells and Visions; A Harry Potter story

Chapter 7: Kidnapped

I was on my way to Potions, again, when Malfoy emerged from the dungeons and glanced my way. He stood still for a moment, then walked on. I hurried to catch up with him.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"No, you gave me that look again. What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything!" he hissed back, quickly looked around him and then said: "It was the Carrows."
I immediately knew what he meant.
"Again?"
Annoyed, I walked past him.
"Wait, they're still there!" Malfoy called back, but I didn't listen.

I ran down the dungeons, and hid behind a corner when I heard someone groaning in pain.
"Don't mess with us," Alecto Carrow hissed.
I was about to look around the corner, when the two Carrows strode past me, not noticing me at all.
When they were out of sight, I went to the person they had hurt, to see two. A Ravenclaw first-year girl, unchained, and Michael Corner, with a black eye, probably tortured with the Cruciatus Curse too, next to her.
"Are you okay?" I asked both. The girl nodded shakily. Michael didn't answer.
"What class do you have now?" I asked the girl.
"Trans- transfiguration."
"Go, before they come back."
The girl nodded, and was off.

"Come on, you seem seriously hurt," I said, turning to Michael. "Was brave of you, though, to free her."
"I had to," he said in a whisper.
I heard footsteps, so I drew my wand and stood up, thinking the Carrows may have come back to torture Michael a bit more. But I lowered my wand when I saw it was just Malfoy.
"I-" he began.
"I know. You couldn't do anything. But now you can. Come on, help me get him to the hospital wing."
Malfoy hesitated, but then sighed, and slowly came towards me. We lifed Michael from the floor and together, we walked him to the hospital wing.

"My dear, what happened?" Madam Pomfrey asked shocked.
"He released a first-year, and was caught in the act," I said.
She shook her head with a sigh, and muttered something about it having to stop.
"Go," she told Malfoy and me. "Before they see you not being in class. I'll take care of him."
We nodded, and without another word to each other, we got to Potions.

"I was waiting for you two," Slughorn said, slightly annoyed that we were late.
"Sorry, Professor," I said quickly. "We had to... do something."
Slughorn just nodded, and waved his hand to our seats.

Malfoy and I rarely talked to each other, only when it was really needed. I didn't speak him anymore after class, but I gave him a point for finally helping with something good.

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Soon it was April, and we had dropped the extreme acts, especially after what happened to Michael, but the Carrows didn't. I was glad we had a break again, for Easter, to recover mentally and physically, at the Burrow.
Mrs Weasley was determind to keep at least Ginny home, but also wanted Neville and me to stay.

A few days before the end of the holiday, my coin started growing hot. I pulled it out and looked.
"Shell Cottage, LL, DT"
"It's Luna," I said relieved to Neville. "She's safe. At Bill and Fleur's place. And Dean too, I think."
Neville was happy to hear the news, too, and went to tell Ginny.

Things, however, didn't stay merry. We were already hated by the Carrows and Snape, and wondered when they were going to lock us up. Well, they did.

At the end of the holiday, when Neville and I were doing work in the garden, we were just having a laugh at something, three people appeared out of nowhere. Death Eaters. They walked closer, and when Neville raised his wand, they immediately Disarmed him, and threw his wand on the ground.
They couldn't Apparate within the Burrow, since there were protective spells around it, but they could walk. Before I knew what was happening, they got a hold of me.
"Hey!" I yelled. "Let go of me!"
"Let her go!" Neville yelled too, and picked up his wand and got into a fight with one, when I was still struggling to get out my wand. They had tied my hands together, and threw Neville to the ground. It was no use.
"Neville!" I shouted. "Catch!"
I threw him my wand, but kept struggling.
"God, hold still, stupid girl! Petrificus Totalus!"