Luna would be lying if she didn't confess she hurt all over.
Sleeping on a cold and damp stone floor would do that to a person.
Her clothes did nothing to protect against the bitter chill.
Though she supposed she shouldn't complain too much.
At least she wasn't alone, her cellmates kept her from being alone.
The goblin didn't speak much and like to keep to himself.
However, dean was always keeping her entertained with jokes and find memories of their time at Hogwarts, anything to lighten the mood.
He would be the first person to approach her after the death eaters would bring her back from her tormentors that like to group her in places that made her uncomfortable or whisper dirty things to her, things that they would like to do you her.
Greyback was the worst, Just remembering the sharp and horrible lips kissing and biting her neck masking she's to leave marks.
Luna shook her head, no she was not going to think of it.
Olivander was nice enough, he would tell her stories of his youth as well as his studies at Hogwarts plus stories of several clients he's had over the years.
However, Those stories were quickly becoming fewer and fewer.
His head was mysteriously Wrackspurt free, despite Everything he had been through.
Luna could still remember when she went to pick her first wand, if luna can recall it 5 years ago.
Had it only been 5 years ago?
it felt like an eternity.
Back when there was nothing but joy and wonder.
Back when the only darkness you had to worry about was that of the night sky, and even then the moon and stars would illuminate it.
Luna still remembers with fondness the moment her wand choose her, the moment bubbles burst from the tip, her father had been so proud.
He had taken her for ice cream straight after.
Luna closed her eyes and tried to push such thoughts away.
It was still too painful to think about.
Her father was dead.
The unhinged death eater was all the happier to boast that her beloved father had betrayed her friends and was now dead.
They took great pleasure in telling her how they disposed of her loving father.
Fire.
They boasted that his body was nothing but a pile of ash, her house and all her memories and possession were destroyed.
Luna was certain there had been a family of nargles hiding on her floor, she hoped they were able to escape.
Luna had nothing left but the dirty and torn clothes on her body and her wand, luna wasn't even sure if she still had her wand.
When the death eaters took her off the train she had dropped it, she only hoped someone would hold enough kindness in their heart to pick it up.
Luna was still shocked by her father's actions, he had sold out her friends, she didn't understand why.
The trio had been kind to her during her fourth and fifth year at Hogwarts.
They were some of The few people who were nice to her.
She didn't have any friends during the first three years at Hogwarts well that's not entirely true she did have but the poor girl was going through her own issues, nobody in her house ever spoke to her, or even really acknowledged luna, her three roommates liked to pretend she didn't exist.
The other houses would steer clear of her if she were lucky, if not then she would regularly be a victim of their taunts.
At first, it was laughs and jabs.
Then her stuff went missing, at first luna blamed it on the nargles, they had been know to be little thieves, but they only stole from you once.
Luna had to conclude that her fellow witches and wizards were the culprits.
When luna asked the girls in her house about it, through giggles they told her that people always stole from each other.
Well then if it was normal luna guessed it wasn't too worrying.
Though none of her housemates ever got their stuff stolen.
Still, she would always find them at the end of the year.
Then the fourth year came.
Despite the less than ideal management (Luna still has the scars), it was a good year for luna.
She made some friends.
Finally, people were talking to her and that made all the detentions of that year worth it in her opinion.
That summer luna found herself being invited to the burrow almost every other day.
She had never been invited over to peoples houses before.
She got to hang out with Ginny and Ron.
Both would always make her feel welcome, either with exploding snap or quidditch.
The latter she will admit she wasn't very good at.
It was during her time at the burrow, she would meet him.
Her curse breaker.
Her red-headed Knight.
Bill Weasley.
...,...
She had just arrived at the burrow, usually, she would floo but this morning had been so lovely.
The sun was shining, birds were chirping and a nest of bowtruckles were grouped together in a tree.
Her father was at the office. ever since Harry gave the interview for the quibbler sales had gone up.
They had been selling more copies than they had done in years.
The familiar lopsided building came into view over the hill.
Mrs Weasley had welcomed her in as normal.
"Ron's just getting dressed and ginny's out in the orchid, now have you and breakfast this morning?"
"Yes, Mrs Weasley."
"Very good."
Luna guessed Mr Weasley had already gone off to work since he wasn't in the kitchen.
However, there was someone in the kitchen.
By the familiar red hair, luna guessed he was a Weasley.
This must be one of Ginny's siblings.
There was only two luna had yet to meet.
Bill and Charlie.
This must be one of them.
Unlike the other Weasley gentlemen, this man's hair was slightly longer with a fang earring.
He was quite handsome in a rugged sort of way.
