Luna woke up the next day feeling rather excited for two reasons. She didn't have lessons that day, it being a weekend, and she was planning on going to feed the thestrals after breakfast.

Yes, her situation with Neville was rather unfortunate. And yes, she was disappointed at first, but Luna wasn't going to let that stop her from enjoying herself. She had spent her first four years of school without making any close friends, so it wasn't much different right now. Besides, she still had Ginny.

Luna started getting prepared for breakfast. She was nearly ready when she realized that she had lost her favorite pair of socks. Luna could have sworn that she left them on her dresser before going to bed the previous night. She knew that one of her roommates must have hidden them from her. This had been going on for years now. At first, Luna thought that Nargles must have been behind it. Which was a perfectly logical thought, considering Nargles were such sneaky thieves. But she found out the truth when she caught someone in the act. Luna didn't mind, though, it was all in good fun. She actually enjoyed searching. But she was already late as it is, she had slept in.

"Agnes?" Luna called out to one of her roommates. Agnes sat perched on her bed, braiding her hair with her hands; holding up a book with her feet. Most likely a textbook. She hardly ever went to breakfast, most mornings she spent studying for her O.W.L.'s, even though they were still many months away. But it wasn't at all an odd thing for a Ravenclaw to do. And the fact that Luna didn't partake in the Ravenclaw tradition was just another reason she was considered different, at least among her own house.

"Hmm?" Agnes turned her focus to Luna.

"Do you have any idea where my socks could be? They're the multicolored striped ones. They're my favorite, and just so happens that they're my only clean pair."

"No idea." Luna stared at her intently for a few seconds without blinking. Agnes sighed, giving in. "Fine. They're in the common room, on the legs of the chair closest to the entrance. Don't tell Evelyn that I told you." Agnes said referring to their other roommate. She gave Luna a small smile before she went back to studying.

"Thank you." Luna said before wandering out of her dormitory.

Luna giggled when she found her socks. It was quite comical to find a chair wearing an article of clothing. Especially when she was so used to seeing the clothing on her. She was slightly surprised at the simplicity of her socks hiding place. More often than not, Luna's possessions would be place somewhere too high for her to reach, and she would have to use magic. Or many times, she wouldn't be able to find them until the end of the year, or not at all, although she didn't try real hard, but she did admire their creativity. Luna decided they must have been tired when choosing the hiding spot.

Luna finished putting on her socks and shoes then headed down for breakfast. She wouldn't have been late if she hadn't lost her socks. So as result, the corridors were almost empty besides her and unfortunately, a Slytherin.

"What are ya doing Loony, hunting Narples?" Luna recognized the voice to be Pansy Parkinson's. Luna turned to face her and put on a smile. She wasn't surprised in the least, she was used to Pansy's bantering.

"No, I'm actually going to breakfast, I woke up late. And if you mean Nargles, you don't really want to hunt them. You should try to stay away from them, you see, they're nasty thieves." Pansy snorted in response and rolled her eyes.

"While I'm here, might as well have some fun." Pansy said mischievously as she whipped her wand out. Luna reached behind her left ear and grasped her own. Luna may have been uncommonly kind, but she was determined not to be a pushover.

"Expelliarmus!" Luna's wand flew out of her hand. She felt her heart rate quicken. But Luna kept calm, at least on the outside, for she didn't want to give Pansy the satisfaction of seeing her scared. "Flipendo!" Luna flew backwards until she hit the wall, she felt the back of her head come in contact with stone. Luna grit her teeth to avoid yelling out in pain.

Pansy walked up to her and kicked her in the gut when she attempted to get back up. This time she could not hold in a moan as she fell back to the ground. Pansy laughed, apparently finding humor in others pain and misery.

"You are pathetic. You are weak. You are Loony." For good measure, Pansy spit on Luna's face. She waited until Pansy was gone before finally wiping the saliva off of her cheek.

Luna tried to stand up for the second time, and she was just as unsuccessful as the first. Her dizziness just caused her to topple over once more. Luna shifted her body so she had her back leaning against the wall. She must have been in that position for about five minutes before someone came running down the corridor, nearly tripping along the way.

"Luna! What happened to you?" Luna looked up to see Neville. His face was evident with concern. It was also red and he was breathing heavily as if he had ran a mile to get there. Luna was happy to know Neville still cared.

"Pansy Parkinson decided she wanted to duel with me, but I don't think we were in agreement. But I'll be okay. Although I do have a bit of a headache." Neville helped Luna up and slung her arm around his shoulder.

