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Under the Moon's Glow

Chapter 9

Luna was lying down, admiring the night sky. She was still on the cliff; in the same spot Leah left her. After Leah suddenly left, Luna sat down to rest her legs and ended up dozing off. When she woke up, the sun was setting, so she decided to watch it, not wanting to waste the excellent view the cliff gave her. Now it was dark, and she couldn't help but stay. The moon was beautiful, and the night peaceful.

It wasn't so long ago that every night was filled with fear. Luna used to wake up in the middle of the night, feeling as if she was being choked. Every day, she lived in fear of the harsh sound of footsteps coming down the dungeon stairs. After the war ended, Luna fell ill. She was unconscious for 4 days. The few times she woke up during her sick days, she was screaming, as if under a crucio curse. It was during this time that her father was taken.

In her unconscious state, Luna couldn't stop the death sentence the ministry placed on her father. When she finally woke up, her father was already in Azkaban.

Luna let herself cry for the first time since her father's funeral. After Xenophilius Lovegood's life ended, Luna gave up hope. She no longer believed in a better future for wizard kind. If an innocent man could be sentenced to death for something he did out of fatherly love, then there was no justice.

Luna's body trembled as she wept. Luna tried to stop, but it was as if all the tears she could've left in the months since the war all accumulated and came out now.

Luna cried, and cried. She cried for George, who became lost after Fred's death. She cried for Harry, who lost another parent when Sirius fell into the veil. She cried for Draco, who lost everything. She even cried for Leah, who fell in love just to lose it.

Something about La Push made Luna melancholy. She couldn't understand why, but it did. It must be the magical pull of the place.

Luna stood up, determined to make the memories stop repeating in her mind.

She thought back to her and Leah's conversation.

'Does it make you forget?'

'For a while.'

Luna pulled her jacket off, then her shirt, followed by her jeans, bra, and underwear. She stood naked as the day she was born, as if the chill had no effect on her.

Luna looked over the edge of the cliff at the waves below.

'Does it make you forget?'

'For a while.'

Luna dived in.

She felt free and she did forget.

When she hit the water, the shock made her feel alive again.

She swam until she got to shallow water. She stood and walked her way to shore. When she finally reached dry sand, she noticed a boy in the distance. Russet skin, dark hair, and familiar brown eyes. Strange. Luna doesn't recognize him. Why would his eyes be familiar. While Luna tried to place him, her vision got fuzzy and she fell down.

Seeing the mysterious girl fall, Jacob ran to her. Trying to avoid looking at her naked body, Jacob turned his head sideways and carefully picked her up.

He could take her to the cottage where he first saw her, but since the girl's obviously naked, she didn't have keys on her. Jacob wasn't going to just leave a naked girl at her doorstep. Plus, she's probably sick now. What was she thinking, skinny dipping in this weather?