Love was all we needed
Chapter One – The Blonde in Pyjamas
Luna Lovegood watched from the window of the Ravenclaw Tower a brightly, orange sun rising over the tops of the pine trees that morning. A slight feeling of happiness but also love rushed over her. As it rose higher and higher into the sky, she felt even more in love than she'd ever been before, though no one knew of her new admirer. She was just getting more and more excited about that new day and seeing his face before, little Miss Cho Chang made her way out of bed and over by the window to see her.
"Luna, why are you up so early?" Cho asked quietly as she tried to not wake the whole dorm up.
Luna jumped in shock as the happy and lovely feeling poured away from her body. She sighed and looked at Cho's tired face.
"Oh I was just admiring that beautiful view you get here every morning, fantastic isn't it, especially if you get to see it this early in the morning" Luna said sweetly as she once again turned her face towards the now very yellow sun.
Cho scoffed quietly at her odd answer.
"Right well you enjoy that view Luna, I'll just be down stairs in the common room, see you later" Cho whispered as she briskly backed away from the blonde in her pyjamas. She ran out the door and skipped down the stairs towards the common room and sat by the fire place and giggled to herself.
Luna knew exactly what Cho was up too down there. After years of it from everybody she knew, she almost had a double instinct telling her what others were doing or saying about her. As she sobbed quietly she returned to her usual activity and watched the nearly risen sun glow in the sky.
Luna's day got worse as it went on. She had had people whispering about her again and pointing. Usually other people's behaviour towards her had never really bothered her, but today was different. Everything was getting to her and so was everyone. Even Hermione and Ron were getting on her nerves at break time when the five of them went out to Hagrid's hut. The five being Ginny, Hermione, Ron, herself and Harry. As the five of them made their ways to the Stone Circle. Luna couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Ginny. Though Ginny was one of her best friends, she had really got in Luna's bad books that day. Hermione sat down on the grass next to Harry and Ron and Ginny stood leaning against one of the large stones that made up a piece of the circle. Luna however sat a distance away from the four. Just far enough so she still looked as if she was with them. She sighed and looked down the long and steep hill that led down to the hut near the Forbidden Forest.
"Luna, is there something wrong, you seem very quiet, you haven't said a word all morning" Hermione asked kindly as she turned her attentions to Luna's sad looking face.
Luna didn't make any eye contact with Hermione, she just answered while staring down the hill.
"I'm fine… honestly" she finally spoke much to everyone's delight. Hermione smiled and retuned to her Charms book that she seemed to be every interested in.
"Hermione, for god sake you've been reading that stupid book for days, aren't you bored yet?" Ron asked as he looked over at the studying teen's eyes gesture over the small printed words.
"Honestly Ronald, you do have a nag for me and my learning side don't you, I am merely reading this for a good cause" Hermione smiled without taking her eyes off of the pages. Ron rolled his eyes at her and got ready to ask his next question.
"And what cause is that?" Ron crossed his arms and looked sternly at Hermione as she brought her head up.
"Because, we have our N.E.W.T exams this year Ronald if you haven't noticed, we've been revising for weeks" Hermione sighed as she slammed her book up and slid it into her bag.
Luna sighed a loud sigh and brought her legs up too her chin and rocked on the spot. The others stared at her for a moment trying to realise what she was doing and more importantly why she was doing it. It wasn't until she started to hum to herself that Ginny spoke up.
"Luna why…" she was cut off by a stern spoken Luna.
"I know what you're all thinking, what is she doing now? That Loony Lovegood will never change, why is she so odd and weird? I think she's got a screw loose or something" Luna finished her emotional blow and fled the Stone Circle with a sobbing cry.
Hermione looked at everyone else in the group with a sympathetic look in her eyes and immediately shot her eyes at Ron. Ron smirked for a while before he met Hermione's blaring gaze.
"Who was thinking that then?" Hermione growled as she too picked up her things and left the three of them stranded there in a state of surprise.
