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Chapter 1: Before the Philosopher's Stone
"speech"
(thoughts)
"MOMMY!"
She had returned to the worst moment of her life. Of all the deaths she had witnessed over the years, this one had hit her the hardest. Her mother laid on the floor, dead, a sword of icy fire protruding from her chest.
(Mommy!) thought young Luna.
(Focus! Focus! We've got to get it before it disappears,) thought old Luna.
(Mommy!) thought young Luna.
She grasped the sword and pulled it out of her mother. She held it a moment to examine it before it dissolved.
(Mommy!) thought young Luna.
(Baby?) thought Luna's mom.
(what is going on here? I'm supposed to be dead!) thought the sword.
(Calm down everyone. I will explain,) thought old Luna.
It was a nice sunny summertime day as 8-year-old Luna Lovegood walked past the Diggory's house to the Burrow. She knocked on the door and when Mrs. Weasley answered, Luna said: "Can Ginny come out and play?"
"Certainly, come right in and I will get her for you," replied Mrs. Weasley.
8-year-old Harry Potter was walking by the park when he spotted a blonde girl, about his age, sitting on a seesaw by herself.
"Will you come see-saw with me?" said the girl.
Harry looked around to make sure that Dudley's gang was nowhere near by before answering: "Sure. I'm Harry Potter, who are you?"
"My name is Luna Lovegood. Pleased to meet you"
Harry and Luna had a lot of fun on the seesaw and swings before Harry had to go home and make supper for the Dursleys.
Dear Professor Dumbledore,
I have recently come into my powers as a seer and have decided to share some of my insights with you. Sirius Black is innocent. The real secret keeper of the Potters was Peter Pettigrew, an illegal animagus who faked his own death and is currently hiding out as the pet rat of Percy Weasley. Also Barty Crouch, Jr. has escaped Azkaban and is currently being kept under the Imperious Curse by his father.
Sincerely,
Luna Lovegood
She also sent an unsigned copy of this letter to Crouch Sr.'s archrival in the ministry, Undersecretary Cornelius Fudge.
Luna and Ginny were playing snatch the snitch in the Burrow's back yard. The game consisted of catching a special silver snitch enchanted to fly no more than three feet off the ground. She had forgotten how much fun playing could be. For the past few weeks Luna's days had consisted of getting up early and practicing with her sword until noon. Then, every other day, she would play with Ginny. The other days she would catch the Knight bus over to the park near Harry's so that she could play with him. She had become quite close friends with both Harry and Ginny.
A stranger stepped out of the house followed by Mrs. Weasley. He walked up to Luna and said: "I'm told that I have you to thank for my freedom. I'm Sirius Black."
"Pleased to meet you Mr. Boardman," said Luna, shaking his hand with a wink.
It had been a fairly routine day for Harry Potter. After supper, he had washed the dishes and then was locked into his closet under the stairs for the night, when something extraordinary happened. There was a knock on the door! He heard his Uncle Vernon wondering who it could be this late at night as he went to answer the door. Then silence.
"Let us pretend that you have invited us in," said an elderly sounding man.
Harry heard footsteps coming closer.
"Let us also pretend that you have also offered us a seat," said the old man.
Harry heard the couch scooting back a forth across the floor.
"First some introductions," said the old man. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I am the one who left young Harry on your doorstep and this is Harry's Godfather, Sirius Black."
"Does this mean you've come to take the boy off my hands?" said Uncle Vernon hopefully.
"No. After some discussion, Albus convinced me that it would be best for Harry to remain with you living as normal a life as possible until he is older," said another man.
"In fact, until the proper time, I think it would be best if Harry were to remain totally ignorant of our world," said Dumbledore.
"But still, I would like to start sending Harry Birthday and Christmas presents. When he enters our world, although he will be spending most of the summers with you. I would like him to stay with me for at least part of the summer," said Black.
The next day Harry told Luna about the strange conversation he had overheard.
"What do you think they meant by "our world"?" asked Harry. "Oh God! Maybe they're aliens and I some sort of half human hybrid!"
"Maybe they're wizards and someday you go off to wizard school to learn how to be a wizard," suggested Luna.
"Nice try, but we both know there's no such thing as magic," said Harry.
"We do?" asked Luna. "Oh. Let's go play on the swings!"
This is one of those fics where someone goes back in time to change the past. The early chapters will be very short, as Luna makes sure that not much happens. It will pick up the pace with longer chapters starting with chapter 6.