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Luna roamed the school halls. She had arrived early from break since her father had business with the Quibbler. She felt very alone in the quiet castle. She should have been used to it, but it was even lonelier since everyone was gone.

A head with dusty, reddish-brown locks peeked around the corner, then the body followed and Luna saw Justin striding towards her.

She smiled at him weakly as he flashed her brilliant smile, brushing his dusty curls out of his face.

They just stared at each other for a bit and finally, Justin said something, "Well, hullo Luna, it's good to see another friendly face around the castle, it's been very quiet since everyone's out for the holidays. Mum and Dad have gone to a holiday without me so I'm here all alone."

She said, "Yes, that's nice. Daddy himself has gone on a trip to investigate the ancient three-headed centaur burial grounds in Ireland."

He nodded and they were silent again.

He fished something out of his pocket and held it out on his palm, "They're enchanted tears. I had them frozen and enchanted by a goblin down at Diagon Alley."

She nodded and looked at the two tear drops that glistened and sparkled in Justin's palm. They were shaped like large tear drops and looked diamond as if frozen and frosted. There was a hook to each one.

Justin thrust them into Luna's hand. "Erm, keep it, it's a Christmas present."

Luna stared at them, awed, "Why, thank you so much! They're so fascinating! Where did you get the tear drops from?"

Justin replied eagerly, "I found them rolling down a tree, like sap, Professor Flitwick told me it was probably from a tree nymph or a tree spirit, and recommend me to have them professionally done since they were so rare.

Luna said, "You shouldn't have, they must be priceless, I hear that the trees rarely cry unless a whole forest is being chopped up of something."

Justin said airily, "Oh, no Luna, you must have it, it's no use to me, and I don't wear jewelry. And I'm muggle-born so they wouldn't really count much in my world." He continued shyly, "But, um, I also thought, that they'd look great on you for the ball…. Er, Luna?" "Yes, Justin?" "Um, would you like to, er would you like to come to the ball with me?"

Luna gasped. She had not been expecting that. She felt very confused; this was all new to her since she had not had much experience with boys.

She stuttered, "Er, well, Justin, I don't know." It was the first time that someone had caught Luna Lovegood off track and dead sober.

Justin frowned, "What do you mean you don't know? I thought that you liked me too." She said, "Well, yes I like you Justin, but, it's just that Harry Potter has asked me to the dance already."

He looked down, 'Oh, of course, I see." He sadly thought that he was no match for Harry Potter and felt ashamed for trying to compete against him. Of course he had heard rumors about him taking Luna to the ball, but those were only rumors, or so he thought. He gloomily mumbled, "Oh, I'm sorry for bothering you Luna, I'd better be off then."

Luna looked troubled as she watched him go. She felt a strange tugging and hollowness inside of her. She retreated to her dorm and looked at the gift he had given her. She needed to get him a gift too. The tears sparkled and twinkled. They were cold against her hand and almost clear except for the sparkling cleanness.

Justin felt miserable; he hadn't been able to properly comb his hair since the day he asked Luna to the ball. He felt foolish and ashamed.

He was startled suddenly though. An owl flew towards his window. It didn't look too tired, so it must have had a short trip, and it refuse to drink anything since it was already full.

He untied a parcel from its talon. He eagerly unwrapped the quaint wrapping paper; it was stained dark blue and had strange symbols on it. A small, glass prism sparkled inside. He held it up to his face. It flashed a spectrum of colors.

A crumpled piece of parchment fell from the mess of paper and crawled towards him with little legs.

Dear Justin Finch-Fletchley,

This is a priceless piece of glass that my father rescued from a shattered ruin a few years back. It's from the mirror, Erised. He had it specially shaped and engraved and it took a while, so I asked for it since I needed to get you a nice gift as well. It is a bit feeble of its magic and very rare. Just look into it or hold it up to your eye and you'll see a most wonderful thing. I tried to put a hole in it for a string, but I didn't have any string, but it's almost invisible so if you have a string, you may put it through and make a necklace. Use it wisely and care freely.

Love, Luna Lovegood.

Justin wasn't quite sure by what she said at the last sentence.

Justin looked at the strange glass piece and held it up to his eye. A flash went through the glass and Justin's vision was soon consumed by a delightful sight of Luna smiling at him serenely. He put it away from his face and looked at it, the small glass made everything seem so life size and real. He shook it and it flashed again. He put it at his eye again, this time, he saw himself at his home, his parents were watching the telly and he was on it, playing for the football team of England. Then, he saw Luna and his reflection smiling at each other.

Justin gaped at the glass, awed. Justin flopped back on his bed and took his time, staring into the prism.

Luna fingered the glittering earrings and felt satisfied for giving Justin a treasure in return.

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