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-A/N : You know they rules by now about C2's so just let me mention here that I do check the company my stories are in in C2 listings so if you've just been scrolling over this for the past 8 chapters and put this in a no-no C2 with naughty neighbors... (little girl sing song voice) ohhhhh...you're gonna get in trouble , you're gonna get in trouble !!


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-Beautiful Consequences

-Chapter Nine

-Blackiversary Part IV- Hogwarts Remembrance Ball


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Moonlight had begun to stream across her bed by the time Luna Lovegood Weasley woke many hours after returning home early from the monument unveiling and she winced upon moving, finding that her hip and the back of her head were still tender to the touch after her unceremonious tumble to the ground a few hours earlier.

Luna grimaced at the memory of ending up sprawled out on the ground, looking for all the world like a fat beached whale in front of half the wizarding world. It had been nothing short of humiliating, but of course, that had been its purpose after all.

Still, Luna couldn't help smiling, as she laid bathed in moonlight, wondering what Romilda Vane would think if she had known that her dirty trick had done far more good than harm. Sure, Luna might have been a bit embarrassed at splayed out like a baby humpback in front of hundreds of people. She may have been scared and shed a few tears over it. she might even have a little knot on the head and a not so little bruise on her hip, but in the long run, none of those things were dreadfully important.

After all, Angel was perfectly well padded away and protected in her cushioned womb... and hadn't Angel's Daddy taken care of them both? Hadn't George been kind and protective and...

...hadn't he said ... hadn't he said THOSE WORDS...out loud for everyone to hear?

"I love her..."

Luna's heart sped up at the memory and she rolled over onto her back, only to find that George wasn't with her. A moment of doubt crept up her spine, but her heart wasn't accepting any doubt's...not that night, not in the aftermath of hearing his confession of love. A glance at her watch told her it was just past two am, it had still been light out when they had returned and she had fallen asleep right away.

And, she had never said that she wanted him to stay in her room permanently, hadn't she been the one who had been so adamant about things being done when SHE said so and not a moment before? Obviously George was only following to their agreement.

Luna quietly slid from her bed and padded the short distance down the hallway to George's door. Sure enough, he slept where he had slept every night since moving into the cottage. Luna smiled softly, relieved to see that his sleep seemed to at least be peaceful and untroubled by nightmares. She bent and pulled his blankets up to his chin then brushed her lips gently across his forehead and turned back to her own room, now wide awake.

She lit the lamps next to her bed and her eyes fell on the huge piles shopping bags that still sat next to her dresser, the contents of which still waited to be put away. Luna, never one for procrastination, scooped up a handful of handles and sat on the foot end of her bed to fold. Casting a longing look at her forbidden wand she dug into the bags instead, muttering to herself about how much easier this would be if she could use the simple household spells Healer Glenwood had said were allowed. She was so content on her task and muttering that she didn't realize that she had company.

"And why aren't you in bed?"

Luna looked up towards the door to see George grinning at her

"I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you as well."

George shoved away from the door "Not your fault, I shared a room with Fred, I learned to be a light sleeper or pay some fairly nasty consequences for being lax." He plopped down on the bed next to Luna and propped his head up on his elbow to watch her fold.

"Consequences?" Luna grinned "Like what?"

"Let's see..."George thought for a moment "When we were eight, he shaved off my eyebrows. Oh and once, when Ronnie had to kip with us during the holidays Fred gave him a tail and donkey ears."

"Fred did this?" Luna looked at him critically

"Well..."

"All on his own, No help at all from the other twin?"

George looked affronted "Luna, you wound me."

Luna lifted an eyebrow

"Okay" George buried his head in his arm "So I did the tail. But it was just a little one."

"Ha!" Luna laughed in triumph "I knew it." Luna stood to put a huge pile of things away.

"You're getting to know me far too well Mrs. Weasley." He peeked out at her as she sat back down and reached for another bag, but he reached for her hands to stop her. "You've done enough for tonight don't you think?"

"It would be nice to have it done." She stared up at him as he sat up next to her and pulled her closer to him.