The man gave luna a kind smile.
"You must be luna, Ginny told me about you."
The man stood up and held out his hand for luna to shake.
"Bill Weasley."
Ginny's eldest brother.
Bills hands were rough, luna noted.
Her father told her you could tell a lot about someone from their hands.
Hands like those were products of hard labour, so bill must use his hands a lot.
Over the next few days, luna would see bill more often, during which she would learn more and more about him.
He was a curse breaker and had recently returned from Egypt to take up a position in Gringotts, he was also dating the champion from Beauxbatons Fleur Delacour.
Luna remembered Fluer from her third year, she was very pretty.
Beauxbatons had sat with the Ravenclaws during the games.
Luna pretended not to notice the way Mrs Weasley would grip her spoon or wand tighter when bill spoke of her.
Unlike others luna knew, bill always showed an interest in whatever luna was talking about.
Wrackspurts and all.
Ginny would playfully poke fun and luna when the pair were alone.
"One would think you fancy my brother."
"I find him intriguing to converse with."
Summer would come to an end and her fifth year would start.
Bill and luna traded letters once every week.
Usually, they were about articles in the quibbler, Hogwarts, her classes, his job and their hobbies.
When the first Hogsmeade trip of the year came about in October, luna and bill had agreed to meet at the three broomsticks to catch up.
Finding bill was easy enough, his mop of red hair stood out amongst the crowd.
The pair exchanged greetings and ordered two butterbeers.
Luna took her time to give bill the one over.
He still looked the same, his red hair was still shaggy resting just below his shoulders, same easy smile, same blue eyes that twinkled with amusement, though luna noticed something missing straight away.
"Where's your fang?"
He wasn't wearing his fang earring.
Ginny told luna he never took it off.
Luna observed as bill reached up to touch his earingless ear.
"Fluer wasn't so keen on it."
Oh.
Well luna quite like it, it added to his rugged charm.
But I wasn't her place to say anything.
"Besides I figured If I'm going to spend the rest of our life together we compromise."
"What do you mean?"
Luna was genuinely confused as to what bill meant.
The smile bill gave her was almost blinding.
He looked around them to make sure no one was looking over.
He leaned in.
"You can't tell anyone, I haven't even told mum or any of my siblings."
Luna nodded in confirmation.
She was good at keeping secrets.
Bill reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box.
He opened it up to showcase the shining ring inside of it.
The ring was silver with three diamonds.
It was flashy not something luna would personally ever wear.
She knew what that was immediately.
"I'm going to ask Fluer to marry me tonight."
Lina squeezed bills hand.
Luna pretends not to notice the slight squeeze her heart gave at the news, why she was experiencing that she had no clue.
Perhaps it was the nargles.
"Congratulations."
The pair would Finnish their drinks and would once again part with a hug.
A few days later Ginny would come down to breakfast in a huff, taking a big bite out of the piece of toast off Luna's plate.
"Bills marrying the Phlegm."
Oh
Luna mused, he's done it.
It wasn't long afterwards the letters stopped coming, Luna would still send her letters and hold out hope she would receive a reply.
She didn't.
The next time Luna saw bill was at New Year.
She and her father had come to assist the Weasleys after the previous night events.
Death Eaters had attacked the burrow.
Luna was sure her heart had stopped for a moment when her father told her the grave news.
Thankfully everyone had made it out alive and with a bit of magic, they were able to restore the burrow to its chaotic form with most furnishings and possessions saved.
Luna had to admire Mrs Weasley, all the Weasley in fact, they did bounce back not mating this to ruin New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve was being held outside instead which was quite smart when you think of all the Weasley plus Harry, Remus and tonks not to mention Luna and her father.
Still, there was someone absent.
Two people.
Bill (who to Luna shock had cut his ponytail) had brought Fluer to the burrow for new Year.
Mrs Weasley had almost thrown a fit but kept up as a good hostess.
Luna grabbed the first person closest to her.
One of the Weasley twins.
"Bill and Fluer are missing."
A lecherous grin appeared on the twin's face.
"Well, I'm sure they just snuck away for some alone time, if you know what I mean."
Luna did know.
Some may say her head is in the clouds but when she is aware of the human body.
Yet something in her gut told her that wasn't the reason.
Bill didn't return for the rest of the evening.
He didn't rerun for the rest of the holiday.
Didn't answer his floo's or mail.
Luna would be surprised he didn't answer here's but he also avoided his family.
Luna was worried about her friend.
She was set to return to school tomorrow so she had it act now.
She waited until her father left for work and then grabbed the floo powder.
"Shell cottage, Tinworth."
