House: Ravenclaw
Category: Short
Prompts: Windy, house scarf
Word count: 525
A Day in December
It was one of the windiest and coldest Decembers Luna could remember. The last thing she wanted to do was to be outside in the awful weather, but unless she wanted to stay at home for the holidays, she had no choice. The Hogwarts Express was going to leave tomorrow, and Luna still hadn't found many of her missing items. She couldn't understand why people would want to keep taking them, but she hoped they found it funny. Somewhere, someone had better be even slightly amused, or all the trouble she'd gone to looking for the missing items, would be for nothing.
Luna's eyes widened as she realized the only possible place the rest of her things would be. Despite her calm exterior, Luna was terrified of something - the forbidden forest. She had always hated the dark, and the noises didn't do anything to calm her nerves. She knew the wrackspurts were at it again, or she wouldn't feel so negative about the situation. She could hear them – they buzzed loudly in her ears, and the noise mixed with the howling of the wind made it hard to think clearly.
She shivered as she stood at the edge of the forest, holding out her wand and casting lumos into the unending darkness. The small light made her feel slightly more reassured. After all, the thestrals always kept her safe, so she was in no real danger…
It was the middle of the day, but just one step into the forest, and all light around her seemed to extinguish. She gulped.
"Romulus?" She called. When at first there was no reply, Luna began to worry. The wind was so loud now that the buzzing of the wrackspurts had almost disappeared and branches were actually snapping off of the trees, one almost hitting Luna on the shoulder. Vaguely, she thought she heard the headmaster's voice amidst all the noise. It sounded suspiciously like a warning to stay inside because of the strong winds, but Luna couldn't be sure. It didn't matter anyway, as she decided she would remain outside despite this. After all, she needed to find the rest of her items before the next day.
She was about to call Romulus again, when her blue and silver house scarf was swept up from around her neck.
"Hey!" She cried out at the wind. "That's my scarf!" She reached to grab it, but the wind pulled it tauntingly out of her reach. As if by magic, the scarf flew up and up, until it became entangled in the branches of a rather tall tree.
It was then, that Romulus decided to come, galloping and neighing, his wings being lifted by the strong grasp of the wind.
"Romulus, you have to help me find my things!" Luna shouted, but was unable to raise her voice above the unrelenting roar of the wind.
The thestral just shook his head sadly. 'Go home!' His eyes seemed to say, before galloping off into the forest.
That evening, Luna found herself gazing mournfully out one of the windows of Ravenclaw tower, watching her scarf wave like a flag in the wind.