AN: Here's the second chapter! Sorry it took so long! Oh well, enjoy it now! Remember though, I am not JK Rowling, so don't sue me!
Secrets of Moonlight Told
Chapter 2: Of Reunions, Moons and Draco.
Luna got up the next morning and went down for breakfast.
She only remembered that she was now exhilarating her Threstral side when she entered the great hall to the gasps and shrieks of awe that met her upon arrival.
"LUNA!" Ginny ran over to her friend. "What happened? I know you're usually quite weird, but this is weird even for you."
"I'm half Threstral, Ginny." Luna sat down at the Ravenclaw table and began buttering a slice of toast.
Eventually Ginny managed to muster a "What?!" of non-comprehension.
"Sit," Luna commanded. "And I shall explain."
Ginny sat.
"Basically, my father had carnal knowledge of a Threstral, and tried to cover it up by putting a charm on my appearance, which was to last until I learnt my true parentage, which I did last night." Luna took a bite of toast. "Would you like to come down to the Forbidden Forest with me this afternoon to visit my mother?"
"OK," said Ginny weakly.
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Luna and Ginny made their way cautiously through the thicket and undergrowth of the Forbidden Forest.
"People were more mean to me today than before," sighed Luna. "A group of Slytherin fourth-years neighed at me as I walked past. It was very upsetting, so I ended up thumping them all."
"That's not like you, Luna!"
"I know, but they were asking for it."
"Well, yeah, but I didn't think hitting people was the way you dealt with things," Ginny explained.
"Well maybe that was the old, completely human, me."
"Luna, you're the same person you were yesterday." Ginny was shocked by Luna's attitude.
"Whatever."
They reached the clearing where the Threstrals came to feed. Luna took a raw streak out of her bag and started wafting it about, hoping some Threstrals would smell its scent.
Sure enough, only a few minutes past before a group of three Threstrals emerged from behind trees.
"About time," Luna muttered.
Ginny looked at her. "Are they here? I can't see them; I haven't seen anyone die."
"Then why did you bother coming?" Luna didn't wait for an answer. Instead she addressed the Threstrals. "Hello, my name is Luna Lucinda Lovegood, and I'm half Threstral. I'm looking for my mother, Thanatassia. Can you help me?"
"Indeed, child, we can. Follow us," said the the most gargantuan of the three Threstrals. The Threstral had spoken in Threstralish, the language of the Threstrals, which Luna could now speak and understand.
"What did you say to them? You weren't speaking English," said Ginny.
"I asked them where the nearest bus stop was?" Luna replied sarcastically, as she followed the Threstrals out of the clearing. "What do you think I said to them?"
Ginny followed after Luna, annoyed at how her so-called friend had started speaking to her.
They walked for ten minutes. Ginny found it hard to keep up, as the others were going at a mild trot.
Suddenly, Luna could make out the sound of Threstralish being spoken, and she saw more Threstrals.
Ginny could hear neighing, but saw nothing.
The gargantuan Threstral turned to Luna and said, "Here, we have reached our village. Thanastassia is the Threstral over there with the four other half-Threstrals."
"Other half-Threstrals?!" Luna cried exuberantly.
"Yes, your sisters," the gargantuan Threstral stated simply.
"My sisters?!" Luna didn't wait for the Threstral to explain further, instead she cantered towards the group of other girls with jet black hair, elongated faces, and leathery, black wings, who were surrounding a particularly exquisite-looking Threstral. "Mama! Mama!"
The girls and the deligately-featured Threstral all turned to look at her.
"Mama, it's me, Luna. I have returned," Luna said with an heir of poignancy.
"My daughter!" Thanatassia burst into tears of joy, as her estranged daughter began to stroke her mane lovingly.
The emotional scene lasted for quite a while. Ginny would have felt awkward, and as though she was intruding, if only she's been able to see Thanatassia.
"You look so like your father," Thanatassia told Luna. "He is such a lovely man. It worries me greatly that he has not accompanied you. He always said he would bring you to see me on your seventeenth birthday, but you are not yet that old, dear. Pray, tell me, he is safe and well, sweet child."
"We can only hope he is. He has had to go into hiding after writing an article exposing the Rotfang Conspiracy," Luna said dolorously. "He only told me of my Threstral heritage, in case he never sees me again."
"Dear lord! How abhorrent!"
"I'd rather talk about something else to keep my mind off it, if you don't mind." Luna changed the subject. "Please introduce me to my sisters."
"Of course!" Thanatassia turned to the oldest of the girls. "This is your eldest sister, Selene Leora Shacklebolt."
"Hi," Luna greeted.
"It is an honour to finally meet you." Selene hugged her little sister.
"This is your second oldest sister, Phoebe Helene Black." Her mother continued.
The next girl hugged Luna.
"And this is your other older sister, Diana Cindi Lupin."
"Nice to meet you too."
The third girl also hugged Luna.
"And finally, this is your younger sister, Cynthia Elaine Weasley."
"Weasley?" Luna asked as her little sister hugged her also.
"Yes, she is the daughter of Charlie Weasley. He's not just fond of dragons, you know."
"Right, it's just I've brought my friend Ginny Weasley with me, and Charlie is one of her brothers." Luna mused. "That makes you her niece, Cynthia."
"I have an Auntie Ginny?" Cynthia asked exalted.
"I suppose you do, my dear." Thanatassia eyed Ginny, who by this time was sat on a rock reading.
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Later when Luna and Ginny were walking back to the castle, and Luna had finished telling Ginny about how one her sisters was also Ginny's niece ("Yeah, I always knew Charlie was kind of kinky."), they bumped into a crowd of Slytherins.
The Slytherin Prince, Draco Malfoy, was amongst them.
"Weaselette, who's your magneticent friend here?" Draco asked. His eyes viably appraising Luna's new figure.
"Are you saying you don't recognise her, Malfoy?" Ginny chortled.
"What? Don't tell me that bushy-haired Mudblood has had a make-over!" Draco looked again at Luna. This time he really looked, not just at her fabulous body, but at her gorgeous face as well.
Suddenly it clicked.
"Lovegood," he barely whispered.
He was stunned.
How could that ditzy freak suddenly - startlingly - look so heavenly? Her once dull, lank hair was now illustriously dark and gleaming in the sunset, her face was slender, her cheekbones high, her pale eyes glistened. She was taller and slimmer, but yet her chest newly ample. Draco longed to feel the touch of her wings beneath his finger.
His mind went blank, and he couldn't progress what was happening.
Why was he feeling this way about Loony-Lovegood?!
It was absurd.
Yet he could feel the blood rushing round his body, colouring his cheeks, and hearing the beat of his pulse in his ears.
Then she spoke.
Her voice! Why had her voice never sounded so nice before? Deep, yet undoubtedly feminine. Sultry.
"Malfoy, don't stare at me like that! I've had enough with your teasing!" Her opalescent eyes shone with rage. "Now I'm half-Threstral, I refuse to take such abuse! I shall no longer be this school's doormat!" She spun on her heel, and stormed up the steps and into the entrance hall.
Ginny gave Malfoy a contemptuous glare and followed suit.
Draco could not understand what had just happened, but he felt an overwhelming urge to follow too. To find Luna. To apologise for everything he'd ever said to her hurt her. It made him feel nauseated to think he could ever have hurt her, when all he wanted to do was kiss her.
Kiss her.
Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin Prince, wanted to kiss Loony Luna Lovegood!
AN: So! What do you think? Please, please please please! REVIEW! Please I need to now what you think. Should Draco go straight after her, or should he deal with his new feelings and emotions first? I think I know what should happen next, but I'm not sure! Answer in review!