Harry looked out the window. Everything Harry could see was covered in a white sheet of soft snow. All he could think of was winter and when they were going outside. It was 4:00 in the morning. Harry couldn't sleep because of his dreams of Voldemort.
Ron heard Harry sneeze a couple of time in his half asleep moments. Finally, the last sneeze woke Ron. "Blimey!" Ron whispered as he got out of bed. "What time is it?" Ron sat down next to Harry. Harry shrugged. "I don't know," Harry whispered. Ron shivered. "It's freezing!" Ron was right. Harry felt it too. And it felt awfully familiar…
Suddenly a black wavy thing swooshed past them just outside the window. "Dementors!" Harry exclaimed. "Just go to bed. They leave everything alone that isn't moving," Ron said as he got into bed. "How do you know?" Harry asked. He got into bed too. Ron scoffed and said, "Well I'm guessing that. I think Dementors don't have good eyesight. I mean, they're big, black, scary wavy things that don't even have faces!" Harry shrugged and snuggled into the covers. He fell asleep in less than 10 minutes. But this time he didn't dream of Voldemort. He dreamt of Dementors sucking out everyone's soul. His soul, Ron's soul, Hermione Granger's soul, Cho Chang's soul, Luna Lovegood's soul, even Draco Malfoy's soul. Although the dream was short, Harry woke up at 8:00 in the same morning.
After Harry got dressed, there was an announcement. "Attention students. You now have permission to go outside into Hogwarts Grounds." Harry gasped. He went down the Grand Staircase and into the big door that led outside. He ran and ran until finally he was into the snow. He fell down on his back and lay there for a long time, feeling the cold snow.
Suddenly, Harry heard a small, soft giggle. It was easy to recognize who it was. It was Luna Lovegood. Harry stood up and brushed off the snow. "I see your enjoying the snow quite a lot," Luna said softly in her high, dreamy voice. Harry chuckled softly. "Yeah…" Neither of them said anything for a moment. Then at the last minute they both looked at each other. Luna blushed and then turned and began to walk away.
Harry turned his head. He gasped in shock! Uh-oh! He thought. A stampede of kids wanting to touch snow was running towards him! Before he could get out of the way, everyone ran him over. No one said sorry except Hermione and Ron and obviously, Cho. Harry ignored Cho's apology. Last year when they were practicing magic to prepare themselves to fight the Dark Lord, Cho spilled the secret in where they were hiding. Harry has been mad at her ever since.
Everyone was having a party in the snow! Harry grabbed a handful of snow and patted it into a sphere. He aimed from far away….. he threw…. It hit Ron! Ron turned to see Harry laughing. Ron threw a snowball at Harry as well. But Harry ducked and the snowball hit Hermione! Hermione saw that Ron threw the snowball, and tried to throw one at him, but it hit Draco! Then everyone started throwing snowballs and there was a massive war going on! Draco decided to organize.
"Slytherins and Hufflepuffs stand over here with me! Ravenclaw and Gryffindor stand over there!" Though no one really liked Draco but the Slytherins, they followed his directions. Everyone but Harry. He saw that Luna wasn't playing. She was walking far away… Where was she going? Harry
decided to follow. He ran quietly away from the snow war and hid behind each dead and frozen bush when Luna looked back. Finally, Luna stopped in the corner of the Quidditch Area. There was a really big rock there. Harry heard her crying. Then he heard her say, "Hello mum." Luna sniffed. "It's winter. You're probably cold. But I can't do anything about it. Because you're…. Dead," Luna cried some more. Harry walked up to Luna. "What's wrong?" Even though he already knew what was going on. "Nothing," Luna whispered as she wiped her tears away and acted like nothing happened. She grabbed her bag and began to walk away. "Wait!" Harry shouted to Luna. Luna stopped and turned around. Luna didn't have her dreamy look on her face. Harry stuttered. "I… um…. I want to tell you something." Luna raised one eyebrow slightly. Harry continued to stutter. "Um… never mind. You want to go back inside?" Luna shook her head. Luna turned back around and walked away. "Luna!" Harry shouted. Luna turned around really angrily and said, "Shut up!" Harry was surprised. "What's wrong?" Harry asked. Luna continued to sound angry. "I just figured out…" Luna sniffed, "That your dad… killed my mom! So I don't want to have anything to do with you. Good-bye Harry," Luna turned back around. Harry was shocked. Was that really true? "Well how did you figure that out just now if you were so nice to me 10 minutes ago before the snowball fight?" Harry yelled. Luna stopped. Harry heard her starting to cry. Then she fell on her knees. Harry ran to her and sat next to her. "My brother. He sent his spirit to me for a moment to let me know. It was so shocking… I thought you were a nice boy…" Luna said. "I am!" Harry exclaimed. Luna faced Harry, but didn't say anything. "I'm sorry. I didn't know either. But I'm not like my dad I bet," Harry said. "You bet?! What do you mean, 'I bet'? Is this some kind of a sick joke? Why don't you just shut up!?" Luna yelled. But suddenly Harry grabbed Luna by the shoulders and kissed her forcibly. Ginny was looking for Harry and saw him kissing Luna. She began to have tears in her eyes, but still waited and watched. Finally, Harry unlocked his lips from hers. Luna couldn't say anything. She was frozen. She was shocked. She just stared at Harry. She started getting her dreamy look back even though she was very still. Then Luna blinked twice and got up and slowly ran back to where everyone else was.
Harry watched Luna go, and then just looked and his hands. Then he touched his lips. He couldn't believe what he had just done. Did he really have feelings for Luna?
