Betaed by Blackwell.

Luna sighed, now looking at her scattered belongings; she was accustomed to this scene, really. But Persephone, her beloved feline wasn't truly habituated to the sight if her roars were to judge her state.

"This is intolerable, inadmissible, UNFORGIVABLE!" Roared Persephone in indignation, pacing back and forth in her head, metaphorically of course but still too distracting to ignore. Luna for her part was just trying to control herself coming soon to the conclusion that it was almost impossible with the cat in such state.

'Getting upset over it will never stop them from doing it again; a reaction would only encourage them, so I give them nothing, eventually they just renounce.'

"But this is NOT the same! They destroyed your possessions, desecrated your books and marked your bed with obscenities, just because you are Harry's lover."

Luna sighed reaching for some of her shattered belongings, 'And what do you truly think I should do? Kill them for being immature? Get revenge and renew and increase the loathing they had against me? You know that getting more attention at this stage will only complicate our lives." She began to cast Reparo and Scourgify to recover and clean her books and garments.

'I understand the need of concealment, but you can't take this any more, what will happen if HE comes back? Will you stand his abuse again? '

The blond stopped completely, just thinking over what Persephone had said. 'He wouldn't dare to come close to me again, not after what I did to him. But McLaggen isn't someone to be preoccupied, I can deal with him in a more- harsh manner that I did before. After all he was the example I put on display to those that were thinking that I was an easy prey to their twisted desires.' Luna sighed, feeling that Persephone had used that git as a perfect example of what she had to do.

'You are aware that doing something against them will make our lives more complicated right?' Even when she was saying that, her hands were moving accordingly to her plans, slowly creating a protective ward on her property and assigned bed. Persephone snarled at that, "You aren't the same girl, you are not alone any more, and if you don't do it Harry and certainly Jäger will do something about it and it will not be pretty."

Luna nodded, getting the same conclusion that her feisty feline had come across, so she did what she knew best. She laid traps after traps on her belongings just to prevent this from happening again, after all she had some unusual knowledge of magical traps for 'inexistent' creatures. All a re-design of an old and forgotten method to capture Pixies and Red caps without damaging the captive, (After all you had to capture them alive to put then later in your dungeon, [a common practice when wards to repel Muggles were non existent.]) She smiled, truly admiring the first layer of her multi-layered protective ward; brute force will only make them stronger and probably make the assailants lose precious time to do what they did without being caught, and breaking the first layer will only get them the same treatment that the males receive when they try to get in the female dormitories. That being said a loud claxon will show and even if that was prevented, she was going to put a series of nasty hexes just to spice things up a little, The more layers they broke, the more nasty the hexes would get, magical creatures used to give up after two or three layers but human are really known for how persistent or idiotic they could be. So in the end seven layers remained, deciding to use an formulae that was arithmetically correct to sustain all the matrix.

Instead of using one of her quartz, she decided to use the flow of magic that permeated Hogwarts itself, knowing that a better battery than that was almost impossible. Of course she added a 'hole' for the elves to get what they wanted or needed, after all it was unfair to punish them too for doing their job.

She was aware that an intruder could recognise this hole and use their own elves to do their job, but only a fool would call an outsider elf on a castle full of them, knowing that they were really, REALLY possessive of their territory among them.

Ending her warding, she smiled now recovering her last 'repairable' possessions to put then inside the trunk, she knew that she was sacrificing the loony persona but something told her that she had to lose the act at some point. Not for her but for Harry's sake, he needed a strong companion at his side and she wasn't going to let others defy that intention.

With a movement of her wand the clothes that were beyond the point of salvation disappeared, she knew that half of her belongings were missing at the moment with only a few things destroyed in the process. The books, shoes and undies could be replaced easily; after all she wasn't that stupid to leave her more precious possessions were anyone could take them away. 'I bet that Harry will find you irresistible if you tell him you are going commando.'

"Maybe he could take us like he did that night."

'Oh I hope he does,'

XxX

Harry was frustrated, it has been after all a really long week, full of problems, loads of homework and hidden reunions, but most of all he was slowly getting pretty tired of the attempts of the new teacher (IF you could call her that) to discredit him. Sadly his lack of response was getting harder to maintain, he wanted to shout, he truly wanted to scream at her what he was really thinking but for the first time Jäger was the voice of reason.

"You can't lose your temperament against this thing, if you get punished you can't practice with Hermione as you are doing lately, don't let a minor pest separate you from your pack like she wants to." Was the usual response from him. Of course he was aware of what Umbridge was trying to do, but as the week keept passing he was getting more and more angry at how people seemed to forget about what happened that day, especially about Cedric, who was classified as an unfortunate accident by the ugly toad. (A name that Ron used when he wanted to talk about the teacher lately, he had to admit that he certainly hit a spot with the woman.)

