Zeno, when he finally found out that Alluka apparently sensed and contacted the girl, was torn between killing her and keeping her there for the remainder of her life.
When he learned the girl not only had no use for Alluka's power and somehow managed to keep the most feared member of the Zoldyck family under control, he knew something had to be done. This...Luna, or Kurt as she sometimes called herself, was far too useful and talented to allow her skills to rust.
So he decided on an agreement, if he could convince the brother. Silva's wife had despaired of ever having a daughter she could train, and she wanted an apprentice but was unable to have one because of Alluka. And Luna was skilled enough to take on and if given time could become strong enough to qualify as a wife to the family.
Killua wasn't opposed to hanging out with Luna, surprisingly enough, and the girl liked him well enough.
Zeno went to the guard's little house and waited until the blond showed up. He tensed, following the visual cues of the guards, but was willing to talk.
"I'll be honest, normally we would kill intruders on the spot for coming that far into our grounds. However your sister interests us and has skills we could help her improve on."
"What do you want to do to her?"
"My son's wife has been wanting an apprentice to train for years now, but was unable to take one on due to certain circumstances. We would be willing to overlook the fact she managed to break in to our home if you would allow her to become an apprentice to our family. Your sister is a natural assassin and it would be a crime to let that skill and talent go to waste."
"She would be safe though right? She wouldn't be forced to kill against her will?"
"At most she would be in training for a few months or years if that. We would work up to killing later."
"I don't like the idea of my little sister becoming an assassin, but to be honest she would probably be safer as one than if she went with me. Because of our clan, many people are after us and if The Spiders ever learned of her existence she could be killed."
"Why would the Genrei Ryoudan care about either of you?"
"We're the last of the Kurta clan."
"Hmm. That does pose a few problems. Still, we have an agreement?"
"It's up to her really. If she wants to become an assassin, I won't stand in her way. I don't want to lose her when I have been looking for her for years."
"Fair enough."
Zeno went to inform Silva and Kikyou of the news...if the girl agreed. At the very least, becoming Kikyou's apprentice would solve most of the problems with her break in.
"An apprenticeship?" asked Luna, her eyes wide.
"You're a natural assassin. And if you became an apprentice we could easily overlook the fact you broke into our mansion."
Luna thought it over. It wasn't a hard decision, since Killua's comments did perk her interest. And unlike most people she had no issues with the darker aspects of human nature like death.
"What did my brother have to say?"
"He said he would respect your decision."
"In that case, where do we start? I must admit my interest in that career was perked after Killua kept asking me if I was an assassin like him."
"I have to warn you, we won't go easy on you at all. You will have to go through hell to survive."
"With all due respect, I have to tell you that you have no idea what hell is. I have lived through hell my entire life, and I sincerely doubt you could possibly match what I went through."
"That's the kind of spirit I expect. We'll start in the morning."
As it turned out, Kikyou's training with Luna didn't start until a week later. Killua had already left the mansion to travel with Gon for a bit, after getting his father's permission. While his mother wasn't happy about it, she contented herself with the fact she now had an apprentice to train for the next few months.
Though the girl would have to get up to an acceptable weight class before they could actually begin. Kikyou had been properly horrified to find out the girl had ribs showing as well as several poorly healed over wounds. When asked, all she said was that she was stuck with people who hated her very existence and often refused to feed her.
While she couldn't start any heavy lifting until she healed properly and was eating normally, she could start on some of the more...mental aspects of her new job. Kikyou was pleased the girl wasn't squeamish in the least, and took to learning the ins and out of most weapons with fervor.
As Killua had noted, she had an unusual ability to use bows and arrows. Kikyou quickly tested her and found Luna had a naturally sharp eyesight for small details. Add that to her odd sixth sense whenever someone was in a specific area or even close by and it was easy to capitalize on the girl's Nen senses.
It was clear she would have to work on improving her ability to pick a thrown coin from midair in full daylight with the sun against her to use.
Once Luna had enough weight on her to properly begin her training, she understood why Zeno called it hell. To any child born in a normal family, such rigorous and relentless training would be called hell by them. To her it was more of a test of her ability to thrive.
The Zoldyck clan seemed to enjoy her nature, throwing whatever they safely could at her. While they were pitiless and merciless while on a job, they did have limits. What little she admitted to when it came to her so-called family in England sent them into a murderous temperament.
They seemed to consider her one of their own, particularly when they found out that she could keep Alluka from getting too out of hand with her overwhelming ability.
She didn't dare tell them that they were going about it completely the wrong way. Alluka wasn't a monster any more than the alternate personality she had been. She just didn't know how to control it.
The entire reason it was so powerful and had connected to her so easily was because both of their Nen abilities stemmed from the same source.
Alluka was a witch who had awakened her Nen too early, and it had overwhelmed her. If given time or training, she could possibly learn to bring that power under control. However locking her in a room with little or no contact wasn't going to help in the long run.
Someone would eventually notice her magical power spilling out, and then all hell would break loose.
As it was, Luna decided to befriend the lonely girl in the hopes of helping her learn how to bring that power under control, seeing as she also needed to learn how.
Four months later...
Luna ran through the forest of the Zoldyck clan to get some air. She had progressed far beyond what they had expected within that small time frame, and soon would be available to take on jobs with Illumi as a test run.
It would also give her a chance to meet the goblins to settle some discrepancies in her account.
