Second Fanfic… YAY! This one is of one of my favorite ships…
"Do you really think I'll ever find love, Gin?" Inquired Luna Lovegood. Luna, now a second year Ravenclaw, was outgoing, yet completely sane. She did not get into what her father believed in. On the contrary, she thought it was rubbish.
"Of course, Lu! Everyone will eventually!" Replied Ginny Weasley, a fellow second year, but a Gryffindor. Ginny and Luna had become friends on the train in first year.
Luna had always wondered if she would find the one. She searched and searched, but always came up broken-hearted. The reason she had brought it up now, though, is because she thought she had found the one.
The other day, Luna was walking to Herbology when she saw someone walking to Care of Magical Creatures. She kept staring at him, his hair, his figure. Even his Hufflepuff robes that flashed black and yellow in the sun. He was a 5th year, but she didn't care. He was the one.
Luna debated telling Ginny this. There was a three year age difference between them, and it might be really awkward. Luna, though, being who she was, told her best friend.
"I think I have, Gin…" she smiled dream-like, imagining that boy right in front of her.
Ginny perked up. "Really? That's exciting! Who is it?" Ginny was expecting someone in second or third year in Ravenclaw.
Luna shrugged. "All I know is that he is a prefect and is in Hufflepuff." She smiled proudly, as if this was indeed the finest boy at Hogwarts.
Ginny was surprised. "Wait… a fifth year Hufflepuff? Don't you think you're a little too… um, young, for that?"
Luna was only to prepared for this comeback. "Ginny, age is but a number. It doesn't stop true love."
With that, Luna rose from the Gryffindor Common Room couch and exited the portrait of the Fat Lady, to a very irritated mutter of "Ravenclaws… you'd think they'd have enough sense to stay in there own Common rooms…"
For the next few months, Luna had taken to following this guy around. She knew he was on the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team, and loved to go watch him. She would sneak behind the stands so he didn't see her. Every time he looked in the general direction she was in, her cheeks would become rose red and she'd start to daydream about her and him.
When OWLs came along, Luna was depressed. She hardly saw him anymore, but when she did, he was too busy studying or, to her mighty irritation, snogging a fifth year Ravenclaw. When she saw the latter, she'd run away to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom and cry until Myrtle chased her away saying she had her fill of entertainment for the day.
What only seemed like days later, the End of Term feast was upon them. Luna was fuming on how she had let the whole year slide without even talking to this guy, or even finding out his name. After sitting down, Luna scanned the Great Hall and sure enough found him. He stood out amongst the blue and bronze Ravenclaws with his black and yellow Hufflepuff robes. And of course, for the umpteenth time, he was snogging that girl. Luna was so furious she accidentally stabbed Terry Boot's hand with her fork. After many excuses and sorry faces from Luna and a resounding "GAH!" from Terry, the boy had gone to sit with his fellow fifth year Hufflepuff friend Amber Larson.
Luna drudged along to the Ravenclaw Common Room to get packed for tomorrow. She almost had everything packed when she realized someone had stolen her shoes. She sighed, very annoyed. So, with great effort, she trotted to the Entrance Hall in search of them, when she saw him. Alone.
"This is my chance!" Luna thought to herself.
With a new-found joy, she gleefully walked to him. He was standing at the open door, looking into the sunset dreamily.
"H-Hi…" Luna mumbled. She was angry she could say no more.
The boy turned to look at her. "Um… hello…" He gave a weird smile that he gave all girls her around her age.
Luna looked to the sun, then looked back at him and saw the sun glistening off his Prefect badge.
"You're… You're a P-Prefect, huh? T-That's cool…" Luna gave a nervous chuckle, and smiled like she was afraid of saying the wrong thing.
He smiled. "Yeah… not much to it, though. Bit boring really…" He turned back to her, all of a sudden feeling weird. "Um, I don't think I know your name…" He said to Luna.
Luna was bursting with joy inside at his caring. "Um, Luna… Luna Lovegood… what's yours?" Silent victory rolled through her at the question she longed to be answered.
He stopped for a moment. "My name? Cedric. Cedric Diggory." He looked at his wristwatch. "Oi, look at the time! I need to get packing… pleasure to meet you, um, Luna!"
Luna blushed. She knew she was in love, and now knew her loves name.
Luna was in love with Cedric Diggory.
And that's part one! Sorry if it runs on a bit… Anyways, I plan to write the next part tonight… remember, R&R! : )
