Chapter 7
Roxana glared at the building in front of her.
“This…” Roxana started, seriously she had no words.
Is this how he takes care of guests ? Shame on this man ! Roxana sneered.
“Please come inside.”
If Roxana though the outside was bad, the inside was horrible.
“Staying here will at least keep you out of the rain. I'm going back to do more research. Make yourself at home. Don't go wandering around the school! Goodbye!” Crowley happily said and walked away.
“Good for nothing man.” Roxana sneered, she sighed and snaped her fingers.
The room started to fix and clean itself; it didn’t stop until Roxana though it was acceptable for living.
“Alright, there isn’t any holes anymore, everything is clean, but…even if it’s clean it’s still unacceptable, I need to change the color and the furniture.” Roxana said out loud. “Well, Slytherin style would be good.”
“Hyii! It's really coming down!”
“Hmm ?” Roxana calmly turned to look at the owner of the voice.
Grim came out of the chimney
“Eeek ! Why are you looking at me like that ? Oh I see ! Gyahaha! Sneaking back into the school again is easy-peasy for me. No sweat. If you think getting thrown out is gonna make me give up on getting in, you've got another thing coming!”
“I didn’t ask.” Roxana said as she continued to think about the appropriate décor for the dorm.
“NYA HUMAN ! ARE YOU IGNORING ME !”
Roxana threw a Stinging Jinx at Grim jumped from yowled from the pain.
“Listen you filthy mongrel, this was a warning, the next time you do something that displease me I will torture you to the point where you wish you never were born.” Roxana said while glaring at him.
Grim ears flattened on his head and backed away from Roxana.
“Yee hee-hee... Bwa ha hahahaha. We haven't had visitors in ages! Oh, I'm just itchin' for new friends! Ah hahahahahaha!” A Ghost said as they appeared.
Roxana raised an eyebrow.
“AAAAAH! GHOSTS! GHOOOOOOSTS!” Grim screamed.
“All the people who used to live here got scared of us and ran away.” Ghost B said.
“We just want a new ghost to play with! What do you say, buddy?” Ghost C said.
“Denied.” Roxana said she pointed at them and threw a banishing spell.
“Y-You have magic…you killed the ghosts !” Grim said in a whisper, something new for a loud mouth chimera.
“Oh please, it was easy to trick that stupid mirror, if it can’t see behind simple runes then it isn’t that grand to begin with, and I did not kill the ghosts, I simply made them disappear for a time, I have plans for them.” Roxana said. “And besides…you cannot kill a ghost they are already dead, exorcising them is the only way to get rid of them which I will not do.”
Grim didn’t say anything, being in the presence of this girl made his fur stand up, his instincts told him to run away and hide because he will get killed, but he was frozen in place, oh how he hated how those blood red eyes looking at him like he was prey.
The door of Ramshackle opened to let Crowley in with food in his hands.
“Good evening. In another gesture of my immense kindness, I have brought you dinner. Wait. That's the creature we ejected for causing trouble at orientation! What is it doing here?!” Crowley said while pointing at the chimera.
“Hmm, simple, I let him stay.” Roxana said.
“What ?” Crowley blinked.
“Come on headmaster, this is a school for magic, and I am magicless.” Roxana said with a smile, Grim slowly looked at her but said nothing. “This little guy can help me while I'm in here, you are not going to let a lady without protection are you ? Letting Grim stay with me will make me feel safe, I think someone as kind and gracious as you would understand right ?”
“Kind and gracious … ahem but of course ! And…” Crowley froze. “Lady…”
“Oh my I forgot.” Roxana did not take off the hood of her ceremonial robe, she took it off and smiled at Crowley. “I am indeed a woman.”
“OH GREAT SEVEN !” Crowley dramatically screamed. “This is HORRIBLE ! No offence young miss ! But if this got out to the press…”
“Nothing will happen, you can just tell them a twisted truth, poor little Roxana lost her parents in an accident and since I Dire Crowley was a friend of her parents I took it as my responsibility to take care of her, but because of my responsibilities in Night Raven College I could not possibly let her stay alone in an apartment so I arranged a place for her in the school, so that she can continue her education and for me to take care of her the same time.” Roxana said, she smirked at Crowley. “How does that sound ?”
Crowley opened his mouth, then closed it then opened again. “That…that may work actually.”
“But of course this story should only be used IF the press makes a fuss about it, now into another matter, Mister Crowley, I hope you can lend me some money till I find a job, I promise that I will pay you back.” Roxana gave him a smile.
Crowley started to sweat.
“Money…right ! Ahem, I have a hundred Madols on me right now, I can lend you that until…until I have the funds for you aside, ehe.” Crowley said awkwardly.
He seemed so reluctant when he gave her the one hundred Madols, he did not stay after that but when on his way.
Roxana huffed. “Absolute moron.”
“That’s not a lot of money you know.” A voice said from behind her.
“THE GHOSTS !” Grim screamed and this time he fainted.
Roxana turned to look at Ghost A. “Oh I know, I just need an example of the currency of this world, I know how to get money on my own.”
She opened her suitcase after it took it original size, the first things or being that came out where Helia the phoenix who was giving her a look and Sally the basilisk who she shrank.
“I can explain.” She told both of them as they gave her a deadpan look. “It’s not my fault.”
Grim was not trembling in fear, he totally wasn’t.