"It can wait, tell me how you're feeling." he rubbed her head, feeling for the knot

"I'm fine George." Luna winced as he made contact

"Lay down, let me see your hip."

"I told you. I'm perfectly fine." She protested as George made her lay down

"Perfectly fine ..." his face twisted as he pulled the side of her nightshirt up to look at her hip. "Perfect lair you are more like it, by the looks of this." He gently ran his hand over her hip as he examined her.

"It's nothing I can't handle." she gave him a tough, defiant look.

George slid off the bed. "Don't move an inch." In a second he was gone, apparated away, but just as she was about to move he was back with a loud crack.

"Where did you go?" she asked as he slid back on the bed next to her

"The shop."

Luna giggled "In your boxers?"

"Who's going to see me at two in the morning? You worried I'm going to excite the Skiving Snackboxes, run off with them and never come home?" he flashed the smirk as he unscrewed the lid of a small jar.

"Ho ho." Luna rolled her eyes and started to sit up

"Did I tell you you could move? Now just be still." he gently pushed her back down on the bed and pushed her nightshirt up to bare her hip.

"But...What is that?"

"Vanishing crème. We sell it at the shop, very popular."

"It's not going to make me disappear is it?" Luna giggled "I mean...knowing you..."

"Ho ho" George imitated Luna "Now who's being the amusing one? It's for bruises funny girl. Fred and me went through loads of this when we were still developing merchandise for the shop."

"Still not feeling reassured." Luna smiled up at him, though she had begun to feel a warm and soothing sensation where he had been rubbing the crème over her bruise.

"For your information Mrs. Smarty pants, Ginny, Hermione, Fleur, Penelope and Cathy all swear by this stuff for their clumsy lot of kids." George sounded defensive and Luna looked up at him.

"I was only playing." She smiled softly and put her hand on his over her hip "I trust you George."

George looked down into her silvery eyes, then looked away. "I'm sorry you got hurt. I should have been paying closer attention."

"I can't accept your apology George, it's not your fault." Luna sat up and George capped the jar and set it aside, then got up to wash his hands in the bathroom. When he came out of the bathroom he seemed sullen and brooding.

"What's wrong George?"

"Nothing." He sat back down on the side of the bed next to her and she put her arms around him from behind and rested her chin on his shoulder.

"Please tell me."

George put his hands on her arms, caressing them softly.

"I guess it's just knowing what today is...that it's been ten years tonight since Fred and so many others... died."

"My dad too." Luna looked at her hands

He turned and put his arms around her and they held one another. After a moment George let her go and he kissed her softly. "It's late and we have a long day tomorrow, you should get some sleep." He pulled back but Luna caught his hand.

"Stay with me."

He hesitated "I don't want you to feel rushed. If it's just because..."

She put her fingers over his lips. "Iwant you to stay."

"Do you mean that?"

She nodded and smiled, looking shyly down at her fingers.

He sat back on the bed next to her and hooked her hair on his finger and pulled it out of her face and behind her ear

"When I asked you to stay last night, I meant I wanted you to stay with me every night."

George lifted her face with the edge of his thumb under her chin and she looked back at him with unafraid eyes. "Why now...? Is it only because you know I need how much I need you?"

"No, you belong here. You're my husband, and my babys daddy. We need you."

George smirked a little as he brushed his fingers over her cheek "In the alley that day you said you didn't need me."

"I didn't think I loved you then."

"Meaning you love me now?" George felt his heart pounding hard somewhere in the vicinity of his throat.

Luna nodded and put her head on his shoulder.

"Yes" she whispered softly into his only ear "I do love you George Weasley."


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"I just can't believe how sweet you are"

Luna kissed her husbands cheek, still smiling hours later as they stood in the portkey check in and carriage pick-up queue in Hogsmeade waiting for their ride up to Hogwarts.

"I didn't do anything." George blushed at the fuss Luna was making, as far as he was concerned what he had done had been done for purely selfish reasons and Luna acting like he was a saint was making him uncomfortable. "It's just a small cottage Luna, it's not like I built her a mansion or anything."

