Her - A Draco Malfoy Fanfiction

Chapter 10: Luna's Observation (5th Year)

Narcissa Malfoy~

"My name is.. Mirabelle" The girl answered, avoiding my eyes. "Mirabelle.. Riddle?" I asked as the girl slowly nodded. I looked over at Draco, and with my eyes I scolded him for not telling me. 

I turned back to the girl, now filled with a rush of worry as I remembered that Lucius would be entering the store any second now, and he could not find her here.

"Well, it was lovely meeting you." I said kindly, taking a step back as if to tell her to leave, and to my relief, she took the hint and made her way out of the store.

"Draco... Why you didn't say anything?" I hissed as Lucius made his way over to us. "Hello Narcissa." He kissed me on the cheek. "Didn't say what?" He asked.

"Nothing, dear. Shall we?" I smiled, ignoring the lump in my throat and the look of surprise on Draco's face. "We shall." He answered, and we made our way to the front of the store to pay for his books.

 Mirabelle~

"One last hug." Amelia embraced me warmly as I wrapped my arms around her waist in a childish sort of way.

"I'll write to you loads." I called to her as I made my way over to the Hogwarts Express. "Don't forget to write to me too!" I continued, louder this time. She nodded back at me, beaming with pride as I pulled my trolley over to Neville Longbottom, who was also bidding his family goodbye. 

"Hello, Neville." I smiled as we made our way onto the train. "How was your break?" I asked. "Not great.." He looked at the ground. "I lost Trevor for a whole week, Gran went mad." He shivered, apparently recalling the event in his mind.

"You got him back though.. Didn't you?" I asked, my eyes scanning over his luggage for any signs of the toad. "Yes, thankfully." He answered, gesturing towards Trevors cage.

"In here Mirabelle, Neville." someone called from a compartment we'd just passed. "Oops, sorry." I apologised as we turned back around and entered the compartment to see Ginny, Luna, Hannah, Harry and the Weasley twins. 

"Care to try some of these, we won't charge you." The twins asked in unison, holding out a handful of colourful candies as I sat down beside Neville and Luna. "Say no." Ginny added quickly. "They're puking pastilles." She shot them a nasty glare.

"Way to ruin the fun." One of them complained to Ginny. "I'll try one." Luna smiled, looking up from her upside-down copy of The Quibbler. "Oh don't Luna." I grabbed her arm gently as she reached out for one.

"They'll make you throw up." I added, shaking my head at the twins who were trying to hand her a small candy. "Oh.. Why would someone make a candy that makes you throw up?" She asked the twins softly. 

"To get out of school." One of the twins said. "Or for pranks." The other twin added. "Oh, that's nice." She smiled at the twins before turning back to her magazine.

"Oh Harry, where is Ron and Hermione?" I asked, noticing how he wasn't with them. "Prefects." He grumbled in response, clearly displeased that his two best friends couldn't spend the train ride back to Hogwarts with him.

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When we arrived at Hogwarts, we all gathered our belongings and made our way off the train into the rain.  

"I do like the rain." Luna smiled, as she held her hand out to feel the rain bouncing off it. "I like the rain when I'm inside." I complained as I pulled my hood up and hurried over to the carriages, trying to convince Alice to remain calm as she shrieked with terror at every drop of rain that landed on her ruffled fur.