Luna held her breath and the green flame engulfed her.
She fell out of the fireplace into a mess.
There were broken dishes on the floor, dirty ones in the sink, clothes strewn everywhere.
Dust and sand on the floor.
It looked like a Bicorn had been let loose.
"Bill," Luna called out.
She stepped over the shards of broken ceramic.
No one answered.
Fear and panic gripped her heart.
Had he been ambushed by death eaters?
Luna was quick to run through the house, checking in every room while calling out.
"Bill!"
Luna pried open the final door to what luna guessed was the master bedroom.
If she had thought downstairs as bad it was nothing to the mess in front of her.
Her eyes locked onto the lump of blankets the were bunched together in the middle of the bed and someone was moving underneath them.
"Bill?"
The blankets ruffled.
Luna worked her way over to the bed avoiding the mess on the floor.
She sat down on the bed.
Carefully she pulled the blankets back to reveal a dishevelled Bill Weasley.
His hair was in a tangled mess, his usually clean-shaven face was showing a stubble, his blue eyes that usually were so vibrant and happy were now dull and lifeless, there were dried tear stains on his cheeks.
He was still dressed in the clothes he had worn from New Year's Eve almost a week ago.
"Bill? What happened? Where's Fluer?"
Bill grimaced.
"Gone."
His voice was horse.
"What do you mean?"
Bill locked eyes with Luna.
"Fluer called the wedding off she called everything off. She's gone back to France."
"Bill I..." Luna was cut off
"We had been having arguments for a While now and I guess it just all came to a head, and she left."
"What were you arguing about?"
Bill but his lip while looking up at her.
He shook his head.
"It doesn't matter."
Desperate to make bill happy again Luna was quick to offer support.
"Well then it's her loss, any woman would be lucky to have you as a partner, you are kind and funny and just an amazing person..."
Suddenly she's cut off by lips.
Bills lips.
Luna can only freeze in shock, bill Weasley is kissing her.
Her first kiss.
Bills lips coax hers to move.
Following bills lead, luna closes her eyes and moves her lips.
Bill pulls away and luna opens her eyes to Be greeted by two smouldering blue eyes.
"You a very beautiful woman luna," Bill speaks huskily.
The way bill is looking at Luna, stumps her.
No one had ever looked at her like that.
With want and desire.
Suddenly bill closes his eyes and when they open again they're filled with Terror and shock.
"Luna...I..."
Bill kicks off his blankets and hauls himself off the bed and away from luna as if she were a burning fire.
"I shouldn't have done that, I'm sorry."
Bill rushed out the door.
His swift exit shook her out of the shock, luna is quick to rush out the door and down the steps eager to catch up with bill.
She reached the front door too late, just as bill had apparated himself away.
Luna walked back into the shell cottage and waited.
The hours went by and still no return.
Keeping herself occupied luna cleaned up the house as best as she could without magic, desperate to keep herself distracted.
She swept up the broken plates and binned the pieces, she washed all the dishes and put them back in the cupboard, she wiped down the sides making sure to get all the dust, she didn't the same for the living room, putting furniture the right way up and throwing away any broken items and rearranging everything.
But the time she was Finnish night had fallen.
Bill still hadn't returned.
Luna couldn't stay longer, her father would be home any moment, with a regretful sigh luna moved to the fireplace and flooed back home.
She arrived in the nick of time for only moments after she arrived did her father.
She kissed him on the cheek and went to start on dinner.
The next morning Luna went back to school.
Yet her mind was far from focused.
Bill Weasley had kissed her and not in a brotherly or platonic way... And luna liked it.
Her mind was at war with its self, it didn't help she was about to take her O.W.L.S.
Did she find bill handsome?
Yes she did
but then most did.
Did bill make her feel special?
Yes, he did.
That was probably the wrackspurts talking.
Did she want to kiss bill again?
Yes.
She was quick to push that away.
Bills were probably still reeling over his breakup and just kissed her for that reason only.
Daddy always said nargles can make people who are hurting do crazy stuff.
Just give it a week, these feelings will fizzle away.
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2 months later and the feelings hadn't gone away, In fact, they had gotten stronger.
Bill now occupied her every waking thought.
Bill had yet to write to her and luna doubted if he ever would.
That made luna sad.
Bill had been her friend first and foremost luna missed his letters and jokes.
The rest of the school year seems to pass like lighting.
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Until one evening that would change everything.
An evening filled with tragedy, fear, pain and love.
Luna would never forget this night.
She and the rest of the Hogwarts students and teachers would stand around the dead body of albus dumbledore.
Sobs were heard throughout the courtyard.
