Elastic Hearts ~(Harry Potter Fanfiction) Nuna~Completed

Thestrals

(Neville's Pov)
"Come on Neville! They're over here!" Luna was running, her blonde hair bouncing behind her.

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I laughed, following after her running form. We were headed towards the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Luna was in her mismatched clothing again, along with her famous radish earrings. I was wearing my cardigan, and it was rather comfortable in the cold weather.

Luna stopped, and turned around. She put a finger to her lips, signaling for quiet. Luna then pulled the giant bag off of her shoulder. An odd smell came out. She pulled a piece of meat out of the bag, and whistled.

It was quiet for a moment, and then a couple thestrals slowly moved from inside the woods. They timidly looked at Luna. She then tossed a piece of meat to them. A thestral came forward, and hungrily tore at the meat.

Luna gestured me to come by her. I had seen them before, in Hagrid's Care Of Magical Creatures Class. But this is when we were actually up close.

Luna took my hand, and placed a piece of meat in it. "Don't be afraid." She said, her large eyes looking at me. They were silver. And pretty.

"Go ahead." Luna pointed at the thestrals.

I slowly walked forward, timidly holding out the meat. A smaller thestral looked at me curiously. It then quickly snatched the meat out of my hand, and quickly ate it whole.

I couldn't help but smile a little. "Hey, they're not so bad." Luna came forward next to me. She fed another thestral some meat.

"They're very gentle actually." She said airly. "I love to come out by them. They are kind of beautiful in a way, don't you think?" Luna always talked as if she were pondering something. It was strange, but pretty cool.

I nodded a little. "Yeah. They are kind of beautiful." Luna smiled, holding out a piece of meat.

"Why can you seem them?" I blurted. I then immediately cursed inwardly. Luna softly touched a thestral on its muzzle.

"My mother. I was nine." She turned to me. "What about you?" A thestral nudged me, wanting more meat. I chuckled, and fed it to him. "My grandfather. It was a long time ago."

Luna nodded. "I wish more people could see them. I mean, not to have more deaths, but I wish they could be seen and treated wonderfully by everyone. Don't you think?"

I smiled, scratching one on the muzzle. "Yeah. I agree."

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Just a little Nuna snippet for this chapter! :)

-Clo