Mrs. Luna L. Longbottom sat, rocking her five-day-old daughter, Nymphadora, as she sat by the window of her home in Godric's Hollow. It had been five and a half years since the battle of Hogwarts and she had since settled down and gotten married. Ginny Potter burst into the light purple nursery.
"Are they back yet?" she asked breathlessly as she stopped to lean against the door frame, placing her hand on her stomach. Ginny and Harry were expecting a child within the next month.
"Not yet," Luna said, still rocking, "You really shouldn't run around like that Ginny," Luna continued staring out the window with a melancholy expression on her pale face. Harry and Neville had been called away because of something being amiss at the ministry and Ginny was uncharacteristically worried about them.
"Why not! It's not like playing Quiddich which I haven't been able to do since I got knocked up! And Harry said he'd be back in a few days! Days! It's been almost two weeks! Where are they? What if Harry isn't here when... When..." She started sobbing.
Luna gently laid her sleeping daughter in the crib and walked over to Ginny who was gasping for breath between sobs. "Harry will be back before little James comes along," Luna said kindly, "You'll see. Now how about a nice cup of tea and a talk about this nice article about Nargles the Quibbler posted last week?"
The two women walked down to the quaint little kitchen. Ginny sat down at the table and began to cry more quietly as Luna babbled on about the specific types of people Nargles like and other such things while she made the tea. Luna continued her talking as she brushed the curtains away from the window to let light into the house.
"Oh, Luna!" Ginny exclaimed suddenly. "I've been being such an awful friend! All this time I've spent ranting about Harry not being here when you didn't have Neville with you when little Dora was born. It's not as if I'm alone in my house! I've got mum here and George... And... Oh Luna, I feel so awful!"
"It's alright Ginny, I would have been the same way if it weren't for these roots." Ginny gave her an odd look as Luna continued, "Neville says that they are meant to calm down pregnant ladies. Do you want me to grind some up and put them in your tea?"
"Do you really think they will help?" Ginny asked wearily.
"Yes, of course I think that they'll work." Luna smiled as she began to grind up the roots. "Have you considered any middle names for James?"
"Well, I was thinking Fred; but Harry wants it to be Sirius. I thought we could compromise on something..." she trailed off as Luna placed a mug in front of her, "Thanks..."
Something out the window caught Luna's eye and she got up from the table suddenly. "I think that's them!" she exclaimed as she rushed to look out the window. Ginny rushed out the door to find that Neville and Harry had just apparated in Longbottom's front yard.
"Harry!" Ginny exclaimed as she rushed out to him, "Are you alright? Any broken bones?"
"No broken bones," Harry assured his wife with a smile, glad that she was alright.
Luna leaned against the porch railing, her arms crossed casually. Neville's smile faded as he looked at his decidedly not pregnant wife. Ginny looked at the two of them and began to pull Harry gently out of the yard.
Neville walked slowly up to the porch where his wife was standing. "Luna, I..."
"Hush Neville," she said a little more coldly than she intended as she walked into the house.
"What is it," Neville asked referring to their baby.
"It's a baby, Neville,"
"I mean is it a boy or a girl?"
"Girl."
"Luna I'm sorry,"
"It's alright, Neville, really it is. The safety of the wizarding world is more important is more important than you staying home to take care of me and our child."
"Luna?"
She turned and kissed him, "Do you want to see her?"
He smiled at her, "Of course."
They walked into the nursery where their daughter was sleeping. Neville stood over the cradle and stroked the baby's silky soft cheek. "Hello Nymphadora."
AN: I know the story might seem a bit slow right now, but I feel the need to go into some background on my OC before I get into the time travel part.
Thanks for reading!