Luna ascends the familiar curving steps with a small smile on her face, it was her first day back to her shared home on the rolling hills near ottery st catchpole since she had joined hogwarts earlier in the year. Her mind wandered to the note her father had left her on the table downstairs, he would be working late at the quibbler again but he'd be home for supper
Although slightly disappointed that she couldn't see her beloved father right away luna understood and wouldn't allow such a thing to get her down as her hand ran over the familiar metal of the railing. She had missed her home after being away for so long and was glad to see that her father had managed to keep the place rather well maintained without her
As she reached the top of the stairs she smiled as she walked over and adjusted a pile of letters about ready to fall over, picking one up she saw her own scrawling writing on the front
Her father was such a sweet man and like she had suspected he had kept all her letters right next to were he worked. After she adjusted the pile so it wouldn't fall over she remised over all the memories they had shared just through the written words, despite this she realised her father still didn't know what house she was in
While he had brought it up luna had wanted to surprise him and with a small knowing smile she made her way down the hall. Her father would be proud no matter what house she got into but she knew he'd be especially happy that she had followed the steps into the house of ravenclaw
As she opened the door to her room she glanced around, everything was just as she had left it except now a few things were covered in a light amount of dust. She picked up a snow globe and watched as the fake ice swirled around the dancing couple inside, it was something her father had picked up for her on a trip away
Carefully wiping the glass outside she allowed the memory to come forth and fell into it for a moment. It had been coming up to the second Christmas after her mothers death when he had been informed of his trip. Unable to bring her he had left two days before Christmas and had promised to return by Christmas Day
Luna remembered that she had stayed up half the night to see him but he hadn't made it back. She had fallen asleep on the couch downstairs but had woken up in her bed with the snow globe in her hands and a concerned father half asleep on part of her bed
Once the glass was completely clean she set the globe back down, her father was always a man of his word and with two minutes to spare he had made it back home. Luna had felt bad as she fell asleep at nine thirty and had made him worry when he discovered her cold frame curled up on the couch
As she looked around at the familiar things she ran her hands over a few before sitting on her bed. It was clear her father hadn't been in here, he respected her privacy even though she had said he could come in here whenever he wanted. A soft sigh escaped her lips and she examined the walls of her room
She needed to dust this place and perhaps do something else with this room, as she laid back and thought her mind set to work on an idea
With a start to jumped to her feet and took off down the stairs "that's it" she says to nobody but herself as she readies herself to go into the small town not far from her home. She had an idea on how to tell her dad the great news about her hogwarts house all while doing what else she needed to, with that in mind she shut the front door behind her
After about an hour she was back at home, the all natural paints that she bought regularly from in town sat just outside her room, in the colours of blue, gold and black. Currently she had just finished moving her furniture out of the room and dusting it
Despite being a witch luna loved to do a lot of things by hand or the so called muggle way, so the no magic rule imposed on minors saw her at no disadvantage. Carefully she picked up the paints and carried them into her room
Her father had never opposed her paintings, in fact he's the one who encouraged her and she could still remember when the two of them had spent the entire day painting her room. She had been only four at the time when the two of them under her mothers watchful eye had taken the pink and purple paint and painted her room pink with purple flowers. They had made such a mess but all luna could clearly remember we're the smiles and laughs of her family, it was almost a shame to paint over such memories but now started a new part of her life
She brought the blue paint up to the wall and with a soft sigh began to paint
She had spent half the day lost in a zone of creation as she painted her entire room, even the floor boards in ravenclaws magnificent colours. Black birds flew across the night sky's of her ceiling and a beautiful river rushed beneath her feet on the floor boards
She had already placed all her furniture back by the time it was dark and had set to the final part of her painting. A dark woods twisted beautifully around her room bathed in golden sunlight and filled with dark life. Outside it was dark but luna hadn't noticed as she begun her work on the final and most important piece
As her paintbrush glided across the wall she elegantly hummed one of her mothers favourite tunes
With a bright smile she pulled back and observed the ravenclaw symbol she had painted above her beds headboard. The beautiful black bird on a backdrop of blue and gold, beautiful black letters laced by gold that spelled her famous house name
"It's beautiful luna" she heard the familiarly proud call of her name and she turned to leap into her fathers arms. His embrace was so familiar and warm she couldn't help but feel safe at home
He twirled her before he set her back down on the running river observing her brilliant work. Reaching a hand out to the piece above her bed he glanced back at her with a smile "your mother would be proud"