The walk back to the Ravenclaw tower was one of silence no one said a word and just as luna thought this evening couldn't get worse she spots Ginny running to her.
Ginny had tears streaming down her face.
"Luna! bill's at St Mungo's, he was attacked by Fenrir greyback!"
If it hadn't been Ginny holding her should Luna was certain her legs would have given out.
Her heart was pounding, bile was building in her throat.
Ginny's pulling at her arm.
"You should come."
Luna holds her ground.
Uncertainty clouding her mind.
"I'm not sure I should go"
Ginny looks at her as if she had three heads.
"Why not."
"Well I'm not family And bill needs his family, not a girl he trade's letters with."
Or used to trade with.
"But He's asking for you."
That Halted luna.
Bill wanted to see her?
Hope bloomed in her chest.
Ginny smirked before pulling Luna by the wrist to the hea... Well, the Late headmaster's Office.
At least there would be something good to come from his night, Ginny thought.
All the Weasleys knew something was going in between the pair even if they didn't realise it yet.
Ginny still found it a bit weird that her eldest brother was interested in her friend, but still, luna was far better than that French Fancy.
Mother was pleased, the twins were making jokes (but deep down they did love all their siblings, so seeing bill happy made them happy.),Ginny wasn't sure Charlie even picked up his mail, Percy...well moving on, Ron has been so distracted this year but he does have a soft spot for luna, dad was cautious there was at least a 10 year age between the two and Luna was still underaged.
She and luna were the last ones to get to the office, McGonagle was waiting for them.
"About time ladies, your brother has already gone through."
Luna and Ginny stepped into the fireplace and Ginny grabbed the powder.
"St Mungos!"
The pair disappeared.
St Mungos was relatively quiet this evening, only a witch or two waiting to be seen to.
Ginny rushed to the front desk where the haggard but active receptionist was sitting.
"My brother William Weasley was recently admitted here, he was attacked."
The witch looked down at her brown book going to the W section.
Finally, after what seems like an eternity the witch confirmed.
"Yes hear it is, William Arthur Weasley admitted with severe mutilation from a Werewolf, he will be in the creature attack's ward, room 15."
Ginny thanked the receptionist before pulling luna along.
After two flights of stairs and multiple turns later we reach room 15.
There was already a crowd luna noted.
Mr Weasley was slumped in a chair while running his finger through his hair, the twins were sat quietly by his side, more serious than Luna had ever seen them, the familiar twinkle of mischief absent, Ron was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
No one paid the pair Much attention but Mr Weasley did give luna a small smile and jerked towards the closed room.
"He's in there, Mollys with him. I warn you girls it's not a pretty sight."
Both Ginny and luna walked into the room.
The smell got luna first, it smelt of disenfranchisement and clinical.
Mrs Weasley was sat hunched over a wrap of bandages.
Wait.
Those bandages were wrapped around someone.
Luna's heart was in her throat.
That person was bill.
The left side of his face was covered in bandages.
This was all too familiar Luna, remembering when her mum was in the hospital.
Bill look at the two girls and tried to smile but it turned into a grimace.
Molly was quick to place her hand on bills face.
"Mum, Gin...(cough)...could you leave Luna and me alone for a moment."
Molly with tears in her eyes nodded.
"Of course dear."
She placed a kiss on his cheek.
Molly was swift to pull Ginny from the room.
It was just the two of them.
Luna could only stare, he still looked just as beautiful to her.
"You don't have to just stand there, I'm not infectious."
Bill gestured to the seat Mrs Weasley had just been sat at.
Tentatively luna moved to sit down.
Bill opened his hand to grasp hers.
"Luna..."
Bill swallows.
"Luna I like you...and not in the way a man should like his little sister best friend, I tried to deny it, I tried to push on, but every day it got harder to deny it. I'm not asking for you to do anything or even say anything and if you like after I'm done talking, you can walk out of this room and never speak to me again if you wish." Bill closed his eyes as if the thought alone caused him pain.
"I was content to continue denying my feelings, but after this evening... I realised just how fragile human life was, I mean one moment we could be here and the next gone."
"I'm barely able to do simple things like eat and sleep without thinking of you. I keep remembering how you looked that first day we met, dirty boots, mismatched socks, a blue shirt with blue overalls.
