Waning Moon
Disclaimer: Not mine ...
A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates, but I'm so busy with college now. Sorry. And again: I do NOT hate Ginny. I like her! The Lovegood's aren't necessarily an ancient wizard family, but they will be for the sake of this story ...
Chapter 8 (Deeper ...)
Ginny was sitting on her bed, grinning.
Her plan really had worked out. At least the first phase. The pupils of Hogwarts no longer thought of Luna as a poor girl who had been treated badly. Oh no, now she was stupid, ugly Luna again. Luna who had cast the most evil spell on herself because of a crush ...
The second phase had been more difficult to plan. Ron was a very loyal friend and so were Fred, George, Hermione und Harry.
There was only one way to make them hate Luna ... to make them believe that the Ravenclaw girl was in league with their worst enemy: Draco Malfoy.
In fact Draco was keen on being with Luna. She had used the Avadra Kedavra spell, she came from a very ancient wizard family and her blood was at least as pure as Draco's. Her aunts and uncles on the mother's side were actually distant relatives to the Mayfair family who had become pretty powerful. All in all, Draco had realized all of this too late. He had teased Luna and had been mean and there wouldn't have been a normal way to ask her to go out with him. Ginny however had done her very best to help him out of that situation. He didn't know what was in for Ginny. It didn't matter. All that counted was that he needed an even better reputation among the Slytherins. The best yet was that Weasley and Potter would lose one of their friends and maybe ... maybe he would be able to turn everybody else to his side ...
Ginny grinned yet again. The game had just begun ...
"What do you want with me?" Luna yelled at Draco as they were finally alone in the Slytherin common room.
"Wouldn't you like to sit down?" The blonde completely ignored Luna.
"WHAT? Don't you have enough? Do you really want me to kill myself?"
"Why would I want that?" He pushed Luna down on a light green couch, sat down himself and put an arm around Luna's shoulder.
The young girl felt uncomfortable. What the hell was that about? Why was Draco being nice to her?
"My dear Luna, there are things you should know." He cupped her face with his hands and stared at her which made her feel even worse. "I don't want your heart to break, you know."
"Wh-what?"
"I know how much you love Weasley. It's pretty obvious. I even heard talk of your suicide attempt. That it was because of Ron."
"It wasn't because of him!"
Draco tightened his grip on her, still gazing into her eyes like he was trying to melt them under his glare.
"Really?"
"Well, not entirely ... and ..."
"Poor Luna. Poor, poor Luna. You will be devestated, but I need to tell you the truth about Harry, Ron and Hermione. They only acted like they were your friends. Behind your back they called all kinds of mean things. Weasley said you were nothing but a fat, ugly elephant."
Luna couldn't hold her tears back anymore; she let them flow now and they came with even greater force than when she had tried to kill herself.
"B-but why would they do that?" she sobbed.
"Why? Haven't you noticed how they became the centre of attention once again? How they were everyone's darling? They only do the things they do for attention. I do have the courage to actually tell people when I don't like them and many think I'm arrogant. But at least I will never lie to you. Now listen to me, Luna. I love you."
"Ron, Harry, Hermione?" Ginny asked tentatively as she came down into the common room. She knew they would be there. She knew it because all of this had been planned out. Nothing would go wrong.
"What is it?" Hermione was working on a house elf suit.
"I can't find Luna anywhere. I am worried."
Ron and Fred who had been with them jumped up immediately. So did George; he still found it better to keep Fred's infatuation with Luna quiet.
"Can we go and look for her?" Ginny asked in her sweetest voice.
"Of course."
"You love me?" Luna asked.
She had longed to hear these three words. Not necessarily from Draco, but from anyone and now her time had finally come. She was so eager to love and be loved. Hell, she would've died thousands of deaths just to hear this, feel this and how could it be a lie? When he looked at her like this? Yes, he had to be right. Ron didn't care about her. He hated her, but there was a person who loved her! It wasn't Ron, but did that really matter?
"Yes, yes, I do. And now let's go and show everyone that we are together now," Draco said impatiently and pulled Luna up and out of the dungeons.
Ginny's conditions had been clear: She would tell him how to get Luna if he would be at a certain place, at a certain time, doing a certain thing.
"Maybe they a-"
"Oh my GOD!" George called out.
Luna and Draco were on the top of a huge stair case, kissing. That was when hell broke loose.
