"So, do you think she knows we know?" Ginny asked as Luna walked past the Great hall. "I don't know." Hermione turned back to her bacon, which had gone cold and she wrapped it up with some toast.

"We'll talk to her at Hogsmeade, okay?" She affirmed.

Luna meanwhile, was feeling very pleased with herself. She had just gone through all over her clothes after her morning run around the quidditch field and found that all of her clothes were now too big for her, something that made her heart sing with joy. All of her clothes now hung off her, like an extra skin.

She eagerly wrote the news on her blog part and was immediately greeted with nice comments that made her feel warm and fuzzy inside.

'Only, wouldn't it be just delicious to fit into kids clothes? Like, 12-13? Think of all of the adorable designs!' someone had written excitedly after a short message of 'congratulations'. Luna thought about it.

These girls in the group were all muggles, so she had had had to work out the rough dress size, which she had decided was around a 10, petite size and considering she was too small for her clothes now, she guessed she could fit into children's clothes.

"Challenge accepted! But how?" She wrote back. She had found she could act like a completely different person on the internet, she could act confident, cool and she could truly fit in. That was the magic of the internet.

'Just up your game a little if you want it as a Christmas present to yourself, don't drink anything but water, replace most meals with it. Water's magic, if you think you're hungry, you're just thirsty and drink it instead. Oh, and try doing exercises with your fingers and toes! It looks so cute!' The girl had typed back, before sending a video of herself doing the exercises. Luna beamed and shut her laptop.

She skipped down to where all the other students were after pulling on a now-oversized dress to go to Hogsmeade. She couldn't help but notice Hermione and Ginny staring at her, almost intensely, like they were scrutinizing every tiny part of her.

Maybe they had figured out that she had lost weight? When she got to Hogsmeade, Hermione and Ginny had asked her to come with them to the Three Broomsticks to talk about 'something sensitive', which she gladly obliged to.

They sat down after Ginny and Hermione ordered Butterbeer and Luna almost did the same, before remembering the advice she had gotten on her blog and asking for water.

She noticed that little gesture had attracted her friend's interest, judging by the way Hermione nudged Ginny and whispered in her ear. Their drinks arrived and Hermione quickly abandoned her Butterbeer and leaned on the table towards Luna.

"Luna, you can decide to tell us, but we just wanted to let you know, we know what's going on and we're not judging you for it." She said. Luna, however, was confused. "What are you talking about Hermione? She asked.

"Didn't you see the book in your dorm?" Hermione asked. Suddenly it all became clear to Luna. It had been Hermione who had sent her the hateful book. She thought she was that fat.

Why did she hate her so much? And she had even considered her as a friend! She felt as though something sharp had pierced her heart and simultaneously felt tears pricking at her eyes.

"O-oh." She got up and ran from The three broomsticks crying, abandoning her water, leaving Hermione and Ginny staring after her, horrified. "Luna! Come back!" Ginny called after her but to no avail. Luna was already down the street and couldn't hear her.

"I don't think she was ready," Hermione said quietly, staring at the glass of water Luna had bought, the only thing that was proof she had been there at all.

"I didn't think she'd get that upset about it though." Ginny breathed, deeply concerned for her friend. "That was so unlike her too, she always seemed so free, not caring about anything. This baby must've really stressed her out for her to react like that."

Luna meanwhile had settled in an alleyway crying so hard she could barely breathe. She was going through the conversation over and over again in her mind, which proved to be a terrible idea, as it only made her feel worse and cry even harder.

She eventually calmed down after what seemed like hours, remembering she needed some new clothes, her old ones wouldn't fit and went to the clothes shop. The whole way there, she was planning on how to prove Hermione and Ginny wrong. She had that advice from the girl on her blog and she intended to use it as much she could.

She cheered up immensely when she picked out the smaller clothes from the children's section. They were absolutely adorable and she took a few 11-12s along with larger sizes and went to put them on, knowing that she would have to work hard to fit into them.

She went to put them on in the dressing room and looked in the mirror. For a split second, she could see a skinny girl wearing the dress she was wearing, then the illusion disappeared and was replaced with a horrifying one.

She was nothing but a hateful blob of a girl, miserable, large and stretching the beautiful dress. Tears pricked once again at her eyes and she tore it off over her head, wiping at them fiercely.

No wonder Hermione and Ginny thought she was pregnant, she was enormous. She bought the clothes and went back to Hogwarts, resolving to work harder on losing weight.

A few weeks later, Ginny went out for an early morning run, it was getting colder, seeing as Christmas was very near and she had pulled a warm coat. She caught sight of a small, blonde-haired figure, running the other way. Luna, except she looked different somehow.

As she got closer, it quickly became clear what different about her best friend. And it also occurred to her she and Hermione were very wrong, thinking Luna was pregnant. Before Luna had looked fine, slim and some would have even called her pretty in a special way, like no one else but now that unique beauty was gone.

Luna was pale now, ghostly pale and she looked-to Ginny's shock and equal horror-like she would snap any moment. She wasn't wearing a coat either, just a jumper and leggings, only illuminating how thing she was.

She seemed so fragile, bird-like, every bone in her body seemed to be showing and she looked as though the wind could blow her away. She looked surprised to see Ginny. "Hello, Ginny!" She said.

"Luna...are you okay?" Ginny asked, managing to form the sentence with difficulty, still in shock at the drastic change in her best friend's appearance. Luna looked surprised. "Yes, why?"

"When was the last time you've eaten?" Ginny whispered, the whisper sounding much louder than if she had screamed the words. The two girls stood staring at each other in the bitter cold.

Author's note:

Whoo! Longest chapter yet. On to the review!

Depressed boiii: Yeah, I know, I thought it'll be fun to have them barking up the wrong tree

Cya! :)