Luna rummaged around her trunk and sighed. The nargles had taken all of her socks and shoes again. Oh well,once they had their fun,they would bring them back,they always left them where Luna could barely reach,though,besides,her mother had always said,Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end.Her necklace clearly wasn't working,though. She would have to write to her father about it.

Luna got ready and went out of her dormitory. If she had looked outside,she would have seen two of her housemates on broomsticks,putting her socks and shoes on the whomping willow's branches. As Luna was an early riser,there was plenty of time before breakfast,so she went to visit the thestrals.

She could see only the thestrals because her mother had died almost three years ago,when Luna was nine,in a horrible accident. She had a curse on her that would have turned her into a wolf forever. That last month of her life had given Luna's mother sleepless nights,preferring to stay in her laboratory instead of sleeping,she had started to turn into a wolf at the start of the month and was desperate to make it stop. Then,that fateful day,while Luna's father was at work,Luna came into her laboratory carrying a tray holding some tea when it happened.

Flashback.

"Mum? I made you some tea." Luna placed the tray on the desk.

"Lovely,hang on,I've think I've got it." Luna's mother waved her wand and suddenly what looked like a red version of a patronus wolf appeared,looking angry and hungry. "Luna,get to the door." Her mother ordered. She sounded uneasy.

Luna didn't move and suddenly,the anti-patronus wolf leapt forwards and started to attack her mother,making her drop her wand in the process. "Mum! Luna screamed. She picked up the wand attempted to cast the disarming spell on the wolf. After five attempts,Luna's mother fell to the floor,pale and not moving. "Mum!" Luna screamed again. She started to cry,not believing what had just happened.

The wolf didn't seem satisfied with killing her mother as it pounced on Luna as well and started to attack her. Luna screamed again in terror. She was losing a lot of blood. Luna could just see a blurry red-haired girl at the door and a red-haired woman followed soon after.

End of flashback

She had woken up in St. Mungos and her father had told her the terrible news about her was so deep in remembering the events,she didn't even notice Ginny Weasley until she literally bumped into her."Hi,Luna." Ginny waved at her,making her snap out of remembering seeing her mother die. It still made her feel very sad about it sometimes.

"Hello,Ginny,I didn't expect you to be awake so early." Luna smiled at her friend. She noticed that Ginny looked like she hadn't had much sleep.

"Why are you up so early?" asked Ginny. Luna smiled vaguely.

"I was just going to see the thestrals and the nargles took my shoes and socks again." Luna replied. Ginny looked surprised. "Thestrals? What are they?" she asked.

"They're horses,you can only see them if you've seen death." Luna explained.

Author's note.

This is my first Harry Potter fanfiction(Unless you include my crossover) so please don't flame me if some of the characters seem out of character. Also, I'm sorry if the death scene was a bit brutal,but Luna did say it was horrible. Please leave a review

Cya! :)