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2. The sorting

Friday 1st of September 1972

Luna hadn't laughed so hard in a long time. The boys were hilarious and she knew why Remus told her to not feel nervous. They were lovely and they loved her.

Although this made her a little scared. She barely knew them and they barely knew her. How on earth was she supposed to just, trust them?

After Luna got dressed into her plain black robes, she walked towards a window close to a door. It was already night and the stars were shining bright. The moon was in its waning crescent phase, still six more days till a new moon.

The sky was beautiful. But the one thing that topped it all was the shadow of a castle they were approaching. Sometimes they would go behind a mountain or a forest and Luna couldn't see it anymore. But soon enough it appeared again, still as beautiful and breath-taking as before.

Luna couldn't wait to see it up close, or in daylight. God she loved Hogwarts already and she hadn't even arrived.

Luna was a very simple, but still complicated soul. She could find her peace and happy moments in the smallest things. A spring breeze, a frozen lake, a tiny bird flying around or a simple flower. It all made her happy and proud she was allowed to live in and take care of the beautiful world.

Though Luna found people even more interesting. She loved how everyone was different and shaped in their own way by the events they went through.

While Luna was looking out of the window she had the burning and uncomfortable feeling of someone's eyes on her. She looked behind her, but she didn't saw anyone.

Once she gazed back outside the feeling returned. This time she didn't turn around. She simply looked inside the window looking for someone's reflection.

She found someone. But since she was looking through the window she couldn't see them entirely. She just saw a plain black robe and a face, hidden by a shadow.

Once they locked eyes, she felt a sudden feeling of calmness wash over her. Their eyes were the color of the ocean, blue with a tint of green, capturing the light of the nights sky. Very beautiful eyes in Luna's opinion. But they turned away. Hiding themselves in the shadows and losing eye contact.

"All students grab your belongings and make sure you are in uniform. Stay in your compartments and wait for the prefects to open the doors. We will arrive in under five minutes," a voice filled the train.

Luna saw some student waiting for a signal at the opening of their doors. She decided to return to her brother and his friends, until they were given a sign.

She turned into the right corridor and walked past the first six compartments. She stopped in front of the seventh and opened the door.

She broke out in laughter once she saw what was happening in the compartment. The boys looked up in horror and stared back at each other. They stopped what they were doing and turned towards the laughing girl.

Sirius lifted his hand off of James' ass, Remus stopped sniffing James' hair while Peter stopped squeezing James' bicep and lifted his hand off of him to.

"Okay, t-this may look really w-weird. B-But I swear we are p-perfectly normal," Sirius said while lifting both hands trying to calm Luna down. But she didn't even hear him. She only stopped laughing when the train stopped and almost caused her to fall.

There were thirty seconds until a whistle sounded followed by the same voice as before. "You may now leave the train. Please leave none of your belongings behind. You will not get them back."

There was the sound of compartment doors opening, followed by chattering students.

"Well let's uh leave shall we," James said after clearing his throat still uncomfortable.