Waning Moon
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
A/N: Thank you ever so much for the reviews! ::sniffles in joy::
Chapter 6 (In Love and Hate)
"Lee, would you tell George to give me the Charms book, please?"
"Lee, would you tell Fred please that it's MY book?"
"Can you two PLEASE shut up?!" Lee growled. "This is getting pretty annoying and it is so pointless! Just because you two were not sharing the same opinion on something once there is no need to act like that!"
The twins who were both on their respective beds which was quite unusual for them, looked at their friend and they realised that they had been wrong. It felt wrong to be seperated, not talking to each other seemed wrong. Everything just seemed not the way it should have been.
"I'm sorry, George," Fred murmured.
"I'm sorry, Fred."
George got up and walked over to hug his twin and then their friend who had made them forgive each other. George still didn't agree with Fred on what he was doing with Luna, but they would go through everything together.
A few hours later, at around midnight, Luna had visited the Astronomy tower to finish her homework. She loved the stars; they were always there and they wouldn't just go away all of a sudden, no, she could always depend on them.
"What are you doing up here?" someone behind her spoke up.
Luna spun around to face Ron. "Homework," she replied.
"You need help?"
"No, it's all right. I like it actually." They both looked up to the stars.
"There's Mars!" Ron exclaimed. "Flaming red! I've never seen Mars so bright!"
"Just like your hair," Luna laughed. "Look, over there's Venus! So beautiful ..."
"Just like you," Ron said and blushed immediately, almost wanting to punch himself for having said that.
"Wh-what?"
"Just like uhhh that BLUE one over there!"
"Ohhh, yeah." Of course he hadn't said 'Just like you!' Luna scolded herself. Why would he? He didn't like Luna. He liked Hermione. Everyone knew that and she should better get used to that.
"Ummm, Luna?"
"Yes?"
"May I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Why ... I mean ... why did you do that to yourself?"
She couldn't answer that question or she would have to tell him that it was partly because of him and he wasn't supposed to find out about her secret.
"Many things ... nothing special ..."
"Are you sure? If there is anything you need help with I will help you if I can. And even if I can't we will find ways. Hermione or Harry will know what to do and ... yeah ..."
"Thank you," Luna whispered.
She blushed, but Ron couldn't see it in the darkness. He did something he would have never dared if it had been light: he quickly pulled her into a hug.
Luna was surprised but she liked how it felt; Ron was warm and he smelled of almonds and other sweets. She didn't have a lot of time to get used to that new feeling, however; Ron pulled away as quickly as he had hugged her and was now blushing himself.
"Very well. I'll go ... uhhh ... to bed now. I'm not supposed to be here. Just had borrowed Harry's cloak ... yeah ..."
He left but both Ron and Luna kept smiling for a very long time after that.
A few days passed and Harry, Hermione, Ron and Luna spent a lot of time together. The older students (especially Hermione, of course) would help Luna with everything she had missed during her time in the hospital wing and they were generally just having a good time. While an inter-house friendship as close as this was highly uncommon no one had a problem with it.
No one except Ginny Weasley. Ginny had a major problem with the fact that suddenly Luna seemed the most popular girl everywhere. The Slytherins were still too impressed to hate her for hanging out with Gryffindors and the Ravenclaws were acknowleding her, too, now. Ginny hated all of that. The reason was jealousy, but not because Ginny wasn't getting that much attention anymore, but because Luna was HER friend! She had already seen Luna when she had been invisible and now everybody was acting like they had been best friends with Luna all along! That simply wasn't true!
Who had cared about Luna? Who had made sure that at least some people were nice to her?!
Not Ron! Not Harry! Not Hermione!
It had been her, Ginny! And now they were stealing Ginny's best friend! It was just unfair. The only Weasley girl had been hiding all of this for a long time, claiming to hate Luna.
Now Ginny had a plan that would help to get her friend back.
It was a mean plan, but it was the only chance Ginny had. The only one ...