Disclaimer: Not mine ...
A/N: Sorry for the lack of updates, but I'm so busy with college now. Sorry. And again: I do NOT hate Ginny. I like her! The Lovegood's aren't necessarily an ancient wizard family, but they will be for the sake of this story ...
Chapter 8 (Deeper ...)
Ginny was sitting on her bed, grinning.
Her plan really had worked out. At least the first phase. The pupils of Hogwarts no longer thought of Luna as a poor girl who had been treated badly. Oh no, now she was stupid, ugly Luna again. Luna who had cast the most evil spell on herself because of a crush ...
The second phase had been more difficult to plan. Ron was a very loyal friend and so were Fred, George, Hermione und Harry.
There was only one way to make them hate Luna ... to make them believe that the Ravenclaw girl was in league with their worst enemy: Draco Malfoy.
In fact Draco was keen on being with Luna. She had used the Avadra Kedavra spell, she came from a very ancient wizard family and her blood was at least as pure as Draco's. Her aunts and uncles on the mother's side were actually distant relatives to the Mayfair family who had become pretty powerful. All in all, Draco had realized all of this too late. He had teased Luna and had been mean and there wouldn't have been a normal way to ask her to go out with him. Ginny however had done her very best to help him out of that situation. He didn't know what was in for Ginny. It didn't matter. All that counted was that he needed an even better reputation among the Slytherins. The best yet was that Weasley and Potter would lose one of their friends and maybe ... maybe he would be able to turn everybody else to his side ...
Ginny grinned yet again. The game had just begun ...
"What do you want with me?" Luna yelled at Draco as they were finally alone in the Slytherin common room.
"Wouldn't you like to sit down?" The blonde completely ignored Luna.
"WHAT? Don't you have enough? Do you really want me to kill myself?"
"Why would I want that?" He pushed Luna down on a light green couch, sat down himself and put an arm around Luna's shoulder.
The young girl felt uncomfortable. What the hell was that about? Why was Draco being nice to her?
"My dear Luna, there are things you should know." He cupped her face with his hands and stared at her which made her feel even worse. "I don't want your heart to break, you know."
"Wh-what?"
"I know how much you love Weasley. It's pretty obvious. I even heard talk of your suicide attempt. That it was because of Ron."
"It wasn't because of him!"
Draco tightened his grip on her, still gazing into her eyes like he was trying to melt them under his glare.
"Really?"
"Well, not entirely ... and ..."
"Poor Luna. Poor, poor Luna. You will be devestated, but I need to tell you the truth about Harry, Ron and Hermione. They only acted like they were your friends. Behind your back they called all kinds of mean things. Weasley said you were nothing but a fat, ugly elephant."
Luna couldn't hold her tears back anymore; she let them flow now and they came with even greater force than when she had tried to kill herself.
"B-but why would they do that?" she sobbed.
"Why? Haven't you noticed how they became the centre of attention once again? How they were everyone's darling? They only do the things they do for attention. I do have the courage to actually tell people when I don't like them and many think I'm arrogant. But at least I will never lie to you. Now listen to me, Luna. I love you."
"Ron, Harry, Hermione?" Ginny asked tentatively as she came down into the common room. She knew they would be there. She knew it because all of this had been planned out. Nothing would go wrong.
"What is it?" Hermione was working on a house elf suit.
"I can't find Luna anywhere. I am worried."
Ron and Fred who had been with them jumped up immediately. So did George; he still found it better to keep Fred's infatuation with Luna quiet.
"Can we go and look for her?" Ginny asked in her sweetest voice.
"Of course."
"You love me?" Luna asked.
She had longed to hear these three words. Not necessarily from Draco, but from anyone and now her time had finally come. She was so eager to love and be loved. Hell, she would've died thousands of deaths just to hear this, feel this and how could it be a lie? When he looked at her like this? Yes, he had to be right. Ron didn't care about her. He hated her, but there was a person who loved her! It wasn't Ron, but did that really matter?
"Yes, yes, I do. And now let's go and show everyone that we are together now," Draco said impatiently and pulled Luna up and out of the dungeons.
Ginny's conditions had been clear: She would tell him how to get Luna if he would be at a certain place, at a certain time, doing a certain thing.
"Maybe they a-"
"Oh my GOD!" George called out.
Luna and Draco were on the top of a huge stair case, kissing. That was when hell broke loose.