"This year, we have a surprise. We have received an exchange student from our sister school in France!" Albus Dumbledore's words echoed throughout the Great Hall as the gigantic double doors opened up once again to reveal a girl, in her fifth year by her looks, wearing a Slytherin uniform. "You may know her twin sister Luna Lovegood. Everyone give a warm Hogwarts welcome to Ms. Lena Lovegood. She will be joining the Sytherin house." Draco Malfoy's head snapped up at this latest anouncement. Lena looked just like her sister with long, curly white blonde hair and a small frame. However, there was something more refined about Lena. She walked gracefully up to the fifth year section of the Slytherin table and sat down beside of Pansy Parkinson, across from Draco. Draco couldn't take his eyes off of her, the way she moved without seeming to wobble even in her heels. Lena's face was a perfect white canvas that didn't need any makeup. Applause erupted from the students and Draco watched, mesmirized, as Lena let out a beautiful laugh that sounded more like a tinkling of bells.

"Pansy Parkinson, nice to meet you!" Pansy was eying the girl as if to see if she was going to earn the same reputation as her sister.

"Lena Lovegood, you as well, but your friend looks as if he's seen a troll." She airily said.

Draco realized his mouth was slightly ajar and he hadn't even blinked. Draco quickly regained his composure and introduced himself.

"Draco Malfoy...erm...you...I..." He finished without completing a thought, because there wasn't a coherent one in his head. Lena's eyes got wide but only for a second when she realized who he was, Draco felt a sense of pride restoring his confidence, but Pansy didn't notice.

"Wow Lena, you seem to have rendered our ever suave Draco speechless." Pansy flashed Lena a smile and Draco the trademark Slytherin sneer.

"Lena, why are you in Slytherin, they don't just place students in houses." Draco let out a small sigh of relief as he finally made a coherent thought.

"Well, when my transfer was complete, Dumbledore had the Sorting Hat do it's job. Luna swore I would be in Ravenclaw, but I knew I had all the sneakiness of a Slytherin." Dinner went on in a similar fashion, people asking Lena questions about where she came from, what school was like in France, how the boys were there, if she had a boyfriend (Draco was relieved at the definite no that Lena answered with, he knew he was already attracted to her), why she hadn't gone to Hogwarts like Luna, and even how Luna acted at home. Lena was very protective of Luna and at the first mention of "Looney", she quickly told the Slytherin table if they wanted her to speak they would refrain from such nonsense as to call her twin mad. It turns out that Lena and Luna's parents had seperated soon after their birth and their mother had taken Lena to France while their father stayed in England with Luna. Lena's mom had sent her back to her dad this year after some incidents at her last school that Lena refused to elaborate on. Draco quietly mused to himself that she probably was a Slytherin after all. Who knows what kind of trouble they could get in together.

The next morning, Draco decided to wait for Lena on the way to the Grand Hall. She seemed to float down the staircase and he noticed her face fell slightly when she noticed him.

"Care for an escort to breakfast?" Draco ignored her expression and waited for an answer. Lena tentatively shook her head. Draco waited for Lena to say something, after all, he had intiated their time together. Lena looked everywhere except him. When they arrived at breakfast, Luna was sitting at the Gryffindor table with the Weasels and Lena quickly rushed to give her look-a-like a hug.

Lena's POV

"I have missed you soooooooo much, Luna!"

"I didn't know you had a twin, Luna!" Half of a red-headed set of twins sitting across from Luna exclaimed.

"Yes, we're very fond of eachother, you see." Luna gave her usual dreamy voice, but something about it was a little more concrete, a change her friends had noticed in the short time Lena had been there. Lena was the other half of Luna, the side that kept her on Earth, while Luna kept Lena relaxed and imaginative.

"And what's your name?" The red heads looked at Lena half confused and half amused as she sat down beside of Luna.

"Lena Lovegood, and yours?"

"George and-"

"Fred Weasley." Lena's eyes became slightly brighter when she heard the twins finsh eachothers sentence when she realized she remembered that name from somewhere.

"Ah, yes, I do believe the Slytherins told me quite a bit about your family." Fred and George's faces started to become weary of what was about to come out of Lena's mouth next. "They called you 'blood-traitors' or whatever the bloody hell that is." Fred and George let out laughter as did Luna where Lena was confused as to what she had said.

"They don't have an issue with blood status in France?" Asked George, he couldn't help but stare at the way she was. The was she moved, drank, ate, and talked was all mesmerizing.

"Oh, well, yes, they do. Luna and I are of high status, but I don't really pay much attention to it, blood is blood either way." Lena answered while gauging the reaction of her new companions, especially George.

Luna drifted back in the conversation at the mention of her name, "Lena and I have even had our marraiges set up for us. In France, Lena's betrothed was killed in an accident and another suitor was chosen for her here, but she won't tell me who." Everyone looked shocked at what Luna had just said and Lena turned scarlet.

"But your father...he wouldn't...the Quibbler.." The Weasley's couldn't grasp the information and were now wondering how Xenophilius Lovegood, an avid supporter of Harry, and the most eccentric and free going man alive, could force this upon his daughters.

"Oh, this was Mama's idea. This makes Lena's third offer. I think Mama offered her as one of your wives first, but I believe your parents refused and then there was Laraym and now...well who is it now Lena?" Fred's and George's mouths dropped open even wider and Lena turned a darker shade of red. The Weasley's snapped out of their shock when they noticed Draco Malfoy coming to stand behind of Lena.

"Come, Lena, I'll not have my future wife spoiled by these blood-traitors and a mad girl."

George looked between Malfoy and Lena as if trying to make some sort of connection. He felt kind of sick to his stomach, until he noticed Lena's face. Lena yanked her wand out of her robes and pointed it straight at Malfoy's sneering face.

"Don't you dare say a word against my sister! I swear Malfoy, I will hex you so badly, your poor little mum will feel. As for friends, I am perfectly equipped to judge character by myself!" Draco looked shocked at the scene she was causing, but put an arm on her to get her to follow him out somewhere else. "Get your filthy hands off of me, you self-righteous bastard!" Draco stormed off out of the Great Hall and Lena turned around only to see Luna, George, and Fred ready to hex Malfoy if need be.

"Well, Miss Lovegood it seems you can take care of yourself." Fred said with a smile on his face.

"Who knew so much rath could come in such a pretty package?" George looked adoringly at his newfound friend.

"I think this school year has been much too boring, Georgie!"

"I have to agree with you Freddie!" The twins were carrying on a conversation and setting up their next prank. This one, although many versions of it had been used before, was a George and Fred original. The paint was positioned over the door to fall on the first person who walked out. However, this paint would stay in the persons hair for the next 3 weeks. Fred and George were waiting anxiously for the fifth year Slytherins to walk out of McGonagals class. The door creaked open and paint went all over the head of a certain Lovegood. Fred went into uproarious laughter while George stood stunned, prepared for the beast they had surely unleashed upon themselves in the form of the girl he had deemed the prettiest at Hogwarts. Lena looked at her now purple body. At first, the only sound she could hear was the slightly familiar laugh. Lena turned to see one Weasley twin doubled over in laughter and the other looking as if he was about to die. Lena looked from herself to them and back again and did the only thing she could do. She laughed.

George stared in wonder as Lena's tinkling laugh filtered through the gasps and made its way to his ears. Her laugh was infectious and soon enough everyone was joining in. Well, almost everyone. One second George was watching Lena laugh and start to walk towards them and the next, Draco's angry face was directly in front of his.

"You filthy blood traitor, how dare you even think about pranking a Malfoy!"