So… yeah, I've got no good reason for not writing more in this 'verse. Sorry. But I've been kind of ridiculously into The Epic Love Story of Captain America and Winter Soldier for the past few months, and then Teen Wolf and The Hobbit before that, so. Here, have a Luna!

Set in Lucas' second year (and then a bit after that). Warnings for a daughter's grief and bullying.

Prompt: Harry Potter, any, the problem with time turners

The first time the older girls take her things, Luna pays it no mind. Small items always go missing - nargles take them to line their nests. It's no matter, really.

The second time, she sees the outline of her mother's charm bracelet on a fifth year's wrist. Her gaze goes from it to the girl's face, and she politely asks for it back. The only response is a laugh.

The third time, she doesn't bother asking; she simply takes her things back.

After that, they get more creative.

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It never occurs to Luna to ask Professor Flitwick for help, or her yearmates (of course not; they're in on it), or her father. She might've gone to her mother –

She is silently crying in an out-of-the-way alcove when the boy finds her. Her head is buried in her arms, which are crossed over her knees, and she is crying because her stuffed crumple-horned snorkack is the most recent thing to go missing. It is the last her mother gave her – she named it Amportentia and whispered all her secrets to it, and now it is gone.

She only knows the boy has knelt next to her when he asks, "What's wrong?"

Luna flinches back into the alcove, curling up even further; she still has bruises on her wrists from when she tried to take back Amportentia.

"I'm not going to hurt you," the boy says softly. "My name's Lucas Abraxley."

That is a lie and yet not; she hears another name underneath it, very faintly. So she lifts her head to give him a quick glance, and there's another face, very faded, underneath his.

A face with a lightning bolt scar outlined in blood.

She does not say the name that goes with that face because Hogwarts always listens. Instead, she says, "My things keep being taken."

Lucas Abraxley gives her a very long look and then he says firmly, "Then let's take them back."

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Lucas casts a protection charm on every single belonging Luna brought to Hogwarts. He teaches it to her, but cautions her about using it too often; it's powerful, he says. He learned it from the Mage of Norway. He then casts a summoning spell that's a bit trickier, and says he's not sure where his da picked it up, but it's even harder to use. However, everything that Luna brought to the castle appears out of thin air, exactly where she left it in the dorm.

Luna throws herself onto Amportentia and very nearly starts crying again.

She gives Lucas a hug, too, and mumbles her gratitude into his chest. He carefully wraps his arms around her and waits until she lets go.

As she pulls away, Lucas says, "We should tell Professor Flitwick. It's not right, this happening to you."

Luna shrugs. "D'you really think it matters?"

Lucas looks her right in the eye. "I do."

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Professor Flitwick is shaking with rage by the time Lucas finishes his concise explanation. Luna looks down at her hands.

She remembers being so much braver, before Mum –

"Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Mr. Abraxley," Professor Flitwick finally says. "Miss Lovegood, I am so very sorry for how your housemates have treated you."

"I'll be looking out for her, sir," Lucas says after a moment.

"Good," Professor Flitwick says firmly.

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No one bothers Luna after that. She sticks close to Lucas whenever not in class; he even brings her to his year's study group meeting with Hufflepuff and she's soon at the top of her class because of it.

She doesn't ask about his other name or his other face, or the fact that underneath his da's face is one of the Slytherin boys. There is a great deal she never tells anyone.

After Lucas graduates, he and his da return home. She writes Lucas long, meandering letters, and she studies very hard. She also sends one letter to Edda Lokidottir.

There have been whispers about a dark lord rising. There is a prophecy that Professor Trelawney doesn't remember speaking, but Luna listens to the shadows. She sends a note to Neville Longbottom and smiles when the newspapers (including The Quibbler) report that he was nearly snatched from Diagon Alley but fought off the attackers, who were dressed in Death Eater robes. All of them were captured.

Lucas writes back to her and she knows that her seventh year will last forever. But when it's done – oh, the adventure that awaits her!

She hugs Amportentia and knows that Mum would be so proud.