In fact to his surprise Ron confessed that he was going to the try-outs, with the intention to be the new Gryffindor Keeper. Both had been practising with the purpose to get some of the anxiety out of them, something that the redhead was really grateful for. In the end Ron got in the team leaving them more relaxed than before, of course, getting a weekend to finally catch up to their homework could do wonders to relief anyone tension, but sadly the feeling wasn't destined to last. The first sign to an upcoming disaster was when he decided to send a letter to Sirius, trying to find information of Hagrid's whereabouts and of course Umbridge. This time he could barely smell the upcoming of Cho who seemed to be about to send a letter of her own, just to be rudely interrupted by Filch who accused him of sending an order of Dungbombs.

Of course he decided to ignore him, more preoccupied with the fact that he lately was failing to detect his surrounding like he used to do at the Burrow, something he needed to train desperately (Especially when he was in an environment like the owlery full of really pungent odours.) Then later that day Slytherins taunts at Ron put him so nervous that he failed completely at the Quidditch practice, something that Hermione tried to solve by getting him on their first 'date,' making him cringe at the mere idea of the two having time just for themselves.

Of course that later or more precisely, the night of that dreadful day only got his temperament in a much worse state thanks to Percy of all people. It seemed that the git had sent a letter to his brother explaining to him that the ministry had some plans with the school, and was urging Ron to severe any ties with him. Followed with an surprising encounter with Sirius' head in the common room fires, (not knowing that the fireplace could be used like that, never seeing it being used with that intention.) Here he found that the ministry was more stupid that what he thought, an army for the love of his beloved broom, who in the hell would really think that a bunch of kids would be trained to overthrown a government. Especially when the environment was so divided by factions that seemed to support the ministry over Dumbledore itself, sadly he tried to protect Sirius from doing something rash and dangerous and the conversation ended in a disaster.

Sadly at the beginning of the new week things didn't get better, in fact as Percy has prevented, the ministry had done a move to undermine Dumbledore's power by getting Umbridge as an High inquisitor, if the daily prophet was to be believed, (And probably this time it was probably a genuine article.) A position created mostly with that idea on mind. It didn't escape his attention that the one that immediately defended Dumbledore was quickly undermined with another article alleging her of being close to a subversive Goblin group.

Of course that getting a confirmation of the ministry intentions wasn't what they truly wanted. The woman almost had the power to decide what you could learn in the school. Hell if thing's were how she wanted it she would decide WHO is WORTHY to be here, the day seemed to have begun with a really surly tone.

Potions was by the other hand a complete surprise; it seemed that the study group was slowly (Too slow for his taste, but is better than none) getting results with him scoring a 'P' in his essay. Not the best qualification, but the look on Snape's face told him that the git wasn't expecting his work to be like that at all. Of course, if the look on Hermione was indicating something when she looked at his essay was that she was disappointed and probably wasn't seeing this note in the same light as he was doing.

Of course his heart twisted a little when Ron of all people seemed to have gained an 'A', she surely seemed content with his success, the redhead was mostly speechless, and probably would be for a while.

Of course the fact that under his 'A' was a note saying 'Barely,' that informed him that it was a simple matter of few points that he got away from the 'P' and that it was probably Hermione's last minute correction that saved him from receiving it. Harry sighed, Hermione didn't examine his essay because he didn't let her at all; he couldn't support the idea of being alone with her without feeling the need to claim her. It was not what he liked, he would never let Jäger get the control of his body, he will never force Hermione to do what HE wanted just to satisfy his own ego, nor would he claim ALL the girls that crossed his path just because he could. If he let the cat take control he wouldn't be Harry anymore, he would be Jäger, a beast that killed and took what he wanted just because he could and had the power to back it up.

It simply was too close to what Riddle is to his liking.

After potions Hermione was telling him how he had to apply himself on his studies, something that he had to agreed to, after all 'P' wasn't going to save him or his friends from Voldemort.

"I know that's why we are practising for, Hermione."

"Well I surely can't complain, that's more than what I was hoping for." Said Ron, getting a flabbergasted look from Hermione that seemed was going to rant about him being too conformist when she seemed again to drawn back as if stricken by something that only she could hear. Harry immediately knew that it was probably Renata and immediately become preoccupied.

"It's OK Ha-" Luna was suddenly interrupted when the trio shouted in surprise at her sudden appearance, Ron screaming "BLOODY HELL," letting his essay and book free, Hermione screeching and Harry simply jumped almost half his height on the air. Luna for her part was rendered speechless at their reaction, mostly because she was trying in vane of controlling the laugher that was trying to scape.

It was Ron who broke the ice, "Blimey Luna, you scared the mickey out of us!" He accused, Harry nodded now noticing that he never had sensed her at all, even when he was more aware of his surroundings than ever, (Or at least wanted to believe he was.) Hermione was still breathing hard trying to control her heart rate with a breathing exercise.

