1WASSUP! Ok, here's the next chapter, do hope you all enjoy, I'll skip the blah blah blah and let you read:)
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Harry knew the shift now, but it seemed impossible. He rushed to Luna, immediately checking to see that she was breathing. Her pulse was feint, but she was alive.
"She needs help!" Harry shouted to Ginny in a frantic tone. Ginny mutely nodded and rushed over to her other side.
"Luna?" she asked softly.
"She's from my world, but how..." Harry couldn't think strait, it was all too much. This had to be impossible, there was no way for her to get her, he had used the amulet, she had...he didn't have time for questions. He needed to figure out what to do and fast.
"She needs a healer." Ginny said after inspecting the wounds. If not helped soon, she would die. She glanced at Harry, his face focused with a determination he had never seen. He looked at her and his eyes softened.
"Please, help me. I couldn't protect them all, I failed them all, don't let me fail Luna too." Ginny had never seen so much emotion in Harry's eyes, not even when he had talked about his world. Now what she saw scared her. Pain, sadness, loss, regret, betrayal, total hopelessness. Was this how he felt all the time.
"Right, we must get her somewhere safe, it would be easier to apparate her to my flat, it's closest. Walking into any Ministry area is automatically a bad idea."
"So let's go." The determination was back, all Ginny could do was nod. With a pop, the two were gone.
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Lily sat alone by the fire in her study. Alexis was right, she knew it, but could she face the same pain again. Could she deny her husband his first born any longer. She buried her head in her hands as memories from Harry's death flooded in. Never in her life had she spilled so many tears.
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Harry paced back and forth as he waited for Ginny to be able to contact a healer. Time was ticking and Luna needed help now. She was lying on Ginny's bed, her frame weak and torn. She had been through so much, he could tell she hadn't had a hot meal or any comfort in far too long. He sat in a chair beside her and reached for her hand. As his skin brushed against hers Luna's eyes fluttered open. She was gazing at Harry with such tenderness.
"I found you," she said meekly with a smile. Harry's head jerked towards her face.
"Your alive." Luna smiled again while slowly nodding her head, it seemed each movement caused her pain.
"I am, I had to live to see the ending, I had to know that I had lived long enough for you to kill him."
"We're not in our world anymore." Luna only smiled as she wrapped her fingers around Harry's.
"I know...it doesn't even make sense, part of me thinks I'm even dead. But I know, your warmth, your soul, it still lives, so then, so must mine." A tear fell down Harry's cheek as he gave her hand a tight squeeze.
"I failed them."
"No Harry,"
"I did, I failed Dumbldore, Ron, Hermione, even Ginny."
"You never failed any of them, you hear me, you did everything and more. Not only did you take away the world's evil, but you lived. That's what any of us wanted, for you to live."
"But not without everyone with me." Luna weakly brushed a tear away from Harry's face and cupped his cheek in her hand.
"I'm still with you Harry, always have been." Harry nodded and kissed her on the forehead.
A knock on the door showed Ginny with the healer.
"This is Rebecca." Ginny said softly. Luna looked Ginny's way and smiled.
"Harry...she's."
"I know Luna."
"But that's..."
"I know Luna."
"I must be crazy." This time Harry smiled as he gave her hand another squeeze.
"I know Luna."
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Lily had talked to Dumbledore about the where-a-bouts of Harry. He was with Ginny, so she figured going to Ginny's flat would be the safest bet. She wasn't completely sure about what she was doing, but she did admit that talking to him might be the right move to make. Walking towards her floo, she didn't notice the hiding Alexis watching her mother with a soft smile.
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Harry sank back against a wall as he waited for the healer to tell him he could come back in and see Luna. Ginny sat in one of the near by chairs and watched him with a saddened expression.
"That's really the Luna from your world...isn't it." It was more of a statement then anything else. It just seemed, too much. First someone who died years before comes back, and now Luna, who is alive in this world, traveled over to find Harry.
"Yes...that's my Luna." Harry said softly.
"How are you holding up?"
"I'm holding...I have to right now." Another wave of sadness flashed through Harry's eyes.
"She's going to be alright Harry." Harry gave a bitter laugh as he shook his head.
"Physically...I have no doubt as of right now. Luna will never get away from the emotional scarring in what she went through." Ginny wasn't too sure how to answer that. The war in this world had be a hard one, but she didn't think that she or anyone she knew had really gone through what Harry, and his Luna had. Harry slowly stood up and began walking towards the kitchen. It was the kind of home Harry had always pictured his Ginny having. Not too big, Ginny never wanted too much space, crowded with art work, and family pictures. He noted that there were very few pictures of Percy, but he only had to guess why. It was comfortable with that same Lived-In quality. He wondered how his parent's homes might have been. Would there be lots of family pictures, decarative living. Alexis had already described her room as being perfectly neat, not a thing out of place. Chris' room you would step in and feel afraid to step to far in and risk getting lost in the mess. He wondered if they were a family like the Weaslys. Molly had always been his second mother, Arthur just like a dad.