In fact strictly speaking, George hadn't built anything. He had simply bought a pre-fabricated, furnished cottage, set the box on the ground, waved his wand over the box, and said the incantation with the purchased code and now Cincy had her own little, much smaller, cottage home behind theirs.

Okay, so maybe he had gotten frustrated all three times that morning when he and Luna had been in the process of ...almost... and Cincy had interrupted. But the truth of the matter was...he had bought the little cottage the day before after his little talk with Cincy in the kitchen when she had referred to herself as "just a house elf"

A good deal of his family was alive today because of a house elf who stuck his neck out not just once, or even twice, but had risked himself at least three times and because of it people he loved were still alive. The first had been his sister Ginny during her first terrible year at Hogwarts. Dobby had saved all of them but Harry from being caught by Umbridge at first too, if not for Pansy Parkinson getting into the room of requirement and getting her hands on the list, they would have gotten away completely free.

In the end, Dobby had lost his life saving the lives of his brother, his brothers future wife, his sisters future husband...and, his own future wife.

There was nothing George could do now for Dobby, but maybe he could show his gratitude in another way, to another house elf who was just as good as Dobby, just as kind.

AND, if it gave he and Luna a bit of extra privacy...

...well, all the better.

Still it wasn't in George's nature to accept praise he didn't deserve and he shifted nervously and decided to change the subject.

"Have I told you yet how beautiful you look?" he smiled down at Luna, enjoying the blush that crept up her cheeks at the compliment.

"I don't know what you were thinking" Luna fussed nervously at her neck and checked again to make sure she hadn't lost an earring and that her combs were still in place. "I've never owned anything so costly before George, I'm scared I'm going to lose them."

"Would you quit worrying so much?" George smiled, remembering the surprised look on Luna's face when she had opened the box that held the Sapphire and diamond necklace, earrings and hair combs that now held her hair up in a neat chignon.

"You are just too sweet George, really." Luna sniffled a little

George began to shuffle nervously, he'd meant to change the subject, not make himself even more of a saint. George took her hand to help her into the Thestral pulled Hogwarts carriage that had just pulled up in front of them.

"Listen Luna, I should warn you before we meet the others." He said as he settled into the seat next to her.

"The others?" she looked at him anxiously "What do you mean?"

"Just that this is the first time you will be with the family on a blackiversary. There's a few thing's you need to know, I wouldn't want you to be surprised later is all."

"Now I am worried." she bit her lip and George squeezed her hand, smiling lightly.

"It's okay, really. It's just that...well, you know, a lot happened within our family that night, so they might seem a bit off tonight."

"You mean losing Fred?" she squeezed his hand back, twining her fingers with his.

"Yes, there's that, and of course that is the major thing. Mum and dad...well, they have gotten much better the past couple of years but they are always so sad. And Percy too, because he lost out on all that time with him before Fred died, nearly two years of his life."

"And what of you George? I know you've tried to hide it but I have felt how sad you are today. You don't have to hide things from me George. I want to help if I can."

Luna put her arms around him and lay her head on his chest, George lay his cheek on the top of her head.

"You help me just by being with me. You comfort me, like no one else has ever been able to." He kissed her forehead "So, there's Fred, But there's more too."

"More?"

"Just, some of them might seem a bit ...off."

"Off, how so?"

"Ron and Hermione for example, for some reason seem they to be unable to keep their hands off of one another, and it gets even worse if you so much as mention a house elf. It gets to be a little embarrassing to be honest"

"You? Embarrassed? I find that hard to fathom."

George looked down at her pinkening cheeks wondering if she was remembering what had happened in the changing room at the dress shop, he certainly had been, most of the day in fact. Damn Cincy and her timing. George decided it was best let go... for now anyway.

"I guess the worst thing is...well, you know all about Harry going into the forest?" George had just turned two shades paler at the memory.

"You mean when he gave himself to..." Luna's free hand instinctively went to her belly protectively "to you know who."

"Yeah, that. Well, Ginny says she forgave Harry for it, but every year on the blackiversary sometime during the night, she gets mad at him at some point, for some silly reason. The family has all talked about it and decided it is because of that."

"What happens?" Luna was beginning to seriously worry. "Do they row horribly?"

