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A Day In The Life of Luna Lovegood

Luna hurried through the hall. It was time for the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherin. She joined a large group that was also heading outside towards the Quidditch pitch. They all stared at Luna's Gryffindor lion hat, and then began to talk behind their hands to each other. They didn't bother to lower their voices either, Luna could hear them laughing at her all the way to the pitch. Once they got to the pitch, Luna left them and began making her solitary way up to a half-empty stand. She sat down and looked around nervously. Today was Ronald's first game as Gryffindor keeper, she knew he was really nervous; mostly because of the Slytherins, she thought with an angry grimace. She really hoped this match went okay.

From across the pitch, Luna could hear the Slytherins' singing getting louder and louder. Luna wished she could make them shut up. It made her blood boil just listening to their lyrics. The match started, the two teams took off and zoomed off on their brooms. Luna saw Ronald fly towards the goalposts. She had seen him practicing for the past few months, she knew he was a great keeper, but he lost confidence easily. The singing was getting louder, Luna saw Warrington, a Slytherin chaser heading towards the Gryffindor goalposts at top speed. Save it Ron, she thought feverishly…a great cheer went up from the Slytherin end- Slytherin had scored.

Slytherin scored three more times before Gryffindor finally managed to score. Many people had covered their eyes and were trying not to watch the match. But Luna had eyes only for Ron, he flew around the hoops dispiritedly; he looked so depressed. A cheer went up from the Gryffindor side of the stands- Harry had caught the snitch. Luna saw Ronald slowly fly towards the ground, dismount from his broom, and head towards the changing rooms. She rose, intending to go talk to him- to tell him that he played really well and it wasn't his fault that they lost. But she stopped herself… he didn't want to talk to her. He wouldn't take her seriously- no one ever did.

Luna turned around and began making her way down form the stands.