As you walk through the Hogwarts grounds near the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Luna steps out from behind a tree, smiling her usual slightly vague smile. "Luna!" you say, delighted. It has been weeks since you saw her, and after all your adventures together last month and last term, you were starting to feel a little bit forlorn.
Luna hugs you, something she hasn't done before. "I was off visiting Daddy," she says. "The boys are there now; Rolf is off... doing things..." she glances up at the sky briefly, but when you follow her gaze, she takes your hand suddenly and looks you straight in the eye. "And now you can come visit too!" she says. "I've fixed Floo transport with SadieLou. We can have a lovely weekend together, and there's something I want you to see."
You take the stairs to the dorm two at a time, arranging to meet Luna in SadieLou's office in fifteen minutes. You pack your bag full of clothing and a couple of project bags (your OWL won't knit itself, after all!), and dash back down the stairs. MightyGoodYarn and FricknFrack wave from the Sky Chairs as you sprint to SadieLou's office door, where you stand panting for a moment, a little afraid that Luna, in a moment of vagueness, will have gone off without you. But you knock and enter at SadieLou's response, and there is Luna, waiting as if she had all the time in the world.
"Oh," she says, "you're ready, then!" And she tosses a pinch of Floo Powder into the fire and waves you in. "Lovegood House!" she shouts, and you are whisked away by the green flames.
You emerge in the odd rook-shaped house's kitchen, whose windows overlook the hills around Ottery St. Catchpole. Xenophilius Lovegood, very very old now, sits in a rocking chair by the fire and smiles as you step out of the fireplace. "I made some tea," he says in a creaky voice. "Pour some for me and for yourself. Will my Luna be along presently?"
In answer, Luna steps out of the fireplace a moment later. "Hello, Daddy!" she says brightly. "Where are the boys?"
Mr. Lovegood points up the wrought-iron spiral staircase in the center of the room, and Luna smiles. "Oh, just right!" she says. "We'll be back down for tea in a moment, Daddy." She looks at you. "What I wanted to show you is up here."
You hand Mr. Lovegood his cup and follow Luna up the spiral stairs. At the top is the room that once had been Luna's. You remember that this house was blown up by an Erumpent Horn back in the Second Wizarding War. "Oh, yes, Daddy had it rebuilt. The kitchen's a little less bright than it was--I'd had it painted with murals, you see, when I was very young, but after it was rebuilt I was in my seventh year at Hogwarts and after that I met Rolf, so Daddy just did a nice yellow. But this room... this one I came back and repainted. I wanted it just like it was."
You look around; it's a cheerful little room, and Lycan and Lysander obviously use it when they visit now. Their books and things are scattered about, and they come hug you when you climb the last step into the room. And then you look up, and you see it:
Just for fun | Luna Lovegood’s friends mural (by San Smith) (clipped to polyvore.com)
Luna's "Friends" mural. You can see Harry Potter, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Neville in a circle, connected by a golden chain of the words 'friends friends friends.'
"This is a great month for friends, isn't it?" Luna says. "My Ravenclaw friends are trying their hardest to bring the House Cup back to my friend SadieLou, and I hear that many have already turned in their OWL progress! And I hear there's a Knit-Along for friends this month as well!"
You nod. You've made something for the Knit Along and you reckon you'll be turning in OWL progress tomorrow afternoon.
"And something else. I hear that Convocation has changed a bit this Term. People are recording their own scores and the badges are for all sorts of things, big and small, and I mean to keep issuing challenges as the Term continues. But the other part of Convocation has always been the stories, hasn't it?"
This is true. The stories have always been amazing and fun; you're a little sad that they're not happening this Term.
"I have an invitation. You know, you're not the only one of the Ravenclaws I've been having adventures with. Ariadne
Drake told about the time she came to see me with her bees last month, for example. I love to have adventures with all my Ravenclaw friends! And I think it's time they came forward to share their stories.
"From now until the end of Term, Ravenclaws can post their stories as part of their turn-ins, or in the Common Room, and send Editor-in-Chief
Soprano1 an earburn in their post, and she'll begin compiling the stories in the Tower Pages for all to see. Perhaps I'll even give a prize to a randomly selected participant at the end of the Term."
Luna's eyes are shining, and she turns once more to look at her mural. "This Term, Convocation is in your hands, and the stories are yours! We can't wait to read them all!"
Tell it ... For Luna!
