A/N: As you guys may have noticed, i have been posting a few chapters up tonight. I have spent alot of time getting them prepared for tonight as i may not be uploading as regularly over the coming week. I will try to be on here but it wont be every day as usual. I have seven exams over the coming weeks so it will require alot of revision (lucky me -_-) but I promise that I will try to post a few :D Thanks so much, please R&R, I will always reply and i always appreciate it. An extra big thankyou to ExMaloBonum who inboxed me with an idea for the story, it was such a great idea and i certainly will be using it over the coming chapters! Thanks to everyone else too. Hope you enjoy x)

"Luna!" someone seemed to be shouting across the platform.

"Neville!" Luna shouted back, spotting him running towards her through the crowds.

"I've missed you." he informed her as he gave her a bear hug. "Oh hi Mr Lovegood."

"Hello there boy." Xenophilius chuckled. "And you are?"

"Neville Longbottom."

"well it's a pleasure to meet you." he smiled "Luna, I'll be off." he gave her a quick hug before leaving them stood there waiting for the others. Luna stood there proud as punch with a new school bag slung over her shoulder and new ear rings adorning her ears elegantly.

They had been waiting for about five minuets when they saw a sea of ginger hair come through the barrier. Every single Weasley seemed to be waving frantically at them, even George. It was a lovely surprise. Luna began to turn back to Neville to finish her lecture on Heliopaths, a very rare fire animal which took pride in blackmailing people in high up places, namely Cornelius fudge, when Fred began to run towards the both of them. Leaving his trunk in the middle of the station in the process. He then picked Luna up, spun her round, put her back down and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"You wont believe how much i've missed you." he laughed. Luna could see he was telling the truth in his eyes. He wasn't just talking about over he Christmas holidays, he was talking about all the time spent at school with barley a few words passing between them.

"Well i've missed you too." she giggled. She really had missed him.

"Fred move. You're not the only one who wants to see Luna you know." Ginny laughed pushing Fred out of the way. She then gave Luna a hug. They then got in to a little chat about Harry Potter who had just walked on to the magical platform.

"Luna…" it was George, he was lugging his and Fred's trunks across the platform so Luna ran over to help him, he looked like he was struggling slightly.

"Hi George." Luna replied sheepishly.

"Look i'm really sorry." he did look genuinely remorseful.

"So am I." She smiled up at him. George then gave her a very quick and awkward hug.

"Don't worry! I have arrived!" Lee Jordan shouted through the crowds of people just as he tripped and went flying. This just made everyone laugh. Luna decided that she liked having the whole group together again. It made her happy. It seemed to make everyone happy. In particular Fred.

Everyone then slowly headed over to the train to try and find an empty compartment. As they walked down the train, the walked past Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini. Malfoy ignored Luna as usual and instead turned his nose up at her, Luna attempted to smile but her attempt was doomed from the start. Fred slowly called out to her and ushered her onto the train.

"What did he want?" Fred mumbled.

"Well he is my tutor, Fred." she giggled.

They made their way into the compartment. Fred looked slightly hurt as Luna chose the seat next to Neville and Ginny. He had wanted to sit next to her but understood why it was best if they didn't. He took the seat between George and Lee. Luna flashed him a reassuring look from across the carriage. She was so glad they could be friends now. She had missed him but knew she couldn't upset George.

"So. What did everyone get for Christmas?" Lee asked everyone as the train set off, this ended in a long and lengthy discussion about how they spent Christmas. Luna couldn't help but notice that Neville remained unusually silent through out the whole conversation.

"Are you ok?" she whispered across to him.

"Yeh, just fine." Neville lied giving Luna a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

They then spent the remainder of the journey learning about Lee's Christmas in Paris and what pranks the twins had planned for this term. As always, blowing up the Slytherin common room was among them as was many plans to annoy Snape.

Luna skipped through the corridors happily. She was full from the feast in the great hall and on her way to the common room when she was stopped by a nasty looking Slytherin girl.

"Oh look its Loony Lovegood." she snarled.

"Good one Pansy." someone called from behind her as they chortled away to themselves.

Luna just stood there, unaware of what to do. None of her friends were there and she had never felt so alone in her entire life. Quick as a flash the content of her bag was all over the floor. Her brand new bag already ripped. She tried to crouch down to collect her things but Pansy grabbed her hair and dragged her back up. Luna could suddenly feel a burning heat on her back and only then did she realise they had caught her hair on fire.

"Aguamenti!" Draco shouted with such precision that it put out her hair but hardly even dampened her robes.

"Pansy. What the hell do you think your doing?" he shouted, anger filled his voice.

"Ooh. Sticking up for the freaks now are we?"she laughed.

"What I do is none of your business." his voice sounded eerily low and unsettling, it touched every nerve in Luna's body.

"Now go!" he sounded so angry that Pansy had no choice but to turn and run back to her group of friends before they all turned away red faced and embarrassed.

Draco then turned to Luna, concern seemed to help mask the anger in his cold, grey eyes. He helped her pick up her things and said a quick spell to mend her bag.

"Thanks." Luna said.

"No problem Lovegood.." he muttered darkly before storming off in the opposite direction. What had just happened? Had Luna been dreaming or had Draco actually just stuck up for her? She pinched herself just to check.