Chapter 4
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Hey, sorry I haven't uploaded in a while. I have no excuse really I was being lazy ;) Here is another chapter I hope you like it. I will explain things in this chapter. It will hopefully make things clearer. Thankyou for all of the kind reviews. I always read them and try and take what is said in to concideration.
The next day Luna awoke to the sunlight streaming in to her room. After having a very confusing dream, it was clear that she had everything that had occured in the past few days whirling around her head. The dream left her wondering why Draco and her weren't even in the same year at Hogwarts. She knew that she was the eldest in her year and could have been in Draco's year, because her Birthday was on the 24th August. But the question is why wasn't she? She always assumed that it was because her Mother didn't want her to start school when she was four, because she didn't want to let go of 'her baby', but maybe there was a deeper reason.
"Good Morning, darling. Are you well rested?" She was surprised to see Lucius Malfoy standing in her room with a kind smile. Darling? Since when did a Death Eater reffer to anyone as 'Darling'. Luna thought to herself. It took her a while to realise that he had asked her a question.
"Erm, yeah sure..." She said. She knew she should have been more polite and given a better answer but she was still hung up on her dream. Maybe if Professor Trelawney was here she could help me figure out if my dream had a deeper meaning. She was always very good at interpreting dreams.
"Good. We were hoping to take you to Diagon Alley today. It is still a mess after the raids, but we need to get your school books and clothes." He said his smile never wavering. He was still so happy to see Luna in her rightful bedroom.
"Erm, Mr Malfoy, I already have my books." She said feeling awkward because she didn't know what to call him.
"No you don't. We have spoken to the Headmaster and he agreed it would be best for you to be with your brother," Luna sighed. She still didn't want to think about Draco being her brother. "So you will be starting seventh year allong with him."
"What? That can't be allowed! What about my friends?" She was speeking very quickly due to the fact that she was panicking about having to move up a year. Even if that was the year she was supposed to be in. "Hold on you said you spoke to the 'Headmaster', who is it? I thought Professor McGonagal was supposed to be the Headmistress'." Everything was getting so confusing.
"Yes, she was. But things have changed over the summer." He didn't elabourate. As he began to walk out of the room he turned and said, "Please be ready in fifteen minutes so we can have some breakfast before we leave. Oh there are clothes in the wardrobe and I'm sure that you will find everything else you need in the bathroom." Then he turned on his heel and left Luna to get ready.
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It didn't even take Luna ten minutes to get ready. She had the quickest shower of her life. She wished she could have stayed longer under the powerful jets, but she couldn't because she was afraid Mr Malfoy would be angry if she wasn't on time for breakfast. After she was showered and her teeth were brushed she went to the large wardrobe.
None of the clothing inside was 'her'. She scavenged through, looking for something she would actually feel comfortable wearing, and came up short. All that was there was fancy formal dresses, and what she assumed to be 'everyday' attire was mainly skirts and blouses that she would not be caught dead in. She wished she had her floral Doc Martins and her favorite Weird Sisters band tshirt. Maybe while I'm out I can buy some decent clothes. Well that is if I will be allowed to get any money out of Gringots. Luna thought while deciding to wear the least formal blouse and black skirt. She topped it off with a nice green jumper and a pair of black ballet flats.
She felt very uncomfortable on her way down to breakfast but kept telling herself that it would only be for today. She would somehow convince the Malfoy's to let her buy some different clothes while they were out today.
"Good Morning!" She turned to see an arrogant Draco Malfoy prance down the stairs, in his usual black dress pants and shirt.
"What's so good about it?" Luna asked when he joined her at the bottom of the stairs and they began walking to what Luna assumed to be the dining room.
"We're going shopping! What couldn't be good about it." He replied with obvious excitement in his voice. It made Luna forget that she was supposed to be angry with him.
She began laughing. "You are such a girl!" He looked momentarily wounded but recovered as they entered the dining room.
Luna was stunned by their dining room. At the far end there was a fire place burning brightly. There must have been a spell on it to stop it from making the room to hot, she knew that if there wasn't it would have been unbearably hot in here this time of year. Running through the center of the room was a large dining table that looked big enough to hold twenty people. At either end of the table was Narcissa and Lucius Malfoy, looking like royalty as usual. Lucius was reading the Daily Prophet and Narcissa was pouring tea.
When they heard their children enter they both looked up, and a smile graced their faces when they saw the two (mainly Luna) laughing and getting on.
"Come and sit down and have some breakfast." Narcissa spoke to the two that had just come in. "Luna do you want anything in particular?" She asked as her daughter sat down.
"Can I have some toast?" Luna asked, unsure of what she was allowed to have. She thought that toast was the easiest thing to make so it should be ok. Less than a second after she had said the word, toast appeared on a plate infront of her.
"Would you like some tea?" Narcissa asked holding up the tea pot that was in her hand. Luna discovered last night that the tea here was nothing like her Father's tea. It was lovely and sweet with milk, just the way she liked it when she was at Hogwarts.
