A/N: As promised, the next chapter to this new story of mine. I know this couple isn't the most popular, but that is okay with me. Those of you who do like and read it, please review it so that I know if I am doing a good job or bad.

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Chapter 2

Welcoming Awkwardness

The rest of the train ride was a very quiet affair and before they realized it, the train was stopping in the Hogsmeade station. Luna waited for most everyone to get off the train before she did, hoping she could get a carriage to herself, but she ended up having to share one with a few Hufflepuff students and a Gryffindor, all of whom ignored her, which wasn't unusual. She did the same and decided to read her copy of the Quibbler that she had in her bag that was attached to her hip. The magazine was upside down as she knew this disturbed everyone. The ride was quiet and very bumpy, so Luna was happy when they finally arrived at the entrance to the Castle.

Luna looked up at the enchanted ceiling as she walked through the double doors of Hogwarts, knowing exactly what she would see when she glanced around at all her fellow students. She had kept herself from looking at the students that she had ridden with to the castle, so that she could delay the inevitable. The different shades of pink, the multitude of purple, black, white, and several other colors almost blended together when she looked at them for too long. Each person's color matched only one other perfectly. Growing up, she had learned that lesson when she had seen her mom and dad's auras and how they matched. One day, they had all gone out to shop for food and she had seen another couple with their kids, but when she saw their auras, they didn't match. Her mother had explained to her what that meant when she had mentioned this to her. After that, she had always wondered what color aura she had, but that was one question she couldn't answer until she found her mate. Normal people couldn't see the auras and she knew that, but just because she could didn't mean she could see hers. It wasn't as easy as looking into a mirror and being able to see it. She wanted to tell so many of her friends what she could do, but her father told her never to tell anyone her secret. She just needed to keep her secret as hidden as possible for as long as possible, because of the people who would use her gift for stupid things and for evil. She knew that sounded cliché, but she didn't care. For these reasons, she always acted crazy and made up names for pretend creatures when people asked her what she was looking at or what she was doing later. Especially when she was doing something that would give away her secret.

"Hey, Luna! It's great to see you this year! I can't believe that this is our 7th year. Well, my 7th and your 6th. I can't wait for classes to start. Why didn't you send any owls to tell us how your summer was going? Neville was worried," A female voice said from behind her. She turned and saw Hermione looking at her, obviously expecting a reply.

"Hello, Hermione. How was your summer?" She asked in reply completely ignoring the question about the owls and the Neville comment. She was well aware of Neville's crush on her, but as he wasn't her mate, she couldn't do anything about it.

"Oh, Mum, dad and I went to Paris for a few weeks. That city is such an amazing place with all its history. How about your summer? What did you do?" Hermione answered, with surprising enthusiasm.

"Father and I went hunting for the Crumple-horned Snorkak in Africa. Unfortunately, we never found one, but that could be because they can go invisible whenever they feel threatened. That is also why I couldn't owl anyone," Luna replied in her normal airy tone. She saw Hermione look very confused and internally congratulated her-self. She knew that as soon as she said anything about the imaginary animals, people tended to just nod at her and walk off. This is exactly what Hermione did after saying "That's… Great! You should talk to Neville to let him know that you are okay," and then heading toward the Gryffindor table and her friends, shaking her head. Luna smiled a secret smile and walked over to her own house table. Of course, she and her father hadn't been looking for any creature, but she couldn't very well tell Hermione that she had been in another dimension trying to sort out her birthday Inheritance plan, which was something very important to her kind. She sat at the end of her house table alone like normal, mainly because everyone in her house questioned why she had been put into the smart house when she seemed to them to be the dumbest person in the whole school. What no one knew was that on her birthday only 8 days away, she would change the course of some else's life along with her own and everyone's perceptive of her. The good thing about what she was is that she didn't need to find what she needed until her next birthday, but if she could find it early, then things would be some much easier.

