"Yeah. Worked better than I had hoped actually," Harry said. "You know I have to admit, I would've put money on Malfoy, not Flint."
"Draco Malfoy is an idiot, but he is not so stupid as to attack me with anything beyond what he does to the rest of the student populace," Luna said shrugging. "Marcus Flint however…well he is that stupid."
Harry shrugged in reply as the group pulled up outside the Ravenclaw tower. Daphne, Tracey and Susan melted out of the shadows, dispelling their Ninja stones. Tracey snorted seeing Harry while Susan shook her head and Daphne whistled appreciatively. Harry cocked his head in confusion as Daphne ran her eyes up and down his chest. "Err, guys?"
Hermione groaned and slapped her boyfriend's head. "Idiot. You forgot to grab a shirt. Daph stop ogling my boyfriend."
"Hey, I can look. I just can't touch," Daphne replied waggling her eyebrows. She quickly turned to glance at Tracey who just chuckled and waved for her to go ahead and keep staring.
"Hey as long as I can ogle other people too, Daph, feel free to stare," Tracey drawled.
"Harry put this on," Hermione said handing him a shirt she had transfigured from her jumper.
"As funny as this is, why are we in front of the Ravenclaw Common Room in the middle of the night?" Susan yawned. She moved over to rest her head on Neville's shoulder but kept her eyes open staring at Harry.
Harry sighed as he adjusted his harness to fit over the shirt. "One second. Hermione can you fill them in?" She nodded and as she moved over, Luna listened to Harry activate his Comm Stone again. "Shiva, I'm about to enter the Ravenclaw dorms. Luna was attacked. She's alright but this has been ongoing for a long time. I could use Professor backup. Would you mind grabbing Flitwick on the way? This concerns him too. No, Shiva, I'm not going in alone. Everyone else is assembled already. I wanted to start before you got here. Plausible deniability, Shiva. No. No, I'm not letting this go until morning. Yes, it is that bad. Shiva, she was almost raped because they tipped off Flint. Roger." Harry disconnected and turned to the others. "Everyone up to speed? Good. We have between two to five minutes before the Professors arrive. Daphne, you and me at the front. Let's play up this image you've built for the two of us."
"Slytherin Slayers," Luna provided helpfully. "Because you slew Slytherin's monster."
There were soft chuckles at that though most lacked actual mirth. Luna smiled at them all. She did actually have friends. That was…something beautiful.
"…a hole," Hermione said, answering the riddle to open the door into the Common Room. Luna padded in after the rest. They stood in formation. Harry and Daphne in front side by side, Tracey behind Daphne's shoulder to the side, Neville mirrored her behind Harry, Hermione centered and able to provide support to either or both sides, Luna and Susan slotted in behind Hermione slightly offset.
Harry grabbed a rune stone and held it up in his left hand before holding his wand in his right. "Silencing charms everyone. This is loud. You can drop them once I lower the stone." A quick set of thumbs ups later and Harry activated his Boomstone. Luna could feel the sound reverberating through her bones though it stopped after a moment when Harry lowered the cluster back into his harness. She dropped her silencing charm and listened in.
"RAVENCLAWS! ASSEMBLE IN THE COMMON ROOM NOW! FRONT AND CENTER!" Harry yelled holding his wand to his throat for the sonorous charm. Stamping feet hurried down both sets of staircases as the Common Room quickly filled up. Most of the House had a mixture of sleep, fear and confusion on their faces. She sought out Marietta and was rewarded by witnessing the girl's face drain of color when she caught sight of Luna standing behind the group of friends.
"What the bloody hell is going on here, Potter?" one of the Prefects asked.
"Ravenclaw has failed their Housemate. Ravenclaw has failed their duty. Ravenclaw has failed their school. Ravenclaw has failed their honor," Daphne said, holding her head high. She formed the perfect picture of an Heiress to a Noble House.
"What are you on about – " Marietta tried to sneer but was cut off as Neville snapped a silencio at her.
"As Daphne was saying," Harry said calmly gesturing to his partner, "Ravenclaw House has been grossly negligent and we are here to ensure you understand that and make certain it doesn't happen again – either to our friend or to anyone else in the future."
"Whatever Loony told you – " Lisa started before she too was cut off by a silencing spell, this time from Tracey.
"Ravenclaw has systematically bullied a young girl," Harry said. To most he appeared merely angry. To Luna…Harry was holding on by a thread. She saw his hands clenched tight enough to turn white, his breaths coming in short bursts, his tone carefully neutral yet dripping with contempt, his magic fluttering around him in little arcs and sparks only noticeable if one was watching for it. She realized he had called for the Professors as much to ensure he didn't go too far as to make certain that her Housemates were reigned in.
"You have degraded and derided her. You have insulted her and her parents. You have stolen her things. You have forced a 12 year old into the corridors at night in just her underwear!" Harry said.
"I was 11 when that started," Luna interjected. She barely prevented her grin when Marietta paled even further at that.
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