Disclaimer: Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah, I do not own Harry Potter or any related characters, Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah, I do own the plot.

Note: The title for this story is still not final (although it may be if I can't think of anything).

Luna's Crush

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Chapter 2: On the Hogwarts Express

Harry woke up to the sounds of Mrs. Weasley's yelling. He got up and began to get dressed, when Ron burst into the room.

"We have to hurry, Harry. The train's going to leave in half an hour and we've got to walk to the station." he said.

Harry grabbed his trunk and Hedwig's cage and ran downstairs. Mr. Weasley was waiting for him by the door.

The journey to King's Cross took them twenty minutes on foot, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny made it just in time before the train started to depart.

Once on the train, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny (who was made a prefect) went to the prefect's carriage, and Harry was left to find an empty seat. He could only find one at the end of the train, which was occupied only by Luna Lovegood.

"Oh, hey Luna," Harry said as he opened the compartment door. "Can I sit here? There aren't any other available seats."

Luna lowered her issue of The Quibbler and said yes in her usual dreamy voice.

Harry proceeded to sit across from her and asked, "So, er... How was your summer?"

"It was very nice," she said. "Father and I went to Sweden, but we didn't find any Crumple-Horned Snorkaks, though. How was yours?"

"It was okay," Harry lied and looked down.

Truthfully, all throughout the summer he had been miserable about the loss of Sirius. He spent many hours confined to a room in the Burrow, and frequently had dreams where he revisited the scene in the death chamber where Sirius fell through the veil. He thought of Bellatrix Lestrange and Sirius dueling, and he felt a surge of hatred wash over him.

Luna seemed to know Harry was distressed and asked, "You're upset about your godfather, aren't you?"

Harry looked up at her and nodded. He remembered at the end of the last school year when he and Luna talked about Sirius, and how she did not believe that he had really died and was just hiding.

Sparing Harry the trouble of finding a way to change the subject, the compartment door opened and one of his least favorite people came in at a very bad time.

Malfoy, closely followed by Crabbe and Goyle, had just walked in.

Malfoy saw Harry and Luna sitting together and immediately burst out, "Potter and Lovegood?!? And I thought Ginny Weasley was bad!"

Harry turned and saw Luna blush, which surprised him. He turned back to Malfoy, and barked, "Get out, Malfoy!"

"What if I don't want to?" he said.

Harry raised his wand at the same time as Malfoy, but Luna was quicker, and before Harry or Malfoy even had their wands pointing at each other, Luna yelled, "Furnunculus!"

The spell hit Malfoy, causing very large boils to appear on his skin. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle ran out of the compartment.

"Er.... Thanks." Harry said.

"No problem. I've wanted to do that for a while." Luna said, smiling.

Eventually, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny came in. Ron and Hermione were bickering about something prefect related, and sat down next to Harry, still arguing. Ginny sat next to Luna and started asking her about her summer.

The rest of the train was uneventful, and when the train reached Hogsmeade Station, They all got off and boarded the carriages that would take Harry to his sixth year at Hogwarts.

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Whew.... Finally done! Uh... Cheesy ending, I know, but oh well. At 562 words, this chapter was slightly longer. I've decided to write short, but frequent updates, and seeing as I got 7 positive reviews for my first chapter, I will definitely keep going! Please give me any suggestions that you may have, but please do NOT flame or use harsh language or attitude in your reviews. I have 5 chapters written down in total, and I just need to type the next three! Thanks to the seven reviewers from chapter 1, and khooletz, I will try to add more dreamy, dottiness to Luna. Thanks for the review!