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This chapter is dedicated to Madeline because they're such a good writer and the sweetest person all round! Love you darling!
arnoldthe-pygmypuff ♥️♥️♥️

(13th September 1977)

A group of around thirty Hogwarts students sat bunched together in the room of requirement, squashed between each other on navy couches and oak coffee tables. A blackboard stood at the front of the room and a blonde girl, Marlene McKinnon, stood at its hilt– note taking. The group' defining feature, however, was their identical pin badges worn on each students uniform, regardless of their coloured ties. They read Magical Prejudice Protection and they were primarily worn with very little foppery.

Another girl –this one slightly taller than Marlene, hair the colour of red wine and eyes like a snowstorm– paced the room, handing out schedules to the new set of students that had been assigned to assist prefects on their rounds. That measurement had been put in place to keep attacks to a minimum, however, as Aliona Connolly passed timetables to the students selected to take the duties, she couldn't help but think of her best friend, Trudy Nott, she should have been here too, and Aliona really shouldn't be one of the volunteers either– considering she had been attacked almost a year ago now and the agony was still raw. Regardless she navigated the maze of chairs with dexterity and handed a timetable to each student as she addressed them:

"Each person selected will have signed up last meeting, and will be sixth year or above. You'll also notice that the prefects each person is paired up with are never all muggleborn or openly queer. This is fairly self explanatory and to those who don't understand; perhaps the door is the best thing place for you." Aliona smirked at the reaction from a few auspicious students and with a heartening glance at James she continued:

"The students selected are as follows: James Potter and Marlene McKinnon, as head students and MPP members they do not need an accompany, neither do prefect partners Mary MacDonald and Remus Lupin. Aside from that, I will be accompanying one of the Ravenclaw shifts, Zoë Richardson will be doing the other. Likewise, her brother, Marcus will take the first Slytherin shift and the next will be Ozma Periwinkle," the redhead shot Ozma a look of inimical sympathy (if not to beg forgiveness above all else), "and the hufflepuff shifts will be covered with Lewis Dearheart and Alfie McLeod. Any questions?"

Two hands hit the air, one belonging to Peter and the other to Ozma. It was this moment that James Potter decided to step in, allowing Aliona a moment to collect her thoughts. All things aside, James seemed to be good at reading when someone, decidedly Aliona, needed a moment to respite, however fleeting.

"Ozma, sweetheart?" (Aliona shook her head. James had a habit of calling people nauseating nicknames– often even the boys were not exempt from such mannerisms). "You have a question?"