"Would you mind grabbing my wand for me?" Luna pointed to the other side of the corridor. Neville did as he was told.

"Come on, we should get you to the infirmary."

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"Well, she has a concussion but she should be just fine. I would like her to stay overnight," Madam Pomfrey said and both Neville and Ginny nodded. Ginny arrived as soon as she got the news. "And I assure you Pansy will be punished."

Neville looked over to the bed where Luna was residing. She was sleeping at the moment. Neville felt awful. He was going to apologize to Luna after breakfast, but she never arrived. He knew something was wrong. So he ran about the corridors, desperate to find her. He even thought about searching in the forbidden forest. Neville knew that Luna often went out there to feed the Thestrals.

Still looking at Luna, Neville said, "Can we stay and visit?" Madam Pomfrey checked the clock on the wall.

"You have half an hour." The pair rushed to Luna's bedside as Madam Pomfrey exited the room.

"Did you apologize yet?" Ginny asked Neville in a hushed voice.

"I was planning to do it after breakfast, but then Luna didn't show up. I found her in the corridor near Ravenclaw's entrance after Pansy disarmed Luna then used a knockback curse on her."

"And Luna told you all this?" Ginny asked, glancing suspiciously at the unconscious Luna. In her state, it didn't seem like she would've been able to talk at all.

"She said Pansy wanted to duel, and I filled in the blanks." Ginny nodded.

Luna began to stir. After a moment or two, her eyes blinked open. Neville let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in. Ginny looked at Neville, then to Luna, then Neville again.

"Luna, I'm so glad you're okay, but I can't stay. I have to finish my essay for Potions." Ginny went up and gave Luna a warm hug. Followed by a short hug for Neville so she could whisper in his ear, "Apologize." With that Ginny left the infirmary.

Neville pulled up a chair so he was sitting next to Luna's bed.

"Thank you." Luna said quietly.

"For what?"

"Bringing me here. It's kind of funny how you just happened to use that corridor. What were you doing? Breakfast had only just begun." She cocked her head to the side.

"I, uh, I was actually looking for you." Neville said bashfully, looking at the ground. Then he added, "I wanted to say sorry. I was being a jerk. I don't even know what I was thinking."

"That's alright, I forgive you."

"Wait, you're not at all angry?" Neville furrowed his eyebrows as his eyes met Luna's. He thought it was going to be a lot harder trying to win her over.

"I was a little disappointed at first, but then I thought about it. If I were you I wouldn't want to be seen with me either, Malfoy did have a point. I am considered as loony by most people. I don't blame you."

"No, no, no, no. That's not the reason I was ignoring you. I was trying to save our friendship!" Neville had never even given Malfoy's words a second thought after it had happened, and was almost offended that Luna would even consider that to be the reason he had been avoiding her.

Luna pondered for a moment, then laughed. "That's a rather interesting way to preserve a friendship." Neville was glad Luna didn't ask why their friendship was in need of saving. Neville smiled at Luna, a huge weight off his shoulders.

"I thought I could take her." Luna said in a more serious tone. "I thought that after D.A. training I wouldn't have to worry about this kind of stuff." She grabbed a piece of hair between her index finger and thumb and began to twirl it.

"You mean this has happened before?"

All previous traces of frustration in her voice had vanished. "Yes, but it's never been this severe before. They usually just use body-binding curse, and other things like that. I've never had to go to the infirmary before today. But it's all-" Neville cut her off mid sentence.

"But it's not 'all in good fun', Luna! They seriously hurt you. It might even be worse next time! What if one of these times you're not okay?" Neville said the last line softly, as if he were asking himself, rather than Luna.

"I'm stronger than you think. I was just unprepared."

"I know," After a few moments of looking into eachothers eyes, Neville continued, "I've never noticed how pretty your eyes are." He immediately regretted voicing his opinions. Luna blushed but didn't say anything. It was a weird sight for Neville, Luna has never been known to be a shy person. And she definitely wasn't the type to be lost for words.

Thanks for reading! If you enjoyed this chapter vote and comment! Dedicated to bibliophile4life because she has an awesome Luna fanfic!

I'm curious, what makes you unique? Comment below! For me, this might be weird, but I love 'old lady' names. Like Agnes, Esther, Winifred, Mabel, Edith, Olive, Constance, Evelyn etc. The list could go on. I dont find the names dated, but whenever I tell someone they're like "Eww old lady names" haha. So that was mine, what about you?