Ok, so I am sorry that this has taken me soooo long to write. I was trying to finish That Fateful Summer but the problem is I could swear I wrote the next chapter, and it was really good but I can't find where I saved it. So once I do I will post it. I may just be crazy and dreamed the whole thing up but I swear I wrote at least some of it somewhere. Anyways here is the next chapter and bear with it, I had to wrap something up cuz it was bugging me but I also added a little surprise at the end that I have to been trying to fit into the story and finally figured out how so yeah. Enjoy and when you are done R&R! Not Rest & Relaxation, although that is important but PLEASE REVIEW!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Harry Potter or anything to do with him or his life or the world in which he lives. I do own the Ravenclaw characters and if you want to borrow them just ask, although I doubt you will but you know, just in case.

Chapter 10: The Reign of the Drama Must Come to an End.

The girls were all sitting around in the Ravenclaw dorm room. They had taken to getting Rose to fly in through the window so they would have somewhere to talk. They had to be careful so she wouldn't be seen and they had to put up charms on the door so they could hide Rose if Theratra and Linda came in.

"What should we do? That was uncalled for, they didn't need to ruin a brilliant prank." Diana was saying.

She had really been rather excited when her idea had actually been accepted. Normally she didn't feel as smart as her friends but this was a brilliant idea and she was upset it hadn't worked the way they had planned.

"We could always prank them back." Callie said, always ready to take revenge.

Krista shook her head. "I think if we did that they would just prank us back and then we would prank them again until eventually we all hate each other enough to duel each other face to face." She paused as she let that sink in. "We want a plan were we can stop all this nonsense once and for all."

Rose nodded. "Why don't we all do some thinking tonight and tell each other what we come up with tomorrow?" She suggested.

Everyone nodded and Rose left to go and meet Albus and Scorpious so she could help them with some potions homework that Callie had helped her with.

All through dinner and even after, the girls sat quietly contemplating the best way to deal with their former friends.

Nothing came to them. The next morning when they were sitting at the Gryffindor table they shook their heads in dismay at not having come up with something.

The boys had noticed something was up and they knew it involved Linda and Theratra. James had advised them not to get involved however as it was girl drama and there wouldn't be much they could do anyway, so they tactfully ignored it.

The girls went through their classes a little distracted. When lunch rolled around Krista noticed that Theratra was sitting with a boy at lunch and that Linda was nowhere to be seen.

She got up and told the girls she was going back to the dorm to look for her. For some reason she felt she should find her and see what was up.

Unknowingly she took off up the staircases. This was the chance they had all been waiting for.

When she reached the dorm room she listened at the door for a minute.

Is that Linda? She sounds like she's...crying...

Krista opened the door and poked her head in looking around.

"Linda?"

She stepped inside and went over to sit on her bed which was right next to Linda's.

"Linda are you crying?"

The girl's shoulders tensed as she turned to face Krista. "So what if I am? It's not like you care!"

"Well, I know we're not on the best terms exactly, I just wondered what was wrong is all."

"Well if you must know, your love interest at the beginning of the year, Cedric Chang, is a big BAKA!" She stated.

"What does...baka mean?" Krista asked her a little confused, knowing it was a bad thing just by the way Linda said it, but not knowing exactly why.

"Depending on how you translate it, it could mean jerk, or idiot, or stupid. It's Japanese, I took a course this summer because I was bored."

"Oh, well what happened? Why is he a...baka?"

"He, wait why do you want to know?" Linda asked suspiciously. "So you can make fun of me behind my back?"

"No!" Krista said shocked. "That hadn't even crossed my mind, in fact, if you hadn't dated him I might be in the situation you're in right now so...I guess I should thank you."

Linda's eyes widened. "Well seeing as how Theratra has a boyfriend she's been paying less attention to me so I guess since I need someone to talk to I could tell you."

Krista nodded. That explains who Theratra was sitting with at lunch.

"It started about 3 weeks ago. Cedric said he couldn't sit with me and Theratra at lunch anymore because his friends were starting to complain. So he sat with his friends everyday not even offering to let me and Theratra sit with them." She paused and took a deep breath to keep her voice from escalating in pitch. "Then 2 weeks ago I noticed him walking a friend of his to a class he doesn't have. It was a girl but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Well last week he broke up with me and I found out he had been cheating on me with the girl for the past two weeks!" She shrieked.

"Oh Linda, I am sorry. That's horrible. I can see what you mean. HE'S AN IDIOT!" Krista said shaking her head. "He seemed like more of a gentleman, but I guess I didn't know him very well."

Linda looked up with tears streaming down her cheeks and Krista handed her a tissue from a box on the table beside her bed.

"Thanks." She looked up and smiled. "And thanks for listening. I'm sorry about ruining your prank the other day. It was my idea and it was my fault."

"You should tell Diana, it was her idea. The prank, I mean."

Linda nodded. "I will."

"Will you be going to classes or will you be staying here for the rest of the day? If you don't feel up to classes I can get your homework for you if you like." Krista asked.

"I think I'll stay here. Thanks though and if you could tell me what I missed today that would be great."