You stood there with Ron and Ginny laughing, and your eyes the colour of the sky and the sea... then time moved on and we exchanged letters...I tried not to believe it, I was in a relationship yet you just kept sneaking into my heart. Fluer Knew that too, she knew I was growing feelings for you, as expected that didn't make her happy, she would tell me it was just my lust talking, I thought she was right, I thought I just needed to put more effort into my relationship with fluer, so I asked her to marry me. Yet it did nothing but make me realise I was growing more and more in love with you, fluer was getting angrier and angrier, she demanded I stopped speaking to you, New Year was when everything came to a head, we were arguing once again and I might have told her that I was in love with someone else, we both knew who I was talking about... It was the last straw she called off the wedding, but not before making sure to tell me what a terrible person I was."
Luna was listening to his every word.
"Then you came over and everything I had been denying myself came rushing back with full force... after I left shell cottage I went a walk to try to clear my head and figure out my feelings, well I already knew my feelings but I didn't want to admit it, when I returned you were gone and I knew it was for the best, you deserved so much better than what I could give you."
Bill gripped luna's hand tight and brought it to rest of his chest.
"But bottom line luna, I'm crazy about you. I love everything about your quirks and all. The way you stick your wand behind your year, your radish earrings, the way your eyes sparkle as you tell me about all your creatures, the way your hair is always flowing in the breeze."
Luna was dumbfounded, how could someone as mysterious and amazing as bill like someone's like her.
She was nothing special nor pretty.
"Luna...say something."
That's the problem, luna didn't know how to explain how she was feeling.
Words could even begin to describe how she was feeling.
Her daddy always told her actions spoke louder than words.
Carefully making sure not to touch the bandages, Luna leaned down, her long hair providing a curtain at it tumbled around them.
luna connected their lips.
It wasn't that long, and it certainly wasn't the kind of kiss you read in books these days, but it was wonderful in its own way.
Bill would be discharged from the hospital a few days later with scaring, but luna found bill still as beautiful.
Luna and bill would begin a sort of relationship, with the cautious blessing of both Weasleys and her father.
Mr Weasley just wanted them to keep it quiet, at least until Luna was of age, both wholeheartedly agreed.
Since luna was still at Hogwarts she didn't see bill in the last few weeks of her fifth year and since the death of the headmaster, the final Hogsmeade trip had been cancelled.
The next time they would see each other would be at the funeral of Dumbledore.
They would sit as close as possible without trying to make it obvious.
However, once the summer holidays began things did change.
First of all, she got her results back Os, EEs and one A.
That evening bill invited her over to shell cottage for a celebratory dinner and their official first date.
It was just a simple dinner of sausages and mash that they both cooked together and two butter beers but it was perfect.
Nearly every day when bill wasn't working or at meetings for the order he and luna would be together, either at shell cottage or in muggle London.
Muggle London was so interesting, with all its lights and fascinating people.
Luna had also learned from bill that Harry, Ron and Hermione would not be returning that year.
It didn't surprise luna, they had a job to do.
As the summer went on luna found herself more and more In love with bill Weasley and he her.
...,...
Subconsciously luna ran her fingers over her lips
The last time she had seen bill was at platform 9 1/3, her father was working so bill in disguise had come to see her off.
Luna will never forget that platform, everyone was quiet, parents seemed to be keeping their children close to them as if they didn't want to put them on the train, luna notice the lack of Muggleborn students.
The sight broke her heart.
All she could do was grip Bill tighter.
They shared one last kiss.
The kiss was filled with passion, fear, love.
Everything they were experiencing.
Luna closed her eyes trying to keep away the tears.
She wondered what bill was doing right now? did he miss her and much as she missed him? Was he even still alive?
It's the shackling of the gate to her prison being opened that finally shook her out of her memories.
Another prisoner.
Luna slowly opened her eyes to see who would be joining them in this cold dungeon.
Red and black hair.
Glasses.
Did her eyes deceive her?
"Harry? Ron?"
The boys whipped around.
They spotted the Ravenclaw.
"Luna?" Ron breathed out.
He was quick to rush to the blond girl and pull her into his arms for a hug.
Resting his head on her's Ron croaked out.
"We thought you were dead, Ginny called the burrow in tears and told mum you had been taken."
Luna was happy to just hold and be held by the Weasley even if it wasn't the arms of the Weasley she truly desired.
"What happened? How did you get caught."
"Snatches." Harry gritted out.
"Bills going to be so happy."
Luna perked up at the name of her lover.
"Bill? How is he? Is he okay?"
Ron took a deep breath.
Bill was far from okay.
When he had found bill at Christmas is elder brother had looked like death rolled over.
He was unkempt, lifeless, unresponsive.
It was as if the life had been sucked from him leaving behind an empty shell.
He had welcomed Ron into his house but then spent the majority of Christmas alone in his room, only occasionally coming down for food that mum would bring.
