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It was nearly bedtime and Pandora was tickling Luna on the tummy, making the toddler giggle considerably, when Xenophilius walked into the bedroom. "And how are my two favorite women doing this fine evening?" he asked.
"We're just fine, dear," answered his wife.
"Jus' fine," echoed Luna.
Xeno sat down next to Luna's cot. "Would you like Daddy to read you a story before you go to sleep?" Luna nodded happily, and her father opened a book titled The Tales of Beedle the Bard. "You'll love this one; it's called The Tale of the Three Brothers."
Pandora rolled her eyes. Oh here we go again, she thought. Lately, Xenophilius had become increasingly obsessed with finding and proving the existence of the Deathly Hallows, and as much as Pandora was willing to support his beliefs in all kinds of fantastical creatures and even consider their possible existence, she felt this Hallows mania was a step too far. And she certainly didn't want her daughter involved in that either. "Mummy has a much better story for you, sweetie, and she made this one up herself. It's called Sebastian the Straight-Horned Snorkack."
"Dora, I already promised Luna I'd be the storyteller tonight," Xeno said sharply. "Besides, she needs to know about the Hallows." Luna was standing up in her cot, looking from one parent to the other curiously. "Do you know what? Instead of arguing about this, we should let Luna choose which story she wants to hear tonight." They both looked at the twenty-month-old girl.
"Which would you rather hear, Lu-Lu - Mummy's story or Daddy's?" Pandora asked.
Luna seemed to ponder this for a minute, torn between curiosity about a story her mummy had made up and eagerness to hear her daddy's story considering the fact that he had promised her his first. She then pointed to Xeno. "Daddy," she said. Of course, Pandora thought.
"I'll leave you to it, then," she said as she exited the room.
"Right," said Xeno. "'Once there were three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the three came across a river that was too deep and dangerous to cross, so they conjured up a bridge..."
By the time he had finished the story, Luna was fast asleep. Xeno gently ran a hand through her hair and planted a kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dreams, my little moonbeam."
A/N: The title of the story Pandora wanted to tell Luna, "Sebastian the Straight-Horned Snorkack," is a parody of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.