Ginny bit the end of her pencil trying hard to make what she had just written make sense. She knew the year was coming to a close and she would be leaving Hogwarts soon but she still had things she wanted to dear here. She tucked a strand of her long golden red hair behind her ear and picked up the piece of parchment blinking tiredly at it. With a sigh she threw her pen down and looked to her friend who was sitting with her feet propped up on the table. Luna lowered her book and smiled a little dreamily.
"Wanna go play yet," her friend asked and Ginny couldn't help but smile.
Gathering her papers up she slipped them into her satchel and sat back in the chair, pulling at her red and gold stripy top. Luna slipped her legs off the table and sat forwards sensing her friend's need she took her hand and gave it a little squeeze. After a moment she sat back in her chair folding her arms across her stomach and smiled softly.
"How is it you always know what to do Luna?" Ginny asked laughing lightly as Luna pulled a face.
Ginny watched as he friend ran her fingers through her long white blond hair and then pulled it into a bun using her wand to secure it.
The girls sat like that for a moment enjoying the quiet of the library. The room was always quiet but the fact that so few students had study left to do meant it was even quieter than usual. Add in the fact it was a glorious day outside and that just meant Luna and Ginny were the only ones left inside.
Ginny watched her friend as Luna picked up the book again and resumed reading, twirling a strand of her hair as she did. The other girl didn't seem to have a care in the world but Ginny knew it was far from true. Luna presented a flighty facade to the world around her, saying things that often made people laugh because they assumed she was stupid, but Ginny saw the side most people didn't. The girl who sighed trying to smile as she went to grab a pair of shoes and would find them all gone. The girl who would try to brush off the names people called her and then would cry in her room.
Both girls had seemed on the outside of everyone else their whole time at Hogwarts and even though they were in different house they had gravitated towards each other. Luna could feel Ginny watching her as she read but didn't say anything her friend often watched her when she thought she wasn't looking but she didn't mind. Ginny was the only person she didn't mind watching her.
A commotion broke through the silence of the library and Ginny turned in her seat to see people running outside the doors obviously heading somewhere with great urgently. She turned back to look at her friend and as one they rose and headed out of the doors to see what was going on.
Ginny caught the hand of a third year that went running passed pulled the girl to a halt.
"What's going on?" she asked the girl who looked a little wild eyed.
"Someone broke into Hogwarts," the girl said pulling her arm free and running off to join her friend who was waiting for her at the corner.
Ginny looked at Luna who simply shrugged and the pair of them headed off in the direction everyone was running, Ginny figuring she should at least take a look since she was Head girl after all.
When they reached the entrance hall it was to find most of the school milling around buzzing with chatter and since Ginny couldn't see any teachers around she figured she would take control of whatever was going on. Nodding to Luna who was a fellow prefect they headed into the crowd issuing orders for everyone to return to their houses straight away. A few people grumbled as they started to move them on, but once they saw it was Ginny giving the orders they moved on and soon people realised who it was talking.
Soon the entry way was completely deserted except for Ginny Luna and one or two other prefects. She instructed the prefects to spread the word that everyone was to stay in their respective houses and for the moment the prefects were in charge of that. They quickly skittered off leaving Luna and Ginny alone.
Ginny turned to see where her friend had gone and found Luna stood in front of the stone carving on the Hogwarts crest. Ginny had passed the carving so many times that she barely even glanced at it anymore, but this time the sight in front of her caught her breath and held it. Each quarter of the crest was glowing in a different colour as it lit by some light the girls couldn't see. Gryffindor glowed bright red, Ravenclaw was a brilliant blue, Hufflepuff was a yellow so pure it was almost sunlight, and Slytherin was a green bright as an emerald. What was even stranger was that lights didn't bleed together; they were completely untouched by each other.
"What the hell," Ginny gasped stepping up to stand next to her friend.
Luna slipped her hand into Ginny's as she so very often did and squeezed it.
As one the girls turned running for the corridor that would lead to the headmaster's office and hopefully some answers as to what was going on. Ginny was a little surprised that the stone garden moved out of the way as they approached but Luna just tugged her on not allowing her to stop and think about it.
A/N a small chap just to introduce the two girls hopefully the chapters will get longer from here x