FIC: "Five Creatures that Luna Believes In..."* (Luna and Friends)

[kellychambliss]

Title: Five Creatures That Luna Believes In That Hermione Doesn’t* (*But One That She Might)
Author: Kelly Chambliss
Rating: PG
Characters: Luna, her dad, Hermione, Ron, Neville, Crabbe, Millicent, Ginny, the Fat Lady, Professors McGonagall and Vector. And a pairing to be named later.
Word Count:  4200
Warnings: Fantastical creatures. Secret snogging

Comments

[grey_gazania]

This is delightful! You write a wonderful Luna.

[kellychambliss]

Oops -- didn't realize I hadn't responded ~~ sorry! Thanks for reading and commenting. I always feel anxious about writing Luna, so I'm glad you think she works.

[avoidetc]

What a fine story! I love Luna, she is crazy in the best possible way.
I really liked how all 5 incidents could be explained just the way that Luna sees them or they could equally well be explained in a completely non-creature involving way. That was very nicely done.
I think this is the first story I actually read with Harry/Hermione, and I absolutely love how they are kept to a (merciful) minimum whereas we get to hear about the considerably more interesting pairing of McGonagall and Vector :-)

[kellychambliss]

Thanks! I'm so pleased you read this. It's probably a good thing that my recipient dropped out of the fest, because she probably would have been disappointed at how little H/Hr there actually is. Luna just didn't seem to want to spend much time with them; she preferred McG and Vector, too /g/

[ysilme]

It's been some time again, but I've read the story today and am absolutely delighted and awed. What a wonderful and lovely tale! As usual I simply love the way you tell something and the way your story unfolds. You manage to capture Luna's essence and spirit so extremely well one could think it was yourself writing about yourself and form own experience. What a wonderful gift!

Some of my favourite lines:
and then, as Luna and Xenophilius stood motionless and hopeful, holding hands and breaths, it had actually -- really and truly -- blibbered at her.
Vince grunted. "There's plenty ways of being smart, me mum says. Book-smart's only one of 'em."
he Quibbler was safe, because every spring, Mr Lovegood took a special spore-blocking potion that made him impervious to the flinkrumus's effects
"They don't seem to think they owe us portraits any explanation about anything. They just expect us to open and shut at their whims, as if we aren't part of the castle community, too." And, together with the first one and the blibbering, this one

[kellychambliss]

Thank you for the comments! I always appreciate knowing which lines people liked. And I usually find Luna sort of a baffling character to write, so I'm glad you think she works here.

[cranky__crocus]

This story made me smile. I'm glad I finally got around to it. I was reading this while watching my friend made clay things on her webcam (rainbow cupcake, mug of coffee, a pencil). She has now asked me what charm I would want on a charm bracelet made for my ukulele. Somehow, 'raddish' just happened to be the first thing into my mind.

This is fantastic. I loved the silly. I find that with Luna fics, half the time I exit out before I get to the end. This time I got to the end and wished there was more. Thank you for this. :)

I love the creatures. Funny to me that when I was a kid, I create similar creatures in my mind for all these silly situations the people in my life got into without clear communication or observation (at least of the right things!).

Lovely story!

[kellychambliss]

Glad you liked it! It's very kind of you to spend part of your break reading all these fics. Glad you enjoyed the
"silly" parts, too, because they can be such fun.