All the fun is in the chase (Kayden)

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It was a calm and cold afternoon at Hogwarts, snow was falling down from the heavens coldly caressing any and every one that was foolish enough to be out at that time. Despite this, there were still a few people outside. Some were enjoying the feel of the coldness hitting their skin. Others were out admiring the beauty of the falling snow, or were out playing around in the snow.

There was one girl who sat there underneath a large tree seperated from everyone and anyone else that was there. Her icy blue eyes were locked on a book that she held in her lap, her eyes scanning over the pages in a very calm, collected manner. She was known as Luna Demetriou, a sixth year Ravenclaw who was admired by some and feared by others. She was the type of woman that most people left alone unles they wanted to either be ignored, and glared at.

As the snow fell down on the young woman, her eyes began to slowly fall shut with the calmest expressions. While she did not particularly like the snow, she had become immune to the coldness that it brought. She was able to stay out in the cold for extended amounts of time without getting sick, which was something that she more often then not used to her advantage when she wanted to have some alone time.

Something that she had rarely been to do since Donnivan had arrived at Hogwarts. It was as if he had become attached to her at the hip, much to her displeasure. She was rarely able to have the silence, the peace that she was used to, and iin the rare times that she was able to have it, something (someone) almost always found a way to make sure that it was interrupted.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she felt a pair of eyes on her form, and an irritated sigh passed through her lips. A sun-kissed hand moved up and brushed some stray strands that of hair that had fallen in her face out of the way, and she attempted to ignore the person for a few moments, before giving up after the gaze did not leave. She stood up, making sure to brush off any snow that had covered her clothes before standing up to her full height.

Her voice was as cold as the snow as she spoke without looking up.

" I know that you're here, and that you're staring at me. If you were trying to be sneaky, you have failed. Show yourself to me before I decide that you are a threat and decide to hex you."

Her hand moved to her coat pocket, drawing out her wand to show that she was completely serious. Years of dealing with the crueler students at Hogwarts had left the young pureblood witch on guard and always prepared. She was the furthest thing from a pushover, and she was not about to let someone think that they could get away with trying to attack her.

[Perseus Kayden Malfoy]

The common room was quiet. The Slytherin boy sat alone near a window that faced out into the black lake, the greenish blue colors reflecting into the room highlighting even some of the darkest corners. He could tell it was cold out, the cool of the lake kept the elaborate common room just as cool if not cooler. He sat back against the black leather couch and pulled a green blanket off the arm rest and wrapped it around his shoulders. Just as he got comfortable again the door to the common room opened and a young Slytherin boy, 2nd year at best, came in and approached Kayden with a note in hand. He held it out to Kayden and he leaned forwards and took it "Thanks" he said as he sat back again. His index finger slid under fold of the envelope and slid along the top ripping it open. He skimmed over the few words on the front then turned it over. There was no name, just "Meet me outside by the lake." He was clueless as to who the letter was from, but he did as requested.

The moment he stood from the couch he tossed the blanket back and headed over to a wardrobe and pulled out a thicker coat as well as a scarf to wrap around his neck. He wasn't someone to get cold too easily, but when it snowed he did find his neck got colder than he liked. Having short hair in the winter always proved to suck. All bundled up he left the common room. He passed students in the dungeons. Slytherin groups formed all the time. A few guys talked school work over in one corner while another stood leaning in a "cool" way gawking at females that walked by. A few girls huddled up in pack formation and giggled and gossiped in one corner as another stood watching him. As if they just waited there for him to come out of the common room. There were three of them. Like his own personal fan club he never signed up to have. These three he found no admiration for as he walked by with a roll of his eyes. They sighed and swooned and he just laughed as he jogged up the stairs of the dungeons then out into the main hall.

This area was always full of life and a whole lot brighter than that of the dungeons, making it somewhat more pleasing. He didn't spend much time there as he apparently had to meet someone by the lake. He pulled the main hall door open and a sudden breeze blew in. It had been so piercing cold that it could have cut his skin like a knife. He simply tugged on his scarf and pulled the collar of his coat up to cover his ears. Piercing grey eyes looked across the white of the school ground. There was no one out there, not that he could blame any of them. It was freezing out there. No one in their right minds would be out here. Still, he continued off on his little mission, the snow gently falling to the ground piling into the snow that had already fallen. If this kept up he could see the white heaps of ice reaching his knees by morning. Still, it was a sight to see. Everything so white and icy. It was rather lovely.

When he reached the partially frozen lake he stopped and took a look around. Hands buried deep into his coat as he leaned back on his heals, forwards on his toes, back on his heals, then forwards on his toes again. He waited. No one was there. He was absolutely alone. Or so he thought. Rustling and the occasional snapping of twigs came from behind him. His curiosity had him turn around to see a young boy hiding in the bushes staring off at something. An eyebrow lifted before he turned and gradually got closer. When he was close enough to whisper and still have the boy hear him he spoke "What are you lookin at kid?" He was a 4th year Slyterin. A kid he recognized but never spoke to.

