Dear Daddy,

Apparently the heir of Slytherin is at Hogwarts! Isn't that exciting for my first year? But Simon's a little scared; probably because of one Slytherin's comments about how Muggleborns will be attacked next. Do you know who the heir of Slytherin is?

Piggy borrowed Hogwarts: A History from the library so that we could learn a little about The Chamber of Secrets, but what little information was in there was quite disappointing. Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?

Anyway, I'm going to help Piggy comfort Simon now.

Your loving daughter,

Luna.

"It'll be okay," Luna said. Simon swallowed and nodded, but he still looked pale. So did Piggy. Was he Muggleborn, too? Probably. He had a lot of weird muggle items. "I'm sure it was only a… a joke."

"Would a joke be able to petrify Mrs. Norris?" Piggy snapped. He pushed his glasses up on his nose and continued. "It's not a joke. It's a monster, and now it's going to get me'n'Simon!"

"Want to know who the heir really is?"

Luna looked up. Bill – his name was Bill, right? – stood over their little group, smirk on his handsome face. "Yes," Simon said. He sounded nearly hysterical.

Bill pulled a hard-backed chair out of a table nearby and sat on it backwards. That's an odd habit, Luna thought. "It's Potter. Harry Potter. Robert says that Justin Flinch-Fletchley says that Potter set a snake on him during a dueling class."

"But- Harry Potter- he- that's absurd!" Piggy sputtered, pushing his glasses up on his nose again. Bill smirked.

"Believe what you like. But I get my information from very credible sources," he said, standing up. He dipped his head to Luna. "Adieu."

"I don't like him," Piggy muttered. "He always makes fun of me for my specs."

"I think he's nice," Luna said, watching him walk across the common room to talk to a different group.

"Yeah, but you like Roger Greyback," Piggy said, making a face. Simon giggled, and Piggy looked at him. "What?"

"You're funny," Simon said, yawning. He did look tired, now that Luna looked closer at him. He slumped further down into the couch and closed his eyes. Well, maybe she could get some exploring in if Simon was sleeping and Piggy was muttering about Bill.

The corridors were almost empty – probably because of the heir of Slytherin lurking around. Luna didn't really believe that it could be Harry Potter, but you never knew. Bill could be the heir of Slytherin. Roger could be the heir of Slytherin. The Slytherin Quidditch captain could be the heir of Slytherin.

"Hey, Luna!"

There was Bill now. Luna turned around, more than a bit surprised. What was Bill doing here? Wasn't he busy spreading rumors in the common room?

"Hello Bill," Luna said. Bill grinned.

"Wanna go eat lunch? I mean, since your friends are busy and all," he offered. Luna blinked. Was he actually asking her to eat lunch with him? But… everybody ignored/thought Luna was insane, apart from Simon and Piggy. Bill had lots of friends, and everybody liked him.

"Okay," Luna decided, still a bit unsure. He smirked and walked toward the Great Hall. Luna followed.

Roger and Maurice were already there, sitting at the Slytherin table with a reluctant Harold. Maurice waved to her, and she waved back. Bill glanced at her. "Who's that?"

"Maurice Macmillan," Luna said. Bill looked at him.

"Doesn't he have a brother in Hufflepuff? Ernie?"

"I think so," Luna said.

The first part of their lunch went rather well. Bill liked to talk, so she didn't drive him away with her Wrackspurts and Nargles. By the time things started to go wrong, she knew all of the gossip of all four houses.

And then she learned that Roger got jealous very easily.

Bill stood up, stretching. "That was nice," he said, grinning. "We'll have to-"

Roger, who had somehow gotten over here from his place at the end of the Slytherin table, punched Bill in the face. Luna watched, wide-eyed, as Bill wiped blood from his nose and tackled the smaller boy.

Roger was incredibly resourceful and fast, however, and Bill really didn't stand a chance. By the time a teacher got over to break it up, Roger was sitting on Bill's chest, hitting him in the face.

Professor Lockhart was the one to break them up, weirdly enough. He lifted Roger off of Bill and offered to help Bill clean up.

"No! And you-" he turned his glare to Luna. "I liked you! But you've got this psychotic werewolf freak hanging around you all the time! It's like you attract weirdness! I'm done!"

He stomped off, wiping more blood and tears from his face. Luna swallowed and glanced at Roger. He was back by Maurice and Harold, and while he never really looked happy, he kind of did now.

"Doesn't it bother you that he called you a psychotic werewolf freak?" she heard Maurice ask as she exited the Great Hall.

"Hm? Oh, I didn't hear him."

"He was screaming it. I'm pretty sure everyone heard it."

Oh look short chapter. :P But, you know, whatever. :D