"Well I was thinking the bit about the screw loose" Ron chuckled as Ginny hit his shoulder and sat where Hermione had just moved from.
"It's not funny Ron, ok so she maybe… odd, but she too has feelings just like the rest of us, even romantic ones" Ginny sighed as Harry and Ron's eyes widened from her last comment.
"R…Romantic feelings?" Ron smirked again then let out a huge burst of laughter and grabbed his stomach to avoid it exploding.
Ginny too flared at Ron then fled. Harry shook his head trying to stop himself laughing at Ron's laughing display.
"C'mon mate it's not that funny, Ginny's right, she too has feelings" Harry sighed as he looked at Ginny rushing to catch up with the other two.
Ron suddenly stopped laughing as he looked at Harry's begging eyes following his sister.
"Oi Harry, I've said it before and I'll say it again, my sisters not the one for you alright, stop looking at her!" Ron growled as he tugged on Harry's robes to make him move from his sitting position and onto his feet. Harry soon followed Ron up onto the bridge that connected the Stone Circle and the Clock Tower Entrance and made his way towards the castle.
Hermione had finally found Luna curled up in a corner on the Fourth floor quietly crying to her. Hermione walked slowly up to the blonde and knelt down next to her. She felt awful for her and knew exactly what was wrong with her. As she placed a hand upon her shoulder, Luna finally began to speak.
"Do you think those things Hermione?" Luna whispered through her sobbing voice. Hermione smiled with sympathy and rubbed her shoulder.
"Of course not, you'll have to forgive Ron; he's not the easiest to make friends with, but he'll come through eventually" Hermione said sweetly as she sat down next to her. Luna wiped another springing tear away from her eye and tried her best to smile back.
"I just need a friend, someone who won't make jokes, a friend who will be there for me, like you have Harry, he's one for keeping his friends close and happy and… his certainly got a good relationship with Ginny" Luna's smile suddenly fell off her face and she let her eyes create more tears. Hermione looked almost shocked but also relieved that she'd finally admitted her feelings.
"Luna, if Harry's the one you…"
"No Hermione, I… didn't mean that" Luna lied as she again wiped more tears away from her silvery grey eyes. Hermione pretended to believe her and listened to more of Luna's story.
"Ok then, what do you mean?" Hermione asked.
Luna suddenly felt a sudden urge to take everything she had just said back and restart with the truth. Luna plucked up enough courage to tell Hermione the truth; after all she was the only person Luna felt close to. She took a deep breath in, wiped her eyes and began to tell Hermione the real truth of the matter.
"Actually Hermione maybe…"
It was too late Ginny had appeared at the scene smiling happily and joining Hermione on the floor.
"There you are I've been searching for you for ages, what's wrong?" Ginny asked, her face looking more sympathetic than Hermione's.
Hermione cringed and looked at Luna's red face. Luna shrugged Hermione's hand off her shoulder and viciously stood up and left the two shocked and worried.
"Was it something I said?" Ginny asked as she watched the raging blonde rush off down the steps and down to her next lesson. Hermione held her hand across her mouth in shock and realisation. As she looked back at Ginny, it all came clear to her. Luna was in love with Harry. That explained why she'd been so cut off and odder than she usually was. That's why she hadn't spoken to Ginny; only if she really had too or if Ginny had spoken to her. That also explained today at the Stone Circle and her dreamy sort of way before she'd blown a fit in front of everyone and not just them either other students in the school were soon gossiping and whispering about her performance. Hermione gasped and ran after her down the steps.
Ginny sighed and shook her head.
"It's always me, no one ever tells me anything" Ginny thought to herself before she left the fourth floor and made her way to Transfiguration class.
Luna had run off too hide again. Only this time Hermione would never find her, only if she was to bump into her accidentally.
Luna ran all the way to the Room of Requirement. No one had seen her enter it or even leave it. She'd only be found by the one she wanted to find her. Harry. But there was nothing too suggest that he would want to go in there that day. Luna would just have to figure a way out of this misery herself. But how?
Next Chapter – Explanation!