Lansy One Shots

The Offering

Summary: "Her mind easily supplied her with vivid visions of the Forest's usual dangers hidden all around them and fear bubbled to the surface of her consciousness. She briefly wondered what madness had brought her here, but the answer was immediately clear. Luna."

Ship: LunaLovegood/PansyParkinson

All credit goes to NotAMuggleMiss on Ao3

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Although Pansy wasn't the kind of witch who normally got scared of the dark, even she had to admit the Forbidden Forest sent chills up her spine in the middle of the night, on Samhain no less.

"Are you certain it's safe to be here right now?" Her voice seemed too loud in the silence as she hurried along behind Luna, seeking solace in the ethereal glow of the moonlight bouncing off the shimmering white hair flowing down the other woman's back.

"Well, it's just as safe as it is at any other time," Luna answered cheerily. "The Spirits don't actually wish harm on anyone who doesn't have ill intent."

Pansy shuddered. That wasn't exactly a comforting response. Her mind easily supplied her with vivid visions of the forest's usual dangers hidden all around them and fear bubbled to the surface of her consciousness. She briefly wondered what madness had brought her here, but the answer was immediately clear.

Luna.

Beautiful, captivating, Luna who had looked at her with innocent blue eyes and asked her to help with a special Samhain ritual of her own making. Pansy never stood a chance, in fact, she was positive she had missed most of the details of what they were about to do, distracted as she had been by Luna's smile. And yet, she followed.

Pansy had been at Hogwarts for 5 years now, at first apprenticing in Charms under Professor Flitwick, and now teaching Years 1 through 3 while she completed her Mastery in the subject. It had been a comfortable and mostly fulfilling existence, until Luna had arrived the previous year and joined the staff.

After completing her NEWTS, Luna had spent nearly seven years studying magical rituals, in travels that took her all around the world, before putting it all together in her brilliant mind and approaching the school with the new material. There had been significant interest in her research. So much so that she had collaborated with the headmistress and the board of governors for 6 months to create a new elective class entitled Modern Applications of New and Ancient Ritual Magic, which she now taught.

Pansy had been instantly drawn to her, and the unlikely pair had quickly become friends. It might have been alright if things had stayed there, but as time went on and they spent more and more time together, she'd begun to develop feelings beyond simple attraction for the blonde. It was inconvenient, at the very least, to feel like a teenager with a secret obsession when she was 26 years old. Thankfully, Luna had shown no signs of noticing and Pansy had decided to keep it all to herself, lest she ruin the most important friendship she had.

Lost in thought, Pansy came to a sudden stop, as she collided with the very woman who consumed so many of her thoughts, who was standing still at the edge of the small circular clearing in front of them. Pansy peered over Luna's shoulder and saw that this was clearly a ritual space. Luna eased off her shoes and stepped onto the grass, gesturing for Pansy to follow her lead.

Pansy tugged quickly at the laces of her boots, before pulling them off and stuffing her warm woollen socks into them as well. The hard ground of the path was cold on her bare feet, but she felt the shimmer of Luna's magic wash over her skin as she stepped into the soft grass.