Despite the fact that she loved her brother's dearly, the girl nevertheless felt that they were wasting their efforts on their chosen mission.
Her eldest brother, being the Star Wars fan that he was, was currently enjoying the spoils of living as an esteemed advisor of science fiction's most popular, or at least well known despot. And while she did not begrudge him his desire to spend his time strengthening the Empire, or enjoying numerous sleepless nights with inhuman babes, she thought that he was wasting his potential.
Her second brother on the other hand, while choosing to share his knowledge with multiple universes, nevertheless only concentrated on providing the bad guys with some desperately needed common sense.
She supported both of her brothers actions, for she shared their love of all things dark, morbid, and terrifying, but the girl had no intention of using her chosen gift for the sole betterment of the dark forces.
Instead, she would travel throughout her favorite stories, and fix the glaring flaws that only a cynic, or a rabid follower of fan based stories would be able to see.
With this in mind, and grateful that her supervisor, who was far less malevolent their her 2nd brother's, equipped her with the means to effortlessly blend into any of the universes she travelled, along with immunity from harm, the girl began the process of righting the first romantic wrong that crossed her mind.
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Despite the fact that she regularly maintained a dreamy expression, and thus had collected numerous derogatory names that made it difficult for her to make friends, the blonde haired witch was far from stupid.
While she didn't advertise her intelligence in the manner of a certain bushy haired muggle born, much less the snooty sense of superiority that was practiced by the more mean spirited members of her house, as well as those who belonged in the snake pit, Luna had nevertheless managed to score particularly high marks during her tenure at Hogwarts. But while she was certain that her fellow Ravens would be simply satisfied with this, she had always possessed a willingness to discover more about the world around her, thus leading to her ostracism from her nargel infested housemates.
She shouldn't be surprised really, most hidden creatures didn't take to kindly to having their secrets exposed by an outsider, so it stood to reason that they would use their powers to take control of unknowing puppets to ensure that their identities remained secret.
Regardless, it was due to this situation of isolation that the blonde haired Ravenclaw had developed the useful ability to identify a person's true nature just by looking at them, though it wasn't entirely perfect since a person, just like the world, could change in time.
Both Neville and Malfoy were a good example of this since for the first 3 years that she had observed them, there had been barely any changes that happened in their personality.
Whether it had been the understandable nervousness that stemmed from an overbearing caregiver, who funnily enough didn't understand the whole wand chooses the wizard concept despite being a pureblood, or the arrogance that stemmed from trying to emulate their extremist father, these were things that she could easily tell.
But this year, she could tell that there had been a dramatic shift in their circumstances, even if they still acted like their normal selves. While Neville was still unsure of himself, which was understandable given the treatment he received from most of his classmates, Luna could detect a new sense of determination within the boy, something which had increased greatly after they had both joined Harry Potter's attempts to undermine the Ministry.
Malfoy on the other hand, while he still acted like his normal self, and indeed went to greater lengths to make his views known, nevertheless possessed something that had not been present during all the years she had seen him in the hallways.
Fear.
Though he hid it well, such minute differences in personality where easily detected by her, something which she could honestly say wasn't a gift possessed by the leader of Dumbledore's Army.
While she had never interacted with him before the current school year, she could honestly say that she had a better understanding of the Boy Who Lived than all the rest of his so called friends.
While most would, and did call her crazy for her believes, she could clearly recognize the signs of a person who had suffered years of living under literally swarms of nargels.
She couldn't imagine how such a person came to live under such conditions, though perhaps it had to do something with that wrackspurt that seemed to float around his forehead, but against all odds, Harry Potter remained one of the most kind hearted people she knew, minus of course those who antagonized him.
But still, she couldn't help but wonder why no one recognized the obvious signs of a boy trying to forget his nargel infested situation.
Not talking about anything positive about his life with his sole remaining relatives, doing whatever it took to maintain the approval of those who had readily shown him acceptance, and a temper that caused him to rashly oppose anyone who threated his friends happiness, these were all signs of a person trying to ensure that he would never again have to deal with his nargel problems alone.
But despite their good intentions, those closest to the scared savior always seemed to get the wrong impression of him.
Misguided jealously had resulted in a temporary suspension of the Weasley Potter relationship during her third year. Which was funny really cause she more than suspected that Harry possessed more feelings of jealousy towards his ginger haired friend than the other way around.
Hermione tended to treat him like an overbearing sister, always nagging him about his decisions and actions. She conceded that the bushy haired muggleborn had a point on Divination, as well as taking the initiative to provide the means to defend themselves when the Ministry was failing to do so, but that was about it. The older girl easily dismissed that which she didn't understand, or fit into her world view, and despite her constant vocal efforts to try and motivate her friends to better themselves, she really did nothing to help them become more than above average 15 year old wizards.
But the one friend of Harry's who perplexed her the most was the one girl who had been her only friend until the creation of the DA. Despite the fact that Ginny had finally gotten over her muteness, and thus talked to Harry like a normal person, Luna could tell that the ginger haired girl's infatuation with her brother's friend was still based on the growing list of heroic actions he had done, rather than who he was as a person.
Such a shame really.
Heroics are nice and all, but they don't really ensure a long lasting stable relationship.
While it was undeniable that Harry was in fact a hero, people tended to overlook his other character traits in favor of his actions. He was selfless, generous, and apart from his instant dislike to all things Slytherin, something which probably started as a result of being told to do so by those who first introduced him to the magical world, had no preconceived notions on anything.
But it appeared that fate was slowly lining up to ensure that history repeat itself, albeit with some variations.
For one, the spirited red head came from a family of purebloods rather than being the first magical member of their bloodline, though she personally believed in the theory that all muggleborns were somehow descended from squib.
And secondly, unlike some of the rumors she had heard about James Potter, Harry possessed none of the aggressive romantic side that had caused his father to chase after a young Lily Evans until she agreed to give him a chance.
Regardless of all that however, when the time came, and the Dark Lord was defeated once and for all by the admittedly dashing hero, she knew that the peace would result in a certain dark haired, emerald eyed boy, whose desire to have the family he never had impacting his judgement, committing a form of pseudo incest.
But since she considered herself to be a background character at best, with only the spot of a close friend to be within her reach, Luna resigned herself to that fate.
At least until she found herself reading an unlooked for letter in her morning postage.
If you want to help your green eyed friend with his nargel and wrackspurt problem, I suggest you meet me on the 7th floor corridor during your free period.
Sincerely, Agent of Love.
Intrigued by the message, both for it's content and the fact that someone else besides her daddy had chosen to write her, Luna hummed as she proceeded to rip the letter into tiny pieces.
Cause afterall, if it was discovered that she was about to help a fellow student deal with his nargel problem, it was more than likely that her easily controlled classmates would do their best to stop her.
And since it was such a cold morning, she didn't really feel like walking through the stone corridors in nothing but her bare feet.
Annnnnnnnnd I think this is a good place to end my first chapter for this story lol
Will be a tad different from both Screw the Rebellion and A Villain's Happily Ever After, but the concept is still the same. I.E. A fan utilizing their knowledge to help the story in a manner that they intend.
Apart from some stories where changing the final pairing alters the final conclusion of the story (i.e. hero ends up with villain, redeems villain, tragic hero gets happy ending), the result will be the same (i.e. good triumphs over evil), albeit in an improved way lol
This Story will have chapters from all types of sources (i.e. literary, movie, tv, film, anime, even an idea from a Play/Opera…so enjoy it J
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