What do you think about the Club so far?" Luna asked Harry. After the Twins Grimm left, everyone went back to conversing with each other.
"It sounds fun" Harry replied. "I don't remember the fairytale stories that well"
"At least you remember a little. I have no idea what the stories are" Luna poured herself some pumpkin juice and turned around. She observed the group's people had split themselves in. Many of the Gryffindor's were crowding around Hermione.
"I can tell you a couple of the stories I remember perfectly" Harry offered.
"Thanks" Luna smiled and took a sip of her juice.
"So how was your summer?" Harry asked.
"It was good" Luna replied. "My dad and I went to Italy. We went sightseeing and learned about the ancient history of Italy"
"Sounds awesome" Harry commented. They fell into silence, both of them out of questions. Luna sighed and looked around again. She caught sight of Blaise and Draco staring at her. They turned away from her and went to the group of Slytherins near the door.
"Harry, can I ask you a personal question?" She turned to Harry and tilted her head.
"What is it?" He turned to face me with a guarded expression.
"Do you like someone?" She asked.
"Define the term like" He said.
"Do you have romantic feelings for someone?" She explained. He frowned and took a small sip of his drink.
"Why do you want to know?" He asked.
"I overheard someone saying they liked you so I thought I would find out if you were available to date or not" She replied. She finished off her drink and sighed. "I won't go and tell people who you like. I'm not that childish"
"I supposed I would have to say I liked Cho Chang" He finally answered.
"She's dating Cedric" Luna pointed out. "In other words, you are single"
"Who is the person you said liked me?" Harry asked.
"Ginny" Luna replied. She shrugged and sat her glass down. "I'm going to go now. I'll see you later"
"Bye" Harry finished his drink and went to find Ron.
Pansy sat down on a couch and sighed. Draco had ditched her again and was now ignoring her. She looked and noticed that everyone was talking to Granger and Potter. No doubt about the stupid fairytales. She gave a small bitter laugh before deciding to leave. She slipped out unnoticed and walked around the castle. It was almost 9 o'clock, signaling an hour before curfew. She found herself in the library in the muggle studies section. Her immediate thought was to leave but stopped when she saw a book sitting out on a table. She walked over and looked at the front.
Grimm's Complete Fairytales
Her mind brought back the image of the invitation. "Some of the roles are in here" She said out loud. She looked at the rest of the books and found a couple more fairytale books. She took them with her to the Slytherins common room and sat down to read them. Half way through the big Grimm's book, a group of Slytherins walked in. Draco and his friends were right behind them. Pansy gathered the books and ran up to her room, making sure no one saw the books. Her roommates came in and got ready for bed. She drew the curtains closed and used her wand as light, finishing the Grimm's book and continuing with the other books. It took her half the night to finish the stories and remember the characters.
"You look like crap" Daphne said the next morning. Pansy scowled and ran a hand through her messy hair.
"Like you are any better" She retorted.
"Hey, don't be mad at me. I'm just telling you the truth" She held her hands up in surrender and stopped. "What did you do? Stay up all night waiting for Draco?"
"No. I was studying" Pansy replied. She yawned and took a sip of the coffee she had poured. Astoria walked over and sat down beside her sister.
"Hey, I have a favor I need from you guys" She said.
"What is it?" Daphne asked.
"Last night I was walking to the Slytherin common room by myself after the meeting. On my way there I heard crying so I went to investigate" Daphne stopped and looked around before leaning in closer. "I found Lovegood huddled on the floor in one of the classrooms. She looked badly beaten and barely aware of her surroundings. I didn't know what to do so I ran and told Madam Pomfrey about her"
"How does this connect to your favor?" Pansy asked.
"Just hold on" Astoria replied. "After I led Madam Pomfrey to the classroom, I went back to the Room of Requirement in hopes of finding Potter. I had seen him earlier talking to Lovegood and thought her should know that she was beaten. I was about to enter when I heard these voices. I peeked into the room and saw the Weasley girl and the Brown girl. They were talking about the attack and how it went"
"So?" Daphne said.