"Yes please." Luna said returning the smile she was getting from Narcissa. She couldn't help it, something about her new mother made her feel comfortable and safe.
"Why is it that you ask her if she wants tea but you never offer me any?" Draco asked from across the table. He was pouting and looking angry, but he backed down under the vicious stares thrown at him by his parents.
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The rest of breakfast was a blur and before Luna realised they were in Diagon Alley. Well actually they ended up in Borgin and Burkes, because Lucius had said it wasn't safe to travel straight to Florish and Blotts.
Walking out of Knockturn Alley and on to the main high street of Diagon Alley, Luna began to notice all of the stares that were being aimed at her. She understood why everyone would stare at her for being with the Malfoys. She also saw that everyone would cower if Lucius looked their way. Obviously people still feared him. It was to be expected, he was a Death Eater after all. She was thinking as they entered the book shop.
"It is funny that you have your father's hair colour, but I know that that frizziness if from my side. You should see your aunt's hair, mind you she doesn't keep it as well kept as you do." Narcissa randomly said as they were looking for her final book at Florish and Blotts.
"Yeah I never noticed. She does have Aunt Bella's hair." Draco said, as he appeared out of no where and handed her one of the two copies of the Potions book she had been looking for.
"Thanks." She said, and then turned back to Narcissa. "Erm, I was wondering if I could go to Gringots to get some money to buy some clothes I would be comfortable in. You see these aren't really me." She said trying to be polite.
"Oh dear I am so sorry. I didn't know what clothes you would like, so I just filled your wardrobe with the necassary items. Come on. I'll go and tell Lucius that we are going clothes shopping for a while. I think he has to go to work this afternoon so I doubt he will mind." Narcissa said while grabbing Luna's hand and dragging her over to where her husband was. It was clear that Narcissa was excited about going clothes shopping with her daughter. Now she could dress her up how she had always planned to.
"What about me Mother? Can I come?" Draco called from the bookcase he was left at. Draco was hoping that if he went he would be able to get some new robes. In all honesty there was nothing wrong with the robes he currently possesed, but being the spoilt child he was he knew he was going to get his way.
"Ofcourse." His mother called back and he smiled, knowing he had won again.
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Luna began making her way to her favorite shop, Pink Rose (A.N. This may be a real shop but I don't know. I made it up), when Narcissa spoke. "Darling, why would you want to go in there?" Luna liked this shop because it had crazy styles and it was cheap. "Come on, we'll go to Red Jasper." (A.N Again may be real but I made it up. If you didn't know Red Jasper is a gem stone. A random bit of information for you) She said and began making her way to the shop.
It turns out that Red Jasper did the same type of clothing that was already in her wardrobe. Luna got annoyed at this. She wanted to go shopping to buy some different clothes.
Draco noticed that Luna was agrivated and he could tell it was because his Mother wouldn't let her go to the shops she wanted to go to. He walked over to her, "Not your style, I know, but Mother is not going to let you go to the shop that thinks mushrooms are a good design for an earing. Look I'll talk to her and get her to take you somewhere that has more relaxed clothing."
"Relaxed clothing?" Luna questioned.
"Yeah jeans, tshirts and trainers. Instead of Shirts, ties and skirts." He said indicating to the rack of clothing behind him. When Luna smilled he took it as a yes, and began to walk over to his mother that was at that moment studying a red dress.
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When they got home Luna was so happy that Draco had been able to convice Narcissa to let her go to shops that had clothing that was a little bit more her style. Luna convinced her to buy her a pair of stone washed skinny jeans as well as two other pairs of jeans, two pairs of jeggings that were bright coloured (one pink and one green), and five tshirts that all had slogans on.
She thanked Draco constanly while they were shopping. She knew it annoyed him because he said if she thanked him one more time he was going to use Silencio on her to shut her up.
"Luna, I have to tell you something." Luna hadn't even realised that her bedroom door was open until Narcissa was standing in the door frame, with a worried expression on her face. She nodded and indicated for Narcissa to come in. "I know that you are worried about having to start a new class this year, so what I am about to tell you with probably make you even more nervous... You see when you began Hogwarts a spell was placed on you to conseal you true identity from the sorting hat. The spell was designed to ensure that you were put in a house that wouldn't draw attention to you. Therefore you were placed in Ravenclaw." She waited for Luna to respond but when she only stared wide eyed, Narcissa continued. "I'm sorry to tell you that this year you will need to be re-sorted." Luna felt her heart drop. She would truly have to leave her friends now, not just to go to a different year, but to go to a different house.
Ok I'll explain about her being in a lower year than Draco if you didn't understand: In England if you are born in August, when it is time for you to start school (aged 4) your parents have the choice if you start that year (and be the youngest) or if you start the next year (and be the oldest). I think it has something to do with the fact that your birthday falls in the summer holidays (between school years). Anyway I know this actually happens because my brother had this option because his birthday if the 9th August. Make sense?
This was a longer chapter because I want to try and move on in the story. I don't think it is as well written as the other chapters, but oh well.
Anyways I hope you liked it! Please R&R, I read all of them :) xx