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Chapter 5: An Anonymous Gift
"And don't forget to fluff my pillows when you are done. They are quite hard!"
Luna gritted her teeth as she watched Cho's retreating back.
Starting on her work, Luna cringed as the water stung her cuts from the previous day.
Grabbing the sponge, she heaved it in the water bucket and began the task of washing the
floor.
This was Luna's typical life at Hogwarts. Begin the day making everyone's beds.
End the day with pleasuring Cho and her friends, without magic. Everywhere Luna went,
her life was a living hell.
Luna tried desperately to drown out the gleeful screams of Quidditch onlookers, by
pressuring all her weight through scrubbing the floor. Luna stood up and stretched her
sore back.
"How much longer of this am I going to take?" she thought miserably. "How much
longer until Cho leaves and I am free to do whatever I want?"
Knowing Cho, Luna predicted, she would probably leave at the end of this year. Then,
Luna's stomach took a sickening plunch.
Harry would be leaving Hogwarts this year as well.
"Well, I guess then Cho will have Harry all to herself." Luna thought angrily, not
noticing that she had knocked over the bucket in frustration.
"Perfect." Luna snapped bending over and picking up the sponge.
"Why," she yelled to nothing. "Why does my life have to absolutely suck!?"
And with a great thrust, she flung the sponge across the room.
"Now I have to get more water." She snapped, grabbing the empty bucket and racing out
the door.
Luna could hear the yells at the Quidditch field rattle through the castle as she stormed to
the girls bathroom. Before she could look up however, Luna's head bumped into
something that pushed her onto her back very hard.
"Oh no," Luna thought, "Peeves."
The poltergeist's face cracked into a wicked smile.
"Well if it isn't Loony Loovie." He squeaked. "Whatcha doin' in here on a nice day like
this one, when you can be outside with all those goony classmates of yours watchin' the
Quidditch game huh?"
Luna didn't answer.
Peeves's grin grew wider.
Half an hour later, after getting rescued by Flich, the school caretaker, Luna stumbled
into the hallway with a newly filled bucket, a headache, and a black eye, in other words,
her own little poltergeist makeover.
"Cricket liver" she gasped, her lungs still on fire from running from Peeves.
"Precisely." The portrait said.
Luna worked faster than she had ever done before.
Luna had just collapsed onto the floor from finishing her last task when she heard a low
clucking sound behind her.
"Well," Cho said softly, still clucking in between. "Well, it looks like you have done an
ok jo- AHHHHHH"
Luna could do nothing but gap at Cho's soaked foot. Luna could not understand how she
had missed that spot.
"YOU LITTLE FREAK!!!!" Cho screamed, slugging Luna's face at the same time.
"NOW MY SOCK IS ALL MUDDY!!!!!"
Cho stormed off. Her friends, Liz, Poppy, and Kindel, sent one last glare at Luna before following Cho's
footsteps.
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Luna had hardly a night's rest when Frances Dinnigan, a fellow sixth year, was waking
her up.
"Cmon," she said. "We have Potions first today and Snape won't be happy if we are
late."
Luna reluctantly agreed. A few hours later, she was sitting down for breakfast, receiving
a shocking surprise at the same time.
"What the –"Luna cried.
In front of her sitting place sat a basket filled to the brim of sweets and goodies.
"There's a note!" Frances said, pulling off a tag and handing it to Luna.
Luna's eyes widen to the size of oranges as she read it.
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I noticed how unfortunate you are
and decided to sweeten your life up a
little. Enjoy!
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"Who is it from?" Frances asked when Luna sat down.
"Don't know," was Luna's response as she helped herself to porridge. "It didn't say."
"Uh Luna, I would hide that from her!!" cried another sixth year Ravenclaw named Lissa
Tiffan.
Luna looked up and saw Cho enter the Great Hall.
Almost immediately, the basket was pushed down and under the table.
"Good morning Loony." Cho sneered as she sat close to Luna, "don't forget to come up
to my dormitory later tonight. I have ........extra chores I want you to do."
Poppy, Kindel, and Liz giggled heartily.
Luna ignored her as she supped silently. On the outside, she gave no response to Cho's
words.
But on the inside, Luna's head was still back at the basket of candy. Where had it come
from? Who sent it?
Luna continued eating, not noticing at that very moment, a certain person was
watching her.