Chapter 1: Dancing With The Meadows

Luna galloped across the grass with her bare feet. The sun smiled down on her as she danced across the fields. She stopped abruptly and collapsed onto the grass. Her chest moved slowly up and down as she tried to regain her breath. She closed her eyes and laid flat on her back. The sun pressed against her eyelids and she could hear the song of the miniature creatures that lived in the grass. She could hear the song of the rushing river that passed by. This was her song. The one she danced to in the spring and sometimes in the winter.

Luna was an odd girl of sixteen. She was a Ravenclaw who spent her days at Hogwarts alone in the Great Hall. Many of her classmates taunted her with names such a "Loony" or "Lunatic". But those words never discouraged Luna. She was strong and she knew that she was born to stand out. She also believes that she was born to live the life of her mother. Maybe that's why she's the way she is. Luna was a picture with a thousand questions that ran through people's minds as they passed by her. Questions they knew would never be answered. So that's why they kept their distance. Except for one.

Luna sucked the air into her lungs and continued the listen to nature's song. There was a disturbance in the melody. Something seemed out of place. The tapping of footsteps walked. They were moving towards her. Closer and closer. She could hear the ringing now but still, she continued to lie down with her eyes closed. She sensed, rather than saw, the two feet stop above her head

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"Luna?" the voiced spoke with a discreet tone of question.
"Yes?" she spoke, still not opening her eyes.
"What are you doing here? It's exhaustingly hot," the voice replied.
Slowly her eyes fluttered open and she was not facing a tall Gryffindor boy with a prominent scar upon his forehead. Harry. Her heart pranced.
Well, I came here to dance," she said. Her eyes widened as she looked up at him.
"Alright...You should go back, it's getting late. You might loose your way," Harry suggested.
"Thanks, but I know my way around here. Would you like to accompany me back to the Ravenclaw dorms?" Luna asked as she began to straighten out her skirt, since it had rolled up her thighs. Harry looked away abashed.
"Um...well, I have to- go- to...erm... Hogsmede for a short while. I'm expecting---um...a...a package. Maybe sometime later," he replied hesitantly. He looked around to see if anyone was there.

She watched him walked away into the horizon and crossed the bridge. Luna knew that "sometime later" would not be anytime soon, since Harry was not comfortable with her company. She was somehow disappointed. Her heart ached.


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