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
A/N: Thank you ever so much for the reviews! ::sniffles in joy::
Chapter 6 (In Love and Hate)
"Lee, would you tell George to give me the Charms book, please?"
"Lee, would you tell Fred please that it's MY book?"
"Can you two PLEASE shut up?!" Lee growled. "This is getting pretty annoying and it is so pointless! Just because you two were not sharing the same opinion on something once there is no need to act like that!"
The twins who were both on their respective beds which was quite unusual for them, looked at their friend and they realised that they had been wrong. It felt wrong to be seperated, not talking to each other seemed wrong. Everything just seemed not the way it should have been.
"I'm sorry, George," Fred murmured.
"I'm sorry, Fred."
George got up and walked over to hug his twin and then their friend who had made them forgive each other. George still didn't agree with Fred on what he was doing with Luna, but they would go through everything together.
A few hours later, at around midnight, Luna had visited the Astronomy tower to finish her homework. She loved the stars; they were always there and they wouldn't just go away all of a sudden, no, she could always depend on them.
"What are you doing up here?" someone behind her spoke up.
Luna spun around to face Ron. "Homework," she replied.
"You need help?"
"No, it's all right. I like it actually." They both looked up to the stars.
"There's Mars!" Ron exclaimed. "Flaming red! I've never seen Mars so bright!"
"Just like your hair," Luna laughed. "Look, over there's Venus! So beautiful ..."
"Just like you," Ron said and blushed immediately, almost wanting to punch himself for having said that.
"Wh-what?"
"Just like uhhh that BLUE one over there!"
"Ohhh, yeah." Of course he hadn't said 'Just like you!' Luna scolded herself. Why would he? He didn't like Luna. He liked Hermione. Everyone knew that and she should better get used to that.
"Ummm, Luna?"
"Yes?"
"May I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"Why ... I mean ... why did you do that to yourself?"
She couldn't answer that question or she would have to tell him that it was partly because of him and he wasn't supposed to find out about her secret.
"Many things ... nothing special ..."
"Are you sure? If there is anything you need help with I will help you if I can. And even if I can't we will find ways. Hermione or Harry will know what to do and ... yeah ..."
"Thank you," Luna whispered.
She blushed, but Ron couldn't see it in the darkness. He did something he would have never dared if it had been light: he quickly pulled her into a hug.
Luna was surprised but she liked how it felt; Ron was warm and he smelled of almonds and other sweets. She didn't have a lot of time to get used to that new feeling, however; Ron pulled away as quickly as he had hugged her and was now blushing himself.
"Very well. I'll go ... uhhh ... to bed now. I'm not supposed to be here. Just had borrowed Harry's cloak ... yeah ..."
He left but both Ron and Luna kept smiling for a very long time after that.
A few days passed and Harry, Hermione, Ron and Luna spent a lot of time together. The older students (especially Hermione, of course) would help Luna with everything she had missed during her time in the hospital wing and they were generally just having a good time. While an inter-house friendship as close as this was highly uncommon no one had a problem with it.
No one except Ginny Weasley. Ginny had a major problem with the fact that suddenly Luna seemed the most popular girl everywhere. The Slytherins were still too impressed to hate her for hanging out with Gryffindors and the Ravenclaws were acknowleding her, too, now. Ginny hated all of that. The reason was jealousy, but not because Ginny wasn't getting that much attention anymore, but because Luna was HER friend! She had already seen Luna when she had been invisible and now everybody was acting like they had been best friends with Luna all along! That simply wasn't true!
Who had cared about Luna? Who had made sure that at least some people were nice to her?!
Not Ron! Not Harry! Not Hermione!
It had been her, Ginny! And now they were stealing Ginny's best friend! It was just unfair. The only Weasley girl had been hiding all of this for a long time, claiming to hate Luna.
Now Ginny had a plan that would help to get her friend back.
It was a mean plan, but it was the only chance Ginny had. The only one ...