I am a student in fifth year. I am in Ravenclaw. I wear a necklace made out of butterbeer caps and radish earrings. My best friend is Ginny Weasley. I live at home with my father who works at the Quibbler. Do you want to know my name? My name is Luna Lovegood.
I know what you're thinking. You probably want to know why I dress the way I do. You probably have never seen a girl wearing a necklace made of butterbeer caps or radish earrings. You might even be tempted to call me Loony Lovegood. Lots of people do. Anyway, to explain my choice of attire, my story began one month before I arrived at Hogwarts.
My father was in bed with a bad cold. My mum was slaving over a cauldron making a remedy for my father's cold. If you had seen my mother, you would know where I get my looks and my taste of accessories. Unfortunately, the cauldron she was using was rather old and it had a miniscule crack in it. As one might expect, it is not wise to use a cauldron with a defect in it. There was an explosion which killed my mum. Shortly before her funeral, I made a promise that I never forget her. I asked my dad if I could have my mum's necklace and earrings. So that's why I dress why I do. The necklace and earrings that I wear belonged to my mum.
I can't say that the way I look has made my life easy. Many students at Hogwarts have made it a pastime to pick on me. This is especially true for Slytherins. It is well known that their favorite targets are Muggle borns like Hermione Granger. I am a close second. I have had a number of encounters with a rather pale Slytherin in particular, Draco Malfoy. On my first day on the Hogwarts Express, he coined the phrase Loony Lovegood. He even said that I was insane and that I should be committed into St. Mungo's for looking the way I do. I started crying. Satisfied with the damage he had done, Draco proudly strutted away. I cried for a awhile when a girl with red hair noticed my plight and wrapped her arms around me and told me not to worry about gits like Draco. That's how I met my best friend Ginny Weasley.
Ginny is in the same year as me with red hair and freckles. She is the only girl in a family full of boys. Her brothers Fred and George have played many pranks on me. That's okay. They've played pranks on a lot of people. Back to Ginny, she was the first person to stand up for me. She always gets mad at anyone calling me Loony Lovegood. I feel as if Ginny is my sister. Now that I am in fifth year, I would like to have other friends besides Ginny. There is one person in particular that I would like to get to know real well. He is another outcast at Hogwarts. One named Neville Longbottom
