Waning Moon
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A/N: Thanks for the reviews, guys! Expecially Rei luva and Lain! ::sniffles in joy::
Chapter 4 (Sudden Fame)
Although the teachers and Madame Pomfrey had tried to keep it quiet, the rumour of Luna Lovegood having used to Avadra Kedavra spell on herself had spread all over the school. While most students felt sorry for Luna, she had led to fame and admiration with the Slytherins; even Angus Mayfair and Draco Malfoy were impressed. When Luna entered the Great Hall two days after Harry, Hermione, Ron and the twins had visited her, everybody immediately stopped talking and turned to her. The silence was awkward for a moment, until Lee Jordan got up and pulled her over to the Gryffindor table.
"You're going to sit with us now," he said firmly and so loud that everyone could easily understand what he said.
Luna smiled shyly at him, but sat down between Lee and Fred. She was sitting opposite to Ron who beamed at her.
After that the students started talking again and everything seemed quite normal that day, except for one thing: No one was calling her Loonie, no one was stealing things from her and the twins escorted her to all of her lessons.
In the afternoon Luna sat outside under the very same tree which she had been sitting under the day all of this had started. Again she was playing with her mother's wedding ring and again she thought of Ron. She could almost see his red hair in front of her ... She started. This was **indeed** Ron's shoulder-length , red hair in front of her.
"Hi!"
"H-hi," Luna stuttered.
"Just thought I'd look how you were."
"Mmm, good. Yeah, I'm good."
Ron frowned. People who had been in mortal danger for weeks weren't supposed to be good. They were supposed to be depressed, wounded, in pain ... whatever, but NOT good!
"Are you sure?" He looked at her cheek; where the curse had hit her she had a scar similiar to the one on Harry's forehead.
"Yes, really." She smiled and it didn't even look like a fake smile to the youngest Weasley brother. "You don't need to worry."
Luna regretted her words at once. She **wanted** Ron to worry! That showed that he actually cared. "Well, but I do. If you ever need someone to talk to ... I'll be there."
Luna felt how she blushed, but she didn't care as Ron's face shone in a bright scarletty color, too.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"Welcome," Ron whispered back, got up and skipped away, like he was really pleased or something.
Luna chuckled to herself and kept playing with her ring when someone covered her eye from behind.
"Stop that, Prongs."
"How did you know it was me?" Fred pouted and let go of her.
"Well, woman's intuition, I guess."
"Hey." George hugged Luna from behind; something he had given up two years ago after Luna's struggles, but also something that felt right now. The twins were both rather warm people although it was a known fact that usually George was the one who initiated body contact, but both often hugged each other or Ginny; Ron wasn't too intrigued by the idea of being hugged by a twin. This time Luna leaned back into the embrace, closing her eyes. What she didn't know was her women's intuition had failed her this time. It was indeed Fred who was holding her as close as humanly possible, rocking her back and forth in his arms while the soft breeze played with their hair and mixed up light brown with flaming red.
Ron was still skipping when he arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Lacrima puellae," he said in a sing-songy voice.
"You seem in a very good mood," the Fat Lady said.
"Indeed, I am." Ron grinned and planted a kiss on the Fat Lady's cheek before he sauntered into the Common Room. Lavender and Parvati looked at him as if he had just grown a second head and Hermione came to feel if he had a fever or anything.
"You feel normal, Ron. Why are you walking so funny?"
"Ohhh ... I'm happy, happy, happy!" He pulled Hermione into a silent corner and told her everything.
"Well, you should have stayed in case she wanted to tell you anything," Hermione said. "Other than that you were doing well, though."
Ron smiled happily. "This is a great day!"
"What's so great about this day?" Ginny, who had just turned up, asked.
Ron told her everything and she frowned. "Why is everyone making such a fuss of this? I mean, it was Loonie's own deci-"
"Ginny Weasley!" Hermione called out. "This is a serious topic and you shouldn't ..."
"Why is everyone acting like Luna was their best friend suddenly?! Before all of this happened you didn't even like her and now it's oh so important for her to have someone to talk to!"
Ron and Ginny had both gone equally red in the face, both trembling with rage.
"Ginny! I thought she was your **friend**!"
"I was just hanging out with her sometimes, because I felt sorry for her, but I don't like her! Never have done, never will do!"
Ginny jumped up and left a very angry Ron and a shocked Hermione behind.
At the same time, Luna was still cuddling with Fred although she had no idea that it was him and George was feeling uncomfortable. When Fred had suggested that, he hadn't thought it would cause any harm; it would just comfort Luna, but since Fred's hugs seemed to get more heartily, he felt that he had to do something.
"Mmm, George, we still need to go and talk to Wormtail about this plan of ours ..."
Fred looked up. "Plan?" He saw that sparkle in George's eyes that reminded him of his mother's. "Ohhh, the PLAN! Right!"
He slowly got up. "Mmm, it's a surprise, Moonie. So ... we'll tell you when the time has come."
Luna smiled and nodded and the twins left. When they were far away enough Fred spoke up.
"What was that about? Why did you say anything about that non-existant plan?"
"Fred, that wasn't right! We shouldn't have done this."
"And why?"
"Dunno. Just doesn't feel right. We shouldn't trick Moonie. Not like this."
Fred sneered. "I won't leave her to ickle Ronnie-kins if that is what you are suggesting."
And with that he stormed off, leaving his twin, his other half, the one he loved most behind.
A/N: With that last part I just meant brotherly love, of course!!! And sorry if I look like a Ginny hater. I'm not. Everything shall be explained in later chapters ...
Disclaimer: Blabla ... see previous chapter.