Krista nodded. "Ok, well don't cry too much. It makes your eyes puffy."

Linda chuckled and nodded.

Krista picked up her book bag and grabbed Diana's and Callie's as well so they wouldn't have to come back and disturb Linda to get them.

The rest of the day Krista was content and reassured Diana, Callie and, Rose that they wouldn't have to take revenge on anyone. I'm glad that's all sorted. It was much easier than I expected it to be.

That night Theratra couldn't understand the change in the atmosphere as they all climbed in bed.

What is with Linda? What happened to hating their guts?

As if Linda was reading her mind she just smiled at Theratra and shrugged.

The next day, not much had changed. Linda and Theratra didn't sit with their old friends but Linda's animosity was gone. Theratra had enjoyed the drama a little too much and sat seething now that is was over.

The day passed by and soon James, Scorpious, Albus, Krista, Rose, Diana and, Callie were sitting in the room of requirement doing their homework before dinner. Krista, Diana, Callie and, Rose had insisted on getting some of it done before they ate and then felt too tired to do anything but doze in front of the fire.

"Rose, you're not even a Ravenclaw and you still forced us to do our homework." Scorpious complained.

"Yeah, I think they're a bad influence on you, these Ravenclaw friends of yours." James said.

"I beg your pardon, do you not count us among your friends?" Callie asked acting offended.

"That's not what I meant, just...never mind." James said not wanting to say anything even more offending.

"I was just messing with you James." Callie said.

They were all sitting around a table like the ones in the library. In fact the Room of Requirement resembled the library very much, the only difference being this was more private as there weren't students wandering around giving them looks about how the Gryffindors were mixing with the Ravenclaws.

Once they had finished about half of their homework assignments it was time for dinner. The Ravenclaws had finished of course and had helped their friends with their homework but they still hadn't gotten done. The left their bags and books as they were planning on coming back after dinner to finish even though none of them really wanted to.

As they descended the stairs to the great hall and sat down at the Ravenclaw table they notice something odd. The tables were pushed farther to the left of the great hall leaving ample room on the right side of the hall.

"I wonder what's up?" Albus said to Scorpious who shrugged in return.

Indeed they were not the only ones to have noticed. The prefects were all meeting by the door, wondering whether they should move the tables back and restore the hall to the way it was.

Just as they had decided to do so and had pulled out their wands McGonagall stood up and told them to be seated.

"I see you have all noticed the shift in settings tonight. So I will get right to the point." She pulled out her wand and waved it in the direction of everyone's attention. Suddenly a table popped out of nowhere on the right side of the Great Hall. It was empty and everyone was confused.

"This table as you can see is not being served tonight but tomorrow it will be as laden with food as the ones before you will be in a few minutes. We are not adding another house, for those of you who think you are being re-sorted. This table is for anyone of any house to sit at. I have noticed a group of friends who have been migrating between their two houses at meal times. I want to encourage inter-house relations so that is why this table is being added."

The hall was silent a minute but James started clapping and Albus, Scorpious and the girls soon joined in. Then a the whole hall started to fill with applause feeling it was expected. Above the new table hung flags with the schools general crest of all the houses combined on it.

McGonagall held up her hands for silence. She was not finished with her surprises, however.

"Also, along with this table there is a new staircase in every house's common room. These staircases lead to another room similar to the common room. It is a common room to be shared among all for houses. If you do not with to mingle with other students you don't have to, however if you choose to use this common room, make sure you don't start a feud with other houses. The staircases that link your common room to this new one will not allow anyone of another house to enter your house. So only Gryffindors are allowed on the Gryffindor staircase and so forth and so on."

She paused for a breath. "The only way into the new common room is from your house, there is not a painting that leads directly to it. If I find anyone making a ruckus in that room with another house, their staircase will be taken out and their house will not have access to the common room. There now that all that is said, Let's eat." McGonagall sat down and the four house tables filled with food as talk started about the changes that had been made.

"You know she made these changes because of us right?" James asked the group. "We're the group of friends who have been migrating between two houses at meal times."

Everyone nodded. "Well I for one think it's a good idea. I can't believe they've never thought of this before. Honestly we can't be the first people who are friends even though we're in different houses." Callie stated.

"Well we probably aren't the first but the other's probably cared what their houses thought about them and didn't sit together at meals times and stuff like we do." Scorpious pointed out. "At least as far as I know, Gryffindors have never sat at the Ravenclaw table nor any other but theirs."

"True. We're not as worried about appearances." Rose said.

They all kept up the conversation. As they finished with dinner they wandered up the stairs to the room of requirement to finish their homework.

"Wait, why don't we go finish our homework in the new common room. We can check it out and still do our homework at the same time." Albus suggested.

"Sure, come on." Rose said gathering up her stuff.

They left the Room of Requirement and everyone headed to their house to get into the common room.

And that is where I am going to leave it. You guys are going to have to REVIEW! To find out what the new common room is like.

So tell me what you:

A) Thought of this chapter and,

B) What you think about the changes Hogwarts has made.

Sorry if this chapter was kinda short. It seemed longer when I was typing it but whatever. I hope you enjoyed it.

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OSK