They were always so welcoming, anyone could feel like family there. Luna had later been adopted in a way. After visiting her father, she would always return, even after things got bad. Molly never gave up on trying to protect what was hers. Harry had Luna had been set in that category. Harry's hand reached for his wand as he heard a sound coming from the fireplace. Jerking his head he saw the figure of his mother stumbling out in a dizzy manner while holding her head to control the spinning. The words "Bloody Floo." escaped her lips in a very unladylike fashion. She now had Harry and Ginny's complete attention. Looking up, she stumbled back a bit from Harry's penetrable gaze.
"Lily, how are you, tea?" Ginny asked in a quick way to release tension. Walking over to the kitchen she didn't even give Lily a chance to respond.
"Harry..." Lily whispered quietly. Now that she was here, she really didn't know what to say. Harry watched her as she walked a bit closer to him. Lily wanted to break down and scream while hugging Harry all at once.
"Hello." Harry said uneasily. Just then the Healer walked out of the room looking quite pleased with herself.
"Everything is ok Mr. Potter. She won't be up and walking anytime soon but you can go in and see her." Harry smiled at Rebecca as she prepared to leave. Glancing at his mother really quick he began to walk towards the room.
"Harry...wait." Lily called as she moved a little closer.
"Yes?" Harry answered, his tone was a little harsher then he had meant. Lily looked hurt for a moment but quickly recovered.
"Why...why is there a healer here?" Harry glanced at her and gave a weak smile.
"An old friend has arrived...from my world."
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Alexis paced back and forth. Her mother had been gone for a while now, it was no fair that she got to see Harry and she was stuck here. Crossing her arms she resolved to sitting on the floor. Yes she would admit, she was not acting like the mature 5th year she truly was, but she wanted to see her brother damn it.
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Lily followed Harry into the bedroom to reveal Luna lying on the bed now looking towards Lily.
"Luna! My God, What happened to you?" Lily asked as she rushed to the bed. Luna stared at her with mild curiosity and then looked to Harry with a small smile.
"Is this...your mum" Luna asked quietly. Harry nodded yes with a smile. "She's beautiful." Lily looked at Luna curiously.
"Luna...are you ok?" Luna smiled brightly as she sat herself up. Harry could tell she was struggling a bit but trying to tell Luna she should stay still was a bad idea.
"Right as rain." Luna answered cheerfully. Lily was still a bit confused, Luna looked...different. Thinner, like she hadn't eaten a full meal in a while, her face was a bit bonier too. Her body had faded bruises all over, she looked more tired then she remembered too. The weird thing though, she was smiling. She knew Luna to rarely smile.
"This is Luna Lovegood...from my world." Harry said as he walked closer to the bed. Lily's head whipped around to face Harry with wide eyes.
"Your...your world Harry?" Luna let out a giggle.
"Wow, she seems about as believing as the Ministry when you told them Voldemort was back." Luna said with a light laugh. Harry sent her a small smile.
"But...how?" Lily asked. None of this made any sense. Harry and Luna looked at each other, but the truth was, they didn't really know either. Just then Ginny walked in carrying a tray full of tea cups and a large pot.
"Tea anyone?" Ginny asked. Lily sat on a near by chair and eagerly excepted one. She didn't feel...sane anymore, and this scared her.
"The truth is Mrs. Potter, I'm not too sure I care about the how or why." Luna said in a more quiet voice. Her face carried a more serious expression, she was now staring towards her feet. "What I do know, is that I wanted to find Harry more then anything else. He was the glue that held us all together, and without him...I would lose everything. He understood my loss better then anyone else, he was the brother I never had. When nobody else believed in me, he saw what no one else saw. He's family, and as Molly Weasly once said, family runs thicker then blood. So really, the how's and why's just don't matter, only that I found him." Harry smiled as he moved close enough to hold her hand.
"I'm sorry I left you." Harry said softly. Luna only smiled as she looked up at Harry with tears in her eyes.
"You never left me, not really. It was you that kept me going. I wish I could have been by your side when you killed Voldemort, but knowing you did it was just as well." Ginny dropped her try of tea and stared at Harry as wide-eyed as Lily was.
"You...killed Voldemort?" Ginny asked disbelievingly.
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Ok, R/R, and yes things are still confusing but it's no fun if I gave it all away now:)