"No...nothing like that..." George fidgeted in his seat as he saw the torches of Hogwarts beginning to come into sight.

"She ...well, she multiple bat bogey's him."

Luna's hand flew to her mouth, not in shock or in horror, but to attempt to smother the giggles that were attempting to escape.

"Yes, I see that you see the true scope of the horror of it." George grinned a little.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't laugh...that's so horrible..it's just..." Luna was biting hard on her lips now to stop the giggles.

"No, please, laugh to your hearts content, we all do."

"And she does this regularly? Every year?" Luna's voice was a gale of giggles.

"Every year."

"But she's quite pregnant this year...maybe..."

"Merlins buttcrack, you'd think so though wouldn't you? No, she's even worse when she's pregnant. When she was pregnant with James we nearly thought we would have to take Harry to St. Mungos. With Albus, mum had to hide Ginny's wand she was so afraid for Harry's safety."

"Well..."Luna reasoned "At least she's regular."

"More regular than clockwork. The family always comes together tonight so we've seen it every year. Charlie usually keeps a betting pool to see who can come the closest to predicting how late it will be into the night when she does it. Dad or Percy always seem to win, usually dad. But then, he says Ginny is just like Mum, so he has a bit of an advantage I think."

"Oh my. That's really a horrible thing to do."Luna giggled and then looked at him with an attempt at a stern look of censure "George, tell me you haven't..."

"How do you think I got up the funds to buy the Hogsmeade shop? Got lucky one year."

"That is absolutely awful George Weasley."

"I was hoping to win enough tonight to finance an addition to the cottage, another bathroom...with a full sunken bathtub, kind of like the one in the Prefects bathroom on the 5th floor at Hogwarts."

"Oh that would be lovely." Luna's eyes had gone wide "What time are we down for?"

The carriage pulled to a stop just as George was about to answer and George stepped out to hand Luna down.

"George Weasley, is that you?" A cheery voice called from the carriage three back and Luna turned to see Lee Jordan.

"Lee!" George answered with a smile and turned to shake his old friends hand. "We hadn't seen you all week, we wondered if you would show your ugly face here or not mate."

"Look who's talking about ugly then." Lee laughed "You remember my wife, Alesta."

"Of course" George smiled and kissed the small pretty woman's cheek. Her hair was in long microbraids that curled prettily around her bare shoulders, just over the strapless turquoise gown she wore. "Though why she married you...I don't know."

"Now the pot's really calling the kettle black isn't it? I heard from my mum you just took the leap. And this is the unlucky victim I take it?" Lee turned his beaming smile to Luna

"You remember Luna Lovegood, from the D.A." George put his arm around Luna's waist "It's Weasley now."

Lee kissed Luna's cheek "Blimey, I thought you Ravenclaws were suppose to be smart, what's a sweet girl like you doing marrying a old fool like that?"

"Well, he is kind of cute" Luna smiled up at George "Besides, his mum has him well house trained."

"Woof" George rolled his eyes while the others laughed and he grinned "If you'll excuse us, I need to find the rest of the family before Harry and Ron send out the Auror's."

Ten minutes later they had worked their way through the crowd and after a slight skirmish at the check in over the change in Luna's credentials for the VIP section because of the last minute name change, they had met up with the rest of the Weasley's at Harry's prime VIP table. Harry was already in a less than wonderful mood, he hated all the fuss that was made over him and as much as he appreciated having tabloid scum like Rita Skeeter kept away from him and sequestered away in the main section, far from the VIP section, they were making it difficult for him to connect with others that he would have truly enjoyed seeing.

When George and Luna joined the table, not only Harry, Ron and Hermione as well were up in arms over the fact that a security person had refused to allow Kreacher into the VIP section to see his former master and had in fact been told to "Get his ass back in the kitchens where he belonged."

and they were about to go off to the kitchens to see him on their own. Later when they returned, Harry was calmed and in a more mellow mood now that he had spoken to Kreacher and Ron and Hermoine...

"This is simply outrageous." Hermione said as they walked along the busy service hallways.

