"Severus,

I hope this letter finds you in time. I think that Luna neglected to tell you that Monelleria is half Lunar Elf."

Severus began to pale. Lunar Elves were known to be very vicious. But that couldn't be right. He kept reading.

"Lunar Elves are very angry on the night of the New Moon and may become murderous. On the Full Moon they are the opposite. Please do not let her be near anyone on those nights. As a human being I beg of you please keep her isolated or in the ROR.

~George Weasley."

Tonight was the night of the New Moon. And the girls had detention with Longbottom. The sun was setting. Severus fainted.

~Meanwhile in the Great Hall~

Monelleria felt off. A little angry and very awake. She wanted to go outside. Maybe kill Mrs. Noris, yes. That idea had a great deal of appeal.

From her position at the Slytherin table, Drae could see something was off with her friend. She frowned. 'What's wrong with Ria? She looks like she's about to go on a rampage.' Drae frowned, making a mental note to check on the lioness after dinner on their way to detention.

Headmaster Snape burst into the room looking mildly panicked. He had Monelleria follow him out of the Great Hall leaving whispering children in his wake.

Now Drae was worried. Severus was a Slytherin and hardly ever allowed emotion to show on his face. Especially panic. She stood up, motioned to Ophelia to follow, and snuck after the Headmaster and her friend. Determined to find out what was going on.

Severus spoked quickly to Ria and made sure that they took every shortcut that letter had mentioned to the Room of Requirements. After making sure that the girl was isolated in the room he calmed himself and headed back to the Great Hall. Sure that the threat had been taken care of.

Drae managed to keep to the shadows the entire way to the seventh floor. Rai had shown the Slytherin the Map George had given to her, so she knew the passages that Severus was taking led to the area with the ROR.

Her eyes narrowed. 'Why is he taking her there? What is going on?' She found herself more confused when the Headmaster came back out without Ria.

Making sure he was gone and Ophelia was still with her, Drae made her way inside the ROR.

"Ria? You in here?" She looked around. The room looked like a cave deep underground. She could hear water dripping and there was almost no light. There was no sound of snakes moving or Parseltongue either. Thick coils suddenly wrapped around Drae and dragged her away from the center of the room towards the door.

'You fool,' the snake hissed quietly. 'You should never disturb one who is half Luna on this moonless night.'

Drae gave the snake a withering glare. 'I didn't know- wait what? She's half Luna...' Now the confusion was back.

'Yes, half Luna you fool. Go back to your dragons and stay away on this night!' She hissed as quietly as possible.

'Now I'm just confused. What does being half Luna have to do with anything?' Drae asked not moving.

'It's too late!' The snake screamed. Then the large snake was ripped off of Drae, but the snake had let go so she wasn't hurt. A strange cooing hiss came from the darkness.

'Ophelia. What is going on?!' Drae whispered to the dragon on her shoulders.

'I don't know. This darkness is too thick for even my eyes.' the white dragon replied.

'Crap.'

The cooing hiss turned into an angry warbly hiss. Snakes began to hiss, it was a very soothing sound. The strange warbly hiss stopped. Then the humming began.

'Ophelia I think we need to go. Is Vipera still here?' Drae asked quietly.

She felt a tail wrap around her waist. 'I'm here Mistress. Let's get out of here. Something doesn't feel right and the snakes are worried about something.'

Drae nodded and inched towards the door. Opening it she darted out with Ophelia and Vipera still clinging to her.

~The next day~

Ria felt really light headed and content. She wondered if the Nargles were here. They were usually around after the New Moon. Seeing one of the small creatures she began to follow the Nargle.

The other students couldn't see the Nargle. It was a Lunar Elf thing.

Drae was cornered. She was doing a wonderful impression of her father's scowl. Hugo just wasn't giving up. He was harassing her about Ophelia - who Drae had found being cornered by Hugo and his goons. The dragon was in her arms, afraid of the boys.

Ria rounded the corner to find Cedric's son, Adrian, pulling Hugo off of Drae. Ond Nargle was above Adrian egging him on, which of course had no effect since the boy couldn't see it.

"What are you doing Hugo?" Ria said tilting her head and smiling a little crazily.

Adrian had succeeded in getting Hugo to back off when Drae heard Ria.

Her friend still looked off. She didn't know what it was but Ria looked off.

Hugo turned to face his cousin. "Why do you care traitor?" He sneered. She walked towards him.

"The Nargles told me that you were being a bad boy, and bad boys need to be punished don't they?" Ria said ignoring Hugo's comment. The nargles smirked at each other then looked at Ria.

This comment threw Hugo off. Luna may talk about Nargles, but Monelleria had never mentioned them before.

Drae cocked her head wondering for a moment. What the snake had told her last night hadn't gone away, so she did some research.

"Okay it makes sense now." she announced. Looking at the Lioness she smiled. "Go ahead Ria." Turning to Adrian Drae grabbed his arm. "Come on, you don't want to see this."

Adrian just followed, knowing she would eventually explain. And not really caring about what happened to Hugo.

Ria smiled at Hugo who was now a little wary. Something in him told him to run. He should have listened, but he didn't. She just his strange cousin, right?

~Five minutes later~

Ria came skipping to the couple and watched the Nargles above them. They were making kissing faces.

"Makes sense," she said sagely and nodded.

"What's going on here?" Adrian asked.

Drae sighed and looked at Ria wondering if the girl was okay with him knowing.

"If you tell anyone what is said in this room I will make you suffer," Ria said seriously.

Adrian looked between the two first year girls. Thee third year Hufflepuff nodded.

"Alright," Adrian said. "So what exactly is going on?"

"I am half Lunar Elf," Ria said calming down. The light headedness passing.

Adrian - being a pureblood - suddenly understood. "Oh. Well that explains a lot. Don't worry I won't tell anyone."

"Good," Ria said. "Then I won't have to kill you. Now come along younglings, let's go make sure we have an alibi."

Drae smiled. "To the library!"

Severus overheard Drae. 'Oh no, it's Granger all over again!' He groaned.

"I found my Hermione!" Ria exclaimed.

Adrian just chuckled and shook his head at the two.

~By the Forbidden Forest~

Students on their way to the Care of Magical Creatures class found Hugo by the edge of the Forbidden Forest. To say that they were afraid was an understatement. The poor students would have nightmares for weeks. When questioned about what happened to him later Hugo could only remember a crazy laugh along with piercing crimson eyes. He was sent home due to extreme mental duress.

When Luna heard about it she went into the nearby forest and laughed madly. George couldn't fault Ria for what she did. He just wished that the first years hadn't found him. They really were going to be a mentally scarred bunch. He could tell.

~The Great Hall~

Severus was pensive. Hugo Weasley may not have been his favourite student, but he was still attacked on school grounds. Something needed to be done because the rumor going around the school was that it was Voldemort who had attacked the young Weasley boy.

He cleared his throat and the students quieted down. He smirked slightly, he loved being able to make them be quiet just by clearing his throat.

"By now many of you have no doubt heard about Hugo Weasley being sent home. He was attacked, presumably by something lurking in the Forbidden Forest. Let me first say that I warned you all about going in there. Second the rumors going around that it was the Dark Lord Voldemort who attacked Mr. Wasley are false. He was seen being killed by Harry Potter eleven years ago and Aurors have found no trace of his magical signature anywhere in the forest. The creatures in the forest have further confirmed this to be true." he wasn't going to add that they had found the creature signature of a Lunar Elf clinging to the boy. "Furthermore from now on all students will go nowhere alone, or on the nights of the Full and New Moons, as Aurors are speculating that is when whatever attacked him may attack again. You are dismissed to your classes."