It was common knowledge by the end of the day that the 4 Ravenclaw girls were in serious trouble, so bad that their parents were called in and not even Silencing Charms could stop the screaming coming from the office. At dinner that night, Minerva told everyone that they had been suspended for a week, have all privileges suspended for the rest of the year, going into the next term, and would be on their last strike. Of course, Hermione, Luna and Alex didn't hear all of that as they were eating up in the demigods' quarters, laughing as they did so, the older pair pleased to hear their friend laughing once more.
The next morning, they were called for by Minerva, "Miss Lovegood, I heard you would like to be resorted."
Luna looked at her two friends for support, "Yes please ma'am, I can't go back to Ravenclaw Tower."
"If you're certain, than I will allow it, and the Sorting Hat has agreed to choose a different house for you," the witch placed the hat onto the blonde's head and they all sat in wait.
It took much longer than it hand with any 1st year that even Minerva had witnessed, but eventually, it called out softly, "Gryffindor."
All three smiled and clapped lightly at the young witch, who was very happy. The Headmistress sat in her seat and said, "Harry and Hermione will show you to your new common room, and congratulations Miss Lovegood."
Luna's uniform had instantly changed after the resorting, and as they walked to Gryffindor Tower, people were looking, not one was mad, they were all supportive looks. Entering into the common room, the demigods were pleased to see Neville and Faye sitting there, "Guys, look who's changed teams finally."
The pair got and embraced the witch, Faye whispering to her, "You won't be bullied here; us lions stick up for one another."
"How about you ladies show Luna her new rooms?" Alex suggested, taking a seat in the common room.
Once the trio were off, Neville sighed softly, "It's not fair that she had to go through that, and from her own house. I mean, Weasley's an idiot but he's pretty much the only lion who picks on others."
"Well be sure he doesn't do a thing to Luna, okay mate? Last thing she needs is to think she doesn't belong here either," the demigod collapsed onto his back, "How's things going with you anyway? I feel like we haven't spoken in years."
"We all understand what you have to deal with; Merlin knows I couldn't do it. Well, Seamus asked Faye out on a date to the next Hogsmeade trip, and she said she would, the two of them seem right for each other if you look at it closely enough, both totally insane and all that. Hmm, oh, the twins belted Weasley after he complained about how Ginny gets to go to school in America but he can't even get a broom; they weren't the only ones, most of us got some sort of hit in, even though most were ink ball splats…"
Alex listened as his friend went on about the Gryffindor news, soaking in the environment, having truly missed being here, acting like a somewhat normal teenager. When the girls came back down, they made their way to lunch, it being a Saturday, and as soon as they sat down, there was an issue.
Ron spotted Luna's robes and saw they were Gryffindor, so opened his full mouth, spraying everyone, and said, "What's Looney doing in our robes?"
"Weasley, 50 points from Gryffindor and a week's detention with Professor Flitwick," Hermione barked, then comforted the sad witch.
If the redhead thought that was a good thing, having usually gotten them with Severus, he didn't catch the look that the half-goblin had. He'd lost a brilliant witch from bullying, and while he was pleased she was safer now, he was furious, and this was going to be a great way to release that anger.
At tutoring that day, most of the students were 5th and 7th years, so the demigods sent Neville, Faye, Draco and Luna up to their office to do a group tutor amongst themselves, before dealing with freaking out OWL and NEWT students. 3 exhausting hours later, they dragged themselves up to their office and saw Draco personally showing Luna a charm, and their exhaustion vanished.
"Harry, Hermione, looked," Luna pointed over at the cactus and said, "Accio."
The prickly plant flew across to room and was expertly caught by Draco before it could hit anyone. The group clapped, "Excellent going Luna, that's amazing work."
"Draco is a great teacher, he has a Blibbering Humdinger on his shoulder," the witch pointed.
Looking closely, the teens chuckled, there was one there, "And that makes him a good teacher?"
"Oh yes, they promote confidence in your abilities, and also reduce fear," Luna explained.
"Cute little buggers," Hermione muttered, drawing raised eyebrows, "I have an open mind and therefore can see them."
The trio nodded slowly, not getting it and not sure if they wanted to, though Draco blushed lightly at hearing that he had one, "It's not my doing entirely, Luna is a fast learner."
"Well between Luna being a good learner, you a good teacher, and the Blibbering Humdinger, a 2nd year has just done a perfect Summoning Charm, a 4th year charm."
Butterbeers were sent around in celebration, the demigods making sure they always had a supply on hand. Luna collected the corks, not saying why she wanted them, just smiling softly. Faye asked the girl, "Can you play Quidditch Luna? It's just we're losing Wood this year and won't have a Keeper, never too early to find a replacement."
"Oh yes I play but I've only ever played against myself or sometimes with Ginny and the twins before Hogwarts, I probably won't be much good."
"Well you won't have to worry about it for another year," Hermione said.
The other 4 turned to face her, "Why?"
"See, next year there's going to be a TriWizard Tournament happening but you can't tell anyone because we aren't supposed to know yet," Alex answered quickly.
"That's what Gran was so moody about," Neville muttered, "Over the holidays she was called in for a Wizengamot meeting and when she returned all she could do was bad mouth Fudge, Crouch and Bagman, I thought they'd done something illegal."
"Might as well be, my father," Draco cringed as he said that, "Has been on a high since the same meeting. Told me that things were finally falling in place for him, whatever the hell that meant."
"People have died in it the other few times it's happened, and not just the competitors, there've been judges and spectators killed and injured from different tasks. The goblins have been brought in to make items for the 1st and 2nd tasks, and can't believe that those morons would even bring the bloody thing back into action," Hermione complained.
The 6 of them sat in silence, each taking in the seriousness of the event. The bell for dinner broke them from their reverie, and the demigods said their farewells at the doors of the Great Hall, heading down for their night with Firenze and Nye.