Believe in Heaven
Chapter 3

The hours passed quickly and soon Luna could see the huge castle of Hogwarts. Every time she saw it from the train she felt happier, if that was possible that day. Picking on Draco Malfoy and not being picked back was a dream, and she was enjoying it a lot.

"Finally..." Draco muttered, taking his trunk. He opened the compartment's door and walked down the corridor.

"Where are you going?" Luna asked, sticking her head out of the compartment.

"I'm going out. Or did you expect me now to bow and kiss your feet?" he asked, smirking.

"Well... that'd be nice." Luna muttered. Draco rolled his eyes.

"Listen..." he started, getting closer to her. "If you think I'm gonna be your private little slave because of that... thing... think again! I am not."

"So you'd rather let me tell everyone what's going on?" she asked, grinning. Draco turned his back and continued walking.

"It's up to you whether to tell of not. But think of the consequences to you too." he said, waving.

Luna watched him walk with a puzzled expression. She could not understand what he meant. How could that cause any harm to her? People would know she was a pure blood, and that wasn't such a big problem. It was just one more reason to be stared at. And she was already stared often. Nothing would change.

Luna got back into the compartment and closed the door.

* * *

Luna walked out of the train, looking around. Hogwarts hadn't changed a bit since she left for the summer. Even the trees seemed to be in the same position. Before she could look for different things a hand touched her shoulder. She turned around quickly and saw two green eyes staring directly at her. But that staring didn't make her feel bad.

"Hi, Harry!" she said, smiling. That was possibly the first time anyone greeted her like that, spontaneously.

"Hi... er... have you seen Ron or Hermione around here? I can't find them anywhere." he asked. It wasn't a big surprise the question. He was looking for them, he didn't come to say hi to her.

"Oh... no." Luna answered, and looked to the ground.

"Ok... thanks anyway. I'm gonna go look for them." Harry said, and walked away.

Luna took a deep breath and closed her eyes slightly. As usual, people where afraid of be seem talking to her. Of course she knew Harry wasn't that sort of person. Actually, he was too busy with his own problems to pay attention to other people's problems. And who could blame him? You-Know-Who wanted to kill him after all. Even so, it would be nice if he show at least some respect for her. Luna had helped him before! And she had been there when he was depressed because of Sirius death.

"Oh, no!" said a cold voice behind her. "Don't tell me Potter's fan club has a new member?"

Luna opened her mouth to answer, but the one that had spoken was gone. But she could easily identify his silvery blond among the crowd.

What was he so annoying?

* * *

Dinner was just fine. The food was good as always, though the main hall was filled with some uncomfortable feeling she could not explain at all, especially toward all Slytherins. Luna watched a few Gryffindor second years throwing food on the Slytherin's heads.

"That's stupid..." she muttered, resting her hand on her hands.

"I agree." said Ginny Weasley's voice, from behind her. Luna turned around and greeted the fifth year Gryffindor.

"Are you having that sort of problem?" Luna asked.

"Yeah... even though my mom isn't really a pure blood, dad's family is. But I don't care at all." Ginny answered, smiling.

"Ah, that's true. I mean, it's not a lot of people that do that sort of thing, right? They know how much your family has contributed.... fight against You-know-who and all." Luna said, looking down at her barely touched plate. "Maybe you should just change your last name and dye your hair or something.

"Well, I like to be known as a pure blood... or almost a pure blood." Ginny explained. "I won't deny my origin and change my opinion because of what people think. I do whatever I feel like doing. If people like it or not... that's not my problem. What matters is that I'm happy - with my brothers, my mum and my dad."

Ginny just smiled a little and walked away. Ginny could be considered Luna's best friend. She was perhaps the only one that she could talk to for a long time. And always she would provide good advice. That time, though, the speech didn't mean much.


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A/N: And so the insanity continues. ^^ Well, I hope you're all enjoying this so far. Even though my updates usually take a long time... heh. I'm really sorry about that but... it can't be helped. It all depends on my mood, which is quite instable these days. Please, patience! ^.-

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09/05/2003