A/N: I'm so sorry i didn't update yesterday, I was kind of busy. Blame Hufflepuffneedsyou1604 haha. Spent the day with her finishing our art GCSE peices. Anyway, just a warning.. It's my birthday next week (brothers too, I'm a twin. And my dads, and my cousins) so i won't be able to upload ever day, sorry. But I still will be posting:)

Once again tahnks so much to all you amazing people who red, favourite, story alert and reveiw. you guys are THE BEST!

Hope i don't dissapoint.

"Merry Christmas!" Ginny squealed as she jumped on Luna's bed. Luna awoke with a start. "Merry Christmas Ginny." she mumbled. Seeing as no one else in Ginny's dorm had managed to get themselves dates for the Yule ball, they had left Hogwarts to go home for Christmas. The day they moved out, Ginny officially moved Luna in. Luna often wondered what they would do if they knew Loony was sleeping in their room.

"Oh look, we have presents." Ginny squeaked. The Weasley family had always gotten over exited about Christmas and Ginny was no exception. In the end Luna gave up trying to sleep and joined Ginny over by the small Christmas tree they had managed to smuggle up in to the room. Once again showing the Weasley season cheer.

Luna was very happy with the presents she had received. George and Lee had gotten her a book named, "the beginners guide to pranks and pranking.", Ginny had gotten her a lovely hair grip she knew would match Luna's dress perfectly, Neville had gotten her a lovely copy of the tales of beadle and bard (she had often told him how her mother used to read her the stories, her favourite was the story of the three brothers and the deathly hallows), she even got a revision time table from Hermione Granger, her dad had actually gotten her an owl (eep!), Draco had given her a beautiful quill and some magic ink along with some chocolate frogs (she hadn't even been expecting a present from him), Fred had given her a framed photograph of the whole the group sat down my the lake, it came with a message that read, 'you seen angry with me?' Luna ignored it and carried on watching Ginny open her presents. .

With the note forgotten, Luna was in a very good mood. Never before has she gotten so many presents for Christmas.

"So, do you want to check the Owlery for your new owl?" Ginny asked Luna excitedly.

"Yes please." Luna beamed, brimming with happiness. As they left they passed Ginny's brother Ron Weasley and his friend Harry Potter, they wished them a merry Christmas, Ginny thanked them for her presents before they continued on their way to the Owlery.

Luna spotted her new owl instantly. It was a beautiful great grey owl and she loved it at once. The owl had a big red bow tied around its left leg along with a note. The owl instantly flew over to her. Luna stroked the owls head before detaching the note and reading it.

'Dearest Luna,

Hope you like your Christmas present. She is a one year old great grey owl called Dusty. She is a lovely little thing but be careful, if you annoy her she bites. Please look after her; you no longer have an excuse to not write to me.

I would also like you to know I have managed to obtain a new pet. He is a young Thestral named Kaiser. He looks forward to seeing you in the summer as do I.

Love,

Your dad.'

"Hello Dusty." Luna cooed. She felt so guilty for not writing to her dad, she decided that from then on she would write to him at least once a week. She was also over joyed that her father had managed to get hold of an actual tame Thestral. She couldn't wait to see it in the summer! She also couldn't wait to see her dad, she had missed him dearly. The letter had reminded her just how much.

"I wish I had an owl." Ginny said enviously, tearing Luna away from her thoughts.

"Well don't worry. You can borrow Dusty when ever you want." Luna smiled. Ginny beamed at her as a thank you. She had been planning on doing so anyway.

"Now we better be getting ready."

"But Ginny, the balls hours away." Luna moaned.

"Good. That means more time to look prefect." Ginny then grabbed Luna's sleeve and dragged her back to the Gryffindor common room. Luna made to sit on one of the sofas down there and maybe socialise a bit but she had no chance. Ginny glared at her so she trudged up to the dorm room after her. Something told her that she would regret giving Ginny Weasley permission to do her hair and makeup…

"Shower. Now." Ginny said to Luna. This ball seemed to bring out a real evil side in Ginny. Luna took the shower as an opportunity to escape the chaos of the room. Makeup was strewn across the room, various shoes covered the floor, a think layer of hair accessories had descended upon the room; in fact the only thing left untouched were the dresses that had been lovingly placed on the bed furthest from the bathroom. 'Don't want to get them damp.' Ginny had told Luna wisely.

"Luna!" came the pounding on the bathroom door. Luna had decided to take an extra long shower so she didn't have to face Ginny but it seemed Ginny had different idea, "Luna!" she shouted again whilst pounding on the door even louder now.

"Ok, ok!" Luna shouted, she then promptly jumped out of the shower, wrapped her hair in a towel and changed in to a vest top and pyjama bottoms.

"At last." Ginny said exasperated. She had already almost finished her hair and makeup and looked totally stunning. Her eyes were smoky grey with a little bit of eyeliner, she worse a clear lip gloss and her hair was down with a beautiful clip placed on the left side of her head. It was simple yet gorgeous.

"You look lovely Ginny." Luna smiled.

"You really think so?" Ginny blushed.

"Yes and I think Neville will find you highly attractive too." Luna said and then sat at the seat of the dressing table. She pretended that she didn't see Ginny's blush deepen or a shy smile pass across her face at the thought of Neville.

"So Luna, do you have anything in mind or do you want me to choose?" Ginny asked Luna, sounding like a professional hairdresser that they apparently had in the Muggle world.

"Can you choose please, I have no idea." Luna replied nervously. She hoped Ginny would do a good job. Ginny took a step back and looked Luna up and down. She then looked over at the dress and then the makeup strewn across the floor. She then picked up a few pots of the stuff and began to give Luna her make over.

"Wow, thanks Ginny." Luna replied. Ginny seemed to have picked out the makeup perfectly, Luna was now wearing a tiny amount of blush on her cheeks, a lip gloss with a slight pinkish glow and she also had thin layer of eye liner around her eyes. Ginny said it made the blueness of her eyes stand out more. Luna had to agree.

"Now your hair." Ginny informed Luna as she set to work trying to find the perfect hair style. "Just remember. We have to make Fred jealous."