"I'd rather be anything but ordinary." -Avril Lavigne (Anything But Ordinary)

"Sorry I made you two miss the carriages," Harry said as we reached the school.

"It's quite alright," I said. "It was like being with friends."

"Luna," Neville said, half laughing.

"I was with friends," I corrected myself, "and my boyfriend." I squeezed Neville's hand and smiled up at him. It might sound odd, but even after a year, sometimes I still felt as if I weren't quite used to having friends and a boyfriend. I had never really had friends before; I had never had anyone actually want to be around me, besides my dad of course. "Harry, do you want me to fix your nose?" I asked.

"Er, well have you ever done it before?" he asked.

"No, but I've done quite a few toes and I expect it's the same thing."

"Okay, well go ahead, give it a go," Harry said.

I held up my wand and performed the spell to fix it. With a crack, Harry's nose snapped back into place. He let out a yelp of pain before lightly touching his nose and bringing his hand away again. "Well, how do I look?"

"Exceptionally ordinary," I said.

"Brilliant," Harry said, nodding.

"I've been looking all over for you three," Professor Flitwick squeaked, coming over to us as we reached the castle gates. "Hurry on up to the castle at once."

We did as he said and hurried up the front lawn and through the castle doors. I let go of Neville's hand reluctantly as I headed to the Ravenclaw table. I rather enjoyed being in Ravenclaw and I do feel as if it's the house I belong in, but the one thing I didn't like was having to be separated from Neville during times when everyone had to stay with their own house.

I listened to Professor Dumbledore make his opening speech and introduce Professor Slughorn, the man that had invited Neville and Harry to lunch, as the new Potions teacher and Professor Snape as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

I was well aware that Snape had always wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, but I didn't have the same shocked reaction as everyone else in the great hall. I had always thought Snape would get the job eventually. At least it would be interesting to see if he actually kept the position or if something would happen to change that, since none of our Defense teachers had lasted longer than a year.

Finally, after the usual reminders of banned items and off limit areas, Dumbledore sat down and the food appeared in the middle of the table. I glanced up to look at Neville, who was already looking at me. We smiled at each other and kept eating. We had come up with a plan to sit on benches at our house tables so that we were facing each other. That way, we could each see each other while we were eating. Sometimes we had to peer around the heads of the people sitting across from us, which may have looked quite odd, but we didn't mind. I imagine most people knew what we were doing anyway.

When dinner was over, I caught up to Neville at once. "I'll walk you back to your dorm," he said.

"Okay," I answered. "I'd like that very much."

Once Neville had figured out the Gryffindor common room password, we walked hand in hand a little bit behind the rest of the Ravenclaws. As much as I loved being around Neville, I was actually excited to see Ravenclaw tower again. I had always thought it was one of the most beautiful places in Hogwarts for many reasons. For one thing, it was one of the tallest towers, so no matter what window you looked out of, you had a wonderful view. Secondly, the ceiling was made to look like the night sky, glittering with stars. The ceiling was like that even in the actual dorms and not just the common room, which I thought was lovely. There was a huge fireplace, lots of bookshelves, and a statue of Rowena Ravenclaw.

"Well, I guess this is as far as I can go," Neville said as we reached the very end of the crowd waiting to get up the staircase to our common room door.

"Shh," I said. "If we listen, maybe we'll be able to hear what the riddle is."

"What riddle?"

"To get in, we need to answer a riddle. If we get it wrong, we have to wait outside for someone to get it right."

"That sounds difficult," Neville said. "I have a bad enough time remembering passwords, but at least with those, I can just find them out from someone. Anyway, won't someone up in front answer it? Surely one of them will know the answer so there really isn't a reason for us to hear it."

"I want to hear the riddle just because I like to see if I can answer it. Even if someone else gets to answer to unlock the door, I like to answer it just for me. I find every answer to be interesting and worth knowing."

"I see," Neville said.

As we both listened, we could faintly hear the eagle doorknocker speaking. "At night they come without being fetched. By day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?"

"What do you think, Neville?" I asked.

"I don't know, what do you think?"

I smiled. "I think you want to hear my answer first."

"I think you're right," he smiled back. When he realized I was still waiting for his answer, he took a deep breath and let it out. "I don't know. I'm no good at riddles."

"Well, what comes out at night, but hides in the daytime only to come out at night again?"

"I don't know. Nocturnal animals?" Neville asked. "Does it want specifics? Raccoons, skunks, owls?"

I giggled. "That's not a bad guess, but I don't think that's the answer it was looking for."

"Well, what's the answer then?" Neville asked as we heard the door clicking open just up the stairs. Someone had gotten the answer right.

"The stars, I believe," I said.

"Oh," he answered, blinking a few times as if he should have known. "That's obvious."

"Your answer was good too," I said, squeezing his hand.

"But it was wrong. If I was a Ravenclaw, I'd be stuck out here all night."

"You still remember the password to get into your own common room, don't you?" I asked as the crowd around us thinned. I'd have to hurry to be able to get inside the common room before the last person went inside and shut the door. Otherwise, I'd have to answer another riddle. Not that I minded, though.

"Of course I do," Neville answered. "Do you doubt me that much?"

"No, you know that I have a lot of faith in you."

"I know. A lot more than others, actually."

I smiled. "That's very nice of you to say. I wish I didn't have to say this, but I have to get going. I'll see you tomorrow, though."

"I look forward to it," Neville said, kissing my hand, then my lips.

"So do I," I sighed.

"Good," he whispered. "Now, hurry before you have to answer another riddle."

"If I do, at least it'll be good for my brain."

"Go," Neville said with a laugh, shooing me up the stairs. "I'll see you tomorrow."

I smiled and waved as I practically skipped up the stairs. The sooner I went to bed, the sooner I could wake up and see Neville again.

A/N: I know this chapter is kind of short and uneventful, but I promise that things will be picking up soon. Thanks for all of the reviews so far! Keep it up :)