The Moon child and the Raven
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, well what was left of it? Most of it was destroyed in the siege during Voldemort's attack, However He had lost and Hogwarts stood strong repairs where underway, even Gringot's was under construction, it was here, at Hogwarts, after the final battle that Raven found Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny. Raven was still tired from defending everyone among his friends he noticed one in particular wasn't there, Luna Lovegood, Xenophilius' daughter, they had met when Dumbledore's Army was brought into the fold. Let me take you to this day.
Luna had just entered the Room of Requirement to find Raven standing in front of the wall of mirrors, his onyx feathered wings extended in a wide arch. Luna took notice and drew in a sharp breath, His platinum hair was bound up in a black ribbon, and normally however he kept it shoulder length. She knew He was part of Ravenclaw house, yet she'd not seen him in the commons. Luna thought to herself and turned about face to leave when Raven spoke.
"You needn't leave on my account Luna" He folded his wings back she turned around in time to notice Raven's right wing seemed to come to rest with difficulty, she approached him with caution, how had he known she was there, his eyes remained closed, and yet she was discovered. "Sir Raven, are you well, you are not hurt are you?" Raven was a bit hesitant but shook his head, "I am alright, Luna my wing will recover in time, where exactly are you off to?" his eyes remained closed as he looked toward her voice. She reached and gently stroked the beauty that was his wings. She soon grew curious and answered him, "There's a school dance tonight, before the holiday break, why are your eyes closed, are they hurt as well?" Truth is told he was trying to focus, yet he could not, the magic in the room was growing. Within the room Raven was suppressing the magic that flowed through his veins. Dumbledore had told him to do so as to hide it from others; he often came here to the Room of Requirement to allow said power to run its course, this is the first time anyone had seen Raven with his wings extended. "I wish to ask…may I join you to said dance, this eve." Luna smiled giggling, "I would be honored Sir Raven." Raven smiled, "Please, you need not be so formal with me, Luna, my other friends aren't." She smiled at this and then she took her wand and dimmed the lights in the room, "Please won't you open your eyes?" she asked. Raven let out a content sigh and opened his eyes and again she took in another sharp breath. To her amazement his eyes where an ice blue color, she had not expected this so she got a type of fluttering feeling, then she composed herself. "Shall we go then?" Luna had asked. He took the time to look her over. He knew she was the daughter of Xenophilius Lovegood who was the author of the Quibbler and she looked intriguingly magnificent her hair was mostly in a blonde bun, only a few slightly curled bangs rendered her face slightly hidden though what truly drew his attention where the silvery grey eyes that looked back at him. She was wearing a sapphire blue, knee length dress. He smiled and they went, and talked as they continued to the great hall. "Tell me Luna; is it bright in the Great Hall this evening?" Luna thought for just a moment, "Yes, I do believe so, why, does the light bother you?" She looked at him concern showing in those wonderfully grey, shimmering eyes.
He looked to Luna, "Well, you could say that they are sensitive to most light, moonlight being one of the few exceptions." With that an idea struck Luna as was genius, she then reached for her wand and into her pocket for a white cloth ribbon, it was just wide enough to cover his eyes and just long enough to securely fit over his eyes comfortably, though he could not see for the moment that was soon fixed after his eyes had adjusted to the charm she had previously put on the cloth that now covered his eyes, he could see through the cloth but no light would meet his eyes, and so they entered the Great Hall to see that the tables had been whisked away and the house banners where overhead. The dance however had not begun just yet. Professor McGonagall looked shocked to see Raven in his current state. Eyes covered, hair bound and what shocked her most of all was the fact this was the first time in four years she had seen him outside of her Transfiguration class room. He smiled up at Dumbledore who returned his smile, "It is no secret that you are the heir of the Ravenclaw family." Dumbledore was speaking directly to him now so everyone within the room began to listen, Minerva head of Gryffindor house, Madam Pomfrey, the school physician, there wasn't an injury she couldn't mend, and then there was Filius Flitwick, Head of Ravenclaw house and the charms professor followed by Severus Snape, the Potions Master and head of Slytherin house and lastly, Pomona Sprout, head of Hufflepuff house and Herbology Professor.
It didn't take long before others began to arrive. Among them where Dean Thomas, Lee Jordan followed by the twins Fred and George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Collin Creavy, Katie Belle, Padma and Patil, the only other set of twins Hogwarts had. Soon after Cho Chang, Ravenclaw's seeker joined them as well as, finally, Hermione Granger, a brilliant young witch with a mind to match, Ron Weasley another of the Weasley clan, and also Gryffindor Keeper. Next and very last to meet them however where Generva Weasley, more commonly known as Ginny, a proud girl with a quick temper and an arsenal of spells just as brutal and Harry Potter, 'The boy who lived', and also Gryffindor Seeker. Not a single one of them knew why Raven was there, he had joined Dumbledore's Army unexpectedly right after Harry and Hermione had cooked up the whole idea, however the first real lesson wasn't for days, where had he been, what had he been doing, why hadn't Harry seen him around the castle? Professor McGonagall spoke, "Finally we can get started." Everyone looked on curiously, what had she meant exactly, why more questions that remained unanswered. Dumbledore then spoke in his soft tone.
