This chapter is dedicated to lunafan (20)!
Disclaimer: It's obvious. I don't own Harry Potter.
I decided to add some Hermione/Ron in my fic now, so yeah.
Luna couldn't concentrate on Ginny. Who wasthe letterfrom anyways?
"Luna, are you alright?" Ginny asked.
"Yes! Yes! Fine!" she answered. It was obvious she wasn't.
"What's bothering you?"
Luna shook her head. "Some joke letter."
She took out her letter and showed it to Ginny.
Ginny smiled. "I don't think it's a joke, Luna. I think it's a riddle of some sort. Anyways, does it matter? I think it will be pretty cool if it wasn't a joke!"
Luna nodded, uncertain.
Harry couldn't meet Luna today. He got detention with Professor Snape. Oh well. Luna didn't want to see him today. She didn't ask Ginny anything, so she decided to wander around the castle grounds.
"Luna!"
Luna smiled at the familiar voice. It was Ginny. Maybe she could ask her something for tomorrow!
"Hey Ginny…and Hermione?"
Ginny brought Hermione along?
"You're here too?" Luna asked bluntly.
Hermione nodded, knowing that was Luna's usual response to things. "Ginny told me about your letter, and I decided to help you decipher it too. I love riddles. They're my absolute favorite."
So the three girls sat under the trees and looked at the letter.
I wish to catch you under here this Christmas.
Is it already time?
I'll bring my love
And try to make you understand
That you will be mine
Hermione looked at the letter.
"It's obvious. He's foreshadowing. He's talking about Christmas, which is a few weeks away. Then, he says that when they put out mistletoe, he will try to kiss you under it. Maybe he won't tell you who it is. Maybe he's trying to make you guess so when he kisses you, you'll know. Or…he's forcing you to understand? That's mad."
Luna sighed, not completely taking everything in. "Does the writing look familiar to you?"
Hermione studied it. "Yeah…yeah, it does!" she announced. "But I can't place it. He's in my year, I'm sure of it. I was helping Professor Flitwick record the marks and I saw this handwriting in one of them. It's either a Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or a Gryffindor. I never touch Slytherins' work."
Ginny nodded. "So…who do you think it is?"
"I don't know, but it looks awfully familiar."
Ginny looked at the writing. "I think I've seen it before…have you Luna?"
Luna shook her head. "It looks neat though. That must be something to add to his personality, possibly hard working and thinks well."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "Or just possibly mean and messy and had someone write that letter for them…not that I'm saying that it's true!" she added as Hermione and Luna looked at her.
"Yo! What is this, Girl-Land?" came a voice.
"Hello Ron…" Ginny and Hermione chorused.
"Yep, definitely Girl-Land…" he muttered as he scratched his head. For a minute, Luna saw Hermione turn pinkish and sigh.
"So…what are you doing, dear brother of mine?" Ginny asked.
Ron shrugged. "I just finished my Potions essay, and Harry is still in detention, so I decided to hang out with 'Mione, but seeing that she's here in Girl-Land…"
Ginny sighed. "You're not being funny, you're trying too hard," she said emphasizing the words 'too hard.'
"Yeah, yeah…what's that you're holding, 'Mione?"
Hermione didn't say anything, but gave him the letter. His fingers brushed on her hand and sheturned away looking scarlet. Luna looked amused. So did Ginny, she almost laughed out loud. Ron was too vague to know anything.
"Wow, who gave this to you, Hermy?" he asked sounding surprised. Hermione groaned. "Not, me, Luna."
Ron goggled. "Who what where when why HOW?"
The girls shrugged.
"Well, that's the question, isn't it?" Luna finally spoke up.
Ron grinned. "I think I know who…" he muttered with an evil glint.
"Who what where when why HOW?" the girls asked in unison.
"IF YOU DON'T TELL ME RON, I WILL SWEAR YOU WILL NEVER FOLLOW US TO HOGSMEADE EVER!" Hermione taunted.
Ron scoffed. "Yeah right, Herms, like I'd really know who it was."
Ginny and Luna laughed. "How many nicknames are there for Hermione?" Ginny asked.
"Well…there's Hermy, Herms, 'Mi, …"
"I was making a joke, I didn't expect you to answer!" Ginny laughed.
So after laughing and joking for about five minutes, the group of girls and the boy from 'Boy-land' decided to try to concentrate on the letter, and they didn't get very far, because Luna kept talking about nargles, Ginny kept talking about braiding her hair, Hermione kept blushing and making weird giggles and Ron was just blabbing about Percy being that git he is.
Then, ten minutes had passed...when suddenly:
"I'm making a breakthrough!" Hermione announced.
"WHAT?" the gangasked in unison.
"That this person, the person who wrote the letter, likes drinking butterbeer!"
The gang looked at her quizzically.
"What…are you blabbing about Hermione Granger?" Ron asked. Hermione blushed.
"See here, this blob, at the corner, it's a butterbeer mark."
Ginny and Luna stared at the yellowish dab.
"It could be firewhiskey…" Ron muttered.
"Not firewhiskey, I sniffed it. It's butterbeer for sure."
Ron took the letter and sniffed it. "Oh yeah…I can never mistaken butterbeer smells."
Luna then thought of something. "Wait, when did that person get butterbeer?"
Hermione closed her open mouth. Ron then lit up.
"The kitchens!" he declared.
"The kitchens?" Ginny asked confused.
"THE KITCHENS!" Ron said enthusiastically as they reached a portrait.
"Great, my own brother, going mental, and he's only sixteen!" Ginny moaned. Ron rolled his eyes at her. "Obviously you haven't followed Fred and George very often."
"I don't have time to stalk my own twin brothers, unlike you!" she fought back. Hermione and Luna smiled at that.
"Aw, shut up."
"Oh haha. You thought I didn't know about the kitchens? Are you for real?"
"Be quiet, Gin-Gin," he answered. Ginny hated that name.
Hermione laughed. "Oh Ron, you're so funny sometimes…"
Ron's ears turned bright red, which Ginny and Luna noticed.
"Are your ears getting cold, Ronald?" Luna asked as she eyed the pair of crimson ears.
"Yeah, Ron. I can give you advice. BODY HEAT," Ginny said laughing also. Ron's ears, if possible, turned darker and brighter.
"Shut it Gin-Gin."
He reached to tickle the pear hard as Hermione was still smiling sweetly which made him nervous. The pear started to laugh loudly and quickly.
"I think you're going to kill that poor pear," Luna said. "If it's a lifyhunker, it will bite your finger off."
"How do you remember such things?" Ron asked as the portrait swung open.
Luna merely shrugged and entered through the door. The rest of them followed.
"MR. WHEEZY!" came a voice.
"Uh…hi Dobby…" Ron answered when he remembered something. Uh-oh…here it comes.
"MY S.P.E.W. WASN'T PUT IN EFFECT?" Hermione hollered. The elves stared at her.
"Is miss here alright?" asked a pick elf in a purple sweater.
Hermione shrieked. "Dear me! You have clothes! You should be living a fun life!"
"This is fun for me, miss. Would you like a crumpet?" it asked.
Hermione just pulled onto her hair. The elves thought she was mad.
"Well…we just wanted to know…if possible; who took butterbeer from here from the past week?"Luna asked the pink elf..
Whoo…sorry it took so long for me to update. It's quite short, but I will update more frequently!
I want to thank all my reviewers, since said something about not allowing to answer reviews. So thanks!