
Ice baby boy
Dorcas put her spoon down when she heard owls flue in the great hall.
_ It's mail hours everyone !
_ you’re not hungry Regi ?
_ It’s too early
_ Watchout ! this one is coming right at you Black
_ I don’t think so Evan.
A Black howl drops his heavy cargo in Regulus’s plate.
_ Luckily your plate was empty, observed Pandora.
The bird flapped his wings to gain some altitude back, but too close to Regina.
She scared off the bird and the bird scared her.
_ Did it scratch you ? Barty asked
_ no i'm fine. What is it ?
_ Open it ! Dorcas is so enthusiastic about this “mail hour”. It’s a black girl with long braids. Regina saw Regulus and Dorcas talk on their first night in the dorm.
_ it..It’s my skates !
_ Mother, send your skates ? it’s soo.. I'm gonna wake up soon. I must be dreaming
_...
_ Regg ! look it’s Alice ! Alice Fortescue
_ Where ?
Alice is a girl in seventh year. She is everything to Regulus. He can’t say it out loud !But for those who know him it is visible.
Her sister for example :
_ go up to her ! it's your chance
_ but i'm nobody to her
“i'm just a first year”
_ it is perfect timing she is leaving. Just say you admire her skating skills
Not only does she skate beautifuly ! She is also the first trans person Regulus heard of.
Last year Sirius sent a picture of them. Sirius and Alice, smiling at the polaroid. The polar came with a short note. the most life changing piece of information :
Some people are born in the wrong body.
But they can start over, Leonie.
This girl told me all about it.
Regulus stopped scratching the skin on his forearms after that. Alice gave him a way out, without knowing it.
He catches up to her when she turns out of the door :
_ Alice Fortescue ?
_ me ? (Alice turn around, then looks down) what— do— i— see ? that is a Sirius Black relative, that is. What is your name baby boy ?
If someone else had made that connection between Sirius and him, Regulus would have made a face. But it is… Alice and she called him “baby boy”.
_ my name is Regulus black
_ I've been waiting for you.
_ what ?
_ Sirius is very chatty past midnight, he asked me a heck lot of questions, but I knew it wasn’t for him.
_ Very nice to meet you !
_ What is it that you're holding? No way you skate ! hockey ? or Ice Skating ?
_ Ice skating
_ Me too ! We have a lot to talk about it seems. Let me show you the ring before class begins. Follow me.
(°°°)
_ the ice !!!
The ring is perfect. It is his new favorite place on earth. His name, and his ice. Without his mother. /p>
_ hockey houses teams, Ice skating competition, everything. Hogwart gravit around ice. This is heaven. You will love it ! And let's not forget about the championship of the Goblet of Fire ! Regulus. The boys' locker are over there.
_ the championship ? What’s that
_ it is a competition of courses. Every five years !
Alice keep walking even if Regulus and her have reached their destination. Every word she says opens his world bigger and bigger :
_ pairs and singles skaters compite against each other to win the Goblet of fire. I have been training for over a year. And this year it’s my shot. For my last year at Hogwarts I'm going to win the Championship of the goblet of fire.
Alice sits on the bleacher and faces the ring.
_ I want to compete too.
_ Solo are in pairs ?
_ solo and you ?
_ Im in pairs with my boyfriend Frank.
_ I will be rooting for you in the bleacher.
_ and I will come back to root for you in five years from now. I promise you.
But I'm not the only one taking this seriously…Bella and Rodolphus are the couple I'm competing against.
_ my cousine Bella ?
_ yes but i’m not scared of her. I enjoy competition. What i’m scared of it… Your maybe a bit too young to hear that baby boy
_ no tell me ??
Regulus hurry to sit next to Alice, all eyes on her.
_ It’s this thing that is in circulation… It's a performance-enhancing substance called “D.E.A.T.H”. It’s basically a drug, those who uses it are "death eaters" it's forbidden. It's really ugly Regulus. Teens, hokey players and now figure skaters use it to boost the quality of their performances during competition. This thing is ruining Ice skating.
_…
_ Regulus ?
_ yes ?
_ If someone wants to give you some, you say..no. Okay ?