𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 | Harry Potter Fanfic

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|| Dumbledore's Army ||

Dear, Padfoot

I hope you're all right.
It's starting to get colder here.
Winter is definitely on the way.
In spite of being back at Hogwarts, I feel more alone than ever.
Yes I still have my girlfriend, but there's just some stuff she
doesn't quite understand the feeling.
I know you, out of all people, will understand.

Harry walked around the mountains, feeling the cold air hitting his face. He walked into the forest, seeing a dirty blonde haired girl standing barefoot.

"Hello, Harry Potter" the girl greeted softly and smiled.

"Your feet, aren't they cold?" he asked.

"A bit" she nodded.

"Unfortunately all my shoes have mysteriously disappeared. I suspect nargles are behind it"

The boy was confused, he thought the girl was strange. He examined her, while looking around only to see some kind of shadowy creatures.

"What are they?"

"They're called thestrals. They're quiet gentle really, but people avoid them because they're a bit..."

"Different" he finished her sentence making the girl nod.

"But why can't the others see them?" he said as he follows the girl forward.

"They can only be seen by people who've seen death" she answered softly.

"But I haven't seen any death, Luna" he added, the girl nods.

"You have, maybe you just don't remember it" the girl said making him nod his head in confusion.

"So, you've known someone whose died?" Harry asked.

"Yes, my mom. She was quiet an extraordinary witch, but she did like to experiment. Then one day one of her spells went badly wrong" she said.

"I was nine"

"I'm sorry" he said not knowing what to say about the situation.

"Yes, it was rather horrible. I'm glad my sister didn't have to see it, she got taken away when we were six"

"I do feel very sad about it sometimes. But I've got dad and Victoria, and I swear I won't ever leave her side" she said as she reached to her bag and took out an apple.

"How can I see thestrals?" he asked her again.

"It must be the tournament, the third task. You were hit pretty bad, you had a coma for a week. We weren't even sure if you were gonna make it" she explained.

"Maybe you saw yourself dying, and convinced yourself that you died" she glided the apple towards one of the baby thestrals.

"Or when you saw your mom and dad getting killed, by you-know-who"

"We believe you, by the way" she added.

Harry turned to her and looked at her in confusion, even though she was a bit odd he couldn't deny the fact that she was fun to be around with.