Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or the concept of Harry Potter, they all belong to J.K. Rowling.
The sun was rising once again over the mountains, shining on Hogwarts. Luna was still sleeping in her dormitory but was gladly woken up by Cho Chang. Luna rubbed her eyes and sat up, stretching her arms and body, releasing all the tired energy from her body. The search for the lost pages on the diadem and locket is still on and today, she promised Draco and herself that she would ask Professor Flitwick about this. She then grabbed her uniform and went in the bathroom to take a shower, coming out wearing her Ravenclaw uniform. Her hair was still wet but with a drying spell, it was back to its curly bouncy self. She grabbed a mirror and looked at herself, wondering what she should do with her hair.
"You should braid it, Luna" Padma told her. She just came in the room, fixing her stuff for the day. Luna looked at her and then at her hair.
"You think so?" Luna asked. Padma nodded and went up to Luna. Padma grabbed some of her hair and started to fix it. In 5 minutes, her hair was now in a beautiful french braid.
"Tada!" Padma said. Luna looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. Cho then came in and saw Luna and smiled.
"Wow! Luna you look amazing!" Cho said and Padma nodded in agreement. Luna blushed at their complement and stood up, grabbing her back.
"Thanks you guys… Come on, let's go get some breakfast" Luna said. The two girls nodded and they then went down to the Great hall. The great hall was filled with students now, eating breakfast, and conversing with fellow housemates and other people of other houses. The Ravenclaw girls went to their table and started eating their breakfast. Luna got some sausages, as well as eggs and a muffin. For a drinks he got pumpkin juice.
"Hey Luna, nice hair style! You finally look normal" Michael Corner, a male Ravenclaw complimented, which to Luna's friends sounded like an insult.
"Sod off, Corner! Luna has always been normal, she's just unique" Cho said, she turned to Luna and smiled at her, which made Luna smile back.
"It was a complement, calm down" Michael said, holding his hands up in surrender.
"Didn't sound like one to me" Padma rolled her eyes and said. Luna giggled at their interacting, and continued to eat her breakfast. Luna then started to feel a piercing gaze on her, which made her look up, towards the Slytherin table. Draco was looking at her, as he sipped his juice. She looked back at him and gave him a smile. He then nudged his head to his left, which made Luna look their. She saw Professor Flitwick talking to Professor Dumbledore about something. Once it ended, the small professor went down and headed towards the entrance. Luna continued to follow him as he left and once he did, she looked back at Draco. Luna gave him a knowing nod, and Draco nodded back with a smirk. He then continued his breakfast, while Luna continued hers.
"Hey, I'm going to head to my first class now… " Luna said, standing up after finishing her breakfast. Padma stood up as well and smiled.
"Let's walk together, we have the same first class anyway" Padma said. Luna nodded and said goodbye to Cho and the rest of their friends and left. The two were out of the Great hall and into the hallway, heading to their Charms classroom. All Luna could talk about while walking to Charms was the pages, and surprisingly Draco. She was surprise that Draco would continue to join her on this search, this silly search for a bunch of old pages. But Draco stuck with her till the end of last night, until this morning.
"So… Luna, do you fancy anyone?" Snapping out of her daydream, she forgot she was walking with Padma to Charms, who seems to be looking for a conversation.
"Huh? What?" Luna asked nervously. Padma gave a sneaky smirk and giggled. Luna looked down, with a blush visible on her cheek.
"Come on, I know you must fancy someone. I saw you looking across the table, towards the Slytherin table" Padma claimed.
"I… I don't know what you are talking about…" Luna said, Padma smiled and continued.
"Don't lie to me Luna. And I'm surprised, Slytherin? You should know their reputation but knowing you're kind-hearted self, you are willing to accept them" Padma said. Luna sighed and looked at her.
"I was not looking at anyone, I was simply day-dreaming, you should know that, Padma…" Luna defended. Padma smiled and shrugged. The two soon arrived at the Charms room, and the almost everyone was there but some were still coming in. They were having class with Hufflepuff, which was not as bad as having classes with Gryffindor or Slytherin. To them, Gryffindors would have difficulties with some lessons, except Granger of course, and Slytherins would pull pranks on the other house. Luna and Padma sat on the second row, with Luna sitting by the window.
"Good morning class! Today we will be learning the Banishing Charm, now wands at the ready! And I hope you brought the objects you want to banish…" Professor Flitwick said when he was standing on the podium.
2 hours passed and everyone had just finished performing the Banishing Charm, with minor accidents. The class soon ended with everyone leaving the classroom one by one. Padma was fixing her stuff, as well as Luna, but Luna looked at Professor Flitwick, and the at Padma.
"You can go ahead Padma, I have to talk to Professor Flitwick about something" Luna said. Padma nodded.
"Are you sure?" She asked. Luna nodded and Padma just shrugged and leaving, telling her goodbye and that she will see her later at lunch.
"Uhm… Professor Flitwick?" Luna went up to the podium and asked the dwarf professor. Professor Flitwick looked at Luna and smiled.
