Summary: Luna Lovegood muses on the different meanings names have coming from different people. Sort of a HarryLuna friendship fic that could also be taken as the pairing by huge shippers.
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not any of it.
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Loony Lovegood
It means different things. Whenever a different person says it, it means a different thing. Sometimes it means nothing. Sometimes it means everything.
Ron Weasley
Contrary to popular belief, I think the tune to 'Weasley is our King' is catchy. I don't like Ronald in the least. When he says Loony Lovegood, there is a bit of hurt because he is a neighbor.
We played together as children. There was a small island in the middle of the stream near my cottage. We had great fun fighting battles over that little scrap of mud and grass. I helped build the tree house in his backyard, along with Ginny and their brother Charlie.
When Ron Weasley says Loony Lovegood, it stings.
Lavender BrownWhen Lavender Brown says Loony Lovegood, there is nothing. She doesn't know me, therefore, it is meaningless. Perhaps if she were a Ravenclaw it would hurt more, but I find her to be plain, boring, always melding into another face in my memory. I know this is not so, she has a personality and friends, but nevertheless.
When Lavender Brown says Loony Lovegood, I feel nothing.
Draco Malfoy
When Draco Malfoy says Loony Lovegood, it is laughable. I find him repulsive, so the very fact that he is using his tome trying to hurt me makes me pity him.
Malfoy finds misery funny, but he is victim to more of it then many know. I talk to the portraits quite a bit, and they tell me interesting things. Malfoy Sr. beats Draco and his mother Narcissa regularly. Narcissa is falling into depression and often mistakes Draco for someone named Siri.
When Draco Malfoy says Loony Lovegood, I feel pity.
Ginny Weasley
When Ginny Weasley says Loony Lovegood, the name takes on a new meaning. For once it hurts. We used to be best friends. During first year, I kept trying to get her to talk about what was wrong, when even her brothers and other friends noticed nothing.
Then, in fourth year, something changed. She and Harry Potter were looking for a compartment. They stumbled across Neville Longbottom and peeked in, then didn't close the door all the way.
"It's only Loony Lovegood, she's all right." And somehow I knew I had lost my only friend.
When Ginny Weasley says Loony Lovegood, it hurts.
Harry Potter
He used to say it, but not anymore. Not since the Department of Mysteries two years ago. And not out of pity, either.
I've often been told that I seem to have healing powers. All I know is that I'll listen to anyone and try to help. It's the legacy my mother left me with. I think I'm the only person he can stand who has had a loss as big as he has had. So every Thursday evening he comes to my reading tree by the lake and we talk. He's come out of his temporary depression.
Harry Potter is the only one that never says Loony Lovegood.
Fin