Chapter 4

"AAHHHHHH!" Luna screamed violently and tumbled out of her bed. She had woken up to a pair of giant eyes looking at her. Dandy sat on the bed looking rather baffled at Luna's Behavior.

"I'm sorry Miss Lovegood, but my mistress didn't want you to miss breakfast," Dandy squeaked and curtsied a little.

" No, it's ok," Luna said and pulled herself off the floor. "I'm not used to such enormous eyes in the morning. you know, they really are quiet large." Dandy cocked her head at the odd statement and hopped over to the end of the bed.

"I've laid out and warmed your clothes for you miss and a hot bath has been run in the ladies room." Dandy motioned to the neatly pressed school uniform at the end of Luna's bed. Luna smiled and nodded at her strange morning and dandy popped out of the room so Luna could ready herself in private.

Arianna moved smoothly through her day with the assistance of dandy. The house elf popped in and out of the halls, exchanging textbooks and tools and pointing Ari in the direction of her classes. Her classes went smoothly and she sighed with relief when her last class arrived.

At 4 pm on the dot a large and colorful old man waddled into the potions classroom and Ari leapt with Joy. "Mr. Horus Slughorn!" She cried out with glee and bounced up to the man. "I haven't seen you in years, my goodness, are you teaching this class?"

"Arianna Flobbergill, my dear girl. It was your name on my roster, how are you dear? I was most upset to hear about your mother and lovely sister." He bellowed a little too cheerfully.

The class watched with interest as the strange new girl and their potions master hugged and talked about old times. The class was nearly half done when Ari took her seat and He his podium. Slughorn took every chance to compliment Ari's potion, even if it was only barely passing. When Ari left the classroom she felt her ego bloat just a bit as he invited her to the first meeting of the Slug Club. Everyone in the class knew that the people Slughorn singled out often had their names down in history books later on. A few students hung around her, looking for a word or two of friendship, but she offered little more than a smile.

Luna was waiting in the dorm room with an upside down book when Ari got back. She flopped heavily on her bed and after a few long moments Luna sighed. "You have a Hawk in your wardrobe, he seems rather tired."

"What?" Ari cocked an eyebrow and used her wand to open the wardrobe doors. The Brown Harris Hawk spread his wings and swooped down onto his owners arm. "Luna, this is Ra. My parents got him for my 10th birthday." Ari said and the bird sat up proudly and stretched his wings out.

Luna took a wing tip and shook it lightly as the bird looked at her, completely baffled at this action. "It's nice to meet you," she said with interest and looked at Ari through her new purple specter specs. "Your family was very wealthy, was it nice?" Luna's honest interest discomforted Ari.

"Yes, it was nice," Ari started slowly," But I would rather have my parents then their inheritance. Luna and Ari sat on the bed for a bit before Ra nipped gently at her fingers and took off through the tower window.

"Professor Slughorn thinks your special," Luna said and put down her book. "He has good parties. Harry brought me to one last year, as friends." Luna stared at Ari with her wide eyes and grinned a little. "Harry is handsome."

Ari giggled a little and tried to ignore the statement, "Slughorn is an old family friend. He helped my parents escape the death eaters before I was born. He used to spend Christmas with us before my father was killed." Ari moved onto her own bed and grabbed her backpack.

"Oh, he is a large man. He's nice though, very kind." Luna said and went back to her book. Ari just smiled at her incredibly odd roommate and started her own essay on the proper uses of love potions.