Ron pretends not to see the stack of presents that were placed by the fireplace, all addressed to one person.
Luna.
Ron squeezed luna a bit tighter before letting go.
"He'll be happy to see you."
Before Luna could open her mouth to speak a shriek was heard from upstairs.
"Hermione!" Ron and Harry bolted to the door and tried to pry it open.
The screams of her friend pierced Luna's ears.
Hermione screamed again from overhead, and they could hear Bellatrix screaming too, but her words were inaudible, for Ron shouted again, "HERMIONE! HERMIONE!"
Ron was now trying to Disapparate without a wand.
"There's no way out, Ron," Luna explained, watching his fruitless efforts. "The cellar is completely escape-proof. I tried, at first. Mr Ollivander has been here for a long time, he's tried everything."
Hermione's screams echoed off the walls upstairs, Ron was half sobbing as he pounded the walls with his fists.
Sometime later the screams stopped.
Luna prayed that Hermione was still alive.
Death eaters opened the cell and matched in.
The goblin was taken out by Malfoy.
Luna closed her eyes for a second until she heard a pop.
There stood in the cell was a house-elf.
Ron and Harry seem to know him.
"Dobby!"
"Harry Potter," he squeaked in the tiniest quiver of a voice, "Dobby has come to rescue you."
Hope bloomed in luna's chest.
Did this mean she could leave?
"You can Disapparate out of this cellar?" Harry asked Dobby, who nodded, his ears flapping.
"And you can take humans with you?"
Dobby nodded again.
"Right. Dobby, I want you to grab Luna, Dean, and Mr Ollivander, and take them to to "
"Bills," said Ron. "Shell Cottage on the outskirts of Tinworth!"
Luna felt gather tears in her eyes.
Bill.
She would see bill.
Luna wanted to help Harry and Ron, but her desire to see bill outranked that.
She, Dean and Mr Ollivander grabbed the house elf's hand.
There was a Familiar gut pulling until she landed on the familiar Sandy shores.
Sand she and bill would lay on together.
It was as if the dam she had been holding around her heart had finally broken.
Tears streamed down luna's face and onto the sand.
She was so tired.
Luna would be content to just lay here for the rest of the day, that was until she heard feet running through the sand, familiar rough hands grabbed her shoulders and picked her up off the sand and into a familiar broad chest.
Lips crashed down onto hers.
This kiss was nothing like she had experienced before.
Bills lips engulfed hers, Sucking, licking, grazing, biting and just doing whatever he wanted to them.
Luna threads her fingers through his ever tempting red locks, his hands found their way to her legs and quickly pulled her up to him, wrapping her legs around his waist.
Bill plunges deeper into luna's mouth, she can feel him at the back of her throat.
Bill coaxes her tongues into his mouth and sucks harder.
Luna's Brian is in shambles, they've never done this before.
Sure they've kissed but not like this.
These lips were protection, these lips weren't like her captors.
Luna had to keep reminding herself.
Both finally have to answer the cry for air.
Their heads rest together.
It's then Luna notices the tears streaming down bills face.
She brings her hands up to wipe them away.
Bill turns his head to nuzzle her hand.
"Don't ever do that to me again." He begs her.
Luna doesn't need any elaboration, she knew.
"I'll try not to."
She couldn't promise, she didn't know what the future held.
Bill pulls her in close, content to hold her in his arms.
The clearing of a throat captures their attention.
Hermione looks at the two of them with tears in her eyes and indicating over their shoulders.
Luna's heart stops at the sight.
Harry is hunched over the form of the little house elf.
Her heart hurts for the little elf that paid the highest price to save them.
Despite his protests, luna climbs down from bill.
The four of them watch Harry mourn for his friend.
Bill brings everyone inside the cottage he attends to Olivander, healing his cuts and keeping him warm with soup before moving him to the spare bedroom.
Griphook dismisses himself and clambers up the stairs to the bedroom he will be sharing with Olivander, bill has transfigured an armchair into a make-shift bed.
Dean despite his bruises was chipper and was eagerly conversing with bill while drinking his soup.
He would be staying in the second bedroom, it was very small with only a single bed so he got to have it as his own.
Harry and Ron were given mattresses and blankets to sleep on and Hermione who was still in recovery from her encounter with Bellatrix was resting in the other bedroom.
Bill sent word to the burrow, before joining luna once more on the couch.
Bill had all but commandeered luna to his lap, refusing to part with her for even a second every now and then kissing her head or lips and sometimes neck.
Luna had her eyes closed feeling bill run his lips over her neck until they stopped.
Luna felt him tense, she knew why.
"Luna... what's this?" Bill asked slowly.