Luna smiled brightly looking at Harry at his eyes, "I am sorry, I just saw the three of you walking to the great Hall and thought that it would be nice to eat with you lot." Ron nodded not seeing the problem with that, after all he had been studying and practising with the girl for an entire week and she so far didn't seem as loony as she was before. Hermione seemed uncomfortable but he was thinking that she was maybe jealous of not being the one helping Harry as she had done all this years. (Not knowing how close to the mark he was with that assumption.)

Hermione smiled accepting her immediately if a little nervous of her presence, and Harry of course was enthralled with the idea. "Of course you can Luna!"

She smiled, now reaching for his hand and getting close to him to whisper, "Don't fuss too much over Hermione Harry, Renata is almost as her conscience, it has her standards but had the vantage of seeing her from a third or second point of view so she tends to try to correct Hermione. She is not accustomed to hear her own voice chastising her for an error that she hasn't committed yet."

"I don't understand."

Luna smiled," I will explain it to you tonight Harry."

He nodded hoping that his fears of Renata gaining control of Hermione were false. He wouldn't forgive himself if Hermione ended being lost forever for Renata. Harry took Luna's hand and slowly were reaching for their accustomed spot on the table when Ron added, "I can't wait for Professor McGonagall to get an inspection." Hermione gasped in horror and Harry had to clean his ear to truly believe what he was hearing, Luna for her part was expecting the rest with a calm face.

"What?" Said Harry and Hermione together, staring at him.

"Umbridge won't know what hit her!" Finished the redhead slowly moving in the direction of the table, the rest following him with a little smile on their faces, it was a good prospect to think over and over.

Of course that while they were serving themselves Luna decided to add something, "I believe that she will increase her attack on you Harry, so far she hasn't found what she really wants. And you are not reacting by a direct approach, so she will try to undermine those close to you to get a response."

Ron gulped and Hermione nodded truly believing that Luna had a point there, "We have to control ourselves and don't fall for her trap," Said Hermione looking at Harry, knowing how much he was struggling to not lose his control with the woman.

Luna for her part looked directly at Hermione, then at Ron, "She will try to attack when it will surely get a reaction of you two. Hermione you need to resist the temptation to refute what she calls 'appropriate knowledge', this is a teacher that you don't really need to impress. Laying low will get you the opportunity to made a more profound investigation at the Library, if you feel your anger get the better of you, listen to your 'conscience' to remind you what's at stake here."

Hermione nodded, even if she didn't agree completely, Ron for her part was looking between the two girls, seeing for the first time how close the two seemed to be. As well as seeing how much power Luna seemed to have over the brown haired witch.

He looked at Luna who now seemed focused on him, "Ron is our weakest link-" The redhead seemed about to lose his temper when a jab from Hermione interrupted him, he looked at his girlfriend about to unleash his temper when Luna added the magical world, "Quidditch,"

He looked now at Luna with his most devoted face, "Wait say that to me again, I wasn't paying much attention." He was looking at her with a shine on his eyes and an eager face. She surely had his entire focus at the moment. Almost the same look that a dog gave you when you showed him a big juicy T-bone.

"She will try to attack you at Quidditch, in fact both of you if my speculations about her are really close to her persona, you are rather- passionate about the sport, and you will only need a few taunts from the Slytherins to explode and do something that will get you in trouble. In that moment she will strike and do what she has been waiting to do, so be careful." She looked at Ron, but her hand putting a little of pressure on Harry's was not perceived by the redhead. She could be truly speaking at Ron, but that speech was really directed at the black headed teen.

After that they separated to their respective classes, both Ron and Harry finding that Umbridge seemed to take her new task really serious. Being her first victim the batty Professor Trelawney, the woman didn't stand over the pressure and she seemed almost desperate to prove her value in front of the Inquisitor.

Has Luna suspected Umbridge tried to take her intentions on Hermione and Ron in her class The jabs were really focused on them and their capacity, especially how misguided they seemed thanks to the 'poor' quality of the teachers that had befallen on the institution in the past years. Singing praises about Quirrel and looking at Harry especially who seemed about to add something if it wasn't for Ron of all people that constantly Jabbed at him.

Hermione for her part seemed stricken by what Renata seemed to say, as if she was being chastised so she barely lost any control over the matter, in the end it was simply another meaningless class of 'revolutionary teaching methods'. In the end the only effect that she had over them has to increase their devotion to the study group.

"We need to ask the elves for a new place to train tonight!" whispered Harry to his redheaded friend before he put his attention on his Charm essay. Ron nodded and Hermione seemed annoyed at their decision of hiding where they were getting the information. She tried to pry just to stop, sigh and continue her writing.

Ron was almost in ecstasy at the idea of being in the kitchen again, in fact he was almost fidgeting with unreleased emotion. Harry seeing a chance to speak with Hermione alone finally conceded. "Hey Mate, why don't you go and find the information we need?" Ron shouted his affirmation, closed his books and as if he had learned to haste himself, suddenly disappeared in the direction of the portrait. Hermione seemed annoyed that he didn't wait for her again and was about to pursue him when Harry said. "Hermione we need to talk,"

She seemed afraid but he needed her to know this, "it's about Renata…" This surely got her attention, "Harry I-"He immediately interrupted her, "No, no, Luna explained it to me, but I need to tell you this or my conscience will never leave me alone. I- I need you to know that you can count on me for anything."

