Oh, yes,' thought Harry. 'I won't be able to be the Seeker for the Lions anymore. Sorry, Oliver.'
There was a significant space opposite Luna Lovegood at the Ravenclaw table, so the three made their way to sit there.
Once seated in their usual order, Hermione leaned in and whispered, "Did you see the looks on the faces of Ginny and Ron?"
"No," Harry replied. "I was watching Oliver Wood being consoled by Angelina Johnson. Ollie's figured out I won't be the Gryffindor seeker any more."
"Well..." she began to say when the Headmaster spoke again.
"Now that the announcements and the re-sorting are completed, I believe it's time for dinner." He gave a swish of his wand and food immediately appeared on all the tables.
As she was loading her plate, Hermione tried again as the background hubbub of dinner conversation rose. "Well," she said. "Ginny looked both really sad and annoyed. But, Ron looked almost murderous."
Thinking for a few moments, Harry said, "Tomorrow. We'll need to test our ward breaking skills and go down into the Chamber tomorrow. If we leave it any longer, Ron's going to make his move."
"It's a pity we didn't know how quickly the Headmaster was going to return to the castle," mused Hermione. "I thought we'd have had more time."
"So did I," said Harry.
"Hello Harry," said Luna, interrupting.
"Miss Lovegood," Harry replied with a smile back.
"Did you know you three are giving off a slight silvery glow?" she asked.
"No," he replied with a smile. "I think that's part of the soul bond you're seeing."
"I do, too," she said. "You know you still need to finalise it, don't you?"
Daphne, who'd been talking to another of the 'Claws but was listening in, suddenly snorted and broke into a small coughing fit.
Harry moved his hand to her back and gave it a slight massage as she calmed down again a little red in the face. She stared at Luna as she gulped down some pumpkin juice from her goblet.
"I told you," Harry softly whispered to her so only she could hear.
Turning back to Luna as Daphne settled down again, he said, "Yes, Miss Lovegood; we're aware of that. However, you must also be aware it's a private matter?"
"Yes," she replied with a small shrug. "Will Hermione and Daphne also be initiating the bond between them?"
All three teens now had their attention focussed on Luna. "Pardon, Miss Lovegood?" asked Harry, somewhat confused. "What do you mean?"
"You've initiated the bond between you and Daphne," Luna calmly replied. "And initiated the bond between you and Hermione. But, you've done nothing about initiating the bond between Daphne and Hermione."
The three teens stared back in shock at a clearly unperturbed Luna, who was happily looking at her plate and building a dinner for herself.
First to find her voice, Hermione said, "Well, I think that's something the three of us are going to have to talk about between ourselves."
"Errr... yeah," said Harry, quite stunned.
"Good," Luna happily replied. "You need to. I don't think you're going to be able to reach a full bonding until you do. It's a shame your guardian angels never told you that."
Harry raised his hands to rest his elbows on the table and rested his forehead on his clasped hands. It was an almost identical gesture to what the Headmaster did that morning. "Luna," he half-whined. "That's a very big and private secret."
"Oh, do not fret so, Harry," she softly said. "No one else pays attention to what I say." Looking back up with an almost shy smile, she said, "You're different, though. Thank you for paying attention. It seems the wrackspurts do not bother you."
"No, I dare say they don't," said Harry.
The rest of the meal was on lighter subjects, and some of the other nearby 'Claws came over and welcomed them to the House.
One of the fourth year 'Claws, Michael Corner, asked Harry, "Will you be moving into the dorm with us, tonight?"
Harry shook his head and replied, "No. We have a private apartment for the three of us because of the bond. We need it to help the bond strengthen and be maintained, for now."
Almost on cue, Professor Flitwick approached them and said, "If you've a moment, you three, we need to discuss your sleeping arrangements."
Harry nodded back and said, "Of course, Professor." And the three rose and followed the little Professor off to the side and away from the listening ears.
Once apart, the Professor asked, "I believe you three currently have an apartment with three bedrooms just down from the Gryffindor common room; yes?"
"Yes, Professor," Harry answered for the three of them.
"Though you may not want to, I feel you should be moved closer to the Ravenclaw common room," the Professor said. "Is this agreeable with you?"
"Yes, Sir," replied Harry. "However, we'd like to know if we could have a four bedroom apartment, if that's possible. We feel, due to the highly unusual nature of our bond, we need to have family members stay over as our guests on occasional nights; so that they, too, can start to get comfortable with our unique relationship."
Professor Flitwick thought hard about that for a few moments before he looked up and said, "Your concern is quite sound and understandable; so, if such an apartment is available, I don't see why not. However, it is a privilege not to be abused."
All three teens shook their heads. And Daphne said, "It won't be, Professor. This is too important to us to put it at risk."
The Professor gave a firm nod accepting the explanation before he said, "Then I shall speak with the house elves and get them to see if something can be organised for you before it's time to head off to bed. In the meantime," he said, reaching into his robes and drawing out three small pieces of parchment and handing one each to the three of them. "I had a strong feeling you'd end up in my house. So, I've already prepared your class schedules so you can join the other 'Claws in class starting tomorrow morning."
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