The Portrait
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. JK does.
Chapter One: Like Wise
Luna was sitting, alone, again, not caring, by the side of the lake talking to the waters surface.
"I have always wondered." She told it, "Why are you so big?"
Everyone in her year was on off period and stayed a safe distance from her.
Luna 'Loony' Lovegood, was well known as a nut. She always put her wand in the most obscure places, like today, it was holding her wavy mess of hair in a bun.
She kept smiling at the surface, no one did understand.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Harry was dreading the outcome of his OWLS, having been distracted during his astronomy OWL Walked out of his History exam, and knowingly failed his Divination OWL, what was to be expected?
He looked at the envelope on the table at dinner, and kept sighing.
"Come on Harry, Open, I want to compare results!" Hermione said eagerly. Harry preceded to sigh yet again.
"Its not cursed Harry, now come on you saw my Results!!" Ron encouraged.
Harry just starred at it, not making any move to open it.
"I don't think it's cursed, though it could be, anything's possible." Luna said behind him.
"Lovegood?" Ron said shocked.
"Hello Ron." She smiled. "I want to see your results as well, Harry." She took the envelope up in her hands.
He sighed and took the envelope back.
Then put it in his bag. "I'll read it later." He said.
Hermione looked appalled, "but you will tell us wont you?"
"Of course, just I don't want to know now."
Ron took his cue from Hermione and didn't press it, though Harry could tell he desperately wanted to.
Luna shrugged, took a seat, and began eating.
The local part of the table looked at her.
"Luna," Ginny said softly, "This isn't your table."
"I know." She responded as she ate a spoonful of pudding.
They kept staring.
Except for Harry, who had taken Luna's lead, and started eating himself.
Gradually, people began to ignore her again, she wasn't leaving, and chances were, she didn't really care. They all really didn't care either.
Harry was personally glad that she had done what she had. It ironically enough, took the pressure that was on him, and put it on her.
"Thanks" he whispered to her quickly, between a bit of steak and a roll.
"Likewise." She answered, quietly, but with her mouth full of stuffing.
Harry smiled, and started to eat again.
It was just like her to understand that while she had helped him, he had, not unknowingly, helped her.
Over the months, Luna and Harry had become good friends, though they hardly ever saw the other. It was more of a mutual understanding if anything, but both Harry and Luna saw it clearly as friendship.
Once done, Luna left with a loud "BYE!" and walked quietly out of the hall. Harry was once again in a position where Hermione and Ron could start asking questions, any questions.
"I'm off to read the letter, tell you when I'm done." And he too stood up and left into the hall.
Luna was in front of the hourglasses singing to her self "The horizon has been defeated, by the pirates of the new age, and Alien casinos."
Harry stifled a laugh, "what was that?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"A muggle song that I like the first lines to." She responded thoughtfully.
Harry nodded and examined the hour glasses as well. They were tied, all the houses were tied.
"Odd."
"Not really." Luna said evenly, "Its only been two months, they even out during times of the year naturally."
"I've never noticed."
"Well, I find it interesting. They never equaled last year."
Harry smiled, of course they wouldn't have, Gryffindor hardly ever gained any points with Professor Umbridge about. "Showed how unstable the school was then"
"Yes." And she regarded them again, as if to find something she had quite clearly missed earlier, as if something must have changed while she was starring at them. "You not going to read that letter are you?"
"Well, I have to don't I?" Harry said not al all pleased.
"It isn't nearly as bad as your imagining it." She said simply.
"How would you know?" Harry asked curious.
"They never are." She smiled and left.
Harry couldn't possibly imagine what took him so long to realize there was a person attending their school named Luna Lovegood.
She who quite openly wore a lions head, nearly as big as her torso, on her head during a quidditch match, when she was known to be in Ravenclaw.
She who read the Quibbler, upside down if needed.
It just baffled Harry.
And it made him wonder.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Luna walked down to a certain poster, one that held a House-Elf Princess.
"Quibbler." She smiled.
And she entered.
Sitting on the large brown shaggy chair, she opened up this months version of the Quibbler.
First page headline stating clearly 'Help WANTED, House-Elf strike."
Though it was sideways. On page four there was a puzzle that could only bee seen if sideways.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Harry walked around the castle for sometime, dreading his return to Gryffindor Tower, which could only happen once his letter was read.
After all it was decently passed dinner time, and he knew Hermione and Ron had returned to their common room, and were waiting for the news from Harry.
He was deep in his thoughts when a portrait opened , hitting Harry hard in the face.
"Harry?" a worried voice called, "How many fingers can you count."
He opened eyes to see one of Luna's hands waving so fast that he couldn't really could the fingers.
"Five." He answered, trying to get up. She pushed his back down.
"There are four," she chided, "You can't get up until you see four." She waved them again.