She watched the first years trail in, several of them showing their fear of what was to come. The sorting ceremony went by quickly with 5 new students in Hufflepuff, 7 in Gryffindor, 4 in Ravenclaw, and only 2 new Slytherins. The last student sorted had been a new Slytherin girl with curly brown hair, who was at that moment walking over to her applauding house mates. The girl was a good foot taller than most 5th years, which made her stand out. She was clearly not a first year, but Luna had never heard of a student transferring into Hogwarts before. She sat down with the other Slytherins and glanced around, obviously looking for something or someone. Luna didn't have the time to find out if the girl saw what she was looking for as Dumbledore stood to start his speech. Luna watched and listened to him state the typical warnings about the forest and the items Filch had banned, but there didn't seem to be anything new to add for the year. After that, Dumbledore mentioned that the last new student was indeed a transfer student from America's Salem branch of Wizardry and for them to treat her like a new friend. Her name was Lilith Brams and she was almost 15 years old. His last words were pretty much nonsense, but after he said them the food appeared like… well… magic. Luna smiled and reached for the pot roast in front of her to pile some on her plate.

The feast was uneventful like every other year for her. No one spoke to her or even really looked at her, but that was just fine with Luna. After she was done eating, she rose and started towards the double doors that lead out of the Great Hall. She wanted to head outside for a few moments, but knew that if she did, she might get into trouble and she really didn't need that at the moment. She ended up walking down the hall in a random direction. She loved exploring the castle and finding things that no one knew about. Last year she had found Salazar Slytherin's personal chambers, which were not in the dungeon as most would assume. They were actually on the second floor near a picture of Beatle the Bard. She didn't even know how she had been able to gain access to the rooms, but she was so happy that she had. Now if she needed a place to hide for any reason, she had the perfect spot. No one would ever think to look for the loony Ravenclaw girl in Salazar Slytherin's personal rooms.

As she walked, she daydreamed about finally finding the person who was meant for her, which was her true purpose for coming to school this year. She knew that as soon as she found them and they agreed to stay with her, if they did, she would be made to leave the school to fulfill her destiny with her mate. She didn't want to leave any of her friends but she also knew that if she didn't, things would get way more complicated than they were now.

Not that anyone knew how complicated it was except her and her father of course, but they would find out soon enough.

Luna woke up the next morning feeling like new and was so excited that it was the first day of classes. She had forgotten to get her schedule yesterday from her Head of House, Professor Flitwick, who usually insisted on waiting until after the welcoming feast to give out the schedules in his classroom before students went to bed that night. She was sure that was mostly because of his height, but that had never been proven.

Getting out of bed, she headed toward the showers listening to her roommate's snores. After her shower, she got dressed in the traditional Hogwarts skirt, shirt, and sweater vest. She looked in the mirror that was right in front of her bed as she secured her tie around her neck. 'I wonder if I will find him or her today?' she thought, after she was finished messing with the tie thinking about her mate. She dropped her hands and reached for her robes, carefully draping it over her shoulders and pushing her arms through the holes. She reached over and picked up her raddish earrings, putting them in before grabbing her bag and heading out the door to get her schedule.

As she walked, she looked around at all the other students rushing around to get everything together. They were all ignoring Luna as she passed, but Luna knew that she had done this on purpose to keep others away from her so it didn't really affect her anymore. She knew that soon they would all respect her and… she stopped there. 'Forget about that' she thought and continued out of the door of Ravenclaw house.

She quickly went to Professor Flitwick's office and collected her schedule, after explaining that she had been tired the night before and had forgotten to come get it then. When she read it, this is what it said;

Monday, Wednesday, Friday:

7:00 am- Breakfast

8:00- 9:30 am – Herbology with Slytherin

9: 40- 10:50 am – Potions with Gryffindor

11:00- 12:00 pm – Lunch

12:00- 1:50 pm – Astronomy with Slytherin

2:00- 3:20 pm – Transfiguration with Slytherin

3:30- 5:30 pm – Charms with Gryffindor

6:00 pm – Dinner

Tuesday, Thursday:

7:00 am- Breakfast

8:00 - 10:10 am- Defense Against the Dark Arts with Hufflepuff

10:20 - 11:00 am- Free Period

11:00- 12:00 pm- Lunch

12:10- 2:20 pm- Muggle Studies with Hufflepuff

2:30- 3:50 pm- Free Period

4:00- 5:45 pm- Care of Magical Creatures with Gryffindor

6:00 pm- Dinner

Luna shrugged, "Okay, this is fine. I can deal with that." As it was Monday September 2nd, she had to get her stuff and head to breakfast and then suffer through her first class of the year with the Slytherin students. She was just hoping that Draco Malfoy didn't feel that it was time to begin the yearly torture.

A/N: See you all next Sunday! I hope you enjoyed!

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Edited: July 2nd, 2017