Luna's long blonde hair was floating in the wind behind her. She walked silently in thoughts down the little path to the forbidden forest; it seemed like the only place she could truly be alone with her thoughts. And that was exactly what she needed
She found it hard to talk to anyone, everyone were still grieving. She didn't want to trouble anyone.
She heard the distant steps of a thestral searching for food. She knew now that she was not one of the few who could see them. Everyone saw them. That's the reason most of the students at Hogwarts avoided going near the forest, only Luna thought the Thestrals kind, and in need of understanding, much like her. She walked past a huge tree, and if she had paid a little more attention she would have heard someone trying to hold their breath not to disturb her.

Luna didn't notice it this time either. She just continued further in between the trees. And smiled when she saw the thestrals walking towards her, no matter how grim they looked; she found great comfort in talking to them.

She approached a baby thestral carefully not to alert the mother and reached out to it. It recognized her immediately and let out a shriek.
"Yes, it's me" Luna said and reached for the piece of meat in her bag.
The little baby thestral paced around her until Luna let go of the meat.
"Thought you'd like that" she smiled and sat down on the dust ground leaning her head backwards against a tree.

Not far behind her the shadow had moved a little closer. The shadow soon took the shape of a boy. His hair was dirty and blonde, if you laid eyes upon him this very day you would soon understand he had been running a lot, and hiding in the woods for days. He had leaves in his hair and his robe was muddy. You would also notice the untied green tie hanging around his neck.
He had been debating if he should make Luna aware that he was there or not, but after a great deal of time spent wondering, he decided to let her think she was alone.
He didn't know if she would raise the alarm or not. Wanted for crimes committed during the last great war.. there was a huge price tag on his head. I you asked him, he didn't understand why he was wanted, he hadn't done anything, nothing the Dark Lord had told him to do had been done by his own hand. He tried to be a good son, and it had all failed. His missions failed the second he thought of her.
He was glad they did, but sadly the consequences for a failed mission were huge, and painful.
He looked down on his left arm. The once black mark had faded. You couldn't see it anymore, unless you know it had been there.
If anyone looked at his arm the first thing they saw was the huge scar. Then after a few moments of thought they would understand who his allegiance had been with. He had escaped shortly after the Battle of Hogwarts had begun. He wasn't made to be evil. He didn't share his father's twisted thoughts. Nor did he agree with them.
And he couldn't possibly be a part of killing innocent people. He got pulled out of his line of thoughts when the girl in front of him woke up. He stepped back into the shadows hoping she hadn't seen him.

Luna slowly opened her eyes and tried to force the tiredness out of her mind, she needed to go back to the castle. The rest of the Ravenclaws were leaving for summer holiday. She was staying at Hogwarts this summer, knowing her father wasn't himself and needed time to heal.
She rose from the ground and started the walk back to the castle.
Now she paid a little more attention to the surroundings because it was getting darker.
But Draco could still follow her unnoticed to the castle.
Luna continued past the Great Hall and down the corridors to the Ravenclaw common-room. It was located in the west tower of the school. You would have to climb a spiral of stairs to get there. Luna looked out of the arched windows as she walked past many students on their way down and to the carriages.
"Bye, Luna! You sure you don't want to come?" A Ravenclaw by the name of Marietta Edgecombe asked-
"No thanks, Marietta" She said "I'll do just fine here" She smiled and continued up the stairs.

She arrived at the top of the stairs and in front of the portrait guarding the entrance exactly two minutes later.
"Which came first, the phoenix, or the flame?" The lady in the portrait asked.
"A circle has no beginning" Luna answered, and the lady let her pass.
She was about to sit down in one of the comfy blue armchairs when something caught her eye. It was the shadow again, and now she intended to take a better look.
She headed over for the nearest window and looked out trying to separate one shadow from another.
There!
Between the trees, the shadow belonged to a boy, he stood completely still for a moment when the moonlight hit the trees. He forgot to step back and the moonlight hit his pale face.

Luna wasn't sure what to believe, she had heard so many places that he was dead, murdered. Well, she couldn't be completely sure it was him though.. He had long filthy blonde hair.
She looked closer, the second she understood that it was Draco he pulled away back into the shadows.
"Ah.. So it is you.." She said to herself and grabbed the nearest book. She didn't get much reading done though, she was busy thinking about why Draco Malfoy was hiding in the forest, or actually why he was following her, he was the shadow and he had been following her for weeks.. Why?