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Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling
Chapter 18: Deathly Hallows part 2: Luna has skills
Luna awoke in Harry’s arms. She could feel his morning Need pressing into her bum, so she helped him Relieve that before they went down to the kitchen for morning tea and breakies.
“How were the death-eaters so easily able to find us?” asked Hermione.
“I think it was Luna’s under-age casting setting off the trace,” accused Ron.
“It couldn’t have been,” countered Harry. “She didn’t start casting until after they had found us and attacked.”
“So it couldn’t be the trace,” theorized Hermione. “That went away when we turned 17.”
“Except I won’t turn 17 until April,” confessed Luna.
“Right. No more magic Luna, until you come of age. You’ll have to stay here,” commanded Harry.
“What if I lose you!” protested Luna. “We’re all on the run from the ministry. If they catch up with me alone I will be vulnerable. I’m safer fighting along side of you.”
“But how will you fight without a wand?” asked Ron. “What use will you be?”
“I can still be plenty useful without using my wand,” explained Luna. “I can still brew potions and carve runes. I’m still a Witch. I can move quietly, track and hunt game. I know which wild plants are edible. And as for fighting, if I can get some leather, I can make a sling or a bola. If I can get sinew, feathers and wood, I can make a bow.”
“Sling? Bows and arrows? What good will that do in a fight against wizards?” Sneered Ron.
“Those kinds of weapons my be primitive, but in skilled hands they can still kill a wizard,” explained Hermione. “That’s why we have a statute of secrecy.”
“I get what you are saying about still being useful as a Witch,” said Harry. “But your skills with potions and Runes are mostly useful for you staying behind when we go into danger. As for your wilderness skills. If we have to leave this house, they might come in handy. But for now, we are safe.”
Luna let it pass for now. But it was not long before there was a need to infiltrate the Ministry and obtain a locket horcrux that was in possession of professor Umbridge.
“I’m sorry Luna, but you can’t go,” commanded Harry. “It’s too dangerous.”
“Don’t leave me behind!” begged Luna.
“Be reasonable, Luna,” chided Hermione. “If you can’t use a wand, you’ll be quickly revealed. And if you do use a wand, you’ll be tracked for using under-age magic.”
“Transfiguration! You can turn me into a marble and put me in your beaded bag,” countered Luna. “Set the transfiguration to expire in 6 hours. If you get captured, I can be your escape!”
When Luna awoke, she was in a tent. It wasn’t as nice as the ones she had bought for the Clan. But it had three cots, one of which, she was laying on. There was a lantern dimly lighting the inside of the tent and she could tell it was dark outside. Two of the cots had Harry and Ron in them. Luna stepped outside and found Hermione wandering around out there.
“Good morning!” greeted Luna.
“Luna, it’s the middle of the night,” corrected Hermione.
“It’s bound to be morning somewhere,” replied Luna. “Why aren’t you sleeping?”
“I’m keeping watch,” explained Hermione.
“Well I could do that for you,” offered Luna. “I’ve been sleeping for hours.”
“But if something happens, you can’t use your wand without giving us away to the ministry,” protested Hermione.
“I can scream loudly,” offered Luna. “Besides, you look like you need your sleep. . . . There are wrackspurts all over you.”
“Fine,” huffed Hermione. “But I have set up protective enchantments. Let me show you where the perimeter is. If you step outside of it, you won’t be able to find your way back to us.”
The next morning, when harry awoke, he smelled cooking meat and smoke. Stepping outside, he found Luna had dug a hole and built a fire in it so that the flames were completely below ground level. Nearby was another hole that the smoke was coming out of. Over the fire were four animals cooking what might be large rats. Luna was tending them to make certain the sticks they were spitted on didn’t burn and drop their meal into the fire.
“I wasn’t in your bed when I awoke,” mused Luna. “Are you trying to tell me something?”
“We didn’t know what would happened when the transfiguration reversed,“ explained Harry. “I didn’t want to accidentally squish you.”
“What is that delicious smell!” said Ron, as he stepped out of the tent.
“Squirrels,” replied Luna. “I managed to catch a few for our breakfast.”
