So very tired

[alt_luna]

Wanderings out on the astral plane at night will do that. I always find it quite interesting, but it doesn't make for a restful sleep. I'm really not very good at that sort of thing yet, because I can't help but have my body echo the journeys my spirit takes. Celia and Portia say I've gone sleepwalking several nights in the last week. Perhaps that will stop as I gain more experience.

The Hidden world at Hogwarts is quite different from the one I know at home. Quite a bit rich and more varied, but perhaps a little more dangerous, too. Frankly, it's no wonder my body's been wandering a bit at night, too, because I probably wanted to get away from whatever-it-was that I sensed, somewhere out there in the Hidden world. I generally like most creatures, the more unfamiliar the better. We can learn so much more from the strange and unexpected, don't you think? But this one just feels peevish. Rather nasty, really, I'm afraid.

Comments

[alt_padma]

What are you on about, Lovegood?

[alt_luna]

Journeys while I'm sleeping. I've been doing it ever since I was a little lass. Why, haven't you ever gone dream walking in the Hidden world? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if you haven't, because my father says very few people do. It's just something I've had rather a knack for since I was very young. Usually I have the loveliest adventures but at Hogwarts, as I've said, the Hidden World seems a bit more dangerous. It will be quite interesting to explore it a bit more.

[alt_lana]

Are you feeling quite well, then, Lovegood?

Perhaps you should visit Madam Pomfrey for a dose of Dreamless Sleep potion tonight. You don't want to go waking your dorm mates and frightening them to death in the night.

[alt_luna]

Oh, I'm feeling quite well, aside from being a little sleepy. As for taking a potion that would take my dreams away, I find the idea almost rather shocking, don't you? How is one supposed to find one's way back from the Hidden world if one cannot dream?

[alt_hydra]

How do you learn to sleepwalk?
It sounds frightening.

From,
Hydra

[alt_luna]

Is it? I've never found it to be frightening. Of course, I've never slept in a place where I'd be likely to get into my trouble if I wander away from my bed. I got down into the Common Room once, but not into the corridor outside, before Portia came down and woke up.

It's not something I learned, really. It's just something I've always been able to do. Like the way some people can roll their tongue, or fly a broom the first time they get on it, or put their leg behind their head or something.

[alt_ron]

Um, Luna? What is this 'rather nasty' creature you think you're meeting when you go walking at night? That doesn't sound good. You know what I mean?

[alt_luna]

I've no idea, because I've never met anything like it before. I can't tell you much about it, I'm afraid.

At least, not yet.