Chapter 116 - Gobbledegook (1/2)
By the time Rowan is halfway to the classroom, she'd encountered Terry on the way and taken Regulus from his grasp. ”So, how was your first day?” Rowan made small talk.
”It was mostly alright,” Regulus quietly said, no doubt remembering the incident at lunch.
Rowan sighed to herself, before reaching over to gently pat Regulus on his head. ”Don't worry about it, it's normal to fight between friends. I've already forgiven him, but I'm going to let him stew for a few days before I officially do. Sirius is an idiot, but I suppose I've grown fond of foolish ways.”
Regulus perks up at her words and says, ”Don't worry, I won't tell, Siri!”
”Siri, huh?” Rowan thought to herself at a potential new weapon.
”It looks like we're here!” Regulus exclaimed as he stepped into the classroom. To his utter delight, his four friends were there as well. They wave over at him as Regulus nervously glances up at Rowan.
Refraining from rolling her eyes in exasperation, Rowan says, ”Run along and go sit with your friends.” Regulus doesn't need to be told twice as he rushes over to have a seat next to his friends.
Glancing about, Rowan spots Lily and Severus to the side eagerly chattering, but the seats next to them had already been taken. Glancing about, Rowan spots an empty seat next to two chattering Ravenclaws. ”I still say, that you're wrong, Xeno,” said, a second-year, blond-haired girl with aqua-colored eyes said.
Xenophilius Lovegood shakes his shoulders causing his silver shoulder-length hair with the texture of candy floss to shake. Slightly cross-eyed, the baby-blue eyed fourth-year said, ”I'll prove it, Pandora, you'll see. I'm aiming to expose the truths that the Ministry of Magic has hidden away.”
”Still a rebel, eh, Xeno?” Rowan privately thought to herself as she took the seat next to the distracted pair of future love birds. Glancing around, Rowan spots mostly 1st and second years with a rare 3rd or 4th year. Mostly the class seemed to be made up of Ravenclaws, but there were a few others from the rest of the houses.
”Prince, is this seat taken?” A somewhat familiar voice asked.
Rowan glanced up to see the round-faced Andrew Abbott. ”No, not at all. Have a seat, Abbot,” Rowan replied.
”Thanks,” Andrew said with relief as he took the seat next to her. Glancing about, Andrew says, ”Are you here alone too?”
”No,” Rowan replied as she pointed at Lily and Severus sitting further down in the rows below. ”But the seats were taken and so I ended up here.”
”Same here,” Andrew replied as he pointed at two boys sitting further away from them.
”I'm telling you, Xenophilius that it is possible!” Pandora Ravine, the blond-haired girl with aqua eyes screeched.
Whirling around, Pandora spots the figures of Rowan and Andrew Abbot staring at her. ”Prince, you agree with me, don't you?” Pandora argued.
Rowan suddenly blinks at being dumped in the middle of the battlefield. ”Er, I'm sorry to say this we just got here. And I'm not exactly sure what the two of you are arguing about,” Rowan carefully answered.
Pandora doesn't even blink as she says, ”We are arguing about whether the goblin treatise is in need of revision or not. But Xeno says, that the treatise is a lie, and needs to be completely destroyed, while I say that is needed.”
”Well, I have to agree with the both of you,” Rowan finally said causing them both to narrow their blue-eyed gazes at her. ”The treatise in a sense is a lie as we wizard kind have not exactly been very forthcoming regarding the treatise. But at the same time, neither have the goblins. I think both sides equally distrust each other that it would take a great deal of effort to even attempt to gather both sides at a table, much less revise the existing treatise.”