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Chapter 10- Regall
You could smell the Great Hall miles away. As soon as Regall detected the pleasant aroma of just baked potatoes and fresh mac and cheese, she cut off her conversation with Thorn and hurried into the Great Hall.
Tonight it looked even more fantastic than Regall remembered from last night. The floating candles made it look bright and cheerful, and the clear starry sky shone down on the four tables. Students were pouring in from the main entrance, so Regall hurried to save the best seats at the Gryffindor table, stopping to say a hello to Grace and Julianne at the Ravenclaw table as she went by.
Regall tried to restrain herself until Thorn and Lily arrived, but the ravioli in front of her was deliberately torturing her, wafting its scent under her nose so that by the time Thorn and Lily arrived, the entire platter was empty except for a note from the house elves saying that they needed a little while to make some more.
Thorn just shook her head in exasperation, used to her friends behavior, sat down on Regall's left and helped herself to a drumstick. Lily looked as though she were a little concerned about how much ravioli Regall had managed to fit in her mouth, but she just shrugged and sat down on Regall's right and heaped some ears of corn onto her plate.
Regall spotted James down the table, watching, spellbound, as Lily laughed with Thorn. Regall caught his eye and made a kissy face. He narrowed his eyes at her and turned back to his friends.
"Hey Lily," Regall poked her friend on the shoulder. Lily turned with her eyebrow raised and Thorn looked curious.
"What?" Lily asked. Regall glanced towards James, who was now whispering with his friends, obviously planning another prank. He was stealing glances at the girls every so often.
"Seems like Potter over there has taken a liking to you!" she whispered. Lily looked like she'd been slapped.
"That's ridiculous!" she said coldly, turning back to her plate. Regall giggled.
"He definitely does. You mean you haven't noticed?" Lily looked sheepish.
"Well, I mean… maybe I have. A little." Thorn raised an eyebrow.
"A little? He's been staring at you ever since the Sorting! How can you not notice that? He's gonna make a move on you, I can tell." Lily sighed.
"Well, enough about who likes me. Anybody eyeing you?" Lily had grown a mischievous smirk as she said this. Thorn gagged.
"Eww. No. If anyone did, I'd slap them. But, I have been noticing someone staring at you Regall." She wiggled her eyebrows at her dark-haired friend, who jumped.
"Who?" she asked. Thorn made a tsk-ing noise.
"Tsk, I'm not gonna just tell you, that'd take all the fun away! But, If you must know, he's a Ravenclaw, and he's been eyeing you all day. Well, this has been fun, but now I must depart. I promised to help Marlene with her Transfiguration homework." Regall and Lily looked confused.
"Who's Marlene?" Lily asked.
"McKinnon? She's another first year. In Gryffindor, she just arrived today since she missed the train because of a family emergency. Gotta go!" She turned on her heel and did a series of front-walkovers out of the Great Hall.
"How'd she do that?" Lily turned to Regall, who was munching on the new ravioli that the house-elves had made.
"Well," Regall swallowed the ravioli. "She's kind of like an acrobat, she's been dancing since she was three, and has thaasophobia."
"What's thaasophobia?" Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Fear or intense hatred of boredom or sitting still for too long. Which I also have almost as bad as Thorn." Regall started doing an intense step movement under the table. "So, like we were saying before you purposely steered us off course, leading me to assume you're hiding something, I know James likes you, so the big question is, do you like him back?" Regall knew the fate of her and her friends depended on this. She didn't know how exactly, but it did! Don't question it. Lily narrowed her eyes.
"How could you possibly even think for a second that I would fancy the arrogant toad that is Potter? I thought you knew me better than that!" she exclaimed indignantly.
"Well, considering the fact that we only met, what? Yesterday? I can't know you that well. But, I see the signs, he likes you, and there could be a chance that you like him back. Just saying. Plus, you are sort of giving off that vibe as well. Like, when we emerged from Transfiguration, your face looked like a cherry." Regall stated, munching nonchalantly on a piece of ravioli and examining Lily for a reaction.
"Well how would you know for sure! You're jumping to conclusions!" said Lily, attacking her piece of steak vehemently. "Besides, he bullies Sev!" Regall raised an eyebrow.
"Whatever you say," she replied, and skipped away after Thorn.
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Regall was climbing one of the moving staircases to Gryffindor Tower when she heard sobbing coming from a bathroom on the the fourth floor. Curious, she tiptoed over to the ladies' room. Regall had thought that she, Thorn, and Marlene would be the only ones to have left the Great Hall early - nearly everyone stayed for dessert. The only reason Regall hadn't was because she was so stuffed with ravioli.
Tiptoeing closer, she quietly pushed open the door. Pressing her back against the wall, Regall held her breath and listened.
"Shh, it's gonna be okay," a familiar voice was saying. Regall narrowed her eyes. Sirius Black. What in the name of Merlin was he doing in the girl's bathroom? She rounded the corner, mouth already open to ask him an embarrassing question when a second voice stopped her.