"We just need to work all the harder to push the ministry to sign those laws for S.P.E.W 'Mione" Ron said "After the baby is born and you're not working , we can work on it together. We'll make it a real effort. A letter writing campaign."

"And next year is an election year too" he further added "If ever we could light a fire under those old poop's it surely would be when they want to keep their jobs."

"Oh Ron, have I ever told you how amazingly wonderful you are?" Hermione put her arms around him

"Well, you might have...once or twice."

George leaned over and whispered in Luna's ear "Told you so."

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It was just after ten o'clock when Luna began to see the noticeable shift in the mood around the table. A glance at her watch confirmed that they were close to the time that Fred had died. She was surprised when George reached down and took her hand, pulling her from the table and onto the dance floor.

George didn't say a word, but pulled her close against him. Both were reassured in the feeling of their arms, tightly around one another and even more so by Angel's steady kicking between them as the soft music swelled around them as they swayed back and forth. Luna was just content to know that he was comforted by her nearness, just as his comforted her.

More and more in the past hour her thoughts had begun to stray to her father...but she would think about that later. Right now was for remembering Fred, and for comforting the brother that he had left behind. The man that Luna loved.

The music ended and George took her hand, leading her out of the great hall and into the hallways of Hogwarts. She knew where he was going without asking.

To the seventh floor, near the room of requirement.

The place where Fred Weasley had taken his last breath.

On the wall that had once exploded and claimed the life of Fred Weasley, there was now a plaque with changing pictures of Fred on it. Fred smiled and waved at them now as a first year as George ran his hand over the brick just below the plaque.

"I think he would have liked this." George smiled and wiped at the tears on his face with his free hand as a soft voice from behind them answered with it's own opinion.

"I think he would have liked it better if it had exploded with fireworks." Arthur Weasley put his arm around his sons shoulders, his wife at his side.

"My boy liked his explosions" Molly said with a small smile as she ran a finger over Fred's sixteen year old cheek as he waved silently from the picture of him on the night of the Yule Ball.

"The louder and more colorful the better." Percy Weasley said, joining them from another end of the corridor, his wife Penelope, Charlie, Cathy and Bill trailed behind him. Bill had come alone since Fleur was still in the hospital with the baby.

A loud sniffle from the other side made the family complete as Ginny and Ron, followed by Harry and Hermione, joined the circle of joined arms.

"I still miss him so much." Ginny whailed as she lay her head on her husbands chest, Charlie and Percy pulled their arms around Harry and Ginny, and Ron and Hermione around them until they had all joined into a large ball of arms all wrapped around one another with George and Luna at the core. Luna felt hot tears as they splashed on her bare shoulder, and despite the many weeping around her, she knew they came from her husband. She pulled her arms even tighter around him, pulling him closer as she felt her own tears pouring down her cheeks.

"Do you remember" Ron said with a small sniffling laugh "When Fred and George tried to get their names into the Goblet of Fire?"

George sniffled and laughed"Madam Pomfrey had quite a time turning us back from white haired old men to sixteen year olds."

"I tried to tell you it wouldn't work." Hermione rested her head on Ron's shoulder "It was a good try though." she laughed "Good for a laugh anyway."

"It might have worked, if the Goblet wasn't so smart." Harry smiled

"Wasn't that smart, it let a skinny specky geek like you in." George laughed

"That's beside the point." Harry grinned

"I'll never forget the look on Delores Umbridges face when she came ranting into Fudges office about the swamp you two set for her and Filtch." Percy smiled and laughed

"Oh yes" Penelope laughed "Percy told me she nearly steamed like a tea pot."

"I'll always remember the fireworks" Luna said softly as she pulled back and looked up into Georges eyes "And how they flew off into the sunset on their brooms like a couple of muggle movie heroes."

George pulled Luna close again as the others began to pull apart

"They were our heroes weren't they?" Ginny smiled, beaming at the picture of Fred.

"They still are." Luna whispered into George's good ear and he held her tighter and whispered back

"I love you."

"I love you." Luna sighed sadly against his chest.

George's time of crisis had come and past...but Luna's was only beginning.

