"Well, I guess we know what the next movie night will be huh Harry?" Hermione asked sharing a grin with her friend. Before she had a chance to say anything else the Floo flared to life and Neville's head showed up in the flames.
"Professor Babbling?" Neville asked. "Are we clear to come through? Daphne and Tracey are here as well. We figured it was easier just to use the same fireplace."
"You're good, Neville," Shiva said as she pushed in the brick to open the Floo.
"Alright, we're coming." Neville's head disappeared but a moment later the boy himself came stepping out of the green flames followed closely by Daphne and Tracey.
Harry grumbled, "I hate you all. Why am I the only one who can't stay standing using the stupid Floo?"
"Because you are horribly uncoordinated?" Daphne said with raised eyebrows. The grin on her face showed she was only teasing with the barb.
Tracey smirked. "Nah, it's 'cause of karma biting your arse. I'd put money on you forever failing at the Floo just so that you keep being awesome at other stuff. You can't keep winning everything without losing some after all."
"Haha very funny." Harry shook his head before turning giving Tracey a serious glance. "How are you doing, Tracey?"
The girl shrugged and Daphne gave her shoulder a squeeze. "Been better. The Mind Healer has helped a lot and I still feel like a complete idiot. I really should've known better than to keep talking to something that talked back. At least when I couldn't see where it kept its brain."
"It's not your fault, Trace," Daphne said softly.
"I didn't say it was my fault," Tracey smirked at them all. "I said I was an idiot. Really though, I'm fine. Thanks for asking, Harry."
"How about you, Daph? We haven't really had a chance to talk much…" Harry ran a hand through his hair.
Daphne rolled her eyes and plopped down on the couch. "You worry too much, Harry."
Hermione nodded and sat down next to the Slytherin. "I agree. Good luck getting him to believe that though."
Tracey sat down on Daphne's other side smiling at the two. "It is a little cute though how noble he is. If I liked guys I might develop a crush on him." Snuffles perked up at that looking between Tracey and Harry before chuffing softly and laying his head back down.
Shiva snorted and claimed the armchair before replying, "It's cute until he gives you heart attack."
"I am right here, people," Harry said throwing his hands in the air. "Neville, a little help please?"
Neville laughed. "Sorry, mate. I'm with them on this one." He sat down in the other armchair leaving Harry to collapse into the spot next to Hermione.
"I hate you guys," Harry sighed as he relaxed down.
"Nah, you love us. Why else would you give us presents on your birthday?" Tracey smirked at him.
"They're not presents," Harry grumbled. "They're useful. And here, take it before I change my mind." Harry handed out his completed Comm Stones to the assembled group. "Each are keyed to all the others at the moment as well as one for Tonks so that we can contact the Aurors if something crazy happens again. Just say 'Comm on, contact…' and then the name of the person you want to talk to. To shut it off just tap it and say, 'Disconnect'. You don't have to use them as an earring if you don't want to but the volume is adjusted to assume it's hanging by the ear so if you use it as a bracelet or necklace or something you'll have to hold it to your ear."
"Harry," Hermione said slowly looking at the tiny rune stone and turning it over in her hand, "this is amazing. You should really try to market these."
"He's going to," Shiva said nodding at the girl. "After he gets the clusters so that they don't have to be keyed to other stones at least. Harry was saying something about affiliating with potential business partners after he got back to school." Harry glared at Shiva but rolled his eyes after a minute.
Neville looked over at Harry in confusion. "Really? Who, Harry?"
"The twins," Harry sighed. The rest of the group raised their eyebrows at him. "What? They're brilliant. Have you seen some of the stuff they've invented?"
Shiva frowned. "Their grades suck though…"
"Then they either don't care or they're like me when I started Hogwarts," Harry said shrugging.
"Intentionally doing poorly?" Hermione asked with a frown.
"Yeah. Seriously, Fred and George are amazing at what they do and they have some really good ideas. I heard them mention last year that they were hoping to open a joke shop at some point in the future. I figure if I help them market their shop when they get it running then I can sell some rune stones through them before I get my own place set up in a few years." Snuffles had come over and licked Harry's hand by the end of his little speech and Harry scratched the dog behind the ears.
"That's a very ambitious plan, Harry...I'm impressed." Hermione smiled at him and bumped his shoulder with her own.
"Okay well now that I feel inadequate for being beaten in ambitions by a Gryffindor," Daphne huffed, "can we start this…movie thing?"
Neville laughed and shook his head at Daphne. "That's what you get for slacking Slytherin!"
Shiva just chuckled at their antics and hit the play button, the group twisting to watch the opening scrawl of the video.
"I thought you said we were watching the first one. Why does it say Episode IV?" Tracey asked.
Harry shrugged. "The creator envisioned this as the middle part of nine. He's only made four through six so far."
"Weird."
"That…is a very big ship…" Daphne said with wide eyes staring at the Star Destroyer panning across the display.
"Well at least we know it's fake. It's not like we can make spaceships," Neville said.
"Nev," Hermione said with a snort, "you do realize Muggles landed on the Moon in the 60's right?"
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