"They were saying that it should teach her a lesson about bad mouthing people and spreading rumors" Astoria looked at the two with a serious expression. "They had someone beat her up for no reason"
"What is your favor?" Pansy asked.
"I need help investigating the attack" Astoria answered. "You two are the only ones I trust with this favor"
"Why do you want to help out Lovegood?" Daphne asked.
"I don't hate people outside of Slytherin" She replied. "I want to help Lovegood because she has no friends that care about her"
"So what do you want us to do? Beat Weasley and Brown until they confess?" Pansy said. "I'd be happy to do that"
"No. I just want you to find out why Weasley decided to ditch her friend" Astoria got up and looked around. "I'm going to go visit Lovegood now. See you later"
"Later" Daphne said. She turned to Pansy and raised an eyebrow. "Do you want to help her?"
"It's not like I have anything better to do" Pansy sighed. "What should we do first?"
"Let's ask Blaise if he can try and get an answer out of Brown's friend Vane" They both got up and went over to Blaise. After pulling him aside, they got him to agree to get information out of Vane. They then went to the hospital wing to find Astoria and visit Luna. Astoria was sitting beside Luna's bed, talking to her about the latest rumors and what happened. Luna had a black eye and a split lip, a few small cut on her cheek and a bruise on the side of her head.
"Wow" Pansy said. Daphne nodded her head and frowned. What kind of sick people do this to an innocent person? She shook her head and carefully approached Luna.
"Hey" She said. Astoria turned around and smiled.
"Hi" She replied.
"Hi" Luna said, her voice sounding hoarse. Pansy frowned and walked over, standing behind Daphne.
"How are you?" Daphne asked.
"Good" Luna replied. "What are you doing here?"
"We came to how you were doing" Daphne replied. "My sister here told me what happened"
"It's nothing" Luna said.
"Like hell it's not" Astoria said. "They shouldn't have done that"
"Who shouldn't have?" Luna asked. She looked at Astoria questioningly. "Do you know who did this?"
"Didn't you see them?" Pansy asked.
"No. They attacked me from behind" Luna said. She sat up carefully, wincing as pain coursed through her body. "Who attacked me?"
"Um…" Astoria turned and looked at her sister. Daphne walked over to the side of the bed and took Luna's hand.
"Astoria heard the Brown girl and the Weasley girl talking about the attack. She said they were saying something about not spreading rumors and telling secrets" Daphne explained.
Luna blinked a couple of times before frowning. "What did they mean by that?"
"We don't know" Astoria said. "I asked them to help me find out"
"Why do you want to help me?" Luna asked.
"You seem like a nice person" Astoria replied. "I hate the way people treat you"
"Thanks" Luna smiled and slowly lay down. "You should go to your classes"
"I'll visit you during lunch" Astoria said.
"We'll see you later" Pansy said. She grabbed Daphne's arm and dragged her out of the hospital wing.
"I feel really bad for Lovegood, but I can't help but also feel ashamed for helping her" She said.
"Why do you feel ashamed?" Daphne asked.
"I'm a Pureblood. I'm not supposed to care about non Purebloods" Pansy replied.
"Astoria and I are Purebloods but we still help non Purebloods" Daphne pointed out. "Besides, Lovegood's a Pureblood"
"Really?" Pansy said. She shook her head, "I didn't know that"
"Her family name is in one of my mom's books. My mom explained that the Lovegood's are Purebloods just like us" Daphne explained. "After Mrs. Lovegood died, Mr. Lovegood and Luna cut off all contact with the other Pureblood families"
"Why does Draco treat her family like trash than?" Pansy said.
"Why does he treat the Weasley's like trash?" Daphne asked. "His father thinks the Lovegood's and the Weasley's are disgraced Purebloods"
"Oh" Pansy looked around before nodding her head. "Sounds ok then"
"Yeah. Let's head to class before we are late" They headed to their first class of the day, thinking of a plan to get back at Weasley and Brown.