"Alright, first test, cutting a Lumos Charm." Harry grinned as he brought a ball of light into existence. Moving the blade through the ball of light yielded no results however. "Well shite." He muttered before trying a few different methods. He stabbed the ball of light to the same results. He tried swinging the knife faster but to no change in the light at all. "Hmm, my Array should be working, but there is no change at all? The Array works out, in theory anyway, but in practice not so much. Did I make it too specific or was I not specific enough?" The young Artificer wondered as he looked at the knife in his hand while pacing back and forth across the length of his workshop. Going back to his desk he set the knife down and pulled out his papers that he'd worked the Array out on. He started perusing the lines of Runes looking for what could have gone wrong. After almost an hour of not finding any reason for the lack of effect an alarm spell went off and Harry tapped his wand to cancel it.
"Time to meet with the study group already?" Harry mused as he placed his hands on top of his desk as he stood up. Feeling cold metal beneath his palm Harry looked down and saw his Oulm knife. "Good thing I worked in the Cut Prevention Sequence after all, that could have hurt otherwise." He chuckled as he tapped the blade with his index finger. The sudden feeling of his finger getting the 'pins and needles' of being 'asleep' was a surprise and Harry narrowed his eyes while looking over his finger. "What in the world?" He wondered as he shook his hand and tried to flex his fingers. After a couple of attempts he got feeling back into his index finger and shook his hand. "Well, isn't that interesting?" Harry questioned rhetorically to the empty workshop. Giving the 'failed' knife another look over Harry decided to look into it later. He'd agreed to meet with his study buddies today and he wanted to introduce Luna to them. The little blonde could definitely use more friends.
-The Library-
"Hello, Harry." Luna smiled seeing Harry walk into the Library. He had asked her to meet him here at this time so she'd come, but she had no idea what it was Harry wanted.
"Hey Luna, thanks for meeting me." Harry greeted as he motioned for Luna to follow him.
"So why did you want to meet in the Library, you asked me to bring my homework and books so I'm assuming we're studying?" Luna questioned and Harry nodded.
"Yep, I also want to help you make a few more friends." Harry replied and Luna looked curious.
"There are others that would like to be my friends? Who are they?" Luna inquired since she hadn't made any friends besides Penny and Harry since she started at Hogwarts.
"Follow me and I'll introduce you." Harry answered as he made his way over to the table his study buddies were currently occupying. "Hey Padma, Mandy, Hermione, how are you three this afternoon?"
"Hey Harry, doing good." Mandy replied with a grin.
"Studying for Transfiguration at the moment." Padma motioned towards their books.
"Good afternoon, Harry." Hermione smiled before noticing Luna. "Who is this?"
"This is Luna Lovegood, she's in Ravenclaw with Padma, Mandy and I." Harry introduced which prompted Padma and Mandy to greet the little blonde. "She's had a bit of difficulty making friends because she likes to talk about Magical Cryptids. But she's sweet as can be and could really use a few more friends."
"It was really mean of those girls to take your things, Luna. Do you want to study with our little group?" Mandy asked even though she was already making a place for the First Year.
"We can help you out with anything you don't understand." Padma assured Luna as she scooted over so that younger girl could sit between her and Mandy.
"We'd be happy to have you Luna." Hermione agreed with a smile towards the First Year.
"Thank you very much." Luna thanked the girls as she sat between Padma and Mandy and started taking out her things.
"Don't mention it, Luna." Mandy grinned as she pulled the other girl into a side-hug. Harry was pretty sure Luna couldn't have looked happier if she tried. After a few minutes of getting settled Mandy asked everyone if they'd been using the Common Room Test Frames; when she got back all positive replies, except from Harry who simply used his own in his workshop, not that any of them knew that, she'd asked about their most recent readings.
"I checked this morning and was at '462'." Padma informed the group.
"Bugger, you're still beating me! I'm only at '456' right now." Mandy playfully pouted at her friend.
"I was at '470' when I checked last night before bed." Hermione spoke up and Padma and Mandy both playfully accused her of extra practice to one up them.
"I got a '138' this morning before breakfast." Luna smiled and the older girls gave her encouragement for her reading. All of them told her they could practice together and she'd definitely see her reading go up even higher. The little blonde quickly agreed to the extra practice with a bright smile.
"What?" Harry asked when all of the girls turned to look at him.
"What was your last reading?" Padma asked curiously.
"Oh, I was at '1,536' when I checked a few days ago." Harry replied and all the girls, except Luna who just smiled, had shocked looks on their faces.
"How the bloody hell?" Mandy questioned.
"Language!" Hermione chided her friend and Mandy barely acknowledged it.
"That is very impressive Harry." Padma stated with a nod.
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