Chapter III

Letters

----------------Usual Disclaimer is inserted here (~.~)----------------------------

-----A/N: Sorry everyone for the late update! i know its been years since the last time that i had updated my story. College life's been killing me. Anyway, hope you enjoy what happens next to this blissful sweet nothings-------------------

September finally came, almost half of the population of the students turned up in Platform 9 ¾ . Some of the students looked scared, parents raged over their sons/daughters just to persuade their child not to go to Hogwarts, and some, stood quietly with deep understanding of the situation.

Also, Harry started his journey of learning and preparation together with Ron and Hermione as per usual. Given that they snuck up just to go with him without anyone knowing.

Luna, on the other hand, tried her best to hide her disappointment on being left behind together with Ginny, Neville and the rest of the loyal "Dumbledore's Army" members when they heard the news. Still, there are some things that kept on nagging her just to be noticed.

"Hey, what's seems to be the problem?" Ginny inquired.

"Wha- oh, nothing much" Luna replied.

"We know what you're thinking," Neville butts in.

"You thought of going with them too are you?" Ginny insisted.

"Well, that may be the case, though that's only one of them." Luna tried to close the conversation.

She's not yet ready to spill the beans about her secret admirer while they're on the train knowing that a boy is listening to what they call "Petty Girly Issues".

"How bothersome, even though the world already fears for the worst now that the Dark Lord had risen, here I am thinking about that stupid letter sender…" Luna thought while hiding her face behind the Quibbler.

Before the wedding, when Luna was still with her dad and her "Auntie" Lizzie, the anonymous letter sender kept on sending letters of concern like: "Have you eaten yet?", or "how was your day?" but fails to send a reply each time since the eagle owl is always in a hurry to leave. Sometimes, it gets so ridiculous that she sometimes find herself locked up in her room and while looking up in the sky waiting for the eagle owl to arrive. She always tells herself that the guy might be crazy, but she enjoys the attention.

But by the time she went over to the Burrow, her "admirer" abruptly stopped sending letters altogether. This made her a bit uneasy. But with the help from Ginny and the others, her uneasiness only went down a notch.

"Luna?" Ginny peeked. "Is there something amiss?"

Luna looked from the corner of her eyes toward Ginny and mouthed, "Later" while pointing a glance at Neville.

"Oh!" Ginny gasped quietly.

Grateful, Luna continued staring blankly at the pages of the Quibbler thinking about Ginny's quick perception of things. Well, they've been friends since fourth year so she might have guessed what Luna wants to say.

A few moments later, while Neville and Ginny tried to beat each other over a game of wizard chess, a scared first year Gryffindor knocked on their compartment.

"Yes?" Luna dreamily answered the door.

"Uh~ ah~" the first year tearfully mumbled.

"There, there… what is it?" Ginny asked while cooing the little boy.

"Uh~ big brother… scary…wants to give this to her…" the boy handed out a letter.

"Oh…" Luna looked at the parchment on the boy's hand.

"Who gave this to you?" Ginny asked.

"Some scary boys in green robes… the-they t-t-told me th-that its urgent" the boy said.

"Slytherins!" spat Ginny. "Give that to me and I'll hex them to their sorry ass!"

"No…" dazed than usual, Luna accepted the parchment. "I'll do it. Don't bother yourself to trivial things Ginny."

"Thanks… I think…" Ginny replied.

"By the way little boy," Luna smiled at the first year who blushed in embarrassment. "What's your name?"

"Good thing big sister is so nice! I'm Hikage Swann."

"Oh, so that's why you call everybody "big brother" or "big sister" you're an Asian aren't you?" Neville commented.

"Nee~ Nee~ how did you know?" the boy tilts his head in wonderment.

"You're funny!" Ginny giggled.

"Actually, I'm Half-Half. My Okaa-san, that would be my mum, is of Japanese descent so I lived in Japan half of my life. My Otoo-san, that would be my dad, is English and a wizard."

"Would you like to sit with us?" Luna asked while carefully slipping the letter in her Quibbler. This is something that Ginny missed seeing since she was fascinated with the first year.

All throughout the trip, Ginny was so absorbed in Hikage's tales that even Neville joined in the conversation while supplying some stored knowledge about Japanese culture. Luna, however discreetly opened the letter inside the Quibbler, hoping against hope that she finally has a hint on who her "admirer" was and that the parchment was from him.

Holding her breath, she peeked inside the Quibbler and read the parchment. Surprised, Luna stifled a gasp.

"It's from him!!!!!" Luna thought while feeling immensely relieved.

It reads:

Hey,

How're you doing? Well, I think I let myself slip big this time. Hahaha! ^^

Its bad now that you have an inkling to who I am. But oh well, what can we do?

So tell me, were you worried sick that I was not able to write to you anymore? Or were you happy that I suddenly stopped nagging you? Hehe

I like to know.

Really I do, so while here in school, I'll let my owl stay by your side and never leave unless you give me an answer.

Hope that being in the House that I am in won't scare or disgust you…

Yours only.

-----end of letter----

Blushing furiously, Luna pocketed the letter and after waiting for her racing heart to slow down, joined in Ginny, Neville and Hikage's story exchange.

----A/N:Weee~! I've been giggling non-stop! i had soo many wonderful references thats why i got into writing again! hehehehe! watch out for the next installment of this story---