Disclaimer: I own nothing in the HP universe.

Ok, so, yes, this is another one of those cliche 5 random facts type fics, but they just looked so damn fun to write, I had to try it. I have a few characters I've written so far and this will become multi-chaptered. I don't know if I've covered an angle that hasn't been covered yet. Probably not, but hopefully you will enjoy these character musings. I find them to be rather fun. The title of the fic, "It will cost more than a penny," comes from the phrase "Penny for your thoughts?" These are supposed to be the characters' innermost thoughts and would naturally cost more than a penny.

~Luna Lovegood~

1. It took Luna a long time to understand why other kids were always so mean to her. Her father always said it was because they were jealous or because they were kidding. Why would her father lie?

It was when she went to Hogwarts that she learned the truth. Even in the wizarding world, she was considered to be an outsider.

Contrary to what others might think, this didn't make her sad, it made her angry. She vowed to be as strange as she possibly could, to make friends based on her oddities if nothing else. When she was old enough to realize how stupid this was, it was already too late and she liked her personality too much to change.

2. The only memory she has of her mother is the one where she dies. Everything else was blocked out by that horrific event.

Luna desperately wishes she could remember something, anything, else. In the end, she realizes that it doesn't matter, she can still cherish that memory and pretend it was just another one of her mother's harebrained schemes, and not her last act.

3. When Luna was little, she wholeheartedly believed everything her father told her. The stories, the creatures, everything. When she began to realize that her father was not infallible and sometimes even lied, she began to lose faith in those stories as well.

It's Dean who sets her straight, after the war has ended. He told her to cherish everything her father gave her, even the lies, because life was too short. Slowly, she began to have faith in those stories again.

4. Everyone expected her to fancy Neville or Dean because they were the two boys she spent the most time with, besides Harry and Ron.

She liked Neville and Dean just fine, and she supposed that she could have dated them if the opportunity arose. It just didn't feel right, though. She knew that they were genuinely her friends, but she also knew that they humored her. She needed to find someone who believed in the same farfetched things that she did.

When she met Rolf, she knew not only that he was her friend, but that he never humored her and would always be as weird as she was. Not dating Neville or Dean was the best decision she ever made.

5. Ginny was her first real friend, but Luna always felt that Ginny was closer to Hermione than she was to her.

It wasn't until Ginny announced that her daughter's middle name would be Luna, that she realized Ginny loved both friends equally, just for different reasons.

It was one of the happiest days of her life.

For those of you who read my other fic, 'The Closure of Knowing,' don't worry, I will be updating that soon. This was just something that popped into my head and was dying to be written. :)