She stood silently by his small headstone, feet away from Dumbledores'. She sank down to her knees, and reached out a shaky hand to touch the marble headstone lightly. She traced his name; Severus Tobias Snape.
"I'm going home today, you know," She spoke softly to the grave, "It's the last day of school." Silence was her only reply. "I won't be coming back. I thought about asking Flitwick if I could be his apprentice, but teaching isn't for me. I'm going to find the Crumple-Horned Snorkack and prove it exists." Once again, only the wind answered her, blowing tendrils of long pale hair in her face. She batted the tickling strands away.
"I miss you. I wish you hadn't gone; it's awful lonely around here. Though it's quite happy now, parties about everyday, couples dancing everywhere... I never got to dance with you. Or kiss you properly. I s'pose our kisses would never have been considered 'proper' anyway, as you were so old. No offense, Professor." She fell silent for a bit.
"Luna! Luna hurry! The Feast is about to begin!" Ginny waved furiously at Luna from a balcony.
"Be there in a bit!" Luna called out. With one last wave, Ginny's brilliant red hair disappeared from view. Luna gave her attention back to the cold expanse of marble.
"I'd best be going, Professor Snape. I hope, wherever you are, you're safe from nargles." She bit her lip, fighting back tears. Before she could change her mind she pulled her necklace of butterbeer corks over her head and laid it next to the headstone.
"Goodbye, Professor. I won't forget you or what you did for us. For Lily," She smiled, "It's nice to know love like that truly exists and isn't only to be found in fairy-tales. You certainly weren't a fairy-tale." She leaned forward and kissed the headstone.
"Thank you for showing a loony girl that love does exist and withstands the trails of time and life. Thank you, for everything. I'd like to say I loved you, but I'm not quite sure I did." With that said, she stood.
"Think I'll just have some pudding." Luna skipped all the way back to the castle, humming an old tune about princes and true love.
Thank you for reading. Review if you'd like, I'd certainly like it if you did. R.I.P. Severus Tobias Snape. Blessed Be!~