Luna Lovegood couldn't believe the horrible luck she was having. An eyewitness stated they saw a Crumple-Horned Snorkack in this area no more than an hour ago. She had spent the last thirty minutes searching the entire apple orchard and she didn't find even so much as a Snorkack dropping. Luna's father understand if she came back empty handed but this was her first year her father allowed to be a freelance reporter. She wanted to get the first photo of a Crumple-Horned Snorkack to impress her father and to rub it right in that snobby Granger's face. Hermione Jane Granger had always careful of what she said in front of Luna but Granger made a mistake last year on the train ride home.
That stuck up Gryffindor said "The Quibbler was a rag that hadn't printed anything thing worth printing until I talked Rita Skeeter into doing that article about Harry. Just take one look at that rubbish in there and you know Luna's father is just as loony as Luna it."
She didn't even bother to look behind herself. If Granger did take a moment to see who was standing right behind her she would have kept that big toothy mouth shut. Well her mouth was toothy now that Luna transfigured Hermione's teeth back to their original size before she had them shrunk her fourth year. This made Luna feel a little better, but honestly, not many betters. Proving to bookworm know-it-all that Snorkacks were real would be the ultimate revenge. After looking around that bloody orchard for at least five more hours her father Apparated to join her in the search before calling his daughter in for a late dinner.
In the late hours of the evening in the orchard was when Luna Lovegood felt the worst pain in her life come upon her. She could not even begin to describe the pain she was in. Her father quickly used an emergency portkey to St. Mungos to get his little girl and himself to some help as soon as possible. Of course the Healers at St. Mungos wouldn't have a clue as to what was wrong with her. But a pair of red eyes that where watching Luna while she searched for the creature that the eyewitness falsely called in might know. For hours the vile monster spied until she looked like something very painful was happening and disappeared. Honestly he didn't know what was going on but his Master would know. He had to report to his Mater as soon as possible on the event that occurred this night. His Master would reward him richly for tonight's information. He hoped his reward was still alive when he got there to claim it.
TBC