The goblins went through the Hunter Association to contact the newbies to give them an account to place their cash free of charge. When they found her name and were given the remaining sample she had handed over to see if Kurapika was in fact her brother, they had been surprised to find she was the missing Potter heir.
Because she had become a Hunter before the letters even went out, she was given unrestricted access to her parents accounts...including the vault of Lily Evans, her adopted mother.
Luna had decided to wait until she was cleared to leave the estate before meeting with them, claiming that her apprenticeship couldn't be put on hold until she was ready to face the world again. Considering the fact that the Zoldycks were known to the goblins (and even hired by the creatures once or twice) they accepted her excuse with grace.
She had been rather surprised when she heard from Kurapika on her birthday though. As far as she had known, July 31rst was her birthday. At least, that was what she had heard from Petunia Dursley.
Kurapika informed her that her birthday was actually in April, the 18th in fact. July 31rst was the day that James announced her to the magical world, claiming Lily wanted to have her daughter in their own home with the war. Only a few close friends knew that Luna was in fact Lily's adopted child, born from a surrogate James would not name. Since she had green eyes like Lily, no one questioned the age difference.
Had he known how much the date of the blood adoption of his sister had mattered, he would have been really upset. Dumbledore had counted on the fact Luna Potter had been born on the end of July to fulfill a prophecy created by a half stoned woman.
He had no idea that the spy he had ignored in favor of a prophecy would later ruin his plans.
Had he known that the prophecy itself was about the son of the Longbottoms, he wouldn't have left an innocent child in the hands of monsters like Petunia Dursley.
Nor how it would bring about his downfall. His actions changed the prophecy as his interpretations caused it to focus on him instead of Voldemort like it was supposed to originally.
"Lady Potter, it is a pleasure to meet you," said the goblin.
"Likewise, keeper of the vaults. I apologize for not appearing sooner, however my training could not be put off if I was to advance in my teacher's grace."
"Understandable. Now, as we discussed on the phone, there have been some rather worrying discrepancies in your account. We have investigate the problem and learned several goblins were being paid to overlook the theft of artifacts and gold. They have since been dispatched."
"I thank you for your promptness."
"We are still in the process of finding the thief, and have since moved all of the property and gold from your vaults into a deluxe account free of charge. If you desire, you may access it from the magical equivalent in London with no fee. The thief has tried to access it from there, but because of the change has been kept from further reducing your account."
"Thank you, Master Griphook."
"Now, onto more pressing matters. You are aware that as a magical descendant you are recommended to either attend classes or at least pass the standard tests in order to control your magical power, correct?"
"I was unaware of magic until Chairman Netero informed me of the other communities. And frankly I doubt I would enjoy attending one of their schools."
"Self study is possible, but not recommended by any of the wizards. I'll have you marked down as home schooled to prevent any trouble."
"There is a slight problem with that. I currently know of another witch in my residence, however her early awakening to Nen has caused her magical ability to spiral out of control to the point where they had to restrict any contact with others. Is there anything I could get to help her control her ability?"
"Exactly how dangerous is this ability, and what are the parameters?"
"It's akin to a genie lamp from muggle tales, only instead of three wishes you have to fulfill three requests depending on the severity of the last one. Failure to do so kills any loved ones you have. However the power gained is enormous. I'm almost certain the person in question is a muggleborn with who's magic is bleeding into her Nen ability causing it to go out of control."
"I wasn't aware Nen and magic could merge."
"Yeah, neither did I until Netero informed me that the only way to see me while I was invisible was through Gyo, and Zeno said I was still almost impossible to see and he had a general idea of where I was. From what I can tell my initial Nen ability had accidentally merged with an extremely overpowered Notice-Me-Not charm, Silencing charm and Disillusionment charm all rolled into one."
"Can I see this ability of yours?"
She activated the trick, and the goblin was looking around.
"I see what you mean. I'm afraid that we have no idea of how to address such an issue other than binding her magic, but because it is bleeding into her Nen, that would be impossible."
"Can I get a binding oath so you don't repeat such information to others?"
"Considering the ability, I will get someone up here with a wand to perform an Unbreakable Vow. Any attempts to speak of what has been said here will result in death. Is that satisfactory?"
"Yes. Thank you."
Luna played with Alluka and eventually she did something that would cause her natural Nen ability to change whenever her eyes turned Scarlet. She made a wish, not for herself, but for Alluka's sake.
"I wish I could help Alluka regulate her power better. So she could leave the room and be a normal girl for change and not have her own family fear her like mine did."
Nanika, the spirit who did the wish granting, heard Kurt's only wish. She had been pestered three times and each time Kurt completed it without questioning why Alluka made such odd requests. One of which was to trace the scar Kurt had...and unknown to the girl, steal the soul who had been hiding there since her father and adopted mother were murdered.
Nanika giggled, glad to finally grant a wish to the only person other than her older brother Killua who could work around her pestering system.
She didn't realize until much too late that the wish she had granted had a double meaning. As the one who granted the wishes, her power came from the lives of those she took when the three demands were not met.
So when she ended up taking the place of the spirit she had removed, she screamed in rage.
The girl had tricked her into being sealed just so Alluka wouldn't be feared by her own family anymore! What was worse was that she had no idea that she had done it!
Nanika seethed as she went to find a way to reverse it.