"Miss Lovegood," Hagrid called to the sixth year Ravenclaw as she started to leave the last Care of Magical Creatures class before the Christmas break. "Would you please wait just a minute?"
"Certainly Hagrid," Luna smiled at the half giant. She really liked his classes. She just wished he would teach about the more uncommon creatures like the Crumple-Horned Snorkack.
When Hagrid came back out of his hut, he was carrying a wrapped present. "Would you please give this Christmas present to 'arry for me?"
Taking the present, Luna told him, "Hagrid, you know you could've given this to him yourself? Harry still likes you, you know, unlike the Weasleys."
"'M not so sure a that meself." Hagrid told her. "He asked me ta leave 'im alone, so 'm trying ta respect 'is wishes. I just thought he might like to have that."
"I promise I'll give it to him today." Luna assured him as she headed back toward the castle.
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Luna finally caught up with Harry as he was coming out of Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. She didn't bother asking why he'd been in there. She was fairly certain he went there because it was probably one of the few places in the school he wouldn't be bothered, given that Myrtle wasn't very fond of many people. She knew this because she too had spent time in Myrtle's bathroom, just talking to the former Ravenclaw ghost, when the others in school became too much for her to deal with. "Harry, wait up please."
Given that Luna was one of the few people Harry actually liked at Hogwarts, he did as she asked.
"I'm glad I was finally able to catch up with you." Luna told him as she got closer. "I have something for you."
When she handed over the wrapped present, Harry told her, "Luna, you didn't have to do this."
Luna waited until he had opened the present and was looking at the photos in the album before softly telling him, "I didn't do it… Hagrid did."
Harry looked up startled but smiling. "Hagrid?"
Luna nodded. "He wanted you to have something to remember your family by and asked me to give it to you. He didn't think you would accept it from him."
Harry ran his finger across the moving picture of his parents, Sirius, and Remus before admitting. "I don't hate Hagrid. I'm just not fond of him right now."
Luna gave him an understanding look. "You might want to at least tell him thank you for all the trouble he went to."
Harry nodded before reaching out and giving Luna a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
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Ginny seethed as she saw Harry smile at Luna. It was the kind of smile that lit up his face and reminded Ginny of happier times when he'd smiled at her like that. As if he really cared about her.
When Luna got a hug and kiss from Harry because of the present she'd given him, Ginny saw red . How dare she! Harry is mine! Well she's not going to get away with this! No one takes what's mine!
Pulling her wand out, Ginny conjured a jar with a live bee in it. She knew from prior conversations that Luna was allergic to bees, though she didn't know just how allergic. Shaking the jar gently to agitate, but not kill the bee, Ginny unscrewed the lid and took it off. Using a levitation spell, she sent the angry bee over to Luna and watched as it landed on her neck.
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"See you later, Luna," Harry told her as her hand came up to slap at something on her neck.
Luna suddenly stiffened her mouth and eyes wide open then collapsed to the ground. As Luna collapsed, Harry caught a glimpse of a person with long red hair scurrying away from the area. He recognised her as Ginny Weasley. He would deal with her later something told him that if Luna was to survive, he didn't have time right now.
He summoned his staff from the dorm and it appeared in his hand instead of flying to him the way ordinary wizards would expect something summoned to appear. Though he had heard no spell spoken, he was certain that Ginny had cast some kind of spell at Luna that was slowly suffocating her. He could see that she was starting to have trouble trying to breath. He needed to buy her time and the only way to do that was to try and put her in a state that science fiction books called suspended animation. It would hold her between life and death indefinitely.
Getting back to his feet, Harry tapped the butt of his staff on the stone flagging and then pointed the glowing green capstone at Luna's body. Channelling the magic around him through his staff Harry focused on suspending all life functions and yet keeping her alive. It was a delicate balancing act and Harry was fairly certain that no other wizards could have done this. The light that came from the staff instead of being the usual green was a blinding white and came out as a ball instead of a beam of light. It engulfed Luna's body and seemed to seep slowly into her. Once the light was gone, Harry could see that to all intents Luna appeared dead, but he knew she was still alive. Now to get her to Madame Pompfrey and then find out from Ginny just what it was she'd done to Luna.
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