Hermione nodded, not trusting her voice at the moment. Harry seemed to wait for a few seconds before he turned his attention on his essay, she focused on her own work, not really putting too much heart on it, truly trying to control herself and what she truly wanted to say.

XxX

"Dipsy is not really sure about this sir." Said the really nervous elf, Ron for his part wasn't easily dissuaded, "Common, only a little, just this tiny head I promise!"

The female was surely nervous; she had never been in this kind of situation before, "But sir, this was never done before, what would the others think?"

Ron huffed really frustrated by how the tiny creature seemed fixated on not doing what he really wished she was doing, "then lick it at least, If you just taste it, you will surely change your mind." He said putting the equipment more close to the female, this of course seemed to put more nervous the girly elf, "SIR, but that's is so-"

"Oh for heavens sake's I just want you to help me with the soup, I asked you to add a head of Garlic, it will change the flavour for the best, here just take this spoon take a little and sip for yourself, at least tell me that what you think of my soup." The elf looked chastised and depressed, surely taking the spoon and tasting the Garlic Chicken soup. (One if not the only recipe that his mother had showed him when he was a child.)

The elf took the spoon and tasted the brewage, making him wait in anticipation, "It is good, but it needs a little more of ginger," approved the creature, Ron nodded truly believing that the spice would make the flavour more palatable.

"W-ell, well, well, who would think that I would find such a juicy gossip here on the kitchen," Spoke a new voice startling the red head enough to throw the spices on the floor, "Bloody Hell,"

He looked at the spices for a minute before he directed his gaze at the intruder, finding to his surprise a girl. She had long black hair almost reaching her hips, she had a plane figure similar to Parvati, but if it was possible she had less chest than her, her face was showered with red spots as if she was too affected by the heat, her lips were snarling or at least trying to. Here eyes were a shade of golden the he never thought was possible, she wasn't gorgeous but neither was ugly, in fact he never would recognise a Slytherin girl as gorgeous.

He took a defensive position, "What do YOU want," he was slowly reaching for his wand, ignoring that the elf behind him was looking at him almost angrily for how he was treating the girl, she looked at the direction of said teen and saw a signal to not do anything that compromised her plan on a subtle movement of her left hand when she put some of her hair behind her ear. "Who would have thought of this? A Weasley degrading himself, what a surprise." She tried to snarl again but she wasn't getting the expected result,

Ron immediately added, "Not as good as Malfoy at that yet, are you?" She opened her mouth trying to control how much her face was flushing in embarrassment, this certainly wasn't supposed to be like this, "That's not true!" she crossed her arms over her chest, looking at the ground as if she was a chastised little girl.

Ron arched an eyebrow at this, truly not expecting her to react like that, "What do you want?" he asked, still too nervous of her presence to notice the dirty look that the elf was giving him. (nor that the entire kitchen seemed focused on him at the moment,) the girl seemed to remember who she was talking to and straitened immediately portraying a confidence that she didn't seemed to have a few minutes before.

"If I were you, I would be more careful with my words Weasley, we don't want the entire castle to know your little secret here don't you?"

"You wouldn't dare,"

"Oh yes I would," She was looking him directly at his eyes, trying to make him know how much she was capable of.

Ron feeling a little intimidated asked, not truly feeling like he did moments before, "What do you want – err..."

"Greengrass, Daphne, Lady Greengrass for you."

"As if,"

"That's common courtesy you lowly dimwit!"

"Why should I treat you with any court-err- courtesy if you aren't treating me too well either,"

"Because I am a girl, I deserve respect!"

"No you don't"

"Yes I DO."

"NO YOU DON'T"

"Enough of this, what are you doing in MY kitchen Weasley, and what are you doing to Dipsy's soup!" She asked, closing the distant between them in a few strides, shaking her main finger at him, as if she was chastising a little boy. He open his mouth in disbelief at her actions, "Whoa there, I am not doing anything."

"Oh believe me from my position it was an outrage, I am about to jinx you if you don't explain your self," She was looking at him with defiance in her eyes, forgetting all her plans and letting her anger take the best of her.

Ron was confused and a little intimidated by how close she was to him, her golden eyes almost condemning him to the abyss, "I wasn't doing anything bad, I just asked her to let me cook the soup!" he responded sheepishly, truly nervous of what she would say of him, and sincerely waiting for the laughter to come.

Instead the girl looked at the direction of the elf who seemed more relaxed now that the girl was in control of the big redheaded male, "He is saying the truth missus, Dipsy wanted to make a asparagus soup, but he wanted Garlic Chicken soup… and took Dipsy's stove."