Taking a deep breath Luna twisted so she was sat on his lap facing bill.
Bringing her hands around his neck tangling in his hair.
"Greyback was very... taken with me and he liked to see how far he could go."
Luna tried to keep it brief not wanting to relive her whole ordeal not that much needed to be said.
By the darkening of his eyes and the almost feral gleam on his eyes, Luna knew her lover had already put the pieces together.
"Did he..." Bill grits out, dare Luna to say almost snarling.
Luna shook her head.
"No, he didn't get that far, mainly just groping."
Tut seems to calm him down if only a little.
Luna knew bill was far from happy, Merlin Luna was far from okay.
If she didn't do something Luna had no doubt bill would storm the grounds of Malfoy manor right now.
Grasping his head in her palm Luna held eye contact.
"Bill listens to me, I'm safe, I'm back with you. That's all that matters."
Luna could see the fight begin to leave her lover leaning down Luna went to nuzzle in bills neck.
Luna couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when bills arms came around her and held her to him.
"Next time I see grayback I'll kill him."
Luna did not doubt it.
For the rest of the evening, the lovers were content to just hold one another, no words needed.
After everyone had gone to bed, Luna wanting to feel like herself again ran a bath, making sure to have the water boiling, almost scolding.
She needed to feel clean, she could still feel the hands of her captors on her body, their words, their lips.
She soaked in the bath until the water was cold, scrubbing herself clean, washing her hair, shaving her legs and just trying to make her feel like a normal person again.
Bill in a teasing tone had offered to join her.
However, with a blush Luna had refused, she just needed a moment to herself.
By the time luna was reaching for a towel, her fingers and toes were all prunes.
The hours passed and Luna was trying to make herself comfortable on the bed, being careful to make sure the t-shirt she borrowed from bill wouldn't ride up.
The strong arms that were wrapped around her mid-section pulled her closer to the warm chest, a leg was draped over her's.
A chin was resting on her head, the steady beating of bills heart was like a lullaby.
Still, Luna couldn't find sleep.
Despite knowing she was safe, luna was still hesitant to sleep, what if she closed her eyes only to find herself back in that cold dungeon having it only be a dream.
Luna didn't think she could handle that.
Being back in the possession of those monsters.
Bill didn't mind though and held her through the night.
Placing kisses on her head every so often.
It was only when the sun was beginning to rising did Luna finally succumb to the darkness.
Safe and protected.
It would be past noon when luna would awaken to an empty room, the place next to her was cold so she knew bill had been vacant for a while.
The enticing smell of fresh bread wafted through the room.
Luna was quick to follow the alluring aroma but not before grabbing a pair is sweat pants she could only guess belongs to bill.
Most occupants of the house minus griphook and Olivander were congregated at the table eating sandwiches.
"Afternoon sweetheart." Bill pecked luna on the cheek before guiding her to the table and placing an egg sandwich in front of her, her favourite.
While eating her sandwich luna listened intently to the conversation between the golden trio.
"If the cup is in her vault, we need to somehow get into Gringotts."
"We need griphook."
"How do we know we can trust him?"
"We don't have much choice, he's the key to accessing her vault."
"Goblins like money corrects, well they also like things of value, things that are quite lucrative like-"
"The sword of Gryffindor!"
"Exactly."
Once lunch had ended and the dishes were put away, Luna and bill had moved to the sands of the beach.
The shell cottage was just getting a bit crowded.
This also gave Luna the chance to tell bill about her decision, the fewer people around the better, she knew bill wouldn't be too pleased.
"Bill?"
"Hmmm?"
Bills voice was muddled by the wind and her neck where her boyfriend's face was buried.
"I've decided to go back to Hogwarts."
Luna was expecting his response, so she wasn't shocked when bill abruptly stood up.
"Luna tells me your joking, you can't be serious!"
Luna kept her tone as airy as ever.
"I'm not going to run away bill, I want to show these people that I won't be broken."
No matter what they think or do.
"But you can do that from the shell cottage, Luna please you just escaped the clutches of the death eaters, why would you put yourself in their path."
"Bill I'll be okay, I'm a member of Dumbledores army this is what we've trained for."
"Luna, I just got you back."
It pained Luna it see bill so desperate, but she needed to do this.
"Bill please this is my choice, I ask for you to support me."
Bill's face won't through a variety of emotions until It stoped on anger.
"No, I won't allow it."
Luna wasn't a violent person, she never had been.
"I'm afraid you won't change my mind, your not my father or my caretaker you can't keep me here against my will, I'm going to back Hogwarts with or without your liking, but I would like to think you would trust me enough to make my own decisions."