"No, it's not! It's n-never gonna b-be okay! He doesn't even recognize me anymore!" Regall stared at the crumpled form on the cold tiled floor, hands covering her face, a letter lying on the floor in front of her. Skye. Black was kneeling next to her, a comforting hand on her back.
"Yes it will," he said firmly. Regall was surprised to hear that, rather than confident and cocky like Black usually was, his hands were shaking and his face was pale. "It's gonna be okay, Skye. You just have to give him time. It's not something easy to get over." Skye stood up and walked over to the sink, leaning both her hands against it and staring into it, like if she stared hard enough it would burn a hole through the bottom. Her golden-brown hair screened her face from view.
"It's not fair," Skye whispered to the sink, soft enough so only Regall could hear. A teardrop fell into the sink, disappearing down the drain. Suddenly, Skye glanced up and caught sight of Regall in the mirror. Regall opened her mouth again, ready to explain, but Skye was already advancing on her with her wand out. Black jumped up with a yell, drawing his wand, too. Regall pulled out her wand, though her mind was blank. Who had they been talking about? What wasn't going to be okay?
"Stop it!" Regall said to them. "I won't tell anyone, I promise!" Skye was so close now that Regall could see the tears and sadness in her blue eyes. And anger. Lots of anger.
"Do you think that for one minute I would believe that?" Skye snarled. Her wand jabbed Regall in the chest. Something inside Regall snapped. She had tried to be nice. But if Skye couldn't accept that, then that was too bad for Skye.
"Well, you should believe it!" retorted Regall. "I never ever break my promises!" Skye lowered her wand, and all the anger seemed to vanish. Now she looked like a person in a sea of strangers. Confused and tired. Whatever. It was too late.
"I wasn't trying to- I mean -" Skye's voice broke and, head down, she ran out of the bathroom.
"Wait, Skye!" Black shouted, but she was already gone. Instead he rounded on Regall. "You just had to ruin it, didn't you!" He yelled at her. "She was doing really well and you just had to come in and-"
"Hey, it wasn't my fault that you two were in this bathroom!" interrupted Regall. Black just gave her a scathing look, snatched the letter from the floor, and swept out of the bathroom.
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"Hey, Regall," greeted Thorn, hastily clearing textbooks and parchment off the armchair next to her so her friend could sit down. "This is Marlene." Thorn indicated a bubbly blonde girl, who smiled at Regall and shook her hand. "Regall, Marlene. Marlene, Regall. Anyway, Marlene, Miranda Goshawk says in Chapter 2 that Switching Spells…" Regall listened absentmindedly to Thorn and Marlene's chatter. That whole incident in the bathroom had been really weird. What had really happened in there? Regall wished that she could tell Thorn, but knew that she would automatically prove Skye right if she did.
Plus, what Regall had said was true: she had never, ever broke her promises. Not once in her life.
"Regall? Ree-gallll!" Thorn was waving a hand in front of her face. Regall blinked and sat up. "You looked like you were a little zoned out there for a minute." Quickly, Regall hitched a smile on her face.
"Yeah, a little bit."
"Are you gonna do homework with me and Marlene?" Regall nodded and searched for her school bag, pulling out a fresh piece of parchment, ink, a quill, and her textbooks.
By the time they finished all their homework, it was nine thirty. Regall, Thorn, and Marlene sleepily climbed the steep spiral staircase to their dorm.
"I call getting the bathroom first!" shouted Thorn, running to their tiny bathroom and locking the door. Marlene went over to her bed, pulling out a pair of pajamas while Regall glanced over at Skye's bed. It was empty. Well, it wasn't as though she had expected Skye to be there.
"Who sleeps there?" Marlene asked Regall. Regall snapped back into reality, facing Marlene.
"Oh, a girl named Skye Delaney. I have no idea where she is now. I'm starting to get a bit worried." Regall looked around the room.
"I bet she's fine!" a muffled yell came from the bathroom. Regall nodded, a little assured by Thorn's voice.
"Yeah. Yeah, I hope so." Regall whispered. Thorn came out of the bathroom, stretching while wearing her bright orange pjs. Regall slipped into the bathroom and changed.
When she came out, Thorn was already in bed, reading a book on Ancient Wizarding History, biting her lip like she was trying to understand something. Marlene shuffled past Regall and walked into the open bathroom, shutting the door behind her.
Regall got under the covers of her bed and thought for a minute. If Skye was that upset when she walked in on her, then it must be really private. But, why did Sirius know about it? Regall knew they were cousins, so that could be a reasonable explanation.
Not knowing why Skye was so upset was eating Regall up inside. She yawned, still running over the scene from earlier in her head, searching for clues. She finally stopped when the darkness of sleep engulfed her.
Woot! Ten Chapters! I know this one is kind of rushed, but I did it when I was falling asleep pretty much. So, sorry!
See you all soon!
- Hogwarts914