Daphne for her part frowned, she was hoping to find some nasty information on Potter to get what she wanted, but so far the redhead wasn't doing anything too condemning, she needed more than this, "What are you hoping to get here Weasley, trying to follow your brother's example by pranking the entire School?" She was taking a bet, and knew that the boy had a temper, if she made him angry enough he might say something that's he wasn't supposed to.

His response wasn't the one she was truly expecting, "NO, I would never commit a sin like that in my heaven!" His eyes seemed to open almost as much as those of Dipsy and almost all the elves, he said that so loud that even a tiny echo was resounding between the boiling water and others food. His ears were getting so red that they seemed about to explode, it was then that she couldn't contain her laughter any more.

Said reaction seemed to offend him; he huffed and slowly put the spoon in Dipsy tiny hands saying, "Please could you finish the soup for me? I don't feel like being here any more," The elf nodded looking between the boy and the laughing girl, Ron for his part just ignored her before he disappeared through the door in the direction of the Gryffindor Common room.

As soon as Ron was away, Dipsy suddenly said, "You are a meanie missus, you hurt his feelings," stopping Daphne on her tracks, which now seemed to notice the absence of the red head, she groaned now truly understanding what she had done. "I ruined it," She asked the little elf, who without shame nodded making the girl suddenly weak on her knees. "I need a seat," she said sitting immediately knowing that a seat would be there for her.

"That wasn't how you said it will go Missus," Said a tiny male behind her, his hand still raised on the air after materializing the seat. She looked at the new elf with a little of trepidation on her eyes, "I am sorry Dobby, it's just that I am too nervous, and never expected him to be cooking of all things, I thought that he was here to steal food or force the elves, but he was COOKING! Males don't do that."

A lot of shouts resounded on the kitchen making her realize where she was, "Human Males!" the shouts stopped immediately replaced with sounds of 'Oohs' truly understanding her point now, She sighed," What will I do now? I wasted my chance to get Potter"

Dobby shook his head, "Mister Potter sir is a great wizard, yous don't need to cheat to make him help you." Daphne laughed, "Please Dobby, you saw his friend's reaction to my house, do you truly think that he will be different?"

"Mister Harry Potter sir is a great Wizard he will listen to you if you tell him what's happening!"

"I can't Dobby! He is not the most popular bloke at the moment and Pansy and Malfoy would never condone my actions if I talk to him on a friendly basis, I need the redhead to stand me enough to get to Potter in time. "

Dipsy now adding the last spices to the soup finally said, "I still think this is a bad plan missus, if you speak with great wizard Dumbledore you could solve your problem!"

Dobby nodded, Daphne again sighed, "I CAN'T, he will try to talk with my father and I will pay for it, I need Potter and what he offers."

Dobby frowned, "Sir Harry Potter sir doesn't like to be cheated missus, and his Luna friend is with him now," Dipsy nodded then adding, "This is a bad idea missus,"

"THEN WHAT, I am DESPERATE now, I need a solution before September or I am commended. Potter is the only bloke that I expect to not abuse of what I will offer."

Dipsy sighed followed closely by Dobby, "Then you need to treat Ron sir better," and after saying that the elf put the spoon in front of the girl, "Here missus, taste it,"

She groaned, cursing loudly her rotten luck, "Why should I?"

Dipsy added, "The fellow likes food, to be close to him you need to like his food!" and with that the elf put the spoon on the girls mouth when she was about to protest, the girls eyes opened in surprise and grim expectation, truly expecting the beverage to be foul flavoured, to her surprise it wasn't, it needed a little of celery but apart from that it was really good.

"It needs celery," She added, slowly getting her hand on her magical bag, slowly introducing and taking the spice from it, "Here use this, its still fresh thanks to the stasis spell my contact put on them," the tiny elf smiled now using her magic to take and slowly put the spice in the soup.

Dobby for his part was slowly thinking of how to help the girl without cheating on the great wizard Harry Potter.

XxX

"Honestly Ron, it took you twenty minutes to get this old classroom? What were you doing?" Berated Hermione, making the boy more frustrated with each new second. When Luna intervened-

"Hermione, leave him alone, it is not easy to find a secure zone to train with Umbridge and the prefects here."

"Yes but,"

"Let it be Hermione, he did his best and found us a good place to train our charms." She smiled at Ron making him feel more appreciated and more comfortable than he was a few minutes before. Harry smiled now understanding much more of how Luna truly operated. Ginny and Neville for the other part were now focused on their transfiguration spell, deciding to recover some of the time they had lost waiting for Ron.

