Luna quickly found her way to the compartment reserved for the Head Girl and Boy.
She slid the door open to find Ginny pulling a wrapped packaged out of her bag.
"Heyla Ginny", She said, "what do you have there?"
"Luna!" Ginny smiled at her friend, "It's just something from my brothers that they left in my room. I really have no idea what it is yet."
"Opening it would probably help with that." Luna stated.
Ginny laughed at her, "It would at that I suppose."
Luna's habit of being direct took most people by surprise, but Ginny never seemed to be taken aback by it. Which was one of the things, that Luna cherished about her friendship with the Sylph like girl in front of her.
Ginny wasn't tall like her brother Ron, but at 5' 7" she still towered over Luna. Her hair was a dark red, not quite the flaming shade of her brothers' either, but definitely noticeable in a crowd.
Her eyes were a honey brown shade that held flecks of green and gold deep within them.
Her skin, which had once been covered in freckles, had smoothed out to a creamy pale shade with only a few freckles left over the bridge of her nose.
Luna's habit of memorizing people until she knew every nuance in their face wasn't something she could control it just happened to be. It was the same with her saying the things that she thought.
Ginny smiled. Luna was looking at her as if she were trying to paint a picture in her head again.
Ginny didn't mind though, it was just one of the things that made Luna unique, along with the fact that she didn't realize how pretty she was. Ginny thought that Luna had become so used to being odd that she didn't realize how much she had changed over the last 2 years.
Luna's hair, which had once been a dirty blond color, had lightened to a soft ash blond. Her eyes that no one had really noticed before were a mixture of blue and green that made you think of warm calm waters. She was built like a dancer. One of those Muggle types Hermione had taken her to see last year, Ballet that was it. Small and pixyish, that was the best description of her, a little Pixie. Ginny smiled to herself; maybe someday someone will take notice of her friend, and finally figure out just what a wonderful girl Luna was, maybe this year.
Ginny opened the package to see what it was as Luna sat down next to her.
"Wow!" Ginny exclaimed as she read the note her brothers had enclosed, "This is amazing".
Luna looked at the objects that Ginny had unwrapped, "Doesn't look like much" she said as she took in the oversized tong like things with brushes in-between them and the small goggles that looked like they would just cover your eyes. "What are they?"
"Well the letter says the tongs are to change the color of your hair and the goggles are to change the color of your eyes. They have included a list of the names for the colors and descriptions of what the colors are. You are supposed to tap the items with your wand and state the name of the color then either put the goggles over your eyes or brush your hair with the tongs and they will automatically change. They will not fade or change until you either change them back or pick another color." Ginny explained, "They say it's their Tonks collection in memory of 'Nymphadora' ".
Ginny saw her friends' eyes glisten at the mention of their fallen companion; in the last months before the Final Battle Tonks and Luna had become quite close. Ginny thought it was because they were both used to being the odd one out and it forged a bond between the two. Tonks had become like the sister that Luna never had.
"So what are they called?" Luna asked, brushing away the tears that had come to her eyes.
"They don't have names yet", Ginny replied, "George and Fred thought I might be able to come up with something. You want to try them out?"
Luna smiled, "Of course! Why wouldn't I?"
They grabbed the package and rushed into the nearest bathroom and locked the door behind them.
Ginny took the letter and took out her wand. She carefully chose the color she wanted to try and tapped the tongs with her wand "Moonlight Ice". She then tapped the goggles with her wand and said in a clear voice "Endless Twilight".
Luna giggled a bit at the pompous sounding names, "They sound so full of themselves".
"I guess they don't want you to make a mistake and accidentally set them off while doing normal things", Ginny said as she picked up the tongs and started to brush out her long hair.
Luna gasped and Ginny's dark red hair began to lighten to a silvery blond. When she was finished she picked up the goggles and held them to her eyes. She took them away and her eyes were suddenly a cerulean blue.
Luna took the letter and looked it over for a minute before making her choice. "Midnight Indigo", she said as she tapped the tongs. She looked at the goggles and shook her head, "I like my eyes". She sighed, Tonks always used to laugh because she could never quite get the color of them right.
She picked up the tongs and brushed thru her hair as it darkened to a radiant black with highlights of deep blue.
They turned around and looked in the mirror. "Amazing!" They breathed in unison, and then broke out laughing.
"This is the first time in my life that someone can't tell who my family is by looking at me", Ginny laughed. "But I don't think Blond is really my color."
Luna looked at her friend, "No, it's pretty but it doesn't really do you justice".
Ginny took out the letter again and looked at the colors. She smiled as she tapped the tongs with her wand and said "Black Widow". She brushed thru her waist length hair again and it darkened to a color that made her skin glow like it was lit from within. She turned back to the mirror and gasped.
"Now that's perfect," Luna said running her necklace between her fingers.
Ginny smiled to herself, "Yes it is isn't it, and I still don't look like a Weasley." Ginny grabbed her hair and brought it to her eyes. The color was dark, almost black unless you held it up to the light and then the red shone thru lighting up around her like fire in the dark of night. She smiled to herself as she tapped the goggles again, "Smoky Orchid" She put the goggles on and changed her eyes to a color that almost defied description; a shade of silver that was just this side of pale lavender but seemed to change between the two.
"Oh Ginny, that's perfect, no one would even recognize you." Luna breathed.
The train suddenly started to move beneath them and they realized they needed to get back to their compartments. Ginny grabbed up the things and unlocked the door as they headed off to the Heads' compartment. Luna opened the compartment door and headed over to her to gather up her things. As she picked up her bag one of her mother's things fell out. Ginny reached down and picked up the strange hourglass. "Luna what's this, it seems to be running backwards?".
Luna looked at it, "I don't know really, it was in my mothers' things along with this necklace." She pulled the necklace out of her dress again. "I brought them with me so I could show them to Professor Lupin and see if we could figure out what she was working on."
"Oh well that makes sense then", Ginny replied as she held the Hourglass out for Luna to take.
Luna started to reach for it when the door to the compartment opened and a levitated trunk crashed into her back and sent her flying into Ginny. The ball on her necklace broke and suddenly the world went black.
Authors Note: Sorry this one is so short. Please read and review.