Rule #1: I will not poke Hufflepuffs with spoons, nor will I insist that their house colors indicate that they are covered in bees.
The following day in Care for Magical Creatures class, Luna decided that she was ready to break her first rule. That day, Ravenclaw had class with Hufflepuff just as she was hoping…
Hagrid had begun his lesson in the usual boring way, describing the creature in which they would be learning about; today unfortunately was the flobberworm. Horrible little creatures Luna thought to herself. It would do us more good to learn about something really dangerous like a heliopath. As he dragged on with his lesson Luna slowly reached into her pocket for her weapon. Carefully, she extracted a shiny, silver spoon. She walked slowly over to where Justin Finch – Fletch was taking notes and then all of a sudden…
POKE!
"What the-" Justin began as he turned around but Luna was already gone.
Moving onto her next victim, Susan Bones, who was paying close attention to the notes, gave a shriek of terror as the cold metal hit her neck.
"Ah!" She said looking quickly around spotting Luna heading towards Eleanor Branstone. "Luna…what was that for?" She whispered.
"Shhh…" Luna silenced the awe struck girl as she continued down the line of students dressed like bees. After hitting Zacharias Smith, Laura Madly, Owen Caldwell and Rose Zeller, she was onto her final victim…
She weaved her way in and out of the crowd until she found Ernie staring dreamily at Hannah. Without warning…
POKE!
"Ah!" Ernie yelled in dismay. "Luna!"
"Wha' was tha' Ernie?" Hagrid asked stopping in mid sentence about the flobberworm's eating habits to address his screaming pupil.
"Er, nothing Professor." Ernie said with a tone of fear.
"All righ' then…" Hagrid said before continuing on his rant.
Once more Luna poked Ernie in the arm with her spoon.
"Ah!" Ernie yelled again. "Honestly Luna, will you stop it?"
"I thought you had a bee on you." She replied earnestly.
"You know you're not getting a frog for that right?" Ernie said sternly.
"But why not? I broke a rule…" Luna Protested.
"Yes, but you poked me with a spoon!"
"What's wrong with spoons?"
"They're scary!" Ernie shuddered.
"Fine then, don't give me a frog, but at least tell me what's with you and Hannah. I saw you ogling at her a couple of times this class.
"Nothing! Just leave me alone!" Ernie cried.
Luna gave him one last look before returning to the reality of the lesson.
