Chapter 575 - Prefect Duties (2/2)
Hearing footsteps from the boy's staircase, Rowan glanced up to see Severus coming down the stairs. With a wry grin, Severus says, ”So, how are we dolling this out?”
Glancing at the schedule, Rowan says, ”I'll take them to their first three classes of the day. You will make sure they make it to DADA and back to the common rooms. And show them how to get to the library and the study hall without getting lost.
As for Tuesday, I'll take them to their first period and the second period, but I expect you to take patrolling for the rest of the week.”
”Seems fair enough,” Severus said with a shrug. ”Although I'm going to hate Astronomy for the rest of the month.”
They both made identical irritated faces at the thought of having to wake up at one in the morning every Wednesday for an entire month to make sure all the first years got back to the quarters. To be honest, she could not recall their first-year female Prefect ever doing so. But then again, she tended to fall sound asleep into bed and would not have even heard a basilisk wandering around at night.
Glancing at the time, Rowan says, ”Well, we better start making sure they are already up. Think they know an alarm clock spell yet?”
”No, but if not, that's the first thing we will teach them later this week,” Severus grumbled before the two of them climbed back up the respective dorm stairs.
Neither Rowan nor Severus were gentle in their awakenings though both did politely knock once on the dorm room in warning before entering. Walking into the dorm room for those that were sound asleep in bed they awoke them with cold water. The poor first years woke up sputtering aghast, but Rowan and Severus merely moved on to the next sleeper.
They still did stop by the second year nor third-year dorms with the intention to leave a copy of the class schedule with the Hogwarts map for the transfer students. Most of the children were awake, but for those that were not, they hastily waked. Rowan and Severus firmly explained the map, before adding that they could still lie in bed for a bit, but that they were expected to be down at breakfast on time. And gave the senior pair of dorm mates a fierce glance suggesting that be indeed the case and ensuring that their new dorm mates are properly led to their new classrooms with no tricks in between or else there would be hell to pay.
The glower that Rowan and Severus gave the senior dorm pair promised that if that were not the case, they'd be stuck in detention for an entire month. Even the more cheerful, pranksters in Slytherin got the message and decided to postpone playing tricks until their junior roommates learned their way around the castle. It was in their best interests of course.
By the time seven o'clock rolled around, the first years were all wide awake neatly lined up in the common room into two lines, one line made up of the boys and the other of the girls. While Severus handed out their schedules and Hogwarts map, Rowan says, ”Typically schedules are handed out in the Great Hall. But we thought it better to hand them out early and answer any questions that you might have.”
Seeing the Slytherin first years avidly studying their schedule and map. Rowan says, ”Now, as you can see the schedule is as follows, Transfiguration, History of Magic, Charms, and DADA.”
”First off does everyone have their books for Transfiguration and History of Magic?” Rowan sees the students checking their bags as several first years from the boys and girls timidly raise their hands.
”It's fine as we're still in the common room,” Rowan explained. ”Before I let you go and grab them, remember that after these two classes are Charms and DADA. But you will not be needing to grab those as you will have lunch after the History of Magic. You'll have ample opportunity to return your prior course books to your dorm and grab the next two textbooks.”
”Now, hurry and get your textbooks,” Rowan instructed as several boys and girls hurried back to the dorm to grab their required textbooks.