"L-Luna…" I stutter. "H-h-how on Earth do you k-know"

"And yet," The beautiful blonde witch states glumly. "He does not even try to deny it."

She makes the tea cup disappear before facing me, looking eye to eye. The guilt and pain is overbearing. My heart is set on fire and then taken out with a knife. The coward in me can't even look at her.

"How did you…" I breathe. "How did you know?"

"I may come across as insane to some, but I certainly am not stupid." Luna informs me. "I had the scent of every poison memorized in my third year. It was a competition between the houses." She smiled reminiscently. "I won twenty points for Ravenclaw."

I was speechless.

"I guess I should thank you though." Luna muses in her dreamy, drifting voice. Her crystal eyes shoot a hole through my heart. "If I am not mistaken, that was the least painful of all poison charms."

"Luna," I try to speak. In vain. "I'm sorry…I'm so, so sorry… you have no clue… they made me…"

"Nathaniel and Iris Riddle?" She asks wearily, as though reading my mind. "Yes, they have been trying to turn people against me for many years. I'm still okay, though, as you can see." Luna leans in secretively, "I think the Nargles have been looking after me lately. Thoughtful of them. They are particularly fond of babies, you know."

"Why aren't you furious?" I demand, not understanding. Why was she such a good effing person? "You should hate me right now! I tried to kill you and your two unborn children for selfish reasons!"

Luna just smiles, unbothered. "They'll be back after me soon enough whether I hate you or not. Anyway, my father always told me that hatred breeds too much negative energy. Winged Gliffery-Pingers feed off of negative energy, so it's best not to create too much of it."

I can't help but smile. Her ridiculous beliefs are adorable… Nearly as cute as her little nose and the blush she gets every time someone laughs at her. She is so pure and sweet… so perfect in every way… I need to tell her how I feel.

"They won't be back." I promise her, squeezing her hand. "I'll protect you no matter what."

She smiles. "That's nice of you."

We're both quiet for a while.

"Luna?"

She looks up. "Hm?"

"I've been thinking about this a lot and I decided that I can't hold it back anymore." I admit. "Luna, I love—"

The windows in the front of the house burst open, shattering glass everywhere. Nathaniel and Iris are standing in front of us in their dark cloaks, both looking dark and wicked. The bags under Iris's eyes and the wrinkles on Nathaniel's face make them both look triple their ages.

"Both of you are coming with us." Nathaniel orders.

"No," I say firmly, standing up and taking out my wand.

"Draco, step aside." The son of Tom Riddle bellows. "We'll deal with you later!"

"NO." I pronounce.

"Avada Kedavra!" Iris screeches, whipping out her wand.

Luna and I duck, and the stream of red hits the coffee table.

"Expelliarmus!" Both of their wands float to the ceiling. As they try to get them down, I drag Luna to the door. "Luna, go! Run!" I scream at her. "Get out of the house! You're who they want!"

"No!" She protests, begging with her clear blue eyes. "I'm not going without you!"

"I'll be along right after you!" I assure her. "Luna, just go! I'll be fine!"

Her lip quivers and she shakes her head in the doorway as tears come to her eyes. "No!" Luna's soft voice got quieter. "That's what Neville said the last time I saw him alive. He said he'd be fine! I'm not losing you too, Draco!"

Saying no to her porcelain face was nearly impossible, but Nathaniel had just reached his wand, and was pointing it straight at Luna. I had to think quickly.

He screams, "Crucio!" At the same time, I yell, "Stupefy!" Luna gets to the ground and it misses her. Her wand isn't behind her ear; she must've forgotten it upstairs. Nathaniel dodges the spell I cast on him.

"Stupefy!" Two oddly familiar voices in the doorway pip in. Iris and Nathaniel freeze.

Shocked, I look in back of me at the doorway and see a chubby couple with wands in their hands. Trudy and Melvyn Reny, the chubby muggle neighbors who invited me to the funeral, were standing there.

They look different. They are wearing black robes and look much less nerdy than the day I met them. But… them? Wizards? They hold up badges.

"We're here on behalf of Azkaban prison to take away these two scums." Trudy announces in a strong voice. "Thanks for the help, Ms. Lovegood, Mr. Malfoy."

"We've been undercover as muggles for years trying to catch those two." Melvyn shakes my hand and hugs Luna. "We owe you one."

We talk for a little while before they say that they need to go get the criminals locked up and that they might be back in a few years.

Once they leave, Luna looks at me like she's about to say something. Then, the happy look on her face fades.

"What's wrong?" I inquire, concerned.

"Oh, nothing really." She brushes off with a serene smile. "But I think my water just broke."

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