Chapter 2

A few weeks passed sense the appearance of Serenity in the Gryffindor common room and Harry, Hermione and Ron and began to think that they had dreamed about the whole thing. Every night they expected to see the ten year old appear in the common room again, but never did. They found out one day at dinner time. The students were sitting at their respective tables, muttering about why the food had not been served yet. The teachers were all at the tables, except for Professer Dumbledore and McGonagall. Ron looked at the other two.

"Why haven't they served the food yet? I wonder if something happened?"

Hermione rolled her eyes, "Don't you think of anything other then your own stomach? Obiously something happened otherwise we would have been eating by now."

"Well sorry for complaining! Gezz.." Ron snapped causing Hermione to glare at him.

Harry was about to break up the argument when Professer Dumbledore walked in with McGonagall. A third figure had slipped into the Great Hall, but at the opposite end of the teacher's table. McGonagall sat down and tapped her glass to bring the student's attention to everyone. The hall quieted quickly and Dumbledore looked at the students with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I know that we've kept you from your dinners, as I can tell by some of your pleading faces." Ron turned bright red. "But I do have to address something of importance. Recently, there have been reports from students about a young girl about ten wandering around the school and the common rooms. The rumors are true. Now, deciding that it would be best to have the person in question introduced, I present Serenity Lunaria."

Everyone looked around then finally stopped at the figure walking up between the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables. Her hair was up in the two buns and she wore a silvery white dress that made her seem as if she was more of a ghost then a real live person. She made her way up and curtsied to the teacher's table then turned to look at the students. By now, everyone was whispering among themselves, but that didn't seem to bother her at all. She spotted Harry, Ron and Hermione and a huge smile crossed her face and she waved. In her arms was the same teddy bear that she had held when she had first met them. Dumbledore cleared his throat and everyone fell silent again.

"Serenity has lived here her whole life for reasons that I will not explain now. She has not had much contact with people and so she may seem a little different at first. For now, she will sit among you and I hope that you will all treat her with the utmost respect. And with that said, let the dinner begin."

Food filled the plates and people started to eat, again talking about the strange girl. Serenity looked around and again found the trio and made her way over to them. When she stopped, the three smiled at her.

"May I sit with you?"

To Harry, her voice was like silver bells, or soft falling snow. He numbly nodded and she sat down next to him. Hermione smiled at her and Ron grinned.

"So, we are allowed to talk to you now?"

Serenity blushed and looked down a bit. "I was supposed to stay out of sight, until next year. But I was so lonely."

"You've lived here in Hogwarts?" Hermione asked while getting the 'I'm going to ask a zillion questions' look.

Serenity nodded, "Grandpapa has raised me here. I love this old castle, it has a lot of secrets that I still haven't discovered yet."

"Serenity, why do you carry a teddy bear around?" Harry managed to ask.

Serenity looked at the bear, "I….don't have many friends…and I consider him…to be one of my friends. Could you guys call me Sere? Or Serena? I don't like being called Serenity. It's pretty…but it seems like when people call me that, that they don't want to be my friends…"

The three nodded and the conversation turned to generalized things. The rest of dinner was peaceful, but once it was over, Peeves suddenly floated in with a ghostly trumpet and when Serenity stood up, he started to play it. She blushed and looked down because now the whole school was staring at her and the ghost. She quickly said goodbye to her friends and grabbed her teddy and started to walk. A few students had gotten up but had stopped when they heard the noise. Peeves moved in front of Serenity.

"Make way for the pretty princess! Move! Lady Serenity coming through!"

The three watched until the ghost and girl were gone.

"I feel sorry for her." Ron said suddenly.

Hermione looked at Ron as if he'd grown two heads. " You do?"

Ron nodded, "With Peeves around, everyone will know that she is coming."

Harry laughed and they went up to their common room.

Ok! I got soooo many reviews that I decided to post early! My head has expanded so much it isn't funny! Well, I got a review that said that Serenity is too immature. The reason that is, is that she hasn't had much contact. So the teddy bear is a comfort thing. She'll lose it eventually, and she will gain a lot more maturity, but I figured if I had been cut off from knowing other kids that I would be like this. OH, here's the ages!

Harry- 11

Ron- 11

Hermione- 11

Serenity-10

Well, that's the important ages anyway. Review! Thanks!