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Luna sat with her hands carefully folded in her lap, her legs neatly criss-crossed. Her head tilted slightly to the left as she looked to the large stalks of grass sway along with the wind her light silver eyes wide with wonder as they followed the intricate movements of each blade. The sun beamed down upon the area bringing down a rather warm and pleasant feeling. Her light purple jeans radiated brilliantly in the suns intense rays. The wind lightly blew at the ruffles in her bright yellow jumper and into her face freeing a few tendrils of hair from her already low loose braid. She wiggled her toes inside her bright blue high top sneakers in a smooth rhythm.
She had been put in charge of watching the Burrow while the order was to attend a rather important meeting. It was a very important task and a few even disagreed with Lupin's decision. They immediately recanted their statements as Tonks had given them the 2nd worst death glare any of them had ever seen. had given her a small vile containing floo powder.
She then explained that since the meeting was being held in a hidden location the floo powder had been charmed. Instead of stating the place one needed to go the floo powder would simply transport her there. If need be Luna was to use it to transport to the meeting. That was for absolute emergencies however. Mrs. Weasley had then given her a tight hug and told her to be careful.
Luna liked Mrs. Weasley. She reminded her of her own mum. Mrs. Weasley was quick to accept Luna into the family. Ginny had written to her mother that Luna was to be all-alone during Christmas due to her father's disappearance. Molly couldn't have been quicker in her reply practically ordering Ginny to bring Luna with her. Luna had been extremely depressed in the beginning of the break. This did not go unnoticed by anyone at the burrow.
Ginny had attempted cheering up her best friend in any way she could think of, but it seemed to have no effect.
Fred and George increased their prank level on everyone attempting to get the young witch to crack a smile. Sadly that too had no effect.
Harry had tried talking to her, only to have her agree with him and politely nod her head.
Tonks had morphed into various forms that caused Ginny to burst into a fit of laughter. Luna however simply smiled lightly and excused herself
Ron was stumped as for what to do and had written Hermione about it asking for help. Sadly she too did not know what to do. She thought perhaps if she could study her behavior she could assess the best way to make the younger witch feel better.
Mad eye Moody had even popped his eye from its socket and juggled it around. Tonks had gagged and commented on how disgusting he was. Luna smiled a small smile and walked away.
That was when Molly and Arthur decided it was time to step in. They had asked everyone to leave the house, everyone besides Luna. They reluctantly agreed to go. Fred and George had their extendable ear prepared but a stern and serious look from their father had caused them to hand it over.
The couple sat Luna down and sat across from her. She looked to the two of them her usual dreamy composure fading slightly. The older couple looked to one another then back at the young girl whom the entire family was concerned for. Molly opened her mouth to speak when Luna interrupted her.
"I'm sorry." Luna apologized looking away from them shamefully. "You've all been so nice to me and I have been so rude."
"No Dear, you haven't been rude." Molly responded immediately.
"We understand you miss your father." Arthur added sympathetically. "We know how hard it can be to not have family around for important events like these." He quickly thought to his son Charlie whom couldn't make it from Romania this year. It would be their first Christmas without him. It was not the same as Luna's situation but it was similar.
"Daddy and I lost Mum on Christmas." Luna sighed. Molly gasped and Arthur looked pained. "Now I've lost him too." She added her voice never faltering from its original dream like quality.
Luna felt a slight prick in her eyes and her vision began to become clouded. She then felt something wet trail down her cheeks. She put a hand up to her cheek and slid her finger across the wet surface. She pulled her now damp finger from her face and examined the clear water streaming down it. She was crying. She hadn't cried since her mother had passed away. Suddenly she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and she was pulled into an embrace. The small droplets that had been slowly streaming from her eyes had now become greater. Another pair of arms was around her in the next second and for the first time in 7 years Luna Lovegood cried.
She had no idea how long they had remained like that for. But it felt as if a tremendous weight had been lifted from her shoulders and she thanked them for that. Ever since that day they had treated her like a daughter. Now whenever Ron dared call her Looney his mother would give him a look that would cause men to drop to their death in fear. Harry stated he rather look a Basilisk in the eye then receive that look from Ron's mum. Ron would then hastily agree and murmur his apologies to Luna.
Now she was to watch the burrow, and she did so without complaint. Her eyes steadily followed the plants movement around the house. She began humming 'Weasley is Our King' as she let her eyes drift closed. The normally black solitude underneath her lids was tinted with orange specks due to the suns brightness. The sounds of the nature around her captivated her somewhat as she listened to the snickers of the mischievous dung fairies, the chirps of the Blibbering Humdingers, and the quiet slither of the Sarians. She gently closed her eyes intently listening to the soothing sounds of the creatures nobody else seemed to believe in.
Suddenly the temperature dropped tremendously and the wind began whipping around violently. Luna slowly reopened her silver orbs and looked upon the plants that seemed to be striking blindly at one another as the wind drove them mad. She stood from the porch peering at the plants. She continued humming lowly as her eyes scanned the area curiously.