A/N: Thanks for the reviews, guys! Expecially Rei luva and Lain! ::sniffles in joy::
Chapter 4 (Sudden Fame)
Although the teachers and Madame Pomfrey had tried to keep it quiet, the rumour of Luna Lovegood having used to Avadra Kedavra spell on herself had spread all over the school. While most students felt sorry for Luna, she had led to fame and admiration with the Slytherins; even Angus Mayfair and Draco Malfoy were impressed. When Luna entered the Great Hall two days after Harry, Hermione, Ron and the twins had visited her, everybody immediately stopped talking and turned to her. The silence was awkward for a moment, until Lee Jordan got up and pulled her over to the Gryffindor table.
"You're going to sit with us now," he said firmly and so loud that everyone could easily understand what he said.
Luna smiled shyly at him, but sat down between Lee and Fred. She was sitting opposite to Ron who beamed at her.
After that the students started talking again and everything seemed quite normal that day, except for one thing: No one was calling her Loonie, no one was stealing things from her and the twins escorted her to all of her lessons.
In the afternoon Luna sat outside under the very same tree which she had been sitting under the day all of this had started. Again she was playing with her mother's wedding ring and again she thought of Ron. She could almost see his red hair in front of her ... She started. This was **indeed** Ron's shoulder-length , red hair in front of her.
"Hi!"
"H-hi," Luna stuttered.
"Just thought I'd look how you were."
"Mmm, good. Yeah, I'm good."
Ron frowned. People who had been in mortal danger for weeks weren't supposed to be good. They were supposed to be depressed, wounded, in pain ... whatever, but NOT good!
"Are you sure?" He looked at her cheek; where the curse had hit her she had a scar similiar to the one on Harry's forehead.
"Yes, really." She smiled and it didn't even look like a fake smile to the youngest Weasley brother. "You don't need to worry."
Luna regretted her words at once. She **wanted** Ron to worry! That showed that he actually cared. "Well, but I do. If you ever need someone to talk to ... I'll be there."
Luna felt how she blushed, but she didn't care as Ron's face shone in a bright scarletty color, too.
"Thank you," she whispered.
"Welcome," Ron whispered back, got up and skipped away, like he was really pleased or something.
Luna chuckled to herself and kept playing with her ring when someone covered her eye from behind.
"Stop that, Prongs."
"How did you know it was me?" Fred pouted and let go of her.
"Well, woman's intuition, I guess."
"Hey." George hugged Luna from behind; something he had given up two years ago after Luna's struggles, but also something that felt right now. The twins were both rather warm people although it was a known fact that usually George was the one who initiated body contact, but both often hugged each other or Ginny; Ron wasn't too intrigued by the idea of being hugged by a twin. This time Luna leaned back into the embrace, closing her eyes. What she didn't know was her women's intuition had failed her this time. It was indeed Fred who was holding her as close as humanly possible, rocking her back and forth in his arms while the soft breeze played with their hair and mixed up light brown with flaming red.
Ron was still skipping when he arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"Lacrima puellae," he said in a sing-songy voice.
"You seem in a very good mood," the Fat Lady said.
"Indeed, I am." Ron grinned and planted a kiss on the Fat Lady's cheek before he sauntered into the Common Room. Lavender and Parvati looked at him as if he had just grown a second head and Hermione came to feel if he had a fever or anything.
"You feel normal, Ron. Why are you walking so funny?"
"Ohhh ... I'm happy, happy, happy!" He pulled Hermione into a silent corner and told her everything.
"Well, you should have stayed in case she wanted to tell you anything," Hermione said. "Other than that you were doing well, though."
Ron smiled happily. "This is a great day!"
"What's so great about this day?" Ginny, who had just turned up, asked.
Ron told her everything and she frowned. "Why is everyone making such a fuss of this? I mean, it was Loonie's own deci-"
"Ginny Weasley!" Hermione called out. "This is a serious topic and you shouldn't ..."
"Why is everyone acting like Luna was their best friend suddenly?! Before all of this happened you didn't even like her and now it's oh so important for her to have someone to talk to!"
Ron and Ginny had both gone equally red in the face, both trembling with rage.
"Ginny! I thought she was your **friend**!"
"I was just hanging out with her sometimes, because I felt sorry for her, but I don't like her! Never have done, never will do!"
Ginny jumped up and left a very angry Ron and a shocked Hermione behind.
At the same time, Luna was still cuddling with Fred although she had no idea that it was him and George was feeling uncomfortable. When Fred had suggested that, he hadn't thought it would cause any harm; it would just comfort Luna, but since Fred's hugs seemed to get more heartily, he felt that he had to do something.
"Mmm, George, we still need to go and talk to Wormtail about this plan of ours ..."
Fred looked up. "Plan?" He saw that sparkle in George's eyes that reminded him of his mother's. "Ohhh, the PLAN! Right!"
He slowly got up. "Mmm, it's a surprise, Moonie. So ... we'll tell you when the time has come."
Luna smiled and nodded and the twins left. When they were far away enough Fred spoke up.
"What was that about? Why did you say anything about that non-existant plan?"
"Fred, that wasn't right! We shouldn't have done this."
"And why?"
"Dunno. Just doesn't feel right. We shouldn't trick Moonie. Not like this."
Fred sneered. "I won't leave her to ickle Ronnie-kins if that is what you are suggesting."
And with that he stormed off, leaving his twin, his other half, the one he loved most behind.
A/N: With that last part I just meant brotherly love, of course!!! And sorry if I look like a Ginny hater. I'm not. Everything shall be explained in later chapters ...