"Oh! Hello Luna, good to see you. You did well in class today. You managed to banish majority of your items and managed to bring them back at the same time, impressive" He complimented her, which made her blush and smile.
"Thank you Sir but that was not what I want to talk about…" The professor looked at her and asked.
"Whatever is it my dear?"
"I was wondering if you know anything about… the Diadem of Ravenclaw?" Luna asked him. Professor Flitwick smiled and gave a chuckle.
"But of course, my dear. You should also know about the diadem of your house's founder" Luna nodded and continued.
"Yes, I know about it but… I was wondering if you knew more about it…" Luna said. The professor thought long and hard and looked at her.
"Well all I know is that it belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of Hogwarts and the house of Ravenclaw. Also that, anyone who wears the diadem will gain more wisdom and intelligence, than they already know. But other than that… Nothing" Luna looked down sadly but then Professor Flitwick said.
"But I must ask… Why the sudden interest in the diadem? Is this for a research paper?" The professor asked. Luna shook her head and smiled.
"No sir… It is just… Well, I went to the library yesterday and found an interesting book on the House Relics of Hogwarts… and I noticed that the pages on the Diadem of Ravenclaw were missing. Not only that, but the Locket of Slytherin's pages are missing as well…"
"Ah yes… I am familiar with that piece of work. Fun fact about the book, it has no author, if you noticed that" Professor Flitwick explained. After hearing that fact, Luna suddenly realised only now that the book never did have an author.
"I… I didn't notice that…" Luna whispered quietly. The professor chuckled and smiled.
"Yes well, I am familiar with the work and I know that some pages are missing. Specifically of Ravenclaw and Slytherin. But I must sadly say that I do not know where they are as well. I honestly want to know as well" Professor Flitwick explained. Luna looked down disappointed and gave him a sad nod.
"I see… I understand professor… I'm truly sorry for wasting your time…" Luna then turned around and walked away, but before she reached the entrance, Professor Flitwick said.
"But if you are able to find it, Ms. Lovegood, then you will be able to solve a life long secret on the history of the Founders. Because those pages have been missing since the year of the founders" Luna stopped to look at him. She gave him a small smile and nod and walked off down the hallway.
"So much for that… I might as well find Draco and tell him" As she was walking, she ran into someone and was about to fall on her butt again, but the person she ran into, grabbed her arm and pulled her steady.
"Watch where you're going, Lovegood" She knew that voice anywhere, which made her look up. She looked at Draco but then saw behind him, that he was not alone. She saw Crabbe and Goyle, in their Slytherin robes with their bags, heading to their next class.
"Yeah! Watch it, Lovegood!" Goyle snickered, and Crabbe followed. Draco looked at Luna and then back at the two.
"Go on without me… I'll handle, Lovegood" Draco said. Crabbe and Goyle looked at him confused and was about to ask what's up. But before they could, Draco gave them a cold glare and the two blokes ran off to their next class. Luna looked back and watch them run.
"Ah, the Slytherin glare, will scare anyone into doing anything they want…." Luna said. Draco smirked and looked at her.
"It's a trait… So what did Flitwick say?" Draco asked. She looked at him and then looked down sadly.
"Nothing… He also knows nothing… But, I found out… that the book on the House Relics, had no author…" Luna said. Draco's eyes widened at the fact.
"Really!? I didn't notice that before…" Draco mumbled the last part quietly. Luna nodded and looked out the window.
"I'm not sure what to do anymore…" Luna said with defeat in her tone. But she then sighed and looked at him.
"I'm sorry, I must be stalling you for your next class… Which is?" Luna sked.
"Potions with Professor Snape…" Draco answered. Luna looked at him and thought of something.
"Professor Snape… He's the head of Slytherin, correct?" Luna asked again. Draco nodded to her question.
"Yeah so?" Draco asked. Luna smiled and held both his hands in plead.
"Why don't you talk to Professor Snape!?" Luna asked excitedly. Draco blinked and looked at her frantically.
"Are you crazy!? Why would I ask him a silly thing like that!?" Draco asked. Luna looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Please Draco… He is our last and only chance for any facts on possibly the Slytherin page and the locket...Please…" Luna pleaded. She looked at him with puppy dog eyes and Draco was eventually weakened by this. He then sighed in defeat.
"Alright, alright, fine! I'll talk to him… But don't expect much…" Draco said. Luna smiled happily and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug.
"Oh! Why thank you Draco!" Luna exclaimed with joy. Draco was surprised by this but he gave into the hug and hugged her back. They then let go of one another and a pink blush was visible on both of their faces.
"Right well… I better go before Snape gives me detention…" Draco said. Luna nodded and kissed his cheek. Draco was not anymore surprised with her kissing him on the cheek.
"Right… Well, good luck, with both potions and asking him…" Luna said. Once she said that she went around him and skipped on her merry way.
"Hey Luna!" Draco yelled. Luna turned and looked at him confused.
"Love the french braid… It makes you look beautiful…" Draco said. Luna then blushed a bright red, and turned away from him. She yelled back a thank you, as best as she can and ran off. Draco smirked and chuckled to himself, turning back to head for the dungeons, to the Potion's classroom.