the common room; a waft of smoke, smelling of burnt potatoes, hit him in the face as he came out into the open space. A cluster of students, mostly girls or first-years, were gathered around the scuffle unfolding itself in the center of the room. One boy was on the ground, sitting, but looking rather dazed, staunching a nosebleed; Duo was aiming his wand threateningly between the other two. The taller of the two, with lanky pale hair and a crooked nose, was shouting.
" -- last thing this House needs is t'be polluted with Mudbloods who din't have a drop of real wizarding blood in their veins --"
Duo was yelling back, with great abandon. "You think I'm weak? Think I'm a pushover just 'cause I don't have a fancy label on my name? Just you try --"
His other opponent, not bothering with taunts or insults, was sidling steadily closer to Duo. Heero was just about to intervene on his partner's behalf, when the prefect, Liam, stormed down the stairs with his own wand out and his face red as an angry bull's.
Heero sighed as he turned away; somehow, Duo always managed to get into trouble within the first week of wherever he was staying. Everyone who met the garrulous boy either loved him or despised him from the start --
Well, except for Heero, who'd done both. It would bother him more, except that experience had also shown him that Duo was just as good at getting himself out of trouble as into it. Already the fight was over, and the spectators were turning away, bored, back to the normal routine of preparing for their day of classes. One almost everyone was ready in the common room, Liam headed out towards the dining hall, leading the other students to shuffle along behind him.
As Duo passed through the portrait hole, the crooked-nosed boy grabbed his arm and spoke in a voice which he no doubt thought was menacing. "This isn't over, space brat. We'll duel -- you and me -- after classes."
"Great idea," Duo drawled, easily pulling his arm away from the offending hand. "Right under the teacher's noses, huh?"
The boy sneered. "No. In the Forbidden Forest. Unless, of course, you're too scared," he snickered on the last word.
"Scared?" Duo fumed. "Not likely! We'll see which one of us is too much of a coward to show up for the duel!"
Heero pushed between them, breaking the two apart, but didn't speak to either boy as he climbed through the portrait hall and headed off down to breakfast. If there were any further words between Duo and his challenger, Heero didn't hear them.
Re: Heero Yui and the Organization of the Zodiac
Date: 2006-02-21 06:52 am (UTC)" -- last thing this House needs is t'be polluted with Mudbloods who din't have a drop of real wizarding blood in their veins --"
Duo was yelling back, with great abandon. "You think I'm weak? Think I'm a pushover just 'cause I don't have a fancy label on my name? Just you try --"
His other opponent, not bothering with taunts or insults, was sidling steadily closer to Duo. Heero was just about to intervene on his partner's behalf, when the prefect, Liam, stormed down the stairs with his own wand out and his face red as an angry bull's.
Heero sighed as he turned away; somehow, Duo always managed to get into trouble within the first week of wherever he was staying. Everyone who met the garrulous boy either loved him or despised him from the start --
Well, except for Heero, who'd done both. It would bother him more, except that experience had also shown him that Duo was just as good at getting himself out of trouble as into it. Already the fight was over, and the spectators were turning away, bored, back to the normal routine of preparing for their day of classes. One almost everyone was ready in the common room, Liam headed out towards the dining hall, leading the other students to shuffle along behind him.
As Duo passed through the portrait hole, the crooked-nosed boy grabbed his arm and spoke in a voice which he no doubt thought was menacing. "This isn't over, space brat. We'll duel -- you and me -- after classes."
"Great idea," Duo drawled, easily pulling his arm away from the offending hand. "Right under the teacher's noses, huh?"
The boy sneered. "No. In the Forbidden Forest. Unless, of course, you're too scared," he snickered on the last word.
"Scared?" Duo fumed. "Not likely! We'll see which one of us is too much of a coward to show up for the duel!"
Heero pushed between them, breaking the two apart, but didn't speak to either boy as he climbed through the portrait hall and headed off down to breakfast. If there were any further words between Duo and his challenger, Heero didn't hear them.