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Well. This had been something else thus far. And if the fact that one of mum's flesh eating shrubs had eaten his actual prefect badge was any indication of things...then this was going to be a looooooooong term. But Derf was resourceful and optimistic. He KNEW how to adapt to things and figure out a plan B and C and all the way to Y if need be - he had yet to get himself to Z but he was working on it. When life gave you lemons it was only natural to make some sherbet lemons, you know? So what he currently had in his possession was a little Gryffindor artefact from mum's trunk - an old prefect badge she had taken when her upon her departure from Hogwarts as Herbology professor, Head of Gryffindor House, and Deputy Headmistress...so really there had been LOADS in that old school trunk and some (read: loads) were in his own enchanted suitcase.
He was a Hufflepuff with a PLAN. Loads of them. LOADS!
But first order of business, outside of his assisting people onto the platform like Diandra (who he definitely needed to find later to see how she was holding up) and others with getting their trunks and things on to the luggage compartment (of which he, naturally, had a pocket full of treats for the various creatures who would be spending their journey there and had slipped them a bite before disembarking himself)....was this. THE prefect compartment.
His Gryffindor prefect badge had been tucked away safely in his pocket waiting for the opportune moment to use a Color Changing Charm himself or ask an older student - hopefully Etta who he was keen on giving a proper congratulatory hug rather than the written sort he had done over the summer hearing about her receiving Head Girl - to turn it yellow. Then...well...he would deal with speaking with Professor Dark Lord Myers later.
So, for the moment, the fourth year was badgeless as he entered the compartment - and his face may have dropped a little not seeing Jessa there yet...or even Isa (although he still couldn't think about the fifth year without thinking about her rabbit testicle question) but he didn't let it show all THAT much on his face. Instead he swallowed his ....whatever it was he was feeling, gave his hair a firm ruffle, and puffed his chest out a bit. "H-HI!" he greeted as he walked in.
He would have LOADS of time to talk with Jessa about...er...things...and he had his quidditch notebook tucked away in his robes pocket to share with Isa later as promised when they had met over the summer. It was a notebook he also wanted to share with Zoryn...but now he sorta felt weird about doing so since they were beating for opposite teams now, as it were...if Isa picked him for the Hufflepuff house team and all. But Zoryn was also one of his best friends and so...it felt WRONG to not share things with her. Different houses or not.
Ugh. Honestly...being 14 was SO complicated.
Ace having the Head Boy badge came as little surprise to the blonde - but where was his Etta?! - nor was Olivia donning a badge of her own. Though the latter DID make his cheeks feel a bit warm. "Congratulations!" Totally called them both but he would keep those comments to himself. Derf ACTUALLY had something he wanted to speak with Vivian about involving marshmallows ...but some of the color drained from his face when he saw Flynn in the compartment.
With a badge.
Well, he supposed that that also kinda made sense. It was like when training a crup. One needed positive reinforcement to get the pups to behave, you know? At least that was how the fourth year was going to take this surprising turn of events given how LDFJKLDJDSFJ the confrontation in the Restricted Section had been last term and all. Or...maybe this was more like one of those muggle shock collars (Derf was opposed to those, for the record) to try and jolt the older Slytherin into better behavior? These thoughts, and others, left the fourth year staring wide-eyed at Flynn for an uncomfortably long time.
Oops.
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