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The Curious Case of Luna Lovegood	By : Marvolo Category: Harry Potter > General > General Views: 34121 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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8 years later
“Absolutely Not” Harry yelled at the Minister before calming down. “Sorry sir but it's just not going to happen.”
The Minister smiled “I thought that was the career you've been working towards, becoming an Auror?”
Harry just laughed “That was before the war. Frankly I feel I have enough brushes with death for one life”.
The Minister laughed. “Dear boy if you think you have seen the last of those brushes with death then your in for a surprise. You still have a mark on your head, even with the fall of Voldemort and his Death eaters.
“True, which is why I want to avoid those brushes as much as possible. Joining the Auror's is a great way of getting killed”. Harry replied sternly making his point be known.
It was the middle of August only 3 1/2 months since Harry Potter had struck down Voldemort dead. Since then he had been staying with the Weasley's at the burrow. It had been a very long and trying life for Harry. So he planned on using this summer to do absolutely nothing. It was relaxing, it was peaceful, but most of all it was very.....boring.
So he had been thrilled when Minister Kingsley had arrived by floo powder to discuss his future with him. But Harry just really didn't want to be an auror anymore.
“Harry whether you like it or not you are no ordinary wizard and once again you find yourself in an unusual position” The Minister droned in his deep voice.
“You have no need to go to Hogwarts as a student other then too learn. If you wished you could have any job in the wizarding world qualified or not. I'm not surprised you have lost your enthusiasm for becoming an auror hence my true purpose here”.
There was another burst of green flame and out from the fireplace emerged a familiar figure.
“Professor McGonagall, It's great to see you” Harry said shaking her hand.
“It's Headmistress now Potter” she said sternly with a hint of a smile in the corner of her lips. She took a seat by the fire and looked up at Harry.
“I had a feeling one day I would be offering you this position” She said in a more formal, official tone. “But I never believed you would be so young. However with your past experience with Dumbledore's army, Your real life experience and the fact that absolutely one else will take the job. I officially request that you “Join the Hogwarts staff as the New Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor”.
Harry was in a stunned silence. He had not been expect this and had no idea what he should say or do.
“B..but I never even finished Newts” Harry stuttered. “I..I never even finished school....I'm only 18”.
“Yes you are only 18” said McGonagall. “And in those 18 years you have accomplished things great wizards have only dreamed of. Not to mention that judging from the progress of the students in Dumbledore's Army. You are already the best DADA teacher Hogwarts has seen in years. You are beyond qualified so do you accept the position?”
Harry thought about it. He remembered how reluctant he had been to lead D.A. He also remembered the thrill of teaching the members and watching them grow into fully fledged practitioners of defensive magic.“I don't know” Harry muttered more to himself.
“Potter what would Miss Granger say if she found out you turned this down”. McGonagall said with a rare smile.
Harry laughed “Probably hex me to next week.......OK I accept”.
Harry shook McGonagall's hand feeling excited already. He had not planned on returning to Hogwarts but was certain then and there he was going back home.
“Now that is settled I'm afraid I must leave you. After all It's busy being the Minister.” Kingsley announced before disappearing into the fireplace.
McGonagall spoke again “Now that you have taken the job there is much to discuss. Rules, Guidelines, Schedules, and the Curriculum. However there's another matter I must first speak too you about.”
There was another burst of green fire and out came the tiny Head of Ravenclaw house.
“Professor Flitwick” Harry said surprised but the Wizard shook his head.
“You can call me Filius if you like Harry as you are now a Professor at Hogwarts”. He said with a his high pitched voice. “Every year when a new staff member joins the sacred walls of Hogwarts. The Headmaster )or Headmistress in this case) and I come together to discuss a most unusual student of mine”.
“Unusual, who do you mean?” Harry asked curiously.
Flitwick just smiled “ Harry can you not think of a Ravenclaw student who could be classified as Unusual”.
Of course Harry could. He had known her for 3 years now. “Luna”.
Flitwick just nodded. “I think you could be a great help to her. If I am not mistaken you where the first classmate she ever told about her mother.” Harry saw pain in Flitwick's eyes as they looked back at an old memory.
