A/N: The description of the Ravenclaw common room may not match up exactly with the books, but this is fan fiction. It can be whatever it wants to be. Still not J.K. Rowling.
Ginny walked to the Ravenclaw table, before realizing that a car alarm could be heard from outside. It was probably his idiot brother plus Harry. Professor Snape stalked out of the hall with an almost gleeful look in his eyes as Ginny sat down next to Luna and Cedric. Professor Dumbldore stood up.
"I only have a few words for you. Have fun and tuck in," Professor Dumbledore said, waving his hands so the feast would begin.
"Well," Cedric said, "Welcome to Ravenclaw. Wit beyond measure is mans greatest pleasure." Cedric then smiled widely and did jazz hands. Luna snorted and Ginny rolled her eyes jokingly. Cedric could be such a dweeb sometimes. No wonder Luna liked him.
"That phrase is totally overused," Ginny said, while Cedric grinned, before that grin turned to confusion as he looked over Ginny's shoulder.
"Snape seems mad about something. Or maybe glad. I can't tell," Cedric said quietly, pointing behind Ginny. Ginny and Luna turned around to see Professor Snape whisper something to Professors McGonnagall and Dumbledore. Both looked angry and followed Professor Snape out of the hall. And then Luna said exactly what Ginny was thinking. She had connected the dots also.
"Harry and Ronald are figuratively dead," Luna stated bluntly. Cedric looked at her, confused. So he hadn't seen the car. Luna looked at Ginny for confirmation and Ginny shrugged. It was bound to get out eventually. Harry was famous and Ronald was famous for having poor judgement.
"Harry and Ginny's brother, Ronald, flew a flying car to Hogwarts when they missed the train. That's why there was just a car alarm blaring. They'll be expelled for sure," Luna said. Cedric thunked his head on the table.
"Even I wasn't that much of an idiot at twelve years old," Cedirc groaned, "And I have to disagree with that last statement, Luna. Professor Dumbldore lets Harry and his friends get away with a ton of stuff that should be against the rules." Ginny had to concede to that point. Ronald had told her all about his first year at Hogwarts. Even if only a tenth of it was true, he definitely should have been expelled several times over. Ronald was such a bad influenceon Harry.
Then, Ginny noticed Hermione, Ronald's other friend, approaching the table. She was nice and very brilliant.
"Hey, Ginny, Luna, Cedric," Hermione said in greeting, "Good job on making Ravenclaw. Do you have any clue where Ron and Harry are?" Ginny really did not want to tell her. From what she knew, Hermione would go insane on the boys for such blatant rule breaking. So Luna did it for her.
"Harry and Ronald flew a flying car to school," Luna sighed bluntly. Hermione paled several shades and looked like she was about to faint, before running back to the Gryffindor table.
"Well, in other news," Luna said, trying to break the tension, "I sold my first painting at the village market." Ginny gasped and hugged her.
And so it was that they continued the feast, relaxing and joking around with Cedric. He was actually pretty nice, and his Professor McGonnagall impression was spot on. But then it was time for announcements and for bed. Ginny and Luna followed the Ravenclaw prefects up the many, many fights of stairs to Ravenclaw tower. The other Ravenclaws in their year were really nice.
They reached the top of the tower, there was already a crowd around the door. One of the Ravenclaws turned to the prefect, Sara Clever (No, that's actually what her name is. How fitting), and pulled her to hear the riddle that seemed to coming from an eagle. She answered the eagles's riddle, which Luna and Ginny were unable to hear. Sara let everybody else in and turned to face the first years, along with her fellow male prefect, Robert Philips-Landon.
"Hello, all first years," Robert said, "Welcome to Ravenclaw. Our animal is the eagle for some reason. To enter the common room, which is where we are now, you must knock on the eagle door knocker and it will give you a riddle. If you answer correctly, you will be allowed to enter. However, I would strongly recommend checking your bag several times before you leave for class so you don't have to spend forever on a riddle that is hard to solve and be late. Anyways, I'm sure you are all tired, so please enter. Girls dormitories are to the right, boys are to the left. We have already solved the riddle for your convenience." Ginny and Luna entered the common room with the other first years.
Everything was some shade of blue. There were large windows letting in loads of natural light. There were bookshelves as high as the ceiling and ladders to reach them. There were many study tables and comfortable couches that people were lounging on. And, in the center of it all, was a statue of Rowena Ravenclaw with a tiara like object perched on her head.
Instead of sticking around to mingle and admire everything, Ginny and Luna went straight up to the dormitories. Inside of these were beds with blue silk everything. The canopies were a very nice blue tulle. Their were four four-poster beds in all, with four trunks in the middle of the room. Ginny and Luna took their trunks and put them in front of their desired beds, which were right next to each other. Both had brought posters to hang up over their beds.
As Ginny was putting up a poster of Gwenog Jones, she looked up and saw Luna hanging up a rainbow flag in front of her bed.
"What does that flag stand for," Ginny asked curiously, sitting on her bed. Man, that was a super comfortable bed. Luna sat down on her bed and sighed, so Ginny couldn't be the only one who felt that way.
"It stands for the LGBT+ community and pride," Luna explained. Ginny furrowed her brow in confusion. Luna probably realized that Ginny was confused because she explained further, "For example, the B in LGBT+ stands for bisexual. I'm bisexual, which means that I like girls and boys." Ginny had never heard of being bisexual. She didn't know why Mum hadn't mentioned what that meant when she was talking about marriages.
"What does the rest of it stand for?" Ginny asked curiously.
Luna and Ginny discussed sexual orientation and gender until the other two girls in their dorm came upstairs. They introduced themselves as Beth Hubert and Jessica Whitman before crashing onto their beds. Luna and Ginny took this as a signal to go to bed. The next day would certainly be long and hectic.