"I am sure that each of you is wondering as to why I have brought you here at such an early hour it is to hold a celebration." Harry went to say something and Dumbledore allowed it, "Yes Mr. Potter?" Harry looked around, "Why not announce it in front of the whole school at breakfast?" Dumbledore chuckled, "I see where that would be fitting Harry, and where it not imperative I speak to each of you personally I will however do so in time, dear boy. It has come to my attention that the majority of you have paid a visit to Hogsmead village recently." They nodded, "Yes-sir, this is correct, we were there only last weekend, why, is something wrong?" Luna asked. Dumbledore shook his head "Not at all Luna it is just the concern of my students that lead me to ask, but I will say this, just as you did when she arrived Ms. Granger 'The ministry has indeed taken a part of the school, just remember the position the ministry as filled is, as the students say, jinxed, I also have a small request, if one of you happens to come across Ravenclaw's house ghost, please inform me." They each nodded in silence and then returned to their respective dorm rooms. Raven hadn't been around the Ravenclaw common room in quite a while so Luna helped him along to the Ravenclaw corridor. They stood outside the Ravenclaw Commons eagle for a moment, unwilling to admit that their evening was not what they had expected. As it so happened the celebration Luna had for mentioned was not until this night, then why was she dressed in sapphire dress robes? He asked himself, a look of deep thought on his face. Luna had only smiled and once Raven took notice of her smiling at him he came back from inside his head and asked, "Luna, why are you dressed in those when the celebration isn't until tonight?" She replied with a quick answer, "I hadn't worn these particular robes in a while, I thought I would test them and make certain that they still fit. He started to back into the common room, "Oh, I suppose that would be a good reason, well uh, Luna I suppose we shall see one another again tonight?" She reassured him with a smile and the portrait closed behind her as she walked back toward the grand staircase where she nearly knocked Professor Flitwick to the floor. Luna made her way back to the Gryffindor common room after apologizing to him and climbed up to the dormitory where she looked out the window The sun had risen on the grounds and it wasn't lush and green as per a usual look upon the grounds, there was a blanket of white, thick on the ground it had snowed all of last night and was still falling.
Gryffindor common room was awake and lively the following hours of the day. Ron had whooped and woken the entire boys' dorm when Professor McGonagall had informed him there would be no classes on this day, Thursday. Meanwhile, Raven made his way to Dumbledore's office something was definitely odd about today he couldn't quite figure out what had been bothering him so much, but there was one thing of which he was certain the day would be long. He took his time as he followed a group of Gryffindor second years to the one Quiditch stadium on the grounds, it was here that Ravenclaw and Gryffindor would be facing off for the title of Quiditch house champion. Raven was dressed in his customary clothing. Black roomy robe supporting Ravenclaw house, his white ribbon. The ribbon was given to him by Luna. He enjoyed how comfortable the cotton material was over his eyes., first and second year students were baffled when they took note of how he seemed to float by rather than walk or meander. He was the first one to arrive followed by the professors then the rest of the students. They filed into the stadium stands Luna and Raven had coincidentally wound up right next to each other, behind them where Justin Finch, Hannah Abbot, Neville, Colin Creavy and to their left where Ron and Lavender brown. The two, Ron and Lavender had been, for lack of a better term, "Roped" into it, thanks to a little help from Professor Slughorn and the Quiditch team tryouts. However this Quiditch match would be an interesting watch. So, with the moon at his left and the sun to his right he locked eyes with the snitch as it zipped around. His eyes flashed a yellow color and he felt a tremor and then a roar came from the mountains. He looked up and slipped off his robe, "Professor, something's coming." McGonagall gave Him a nod, "Feel free, you are excused, but do be careful, ridge backs can be right nasty blighters."
Luna looked to the sky as he dove off the stands and went into a swan dive, and then just before hitting the ground he turned his wings out and an updraft carried him high into the sky and out of view. The second years where astounded. Harry who was in the Quiditch match was nearly blown off his broom at the speed Raven blazed off with and only seconds later everyone there heard a thundering boom. Colin Creavy wasn't quick enough to snap a photo with his camera. McGonagall however seemed the least of all disrupted by the loud thunder, had she been mentoring him?" Luna looked to the sky one more time and the white ribbon she had given Raven had drifted back into her out stretched hand. After the match had drawn to a close no one knew where Raven had gone off to and still wasn't back from, for so it seemed. Luna had come across Professor McGonagall and inquired as to where he could possibly be, it was only an hour before the pre-holiday dance and he'd promised her they would dance together. She had decided to don herself with shimmering silver dress robes, they matched her eyes however the pendant she wore, an amazingly brilliant tear shaped opal dangling from a silver steel chain had slightly contrasted, a perfect match. She also wore a bracelet wrought of galleon gold. A chain of coins together from end to end, similar to that of a Muggle watch, only it didn't tell time.
It was late before Raven made his way back to the castle. The nights festivities had begun, just as Raven had entered through the great oak doors. When he entered the Great Hall those who were dancing looked toward the door and then Hermione pointed Luna toward the door, she got up and met him in the center of the Hall. He took her hand, kissed it and they danced. The two, an elegant pair, their movements were like fluid. The two danced so well together Raven had let his wings unfurl and rest fanning only slightly as they twirled more. The magic in the room had seemed to relax everyone. The others had danced as well however not as fluidic as Luna and the way she swayed. The moon had shone down on the hall as they all enjoyed the evening, only stopping to rest and get refreshed.