Part II
After showering, he got dressed, waited until it was time for breakfast. He went down to the Great Hall.
"Hiya, pal!" Romeo heard someone say to him. He turned around. It was that big lug, Rubeus Hagrid.
"What do you want, fatty?" Romeo asked sourly.
"Oh, nuthin' important… Just wanted to say hi… Sorry."
"Well, you did, so good-bye!" Romeo smiled.
"Alrighty almighty…" Rubeus said.
Romeo turned his back at Rubeus, to eat, when someone said;
"Hello! How could you treat Ruby like this?" Romeo instantly recognized the voice as Adelaide's.
"You again, huh?" Romeo said.
"Yes, me!" Adelaide said, "And you, Mr. Elf," she looked deeply into Romeo's eyes, "you will apologize to Ruby right, right now!"
"Ruby?" Romeo asked amused.
Rubeus ears went red.
"I told you not to call me that in public…" Rubeus mumbled.
"It's my nickname for him. Now, apologize!" Adelaide ordered.
"I won't!" Romeo was stubborn. A few students had turned their attention to them. It wasn't normal to see a Ravenclaw student over at the Slytherin table.
"Oh, yes you will!" Adelaide put her hands on her hips.
"Or what?"
"Or I will turn you into a frog!" Adelaide shouted and a few students laughed.
Suddenly, Prof. Dumbledore came over.
"SILENCE!" He roared. Everyone went mute, "Now, eat, my children."
And they did.
After breakfast, Romeo was just about to go to his classes, when Dumbledore spoke;
"All prefects are to stay here. Further information is to come."
So, Romeo stayed, while almost every other students left. He looked. He had never had much contact with the three other prefects.
Blimey, bloody, blasted hell! It was her - Adelaide! She was the prefect from Ravenclaw. And then their gazes met. She walked over to him.
"Hello, demon-boy." She smiled.
"Will you shut up for a change?" Romeo muttered.
"Actually, no."
"I should have known. What is your problem anyway?"
"What do you mean?" She battered her eyelashes innocently.
"Your friends with that… With that… What do they call them nowadays?"
"With what?"
"That thing. The child. Ruby, as you called him." He smiled.
"Oh, him. There's nothing wrong with him."
"Yes, there is. Can't you see that he is a freak? He's only here at his first year, and he is already taller than we are. And fatter."
"Don't call him fat! He just got big bones…"
"Oh, please, miss Wonderbra."
Before Romeo could duck, Adelaide kicked him his stomach, causing him to fly five meters backwards.
"Where'd you learn that?" Romeo asked, as he rubbed his sore stomach. It was a very hard kick.
"I've been practicing kickboxing since I could walk. I could always knock down my parents."
"YOU COULD KNOCK DOWN YOUR PARENTS??" Romeo asked.
"Yes, that wasn't very hard. My parents were goats."
"Goats?"
Before she could answer his question, they were once again interrupted by a teacher. It was Prof. Sybil Trelawney.
"Chit-chatting, are you?" she asked them, "Why don't you let me take a look at your hand, young boy." She took a hold on Romeo's hand, before he answer. "Oohh… Interesting, my friend… Very interesting, indeed… I see a lot of talent. You have a long lifeline. I can see that you have a good heart. I see lots of kindness and goodness coming from you in the future years."
Romeo smiled. If only she knew…
Sybil continued; "I see a child. Are you pregnant?"
Romeo shook his head. He wasn't pregnant… He couldn't be! He wasn't ready for that yet!
"Then it must be someone else. He is very important to you… Ah, I see why he will mean so much to you now. He will a close friend to you. But not now. He isn't born yet… You will have to wait, my dear."
"What does he look like? Like me?" Adelaide broke in.
"He has brown, almost black hair. Green eyes… And he wears glasses." She looks closer on his hand and says; "He has a tattoo in his head. It's a little blurry at the moment, but I think it has the shape of a lightning."