Harry blinked and shut his eyes then looked again, "Five," he said again.
She shook her head and touched his, looking for fever. "Not a temperature, no bumps, lets try counting together." She showed him her hand, not clenched in any way, and began to count, "One." She touched her pointer finger.
"One," Harry repeated.
"Two," she touched her pinky.
"Two," Harry agreed.
"Three," her middle.
"Three," Harry felt like an echo.
"Four," she said triumphantly on her ring finger and put her hand down.
"Five." Harry said again, "What about your thumb?"
"My thumb?" she said oddly and regarded it carefully, "What about my thumb?"
"You didn't count your thumb, why?"
"Well, its not a finger, is it? It's a thumb." She said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Harry sighed and made a mental note that Luna Lovegood had only Eight fingers total. Harry found her hand and took it in his own and opened it up to face him.
"Reading my fortune?" she asked, curious.
"Four," he smiled at her. "Four fingers," and he tugged at each.
"Good," and she stood offering him her hand up.
Once he was up, the force of her helping him had brought him really close to her. "Thank you." He smiled, for the second time that day.
She looked up at him, smiled and kissed him, quickly, like a peck on the lips.
"Likewise." And she walked off as if nothing had ever happened.
Harry shook his head, baffled.
That was Luna.
Picking up his bag, the envelope fell out. Picking it up, his eyes saw the portrait that had hit him only moments ago. On it was the strangest picture, a house-elf dressed as a princess.
He shrugged and looked at the envelope. Luna's face shone through his mind.
Sighing, he opted to open it.
Glancing over he saw the Outstanding! He was expecting for DADA and an A from COMC. The E he was hoping for in Transfiguration gave him a great relief, along with the E in Charms He saw he got a P in Divination, like he expecting, as well as in Astronomy. Then looking, he noted that the History test, of which he was quite sure he had flunked, he had received an E, but what really threw him was his potions grade. He got an Outstanding.
Well, Luna was right, it looked good, he got the standard needed for his five classes for NEWTS and he was overjoyed.
Look out Aurors! Harry said mentally, HERE I COME! He smiled, and practically ran back to the common room.
However, before reciting the password to the Fat lady, he unconsciously touches his figured to his lips.
They still tingled.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN:
Ok ok I know very well this is set in sixth year, and I know my grading was more then likely inaccurate. Forgive me ok? It's a minor detail!!!
I hope you all enjoyed Order of the Phoenix!
Review!
Relena
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. JK does.
Chapter One: Like Wise
Luna was sitting, alone, again, not caring, by the side of the lake talking to the waters surface.
"I have always wondered." She told it, "Why are you so big?"
Everyone in her year was on off period and stayed a safe distance from her.
Luna 'Loony' Lovegood, was well known as a nut. She always put her wand in the most obscure places, like today, it was holding her wavy mess of hair in a bun.
She kept smiling at the surface, no one did understand.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Harry was dreading the outcome of his OWLS, having been distracted during his astronomy OWL Walked out of his History exam, and knowingly failed his Divination OWL, what was to be expected?
He looked at the envelope on the table at dinner, and kept sighing.
"Come on Harry, Open, I want to compare results!" Hermione said eagerly. Harry preceded to sigh yet again.
"Its not cursed Harry, now come on you saw my Results!!" Ron encouraged.
Harry just starred at it, not making any move to open it.
"I don't think it's cursed, though it could be, anything's possible." Luna said behind him.
"Lovegood?" Ron said shocked.
"Hello Ron." She smiled. "I want to see your results as well, Harry." She took the envelope up in her hands.
He sighed and took the envelope back.
Then put it in his bag. "I'll read it later." He said.
Hermione looked appalled, "but you will tell us wont you?"
"Of course, just I don't want to know now."
Ron took his cue from Hermione and didn't press it, though Harry could tell he desperately wanted to.
Luna shrugged, took a seat, and began eating.
The local part of the table looked at her.
"Luna," Ginny said softly, "This isn't your table."
"I know." She responded as she ate a spoonful of pudding.
They kept staring.
Except for Harry, who had taken Luna's lead, and started eating himself.
Gradually, people began to ignore her again, she wasn't leaving, and chances were, she didn't really care. They all really didn't care either.
Harry was personally glad that she had done what she had. It ironically enough, took the pressure that was on him, and put it on her.
"Thanks" he whispered to her quickly, between a bit of steak and a roll.
"Likewise." She answered, quietly, but with her mouth full of stuffing.
Harry smiled, and started to eat again.
It was just like her to understand that while she had helped him, he had, not unknowingly, helped her.
Over the months, Luna and Harry had become good friends, though they hardly ever saw the other. It was more of a mutual understanding if anything, but both Harry and Luna saw it clearly as friendship.
Once done, Luna left with a loud "BYE!" and walked quietly out of the hall. Harry was once again in a position where Hermione and Ron could start asking questions, any questions.