As the other's drifted off and left them alone again they wandered the halls, eventually they ended up in the entrance courtyard and Luna asked George to walk with her on what had always been her favorite path at Hogwarts. The long stone stair path that led to the boat house.

"This may come as a surprise, but Fred and I were the first in our class to learn "Incendio" George pointed out "And as a reward, we got the honor of lighting the torches along this path every night for the rest of the year."

"Somehow George, I am not at all surprised to find that you were the first to learn the fire casting spell." Luna smiled

"You are surprised however that Professor Dumbledore trusted us with it. Aren't you?" George raised an eyebrow at her and fixed the smirk in place.

"It's a beautiful night isn't it?" Luna smiled, determined to avoid the question.

"Not as beautiful as you are." George squeezed her hand "Not very subtle are you?"

Luna giggled a little.

They walked in silence along the path a little longer until they came to a curved circle that offered a spectacular view of the ocean.

"It's getting late" George remarked and Luna nodded.

"It was soon wasn't it..." Luna looked away "That your father died."

George reached for her face and turned it back to his. "You told me not to hide from you, don't I deserve to have you not hide from me?"

"It isn't you George. I have just never talked about my dad's death before. I don't know if I can."

"Please tell me."George brushed the tears from her cheek with his thumb "How can I help you if I don't know what happened?"

Luna pulled away and began to walk again, she didn't speak until they had reached the boathouse and she stood on the pier in the darkness, her arms wrapped around herself.

"It was when you know who was in the forest. He thought for a time that Harry was going to allow the fighting to begin again instead of giving himself over. We were preparing for that afterall, wizards and witches were coming into Hogwarts from all over to fight, but we were still out numbered. But that wasn't enough for Vo..Voldemort" Luna shuddered as she said the name for the first time in her life and George put his arms around her from behind.

"He wanted it to be a massacre, and he ordered the prisoners of Azkaban to be imperiused and brought to fight along side him. You see, he was bringing my father here...to kill my friends, people I cared about...even, even to kill me."

"Luna..."

"No...please don't stop me, if you do,...I won't be able to start again."

George nodded and kissed her temple.

"They were en route when Harry gave himself up, and as you know, it wasn't long after that that everything was over. Harry somehow came back to life, and Voldemort's last horcrux was destroyed, then Voldemort himself. The curse on my father and the others lifted and when the Death Eaters realized what must have happened, there was confusion and spells flew from every direction. The prisoners eventually took down all the Death Eaters, but by then...my father..."

George turned Luna and pulled her against him

"My father was dead and I never saw him again."

"He was brave, a hero, like his daughter." George rubbed her back softly

"How can you say that, after what he did to Ron? He gave him, Harry and Hermione over to the Death Eaters."

"He did what he had to do to save you. Nobody blames your father for what he did."

"It was a nightmare, straightening things out with the ministry." Luna shivered again and George tightened his arms around her "If not for Harry they would probably still have my father listed as a dead death eater."

"We all have a lot to be grateful to Harry Potter for."

They were startled by a loud scream.

"Ginny...no!"

George laughed.

"Was that just..." Luna asked looking at George with a raised eyebrow

George smirked "I think we just won your fancy new bathroom Mrs. Weasley."


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Luna pressed the cool cloth to her face one last time and after being assured that the puffy red circles under her eyes were gone, she went about repairing the damage the past couple of hours had done to her make-up. Satisfied with the repair job she dropped her lip gloss back into her bag and headed back to the great hall.

"Where do you think you're going lady?" the security guard took her elbow just as she was about to enter the VIP section.

"I'm going back to my table."

"Listen, just go back down to the main area where you belong sweetheart. I don't want no trouble out of you."

"I belong in the VIP section. I'm with the Harry Potter/Ron Weasley party."

"Aren't we all honey. Now come on." He grabbed her arm more roughly this time but she stood her ground."Okay lady, if you belong in the VIP, where's your credentials?"

"My husband has them, with his. Check your list, Luna Weasley."

The security guard looked on his list

"No Luna Weasley in the Potter party toots. Only Luna Lovegood."

"Merlins fat ass, not again" Luna rubbed her temples "I'm Luna Lovegood."

"Thought you said it was Weasley."

