"History will remember this day as the day internet worked in Hogwarts," I intoned in a dramatic voice as I fiddled with some wires.

"Carolyn, you've been saying that for three months and it hasn't worked yet. I think the Room of Requirement is worn out from all of your weird requests. Besides, we have homework to do," Ginny reminded me.

"Three whole sentences without the words "Harry Potter" in them. That's a new record," I retorted without glancing up. "Roll of duct tape, please." It appeared on the floor next to me.

Ginny blushed. "I don't talk about him all the time."

Demelza pushed away her Charms assignment with a sigh. "Please, Ginevra, you're the very definition of 'fawning fangirl'," she said.

"Luna, you're a Seer, aren't you? Tell me if I'll ever marry Harry."

Luna closed her eyes and said in a misty voice, "In your Sixth Year you'll become incredibly gorgeous and he'll fall in love with you. Five years later you'll get married and have three children. Satisfied?"

"Very," Ginny replied, ignoring my and Demelza's laughter. It was so ludicrous it could hardly be true.

Ginny, Demelza, and Luna were in the Room of Requirement with me offering moral support and working on homework, as they have been doing since September. It was the only time we, two Gryffindors and two Ravenclaws, could hang out because we didn't have any classes together. I, the crazy techno-geek, was dying without my laptop, so I've researched and built a magic insulation machine. I can't explain how or why it should work, but it will. (AN: I know nothing about technology so bear with me on this.) For the last three months, every day from right after classes end till around midnight, I worked on my machine. The next morning I copied my friends' homework because I spent so much time doing something else.

I wrapped the duct tape around some copper filament and stood up to examine what I built. My laptop was almost entirely obscured by wire, mirrors, tape, and a layer of foam. I somehow opened it and pressed the power button.

It turned on. I clicked the browser icon and typed my email provider's url into the search bar. The login screen appeared.

IT WORKS! EUREKA! I'M BRILLIANT!" I jumped up and danced in a circle around my wonderous creation. "Magic serves as a signal jammer for electronic devices. This is sort of a signal jammer for the signal jammer. And this little beepy thing sends out a signal to all other electronics here, so they can work again!"

The three girls looked up from their work and huddled around the laptop. All of them grew up in wizarding households and have never seen a computer before.

"This little arrow is the cursor. When I move my finger on this pad, the cursor moves. Like this." I clicked on an Email from my friend Anna from home.

It said, Hey gurl! How r u? Hows ur new skool? Every1's missin u lots. idk if u get web access there but if u do, plz reply. LUV U! xoxo Anna

"Is that in mermish?" Asked Luna.

"No, that's textspeak, even harder to understand. She's asking how I'm doing and if I can respond to her email." I explained.

NEXT EPISODE: CAROLYN TEACHES THEM ABOUT YOUTUBE! (DUNDUNDUUHHNN!)