Title: Secrets of the Dark
Characters: Luna Lovegood, Graham Montague, Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Professor Dumbledore, mention of Professor Flitwick and Professor Snape.
Pairing: Luna and Graham
Rating: T
Summary: After a summer well spent with Graham Montague, Luna decides to try to transfer to the House of Slytherin. Are her motives honest, or is there a darkness within her? What will happen to our happy go lucky Luna and what has changed her?

September 1, another school year beginning, there she was one the Hogwarts Express sitting in an empty compartment. She had his necklace on, and damn did she look beautiful. He stood at the door and stared at her for a minute. They had what was a brilliant summer, after they got over the whole debacle with her father. He couldn't help but smile thinking about the long summer nights they spent laying under the stars, or reading. The nights that they wished would never end. And now here they were together again, and he was determined to make this school year be as amazing as the summer had been.

Luna looked up from her book that she was so intently reading, an odd choice for her it seemed as it was a book titled "Secrets of the Darkest Art," she saw Graham there staring at her and smiled at him.

"Hey there beautiful," Graham said with a big smile on his face as he walked into the compartment and sat next to her, sliding his hand into hers. They sat there in deep conversation for over an hour until Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle joined them.

"Yo Montague, Lovegood, how was your summer?" Malfoy asked.

"It was good Draco, thank you for asking, how was yours?" Luna asked politely.

"Oh not bad, a lot of travel with the family, interesting book you have there," he said skeptically.

"Ah yes, well one can never know to much about the dark arts right?" Luna responded.

Everyone smirked at her. They sat and talked for the rest of the train ride, just laughing and goofing off.

When they arrived at Hogwarts Luna went to the Ravenclaw table, as the others went to Slytherin. Annoyed Luna sat in silence during the entire feast. At the end of the feast Professor Dumbledore caught up to Luna and asked her to go to his office.

She followed Dumbledore up the spiral staircase that's hidden by the Gryffin door.

"I received your owl over the summer Luna, the one requesting you be resorted," Dumbledore said calmly, "I find it interesting that you're in your fifth year and wanting to change now, I must ask, what brought on this change?"

"I've changed, everything about me has changed, while I still find myself to meet most of Ravenclaw's standards, I also see more Slytherin in myself. I want to be better, to do better, the Slytherin house saved me last year, when I was in some of my darkest days, they helped me, they showed me my poteintial, I think it is only fair that I try and see if I belong there, to see if I am cunning enough, to hold up some of the highest wizarding standards," Luna said darkly.

Dumbledore stared at her concerned for a moment. This was not the Luna he remembered, she was no longer the awkward quirky girl who had no cares in the world, this girl sitting in front of him had changed, she had a darkness about her, one that felt all to familiar to him. But who was he from stopping her from at least trying to switch; and who knew maybe he was wrong.

"Okay, if you wish to be re-sorted, then we shall try, but this time it is the final decision, understood?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes sir," Luna said snarkily.

Professor Dumbledore got down the old hat, as Fawkes sang a beautiful song perched on his stand. Luna stared at the bird for a moment, a sense of fierceness in her eyes, Fawkes looked back at her and went silent.

"Ahhh Ms. Lovegood, the radiant Ravenclaw, looking to switch houses eh? What's wrong, Nargles in your head?" The sorting hat said as Professor Dumbledore placed it on Luna's head. "Ahh very interesting, yes a lot has changed in five years hasn't it? I can see your deepest thoughts, and your darkest ones, you are not the same girl that sat here 5 years ago, you have changed, your thoughts and your heart...I agree with you," the sorting hat said, then shouted "Switch her to Slytherin!"

Luna was please, Dumbledore looked worried, but agreed. "I will arrange everything with Professor Snape and Professor Flitwick, your transfer will be good to go tomorrow, I just ask that you return to the Ravenclaw tower for tonight," Dumbledore said as politely as possible.

"Yes sir, thank you," Luna replied dryly. As she got up and walked down the spiral staircase. At the bottom Montague and Malfoy were waiting for it.

"It's official, I'll transfer tomorrow," she told them. The boys high fived and the three of them went to the owlery together. Malfoy took out a piece of parchment and scribbled, phase one is done, Luna is transferred," he placed it in an envelope and addressed it to TDL. He got Montagues owl and sent him out.

"Tomorrow, we start phase two gentleman," Luna said to Graham and Malfoy, as she hugged Graham and they left the owlery.

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