"It is, but it was supposed to be changed to..." The guard wasn't listening anymore, he grabbed Luna roughly by the arm

"Let me go!" Luna pulled her arm free and tried to walk away, figuring if she got far enough she would run into someone who knew her.

"Oh no you don't missy" He took her arm and dragged her to the exit and tossed her outside. "I ain't losing my job over some little tramp who just want's to get close enough to grab Harry Potter's dick."

"How dare you!" Luna ground the heel of her shoe into his foot and started to run back to the building.

Luna was grabbed from behind just as she crossed the threshold of the door and she felt a hand grab her hair as two legs came down hard on her own and she was thrown face first onto the floor, her lip split as it made contact with the hard stone and she felt consumed by dizziness when her eyebrow cracked right behind it.

Luna wanted to scream but she couldn't. A spell had rendered her voice just as useless as her body. She had no choice but to lay there in the cold darkness.

No! This wasn't like then...she could fight now. She could move. The angry guard was holding her from behind now, having pulled her to her feet.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" Another angry voice rang above her as Luna attempted to find her wand.

"Alesta, go get George!"

"This girl is ..."

"Let her go! Can't you see something is wrong with her?!"

She was cold, so cold ... Luna wondered...is this hell? She had always thought hell was filled with fire...

"What the Bloody hell...get your hands off my wife you fucker!"

"She's under arrest..."

"She's pregnant you bastard, let go of her!"

Weakly Luna finally located her wand, her voice was a whisper as she called forth the curse.

"Stupify"

The security guard was thrown off of Luna by a good hundred feet. George pulled into his arms.

"George" Luna said weakly just before slipping into blackness.


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George looked down at Luna's bruised face. With all the tubes and machines connected to her and to Angel a black eye and split lip should be the least of his concerns, he knew, but he couldn't break his concentration from the bruises.

Yet another sign of how badly he had failed his wife. Damn it. Why the hell had he left her side? She was only going to freshen up she said...she would be right back...

He'd been careless with her, just like letting her fall at the monument dedication the night before. But this wasn't just a little bruise he could wipe away with wonder crème.

"Will...she be okay? Will the baby be okay?"

"Your wife has had a heart attack Mr. Weasley."

"But will they..."

"I'm sorry...At this point, it's just too soon to tell. Just know that were doing everything we can. "

Everything they can. From where George was sitting, it sure didn't seem like a hell of a lot.

George laid his head next to Luna's on the pillow and put his hand over the swelling of her stomach, thankfully, Angel kicked obligingly.

"You've gotta be okay...we can't lose you. I can't."

It had already been three days. But Luna wasn't waking up...

George nestled his nose into Luna's neck and wept.


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Chapter 10 Preview

George keeps a vigil at Luna's bedside

while Harry and Ron look into some things on their own.


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So, sorry this took so long to get up. I was feeling patriotic and downloaded a Independence Day desktop theme from APPLEBLOSSOM ART and it came with a bonus killer virus that crashed... no wait, this thing decimated my freaking system. It was like the computer virus equivalent of hurricane Katrina and the India Tsunami's put together, thats how bad it was.

So, now I am not only 200 bucks poorer, but I have lost three years worth of writing because I had ZERO backed up and while I THOUGHT I had it backed up on a disc before I took it in, when I went to take stuff off the disc, the virus erased the disc as soon as I put stuff on it. There was NO saving anything. Piss me off. I lost tons and tons of unpublished InuYasha stories, a bunch of half written Harry Potter stories, and a couple chapters of an original fiction novel I was writing. Not to mention all my original wallpapers, my George and Luna graphic artwork, tons and tons of scans of original InuYasha artwork, hundreds of pictures, some great fan art id found, and all of my Fred and George wallpapers (CRY!!) God, my life is such a suckfest sometimes. But it is finally looking up a little...I did finally after three days find my absolute favorite Fred, George, Ginny and Ron wallpaper! Yay me! Anyway...I know yall will kill me if I leave this cliffy hanging a long time, so I promise not to. I'll update soon.

Oh, and No flaming the writer for the evil cliffy...ya know ya love em!


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