“How did you do that?” asked Hermione, as she stepped out of the tent.”
“I threw a stick at them then clubbed them with it when they fell out of the tree,” explained Luna. “The hard part was skinning them with a jagged rock. I don’t suppose any of you have a good knife?”
Hermione reached into her beaded bag and pulled out a sheathed knife with a 6 inch blade, which handed to Luna. “Here.”
Luna unsheathed the knife and examined it, before nodding her satisfaction. “I think breakfast is ready now.”
“How did you make a fire?” asked Harry.
“That was the really hard part,” replied Luna. “I didn’t have a firestone, so I had to twirl a stick on another until it was warm enough that I could use it to catch some tinder.”
During breakfast, the other three caught Luna up on their trip to the Ministry of Magic and the locket they obtained from Umbridge.
“Yes, I can feel the nargles oozing out of that thing,” agreed Luna.
“Then let’s destroy it,” said Harry.
But no matter what spell they threw at it, they couldn’t make a dent in the locket. In the end, Harry had to put it around his neck so he could protect it until they found a way to destroy it.
“Harry, can you transfigure these squirrel skins into a strip of leather about this wide and this long?” asked Luna.
Harry waved his wand and transfigured the skins as she asked.
“This is a little too thick,” said Luna as she exampled it. “Can you make it half that thick?”
Harry did it again.
“Perfect!” praised Luna, as she put a small rock in the middle of the strip of leather, then spun it around to make a pocket. “Now I just need to change clothes.”
What’s wrong with what you’re wearing?” asked Hermione.
“It’s too noisy,” explained Luna as she began looking through Hermione’s clothes. Grabbing the skirt that Hermione had taken from Matilda Hopkirk in order to impersonate her in the ministry, Luna held it up. “Can I wear this?”
“Sure,” replied Hermione. “But it doesn’t match your shirt.”
“That’s fine, I’m not wearing a shirt,” said Luna as she took off the shirt. The bra, jeans and knickers soon followed.
“Luna, what are you doing!?!” gasped Hermione, as Luna was now completely naked in full view of the boys.
“Changing into more appropriate clothes,” explained Luna as she put the skirt on.
“Appropriate for what?” asked Hermione. “Hooking?”
“Appropriate for hunting,” announced Luna, as she tucked the knife in the waistband of the skirt. “I’m going hunting.”
“But you don’t even have any shoes on!” scolded Hermione.
“I don’t need them,” explained Luna. “Shoes would be too noisy.”
“But if you step out side the enchantment, you won’t be able to find us,” protested Hermione.
“I’ll mark just outside the circle, so I can find it,’ explained Luna, as she picked up three plate-sized flat rocks. “When I come back to these rocks, you’ll have to bring me back in.”
Luna stepped outside the circle, stacked the rocks three high, then quietly stalked into the forrest.
“I know she’s your girlfriend, but you gotta admit she’s a little looney,” said Ron.
“Don’t call her that, growled Harry.
A several hours later, while the three of them were combing through Hermione’s books looking for a way to destroy horcruxes, Luna returned, dragging a roe-deer. When she found the stacked rocks she stopped.
“Now, where did they go?” asked Luna, as she looked around.
Harry, stepped up to the edge and summoned her to his arms.
“Oof!” grunted Luna, as her chest impacted Harry’s. “There you are!”
“Luna, what have you been doing?” asked Harry.
“I told you I was going hunting,” explained Luna. “I brought us a roe-deer.”
“How did you do that?” asked Harry.
“I used my sling to stun it, long enough to run up and slit it’s throat,” replied Luna.
“Disgusting!” sneered Ron.
“I’ll bet you don’t feel that way when we have steak for dinner, tonight?” replied Hermione.
“See I can be a useful member of this clan, even without using my wand,” argued Luna. “In fact, my friend, Ayla’s daughter was able to live a happy life for several years without a wand. Between runes, and herbalogy and potions and Care of magical creatures, she was still able to be a Weech.”
“No one ever doubted that you are a Witch,” replied Harry. “We just didn’t realized how skilled you are in the wild and how much we would need those skills.”
