Ok, here's part two. And yes, Ginny will be out of the way in this one and I'll focus on Harry/Luna. There'll be one more chapter after this. Enjoy!

Chapter 2 – Nineteen Years Gone

At seven o'clock the doors to the Great Hall opened and the former pupils of Hogwarts swarmed in. Harry was dressed in a tuxedo and Ginny was in a dark green silk dress and as they walked into the hall, they were reminded of the Yule Ball all those years ago, the atmosphere was so similar. Straight away, they spotted Ron and Hermione, chatting with Neville. They approached them and Harry threw his arm on Ron's shoulder: "So, what's everyone been up to?"

Ron jumped: "Bloody hell, Harry, you're lucky I wasn't holding a drink!"

Hermione laughed and turned round to face Harry. She was dressed in a pale pink dress that was slightly similar to the one she wore to the ball, but her hair was now cut shorter and was in a mass of curls. "Good to see you both made it," she said excitedly. "Neville's been telling us all about what it's like to teach at Hogwarts!" She indicated Neville who was dressed in a tuxedo with an embarrassing frilly shirt and bow tie. "Professor Sprout gave me a few pointers at first, but now I'm finally on my own!" said Neville.

The next few minutes were spent talking about each other's occupations, what it was like to send their children to Hogwarts and other aspects of home life – all things that they never expected to talk about while they were still at school. Harry kept looking around the various groups of people huddled together, to see if he caught a glimpse of Luna…

And he saw a lone woman standing by the buffet table, casting her finger over various plates of food. Even though she looked a lot different to how Harry remembered her, he instinctively knew it was Luna. She had her blonde hair swept up in an elegant bun, and she was wearing a deep blue silk shift dress that set off her famous protuberant blue eyes. She no longer had on her butterbeer cork necklace but a silver pendant with a shimmering blue stone. She had also abandoned her radish earrings but still showed a sign that she hadn't completely lost her individual sense of style as she wore a pair of silver drop earrings in the shape of logarithmic spirals. Harry was stunned by her beauty.

He slowly approached her: "Luna, is that you?" She turned round as Harry looked into her eyes, he saw the teenage Luna he knew all those years ago.

"Harry?" she replied.

They both stood in silence for a few seconds and then gabbled "How are you?" at the same time. "I'm fine," said Harry, "I married Ginny and I've got three kids now: Albus Severus, James and Lily. I heard you got married too."

Luna held up her hand: "And then divorced," she said, pointing to her bare ring-finger.

"Oh, I'm sorry. What happened?"

"Well, at first, I thought we had something in common. But in the end he was more married to his work than me. We barely spent any time together and eventually we drifted apart. It's not like we argued or anything. It just wasn't meant to be. And we didn't have children either."

Harry was beginning to feel awkward. Luna was never as down as this before, she was always so calm and carefree." Uh…so, nothing happened between you and Neville then?"

"No, people just assumed that because we more or less followed the same career path that we got together. But, no. We're just friends."

"Well, maybe it was for the best. I couldn't imagine you being called Luna Longbottom!"

He intended to make her laugh and even though it wasn't like her manic laugh he remembered back when they first met, but her face did crease a little as a smile spread across her face.

Just then, there was the sound of a loud tinkling and everyone turned to see Professor McGonagall standing at the end of the hall, wearing a violet cloak, tapping a spoon against a glass.

"Attention, everyone!" she called out. "Welcome back to Hogwarts. As some of you know, I have returned from my retirement briefly to host this reunion. I hope that you have met and conversed with your old classmates as we now begin the first dance. Please select someone who is not your partner or anyone related to you."

Harry and Luna didn't need much time to think as they walked hand in hand into the dance floor to begin. Harry rehearsed all those dance moves he had learned previously in this head as he led Luna around the floor. As they danced they looked at all the couples around them. He had nostalgic memories of the ball when he saw Ginny and Neville dancing together and he even saw Ron dancing with Padma Patil, obviously making up for the time when he wouldn't dance with her at the ball back in fourth year. He then stifled a laugh when he saw an enthusiastic Colin Creevey dancing with a rather disgruntled-looking Hermione. He then looked back into Luna's bewitching eyes, they were so expressive. They looked one another intensely as they became more absorbed in the dance.

After that was over, everyone proceeded to talk again as they all caught up on each other's lives: most of them were married now and some had children – everything seemed to be working out the picture perfect way they had always wanted. Harry had finally got the life he'd always dreamed of, one with a loving family. It was such a relief to worry about normal things in life rather than the continual assumption that Voldemort was going to return sooner or later.

After another hour had passed, Harry suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Luna for a while now. He scanned the hall for her but she wasn't there. He walked past the others talking in the foyer and felt a bitterly cold wind hit him as he walked past the entrance courtyard. He saw a figure sitting on a bench and a second glance told him it was Luna. Wondering what she was doing outside on such a cold night, Harry began to walk over to her…


I just had to leave a cliffhanger right there! I might get the last chapter finished tomorrow, I really want to complete it but at the same time I don't want to rush it. This is proving to be more taxing than I thought it was going to be! Leave a review if you want.