Disclaimer: I do not own the Harry Potter world. Filip is owned by T.E.D.S
When Luna woke up the next morning she felt odd. Like something was wrong, and it wasn't just because the Death Eaters were out of Azkaban. Realizing that she should probably go get ready for classes she found her uniform and quietly put it on.
To the other girls in the room, it looked like she was out of it and in her own world as always, but Luna was actually trying to figure out what was wrong and why she felt like something was gone.
She walked down to the common room, along the way she pointed things out to other people. Most of the girls thought she was just the weirdo blonde that they have had to put up with for the past five years, but to Luna they were real things. Like the nargles were real for her, but others thought it was just make believe.
Luna stood in the common room for a good ten minutes before realizing that Avana was not down there with her yet. It was odd, because Avana usually beet her down there, but today she hadn't.
Walking back up the stairs to the girls dorms, Luna wondered where her little friend was. Knocking on the door to the year two girls dorm, she noticed that nobody answered or made a sound. She opened the door and noticed all the girls gone and all the beds messy, except one.
The bed that was not messy, or used, was the bed that Avana would occupy. On top of the perfectly made covers, was a letter that read Professor Dumbledore on the front, realizing what it was Luna ran out of the room and out of the common room to find a professor.
After a few minutes of running down corridor after corridor Luna saw Professor Snape. Not the one she wanted, but he would have to do.
"Professor!" she yelled. Snape looked at her and sneered.
"Do not yell Miss Lovegood. Not what do you need? Shouldn't you be getting to class?" he asked. Luna's eyes were wide, and in shock.
"Professor Snape, Avana is gone!" Luna exclaimed. Snape had a look of shock on his face before it went completely blank. Without saying a word he walked swiftly past Luna, his cape flowing in his wake. Luna ran to catch up with him.
0o0
"What does this mean headmaster?" asked Snape as he stared at Dumbledore. Also sitting in the room was Luna, Filip, Filips mother, Narcissa, Draco and the minister.
"It means, that Miss Lestrange has left the school." Dumbledore said. Everyone in the room was shocked, why would Avana leave the school? What was the purpose of it?
"Avana left?" asked Filips mother. Dumbledore nodded. Filip and Luna shared a knowing look but said nothing. Lifting up the letter that Dumbledore had he opened it, the room was silent. The sound of the ripping paper was loud, the only sound. It was ripping the silence in half, tearing it.
"There are a few letters in here, addressed to different people." Dumbledore said as he pulled out his letter. Placing it on the table he got another out. "To my family" he read off the back and handed it to Narcissa and Draco. "Filip and family" Dumbledore handed the letter to Filip and his mother. "Luna" he read. Handing the letter to her, Luna looked at it sadly.
"This girl must be found. She is only nine years old!" exclaimed the minister before he flooed out of Hogwarts, not realising how difficult it would be.
Slowly everyone left the room, and Dumbledore picked up his letter.
Dear Professor Dumbledore;
Thank-you for everything. I am sorry I am leaving, and without telling anyone. If I told someone, they would have stopped me. Don't worry, I am safe. I loved Hogwarts, but with everything that was happening, I was a danger to everyone else. To myself.
I hope that you are well, and that one day you will find it in your large caring heart to forgive me for this.
Your student;
Avana Kadavra Lestrange
Slowly Dumbledore put the letter down and pulled off his glasses.
~O-O~
When Filip and his mother got home, they sat down in the living room together. Not knowing whether to open the letter or not, not knowing if they wanted to.
Filips mother knew so much to know that the girl wanted out, with her Uncle as Lucius, Mother Bellatrix Lestrange. They would want her to be a death eater for sure.
Finally, after minutes that seemed like hours, Filip tore open the letter and pulled it out. He started to read;
"Dear Filip and his mother;
Please forgive me. I couldn't stay, others would get hurt when my parents came to get me. I couldn't let that happen, so I left.
Filip, tell your mother that she is nice and kind and everything that I would want for a mother.
Filip, you are like my brother. My best friend, you were there when nobody else was. Took me in over the summer because I couldn't go home, I will never know how to repay you.
One day you will be able to find me, hopefully that one day won't be too far away.
You two are my real family. I love you.
From
Ava
p.s. I found out that the Ravenclaw sign is an eagle, it means wisdom. I am too young to be wise, but I hope soon I will be able to be that very thing and hold up to the Ravenclaw name."
Filips mother sat quietly, she and Filip looked at each other. Avana was gone they realized, the goodbye she gave them when she left their house a few days earlier, she knew that was the last. That was their last goodbye.
0o0
Luna sat in her dorm room, Dumbledores words echoing in her head Miss Lestrange is gone was all she could hear. It was haunting her.
