Boq observed the Professor's office. It was very pink, almost like Miss Galinda's, he realized. Pink curtains, pink carpeting. There was a cherry wood desk in the middle with a lamp on top of it. On the wall behind the desk hung dozens of cat plates.
He was beginning to feel uncomfortable in the pink-and-cat room, but soon Professor Umbridge walked in and took a seat at her desk. The Munchkin sat up as straight and tall as he could.
"Boq," said Umbridge with a smile, "I have some very exciting news for you."
His eyes widened as he eagerly waited to hear the information. His heart was racing. Exciting news on the first day of classes? Exciting news for him?
"I'm going to make you a prefect," said Umbridge.
Boq tilted his head in confusion. "What's that?"
Professor Umbridge was certainly surprised that Boq didn't know what a prefect was. She had noticed there really weren't any at Shiz at all. Oz, she said to herself, has strange customs in general. She'd never seen a Goat teaching a history class before.
"It's like…an officer. You're going to have certain responsibilities around the school, Boq, and you'll be able to give out demerits if students are misbehaving. I'm having lots of new rules be put into effect tomorrow, Boq, and if there are any children disobeying these rules, I must know. It's a very honorable position."
A smile formed on Boq's lips. A prefect! It did sound like honorable. With a nod, he shook the professor's hand and said, "Thank you!"
As Boq left the office, he thought about all the duties he would have as Shiz's first prefect. She had said that he could give out demerits. Now maybe he could give Fiyero and Avaric some payback for all the times they'd ridiculed him…
"No, no, I must use my powers for good," Boq said aloud, which caused a few other students who were in the hall to give him funny looks. Ignoring them, he continued to his room to think more about what he would do as prefect.
He could hardly contain his excitement.
Author's Note: Sorry it's so short! Next chapter will be longer, I promise. I hope you're enjoying it so far!
