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As Seasons Change
SEVEN: First Day at Primary
Regulus is seven years old.
Tuesday 5th September 2011
Harry escorted Regulus to the gates of "Hendley Primary School". Ginny and Harry had agreed that their children should attend Muggle Primary School, so they could make friends with the rest of community, a variety of friends. It also meant that their heirs grew up aware of why they were different. It had been drilled into Regulus that he must not mention magic, but in creative work, they said then he could, especially if it was writing stories.
They delivered Regulus to the school office, where the Headmistress, a kind old woman escorted him to his class. The halls were clean, and filled with colour. The ABC was scattered on the walls down the year 3 and 4 corridor.
The headmistress, whose name was Ms Dibbleworth, opened the door to a large class room.
The room was bright with colours. On the walls were posters showing various rules with fun pictures on them, scattered among them were images drawn by the members of the previous class. The teacher stood at the front of the class, introducing herself and the simple principles when they walked in. She had short light brown hair, and a small face. Her blue eyes shone with admiration. She gave Regulus a smile as he walked in, followed by the headmistress.
The headmistress waved a hand around the class. "This is Regulus Potter, your new classmate. He never went to nursery nor registration class, therefore this is a new experience for him. Have a good day." She left, gently shutting the door behind her.
Regulus gave a small smile and nervously said: "Hello."
The teacher replied: "I'm Miss Maple, and it is wonderful to meet you, Regulus. What a very unusual name, but it suits you well. Before you join a table, can you tell us a little about yourself."
Regulus nodded and spoke in a shaky voice. "Erm, hi everyone. My name is Regulus Potter, but you can call me Reg. I like playing games." He really had no idea what to say. He couldn't mention magic as that put at risk the Wizarding world. "My mum works in the government. I have a younger sister called Lily. That's about it…really." He shrugged.
The teacher nodded. "Thank you, Regulus. Please can you sit next to Thomas Madely, on that table over there."
Regulus nodded and sat down next to a brown-haired boy with sparkling green eyes like his own. On the other side of the table sat two girls; one had a blond hair with grey eyes and was named Leanne Littlewood, while the second girl looked like she was from Asia, which she confirmed. Her name was Artie Raj.
Underneath the desk was a tray, in which Regulus laid his pencil case. Miss Maple handed him a small bag with the school's logo on it. She told him to hang it on the spare peg at the back of the classroom where the others had put theirs. While he had done this, Miss Maple was handing out notebooks and a pencil to each student.
Finished with that, she instructed them to write facts about themselves in full sentences, filling in the data required to each field she wrote on the white board, in a blue pen. The data consisted of the following:
FULL NAME
ADDRESS
DATE OF BIRTH
FATHER'S NAME
MOTHER'S NAME
GRANDPARENTS NAME (FATHER)
GRANDPARENTS NAME (MOTHER)
SIBLINGS
COUSINS
UNCLES
AUNTIES
HOBBIES
Regulus wrote carefully and slowly, filling in each category with a full sentence. A boy, by the name of Matthew Peter's, finished first and received a star on his hand. When the class had completed the task, Miss Maple asked each child to read out what they had put. In the entire class, Regulus had the most interesting family history (especially over the confusion of Uncles - he had so many).
Following that session was a twenty-minute break. Regulus and Thomas paired up and ended up playing with five others in a game they called "sticky-glue". It was a simple game where one person had to catch the other players, while the ones that had yet to be caught had the chance to free the captured players. Thomas was picked to be sticky-glue and he chased them round the playground.
Regulus, having the advantage of racing against a dog and stag before, was quite fast and Thomas was unable to catch him, only reaching him when Regulus slipped on the grass. As he was the last one caught he had to be 'sticky-glue' and managed to catch the others in a period of five minutes.
At the end of break, as they trudged back inside, Thomas asked Regulus how he could run so fast.
"Practice." He grinned.
The lesson before lunch was Maths and they learnt how to add double figured numbers. Regulus had been taught on and off at home, so he was quicker at learning then others, but he still found the work challenging in some respects, especially since there was no mention of magic.
At lunch he sat with Thomas, and another boy called William Trevors.
"Hey, do you wanna play football in a minute?"
"Football?" Regulus asked. "What's that?"
"You don't know what football is? Where have you come from?" William asked.
"You hit a ball and score goals." Thomas said. "You mean you've never played football?"
Regulus shook his head. "No."
"Well, we'll have to show ya!" William said, grinning.
When they had finished their lunch, they got permission to play football on the small field. William got together a small team, and instructed Regulus how to play. After a while Regulus got the hang of it, and managed, to his satisfaction, to score a goal from the side. He was pleased with himself.
As they filed off the field, Thomas asked Regulus what he thought of football.
"Well, Quidditch is so much better then football, but I like it."
"Quidditch?" Thomas asked.
"Oh no!" Regulus cursed. "It's something that me and my family play at home."
"Well, maybe you could teach me it!" Thomas suggested.
"Maybe…" Regulus finally said.
The afternoon was spent doing art, trying to copy a simple picture of a flower. Regulus did not do very well.
At the end of the day Regulus came out of the school, meeting his father at the gates. Harry took hold of his hand. "So, how was your day, Reg?"
"It was interesting….different, but I did make a mistake though."
"What was that?" Harry asked, as they walked through the streets.
"I mentioned Quidditch by accident."
"That's okay son, just make sure you're more careful in future." Cautioned Harry.
"I will, dad."
TBC
Well, there you go, another chapter. A few more to go before Regulus will start Hogwarts! Yay! Please, let me know what you thought! Next chapter will be up soon!
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