Twinkle, Twinkle Little Luna
People say that when you wish upon the first star in the sky, then your wish is
bound to come true! Luna used to believe this, but now she wasn't so sure.
She had wished for the same thing so many times and her wish had never come true.
Her wish was to be with Ron, Ron Weasley. She wasn't sure what it was but there
was just something about him that made her feel different. Whenever she was around
him, she felt her heart beat faster and her face going red.
Luna woke early one morning. It was still quite dark outside but the sun was
beginning to rise in the distance. There was a DA meeting later that day and she knew
that Ron would be there. For once she wanted to look her best when she saw him. Ron
never really noticed Luna but whenever he did he always muttered 'what a loony'
under his breath. Luna choose not hear this, so she just giggled then began to skip
away. She was bullied quite a lot at school; this was another reason why she loved the
DA meetings so much. That was one of the only places that she felt like an equal!
Luna began practicing spells quietly under her covers for a while. She thought she
was doing quite well, that hopefully she would impress Ron. She then began doing
her hair. Instead of wearing her hair down, as it usually went a mess, she decided to
wear it up so Ron could see the beautiful face her mother always said she had. She
always thought of her mother when she looked in the mirror. She was like her mother,
inside and out!
As she was walking to the room of requirement, she ran into Malfoy and his
cronies, Crabbe and Goyle! They were definitely not the people that she was
expecting to see! Luna and Malfoy's dad despised each other and Malfoy picked on
Luna whenever he got the chance. She also knew that they were working with that fat
toad, Umbridge! If they saw Luna go into the room of requirement then the DA would
be over! So Luna took a detour and instead went the opposite way from the room. She
looked over her shoulder but they were still there, she then began walking fast to get
away as quick as she could. But then he was there, Ron walked through the door
ahead with Harry and Hermione! She didn't want to look like a wimp in front of him,
so she turned around to face Malfoy. "Why are you following me!" yelled Luna.
Malfoy look startled yet amused. "What, us?" he asked sarcastically! "Why would we
be following you, you freak!" Luna reached for her wand, she had hardly pointed at
him when she felt herself flying backwards and felt her head slam against the ground.
She heard the faint bangs of footsteps running towards her, then suddenly everything
was dark and silent!
Luna woke up, shaking and worried. She look around and realised she was in the
hospital wing surrounded by two blurred body shapes. "Are you ok, Luna?" asked a
voice, which she knew belonged to Hermione.
"What, what happened?" she asked. She didn't even realise what had happened that
day after running into Malfoy and his cronies. "Well, Malfoy got his wand out a
second before you did and when he hit you went flying back and then you were
unconscious," said a voice which came from Harry. Luna was thankful that they were
there but disappointed that Ron wasn't. The blurriness wore off and she could see
again. "Um, wasn't Ron with you?" asked Luna.
"Um, well, He. He had to go to the, um, library," said Hermione unconvincingly.
Luna felt her heart drop. He didn't care about her. "Oh, OK. Thanks for coming, both
of you, but I think I just want some time alone," said Luna, putting on a smile as best
as she could.
"OK. We'll come see you later. Hope you feel better. Bye Luna," smiled Harry.
"Bye Luna," said Hermione.
Luna lay on the hospital bed, sad and hurt. She wasn't sure what to do now. All that
work trying to make herself look beautiful, wasted. There was no point in trying, or
wishing any longer. It was clear to her now that wishing on a star didn't work, that it
possibly just made things worse! What was the point in wishing on a stupid star all
those times, for nothing!