Luna looked around at the destruction of the great hall and sighed. She thinks to her self, "It's nice that the war is finally over but we lost so many loved ones." She noticed the Weasley family sitting at a table morning the lost of their son and brother. Harry was with them comforting Ginny; who seems very sad. She thought about going over to see if maybe they needed anything but thought better of it. So instead she walked down a corridor towards Ravenclaw Tower. She has nowhere else to go or anyone to go to for that matter. She found out a couple weeks ago that her father was killed after Harry rescued them from Malfoy Manor.
When she first found out she was heartbroken but after a few days she realized that he wouldn't want her to mope around being sad. Instead he would want her out there fighting for what's right.
She made her way slowly down the corridor, having to move around fallen statues and parts of walls. She doesn't run into anyone else, since everyone is most likely in the Great Hall or went home. After awhile and a couple floors later, she's walking along and stops when she hears someone sniffling. Thinking someone's hurt she looks around; she doesn't see anybody. Across from her there's a tapestry with a picture of some battle the bottom is kind of burned. She hears the sniffling again; once again she looks around and sees nothing. "I wonder what that could be?" She thinks to her self, "I don't think I know any creatures that cry." She then sees that the tapestry is blowing in the wind. She notices that it's dark behind it instead of a wall. "A secret passageway." she thinks. She moves to the tapestry and pulls it aside. She then steps into the passageway.
The passageway looks like any other corridor in the school but there are no pictures on the wall. There's no light so she lights her wand. She hears the sniffling again and starts down the hallway. After a few minutes she discovers what's been crying. A foot ahead of her sits George Weasley crying into his hands. Luna walks slowly over to him she squats down next to him. Luna doesn't know George well she's only talked to a hand full of times but from what she has learned about him is that he is nice. He's never been mean to her and that he just lost his brother, his best friend, and twin she can only imagine what he's going through.
Luna slowly reaches out a hand and touches his arm. He jumps and looks up at her. The happy look that he usually has in his eyes is gone and has been replaced with the saddest eyes she's ever seen. He just stares at her and asks, "What are you doing here?"
"I thought someone was hurt. So I came to see if I could help. However, I found you." Luna tells him calmly.
"Well, I don't need your help." George says angrily. Luna just calmly looks at him still.
Unfazed by the tone of his voice, Luna says anyways "George I can't begin to understand what it feels like to lose-" George cuts her off.
"No you can't! Because you've never lost your bother, best friend, and...and...and twin." George starts to cry again. Luna just stares at him not knowing what to do. She's never been in a situation like this before. So she goes on the only way she knows how, deal with the problem with logic.
"No I don't know how it feels to lose a brother who happens to be my best friend and twin. But I do know how it feels to lose a father and a mother. I know it hurts now but things will get better and it won't hurt as much. You'll still miss him and every thing. But you have to remember, the ones we love never really leave. They are still with us in our hearts. And one day we will see them again." Luna says matter a factly. George looks at her and she smiles at him. He then suddenly pulls Luna into a hug.
"It feels like a piece of my soul has died. It hurts so much." He says quietly into her hair. She pats his back.
"l know it does. It will hurt for awhile but one day you'll wake up and it won't hurt as much." she tells him.
"But when?"
"Some day. I don't know when but it will."
"You promise?" he asks looking into her eyes.
"I promise." George then released her from his embrace and stands up. Luna stands also, he wipes his eyes and looks down at her.
"Thank you." he simply says and walks away. Luna stares after him and smiles.
"I hope I helped him a little." she thinks to her self. She then walks out of the passageway and continues on her way to Ravenclaw Tower.