Penelope Clearwater, Sorry for not updating for a while!
Penelope Clearwater scanned the gaggle of Hogwarts students for Ravenclaw first years. "First year Ravenclaws over here please, first year Ravenclaws…I said first years Watson!"
Watson ran off laughing and imitating her lofty voice.
A group of worried looking first years were now lining up beside her, she didn't recognize any at all. There was one girl with blonde plaits, chewing anxiously on the ends and a boy with hair as long as a girls'. A tiny girl with extremely long blonde hair moved through the swarm of Ravenclaw first years to stand beside her. "Who are you?"
This was an uncommon question to be asked. Most first years were terrified to talk to a prefect. Penelope tapped the gleaming badge on her chest that read "Prefect."
"Oh, I meant your name," the girl said brightly.
Penelope, finding nothing else to say simply said, "Penelope Clearwater," and then added as an afterthought "And you are?" raising one eyebrow.
"Oh, I'm Luna Lovegood, it's very nice to meet you!" the girl held out her hand, on each of her fingers was a ring shaped like a vegetable- the most noticeable was a turnip. Penelope didn't take the girl's hand.
It was then that she realized where she'd heard the name "Lovegood." Her father, who was very high up in the department of magical law enforcement had met him once, trying to purchase an extremely dangerous, illegal object which he claimed was the tongue of a Blubbering Hummer, or something. The Lovegoods were insane.
Just then Professor Flitwick, her head of house, bustled past. "," he squeaked, "I think you'd better take the students up to the corridor, we don't have all night." He gave her a kind smile, but his tone was stern.
"Right! First years follow me please!" and Penelope led them up to the common room.
The Bronze Eagle knocker, opened it'd eyes and said, "What came first the Chicken or the Egg?"
"This is the entrance to the common room," she told the surrounding first years, "to enter you must answer a question, so you'd better pay attention in class!"
She turned to the knocker, "A circle has neither beginning nor end."
"Very nicely answered" and the door to the common room swung open.
The first years filed in, many exclaiming in wonder. As the Lovegood girl stepped in she waved at Penelope.
Thanks for reading! As ever let me know if you have any ideas, comments, questions…not just ideas for people- ideas for the story too! Also have a look at a Oneshot I wrote a while ago that I only just got round to posting. Find it on my profile under "my stories" it's called Luna's Diary.
Disclaimer: I don't own H.P.