"I'm off to read the letter, tell you when I'm done." And he too stood up and left into the hall.
Luna was in front of the hourglasses singing to her self "The horizon has been defeated, by the pirates of the new age, and Alien casinos."
Harry stifled a laugh, "what was that?" he asked with a smile on his face.
"A muggle song that I like the first lines to." She responded thoughtfully.
Harry nodded and examined the hour glasses as well. They were tied, all the houses were tied.
"Odd."
"Not really." Luna said evenly, "Its only been two months, they even out during times of the year naturally."
"I've never noticed."
"Well, I find it interesting. They never equaled last year."
Harry smiled, of course they wouldn't have, Gryffindor hardly ever gained any points with Professor Umbridge about. "Showed how unstable the school was then"
"Yes." And she regarded them again, as if to find something she had quite clearly missed earlier, as if something must have changed while she was starring at them. "You not going to read that letter are you?"
"Well, I have to don't I?" Harry said not al all pleased.
"It isn't nearly as bad as your imagining it." She said simply.
"How would you know?" Harry asked curious.
"They never are." She smiled and left.
Harry couldn't possibly imagine what took him so long to realize there was a person attending their school named Luna Lovegood.
She who quite openly wore a lions head, nearly as big as her torso, on her head during a quidditch match, when she was known to be in Ravenclaw.
She who read the Quibbler, upside down if needed.
It just baffled Harry.
And it made him wonder.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Luna walked down to a certain poster, one that held a House-Elf Princess.
"Quibbler." She smiled.
And she entered.
Sitting on the large brown shaggy chair, she opened up this months version of the Quibbler.
First page headline stating clearly 'Help WANTED, House-Elf strike."
Though it was sideways. On page four there was a puzzle that could only bee seen if sideways.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Harry walked around the castle for sometime, dreading his return to Gryffindor Tower, which could only happen once his letter was read.
After all it was decently passed dinner time, and he knew Hermione and Ron had returned to their common room, and were waiting for the news from Harry.
He was deep in his thoughts when a portrait opened , hitting Harry hard in the face.
"Harry?" a worried voice called, "How many fingers can you count."
He opened eyes to see one of Luna's hands waving so fast that he couldn't really could the fingers.
"Five." He answered, trying to get up. She pushed his back down.
"There are four," she chided, "You can't get up until you see four." She waved them again.
Harry blinked and shut his eyes then looked again, "Five," he said again.
She shook her head and touched his, looking for fever. "Not a temperature, no bumps, lets try counting together." She showed him her hand, not clenched in any way, and began to count, "One." She touched her pointer finger.
"One," Harry repeated.
"Two," she touched her pinky.
"Two," Harry agreed.
"Three," her middle.
"Three," Harry felt like an echo.
"Four," she said triumphantly on her ring finger and put her hand down.
"Five." Harry said again, "What about your thumb?"
"My thumb?" she said oddly and regarded it carefully, "What about my thumb?"
"You didn't count your thumb, why?"
"Well, its not a finger, is it? It's a thumb." She said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Harry sighed and made a mental note that Luna Lovegood had only Eight fingers total. Harry found her hand and took it in his own and opened it up to face him.
"Reading my fortune?" she asked, curious.
"Four," he smiled at her. "Four fingers," and he tugged at each.
"Good," and she stood offering him her hand up.
Once he was up, the force of her helping him had brought him really close to her. "Thank you." He smiled, for the second time that day.
She looked up at him, smiled and kissed him, quickly, like a peck on the lips.
"Likewise." And she walked off as if nothing had ever happened.
Harry shook his head, baffled.
That was Luna.
Picking up his bag, the envelope fell out. Picking it up, his eyes saw the portrait that had hit him only moments ago. On it was the strangest picture, a house-elf dressed as a princess.
He shrugged and looked at the envelope. Luna's face shone through his mind.
Sighing, he opted to open it.
Glancing over he saw the Outstanding! He was expecting for DADA and an A from COMC. The E he was hoping for in Transfiguration gave him a great relief, along with the E in Charms He saw he got a P in Divination, like he expecting, as well as in Astronomy. Then looking, he noted that the History test, of which he was quite sure he had flunked, he had received an E, but what really threw him was his potions grade. He got an Outstanding.
Well, Luna was right, it looked good, he got the standard needed for his five classes for NEWTS and he was overjoyed.
Look out Aurors! Harry said mentally, HERE I COME! He smiled, and practically ran back to the common room.
However, before reciting the password to the Fat lady, he unconsciously touches his figured to his lips.
They still tingled.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
AN:
Ok ok I know very well this is set in sixth year, and I know my grading was more then likely inaccurate. Forgive me ok? It's a minor detail!!!
I hope you all enjoyed Order of the Phoenix!
Review!
Relena