When he saw the girl sitting there with a nose in a book he chuckled "Ah" he whispered "I gotchya. Nice choice. She's a sight to look at. However you're being a creeper" he smacked the boy upside the head and pulled him from the bush "Now get your ass inside or I'll pull you out to her and expose you for the little creep that you are." He gave a kick to the kid's back side and he went running off. Kayden laughed.
All the staring had gotten to the female though and she stood and made to threaten the peeper. Now he'd wished he hadn't shooed the Slytherin boy away. Kayden had only just arrived. "Damn it" he sighed and shrugged before rounding the bush out into the open with hands held up in a way to surrender "Don't shoot" he laughed. "Apologies. I was pulling a classmate from the bushes. I had hopped you wouldn't notice it so we could all continue with our business, but I see that's no longer the case. Sorry for disturbing you."

He paused long enough to get a good look over her, something casual nothing drastic or obvious before he spoke again "You wouldn't have really hexed me right?"

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Luna was somewhat surprised when a boy that appeared to be slightly older then herself stepped out of the bushes. Weary eyes looked at his familiar facial features trying to place a name with his face. She knew that she had seen him around the school before (often with people surrounding him) but she could not remember what his name was.

Her eyes quickly scanned over his form, trying to see if there was anything on his body that would help her figure out just who he was, a fresh wave of annoyance when she found absolutely nothing. Weary blue eyes glanced up at the male again, obviously distrustful of the stranger that had revealed himself to her, even if she did know that he was a fellow schoolmate of hers.

She didn't know who he was, and in her mind that was enough of a reason for her to be cautious around him.

Her attention was drawn to him as he began to speak, offering a small explanation to what had happened, saying that he had been pulling a classmate from the bushes. A single brow rose in question at the almost unbelivable story. Pulling a classmate out of the bushes? That was definately an excuse that she had never heard before, yet as she searched the male's eyes for any signs of dishonesty, she found none. Either he was telling the truth, or he was one hell of a good liar.

"What an odd place to be pulled from. I wonder just what he could have been doing in there at this time of day."

The tone in her voice was very calm, and cold,yet there was a small bit of sarcastic humor that laced it. When he said that he hoped that she wouldn't have noticed them, along with giving her an apology for disturbing her, she gave him a small nod in acceptance.

" It would have had to have been very hard not to notice you with all of that noise, but I suppose that it is alright.To answer your question, I probably would have if you had not come out and explained yourself. You saved yourself a trip to Madame Pomfrey and the hospital wing with that sort of quick thinking..."

[Perseus Kayden Malfoy]

Once he had made an appearance she seemed to have lightened up a little, but not as if she'd just run into a familiar face. She gave him a good look over and he just shook his head casually and chuckled. It never ceased to amaze him, the looks he'd get from the female student population.

The more they both stood there and the more she stood staring made him realize she was trying to place a name to his face or perhaps his face to name. Her staring wasn't that of interest or a hidden crush revealed, this was the stare of 'who the hell are you.' He laughed at the refreshing feeling this brought on. Finally, someone in this school didn't recognize him. Finally, someone in this school wasn't gawking and drooling over him and following his every move. It was pleasantly refreshing. Pushing aside this monumental moment he had to really get a look in for himself at the creature in front of him. She wasn't exactly a familiar face to him either.

...I thought I knew everyone around here... He thought to himself as he lifted a hand to his chin. His mind raced through hundreds of faces, but her face was coming up short. She definitely has a face worth remembering. Such dramatic features with fierce taunting eyes. She held herself with great posture and strength. There was so much beauty and softness here he almost didn't know what to do about it. He could feel himself drifting away as he looked at her so the moment she spoke was a blessing as it pulled him right back to the issue at hand. The issue being that he had been the one caught in the bushes, not the boy he had legitimately pulled from the bush.

"Yeah" he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly "it is an odd place to be pulled from, but that's where he was." What could the boy have been doing? Really? That felt like such a pointless question to ask. He was in the bush right behind her. Surely he wasn't taking a piss. "He was staring at you. He's some young kid from my house. He's got great taste and I can't blame him for that, but he was being incredibly retarded spying like that. So I pulled him out and booted him on is way." She didn't have to believe him and with the way it looked and sounded he didn't blame her if she wasn't sure about it. It was what it was. An awkward situation. "I am glad you passed on hexing me..." Not something he would have liked explaining to his father. He could see it now.

Draco: "What happened?"
Kayden: "I was hexed."
Draco: "How did that happen and who did it?"
Kayden "I got caught staring at this girl from a bush and she hexed me before I had a chance to explain.
Draco *dies laughing*

That's exactly how the whole thing would go. His father would get a great laugh out of all of that one and Kayden couldn't blame him for it.

