The silence that hung heavily around Luna and Ginny was louder than if they had both been screaming at the top of their lungs. "When was the last time you've eaten?" Ginny repeated.

"I've been eating, Ginny...just been dieting for a little while," Luna said hesitantly. Ginny stared at her. "Why? You didn't need to lose weight in the first place!" She cried incredulously.

She grabbed ahold of Luna's tiny shoulders, terrified that Luna might break into little pieces at her touch. "Please Luna, this is scary, don't lose anymore!" She begged.

Luna was torn. She still had a long way to go, but she was sure she had never seen Ginny look so scared in her life. "All right... but don't tell Hemione!" She sais. Ginny looked at her, still having the terrified look in her eyes, she didn't even seem to question Luna's request. "I won't, but please stop this Luna. Please..."

About 30 minutes later, Luna found herself deleting and retyping her message before she shut her eyes, sent it and ran from the phone. 'I'm quitting' She had written.

5 minutes later she crept back to find an avalanche of disapproval from her friends. 'Why?! You were doing soo well!' 'What happened to all of that willpower?!' 'Do you want to stay FAT and UGLY?!'

Luna felt bitter tears trickling down her cheeks at the harsh comments. She didn't want to stay fat, she still had such a long way to go. 'My friend saw me and got scared and told me I didn't need to lose weight' She texted back. The responses poured in.

'She can't see your flaws, she's not a true friend' 'She's blind, she can't see how much you resemble a pig?' 'If you have to, trick her!'

That last response threw her. 'How..?' She asked.

'Simple, eat in front of her, but once the meal's over, run to the nearest bathroom and throw it up! It's fool-proof!'

Luna wasn't sure, she didn't want to trick Ginny, but the idea of staying thin was so tempting, she needed it, it was what she lived for, watching the numbers go down on the scale, knowing she was thinner, her clothes feeling looser, it was everything to her. 'Okay'

For the first time in weeks, Luna went to the Great Hall. Ginny was watching her like a hawk as she choked down some toast. She suddenly realised she was starving and had some bacon and sausages.

When she'd finished, she started to regret what she'd eaten, she felt sick and ran to the nearest bathroom, throwing up violently almost too soon as she got into a cubicle. She wasn't used to eating now, she knew it, and somehow, that made her happy. She would be able to stay thin and stop Ginny from worrying, two birds killed in one stone.

A few weeks later, around Christmas time, Luna found herself in the bathroom again and was just finishing up when she heard someone crying. Mrytle, probably, she had seen her a few times, usually wallowing in self-pity in the next cubicle.

She pulled her oversized cardigan tighter around her bony frame, disguising how frighteningly thin she was and walked out to find Hermione crying. For a moment she just stood there, before calling out to her.

"...Hermione?" She called out softly. The bushy-haired girl looked up and suddenly latched on to her, sobbing her heart out, before withdrawing, looking startled.

She reached over as though she was planning to pull one of Luna's sleeves up, but she slapped her hand away. "What happened?" She asked.

Hermione seemed to have forgotten about what had shocked her so much and started to cry again. "I-Ron-Me-" Luna patiently comforted her somewhat and led her out of the bathroom where Harry was waiting with a stack of books.

"Hermione-you left these in the library." He said. Hermione took the books and went on her way, while Harry and Luna set off down the corridor.

"She's a bit upset, I thought it was Moaning Myrtle, but it turned out to be her. She said something about Ron." Harry looked awkward.

"Yeah, they've had a bit of a fight. How are you, Luna?"

"Oh, I'm well, a bit lonely without the DA, but I've found a few new hobbies." She fingered the bracelets she had made.

"That's nice. Hey, do you want to come to Slughorn's party tonight?" Luna turned to him in surprise and he hastily said, "Just as friends"

"Of course I'd love to go as friends! I've never gone anywhere as friends before!" As soon as those words left her mouth, Luna instantly regretted it.

How would she update her friends on her weight loss if she was at a Christmas party, where she'd probably breathe some extra calories by accident?

"Great! So, seven?" Luna nodded and forced a smile, before heading to her dorm, where she filled her friends in on the situation, and they gave her good advice, like, take food, and put it back when no one was looking.

After an hour of ransacking her wardrobe, Luna brightened up her dress with a few accessories, like a pasta necklace and her bracelets helped. She looked in the mirror, seeing a skinny girl, before the image distorted into the horrifying image she always saw. She needed to work harder.

She was about to walk out of her dorm when the world suddenly tilted to the side and she suddenly found herself lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling. She got up and brushed it off as nothing and went to meet Harry.

Author's Note

Okay, that's all for now, it's getting pretty late here, so on to the review!

depressed boi: I'm glad you could relate to Luna and that your friends helped you. Ginny will help her, she's trying to at the moment, but Luna needs to get off the website first before anyone can truly help her.

Cya! :)