Prologue
"Mommy?" my sister Ruby asked "when will Daddy be home?"
"I don't know sweetheart." my Mom replied.
Just then the radio stopped playing music and somebody started talking.
"He who must not be named is presumed dead after successfully killing Lily and James Potter. It is believed that their son Harry Potter was hit with a killing curse which rebounded onto He who must not be named and killed him. Long live the boy who lived!" then the radio went back to playing music.
"Ruby, Luna..." my Mom said "Daddy is never coming home"
We all cried that night but the saddest thing of all was that it was my first birthday and Dad would never get to see it.
Exactly Two Years Later
"Happy Birthday Luna!" my Mom says. Smiling while holding her hands behind her back. "I got you a gift!"
"YAY!" I yell jumping out of my bed. "What is it?"
"I'll give it to you when you get dressed and come down stairs Ruby is waiting!" Mom replies.
"Ok!" I say as I rush to get dressed. Just as I'm slipping my special silver birthday dress over my head, Mom walks downstairs. I tie the ribbon around my waist in a messy bow. I'm still working on tying bows I can dress myself though and that's an achievement for me as this is my third birthday. I grab my wand from my bedside table and run down the stairs.
"Happy birthday Luna!" my sister shouts as I near the table which has pancakes on it, my favorite breakfast. As I sit down Mom says "should we eat first open presents second or eat second open presents first?"
"eat second open presents first!" I respond
"alright Luna here's your gift from me." Mom says. It's a rectangular object that has silver and gold wrapping paper with a blue bow on top. I untie the bow and carefully tear the wrapping paper to open the present. It's a photo in a beautiful silver picture frame. The photo is of my Mom, Ruby when she was around three, me as a baby and a man who I haven't seen before then mother points to the man and says "that's your father Luna." just as I'm about to respond we hear a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" Ruby and I yell at the same time. We run to the door but she has always been faster so she beats me to it. She turns the doorknob and opens the door. A man we have never seen before is standing on the porch so I yell to Mom "Mom there's a guy at the door!" Mom walks over to us and Ruby moves out from in front of the door allowing Mom to stand there.
"Who are you?" Mom asks.
"Listen" the man says "may we talk inside this is delicate information."
"I suppose so" Mom says "Luna get your gifts and go upstairs, Ruby you too."
"Ok Mom!" we reply as we run back to the table. I grab the picture and Ruby grabs the gift that she hasn't given me yet. Then we walk up the stairs to Ruby's room.
"Time to open my gift Luna!" Ruby says as she hands it to me. Its wrapped in red paper with a silver bow tied around it. I untie the bow and tear the wrapping paper open to reveal a silver bracelet with a red bead on it.
"Ruby thank you!" I excitedly exclaim "it's both of our favorite colors!"
"I hoped you would like it, Mom helped me find the bracelet but I chose to put on the red bead!" I put on the bracelet and give Ruby a hug. Just then Mom walks upstairs and opens the door.
"girls come downstairs something crazy just happened."
"ok Mom..." Ruby and I both say unsure of how to react. We walk downstairs and I realize the weird guy's turban was off revealing... another face on the back of his head!
Then Mom says "Ruby do you remember Luna's first birthday?"
"Yes." Ruby replies a hint of sadness creeping into her voice.
"Why does that matter? What happened?" I ask.
"Luna, your father was thought to have been killed that day but it turns out he wasn't, you see the face on the back of Mr. Quirrell's head?"
"Yes Mom" I respond
"that's your father he had to merge with somebody else to survive." Just then a weird sounding voice said "Hello Ruby and Luna." Mr. Quirrell turns around as the face on the back of his head, my father, says "have you ever heard of the three unforgivable curses?"