Eyes on the Stars Feet on the Ground

Childhood Memories

"I hope that he has a good childhood at least," Bianca glances at the grown up version of her son. His skin tone was similar to hers, olive, and his hair was still dirty blonde, albeit a little darker. He was tall and muscular, something that Barty definitely wasn't, and had cornflower blue eyes, so reminiscent of Barty's. His build was more like her father Orion's, and to her horror, her child was missing his right arm. She found it hard to see this man as the same baby she had seen in the vision. The baby had been cute and innocent, yet this man was maddened and dangerous.

"Come Luna," a nine-year old Cielo pulls his little godsister after him, "let's go plimpy fishing."

"Alright Cielo," little Luna Lovegood follows Cielo brightly, "I'm coming."

"I forgot how cute you and Luna were," Eleanor squeezed Cielo's cheeks, "where's that cuteness now?"

"It transformed into dashing handsomeness," Cielo bragged, striking a pose, "what do you think Ellie? Handsome enough for you?"

"Definitely," Eleanor giggled, "handsome enough for me to marry."

The two nine-year olds run off to a lake, where Cielo and Luna roll up their pants, and begin to wade in the water. As they approach a deeper part of the lake, Cielo opens a small backpack, and takes out a bucket.

"Is that the bag with Mum's space spell?" Luna asked curiously, tilting her head, "there are a lot of nargles around it."

"You know nargles are just a story, right?" Cielo asks Luna, "Auntie just says that so you don't ask about the things she's working on."

"But Daddy says they're real," Luna insisted, "so they must be."

"Uncle agrees with everything Auntie says," Cielo says passionately, flailing his arms, "he'd agree with her if she says that pigs have formed a magical school on the moon. Your Daddy's just very in love."

"I don't believe you," Luna huffs, "I'm going to tell Mum."

"Fine," Cielo stamps his feet, "let's go ask her."

"Is this the day?" Eleanor probes Cielo gently, seeing as he'd gone rigid as a plank of wood in her arms. 

"Yeah," Cielo answered, playing with her hair anxiously, "turn around El. I want to braid your hair."

"Alright," Eleanor sat in front of her fiancè, a slight smile on her face. She had noticed Pandora braiding Xenophilious's hair earlier. It must be a habit he'd picked up from her.

As they walked, a huge blast was heard coming from the rook. The two looked at each other, and all arguments were lost as they they ran back to their home.

"Auntie!" Cielo barged in, shouting for his aunt. Luna was doing the same, calling for her mother.

"Where is she?" Luna turned to Cielo in tears, "where's Mum?"

Cielo thought on his feet. "Let's try looking in the kitchen. Whenever Auntie disappears, she always comes out in the kitchen."

"I must have hidden my lab in the kitchen," Pandora mused to herself, worried about what was going on, "where's Xeno in all of this?"

Sure enough, the kitchen has seen an explosion. A hidden door was blown off its hinges, and the two locked eyes with each other. Nodding once, they rushed down the steps, all while calling for Pandora.

"Luna, Cielo," a heavily injured Pandora Lovegood called from where she was lying in a pool of her own blood, "don't look. Turn away."

"Pandora!" Bianca Black scrambled from her seat by the Lestrange brothers, and pounced on the older woman, "Pandora!"