Stuck with Me [Harry Potter]

Chapter 4 - Luna's Thoughts of Draco

This chapter switches to Luna's point of view. I'll admit that it was a little difficult to get inside her head, but I did my best. Enjoy!

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Day 2

Warmth seared his eyelids as he lay in a cot the next morning. His eyes fluttered open, but he immediately had to cover them because they were looking directly at the sun. He turned his head and saw a vast field of long grass. He bolted up to a sitting position in the cot, making a thick blanket fall off of him, and he stared at the fields around him, slightly confused for a moment.

"Oh... right," he breathed as he ran a hand down his face, trying to wake up. He had conjured himself a cot to sleep on, since he did not want to sleep in the same house as Luna Lovegood, and he hoped that someone would come to retrieve him during the night. He would need to be present so he could leave without Luna knowing.

He stood up out of the cot, slipping his shoes on as he did so, and pulled out his wand, pointed it to his chest and muttered, "Scourgify." A cool blast of freshness ran through him. He ran a hand through his feathery blonde hair. It felt as if he had just taken a shower. That would rid him of any grime or some-such that came in contact with him during the night in this open air. He had never slept outside before, but he had slept in worse conditions indoors.

He stared around a bit and noticed that the sun was just a bit over the horizon. It was probably around seven o-clock. He looked back at the wood-and-stone shack. He noticed Luna looking through a window at him, but she didn't budge when he saw her, like most people would. She just smiled. He turned away and huffed through his nose. He might as well go inside and out of the grass and dirt.

As he walked up the path to the house, his mind flashed to the dream he had during the night. Screams and flashes of light... Helena and Luna side-by-side fighting Draco, pointing their wands at him. Green light spewed from his wand and hit Helena in the chest, sending her lifeless body back onto the stone floor. He looked down at his green hand and long nails, gripping his wand, and pointing it at Luna.

"Please!" she screamed. "Spare me!"

He hissed a laugh and shouted the killing curse, hitting her in the head. He cackled and looked over into the mirror on the wall. Bald, green head, bright red eyes and a slit nose.

He was the Dark Lord. Evil. Merciless. A monster.

Draco shook his head as he felt vile rise in his throat. He shook those dark thoughts away as he took the few steps up to the house, his shiny black shoes clicking the stone as he went. He got to the wooden door and rose a fist to knock. He wouldn't just barge in—he knew that much of manners. His eyes darted to the bush right next to the door, one with levitating plums attached by vine to it. There was a sign that reads "Keep off the dirigible plums." Draco's nose twitched.

The door suddenly opened, and Draco jumped at the surprise. He put his hand down and stood in a dignified manner.

"I saw you walk up," Luna said, her whole person dirt-free, and her long, kinky blonde hair traveling down passed her waist. "I saved you the trouble of knocking." She looked over to the plums. "You may have one if you like. I saw you looking at them. They are quite delicious."

He huffed through his nose. "No, thank you."

Luna moved aside and indicated with her arm that he could come in. He walked into a circular room that had a small spiral staircase going up to the next floor, right in the center of the room. One half of the circle, most likely the living room, had a leather chair, sofa, and desk and small side tables, all of which were covered with several papers and books. There was a small stone fireplace in between the sofa and leather chair, and a window above the sofa, letting morning sunlight in. The other half of the circular room had multi-colored pink, blue, yellow and green counters and cupboards, and a window above the sink. That was probably the kitchen area. The walls in that half seemed painted in a mural of yellow and blue.