After working on assignments - and progressing Harry's knowledge of Ancient Runes for a while, Hermione suggested, "It's nearing time for dinner. How about we put on some light make-up and make an entrance in to the Great Hall?"
"Well, I'll leave the make-up off, if it's all the same with you," snorted Harry. "And I'll let you ladies go do what you need to do while I tidy up a bit."
After they'd both thrown wads of parchment at him, both girls went to put a little light make-up on, before rejoining him in the living room. A tidier living room with all their work neatly stacked on the coffee table to be returned to after dinner, if they wanted.
Escorting both girls down to Great Hall, Harry led them to the Ravenclaw table to sit, once more, opposite Luna.
Leaning forward he asked the younger Ravenclaw, "Is this spot at table reserved for us three, or something?"
Luna seemed to think about that for a few moments before she replied, "I'm unsure. Since the Professor told everyone off, no one but you three has talked to me."
"No one?" asked Hermione, her voice dropping to a level that her two bondmates recognised as anger.
"No," replied Luna, giving a bit of a shrug. "At least they're no longer being mean to me." "How about after dinner you come and join us three in our apartment, for a little while," invited Daphne. Turning to Harry, she asked, "How about you go have a look at the Ravenclaw library and see if there's anything in there about basic Ancient Runes?"
"I think that's a wonderful idea," replied Harry, overly calm.
"Oh!" exclaimed Luna. "There's a book called Runes Made Easy you might want to have a look at."
"Thank you, Luna," replied Harry. "I think I must do exactly that."
After dinner Harry escorted all three ladies back to the seventh floor and the Ravenclaw corridor. He ensured his two bondmates were safely back in their apartment, and escorted Luna into the Ravenclaw common room. He waited for her in the common room as she went up to her dorm to retrieve her assignments and books; and watched how the rest of the House interacted with her as he pulled the Runes Made Easy book off the shelf of the House library. Mainly, he watched their body language and overt behaviour.
As they walked in, he saw how many of them sneered at her - until they spotted Harry behind her; or simply turned away, pretending she wasn't there. They were deliberately turning their backs on her.
When she came skipping back down he smiled to her and quietly said, "I'm going to explore the library for a little bit. Go join the girls in our apartment, alright?"
"Alright, Harry," she chirped; and skipped back out beyond the eagle guardian.
As soon as she left he watched the other Housemates for a short time and saw how they all altered their demeanours once she left. Their cold shoulder treatment was clearly deliberate.
"Right!" he muttered.
Angrily, he stormed over to the foot of the stairs and snagged a young girl who appeared to be a first year and muttered to her, "Go up the stairs in the girl's side of the dorms and quickly let them all know there's a meeting in the common room. Now; please."
Sensing his anger, and a little afraid, she took off up the stairs at a run.
Once she was on her way he turned to the stairs leading to the boys dorms and climbed to the top before turning around and coming back down. As he did so he banged on each door and called to whoever was in, "Meeting in the common room. Now!"
Once back in the common room, Harry went to stand near the entrance and waited. He was practically radiating anger. It did not take long for the others in the common room to begin to notice. The boys came down from their dorms, and the rest of the girls were coming down from theirs. Their asking what was going on, soon had everyone wondering the same.
A sixth year, Peter Timmons - Harry recalled his name - saw Harry and called, "What is your problem, Potter?"
Harry glared back and practically snarled, "Sit your arse down, Timmons. We'll wait for the others to come out of their dorms."
Timmons looked back in shock but said nothing further. The anger pouring off Harry was near palpable. It was enough to make even the senior years shut up and pay attention.
When the last few dribbles of students came down from the dorms, chittering away, wondering what was happening, Harry took two steps forward and barked, "Shut the fuck up!"
Those who weren't immediately cowed silent shut up anyway, staring back in shock.
When he knew he had their complete attention, and before they could voice their ire back, he snarled, "I cannot believe this is supposed to be the House of intelligence and wit. Because, by fuck, I'm not seeing it! "It wasn't that long ago you all had your arses well and truly reamed by your Head of House, Professor Flitwick, over your collective behaviour towards Miss Luna Lovegood. You were all told, in no uncertain terms, that Miss Lovegood has Ravenclaw's Gift. Clearly, not one of you fucking morons bothered to find out what that meant! Or just didn't bother to share it with your Housemates.
"So, I'm going to spell it out for you and, hopefully, it'll enter those dainty little ears and reach that grey mush you refer to as your brains; where it may begin the slow and laborious process of creating an understanding of just what that means.
"Ravenclaw's Gift means Miss Lovegood can literally see magic. She sees auras. She can see that of which only those with mage sight have a limited understanding. That is why she seems... shall we say... a bit spacey, at times. She can see that which you idiots cannot, and it's caught her attention.
"Now, just because you have no understanding of what it is she's capable of; does not give you the right to behave so appallingly towards her!
"And don't you dare try and tell me you haven't been," he snarled when it appeared some of the older years were about to rebuke. "It took me only seconds after walking in here to figure out what you're doing. It took me only moments to recognise the passive-aggressive bullshit you're now engaged in to shun her. You may think you're being oh so fucking clever. You're not!
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