Most people think I never get sad. I'm happy all the time… That's not quite it. It hurts every time I hear the name 'Looney Lovegood.' People just don't care, they don't realize I miss my mum every day, they don't realize I feel so alone and they don't realize how unhappy I really am. No one knows any of this except him. The one person who understands everything I feel, sometimes even before I understand it. The one person who would do anything for me, my true love… Neville Longbottom.
Neville and I aren't the average couple, in some ways we are complete opposites but in other ways we are exactly the same! He can relate to how I feel like an outsider looking in, how I can put on a happy face even though inside I'm dying, he understands how it feels to be put down, to be bullied. Yes Neville is different, maybe not in the same way as me but still different. Many things make him different but the biggest thing is the fact that he loves me. Me. Even though I'm a social outcast, a loser, he still loves me.
Most people think that me and Neville met through Dumbledore's Army but no that's not the case. We had met a year before that in quite a strange way, you see I wake up early on Wednesday mornings at Hogwarts to go to the owlery and send a letter to my dad. I go early so I can avoid bumping into some of the rather frightening social groups. Well as I was heading there in my pyjamas and slippers I met just who I was hoping to avoid. None other than Draco Malfoy who welcomed me with a hoot of laughter followed by many cruel comments like, "I'm surprised they didn't send you straight to St Mungo's when you came to Hogwarts. Though I'm sure they considered it!" I tried to ignore him and walk on but he wouldn't get out of my way. He continued to insult me trying to get a rise out of me. I didn't know how I would get away from him, I was hopefully he would eventually get fed up with me and move on to another victim but it didn't seem like this was going to happen. After what seemed like hours I heard another voice, "Malfoy leave her alone, she is just a girl and you're just a bully!" With a sneer Malfoy gave one last comment and walked off down the steps. With surprise I found my saviour to be Neville Longbottom. From what I had heard he was a nervous kind, not the kind to stand up to bullies.
"Thanks for doing that, I don't know what would have happened if you didn't come when you did! I'm Luna by the way, Luna Lovegood."
"It's okay I thought I needed to stand up to a bully sometime, maybe next time they come at me I will have enough confidence to stand up for myself. I'm Neville Longbottom."
"Nice to meet you Neville."
"Are you heading somewhere?"
"Yes, I am going to the owlery. Would you like to join me?"
"I would love to."
With that the two of us headed to the owlery together. We spent the time getting to know each other, there was never a silent moment. By the time we were finished up there I felt like I had known him for years. We didn't want to leave each other so we didn't. We spent the whole day together and by the end of it we were like best friends. I had finally met someone who understood me, who was interested in the things I talked about. I knew that we would be friends forever!