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Draco looked at Luna in bewilderment as they stood in the empty school corridor.

Her smile widened and she repeated, 'Thank you.'

'What are you thanking me for? I've never done anything for you.'

'You helped me when I was held in the cold stone dungeons of Malfoy Manor; I know you did. You brought me better food than anyone else, gave me healing salves and pain potions, you gave me illusioned bedding so I would be warm and comfortable without anyone realising, and you even had the elves cast cleaning charms on my clothes and injuries.'

'You were being held in the dungeons under my home, I think that negates all those things,' Draco said with a scowl, before continuing in a mutter, 'It's not like I helped you escape.'

'As if you could have helped us escape without the Dark Lord taking retribution on you, everyone you care about and everyone you tried to help. So, thank you.'

Draco just shook his head in confusion at the strange girl. 'Okay, well, I suppose your welcome then. Did you need something else?' he asked.

Luna looped her warm arm into Draco's and said in a serious voice, 'I want to show you the Moon Dragons now.'

'There are no such thing as Moon Dragons,' he explained in a voice tainted with exasperation and amusement.

'Of course there are! Don't worry, Draco, I'm not as loony as some think, it's just fun believing in rare animals; of course, some of the ones I mention aren't real, but watching everyone scramble for answers when I talk about them is hilarious.' Draco raised a surprised eyebrow at the show of Luna's dark sense of humour.

'-but others, sometimes you just need to open your mind to the possibilities to be privileged to observe them.'

Rolling his eyes at her, Draco tried to untwine his arm from hers, but Luna just tightened her grip and smiled blankly in response.

With his new knowledge about the strange girl he wondered if she was actually as oblivious at this moment as she was pretending to be, he doubted it. He then recalled the torture she had been through in his home and realised that she was wearing the same oblivious look now as she had then, the same look she wore when she discussed the strangest of animals; she was teasing them all for her own enjoyment! Even when she was being tortured, she had been teasing them as she talked of the most random of things!

'As much as I would love to see your Moon Dragons-'

'Yes, they are amazing.'

'- I do have to study in the library with Blaise now.'

'No, you don't.'

'Why do you say that?'

'Because your aura swirled, and it only does that when you are lying.'

'My aura?'

'Yes, now this way,' Luna said as she tugged Draco along beside her.

Draco gave up struggling, allowing the girl to weave him past the occasional student who would gape at them. He didn't really have anything else to do and he had only tried to avoid her initially because it was the best strategy he had. Two years ago, he had become enchanted with Luna Lovegood, but by then he was waist deep in the Death Eaters and looked to be dragged down even further, and hauling the innocent girl down with him was not something he could bring himself to do, even on his most selfish of days. The girl was the personification of the perfect mix; innocent, pureblood, intelligent, confident and in possession of a mystical beauty. After her time in his home dungeons, he was able to add strong and sweet to her list of attributes. Now, he could add a twisted dark humour which she used against Gryffindors and others alike; which he could greatly appreciated. The more he knew her, the more perfect she became.

Draco sighed.

'Don't do that. The Moon Dragons hide from those who are unhappy, something you have no reason to be.'

'What makes you say that?' Draco asked as they exited the main castle doors into the evening fog.

'I can see auras,' Luna replied vaguely.

Draco sighed again, despite being enthralled by her, her vagueness was still quite frustrating. 'Meaning?'

Luna smiled in response and balanced onto her toes as she continued to walk forward, he felt her place a sweet kiss on his cheek. Her silky, tender lips burned his cheek.

Draco halted immediately and looked at her with unsure eyes, everything about this girl made him question himself, his usual suave confidence eroded around her whimsical attitude. Luna just continued to smile at him, kissed the corners of his lips and then pulled him off in the direction of her Moon Dragons.

They walked around the lake as the fogged swirled around them; Draco eventually coming out of his daze of uncertainty after the kisses and casting a warming charm on each of them to bar the cool air from encroaching too close.

As they rounded the far end of the lake, Luna began to skip forward towards some forest. Draco stopped short of its' edge and tugged her back towards him. He hated forests after some of the creatures the Dark Lord had released in the forest of Malfoy Manor; forests that the Dark Lord had dropped those he was displeased with in during full moons… Draco was in the forest frequently due to his failure to kill Dumbledore and as punishment for his parents' failings. He shuddered in memory of the narrow escapes he had made from creatures as he attempted to find the safe forest edge.

'The forest is only producing a pink aura; so there is no darkness in there, just love and good nature,' Luna said, releasing the hook through Draco's arm and instead entwining her fingers in his, a surprisingly intimate motion; she lightly tugged her arm to encourage him to join her.

Draco cursed himself for his fear of the forest. He knew this forest would be fine, and that he was an excellent wizard who could handle anything inside it, good or not; a proven skill considering he was still alive after being hunted by the Dark Lord's favourite critters. He cast a complex protection spell over himself and Luna and then followed her into the dark shadows.

I love writing Luna - she is so much fun! Two more parts to go - I'll update soon. In the meantime, what did you think?

Also thanks to my awesome beta reader Ultimate Slytherin 2001 for the great encouragement.