"Whether he was dead or alive, I was going to find him and bring him back home with me. That was all that mattered. I didn't know Ron had been killed until I saw them burning his body. They were burning all the bodies so they wouldn't have to bury them. Most of our side was gone or leaving, or dead. It was useless to fight back. And Malfoy was quick. He was burning, killing anyone who was stupid enough to still try and take them on, looking for any captives he could take. The only reason I wasn't taken by him was that you came along when he found Neville and distracted him, but I didn't know that until later."