Luna skipped the feast that night. There was a threstral standing on the edge of the forest, he looked agitated. Luna held out a thick steak in front of her to lure in the strange equine. The oily black wings fluttered in the wind and Luna stepped closer.

The threstral, like most animals, had always come willingly to her. She had even ridden them on warm nights to survey the forbidden forest, her favorite place in Hogwarts. But tonight was different. The black horse reared up at her and flared his nostrils. Luna knew better than to approach the threstral tonight. Throwing him the steak she backed away from the horse.

"It's so odd, the stars are so pale tonight," she said, staring into the night's sky. Luna closed her eyes and listened, the forest was nearly silent tonight and the air was much to chilly for early September. These changes were making her nervous and she began to make her way back to the castle. "It shouldn't be this way," she whispered as she walked.

Ravenclaw's were generally neat people and the empty common room was spotless and tidy as usual when she got back to the tower. Luna tipped over a book just because but it righted itself a moment later. She climbed up the spiral staircase and pushed open her door.

She had always roomed alone due to the other Ravenclaw girl s saying she was too strange to stay with. But tonight when she pushed open the door a second bed was pushed up against the window. It was piled high with luxurious comforters and throws. A tiny house elf in a pink dress was fluffing silk pillows and cleaning the bed curtains.

A large white vanity and full length mirror replaced the empty shelves that had always been pushed against the wall in case of her getting another roommate. The desk and vanity were covered in fancy quills, expensive makeup boxes and thick leather-bound books.

Luna went and sat on her own bed and looked at the room in astonishment. Luna's own side of the room was to be best described as plain. Hogwarts standard bedding was the only thing that graced her bed and her own dresser had socks hanging over the drawers. Unlike the girls large armor, which was filled with fancy capes and sparkling dresses, Luna's was mostly empty except for her school robes and spangled dress robes.

Luna noticed that her cage full of puffskeins had been moved from her desk onto an ornate stand by her bed. Little moons and stars were molded and the legs swirled and curled up around the cage to hold it in place. Luna smiled and the subtle gesture that gave a sense of elegance to Luna's otherwise plain side of the room.

The house elf was levitating the other bed slightly and elongating the legs. The added height let the creature slide a pair of tiny beds underneath. When she finished the house elf sat down on one of the beds and sighed. Just then did she notice Luna.

The creature leapt up and curtsied low to Luna. "Miss Luna, my mistress told me she will return after the feast. Would you like your sheets warmed tonight while you ready for bed?" she squeaked. "I am Dandy, mistress Arianna's house elf."

"No thank you dandy, I like cold sheets. You have a very pretty dress. I've never seen a house elf wear a dress before." Luna marveled and looked over Dandy with her wide blue eyes. "goodnight" Luna said and laid back on her bed where she fell fast asleep.

Luna had been asleep for a few hours when Ari crept into the room. Ari quietly made her way over to her bed and admired what her house elf had done. She had never shared a room with anyone before and appreciated the work her loyal servant had put into making it look like home. "perfect," she whispered and began to get ready for bed. She unlocked her long braid and brushed her hair with her fingers. She had always taken good care of it. Her mother and sister had always marveled over its strange color. Her siblings had always worn caps of bright blonde hair with sky blue eyes. They had been beautiful children from birth.

Lucinda had been spectacular. She was taller and slimmer then Ari even though she was two years younger. Her blonde hair hung straight to her waist and had caught the eyes of all the boys at Morgan's. She had been the teen model for Nimbus Corp since she was 10 even though she had never played quidditch. Lucinda's death had been a great loss, she was so vibrant.

Ari felt a tear run down her cheek and did not bother to wipe it away. She reached up to remove her robe and her hand brushed the emerald clip her brother Timmy had given her for her 11th birthday. He had been killed that year. Another tear ran down her face.

Timmy was only nine when the death eaters had murdered him. He had made it into the air on his broomstick while their father battled Voldermort himself. The curse had shot past Ari's left ear and struck Timmy in the chest just as she was mounting her broom. The little boy was dead before he hit the ground 20 feet below. The young boy had been handsome and mothers were always trying to match him to their daughters.

Ari was now crying hard and she pulled on her silk nightgown. Her maekup was streaked and running down her face and her hair was limp. A thought flashed in her mind on her youngest sibling and she could take it no longer.

Martin had just turned 6 when Voldermort himself blew down the playroom door and killed the boy and his blonde nanny. Ari had been 14 years old and at a friends house that night. He was the 3rd in their family to die at the hands of evil.

In 6 years she had watched every member of her family die for Voldermort's greed. She was the only one left and determined not to follow their fateful path. Her father and Timmy when she was 11, martin when she was 14 and Luci and her mother only a few months ago. She was devastated but to proud and guarded to show her hurt to the world.

POP Ari turned around quickly, wand ready. "Mistress, dandy heard you crying. Do you need dandy?" She squeaked. Her little pink dress was pressed perfectly and the pink bow on her head had been replaced by an evening cap.

"No thank you Dandy, I was just missing my family." Ari choked and dandy shuffled closer to hug her arm.

"It will be fine mistress," she patted Ari's arm, "you are safe here at Hogwarts." The house elf held Ari's arm for a while until the girl asked to be tucked in. Ari's crying had exhausted her and she was asleep in only a few moments. Dandy shifted and tucked the lush covers until they were just perfect and wished out the lamp. Then, crawling into her bunk underneath she smiled to herself at a day's job well done and went to sleep.