"Why do you seem a little strange?"
Tris was weighing whether to leave or go in and sit for a while when Luna suddenly asked him in a puzzled tone.
"Oh? Strange?" Tris pointed at his own nose, unsure what she meant.
"You seem to be hiding a lot of things?" Luna asked, tilting her head. She lightly pointed at her own little head. "Too many secrets tucked away."
"Everyone has secrets, don't they?" After a brief silence, Tris smiled. "Having a few more than most people isn't really that strange, is it?"
"Hmm, that does make sense." Luna thought it over and nodded earnestly.
"I'll be off, then. You can get back to your reading." Tris abandoned the idea of going in to sit for a while. This Luna seems a little different, doesn't she?
He remembered that Luna in the films seemed able to see things other people couldn't. She had even said Harry was being bothered by Wrackspurts. Although many people thought Luna was a bit batty, this was the wizarding world, after all. Who knew whether it might be some special gift?
Luna showed no particular reaction to Tris leaving. She nodded, picked up her magazine, and went back to reading.
Tris shook his head and returned to his previous compartment, soon putting the whole thing out of his mind.
Upon returning to Hogwarts, Tris once again saw Dementors at the entrance.
The Ministry of Magic had still failed to find any trace of Peter, and then there had been the incident involving a mole within the Ministry itself. For the moment, the Dementors were the only ones worth trusting-at least, that was what the Ministry officials thought.
Unlike Harry and the others, whose expressions turned tense, wary, and uncomfortable at the sight of Dementors, Tris's