Luna couldn't believe that she would be in a situation like this.
She has a wild imagination, this girl. But never, ever, had she imagined herself...here.
A duel with Bellatrix Lestrange.
Sure, she battled Death Eaters before, but Bellatrix! She was this psychotic killer. Crazy, deranged and cold-hearted.
Luna saw Ginny and Hermione battling with their best. She saw, from a distance, the Dark Lord dueling McGonagall, Slughorn and Kingsley Shacklebolt at once. Everywhere she looked, flashes of lights and loud bangs would always come on. This is it, she thought. Now is the time to help end this.
I hope Dad's fine.
Luna thought about his dad. She heard that the Death Eaters took him into Azkaban a little while back. Oh, how she hoped that he is alive and in one piece.
"Petrificus Totalus.", she thought with all her might.
Luna's spell was parried by Bellatrix. Luna saw Hermione's Stunning Spell miss, and Ginny's Reductor Curse hit the wall behing Bellatrix. Lestrange grinned evilly. It made the hairs on the back of Lovegood's neck stand on end. Luna held her wand tightly and drew it in an arc above her head.
"Aguamenti." she thought.
The jet of water caught Bellatrix full in the face. The Death Eater shook her head wildly and looked menacingly at Luna, shouting "Water? Bitch!".
Luna ducked and spun on the spot she was standing on, evading each curse Bellatrix sent her way. She was out of spells to cast, improvising would be great now.
Luna thought of their peculiar house. She thought, "I'd miss living there." She thought of everything she'd miss when she... well, she has a plan. And if that plan's success means the fall of one of the Dark Lord's greatest lieutenants, then it will be worth it.
She sent an electric spell down through the wet tracks of Bellatrix. Bellatrix twitched a little, deflecting the spell before it hit her.
Here goes.
"Glacius!". Luna made spikes of ice erupt from the puddle near Bellatrix. One caught the Death Eater on the thigh, piercing her there and making her bleed.
"More!", said Hermione. Luna nodded. Ginny did too.
The girls sent Glacius spells towards Bellatrix. She screamed in fury, but evaded the spikes by making green flames erupt around her, melting them before they connected.
She clutched at her bleeding thigh, shouting swearwords intermingled with incantations for curses.
"Reducto!"
"Confringo!"
"Stupefy!"
Three spells missed Bellatrix once again. Luna grabbed the chance, the moment when Bellatrix's back was turned to them.
Everything seemed to happen in a blur.
Luna charged towards Bellatrix, determination burning on her eyes. This...would be her first Unforgivable Curse. Maybe her last, too. Whatever, she thought. I HAVE TO MEAN IT!
She heard Hermione gasp, and Ginny scream "Luna, no!". She heard voices of fellow Ravenclaw saying words of awe and shock. She grabbed onto Bellatrix's back, wrenching every ounce of bravery from her body, and shouting-
"Avada Ke-"
Too bad for Luna, Voldemort sent her own Killing Curse at her before she noticed it.
A green jet of light collided with her dirty blonde hair, then hitting her squarely on the back.
Luna gave a tiny "Uh." of surprise and started to fall down, her vision dimming.
She saw Bellatrix's face alive with fury, saw her mouth move and green light rushing towards her.
Two Killing Curses hit Luna Lovegood.
What she did seemed to be all in vain. Peace flooded her mind, not a worry flitted past.
Only one regret passed through her dying mind.
"I wish I could've spent more time with everybody..."
A/N: An attempt at a Luna Lovegood one-shot. Meh, I love Luna!