Luna glared at him and gave his hair a sharp tug. "Don't you think bad things about my friends, even when those friends are yourself."
Laughing, he stood and picked up the diadem to inspect with his human eyes. "It's beautiful," he breathed out in awe, taking in the sparkling jewels that caught the light from the torches just right.
"It is quite pretty," Luna agreed, looking at it over his shoulder.
Harry stared at the brilliantly shining diadem, lost in the shine from the stones, and raised it to his head automatically. "Oh, hell no!" Luna exclaimed before taking the diadem from his hands.
She quickly transfigured the priceless artifact into a bracelet and slipped it onto Harry's wrist smirking at him the whole time. "It's still not very manly, but at least it isn't a crown. I may be eccentric, but even I don't want to walk around with you wearing that thing on your head."
"Plus, I can see it better now," he grinned at her before his smile fell. "I really can't help it, you know. Shiny things just call to me…"
"Harry, it's fine," Luna smiled and wrapped her arms around him. "We all have something like that. Mine is colors. I absolutely love the brightest colors possible, and Neville has plants. He treats them like people."
"And whatever his obsession with Malfoy is," Harry chuckled, feeling much better that he wasn't alone in this.
"Definitely!" She laughed and pulled him towards the door. "So, you just enjoy your new, shiny bracelet and don't worry about what anyone else says."
"As long as I don't wear it on my head," the dementor joked as his friend rolled her eyes.
"Oh please, if you insisted on wearing it on your head, you know I'd be the first to stick up for you, but I know you wouldn't want that picture in the Daily Prophet, am I right?" Luna remarked wryly as they exited the Room of Requirement.
Harry winced thinking of how that'd go. "Yeah, Ron would never let me live that down."
It was a flurry of activity as everyone threw last minute items in their trunks and headed out of the dorms for Christmas. This year, Harry, Hermione, and all the Weasleys were leaving the castle for the first time ever. Snape was probably beside himself in glee, if anyone could tell. Harry had received a note at breakfast when Hedwig flew to the table from Dumbledore explaining that Harry would be leaving the castle through the floo in his office instead of the train. The headmaster explained that no matter how indestructible Harry was currently, it was probably best he didn't draw any unwanted attention to the train, and the older man was certain Voldemort was planning something.
"What's with the new accessory?" Ron asked between bites as they hurried to finish their breakfast and grab their things.
Harry glanced down at his new bracelet with a smile. "Luna got it for me," he said, sort-of telling the truth.
"Well…that was very nice of her," Hermione said, also looking questioningly at the bracelet. "Are those stones real? They look real?"
Harry shrugged. "We found it in the Come and Go Room, so no telling. It's probably really old though."
"Er, I hate to tell you, but that looks like a chick bracelet, mate," Ron sniggered over his teacup.
Harry glared at him and took the last bite of his eggs before leaving the table in a huff. He didn't even know why he was mad, but leaving seemed like a better idea than yelling when he wasn't even sure why he was angry. "Harry! Wait up!" Hermione called as she caught up to him on the stairs. "It's really nice Luna got you the bracelet. Don't listen to Ron."
"Thanks Hermione," Harry smiled at her, his mood lifting. "Have a good Christmas, ok?"
"You too, stay safe and don't let Snuffles do anything dangerous."
Harry shrugged. "You know Snuffles. I'll do my best. I think Remus is staying with us too, so he'll help."
Hermione seemed to breathe a sigh of relief at that. She must really not trust Sirius as an adult figure, Harry concluded with a mental shrug; it wasn't wrong he guessed. "Great, see you in the new year then," she smiled as they got to the tower to grab their things and separate to go to the headmaster's office and the train.
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