A large black cloud had formed and was quickly covering the sun; swallowing it whole it seemed. Luna heard rustling deep within the large stalks of plant. This wasn't the Humdingers, the dung fairies, or the Sarians. This was something else. Suddenly the wind ceased and the entire area remained eerily silent. There was absolutely no noise except for that of Luna's humming.
Appearing from out of the brush five men stepped forward each wearing a metallic mask clothed in long black robes.
Death Eaters
Luna pulled her wand from behind her ear in a quick motion. A curse was shot in her direction and barely missed her. She ducked as another curse whizzed past her ear. Red and green streaks of light flew at her with immense speed.
"Protego!" She shouted blocking multiple curses. "Stupefy!" She yelled aiming at a death eater. The masked assailant was shot backwards flying above the large stalks of grass and disappearing into them as he fell.
"Sectusempra!" A death eater screamed in fury. An immensely large gash appeared on Luna's head, warm sticky liquid poured down the left side of her temple.
"Petrificus totalis" She countered. Another death eater fell to the ground his arms locking to his sides as his limbs slowly stiffened making him appear statue like as he lay completely still.
Suddenly something smashed into her knocking her off of her feet. She kept hold of her wand as she smashed into the front door of the large house.
The oak door flew open with an audible bang. Luna's small form collided into the railing of the stairs breaking it in her descent to the floor. She winced in pain as she attempted to stand from the carpeted floor. A large piece of wood protruded from her leg. Long cuts covered various parts of her body. Shards of glass embedded into her stomach the floo powder that had once been safely held inside the vial now burned into her open wounds. Luna cradled her now bleeding appendage with her wand aimed at the door.
A bulky figure stormed into the building his wand pointed at her. Before he could say anything however she transfigured him into a rat.
She dragged herself forward towards the dining area. She used the wall to pull herself up and onto her feet. Her body screamed in protest. The wall proved to be a sufficient crutch as she pushed herself forward. She heard the entrance of the other two death eaters.
A loud squishing noise emitted from the entrance caused her to cease her movements.
"What the hell!" A mans rustic voice exclaimed. "Disgusting." He sneered down at a twitching rat beneath his boot. "I knew the blood traitors were filth, but this…" He trailed off a disgusted look hidden behind his mask and aimed his wand down at the creature. It squealed loudly as it was met with the killing curse.
"Let us not play with the Weasley's pets." A familiar voice commanded. It was calm yet menacing. "We will do what we were sent to do." The voice added. Luna knew the voice; it was that of Lucius Malfoy. She remembered him from the battle of the ministry. He wasn't a very nice man as Luna had recalled. Then again most of the death eaters weren't the nicest people.
They both walked in different directions. She heard the loud creaking of the stairs as someone stomped up them. Another lighter pair of footsteps headed in her direction. She limped into the dining area crouching down in the corner keeping silent. Loud sounds of things breaking upstairs startled Luna though she remained still.
Lucius stalked forward eyeing the trail of blood that led down the hallway. It wasn't a mass amount of blood but it was definitely noticeable. The blonde was clearly to young to be an order member, indicating she was one of Potter's friends. Pathetic Potter would soon realize that he could not defeat the dark lord.
The trail of blood turned a corner. He looked down at the floor following it intently. Luna felt herself go dizzy, as the footsteps grew closer. The wrackspurts were making everything fuzzy. She mentally cursed herself for not wearing her copper toe rings. The outline of someone popped into view. She cast the only spell she could think to cast.
"Expecto Patronum." She stated weakly. The bright blue form of a hare shot out from the tip of her wand and barreled directly towards Lucius. He was blinded by the brightness of the patronus and stumbled backwards grunting in frustration and surprise. Her patronus flickered before fading. Lucius clenched his eyes shut attempting to fix his vision. "Stupefy…" She shouted her voice growing quieter. Lucius was thrown backwards and collided into the wall knocking over various photos.
The remaining death eater shot down the stairs his wand tightly held into his clenched fist. Luna tilted her head as she heard the man's uneven breathing. It sounded like the crumpled horned snorkacks breathing pattern. Being such a large creature it had a rather loud and strained exhale while its inhale was even louder. She trained her wand on the doorway blinking away her exhaustion.
The wall beside her exploded sending bits of debris flying into her face. She rolled across the floor narrowly missing a killing curse. The large piece of wood protruding from her leg pushing in further, the large table that they all had eaten meals around fell to the ground beside her cracking in half. Chairs exploded as the man wildly shot curses.
"Silencio." She whispered careful not to give away her position. The death eater seemed un-phased as he continued throwing curses madly. Luna watched as valuable mementos were reduced to ashes. She willed away the wish to sleep and crawled behind the remnants of the dining room table.
Holes were blasted into the table dangerously close to Luna's head. Wood chiplets cut into her skin and mangled into her hair. She peered through a small hole in the table seeing a flash of green headed in her direction.
And scene… What will happen next? Review if you would like. Still working on Little Luna but this popped into my head.
Oh sorry if the paragraphs are to large I couldn't shorten them because the formatting on my computer would not allow it.
