Wands and Warframes

Hope and Acceptance

Hope and Acceptance

"Xeno, we need to go now. No you can't see if there's a Mass Effect gate in Charon. They already have mining operations there, so it's unlikely that it exists. Luna needs us. She made a deal with the fae to save my life. Oh, now you're paying attention. She made a deal to become Tenno, but she's been pretending by sticking to the letter of the agreement. Huff, typical Xeno, at least he's forgotten he can apparate."

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"Um, hi everyone." Presented with so many people that have helped her since she got here, Luna suddenly looks like the insecure child that she is, rather than the budding Tenno that she pretends to be.

Kitty void jumps to her side and presses a half-eaten chocolate bar into her hands, "Hey Licious, are you ok?" When she just bursts into tears Kitty pulls her down into a seat and hugs her.

After she's calmed down enough to talk, Kitty asks, "What's the matter?"

"I've been pretending to be a Tenno, and you're all going to hate me."

"Luna, you haven't been pretending to be a Tenno. You are a Tenno, because all of us accept you as a Tenno."

"But I'm not a dreamer."

"Luna, what do you think a Tenno is?"

"People that use warframes, wield void powers, and have lived through the second dream."

"No, that's what we do. What we are, are survivors of an experimental flight that went wrong. Margulis, and later The Lotus took care of us as a family, and that's what we are. Often fractious, friendly as often as not, and above all else family."

Hermione kneels down in front of Luna, "Luna, you asked me last week what I was, and I said Tenno. Why did you ask me that?"

Seeing something going on with one of her students, or potential students, Minerva unobtrusively separates from Dan and Emma and perches on the edge of a seat close, but not intruding.

Luna sniffs, "I don't want to stop being a witch."

Kitty frowns, "What's one of those?"

Minerva speaks up as Professor McGonagall, "A witch is a human or near human female magic user in our culture. It would be analogous to girl or woman."

Kitty looks at Luna seriously, "Luna, just how old are you?"

"Almost 15."

"How old were you when I helped you get your wisp?"

"9"

"Void, no wonder you're screwed up. You're just a kid pretending to be a grown up." – Kitty sweeps her hand around the room – "None of us are ever going to be adults. Ever. But that's only biology. Apart from you and Hermione, the youngest Tenno I know of is Harry. And she's over 800 years old. She's also the oldest of us if you use linear time, as she was the first of us to reawaken after Space Mom hid us away. Now, what's important about being a witch. Don't say what you think adults want to hear, tell me what's important to you about being a wetch."

"They can use magic to do amazing things, like put stars on the ceiling, or make pancakes, or pick you up for a hug."

"Can men do the same thing?"

"Only if they're a wizard."

"So, what's more important doing magic or being a wutch? If you were turned into a man, but could still do magic would that be ok?"

Luna screws her eyes in concentration, "I don't think I'd like being a man, but it would be better than not being able to do magic."

"Hermione is a Tenno. Has she stopped being able to do magic?" Kitty holds her hand up as Minerva is about to say something.