A few days passed, not much happened, Pansy and Astoria were still at each other's necks, while still having the time to make my life a living hell, and Malfoy did not make it easier one bit. I had some free time one Tuesday, and I made my way to the library, I sat there alone, I didn't really feel like talking much to anyone, on having Pansy throw insults at me yet again. I scanned through all the different books. The area was quiet, serene, I liked it like that, it allowed me to collect my thoughts, I sat down at a table, taking out my Potions textbook, I started studying, 'Amortentia is the most powerful Love Potion in the world. It causes a powerful infatuation or obsession in the drinker, It has a different aroma for everyone who smells it, reminding each person of the things that they find most attractive, even if the person themselves don't acknowledge or are unaware of their fondness for the object of their affection' "Amortentia, I wonder how that would smell for me…" I thought this was quite interesting.
I left the library and endured a torturous potions class with Snape. I thought I would stay around for a while, looking at all the different kinds of bottles and labels. I smelt something. Something…amazing, I looked up from the shelves and started searching for the smell, where it came from…suddenly there it was, a tiny container full of it…...Amortentia. It smelt so familiar, amazing, like I could dip my face into it, just to be drowned in the essence that emanated from it. But I felt worried, it wasn't right, it wasn't supposed to smell like that. I fled from the class, and ran into the courtyard, and sat on to a chair, not noticing that Harry was sitting right there. Now at the time, Harry was having his own problems, some rumor spread that Cho preferred his best friend Ron, and Harry absentmindedly believed every morsel of the lies that spread. 'Luna, Hello!' Harry said.
'Harry? Oh hello I didn't notice you there…'
'It's fine, how have you been?'
'Okay, I suppose. Harry, how are you?' I looked at him with a concerned look on my face, he knew what I was talking about, and he had been increasingly depressed with the news about Cho. 'I'm….fine. I just don't know who, or what to believe.' He looked down and sighed, I put my arm around him in a comforting way. "Harry, believe us, we don't even know who started that rumor, and you decide to just believe it? Harry, I always thought you were smart but this is not like you. Cho has been trying to talk to you but you keep resisting. Talk to Cho, and fix things, because this is all so stupid." I stood up; I thought I had said enough and I walked out of the courtyard, I felt so frustrated, for my own reasons. I walked quickly to the Ravenclaw common room and paced the around the area. That smell, it couldn't be. It shouldn't be. I never expected this, and I didn't want this. I didn't know who to tell. I guess I must have said that part out loud because Marietta looked up from a book she was reading and said, " Tell what to who?" she looked curiously at me, as if I was hiding something. I felt stupid, what was wrong with me? Why can't I shut up? I looked back at Marietta, took a deep breath and responded to her "Marietta, can you keep a secret?" She looked worried, it's like she knew what I was about to tell her, I didn't want to, but I had to tell someone. "Of course…Luna, what's wrong?" She asked. "I stayed late after potions today and—"
"–Did you get detention?" She looked at me, Marietta was a good secret keeper, but a bad listener, my patience took a hold of me, I sighed and continued "No….Marietta, please listen to me. I stayed late after potions and I found a container full of Amortentia." She looked confused, I don't think she knew where I was going with this story, frankly neither did I. I didn't know how this was going to come out. "Amortentia? You mean the most powerful love potion in the world?"
"Yes" I said, looking down my face was red. She moved towards me, eager for me to continue. "Well then..." she prompted me to continue "What did it smell like?" I kept looking down, my face probably as red as the Hogwarts express, I took a deep breath and in a small, yet clear voice I said, "Malfoy."