“Her name was Pandora. She was the brightest witch I had ever taught. She would've even given Miss Granger a run for her money. Alas she would often struggle in her classes when it came to using the actual spells and ever since day 1 struggled to cast even the simplest of charms. We believed her to a be a borderline squib. Then she just started to invent her own spells”.
Harry gaped at the small man. Luna had told him her mother loved to experiment with spells but to frequently invent new ones........
“She even invented spells we still use today like the famous Wingardium Leviosa charm. The original spell for levitating was 5^th year difficulty so you may very well owe Pandora your life. To this day no one knows why she could only perform spells she invented.
“Pandora eventually dropped out of Hogwarts in her 5th year and became an unspeakable for the Department of Mystery's. I would like to say she was the youngest to do so but all the record of said department are classified. She remained there for 5 years before leaving a very different person. I don't know what she discovered down there but I expect there may be some truths to the early Quibbler story's”.
“After that Pandora would marry and have Luna. Not much was heard from her after that but she gained a reputation as for having gone mad. Pandora would lock herself in her basement continuing her work as an unspeakable....illegally. One day her experiment went bad and blew up the basement killing.....her in front of poor Luna.”.
Flitwick wiped away a tear before he continued. “Luna was always an unordinary child. She clearly had inherited her mothers intelligence but after her mothers death she changed. She became more....”
“Like Luna” Harry finished. Flitwick just nodded.
“What I'm to tell you now must not leave this room unless you are speaking directly to another staff member at Hogwarts. Do not even your closest friends”.
“It is possible that Luna's behavior is the result of emotional trauma. It is also possible that she is just being herself. There is also a theory that she suffers the after effects of the spell that killed her mother. I feel it is a little of all 3. She has had frequent visits to St. Mungo's Hospital but they where never able to prove either theory as truth. Something happened that night. I can't go into details but suffice to say Luna was given a gift. We are still trying to figure out the ramifications but it is safe to say that it changed her”.
Harry looked over to McGonagall who simply shrugged and spoke. “Filius her used to be an unspeakable himself. However I do trust his judgment on what I can and can't know”.
“Luna's first few years at Hogwarts where.....eventful” Professor Flitwick continued. “She was often picked on as she still is to this day. She has remained for the most part indifferent to this but there was one subject that kids loved too use. Her late mother's suspected sanity. It became a twisted game they called it “Setting off the “Loony”.
Harry's face grew dark at this. He had a feeling he knew the types of students that participated in this game.
“The game was to insult her mother without getting horribly cursed. It was not a game they won often. In fact if it wasn't for the effects of her curses you wouldn't have known she cared at all. When asked about if she refused to even acknowledge that she did anything. In her second year however she took it too far and put a student in St. Mungo's. After that no one has dared to bring it up since”.
“Luna also suffers other problems. She never ever sleeps. Instead she wonders the hallways and grounds of Hogwarts at night. We have been unable to prevent this so it was decided that we leave her along and keep an eye on her to make sure she doesn't go too far. She will also struggle in classes as she has no attention span for anything that doesn't peak her interests”.
“She will need to see a tutor every couple of days since she works better outside of the class environment. I usually tutored her voluntarily but I assumed since you are both good friends you might like to help her”.
“Of course” Harry said without hesitation. “I owe Luna everything. Not just for fighting beside me all those times but for helping me get through tough times”. He remembered how she had helped him come to terms with the losses in his life.
Flitwick beamed up at him. “You are a true Gryffindor Harry. Your parents would be very proud. I tell you these things about Luna so you can teach her better. I tell you these thing so you can protect her from others students as well as from herself”.
“But most importantly” McGonagall uttered with a voice full of pride. “We tell you these things because as Professors of Hogwarts we must learn how to help all are students in need, even if we may not understand how”.
As her words sunk in Harry felt his own sense of pride kicking in. He was one of them now, a Hogwarts Professor. He knew at that moment he made the right decision. However he did not know just how vastly his life would change forever. All thanks to a most unusual student.

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