This chapter is dedicated to Harriet (40)!

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter…isn't it obvious now?

Finally some curse words. Mwahaha. MWAHAHA (people: …speechless…)

Oh yeah, I changed my pen name. I didn't really want my friends to see it, except my fellow cousin. Anyways, let the story begin!

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Is it really the nervous, clumsy Neville Longbottom? Could it be?

Luna furrowed her eyebrows on him when her classes were over. She looked at the meager boy and managed a little smile.

Maybe he had it in him this whole time!

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"Harry!"

Harry groaned. He recognized this voice.

"What is it, Cho?" he asked exasperated. Cho can be so vain.

Cho blushed when she saw Harry.

"Well, there's a Christmas ball, did you hear? And Hogsmeade is coming up in a week and a bit…" she smiled. "I was wondering, Harry, if you would be interested to relive our memories over at Madame Puddifoot's and perhaps our 'almost Yule Ball?' Of course, I would love it if you join me, I would be most satisfied. Marietta doesn't think I could ask for you again, but I am eager to go with you!"

The words seemed like nothing when Harry heard them. They just flew past and never really stuck to him.

"Well, Marietta is right, for once," he said. "But, reliving over Puddifoot's, so you can cry and be all hopeless again; I don't think so."

Cho looked at him, her jaw dropped.

"What do you mean! I think we can forgive and forget, start another life, and perhaps start going out! Then, if we can, get married…!"

Harry let out a laugh he couldn't control. "Cho, forget it."

He walked away, only to hear her call: "You'll regret this, Harry Potter! I know you will!"

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"Well, you got another letter, lucky you. And it's from Neville…lucky you."

Luna jabbed Ron at the ribs. He let out an 'ow' and rubbed it. Ginny smiled.

"I never knew you had a rough side to you, Lune."

Luna smiled amiably. "Thank you, Ginny."

Hermione sighed. "I'm starting to have doubts on Neville. Since when did he have the knack for poetry?"

The group shrugged.

"Oi! It's Harry!" Ron called.

Harry walked over to them.

"Well, I just got away from that Cho Chang. She's such an annoying bit-"

"Okay…let's just talk about something enjoyable!" Hermione cut in. Luna and Ginny laughed.

"Hermione, we're fifteen, and you're going to seventeen, don't you think we would care less?" Ginny asked. Luna smiled and looked at Harry, expecting him to blush when Ginny laughed, but he was still the same. Luna cocked her head and caught his attention. He smiled at her, causing her to smile back.

'Damn, she looks so cute when she smiles…'

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Once again, Hermione couldn't sleep. She didn't know why. When she got down the stairs, she saw Ron sitting on the couch holding a cup of chocolate milk. Hermione went over to Ron.

"Hey Ron," she said looking at the red-haired boy. Ron looked up.

"Couldn't sleep, Hermione?" he asked. Hermione shook her head.

"Yeah. It's the whole Luna and Neville thing…"

Ron sighed. "What if you're wrong, Hermione?"

Hermione stared at him. "What do you mean, Ron?"

He looked into her brown eyes. "What if it's not Neville? What if you were actually wrong about this whole thing?"

Hermione flashed a weird look. "I could be, but I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard!"

Ron grinned. That's so Hermione. "I know Hermy. Let's just say, what if it's not Neville?"

Hermione shot up. "Who else then? Harry?" she asked. "Impossible!"

"I know. But maybe…just maybe…"

The girl sighed. "I'm just confused. I'm getting tired too. Thanks for talking to me for a while, and making me think."

Ron smiled. "No problem," he answered as they both went back to their dormitories.

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"Any good news, gang?" Harry asked as they sat under the trees. It was a Saturday, meaning, no classes, no Quidditch practices (booked for the first years' broom lessons) and absolutely NO SNAPE (which means no detention or loss of points).

Luna nodded. "It's almost snowing. I got the Quibbler forecast today, it's going to snow either today or tomorrow!"

