Chapter 540 - Prefect Notice (2/2)
Horace Slughorn
Head of Slytherin House.”
From inside the envelope, an emerald and silver badge with a large P superimposed on the Slytherin snake fell out onto the floor. Before anyone else has a chance to react, Rowan hurls the letter straight into the fire. The letter bursts into flames as she begins to let out a stream of curses that left Severus and Reginald gaping openly in sheer shock.
Finally, the stream of vile swearing dies off as Rowan stomps over to the fallen badge and glowers at it as she picks it up with disgust. ”Not another word,” Rowan growled as Severus decides to tactfully remain silent. He merely clutched his letter and Prefect badge tighter lest his twin sister do something crazy.
Slamming the door behind her, Severus and Reginald just stare at each other in sheer bewilderment. Not finding a single reason they both nod at each other in manly bond. Must be puberty or that time of the month gain. Then again, who could ever understand women?
Rowan stomped all the way upstairs before slamming the bedroom door shut. She almost hurls the badge across the room, before tossing it into her trunk and slamming the lid shut in sheer disgust. Did she look like an idiot! She knew that Dumbledore must have signed off on it or else Slughorn would have never picked her and Severus.
Not only were they continuing their apprenticesh.i.p.s, but they'd be taking the O.W.L.'s just like the rest of the students in the subjects that they still retained in order to verify their student mastery. But she would be taking three N.E.W.T exams as well! The three N.E.W.T level exams would be for Alchemy, Ancient Studies, and Advanced Arithmancy! When was she supposed to have the time to study between tutoring younger students and patrolling, and much less research her own personal matters?!
”This is exactly why I said it was child exploration! And free labor!” Rowan shrieked in frustration into her pillow, before slumping down limp.
Taking a deep breath Rowan calms herself and rubs her head. She would just have to make this work for herself just like she always had. Not that she had a choice at this point.
Rowan certainly was not Percy, who happily served as Prefect his 5th and 6th year only to be Head Boy in his 7th year. She had money and was not afraid to use it! She would bribe and threaten her way if she had too! And heavens help her if Slughorn tried to force the Prefect position for her sixth year too. She would even poison their head of house and get away with it too! And Dumbledore too, if that was just what it took!
Thankfully, she did not have to worry about being Head Girl. If all worked out, it should still be Lily and James-.
Yes, she had not forgotten the dream about James. And despite what her skepticism argued, she knew better than to ignore her dreams. Something had occurred and she would have to watch him. Whatever it was that had occurred, James was not necessarily himself anymore. Whatever that worrisome comment meant…...
Nor did she have the courage to write to him. She had tried to only discard the letters after the first sentence. It still, she did not dare ask Remus or Sirius or Peter, because ignorance is sometimes bliss. And she was a Slytherin after all and not a Gryffindor. Though the utter irony of that statement is that she technically was one too since Godric Gryffindor was her ancestor as well.