As percy looked around the devastated hall where he spent most of his teenage mornings he saw students comforting eachother; his family sat at the end of the hall holding eachother, not saying anything just holding on as if they would be ripped apart at a moments notice; and in some ways they had been
"Why aren't you with your family?" He looked down to see a small blonde haired girl he felt like he had met before.
"I haven't seen them in years… doubt they want me there at all" percy felt the deep throb of guilt in his stomach or it could be he was about to throw up, again.
"Dont you dare say that Percy Weasley" she protested vociferously "your family needs you now you walk over there and talk to them" he glanced back down at the girl by his side and should of noticed who she was right away with her large blue eyes that have remained the same ever since he met her in her first year; and after everything she must of seen.
"What are you doing out of bed? Do you want to get in trouble on your first night?" The fifth year shouted down the hall, the girl stopped ambling down the hall to look up at the red headed prefect and ignoring her question she asked her own,
"Have you seen my shoes? I suspect the nargles are behind it?" two thoughts ran through his mind, one 'what the hell is a nargles' and two 'who are you' unfortunately for him, he chose the first option.
"You've never heard of a nargle what do they teach at this school?" then the girl preceded in looking for her lost shoes.
"you really can't just walk down the corridor at night on your own like this you know"
"but I'm not alone" she turned to look up to him
"yes but I have to get you back to your dormitory" she glanced back down the corridor and decided she better go back to bed.
"That's all right. Anyway, my mum always said things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end." as they went down the corroder something black and shiny hanging from a window caught there eye "If not always in the way we expect."
"you should go to them you know" he nodded and took two steps forward "the things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end." he smirked
"If not always in the way we expect."
"no" she shook her head "he was a good man Percy and it is the worst circumstance but you mother will just be glad that you are back" Percy walked to where his family were sitting and on closer inspection saw that the large group were slightly split up amongst themselves, Harry with his arms around Ginny kissing the top of her head… when had that happened when had the baby grown up? and Ron doing the same with Hermione now that he had never expected.
bill came over from holding his wife to give his brother a hug
"I'm sorry I missed your wedding i was just so-" his brother squeezed him effectively silencing him
"I know its fine you can meet her now if you want, oh and by the way how's Luna?" he looked at his brother as if he had grown into a unicorn
"you know her" it was more of a statement then a question, Bill had left the school years before she even came but then it struck him…. who didn't know Luna Lovegood
