A/N: Hello everyone, this is another Luna/Harry story. It takes places after book six. I hope you all enjoy it. Please Review! —Black Rose

Moon Princess

By

Black Rose

Chapter One: Darkness Rose

A young man about to turn seventeen was standing in the back garden. He was watching a beautiful sunset. His emerald eyes watched the play of different colors in the sky. It reminded him of Fawkes, Dumbledore's Phoenix. He then glanced around the garden that he had completed over the years. The next thing he saw a flash over to his right. He drew his wand and pointed at whatever had just appeared next to him. It was Fawkes, flying around him. Lowering his wand, Harry put his arm out for Fawkes to land on. As soon as he landed on his arm, Harry started to pet him.

"What are you doing here Fawkes?"

The attractive bird sang a sad but thoughtful song. It wasn't until Fawkes sang a beautiful song and flash Harry and himself to some places. As soon as they reappeared Harry knew where he was. He stared at the phoenix with scared eyes.

"Why did you being me here? This is the last place I wanted to be," he said with a little anger in his voice.

The phoenix flew over to the white grave of his late Headmaster, landed on it with care. Harry glanced around the ground, and saw that it was night here. The stars and moon shone in the dark sky. Harry sighed and walked over to the grave, and around in it. He stopped in front of the phoenix and saw that it was watching him. Harry finally sat down on the cold grass and just watched the bird stare right back at him.

After some time, he sighed again.

"Fawkes, why did you bring me here?"

The phoenix stepped forward and started to sing. As Harry listened to the song he felt something in him, like someone was watching him. He stood up and glanced around. He didn't see anyone. He turned back to the bird and saw something. The tomb started to glow, and it wasn't long before it shone so brightly that he had to cover his eyes. When the brightness died down, Harry reopened his eyes and saw that he was no longer on the grounds, but was in what appeared to be a throne room. There were two thrones, and what looked to be eight different chairs in a half circle. As he kept gazing around, he saw a banner with a crescent moon with a black rose that went though it, that was above the two thrones. He then saw a flash and Fawkes was sitting on one of the thrones.

"Fawkes, what is this place?" he asked, not knowing what was going on.

"It seems that Fawkes wishes to help you, Harry" said a very wise voice that he knew very well.

Harry very slowly turned around to see his Headmaster walking up to him with a smile on his face. He was wearing bright sky blue robes.

"But you're dead?" Harry said with some worry in his voice.

"Yes, Harry I'm dead," the headmaster told him, still smiling.

Harry didn't know what do, say, or feel for that matter.

Albus had an idea of what was going though the young man's head.

"Harry, think it be best that we sat down," he said while walking over to one of the seats that were near the two thrones.

The emerald-eyed boy walked over and sat down on the other side of him.

"Harry, what happened to me wasn't your fault. I have lived a very long, full life and I couldn't be happier."

Harry glanced over at him; he had tears in his eyes.

"Why, Professor?" he asked with so much sadness in his voice, "I could have helped you."

Dumbledore smiled a little at the young man.

"At the time I was afraid, Harry, that we both would lose our lives. And I knew that you needed to live."

"Why is everyone that I care about dying in front of me?"

"I believe that it is because we love you, and seeing you grow up would make us happier."

Harry shook his head, and glanced around the room again.

"I don't know what to do, Professor, I just don't know if I can do this without you."

"Harry, I have faith in you, and in your five friends who stay with you."

"I don't want to see anyone else get killed because they are around me."

"I have a feeling, Harry, that it wouldn't matter if they were your friends or not—they would get hurt anyway."

"I don't even know how to stop Voldemort, and what do to help myself."

Dumbledore smiled like he used to and stood up.

"I believe that is why Fawkes has brought you here," he said with a knowing voice.

"Where are we Professor? I feel like we're in the great hall at Hogwarts."

"Excellent, Harry that is just where we are."

"But how, I mean, it looks like some kind of meeting hall."

"Yes, but if you moved just a couple of things around it would just be like the great hall."

Harry looked around again and could tell what his Professor was talking about.

He looked back to his Headmaster with a small smile on his face.

"You see, Harry, Fawkes has lived many lifetimes, and has seen much. I believe that he wished to give you a gift that will help you," he said, pointing at the Phoenix on the throne that was glowing with tears falling on the throne. As Harry and Dumbledore watched, a small black glass-like rose without its stem landed next what appeared to be a tablet with writing on it. The two walked up to the throne as Fawkes flew around.

Harry picked up the small rose. As he did, it started to glow and finally lifted into the air. Harry backed up, not knowing what to do, until he heard a strong and wise voice all around him.

"I'm known as the Darkness Rose. Should you will it, I will assist you in your life, but in return you must only love the Moon Princess."

Harry didn't understand any of this, so he turned to his headmaster for some help.

Dumbledore smiled at him, and just looked at him as if he was thinking of something that was funny.

"Professor, what is going on here?"

"Harry, I suppose that what the Darkness Rose will help you, if you have faith in yourself and in what Fawkes as given you."

"But why me?"

