A/N: So, time-travel three-shot. I had major hard time with these prompts to be extremely honest (and with keeping Luna in character as much as I could). I also feel like I totally could've expanded on this (this is actually a plot bunny I like), so if I decide to do another MC (strictly after I finish my others), it may be this with slight changes. No promises, though. I also apologize for not doing the Fleur French accent. I suck at writing accents, you see. Enjoy.

Word count for 3 chaps: 2172

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Arithmancy OWL - Write a 3-chapter MC based on these prompts: (character) Voldemort/Tom Riddle Jr, (location) Hogsmeade, (dialogue) "Did I leave the stove on?", (character) Luna Lovegood, (dialogue) "That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard of. Let's do it.", (event) Quidditch practice, (emotion) fear, (dialogue) "Why don't you ever look at me like that?", (character) Dobby

Act 1: The Setup

The dirty blond-haired little alleyway between Honeydukes and Zonko's, clutching a little device in her hand. This device was already crushed into miniscule pieces and was unrecognisable in its current state.

Luna quickly gathered herself from the ground and smudged the bit of dirt that had been on her face previously, as a by-product of her falling.

"So… This is what that spell does," she concluded, drawing her wand to cast a quick Scourgify on herself. "At least I landed where I was aiming to."

She glanced around herself one more time before tucking her wand away and edging closer to what she supposed would be a bigger street of the town. She didn't care to even peer at the shards of that mysterious item that she had been holding when she had arrived, although she did wince at the stabbing pain in her right palm – probably caused by the glass splinters.

She soon reached the end of the alleyway and stepped out onto the open, glancing around once again to see if there were any other people ambling around. If she was correct – and hadn't lost her sense of time – it was a Saturday, so it was likely that the students were out on a Hogsmeade weekend – although it was the middle of a war; she wouldn't have been surprised if the streets were just as deserted as they would be on weekdays.

What she did notice though was a group of boys around her age – maybe a year or so older – and they were all clad in Slytherin uniforms.

Strange, Luna thought. Usually, we change into casual clothing on Hogsmeade weekends. And I don't think I've seen them before.

It seemed like the group of three Slytherin boys also noticed her standing in the middle of the street with her biting her lower lip, so they approached her with a tall, handsome-looking boy in the lead.

"Say, what does a girl like you do here, at the far end of Hogsmeade?" the boy asked, his two companions whispering between each other. The boy seemed to notice this and quieted them down with a simple wave of his hand. "Boys, no need for unnecessary chatter."

"I'm enjoying my Hogsmeade weekend," Luna replied with a dreamy smile. "Just like you three. Although, I don't think I've seen you before, even though I know a few Slytherins from my Transfigurations class. Are you a year above me? You seem like you are."

"I don't think I've seen you before either," the boy said, his tone completely neutral but the intrigued sparkle evident in his eyes. Well, at least for Luna. She was not sure if his companions would've noticed it. "May I ask your name?"

"Lily Lingham," the girl answered. She couldn't quite trust the boy yet, and she was top priority on the Wanted list of the Ministry along with the Golden Trio, so even if it wasn't much of a disguise – as she didn't have time to put charms on her face when she stumbled out onto the open – but it was more than nothing. "How about you?"

"Your name isn't familiar," the boy noted. "The name's Riddle. Which year are you in?"

The cogwheels in Luna's head started spinning furiously. She had heard that name before, and she was quite sure she had heard it from Harry in particular. But if he wasn't an actual student at Hogwarts, then how could he –

And then it hit her like a ton of bricks, and she couldn't help but widened her eyes at the realization. She suddenly felt fear crippling through her veins just from the mere presence of him, but she kept herself together. She had suffered from torture on multiple occasions in the last few months, and she had been just freed from being held as a hostage before she popped up in this… era. It was going to take more for her to break.

"Um, I'm a sixth year. Ravenclaw," she spoke. She wasn't quite sure how to mask her surprise – she wasn't good at being dishonest, after all – so she chose the easy way out. "You're the Head Boy, right?"

"Indeed," he replied, raising one eyebrow in the process.

"I think you're right, actually," Luna continued. "I should be leaving soon. I have Astronomy homework to do anyway. It was nice to talk to you, though. Bye!" she said hurriedly, waving goodbye to the boy and his two minions.

She sprinted down the street and stopped only when she was sure the boys were out of sight. She then leaned against the nearest wall and started contemplating as she caught her breath a bit.

This was certainly something she had not expected when she had dropped that little glass crystal back at Shell Cottage.