The odd pair appeared at the bottom of a small hill, looking up, Harry saw what must have been the Lovegood residence. It was roughly half the size of the Burrow, with two floors and a thatched roof, pale blue outer walls and a small gravel path leading up to it from where Harry stood. Over to Harry's left was a forest that looked like it carried on for miles, on the opposite side of the hill was a lake. Harry took a minute to take in his surroundings, he couldn't help but smile, it was so perfect, so much more full of beauty than the Burrow, which was more . . . dilapidated, Harry snorted at that thought, and started walking up the hill, sending a quick thank you to Dobby over his shoulder as the elf clicked his fingers and Harry possessions started to levitate and follow him.
He took the hill at a slow pace, in no rush at all, as he got closer to the house, the front door opened and a streak of blond came flying at him, shouting his name. The next thing he knew he had his arms wrapped around Luna, his face deep into her glorious blond hair and her face pressed hard into her chest. Harry couldn't help the smile that spread across his face as he looked down at the girl, no, young women, he mentally corrected as Luna squeezed and her . . . assets pressed up against his chest.
"I'm so glad to see you Harry, I'm sorry about the others." She said as she pulled back, Harry looked down at her and their eyes met, Harry was shocked, gone was the far awayness that was Luna's usual air, she was looking clear and in control, Her eyes pierced into his very soul. Harry smiled again, reached up and gently cupped her chin.
"It's alright, forget them, their not important anyway. What is important now is the fact that I've got you by my side now." Harry was in shock, the smile that Luna gave him lit up her face and made his heart skip a beat. He gave himself a little shake as Luna said.
"Let's get inside, you can meet Daddy." A look of horror crossed Harry's face, causing Luna to laugh, "Don't be worried, Daddy's alright, I've told him all about you." Harry looked even more worried, which made Luna laugh again as she dragged him across the small yard and into the house proper.
Harry was surprised again, he expected it to look like the Burrow, with things happening everywhere, but in reality it was quite organized, with everything looking neat and tidy, Harry even spotted a few muggle appliances laying around. His surprise must have shown on his face as Luna laughed. She was doing that a lot lately, and if Harry was honest with himself, it was quite nice.
"Not what you expected? I bet you expected to see crazy things everywhere?" suddenly the dreamy look that usually was on her face came back and she said in her usual far off voice, "Not what you expected from Loony Lovegood?"
The dreamy look disappeared and her voice returned to normal as she laughed again, Harry looked down in shame, embarrassed with himself, Luna saw this and grabbed his hand, "Harry, it's alright, most people don't expect this from a wizarding household, let alone my house."
Harry nodded and said, "I know, I'm sorry," he gave her hand a squeeze which she returned, a smile on her face.
"Come on, Daddy's in the kitchen." she said, dragging him along, he noticed that she had not let go of his hand.
Xenophilius Lovegood wasn't what Harry was expecting, he was a medium sized man that could only be described as plain, though the aura that surrounded him was anything but, Harry could almost see the power coming off the wizard. He smirked inwardly, thinking of the damage that this wizard could do if he wanted to, poor Ron.
The man was sat at the kitchen table reading a book which Harry noticed had no title. He looked up and saw Harry and Luna, he marked his page and got up slowly and gracefully. He walked over to the pair and After greeting Luna with a kiss on the top of her head and a, "Hello, Pumpkin." He turned to Harry.
The pair looked eyes and a battle of wills took place as the man moved closer to him. Harry fought the compulsion to gulp and back off, he had faced down countless monstrosities, including Voldemort, he was not going to back down to this man. This apparently was a good choice because when the man came within reach his face broke out into a smile and he reached out to shake Harry's hand.
After a firm handshake and an exchange of greetings, Xenophilius turned to Luna and said, "You've chosen well, Pumpkin."
Harry frowned, for some reason he distantly heard the words in a strange language, but for another reason he understood them, "How has she chosen well?"
This response caused both Xenophilius and Luna to spin around, a look of shock written across their features. Nothing was said for a minute so Harry repeated his question again, this caused the father and daughter pair to give themselves a little shake.
"You understand this?" Luna said, once again harry got the feeling that it was in a strange language but he could understand it.
"Yes, I don't know how, but I can understand it." He said.
"Try speaking it." Xenophilius prodded.
Harry thought for a moment, a frown marring his features, how does he speak Parseltongue? Usually just either see a snake or think of one. So harry thought about the strange language that he had heard Luna and her father speaking.
"Like this?" he said, he immediately knew that it was in the strange language, as his lips and tongue moved in a completely different way than they usually would when he was speaking English.
This seemed to shock Xenophilius and Luna even more, to the point where they both had to sit down.
"we'll need to do the test." Xenophilius said, Luna nodded and got up and walked out of the kitchen, but not after seeing Harry confused look and giving him a hug and telling him everything was going to be alright. After she left it left him with Xenophilius, who was looking at Harry with an appreciative look. Nothing was said, making Harry feel more and more uncomfortable until about half an hour passed and Luna came back in carrying a vial filled with a bright purple potion in it and a piece of parchment. Which she gave to Xenophilius.
"Right, harry, I want you to put seven drops of blood into this potion, don't ask why, I'll explain after." Harry frowned for a minute, he had bad experiences with his blood and potions, but the encouraging look that he got from Luna caused him to sigh and excepted the offered knife that Xenophilius pulled out of his robe.
Harry cut his finger and counted seven drops into the vial which Xenophilius cork and shuck for a minute before he counted out seven drops onto the parchment. Harry looked on as the parchment absorbed the drops and a few seconds later, a single word appeared on the parchment, which caused Xenophilius to pass stagger over to a chair and sit heavily, while Luna gave him a tight hug.
Harry was just staring at the word on the parchment.
What does 'Heir' mean?
A/N: hope you liked, read and reiew, your comments and suggestions are apprciated. On another note, it was pointed out to me that the first chapter is similar to another fics, this is purely by accident as the first chapter I made myself.