"I have a feeling that Fawkes has seen something in you that makes him believe you to be worthy of this gift," explained the headmaster as he watched his phoenix land on Harry's shoulder and nod his head as to say that it was true.

Harry nodded and stepped forward so that he was in front of the glowing rose.

"Before I decided to accept your help, I need to know, why are you doing this?"

The Darkness Rose started to glow, and a black shadow like a body rose from its shadow. It had what looked like knight armor, and a flowing cap, to his left stood a shadow-like horse. Its eyes were white as crystal.

"Because I feel that with you I will be able to set things right."

"Set what things right?"

The shadow knight flew over in front of Harry. It glanced up and down and then stood there. After some time, it soared back next to the Darkness Rose.

"I don't remember—all I remember is that I have to love only the moon princess."

Harry just thought this over, he had no idea what to do, but it felt like it would help both of them, if they worked together. Glancing up at the phoenix on his shoulder, he raised his hand up to pet him. He then looked back at the shadow.

"I accept your terms," Harry told him with a very strong voice, even if he didn't feel that strong inside.

The shadow knight and the darkness rose moved in front of him. The knight bowed to him.

"I thank you, Harry, and promise that I will help you in every way I can, but before I enter into your body, you need to understand that you will be in a lot of pain, which will last about 24 hours, and that you will need a place to stay that will not stop the transfer."

Harry closed his eyes, and thought about places.

"Harry, might I suggest that it would be best that you stay with someone that wouldn't care what is going on and would let it happen?" asked the headmaster.

"Well, that would mean the Weasleys are out—if they saw me in that much pain, they would panic. I would say Hermione, but again she'd panic, though not as much as the Weasleys. Then there is Neville, but I have no idea where he lives or how he would react to this. Then we have Luna, and that I can stay there, although I have no idea what she would do, but I believe she would be the best because she wouldn't tell anyone that I'm there," he told himself, with everyone listening to his ideas.

"Then Miss Lovegood?" asked his Professor.

Harry thought about it and smiled a little. Yes, he would choose Luna because he had a feeling that she would understand what was going on—at least to some level—where as the others would panic, which he didn't need right now.

"Yes, Luna Lovegood. Fawkes, when the time comes, please take me to Luna," Harry requested.

Fawkes just sang Harry a song. Harry smiled at the firebird. He then turned to the crystal rose and waited to what was going to happen.

"Before you start Harry, I have one last task that I would like to do before you leave and I can rest," said the headmaster as he walked over to the throne and picked up the tablet. He then walked over to Harry and handed it to him, saying, "This tablet will help you understand how to stop Tom."

Harry gazed at it, but couldn't make heads or tails of it.

"I can't read it, Professor," he said, but when he looked up his headmaster was gone.

"Goodbye Harry, and good luck," he heard his headmaster's voice in his mind.

Tears fell from his eyes as he nodded to himself.

"I'm ready, Darkness Rose," he told him with a sad but understanding voice.

"Very well, let us begin," it replied.

The shadow Knight disappeared, and the rose soared right into him. Harry looked down at himself, but didn't feel anything. He gazed around, trying to figure out what had just happened. Then it hit him. It was as if he was on fire, and couldn't cool down, every part of him hurt like hell. It wasn't long before he coughed up blood and he fell over. He was screaming, but nothing was coming out of his mouth. He hit the floor with a thud and rounded over onto his side.

Fawkes slowly flew down to him, grabbed him, and fire-flashed him to the one person Harry hoped would understand why he was like this.

Luna was watching the full moon out her bedroom window. This was one of the things she loved to do. She could remember when she and her mother would watch the stars and the moon before she died. She thought back to last year and what had happened; she and Harry's other friends had fought against Death Eaters, but this time in Hogwarts. She smiled a little, remembering how Harry had asked her if she wanted to go with him to the party. She kept watching the stars, in hopes that she would see a falling one. A fire-like flash appeared in her room. She turned her head and saw a beautiful bird with someone who looked to be in a lot of pain. She slowly recognized who it was—it was the person she was just thinking about.

"Harry?" she asked in her dreamy voice.

When she walked over to him and saw blood, her eyes got the scared look in them like right after you saw someone die.

"Harry!" she screamed.

She quickly looked over him to make sure that he wasn't hurt anywhere else. She then looked at the bird, and smiled a little. Her silver eyes started to change a little to ghost-like white.

"Hello, Fawkes. I take it that I need to help Harry, until whatever is happening to him is over?"

The firebird just nodded his head and sang a happy but not happy song.

Luna, gazed over Harry, and smiled a little.

"I will always be with you, Harry," she said in her dreamiest voice, and used her wand so she could put him in the smaller bed next to hers. As soon as she put him down in the bed, a dark mist started to cover him and the bed. Luna smiled sadly.

I wish there was more I could do for you Harry, you have been so kind to me."

She then got into her bed, and just watched him try to scream from all the pain that was going through him.

"I wish there was more I could do to help you Harry," she thought to herself.

What she didn't know was that two falling stars went across the night sky.

A/N- I hope you like this chapter; I hope to have the next chapter up soon. Please Review! And tell me what you like, and what you don't.—Black Rose