Another time travelling story, just not Harry, not Ginny, and not Hermione. I want to write about unexpected shippings! :) How is that for ya'all? Check out all other stories!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Harry Pawter, and also not Harry Potter, nor Har Bear. Though I very much want to. Sighs.
Tell me, doctor
Where are we going this time?
Is this the fifties?
Or nineteen-ninety-nine?
All I wanted to do,
Was to be whom I want to be
So take me away,
I don't mind.
But you'd better promise me,
My heart won't break
And it won't hurt
Because in darkness my lover lurks
I gotta get back in time.
Don't bet your future
on the roll of a dice.
Better remember,
Lightning never strikes twice.
Please don't drive in it
I don't want to be late again
So take me away,
I don't mind.
But you'd better promise me
My heart would be better
And that it won't hurt
Because in darkness, my lord, he lurks
I gotta get back to him in time
For I am his, and he is mine
"Luna, do you love me?" He asked her frantically, his brown eyes catching her light blue ones, seeking for the connection that they shared, as if wanting to remember them forever.
That was it. The final battle where the world could have it's one and last chance of being saved, or else, be destroyed completely. After Luna Lovegood had finished Avrey off with an 'Avada Kedavra', a pair of hands suddenly shot out from nowhere and dragged her into the room of requirement. But she was not afraid, she should not be, for those hands were warm and familiar, ones that she had wanted to be with for every seconds of her life.
Ignoring the blood and dirt on their body, ignoring the cries outside, ignoring the fact that they are losing, many were dying, she said her answer out loud and clear.
"Yes, I love you. I love you so much that it hurts."
Neville Longbottom nodded briefly, but the tenderness and love was shown in his eyes clearly. And the pain, sorrow and tiredness. He was on the edge of giving up, she could tell, but it was that Gryffindor spirit and their love that kept him together. And he, the clumsy, shy and scared boy that no longer was, would do his very best to change what he could.
"But, if in order to save the entire world, wizarding and non-wizarding, it is necessary for you to forget me, to undo your love for me, to leave me, would you do that? Would you start all anew, without me, if that is my final wish? Tell me."
Luna could not believe what she was hearing, she wanted to think of his words as a joke. A cruel, dry and weak joke. But she knew that Neville would never joke about such a serious thing, especially with the current situation that they were in. It was a matter of life and death.
And thus, she made the hardest decision in her life.
"Yes"
Her voice was just a soft whisper, trying to mask away the hurt, the fear, and the dread. Trembling, she tried to stop the damned tears from escaping, but it was a failed attempt. Luna Lovegood never cried, not even when her mother had died, she was too optimistic. But now, she cannot stand it. Gone was the cheerful and eccentric girl that she was, war has caused many changes in all that was swept into it, including Neville and herself. The boy in front of her smiled sadly and reached out to wipe the betraying tears away. He was no longer weak, no. The war made everyone stronger, made everyone into strangers that they didn't know. The war had to ruin everything for the world.
"Promise me you would not hate me?"
"How could you think that? I would never, never!"
She broke down right there and then, and the wizard had to hug her tightly in order to keep her together.
Just then, he reached into his pocket and took out an object. Staring into his eyes, Luna was shocked to see resolution blazing in his eyes, though he didn't try to hide the pain. He helped her put the object on.
A time turner.
"But – but I thought we smashed the entire stock of the ministry the year before?" It was hard for her to keep the smile at the memory, and so she did not try.
It was then that Neville smiled a genuine smile, "Indeed, but McGonagall's time turner didn't happen to be at the scene at that moment, so it was spared of the same fate."
Laughter broke out of her and she did not hold it back, she would not do so anymore. What is the use? If everything was either win or lose, why not laugh at it the whole way through?
Silently, he seek for her approval and turned the time turner 21 times. He was unaware of the fact that she was staring hard at every feature of his face all this while, carving it into her memory. She would not forget him, but instead use this memory as a motivation to move on and do the best she could.
Just as she was sucked into the time spiral, she felt a small object being placed in her hand before the powerful force pulled her away.
"I love you, Luna" was the last thing she heard before the world turned black...