It amazed him that even though she was arguing with him she did not lose her soft voice.
Bill pursued his lips while his cheeks sunk in, both held eye contact for a moment before bill looked away.
With a defeated sigh.
"If I were to let you go-"
"Well, you wouldn't be able to stop me-"
"If I let you go, I want you to promise me you shall call me via floo every evening, if you don't I'll storm the grounds myself."
A smile graced luna's face and she leaned in the press a chaste kiss on the edge of his lips.
Two of them returned to the cottage hand in hand.
That evening was much quieter than the previous one, Dean and luna were Going back to Hogwarts tomorrow.
The golden trio was also planning to embark tomorrow along with griphook, they had formed a plan to infiltrate Gringotts, Mrs Weasley was able to send over some of Ginny clothes for luna to wear so she didn't have to keep borrowing bills.
As well as her wand.
Ginny had kept it safe for luna and when she had Returned for the Christmas holiday she was given the wand to Mr Weasley for safekeeping.
Olivander would stay for a few more days just until he had healed and then he would return to his shop, or what was left of it.
The next morning came quicker than anyone would have liked.
By the time breakfast was finished the trio and griphook were preparing to leave.
Ron and Hermione under the influence of the polyjuice potion were disguised as Bellatrix Lestrange and Rodolphus Lestrange, harry and griphook were hiding underneath the cloak.
They were quick to vanish.
Luna and Dean were next.
With her borrowed suitcase by her side luna was ready to leave, that was if she could pry her boyfriend's arms from around her.
"You can still change your mind," Bill whispers into her hair.
Luna affectionately rolled her eyes.
"We've talked about this."
"Just remember-"
"To floo you Every day." Luna Finished.
The couple shared one last kiss.
A kiss filled with promise.
A promise to survive, a promise that they at they would see each other again, a promise of what was to come.
Suitcases in hand Luna and Dean began the trek to reach the outside of the wards each grasping their port-key.
The port key would take them to honeydukes then they would Take the secret passageway back to Hogwarts and reconvene with the others in the room of requirement.
Everything magical and wonderful about Hogwarts had been sucked out, of that's what it looked like to Luna as she stared at it in dismay.
The whole castle looked broken, not that it was damaged, it was the same way as it had always been, same towers, same bricks and windows, but it lacked the familiar warmth Luna use fit to associate with the looming structure.
Luna is greeted with hugs from her friends, they bring her into the room of requirement and give her a bunk, on top of her bunk was her Chest, the chest she had taken to Hogwarts with her.
"We were able to hide it." Cho squeezes her shoulder in support.
3 years ago Cho wouldn't have even given her a second glance, now she was hugging her and willing to keep her comfortable.
Not that she would have much time to be comfortable, mere hours after luna returned to Hogwarts, the golden trio arrived.
Searching for the lost diadem of Ravenclaw.
They needed to talk to the grey lady she was Ravenclaws daughter after all.
Still, nobody would listen to her.
The moment word got out that Harry Potter was in Hogwarts, the death eaters, their allies even Voldemort himself converged on the school.
The order was quick to assemble and students began evacuating.
Luna wanted to fight with bill but she was needed elsewhere, Harry needed her.
With a quick kiss and a promise to return to him afterwards, luna went if in search of Harry.
The next few hours were ones of bloodshed, violence and death.
Death of the enemy and loved ones alike.
Remus
Tonks
Lavender
Colin
Fred
That last one had been the hardest hitting of them all.
Luna remembers trying to comfort a distraught bill through her tears.
Her curse breaker and all but collapsed in her arms quietly sobbing into her neck.
Though they were blocked out with the wails from both George and Mrs Weasley alike.
Luna's heart hurt.
The twins had always been nice to her, sure they played A few jokes but It was always in good fun.
Luna knew there was nothing she could say that would make the pain any less, so she continued to hold a sobbing bill.
Though like every dark tunnel you do eventually come out the other side.
The light finally chases away the darkness.
Voldemort is defeated and the rest of his followers either ran away, got captured or died.
Luna likes to think all those responsible will be brought to justice, but she won't hold her breath.
But that's a worry for another day.
Right now all she cares about is spending the beautiful sunny afternoon with her loved ones.
Luna is sat with the Weasley who despite being happy Voldemort was gone for good we're still in deep mourning for the life of their son/brother.
Like Luna was in mourning for her father and her home.
This wouldn't be easy for any of them it would be a tough few months (years even) but they would eventually move forward and luna will be there every step of the way.
Somehow she knew what she and bill shared would be long lasting and she was going to cherish every second.