Now was the time to get in an introduction. They'd been standing there for a little while, and she did finally lower her wand. Perhaps a friendly and less awkward moment could be had. "I'm Kayden Malfoy by the way. Judging by your facial expression a moment ago you were struggling with figuring it all out." As stupid as that introduction was, he rolled with it.

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A brow rose slightly as the boy chuckled seemingly out of nowhere with a amused, almost cocky look on his face. She knew that he had noticed her staring by now, but at that laugh her brow furrowed. Did the boy think that she was attracted to him or something of that sort?

The guy may have been attractive,(something that even Luna was not blind to)but Luna was not the type of woman that would choose to throw herself and gawk over a man just because of his physical features. She had far too much respect for both herself, and her adoptive parents to disgrace their name in such a shameless way.

As the boy stared at her, she stared right back making no further actions against him. She had figured that he had been trying to do the same as she had and place a name to her face, something that she had figured he would be unable to do. She and her brother were from a Pureblood family that resided in Greece, one that did not care very much about class or social status and preferred to stay far away from any family who were not situated in the Mediterranean.

Likewise, her and her brother were not very social people and preferred to keep to themselves with very few exceptions. When after a few moments she found that he was still staring at her, she cleared her throat almost smirking when he snapped out of his thoughts, and began explaining just what had happened in more detail.

So someone had been staring at her.

" I had figured as much." While she wasn't exactly thrilled with the fact that someone had been staring at her from a bush, there wasn't really anything that she could do about it except for being more careful now, especially when she was in the locker rooms.

If a boy stared at her from a bush, it wasn't really hard to imagine that a guy would stare at her in other locations as well. Her brow rose slightly as he spoke of the other male having good taste in who he chose to stare at, and that he couldn't blame him for staring at her in the first place but other then that she nothing more.

" Thank you for sending him away." She figured that she at least owed him a small token of gratitude for sending the little creeper away, especially when she had almost hexed him in place of the other person. It wasn't easy, as she was unused to thanking people that were not in her family, but she had managed to make it sound sincere.

When the guy introduced himself, she nodded making sure to lock the name away in her mind. It was almost obvious that she had no idea who the malfoy family were, because she held absolutely no other reaction after hearing his name.

" Yes, I am afraid that I had absolutely no idea who you were. It's a pleasure to meet you, Kayden Malfoy. I am Luna Demetriou."

[Perseus Kayden Malfoy]

"Don't get me wrong, I'm all about looking at a pretty lady now and then but what he did was just stupid and creepy, but don't mention it." He finally added after she had thanked him. It wasn't often that he had to disagree with someone staring at a particular female. Most around here were definitely something to look at. Personality aside.

Luna introduced herself and still nothing had come to mind. Who was she? Why didn't he recognize her? Was she knew? Where had she been hiding all these years at school? So many questions ran through his mind yet he didn't ask a single one. "Pleasure is all mine." It was almost refreshing to meet someone who didn't know his name. She didn't know his family name or the reputation he seemed to have caught onto at school. She knew nothing.

He couldn't help but grin as he leaned back on his heals of his feet. His hands darted into the pockets of his jacket for warmth. There, he felt the paper he had crumpled up and scrunched inside them. He was supposed to meet someone down by the lake. Some unknown person by the looks of it. Casually he took a look around and saw no one. It was just them two out in the snow like a bunch of weirdos. "Aren't you cold?" He asked as he curled up his shoulders to his ears for moment. It wasn't like he didn't enjoy the snow, when he did. It was just more pleasant inside by a warm fire.

He made a note to ask her about the book she was reading. He meant to ask a moment before but forgot as his fingers touched the crumpled not in his pocket. One question had been asked, another would seem to be too much.

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A brow rose in question as he spoke about not being against looking at pretty women, before brushing off what his classmate had done as being " Stupid, and creepy." Something that she did completely agree with.

It was stupid for a boy to waste his time out in the cold watching a girl instead of going up to talk to her. It was creepy that he would go to such great lengths to hide himself from her view. just what had he been thinking. A frown marred her lips, and she immediately steered her mind far away from the direction that it had been heading in. On second thought, she was content on not knowing.

" It is very foolish and disturbing thing to do. It invades one's sense of comfort and security, and it does nothing but cause problems for the person being watched."

As time passed, and she wittnessed his reactions to her ignorance, she couldn't help but feel that not knowing who he was, the type of person that he was around Hogwarts could actually be a bad thing for her. She made a mental note to try and figure out just who he was when she got back to the castle, but for now she would merely keep her guard up.

" If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing out here in this weather? I have a hard time beliving that you decided to take a walk out of the blue."

When he grinned and rocked back on his heels, her cold eyes observed his movements carefully, keeping her eyes on him at all time, her grip tightened on her book, ready to whack him with it as a means of defense if need be.

" The cold does not bother me. It never has,even when I was a child. I guess you could say that in a way, I have become immune to it. I prefer it out here anyway, it is very rare that people come and endure this sort of weather. It is peaceful, and quiet."