Harry took Hermione's hand preventing her from going to Ron who was slowly being talked to by Luna about Charms, "Let them Hermione, Ginny and Neville are practising Transfiguration, Luna and Ron are on Charms and we need to practice potions, I can't do it without you." She looked at him, them at the red head, and slowly nodded, "Well Harry, potions isn't that Hard to learn, the Key to potions is mostly –"

"Aren't you guys coming with us?" Asked Neville to Harry and Luna who were slowly whispering to each and other, Harry looked at his direction, "Go, Luna and I just want to chat for a while,"

Hermione asked a little stiffened, "You can do that while we take her to Ravenclaw tower Harry," Luna looked at her direction, raising an eyebrow at Hermione's tone, said girl looked defiantly before she receded now taking Ron's hand with her and leaving as if she were in a hurry. Ginny was looking at them suspiciously noticing Hermione's reaction, she sighed and waved in the direction of both teens, Neville for his part didn't noticed the tension in the air and with a smile waved to the couple and followed behind Ginny slowly establishing a conversation with her.

Luna immediately used her wand and said, "Colloportus," Now smiling at Harry too sweetly for his taste, he gulped smelling what she really wanted and suddenly nervous tried to talk with her. "You told me that you were going to explain Hermione's situation to me."

Luna nodded, still smiling at him, "Yes I did, and I will explain it, Hermione is still her, but her problem is that she has never before had heard herself chastising her for being too nagging or when she was imposing herself too much. Renata constantly reminds her that everyone its entittled to their opinions and that she shouldn't force her vision to others, Ronald by example."

"But isn't that a way to make Hermione do what Renata wants?"

"In a way, yes it could be seen as that, But Renata is way different to how Hermione is,"

"How so?" asked Harry truly curious.

Luna smiled at him, now reaching to his chest with her hands and caressing him over the fabric of his clothes, "Haven't you noticed that Jäger is the same with you but without the fears and restrictions? The same is with Renata and Persephone, by example my dear feline is more commandeering than I, she is rather forceful and possessive. Renata for her part doesn't have Hermione's needs to be accepted or to exceed. She is more confident of what she can do and constantly tells Hermione this, that she doesn't need to be accepted by others to truly stand, that she should focus more on herself and accept her faults, that still try to hide them under her intelligence and drive."

"You make her sound as if she is running away,"

"In a sense, she is, she is struggling to fit in this world almost desperately. She aspires to be accepted and respected by her doings and she is doing a good job at that. But is slowly letting her drive transform her in someone else." After this she looked directly at his eyes, maintaining his gaze, "She is slowly adapting even if she is not aware of it, the same conduct of the Purebloods, were only her version is the right and others are wrong and need to be corrected immediately."

"She is not like that,"

"Just look at how she tried to force her beliefs on the house elves. Yes she is rather forceful on her principles, her standards and rules are all for her because she believes that she had nothing else, that she lacks everything else; grace, beauty, and sex appeal. Renata is a slow reminder that she dose have those traits but again, Hermione has believed for so long that she lacks these traits that what Renata is doing is a slow and frustrating process." She closed the distance between the two and finally claimed his lips, then separated from him, "Don't think that you are fooling me Harry, I know that you are nervous, I myself am engulfed by them, but then again I desire you too."

*LEMON SCENE*

"Luna I need you so much, you don't know how much I have dreamed of you lately," he said, slowly licking her ears and neck, hugging the stuffing out of her, she mewled, trying to open his shirt while he was doing this, "Oh you big Liar, I know that you have been dreaming of that night when you where such a beast with us."

He couldn't stand it any more, "Yes I KNOW, I am sorry but I can't prevent it, both of you were so sexy that I always am doubting myself if it wasn't for Jäger," She moaned at this, feeling Harry's teeth caressing her skin, menacing of another bit to claim her, she hissed in pleasure when he Dry humped her, "Harry please, take me I can't stand it any more,"

"But-"

"The only Butt I want mentioned is mine and I want your hands on it, we don't have too much time for ourselves; please just make love to me."

He nodded, slowly getting in the position to do so while Luna was easing his manhood outside his pants. She stroked three times before guiding him to her most intimate place and putting him on the right path, "Pump Harry, just do – oh, yes like that!" Harry didn't hesitate any more after her first words of permission. He was thrusting savagely in her, discovering that she was as excited as him, she moaned, hissed and much more at his effort, slowly getting more agitated with each new trust.

Harry for his part finally bit her shoulder; really close to her neck but in the same spot he has bitten her the first time slowly growling at her while he was pumping the life out of her, she mewled her body engulfed with his power, as if an electrical current was surrounding them and getting more intense with each new second. She gasped, trying to control her body but failed, feeling her spine almost explode in a wave of pleasure that seemed to flood her completely, her vagina constricted in pleasure, she had reached an orgasm as she never had before, one that didn't seemed to end while Harry was still trusting inside of her. After a few torturous seconds he loudly moaned her name and finally exploded inside of her, both almost roaring at the electrical current that was devouring their bodies with pleasure.

*LEMON END*

Both seemed to have lost conscience for a second before they dropped to the floor, truly worked up and exhausted by the experience, Luna was gasping for air, Harry imitating her perfectly, after a few minutes she finally said. "I think that the cats did something Harry, I can barely hear Persephone."

