Chapter one – Forbidden Thoughts.
Luna Lovegood walked down the corridors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was all alone. Everybody else were in the Great Hall, having dinner. But not Luna. She had had a lack of appetite lately. Why, she did not know.
His eyes.
No. She could not think about them. She forbade herself to ever think of them again.
"Which came first, the phoenix, or the flame?" the eagle knocker asked.
"A circle has no beginning," Luna replied. The door opened, and Luna went into Ravenclaws common room.
There were not an eye in sight. Luna could not understand how they all could have such big appetites. The thought of food made her sick.
His smile.
Luna shook her head. No. She could not go on like this. She had to do something about it. But what? She could not do anything.
"Loony.. Oh.. I mean Luna.. Sorry.. What are you doing here?" Cho Chang asked. She had entered the common-room without a sound, so Luna jumped a bit in surprise when she heard her voice.
Luna did not really mind Cho calling her Looney. She was getting used to it, you can say. And Cho was a nice girl. She probably had gotten influenced by the other students.
"Avoiding the nargles of course," Luna said with a smile. Cho's face expression showed that she was confused.
"I do not understand, what are nargles?" Luna smiled at Cho, but she did not answer her question.
"Don't you want anything to eat, Luna?" she asked. Luna loved Cho's accent. She had a very interesting voice -it made everything she said sound so interesting. People would listen to her.
"No thank you. I am a bit sick," Luna lied.
"Oh, do you need me to get something or someone for you then?"
"No thank you. I am fine." Luna picked up the books she had placed in front of her, went up to the girls dormitory, and laid on her bed. She closed her eyes, and let a tear escape. It felt ice cold against her cheek as it fell down. She hated that nobody understood her. Everyone judged her on what they heard, not what they knew. Nobody dared to talk to her, like really talk to her. She acted like she did not care, but she really did. It hurt her deep in. She tried not to care, not to worry too much. But at times her feelings took control and had her crying for hours.
Luna woke up a few hours later. It was all dark around her, and everybody else were in their beds. But Luna could not go back to sleep. She felt the urge for a night walk, even though she knew it was forbidden. At night everything is forbidden, Luna thought to herself. But she did it anyway.
Luna got out of bed, and tiptoed down the stairs, out of the common-room. Luna often went for night walks, and she very rarely got caught. Once professor Snape had surprised her around the corner, and she had spent a week in detention. That did not make her any smarter, though. She did what she wanted to do, and nobody should dare to try to stop her.
"Lumos," Luna whispered, holding her wand in front of her. The wand almost lightened up the entire corridor. It also showed Luna that a male creature was standing so close to her that she could feel his breath.
"Draco!" Luna said in surprise. She tried to hide how scared she was.
"Looney." Draco's skin was white as snow, and his eyes looked like the most lovely ocean. Beautiful, Luna thought, but she quickly pushed the thought away.
"May I pass?" Draco Malfoy asked Luna. She was starring into his eyes, not minding anything else.
"Er.. Sure.. Sorry," Luna said, taking one step to the right.
"Malfoy, Lovegood, out on a romantic walk in the moonlight, are yer?"
Both Luna and Draco turned their faces in surprise. Professor Rubeus Hagrid sent them a confused look. "Yer are both aware that this is strictly 'gainst the rules. So why are yer here?" Hagrid asked. Luna started to get a bit nervous, but she tried to not show it. She could not guess how Draco was feeling. He looked just as cold as always.
"Sorry, Hagrid. I must have been sleep walking," Luna lied. She did not know why she was lying to Hagrid. She liked Hagrid. He had a big interest in magical creatures -Luna's favourites.
"You were not! You were awake enough to make a Lumos spell!" Draco said with an angry voice. Luna was not sure why it hurt to hear him say so. He meant nothing to her. Nothing. Nothing. Everything.
"Luna, are yer lying 'o me?" Luna looked at Draco. He was smiling triumphed."Yer 'ould know better than to lie." Draco laughed. "And yer, Malfoy. What is your reason? Because I am sure yer 'ave one." Draco's smile faded. Luna could not help but feel sorry for him.
"Er, you see Hagrid, I saw Luna sleep walking, and I tried to stop her." Luna swore she saw Draco blush. Draco looked deeply into Hagrid's eyes to see if he believed his little lie.
"Okay, I will pretend to believe that if yer promise to go back to your own beds 'ight now."
Luna felt relieved.
"Of course, Hagrid. Good night." Luna heard Hagrid continue down the corridors.
"Lovegood!" Draco whispered. Luna instantly stopped and turned around, looking directly into his eyes again. But this time, he looked back into hers. It was like what he wanted to say had disappeared from his lips. He said absolutely nothing. Just starred.
"Did you want to say something?" Luna asked. She hated herself for breaking the absolutely beautiful silence.
"Yes. You owe me." Draco turned around on his feet and walked away.