"Please meet me in front of the castle after lunch. Hermione."

Luna found this little note next to her bed when she woke up the next morning. Her owl had probably dropped it here while she was sleeping.

"Interesting" she thought. "Hermione is probably freaking out since yesterday".

After a good lunch during which she discussed the importance of wrackspurts in the ecosystem with her obviously skeptical classmates, she slowly walked towards the front door of the castle. She had seen Hermione leave the Great Hall ten minutes before, and reveled in the feeling that she was keeping the Gryffindor waiting, thus making her more nervous. More vulnerable.

Finally, she walked down the stairs leading up to the castle and saw Hermione, waiting for her on her left.

"Hey, Luna! I was thinking maybe we could have a walk in the park and have a little talk. What do you think?" asked the Gryffindor.

"I'd love to, Hermione! Let's go this way!"

Luna took Hermione by the hand and led her towards the right.

"Maybe we can go and see how the Whomping Willow is doing! I've always loved that tree! Did you know my father has found other Whomping Trees all over Great Britain, yet no one believes him! People keep on saying this is the only one that exist!"

"I believe you, Luna, but I have something very important to talk to you about. Will you please listen?"

"Of course, Hermione! Look, we can almost see the tree from here!"

Luna was walking really fast, pulling on Hermione's arm. The Gryffindor had trouble keeping up with her.

"So, Luna. I wanted to ask you. Yesterday when you ran into me and Pansy, what exactly…"

"I think it's the other way around. You both ran into me, I was just standing behind the door"

"It's not important who ran into who, Luna! Can you tell me what you heard, exactly?" asked Hermione.

"I heard Pansy speaking to you about a kiss, or something"

"Is that all?"

"Yes, then one of you closed the door again" answered Luna. "Look, we are here! Come with me, I'm going to show you something!"

She took a stick on the floor and carefully walked up to the Whomping Willow, who was starting to move its branches in a threatening way. She pressed the stick on a knot at the base of the tree, and the branches stopped moving altogether.

"See? It stops moving when you press the knot here! Neville showed me that!"

"I already knew that, Luna" sharply said Hermione. Luna was really getting on her nerves right now, she was not listening to her on purpose.

"Oh… Sorry! I thought not a lot of people knew that. Now come, we can go behind and continue our little walk. I am really enjoying spending some time with you, Hermione"

"Me too, Luna. Me too. Now about that kiss…"

Hermione followed Luna on a small path behind the tree.

"What about it?" asked the Ravenclaw.

"I know what it looks like, but you shouldn't believe that…"

"Do you think I am that stupid, Hermione?" interrupted Luna. "After what you did with me in that classroom... I must say I was really disappointed that you didn't send me a feedback for the glasses of my cum I sent you"

Luna had stopped walking and was looking seriously at Hermione, suddenly not cheerful anymore.

"Anyway, can you..." tried to continue Hermione, but Luna interrupted her again.

"Did you at least enjoy them?"

Hermione blushed, as the memory of the taste and texture of the juices all over her body imposed itself upon her mind.

"I… I…"

"What did you do with them? I hope you didn't put them to waste. I milked myself with a lot of pleasure thinking about what you would do with them. I did it for you, as a gift" said Luna, innocently, as if she was a sad little girl, disappointed that her gift was not appreciated.

"That was a weird gift Luna, and I don't feel comfortable talking about it, really. It has something to do with Pansy, actually. Can you please….?"

"What did you do with the glasses I sent you?" insisted Luna.

"Stop interrupting me!" exclaimed Hermione.

"I will when you answer me"

"Fine… I… I put them to good use. I won't give you more information"

Luna smiled. The same knowing smile she had had the day before in front of the Room Of Requirements.

"Fine. I won't ask for more. I am happy that you have enjoyed them. Feel free to ask for more anytime you want to. Now tell me what you wanted to tell me, Hermione, I'm all yours."