"Yeah, Jäger has been too silent lately too,"

"That's probably because we aren't inside of you any more." Answered a new voice on the abandoned classroom, startling both teens into action, Harry was about to launch an attack just to stop on his track when he saw the enormous and translucent Lion in front on him.

Luna timidly asked, "Jäger?" at which the too similar to a Patronus entity nodded, "Yes, I am the one who was named Jäger," behind him a most tiny but not less impressive lioness appeared, "And I darling am Persephone,"

"What why are you there?" Asked Harry completely flabbergasted, Luna took his hands, trying to calm him, "Remember Harry that they were supposed to complete their selves absorbing some of the magic at Hogwarts, they are just completed their 'physical' grown," The Lioness nodded, "Yes we are still part of you, but right now we can survive separated for half an hour, the time will increase with time but right now, more than that could be lethal."

"We just wanted to give you some privacy scar, you had been touchy lately and if I interrupted you would probably throw a fit,"

"I would not," Denied the teen, only to feel Luna's hand over his cheek, "Yes you would have, but that's not the most important thing right now, I just wanted to tell you thank you for choosing me, so far as my life can stand, I will be at your side and will do anything to make you happy."

Harry tried in vain to hide his blush, but slowly nodded, engulfing her in a hug slowly smelling her aroma. "I know, I swe-" Luna's lips stopped him before he concluded that magical swearing, she slowly separated from him, looking him at his eyes with all the love she could feel, "Don't swear yet Harry, both of us still are waiting for our missing part."

"But she is with Ron,"

"For the moment, but a girl has he methods to know certain things,"

"Are you sure, then why is she with him and not with us?"

"She is still doubting herself, she will come with time, we need to have more patience and faith on her."

Jäger growled only to be shocked literally by Persephone, "Don't interrupt their moment with your chauvinism, Hermione is a human being and needs to make her own decisions. Think more with your MAIN head that with the other one."

"I didn't hear you complain of that Head the first-"

Harry ignored the lovers spat and focused on Luna alone, "Care to repeat it?" Luna squealed in glee but promptly said, "I would love to, but we need to get to our beds or we are going to be in trouble."

"Oh Poo," Said Harry in mocking pain, using one of her phrases when she was in public, she smiled, kissing him on his lips, "indeed."

XxX

Hermione sighed, depressed by what she had discovered a few minutes ago. After the obvious dismissal of the group, she had tried to pretend that she wasn't jealous of what was about to happen and tried to focus herself on Ron, her actual boyfriend.

They both talked a little before she decided to take the relationship to the next level and without thinking too much, she kissed him, only to find two things, the first one was that even if he was really nervous, Ron was a good kisser, the second was that sadly even if he was good, he didn't make her knees go weak, or the floor shake or anything.

She still liked him, but it wasn't in a romantic sense, and that made her feel even more guilty of what she was doing. Renata seemed to chastise her for it, mostly because she was doing it to incite a reaction on Harry. She sighed now trying to reach the sleep she so needed, trying to ignore how much she wanted to dream of that night, while she was trying to convince herself that she could make this relationship work.

XxX

A few weeks passed after that day and Ronald was feeling a little more confident on his abilities, especially after the reaction of the students and teachers at his Garlic Chicken soup that day, he was most surprised to find the dish mostly unaltered aside of the addition of some Celery. He was expecting the elf to discard the soup and make the asparagus soup, he truly was amazed at how much people seemed to like his cooking.

To the point that every time that he wasn't studying or practising Quidditch, or with the study group, he was on the kitchen mostly ignoring Greengrass in the process.

Sadly that didn't last, the girl was ,if that was possible, more nagging than Hermione, only that instead of recurring to recite text after text of knowledge that he lacked as Hermione does, Greengrass stomped her foot, crossed her arms and pouted. He was surprised that the infamous 'Ice princess of Slytherin' could be this childish when she wasn't in public; Hell it even made him feel mature, and that says a lot.

"Are you done yet Weasley?" She asked impatiently. Ron huffed not knowing how he ended up in this kind of situation.

"You can't hurry perfection Greengrass,"

"You don't fool me redhead, you can believe that you are anything, but perfect? I don't think so."

Ron huffed about to refute her when he was hit with a spoon on his hand, "FOCUS, FOCUS, you can't let anything distract you from your objective Weasley sir, or yous food will not taste good."

Ron nodded but still adding, "But how can I concentrate on the beef if this annoying pest is trying to do what she can to distract me!" Dipsy again hit him with the spoon, "Focus, focus now," He finally put his entire attention to the piece of meat in front of him, slowly concentrating on frying it in his own juices with a bunch of garlic, butter and chopped onion.

Daphne huffed at being ignored for a piece of meat, and was about to say something when the look of Dipsy took her by surprise. She frowned now understanding that the tiny elf seemed to have taken the boy under her wing, truly liking the rare opportunity to teach her abilities to a willing apprentice.