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling
Chapter 18: Deathly Hallows part 2: Luna has skills
Luna awoke in Harry’s arms. She could feel his morning Need pressing into her bum, so she helped him Relieve that before they went down to the kitchen for morning tea and breakies.
“How were the death-eaters so easily able to find us?” asked Hermione.
“I think it was Luna’s under-age casting setting off the trace,” accused Ron.
“It couldn’t have been,” countered Harry. “She didn’t start casting until after they had found us and attacked.”
“So it couldn’t be the trace,” theorized Hermione. “That went away when we turned 17.”
“Except I won’t turn 17 until April,” confessed Luna.
“Right. No more magic Luna, until you come of age. You’ll have to stay here,” commanded Harry.
“What if I lose you!” protested Luna. “We’re all on the run from the ministry. If they catch up with me alone I will be vulnerable. I’m safer fighting along side of you.”
“But how will you fight without a wand?” asked Ron. “What use will you be?”
“I can still be plenty useful without using my wand,” explained Luna. “I can still brew potions and carve runes. I’m still a Witch. I can move quietly, track and hunt game. I know which wild plants are edible. And as for fighting, if I can get some leather, I can make a sling or a bola. If I can get sinew, feathers and wood, I can make a bow.”
“Sling? Bows and arrows? What good will that do in a fight against wizards?” Sneered Ron.
“Those kinds of weapons my be primitive, but in skilled hands they can still kill a wizard,” explained Hermione. “That’s why we have a statute of secrecy.”
“I get what you are saying about still being useful as a Witch,” said Harry. “But your skills with potions and Runes are mostly useful for you staying behind when we go into danger. As for your wilderness skills. If we have to leave this house, they might come in handy. But for now, we are safe.”
Luna let it pass for now. But it was not long before there was a need to infiltrate the Ministry and obtain a locket horcrux that was in possession of professor Umbridge.
“I’m sorry Luna, but you can’t go,” commanded Harry. “It’s too dangerous.”
“Don’t leave me behind!” begged Luna.
“Be reasonable, Luna,” chided Hermione. “If you can’t use a wand, you’ll be quickly revealed. And if you do use a wand, you’ll be tracked for using under-age magic.”
“Transfiguration! You can turn me into a marble and put me in your beaded bag,” countered Luna. “Set the transfiguration to expire in 6 hours. If you get captured, I can be your escape!”
When Luna awoke, she was in a tent. It wasn’t as nice as the ones she had bought for the Clan. But it had three cots, one of which, she was laying on. There was a lantern dimly lighting the inside of the tent and she could tell it was dark outside. Two of the cots had Harry and Ron in them. Luna stepped outside and found Hermione wandering around out there.
“Good morning!” greeted Luna.
“Luna, it’s the middle of the night,” corrected Hermione.
“It’s bound to be morning somewhere,” replied Luna. “Why aren’t you sleeping?”
“I’m keeping watch,” explained Hermione.
“Well I could do that for you,” offered Luna. “I’ve been sleeping for hours.”
“But if something happens, you can’t use your wand without giving us away to the ministry,” protested Hermione.
“I can scream loudly,” offered Luna. “Besides, you look like you need your sleep. . . . There are wrackspurts all over you.”
“Fine,” huffed Hermione. “But I have set up protective enchantments. Let me show you where the perimeter is. If you step outside of it, you won’t be able to find your way back to us.”
The next morning, when harry awoke, he smelled cooking meat and smoke. Stepping outside, he found Luna had dug a hole and built a fire in it so that the flames were completely below ground level. Nearby was another hole that the smoke was coming out of. Over the fire were four animals cooking what might be large rats. Luna was tending them to make certain the sticks they were spitted on didn’t burn and drop their meal into the fire.
“I wasn’t in your bed when I awoke,” mused Luna. “Are you trying to tell me something?”
“We didn’t know what would happened when the transfiguration reversed,“ explained Harry. “I didn’t want to accidentally squish you.”
“What is that delicious smell!” said Ron, as he stepped out of the tent.
“Squirrels,” replied Luna. “I managed to catch a few for our breakfast.”