Luna knew deep down that Avana left to protect her, to protect them, to protect the school. The death eaters would come for her; they would destroy the school to get to her and Harry Potter.
Opening the letter Luna stared at the letter as it all slowly sunk in.
Dear Luna;
You are one of my best friends (The other one being Filip) and it pains me to have to leave you. You know the reason, don't you Luna? You must Luna, please say you do. If not I might as well explain it.
Me being there made it dangerous for you, for Filip, for the student of Hogwarts. Everyone it was dangerous for. Sure, Harry is there; sure they will try and come for him. But I am suppose to be on their side, so they will come after me too.
You are the person I can say anything to, but I don't have to. Because you know me better than anyone. I will miss, and do miss, you Luna. Please stay safe.
Your little friend,
Avana
On the outside, Luna was upset. Horrible upset, angry. Wondering what she did to have to have Avana taken away. Everything happens for a reason she reasoned with herself.
Quietly Luna put the letter in her box of important things. She sat it right beside her mothers photo.
0o0
When Draco got into the house with his mother, he was allowed home for the weekend, his Aunt walked over to them. "Where were you?" she asked. More like demanded.
Narcissa didn't say anything. Bellatrix noticed Draco standing beside his mother; his hair was messy as though he had been running his fingers through it.
"Where is Avana?" asked Bellatrix. Surveying the two, she noticed the letter in Narcissa's hand. "Where is my daughter!?" she screamed. Tears came into Narcissa's eyes. Draco took the letter from his mothers hand and silently opened it.
"Dear Auntie Cissy, Draco, Mother, Father, and Uncle Lucius;
It is in my greatest displeasure to announce to you that I am leaving. Though you probably have figured that out by now with the fact that I did not spend summer and what not.
I cannot risk you all coming into the castle, again for some, to take me away. I will not risk others, and I will stay friends with Luna and Filip. No matter what you say.
I am not a dark person; I don't want to work with the dark lord. I don't like the colours green or black. I like Pink and purple. I may be a witch, but I find no use for magic. I like the fact of relying on myself instead of maids or workers or magic. I feel like it is cheating at life.
So in case you didn't realize, I'm not joining Voldemort. Now for individual things, well sort of individual.
To Auntie, Uncle and Draco; Thank-you for everything. Thank-you for raising me. Auntie thank you for being someone I could go to no matter what, for being the person I looked up to and wanted to be.
Uncle, you protected me, made sure I was always happy and bought me what I wanted. And when Draco first went to Hogwarts you made sure that I got lots of new toys so I wouldn't be sad. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, let's just go with good.
Draco, Draco, Draco. Where do I begin? You were my best friend until I was eight; You made sure that I was happy, beat up your friends when they made fun of me. Hurt any muggles who tried to talk to me when we were at the park, though I wanted to talk to them. You are protective and were more like a brother than a cousin. I am sorry I did this to you.
Now, to my mother and father. You both were amazing, loving. When I was little, littler than I am now, I wanted to be just like you and work for the dark lord. Now, he just scares me.
Mother, you are amazing. I love you, but I wasn't who you wanted me to be. I am not a dark lord loving, pureblood obsessed girl. I am not interested in marrying; I am not interested in the dark arts. I like regular art with pencils of many colours. Well, they are different things but they have the same word in them!
When I was little, I thought that what you did was best. I wanted to be like you, act like you. I basically wanted to be a mini Bellatrix Lestrange. As I grew I realized that I didn't like dark things, so I wanted to be Aunt Cissy. Now, well now I just want to be me.
Father, you are amazing. I love you very much. You love mom, I know you do. Please, take care of her. Make sure nothing happens. I wish you both weren't on the dark side, I with none of you were, I wish you all also didn't care about blood status.
I hope to see you one day in the future. Please, be careful.
Love, Your daughter, niece, cousin,
Avana Kadavra Lestrange"
They all stood silently. No sound was made and nobody moved. At that moment, Bellatrix wished everything was different and that her husband was there with her. He and Lucius deserved to hear this.
All of the sudden, Narcissa fled from the room. Draco stared at the letter and didn't say anything else. About to turn around, Bellatrix saw a small piece of paper fall from the envelope. It flittered through the air until it fell onto the floor. She bent down and picked it up. 'All of my memorieskeep you nearthe silent whispers, silent tears' was written on it.
After staring at it for a few moments, Bellatrix crumpled it up and threw it into the fire before storming out of the room because of a call from her master.
End of the chapter! The line about memories is from the song memories by Within Temptations. So another disclaimer is I do not own Within Temptations.
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~Elekat