In fact, she looked at the entire kitchen, now noticing how envied the female elves were,. Elves were really possessive of their abilities and most of all their work stations, you have to really offend an elf to make him not want at all to serve you or clean your place. But most of all, what they really treasured was the chance to prove that they were much more than just servants.

She knew more about elves than humans in fact, being raised among the elves of her own house when her mother passed away and her father cooled his heart completely. She was aware that elves adored their jobs, but that most at all because it was the porpoise of their life, what was giving a meaning to their existence, wanting to free an elf like Granger seemed focused to do was like freeing them from their lives. A servant didn't necessarily mean to be a slave, in the world people that took their job very seriously while serving others. It was a matter of pride, sadly she knew that the girl wasn't too far away from the truth either.

At Hogwarts and at her home elves were servants, and took pride in their jobs, but that wasn't necessarily a truth in all houses. In fact, the people that tend to forget that the servant is a living being mostly degraded them to slavery, sometimes not giving them what they truly deserved. And because they were sold as possessions of the house, they were treated as one instead of a living being, it's a sad truth of the world that if you could be sold and bought, you certainly weren't a living being any more but an object.

She was too aware of that reality to be frank.

"Earth to Greengrass,"

She snapped out of her reminiscences finding the red head too close to her comfort, she backed two steps, slowly trying to control her heart rate, "Watch it Weasley or I will hex you!"

"Wow, take it easy, I just was worried about you, you kind of spaced out there,.

"That's not true, I certainly don't space out that's unbecoming of a lady of my station."

Ron shrugged not in the mood to fight any more now that he was late to the reunion, "If you say so, your portion is on the table," And with that he parted leaving her huffing in indignation.

"I can't believe that he left like that, that uncultured redhead."

She looked at her plate, seeing a good portion of mashed potatoes, boiled green beans and a huge portion of beef. Her shoulders sagged a little at his offering, after all she hasn't say to anyone his secret or from who he was learning, or much less that some of the food that was served was prepared by him.

She sat on the table, not really in the mood to eat, but not wanting to insult Dipsy by not eating the food from her apprentice. She hated to admit it but the git has talent. She tried to ignore the pang at her chest while she was eating her ration; her resolution only endured her at the middle of the plate, now truly aware what was happening.

"What I am doing?" she was dejected, she really didn't want to do this but what other options did she have.

She sobbed, truly losing her composure for the first time in weeks, "I refuse to end like that, it's worth it, its worth-"And like she did before the redhead invaded her sanctuary, she released all the tension she had with only the elves as company.

XxX

"Ok, that's it, we really need to help the others too, we can't let her ruin their lives," Said Hermione at the group now being more confident than ever now that she had almost a month of experience at teaching. Harry nodded truly convinced of being prepared for something else, Luna seemed pensive and Ginny was looking at them expectantly while Neville and Ron just waited for the decision.

Luna finally said, "We need a way to prevent possible betrayals; it could cost us dearly if we are captured by Umbridge and the ministry," Surprisingly it was Ginny who immediately responded, "I agree with Luna, if we invite more people some will probably open their mouths to brag or rat us out."

Hermione considered all of this, "We can ask people we trust and know, I doubt that too many will appear at the actual reunion, no offense Harry but you aren't the most popular bloke recently."

"None taken,"

"Well, apart from that, where will we get this reunion? At the school is too dangerous, you are aware that people are watching us more closely now that our grades are getting better, especially Ron." Added Neville smiling sheepishly at his friend.

"Oi"

Ginny immediately intervened, defending Neville to her surprise, "Oh shut up you big baby, even you know that your grades were a disaster waiting to happen."

Ron huffed, not really knowing that he was pouting, making them laugh a little at his antics, Hermione sat at his side, trying to comfort him. "There, there don't cry over spilled truths"

"Thanks - Oi"

Luna interrupted the playful banter, "returning to the point, we can reunite in the hog's head in Hogsmead this Saturday." Hermione seemed to think over it then nodded, followed closely by the others.

Harry finally took the final decision, "Then it's on the Hog's head, try to ask people, make it primordial the need of confidence, we are risking too much with this, after all we are not obeying at all what the ministry has decreed. So if the information falls in the wrong hands we need a alibi for the reunion…"

"Quidditch," Said Ron immediately.

Ginny was about to rant about it when Luna of all people added, "I Agreed, most of who we are going to invite are Quidditch players so it could be easily put on that light is we are discovered at the Hog's head."

"Then let's make the fear of the ministry real, we are going to make an army against him." Concluded Harry before he began to launch jinxes and hexes at the direction of Ginny and Hermione, ending the chit chat, and beginning the practice period with a mock battle, the cry of outrage from Hermione told him that he got her with the Incarcerous spell. Sadly the jinx that barely touched his head told him that Ginny was expecting this and was answering with her trademark Bat bogey hex, he smiled proudly knowing that he was about to get a really intense workout.

TBC