She was wearing her Ravenclaw scarf along with some sort of earring. It was star shaped and looked almost liquid.

"What is that?" Ginny asked pointing to Luna's earrings. Luna grinned. "Enchanted ice!" she said. "To hope for early snow and to ward off Retyuns. They try to melt things.

"Hey Luna…what's that around your wrist?" Ron asked as he saw something glimmering.

Luna smiled. "Something I bought on my vacation. We took a detour to Paris and my dad had twenty galleons left so he bought this for me. It's very nice, actually. It's sapphire and silver with bits or cropped diamonds. And the good thing is, that ward off the Retyuns' relatives the Detyuns. It's all fascinating really."

So that Saturday, they talked and talked about things like that, and finally, it was time to split and go to their common rooms.

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I love you, you love me…

Harry sat up from his dream of the purple dinosaur. He had watched it in Dudley's thirteenth birthday and Harry was freaked out that he still watches such a thing. Now, for some reason, he had a dream about Barney.

"What's up, mate?" asked a sleepy Ron, who had heard Harry wake up.

"Nothing, just a dream, about Barney the Purple Dinosaur…" he muttered, thinking Ron would go like 'whatever' and go back to bed. Too bad though…

Ron bursted out laughing. Hermione had always laughed at the purple nuisance.

"AHAHAHA! BARNEY!" he hollered. Neville, Seamus and Dean woke up all sleepy and tired.

"Do you mind, Ron? I was just dreaming of going to vacation to Australia…then I got eaten by kangaroos, but it was still cool!" Seamus said rubbing his eyes.

"Yeah, Ron. I was dreaming of Gran's apple pies," murmured Neville.

Dean sighed. "Just…please, Ron, laugh in the bathroom next time. It has a sound-proof wall so that no one will be laughed at for constipation, remember?"

Ron laughed harder and all the boys groaned.

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"Whoa…you guys look sleepy!" Hermione commented as the group ate breakfast. Luna had once again joined them.

"Yeah, I had a dream about Barney the purple…"

Before Harry could finish, Hermione started choking on her bacon, When she swallowed, a laughter erupted.

"Barney? Oh Harry, that's hilarious!" Hermione laughed, placing her head on the table. Ron raised his eyebrows. "Even I wasn't that bad," he said as Hermione banged her fists on the table.

"Well, I dreamt of a spider repellent, so that was alright, until Harry's weird outburst!" Ron laughed.

Harry grinned sheepishly and glanced at Luna. Luna looked back, but she was a bit different today…

"Can I talk to you, Harry?" she asked.

Harry nodded, unsure of what Luna could possibly want.

When Luna dragged Harry out, she took out the letters from her admirer.

Harry stared at Luna's silver eyes. "Luna…"

Luna looked back at Harry. She handed him the letters.

"You wrote the letters…" she whispered.

Instantly, Harry's eyes landed on the parchment. There, Luna had underlined many things. He took them from her grasp and looked at them.

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.

"Every fourth letter on each line…spells out your name," Luna said. She handed him the second letter.

MY DEAREST LUNA LOVEGOOD
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:

Inside this letter,

Some may have hints,

It may have some riddles,

And maybe the answer is in here.

Never underestimate my words.

Evergreen trees and mistletoe

Bits and pieces of Christmas,

Elves and angels,

Elegant ornaments all over the place…

Feasts and balls…see you there

"Every second letter…"

Harry smiled a bit. Luna was truly a Ravenclaw.

Time for the confession.

"I made Neville write them. I accidentally put in a waking potion in Hermione's vial so when she tested it, she couldn't sleep that night. And when I realized my mistake, I wrote the letter and told Neville to copy it that night. Then you won't know it's me, and think it's Neville…Neville, he's so nice in letting me do that…"

When Harry looked at Luna to see her expression, he saw a smile.

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This fanfic is not over yet, but the mystery is kind of solved…and more to come!