Mandatory: 1. Nowhere 2. Heartbeat 3. Fireflies Optional: 1. Flicker 2. Subtly 3. Mind over matter 4. Theory 5. Copper
*the wolf*
The night after the war, everyone else went home
home, sweet home
safe and sound
(well, maybe not quite
perhaps a scar or two,
or three...
or four...
or ten...
or a hundred...
but who's counting?)
because no one else left with scars as bad as hers
no one else left unsure of who they were, unsure of what they were
(and just a tiny bit unsure if they should even bother to be.)
.o.
The night after the war,
she fell on the ground and screamed and cried until she had nothing left inside of her
then she threw her head back and howled at the moon
(like the wolf she knows she is)
*o*
*the moon*
The night after the war, she stayed to help
because home would always be there
but without her help, Hogwarts might not
she pitied the children that went home,
knew they'd be facing nightmares
and waking up to face another
forced to count their scars
one or two
(those were the lucky ones)
three or four
(almost untouched)
or ten or a hundred or a thousand
(because that's what happens in war-
people break)
.o.
The night after the war,
she stayed to help
not just for the school,
but for herself
because nowhere is home when you're plagued with these nightmares
(both in reality and dreams)
*o*
*the wolf*
She doesn't think she should exist
she's
a-not-quite-almost-dead-barely-alive-wolf-girl
(a made up creature)
who doesn't want to be told that she's anything else
(because no one wants to hear lies
even the nice ones)
so she stays outside all night and tries to catch fireflies
but after a while,
they all get lost in the light of the moon
(and soon, she finds herself doing the same)
*o*
*the moon*
She spends her days chasing fireflies
that are hidden in the sunlight
but she never gives up
(has she ever?)
because the end of a war
doesn't mean the end of a person
she still dreams too big
and she still believes in creatures
(nargles and wrackspurts and blibbering humdingers)
that everyone else is convinced just shouldn't exist
(but she's always believed in everything
even the things that shouldn't exist)
((especially the things that shouldn't exist))
*wolf / moon*
She's a not-exactly werewolf
(that shouldn't really exist)
but Luna's always believed in the nonexistent
and this is no exception
she takes Lavender into her arms
(and Lavenders heart thuds fasterfasterfaster)
as she cries
sobs
howls to the moon
(the moon always shines down to guide her
even when the sun has disappeared from the sky)
Luna's heart beats steadily
whispering comfort into the ears that need it
murmuring guidance into a heart that is lost
guiding hope into a body that's falling
s
l
o
w
l
y
apart
but the moon guides her well
and after a while, the whispers of
"I shouldn't exist"
die out
and are replaced with murmurs of
"Thank you"
Because the moon is a perfect guide
(even in the darkest hours),
the moon always trusts that you'll find your way home
and Lavender slowly finds her home
in the heartbeat of the moon