A man with a long beard shouted. She was falling hitting the ground. "Horcruxes," she heard him whisper. The word meant nothing to her. "Thank you, now with this information I shall defeat him. My future self is a brilliant man, oh, right, you can't return. I can't let you loose with this knowledge, I'm sorry. Obliverate." Darkness. Falling again, even though she'd never stood back up. The room. She was in the room. Then rescue.
Luna fought to open her eyes. She blinked looking around the hospital room. There was a bouquet of flowers on the nightstand, a pile of chocolate frogs under that. Her school books were sitting on the floor.
"Misters Black and Potter have both stopped by while you were sleeping." Luna shifted to see the speaker. Mrs. Weasley was sitting in the chair.
"Hi sissy!" Bill said waving from the floor. Luna smiled.
"Hi, Bill," Luna said looking at the little boy. A flash of red out of the corner of her eye made her turn her head.
"Luna, this is Charlie, he's four."
"Hi, Charlie, why are you trying to hide under the bed? I don't bite."
"Does she bite, Bill?"
"No, only if you taste like chocolate. Do you taste like chocolate, Charlie?" Luna watched as Charlie licked his arm.
"Nope! I taste like danger!" Luna burst out laughing wondering what danger tasted like, and how Charlie would know.
"I had to bring them with me today, I hope you don't mind."
"No, Bill already likes me, and it's about time I meet Charlie. Isn't there a third one?"
"Yes, Percy, he's just a baby so he's at home right now. How are you feeling today?"
"The same as yesterday I guess, only my head doesn't hurt as much. Has the healer told you everything?"
"Yes, Arthur and I talked to him yesterday while you were asleep. The damage to the nerves in your legs and spine are not able to be healed, they fear it could cause more damage if they tried."
"Okay, why didn't they realize how bad it was the first time?" Luna asked.
"There was some swelling hiding the damage. Once the swelling went down, it became more evident."
"Have you talked to the school?"
"Yes, I owled Headmaster Dumbledore last night and he replied this morning. There is no reason for you not to attend. No, he can not find any record of you attending before now. I know you were hoping you might find your identity that way."
"I had a nightmare, a man saying something about his future self. Time travel isn't possible, is it?"
"Not really, small jumps here and there, yes, but it's highly restricted and monitored." Luna nodded. She had figured it was just a weird dream.
"I see my school books are here, I've got my wand, right?"
"Yes, it's in the drawer of the nightstand."
"What else do I need for school?" Luna asked determined to take her mind off the dream and her current condition.
"Arthur and I bought you some robes already, we had to guess at your size, but we can have them altered if need be."
"Thank you. What about cauldron and potion ingredients."
"Professor Slughorn always has some extras for students. Until we're certain what you need, it's better to wait on those. There's parchment and ink with your books, I believe Mr. Lupin picked it up for you?" Luna smiled. Those boys had taken care of nearly everything for her.
"Do they know how long I'll be here?"
"Three days, unless you managed to run away again. School starts back up in three days, and you'll start reporting the school mediwitch." Three days, she only had to stay here three more days. She glanced at her school books. At least she could make sure she was caught up on her studies?