Hermione ignored the last words Luna had said, and finally spoke the words she had wanted to speak since several minutes now.

"Can you please not tell anybody what you heard yesterday? Pansy's parents would kill her if they learned about our relationship"

"Are you both in a relationship now?" asked Luna.

"Yes, yes we are. But this has to stay a secret, do you understand?"

Luna was angry. Hermione actually seemed to be serious about being with Pansy. This wasn't just some fun the two girls were having.

"Also…" continued Hermione. "Can you also not tell anyone about you and me?"

"I don't understand, Hermione. Are you trying to protect Pansy from her parents, or yourself?"

"I'm just trying not to hurt anyone, please, Luna"

"Well, maybe you can do something for me in return" proposed Luna, getting closer to Hermione.

"Please! I am asking you this as a favor. We were always friends before, you and me. I am tired of people blackmailing me!"

"Who else has tried to blackmail you?"

"It's of no importance! Promise me you won't tell!"

Luna grabbed Hermione by the waist and pushed herself against her. She inserted her tongue by force in the other girl's mouth. Hermione tried to push her back, but the Ravenclaw was, despite her looks, really strong, and all she managed to do was to make them both fall down on the ground. Luna ended up on top of Hermione, straddling her.

"Are you seriously trying to rape me?" exclaimed Hermione, outraged that Luna would even consider doing something like that.

"Of course not! I know you're just pretending to fight back not to feel like a cheater, but deep inside you love the fact that I'm rubbing myself on you right now."

"I don't!"

Luna insisted and pulled up her robes to show Hermione that she was wearing no underwear. She kept on moving back and forth.

"I really don't enjoy that! Leave me alone, Luna!"

Hermione pushed Luna off of her with great difficulty, but finally managed to escape from under her. As she got up on her feet, she heard the sound of fabric being ripped. She looked at her robes and saw that a huge chunk of it was missing around her left calf.

"You bitch!" screamed Luna, who was still on the floor, more angry than Hermione had ever seen her. Her face was transformed with rage. She didn't look sweet, or innocent, or naïve anymore.

"I give myself to you and you push me away! You fucking bitch!"

The Ravenclaw threw a stick at her.

Hermione didn't wait one more second and ran as fast as she could to get away from Luna, who had obviously gotten insane. She avoided a punch by the Whomping Willow, and finally arrived to the castle, sweating and panting. Pansy was waiting for her.

"What happened? You look terrible!" exclaimed the Slytherin.

"She… I'm sorry… I'm really sorry" panted Hermione.

"What? What are you sorry about? What happened to your robes?"

"It's Luna… She tried to kiss me and…"

"She did WHAT?"

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have…."

"I don't fucking care what you did, Hermione! I always knew something was wrong with that girl, she knows about you and me and she tries to come onto you! Where is she?"

"I don't know, over there. But please, listen to me first..."

"I'm going to go find her" said Pansy.

"No, please, you can't…"

"Miss Granger! What are you still doing here?"

Pansy and Hermione looked in the direction the voice had come from. It was Sinistra. Hermione felt her heart sink.

"You have a class with me in exactly two minutes, Miss Granger! Can you please tell me why you are not in the Astronomy Tower yet?"

"I was a-about to come Professor, but I got stuck to a… a tree, and so I ripped my robes, and… and now, now I am late" stammered Hermione.

"How do you manage to always end up in the stupidest situations, Miss Granger? I thought I had told you to stay away from trouble! Come with me, we'll go up together "

"But I need to change my robes, Professor".

"It's okay, it's almost spring! There's nothing wrong with showing off your legs at this time of year!" mocked the Professor. "Now come with me, please, or we are both going to be late"

Hermione looked helplessly at Pansy, who blew her a kiss and smiled at her, wanting to make her feel safe, wanting to make her understand that she would take care of Luna, and that everything would be alright. "Nothing will be alright" thought Hermione as she followed Professor Sinistra. "Nothing will ever be alright again if Pansy talks to Luna".