Chapter 3: You are weird

Ginny slid open the compartment door and found Harry shaking his hand with a girl. She had never seen her, but the fact that they were unaware of the attention they were drawing to themselves was bothering her a little.

- Hi! - she greeted them, a little too loud. And with that the electricity was broken. Harry, who had a small imperceptible blush for being caught off-guard, let go of her hand and went directly to get her trunk in the compartment. But the little five-tailed white cat followed after him and hid within the trunk before he touch it, and the trunk close right after. He decided to over-look this incident and put the trunk in his place, if the cat wants he can get out as easily as it got in.

Natalie looked at Ginny and smiled – Hi!

Ginny let her in and introduced the presents – I'm Ginny, this is Neville and this is Luna –.

- Is that a Mimbulus Mimbletonia? - she said surprised, and Neville who had been slightly crouched in his seat watching his hands nervously, immediately straightened up and looked at her.

- Yes! Do you know them?

- Of course! They are a very special kind, my mom told me about them.

- Yes, they have very rare properties and an awesome defensive system...

- Don't do it again! - shouted the red head girl and the glassed boy at the same time.

- Ha! So this is why this room smells funny – she mentioned while she was sniffing the air.

- You know, your eyes are weird – that's the first sentence Luna spoke – they are like grebleums eggs.

Natalie stared at her confused, she quite didn´t know if she had insulted or praised her, but she didn´t look like the average girl with bitchy comments up her sleeve, so risked the last one.

-Emm.. thank you, I suppose – she said and then whispered to Harry, who was seated beside her, – What are grebleums? - he shrug his shoulders in response. But whereas the way Luna said it, she was right. Harry had thought her eyes were blue but looking them closely they were really strange, like melted turquoise stones, visible even from some distance. As if they were liquid, like if something was living inside them.

- Oh sorry! I forgot, my name is Natalie Hopkins.

-You aren´t a first year, are you? – asked Ginny.

Natalie chuckle – No, I´ll be starting fifth year now.

- You'll be in the same year as Harry and me! - Neville commented giggly.

- Great! At least I'll know someone- she felt some relief, the tough part was over now, at least know she would be able to have some guidance from a fellow student.

- Don't worry, just beg not to be put on Slytherin.

- Wha...

-Anything my dears? - offered the lady with the lunch cart who had entered the compartment.

Growls. Growls. And they all roared with laughter.

Natalie's face turned furious red in shame and, while holding her stomach said in a small voice - I'm sorry, in the hurry I didn't have breakfast today – then paused and asked - Give me two of everything you have please!

They have just starting eating when Ron entered the room, took a chocolate frog from Harry's hand and seated.

- Guess who is Slytherin's new prefect? - he mumble while munching.

But before he could answer a bushy haired girl came in and said - Hi, I'm Hermione nice to meet you.

- Who ag yu talking tu Hergmione? - Ron looked up from his food, and found Natalie sitting in front of him, then swallowed with some effort.

- I'm Luna and the weird one is called Natalie Hopkins -. Harry meanwhile noticed both, Ron and Hermione, had ignored Luna. And Hermione who also noticed her added – Hi Luna! But she wasn't interested in her, he was staring at Ron who was looking at him for an explanation.

Natalie smiled, she was the weird one in here not Luna, and thought that this girl had a unique way of seeing life.

- You know if you keep calling me weird, I'll believe it – Natalie interceded pulling a fake hurting face and then smiled.

Luna looked and her and added dreamily - My baby's ocean eyes – before returning to her magazine.

Natalie looked at her a little surprised but then smiled with sweetness and looked at her lap. Extremely unique, she thought.

Hermione was looking at them as if trying to get the conversation, so Natalie she shook her head to snap out of it and said to the still more confused Ron, -Well since you red head had swallowed all my chocolate frogs I'm going for more, want anything? - and then disappeared out in the corridor looking for the lunch lady.

The students remaining were looking at Luna waiting for her to say something, but she seemed to be reading something interesting on The Quibbler since she was looking intently at the upside down positioned magazine.

At that point, the door reopened, but the ones that came in where Malfoy with his two henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle.

- What? - Harry told him before he could open his mouth.

- You better watch it Potter, I'm a prefect now and you are not. I will hate to punish you. Oh wait! I wouldn't hate it at all – and the two overgrown boys behind him laugh at his comment as if it was the brightest thing they could have thought of, well maybe it was.

- Yeah, but you are an arsehole and I'm not, so get out of here – he answered.

- Oh yeah? How does it feel to be second best to Weasley, Potter?

- Shut up Malfoy! - Hermione snapped.

- You filthy mudblood don't you dare...

- You snake! – And Ron stood up and draw her wand so fast that it stuck in Neville's cactus. And once again the horrible green mucks got spattered all over the place. Malfoy started to scream – My eyes! My eyes! – And Hermione added, you better remove it, is venomous.

When he heard it he went off running through the corridor, trying to get it off. Crabbe and Goyle just stood there watching him leave not knowing what to do.

Natalie had caught up with the lunch lady and was returning to the compartment while munching a chocolate frog. Malfoy ran into her with strength and they both fell on their backs.

- Hey! Watch it! Fuck! My dress… – she said looking at her white dress now greenish on the front part. She then looked up and found a skinny blond guy who was trying to remove that same greenish thing off his eyes. –Fregotego!- she said pointing at him.

The entire green thing disappeared. He opened his eyes and stared at her accusingly. Pointed at her with his finger opened his mouth to say something, but then closing it again. Sort of confused by her help, the only thing he could come up was – You know, you have something on your cheek.

After that he stood up, turned back and walked away from her who remained on the floor. Still with a confused look, rubbed her cheek with her hand and remove some chocolate from it. – Fregotego- she repeated, and both her dress and cheek were clean.