After showering, he got dressed, waited until it was time for breakfast. He went down to the Great Hall.
"Hiya, pal!" Romeo heard someone say to him. He turned around. It was that big lug, Rubeus Hagrid.
"What do you want, fatty?" Romeo asked sourly.
"Oh, nuthin' important… Just wanted to say hi… Sorry."
"Well, you did, so good-bye!" Romeo smiled.
"Alrighty almighty…" Rubeus said.
Romeo turned his back at Rubeus, to eat, when someone said;
"Hello! How could you treat Ruby like this?" Romeo instantly recognized the voice as Adelaide's.
"You again, huh?" Romeo said.
"Yes, me!" Adelaide said, "And you, Mr. Elf," she looked deeply into Romeo's eyes, "you will apologize to Ruby right, right now!"
"Ruby?" Romeo asked amused.
Rubeus ears went red.
"I told you not to call me that in public…" Rubeus mumbled.
"It's my nickname for him. Now, apologize!" Adelaide ordered.
"I won't!" Romeo was stubborn. A few students had turned their attention to them. It wasn't normal to see a Ravenclaw student over at the Slytherin table.
"Oh, yes you will!" Adelaide put her hands on her hips.
"Or what?"
"Or I will turn you into a frog!" Adelaide shouted and a few students laughed.
Suddenly, Prof. Dumbledore came over.
"SILENCE!" He roared. Everyone went mute, "Now, eat, my children."
And they did.
After breakfast, Romeo was just about to go to his classes, when Dumbledore spoke;
"All prefects are to stay here. Further information is to come."
So, Romeo stayed, while almost every other students left. He looked. He had never had much contact with the three other prefects.
Blimey, bloody, blasted hell! It was her - Adelaide! She was the prefect from Ravenclaw. And then their gazes met. She walked over to him.
"Hello, demon-boy." She smiled.
"Will you shut up for a change?" Romeo muttered.
"Actually, no."
"I should have known. What is your problem anyway?"
"What do you mean?" She battered her eyelashes innocently.
"Your friends with that… With that… What do they call them nowadays?"
"With what?"
"That thing. The child. Ruby, as you called him." He smiled.
"Oh, him. There's nothing wrong with him."
"Yes, there is. Can't you see that he is a freak? He's only here at his first year, and he is already taller than we are. And fatter."
"Don't call him fat! He just got big bones…"
"Oh, please, miss Wonderbra."
Before Romeo could duck, Adelaide kicked him his stomach, causing him to fly five meters backwards.
"Where'd you learn that?" Romeo asked, as he rubbed his sore stomach. It was a very hard kick.
"I've been practicing kickboxing since I could walk. I could always knock down my parents."
"YOU COULD KNOCK DOWN YOUR PARENTS??" Romeo asked.
"Yes, that wasn't very hard. My parents were goats."
"Goats?"
Before she could answer his question, they were once again interrupted by a teacher. It was Prof. Sybil Trelawney.
"Chit-chatting, are you?" she asked them, "Why don't you let me take a look at your hand, young boy." She took a hold on Romeo's hand, before he answer. "Oohh… Interesting, my friend… Very interesting, indeed… I see a lot of talent. You have a long lifeline. I can see that you have a good heart. I see lots of kindness and goodness coming from you in the future years."
Romeo smiled. If only she knew…
Sybil continued; "I see a child. Are you pregnant?"
Romeo shook his head. He wasn't pregnant… He couldn't be! He wasn't ready for that yet!
"Then it must be someone else. He is very important to you… Ah, I see why he will mean so much to you now. He will a close friend to you. But not now. He isn't born yet… You will have to wait, my dear."
"What does he look like? Like me?" Adelaide broke in.
"He has brown, almost black hair. Green eyes… And he wears glasses." She looks closer on his hand and says; "He has a tattoo in his head. It's a little blurry at the moment, but I think it has the shape of a lightning."