Chapter I
The Lady
She was eccentric, mad even, but it was who she really is. She can't help it. That's the way she copes to things. She always talks. But who can't help it? It was in her nature as a girl, a woman.
Simple, yes, she is simple. But situations make her life a bit mad. She quite don't care sometimes, glad to it, even.
Who is she? Well, other people call her "Loony", but her real name is Luna.
Journalist in the outside, yet a poet in her own ways; though, being an enthusiast in the oddest things is the best thing that could describe her. She's not a geek. She just loves to learn.
She is something. She is loving.
Now we enter to her journey. Toward the one thing she longs from another human being: To be loved.
It was their summer vacation after Dumbledore's death. They were brought back to their families a bit earlier than expected, but quite relieved all the same.
Luna's father waited beyond Platform 9 ¾. She then bid farewell to them.
"Be careful!" Neville said.
"Come over to our house! My brother and Phlegm are getting married." Ginny called out.
"Sure." Luna said as she drifted off toward the barrier. The moment she got out, a handsome eagle owl landed onto her shoulders. Unnerved by the sudden actions of the owl, she pulled out the scroll of parchment that it wants to give to her. Once she got the parchment and patted the owl, it flew off after squeezing her shoulder gently.
"What's this??" she thought.
"Luna! My darling princess! Are you alright??" her father greeted her with a hug.
"Yes father, I am."
"Let's go home then. Aunt Elizabeth cooked up a simple feast for your safe return."
"She's staying??" Luna asked as she pocketed the scroll. She loathes that Aunt of hers. Well, she's not really her blood relative, but her father has been dating that ridiculously childish witch for the past few months, that is why she is forced to address her as such.
"Of course she is!"
"Alright." Luna usually drops her dreaminess whenever she and her dad started to talk about Aunt Elizabeth. Her voice becomes sharp and crisp. And she becomes a lot more alert than the usual.
Luna's house is a bit simple than anything else. Even though they earn a small fortune from her father's magazine, they always keep the money for their trips and vacations. She looked at it for a mere second before grimacing at the sight of a tall, slender witch running toward her.
"Luna! You're back! Welcome home sweetie-pie!!" the witch turned out to be her Aunt Elizabeth.
"Hi Aunt Lizzie…" murmured Luna.
Even though she had allowed Lizzie to hold her shoulders and steer her into the house, she just tried to think of the time she would finally leave the house and go to the Burrow for Ginny's brother's wedding.
After supper, Luna immediately retired to her room by telling her father that she is tired and wanted to see a sky snake that night. Mercifully, her father allowed her and she dashed up upstairs the moment he said yes.
By the time she allowed herself to fall onto her bed, she felt something crunch under her weight. She felt around her pockets and finally produced a letter from one of them.
It reads:
Hello Luna,
I just wanted to say hi… I've never been a letter guy before… but I can't face you either at the moment. Uhm.. I haven't got much to say… but I do like to talk to you in person. Uhm… just wanna know if you got home fine…
Well… I really don't have too many things in mind to say … just wanted you to know… that … uhm… I care for you.
I'll be seeing you…in the near future at least…
your secret admirer.
Dumbfounded, Luna tried to read the letter over and over again. Making sure she hadn't read it wrong.
"Hmm… this would be interesting." She thought as she placed the letter to her treasure box (she had kept it since she was little) and proceeded to the window to watch the nightsky.
