Chapter 19: Eavesdropping
Luna laid in bed, watching darkness spread throughout the dormitory while listening to
the crickets sing their songs.
Shutting her eyes, Luna prayed for sleep to come. It didn't work. Annoyed at her lack of
sleep, Luna scrambled out of bed.
Grabbing a cup, Luna was just beginning to pour herself some water when light started
leaking in from the outside, meaning that someone was coming.
Luna was so stunned by the brightness that she didn't notice dropping her cup.
"Shit." Luna whispered, dropping behind a sofa to clean up the mess.
"Oh cmon Cho, you know he has feelings for you. Don't be such a baby about it."
Luna stopped breathing at the word "Cho". If Cho found her,.......well she didn't want
to think about it.
"B-b-b-but h-h-he w-w-was s-s-so m-m-m-mad." It was evident that Cho was either crying, or
pretending. Luna couldn't decide.
Liz heaved a sigh that clearly stated that she was bored with all this nonsense.
"Listen, you shouldn't just have wandered in there." Liz scolded. "You were also drunk.
That was a problem. You needed to wait!"
"I am sick of waiting!" Cho screeched, forcing Luna to believe that she had been faking
to cry all along. 'All you ever do is tell me to wait, wait, WAIT!!! Now I am going to do
this MY way!"
"Shhhh keep it down!" Liz hissed. "If you don't want everyone to wake up, keep your
tone down."
Cho didn't say anything, but Luna, knowing Cho, knew that Cho was putting on a pout.
"Don't do that. Now listen, remember what happened last time at the Majestic Christmas
Ball when you did it your own way and put the love potion in Harry's drink?"
Luna gaped. So that was what happened to his glass!
"Ok, so what are you saying?"
"I am saying, that you should corner Harry when he is all alone, and well.......do it."
"You mean the IT?"
"Yes exactly! And make sure you don't wear any protection. Harry will be caught
completely of guard so he won't be wearing any either."
"But he will fight!"
"Don't worry about that. I have it taken care of. Remember when we learned about the
Imperius Curse?"
Luna held her breath, her body ridged as she listened.
"Elizabeth Nicole!" Cho cried, "You can't be serious! The Imperius Curse is illegal and I
have heard that Harry can break out of the Imperius Curse!"
"Yes by one person," Liz said smugly, "But not by two! And as long as we remember to
erase any existence of the spell in our wands, we will still go around free."
"Ok, I guess." Cho sounded vague, "So I get him to go to bed without protection with
me. What happens next?"
"You get pregnant."
"Excuse me!?"
"You heard me. Get pregnant. I have looked it all up. If he has gotten you pregnant, he
HAS to pay child support. When the child is born, he will learn to love his son or
daughter and soon will learn to love you. Aren't I good?"
Cho didn't speak for a few moments before finally agreeing to Liz's plan.
"Ok, it sounds great! When do we start?" Cho asked.
"First thing tomorrow."
"Good. Now, I really don't know about you, but I am worn-out. So Good Night!"
"Night. Have pleasant dreams!"
"Oh I will!"
Both girls chortled as they climbed the stairs to the seventh year's girl dormitory. As
their voices faded, Luna waited until the room was completely quiet before getting up.
"I have to warn somebody," Luna thought as she hurried to her dormitory. "Ron,
Hermione, Harry. I need to tell someone!"
Luna walked over to the window and stared outside. Harry was someone in the castle
right now, sleeping his heart away, not knowing of Cho and Liz's evil scheme, not
knowing that she loved him. Not knowing that she was the mystery girl at the ball.
Luna shook her head. He couldn't, wouldn't find out. She wouldn't let anyone except
Hermione know her secret. If anyone, particularly Cho, found out, the life she had fought
so hard to keep standing up, would crumble into dust.
But what could she do? She was the only one (besides Cho and Liz) that knew of the
plot. If Hermione was only in Ravenclaw.........
"That's it!" Luna thought, an idea springing into her head. "Hermione. I will send her a
letter by owl tomorrow and warn her of Cho and Liz's plan to make Harry a father. It
just has to work!"
Content with her strategy, Luna climbed under her covers and stared at the ceiling once
more.
"If only you knew, Harry." she thought sadly. "If only I could tell you it was me that you
danced with on Christmas. If only I could. If only........"
Luna thought of more, but like her body, her mind before long dropped into a heavy
sleep.
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Sorry it's so short but Harry finds out Luna's secret in the next chapter, and I think that one is going to be long!! Hope you were enjoyed!!!!!