The Secret Life of

Luna Lovegood

Chapter 7- I See Gnargles

The man with black hair pushing two boys in front of him had a look of anger but also a trace of triumph on his face. The girl beside Luna gasped in a kind of awe.

"Oh..," she said, "Snape caught Harry and Ron doing something they shouldn't. Professor Snape is the potions teacher. He can be very cruel sometimes." She sighed. "Oh, my name is Cho. Cho Chang. I'm in second year. This must be what Harry Potter looks in person, and Ginny's brother Ron, Luna thought. He looks better than in a picture, though they did have some twigs in their hair. What did they do?

There were many whispers running around the room, no doubt about Harry and Ron. When they reached an old man, most likely Dumbledore, Professor Snape spoke very urgently to the old headmaster. The two men had an argument until Professor Dumbledore had motioned the boys to go sit at their table, leaving Snape looking very red with rage as he stormed off to his own seat at the head table.

Dumbledore cleared his throat. "Well, let's get going shall we? To all of our first years, the forbidden forest is, in fact, forbidden. No entry whatsoever. We also have a new member of our faculty, Professor Lockhart," to many girls' screams," will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. Please welcome him warmly to our family. I think that is all of the announcements, let's not keep the food waiting!" there were many more murmurs as he stepped off of the platform.

All of a sudden, food appeared on the empty plates before them. The first years gasped in surprise at the delicious things before them including chocolate pudding.

"House Prefects, I believe it is time to make our way to the dormitories to enjoy a good night's rest for tomorrow's lessons. So, if you will take your house up to the entrances, they may get settled and sleep." Professor Dumbledore said as the students at the various tables stood up. The volume increased even more when the prefects started yelling out their house's names. The Ravenclaw table followed a sixth year up the moving staircases to a door with a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.

The prefect tapped the knocker and an invisible voice said," Which came first, the phoenix or the flame?"

"The answer is that a circle has no beginning." The prefect answered.

The door swung forward to reveal a majestic room. It was a wide, circular room with a midnight blue carpet, arched windows hung with blue and soft silks, and a domed ceiling painted with stars. The room was furnished with tables, chairs, and bookcases; and by the door leading up to the dormitories, there was a tall statue of a woman with a plaque saying "Rowena Ravenclaw" made of white marble. "She was the founder of our house." Luna thought. She went up the stairs to a dormitory with seven other first years and started to unpack her things tiredly. When she finally was finished, she collapsed on the bed as a last thing came to her mind before she crashed. " I see Gnargles…"