“How did you do that?” asked Hermione, as she stepped out of the tent.”
“I threw a stick at them then clubbed them with it when they fell out of the tree,” explained Luna. “The hard part was skinning them with a jagged rock. I don’t suppose any of you have a good knife?”
Hermione reached into her beaded bag and pulled out a sheathed knife with a 6 inch blade, which handed to Luna. “Here.”
Luna unsheathed the knife and examined it, before nodding her satisfaction. “I think breakfast is ready now.”
“How did you make a fire?” asked Harry.
“That was the really hard part,” replied Luna. “I didn’t have a firestone, so I had to twirl a stick on another until it was warm enough that I could use it to catch some tinder.”
During breakfast, the other three caught Luna up on their trip to the Ministry of Magic and the locket they obtained from Umbridge.
“Yes, I can feel the nargles oozing out of that thing,” agreed Luna.
“Then let’s destroy it,” said Harry.
But no matter what spell they threw at it, they couldn’t make a dent in the locket. In the end, Harry had to put it around his neck so he could protect it until they found a way to destroy it.
“Harry, can you transfigure these squirrel skins into a strip of leather about this wide and this long?” asked Luna.
Harry waved his wand and transfigured the skins as she asked.
“This is a little too thick,” said Luna as she exampled it. “Can you make it half that thick?”
Harry did it again.
“Perfect!” praised Luna, as she put a small rock in the middle of the strip of leather, then spun it around to make a pocket. “Now I just need to change clothes.”
What’s wrong with what you’re wearing?” asked Hermione.
“It’s too noisy,” explained Luna as she began looking through Hermione’s clothes. Grabbing the skirt that Hermione had taken from Matilda Hopkirk in order to impersonate her in the ministry, Luna held it up. “Can I wear this?”
“Sure,” replied Hermione. “But it doesn’t match your shirt.”
“That’s fine, I’m not wearing a shirt,” said Luna as she took off the shirt. The bra, jeans and knickers soon followed.
“Luna, what are you doing!?!” gasped Hermione, as Luna was now completely naked in full view of the boys.
“Changing into more appropriate clothes,” explained Luna as she put the skirt on.
“Appropriate for what?” asked Hermione. “Hooking?”
“Appropriate for hunting,” announced Luna, as she tucked the knife in the waistband of the skirt. “I’m going hunting.”
“But you don’t even have any shoes on!” scolded Hermione.
“I don’t need them,” explained Luna. “Shoes would be too noisy.”
“But if you step out side the enchantment, you won’t be able to find us,” protested Hermione.
“I’ll mark just outside the circle, so I can find it,’ explained Luna, as she picked up three plate-sized flat rocks. “When I come back to these rocks, you’ll have to bring me back in.”
Luna stepped outside the circle, stacked the rocks three high, then quietly stalked into the forrest.
“I know she’s your girlfriend, but you gotta admit she’s a little looney,” said Ron.
“Don’t call her that, growled Harry.
A several hours later, while the three of them were combing through Hermione’s books looking for a way to destroy horcruxes, Luna returned, dragging a roe-deer. When she found the stacked rocks she stopped.
“Now, where did they go?” asked Luna, as she looked around.
Harry, stepped up to the edge and summoned her to his arms.
“Oof!” grunted Luna, as her chest impacted Harry’s. “There you are!”
“Luna, what have you been doing?” asked Harry.
“I told you I was going hunting,” explained Luna. “I brought us a roe-deer.”
“How did you do that?” asked Harry.
“I used my sling to stun it, long enough to run up and slit it’s throat,” replied Luna.
“Disgusting!” sneered Ron.
“I’ll bet you don’t feel that way when we have steak for dinner, tonight?” replied Hermione.
“See I can be a useful member of this clan, even without using my wand,” argued Luna. “In fact, my friend, Ayla’s daughter was able to live a happy life for several years without a wand. Between runes, and herbalogy and potions and Care of magical creatures, she was still able to be a Weech.”
“No one ever doubted that you are a Witch,” replied Harry. “We just didn’t realized how skilled you are in the wild and how much we would need those skills.”
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