A.N. Sorry for not uploading, but I haven't had the time or means by which to do so in a while, so on to the story I suppose.

I woke up from perfectly wonderful dreams that I couldn't quite remember to see a pair of big, brown eyes staring at me. They looked frightened as I opened mine, and got bigger than I even knew eyes could get.

"Wha-"

The girl that the eyes belonged to put both her hands over my mouth.

"Please, please don't talk," she whispered, sounding quite desperate. "They'll hear you and come if you do."

She was a small girl, with long dark brown hair straight against her back. Her eyes had dark circles, and she was rather pale. A faded grey nightgown clung to her thin frame.

When the girl lifted her hands off of my mouth, I began to whisper questions.

"Who are you?"

The girl looked down, and back at me. "My name is Missy Pettyjohn, and I'm a second year."

That would explain why I didn't know her. She wasn't in my year, so she wasn't in my dorm room.

"Why are you in here? It's a bit of a queer place for a second year to be."

"I'm hiding."

What? That doesn't make much sense. Is she playing hide and seek?

"Hiding from the other second years," she said, looking up. "They were practicing spells on me, and I was quite fed up with it."

I never thought that Hogwarts would be so eventful at 6 in the morning.

"Well, why did you come here?"

She looked at me, biting her lip.

"How about I ask a question as well?"

I nodded.

"What's your name?"

She seemed a bit scared while asking the question, as though she thought I would pull out a wand and try out a few spells on her for asking.

"Luna Lovegood."

That's a pretty name. I suppose I'll answer your question now. The other girls won't come in here. They think it's haunted, because last year, one of the seventh year girls kept having her things 'disappear' at night." Missy looked around again. "They never realized that it was one of those tricky boys using spells to steal it, not an evil ghost."

"Ha! That's just like girls..."

Girls other than missy, and me as well, I guess.

"Why did you hide at my bed though?" Truly. She could have picked anyone.

"I dunno. You seemed the most friendly."

Maybe I look that way sleeping, but the other girls are probably more friendly than me. They talked to each other all night, and seemed to get along rather well. I guess she just means I looked less likely to bite.

"Well, Luna, thanks for not yelling or ratting me out. I'm sorry that I woke you up, and won't bother you again. goodbye."

Missy slipped off of my bed, and left the room. As she did, I could see the results of one of the girl's spells.

A brown fox's tail hanging out from underneath her nightgown.

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After putting on my robes and packing my bag with books and ink, I followed the other girls out to the Great Hall. Everyone was excited for the first day, and so was I! A little scared, a little lonely, but excited.

While walking to the Ravenclaw table, I saw Ginny. I waved. Maybe she'll see me! but if she doesn't, I'll be fine still.
She doesn't see me, so I walk over to Missy, and sit down next to her.

"Oh! Hello Luna!" She says. She looks embarrassed, I don't know what for.

"Did the girls keep bothering you?"

"No, and I got the tail fixed. Madame Pomfery says that I can turn back and forth without trouble now." She smiles.

"No more tail!"

"Yup, no more tail."

suddenly, all of the other student's heads start to turn towards the ceiling. Owls! And loads of them! They swoop and fly, dropping packages and flying towards the owlerey afterwards. My father's Owl, Star, fly's over my head, and drops a small round package wrapped in The Daily Prophet.

I unwrap it, and floating through the air at a leisurely speed is a fresh picked dirigible plum.

A.N. sorry if this is a short chapter, but I couldn't think of a better way to end it, so, there it is! And, thank you to Braelynway for letting me use your O.C, Missy Pettyjon! (I hope it's ok that I made her an animagus.)