Luna Lovegood

Moving too fast

Moon is lighting up her skin

She's falling, doesn't even know it yet

Having no regrets is all that she really wants

xxx

my ship is coming in

with its cargo of joy.

xxx

Draco smiled; he loved the night at this time of year. He loved how high the moon was in the sky. He loved how bright it was and how it lit up everything around him. He loved how it lit up the witch in front of him; how it made her hair seem brighter, her skin glow and her personality shine.

This time last year Draco would have laughed at, if not hexed, anyone who said he'd be dating the weird Ravenclaw girl from the year below. But here he was happy and smiling as he watched Luna dancing in the moonlight along the edge of The Great Lake. He never would have imagined how happy this quirky little fourth year could make him feel.

He took her hand, joining in her little dance and spinning her round before bringing her in for a kiss. Luna giggled and kissed him back before dancing off again. Normally this sort of behaviour would infuriate Draco, but when it was Luna he didn't mind. He knew she lived in a world of her own and that sometimes she'd be off in it, but he knew she cared and that was all that mattered. As long as he got to spend some time with her, whether it was in his world or hers, then nothing else mattered.

He'd regretted much of his life up to this point, and he knew he'd probably do things in the future that he'd grow to regret, but he knew with some certainty that any time with Luna would never grow to be something he regretted.

Draco and Luna stayed outside near the lake until the early hours of the morning, strolling along the shore and occasionally walking a few meters into the forest. The castle was locked up, but Draco being Draco had found a way out of the castle whenever he pleased. He'd decided that he would share the passage with Luna, whom he knew wanted to get out at night to catch a sighting of some creature or other, because there wasn't anywhere during the day they could get away from the prying eyes of their classmates and Luna didn't want to be too public with their relationship. He didn't really want to be either, although he didn't really enjoy hiding in the shadows, but he knew that Luna would be judged more harshly than he would if everyone were to know about them so didn't push the idea.

As it neared 3am, they decided it was about time to head back into the castle and get some sleep before the next day. They entered the castle through Draco's secret passageway, which came out not too far from the Slytherin common room, and parted ways. Draco back to his house and Luna back to hers. Their goodnight wasn't overly affectionate, a hug and a goodnight kiss, but it was those moments Draco cherished. Those moments when it was just the two of them; when Luna wasn't lost in her world and Draco wasn't being eaten up by his regrets.

It wasn't always that they were in separate worlds, in fact they were quite often just happy together – laying on a blanket talking about anything – but sometimes it was more noticeable that she also had her own world she disappeared into, and sometimes it was nice when he noticed she wasn't in it.

As Luna made her way back up to the Ravenclaw common room she had to stop a couple of times when she heard a sound that could be Filch of Mrs. Norris, but she managed to get there without being seen.

When she entered the common room her plan was to go straight up to bed. While she'd had a lovely time with Draco she hadn't been able to catch sight of the Candalumps, they only came out on the night before the full moon, so she'd have to wait a while for another glimpse of them and she was a little upset. However, as she entered the common room she spotted a figure sat by the fire. Upon closer inspection, she realised it was Terry Boot, a boy in Harry's year.

"Up for a bit of late night reading, Terry?" she asked, wondering what the boy, who she knew from other boys in the dorm was normally a very heavy and loud sleeper, was doing up at this time of the night.

"Er, no," he told her, a hint of harshness she'd never heard before in his voice, "I was waiting for you."

"Oh, I see. Do you want something then?"

"Actually, yes. I want to know just what you think you were doing with Malfoy this evening?" he asked, his voice shaking as if he was trying very hard not to shout for fear of waking the other students up. Or at least this was what Luna suspected anyway.

"We were searching for Candalumps. They only come out the night before the full moon and Draco knows a secret way out of the castle so he took me out. I had quite a pleasant night," Luna informed him as she walked further into the room and headed toward the staircase leading up to the girls dorms.

Terry stood up and moved himself to stand in front of her.

"And why would Malfoy just willingly give up some of his precious time to spend it with the likes of you?" Terry sneered. He was coming across as rather hateful, and Luna found herself thinking that it was no wonder he didn't get along with most of the other students in his year.

"Because we're dating."

Luna stepped to the side and walked around Terry. She expected him to try and stop her but he had appeared to be frozen to the spot. Sighing, she made her way over to the staircase and was about to go to bed when Terry's voice stopped her.

"DATING?" he yelled, causing Luna to flinch from the suddenness of it, "You're dating Draco Malfoy?!"

Luna simply nodded; she was tired of the conversation and just tired in general so didn't have the energy to give him the reply he wanted.

"Why, out of all of the people in this school, would you pick Malfoy? Do you not know what he's done? Do you not realise he has spent every day since he started school tormenting Harry and his friends?"

"Of course I know he's done that, but that doesn't make him a bad person. He doesn't torment me and I like him so why shouldn't we be dating?"

Luna's frankness stunned Terry for the second time that night, and before he could come to his senses she skipped up the stairs to her room with a smile on her face. Maybe all this time she'd been spending with Draco had been good for her.

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AN: This is my first time writing Druna (and possibly even my first time writing Luna) so a review letting me know how I did would be super because I've been so worried about it.

This is for:

Codebreaker Challenge;

Luna Lovegood, 'Night Changes' by One Direction, 'Ship' by Carol Ann Duffy,Terry Boot.

Open Category Competition 3;

Het Pairing.

Multi-Ship Challenge;

Draco/Luna - Search.

Shippers Dictionary Competition;

Frozen Moonlight.

Fanfiction Marathon Competition;

Same Gen Trio - Draco/Luna.

Prompt Relay Challenge;

One Direction - Night Changes.

All Those Characters Challenge;

Luna Lovegood.

A-Z of Characters;

L - Luna Lovegood.

If You Dare Challenge;

3 - Moonstruck.

The Harry Potter Day Competition;

Golden Trio Era, Not A Bad Word Count.