Rule 1 – Don’t smoke in the Room of Requirment
The Room of Requirement had set a number of different things on Eli that morning after he set fire to the sheets of his bed. He didn’t mean to do it but the Room seemed to think otherwise and used pieces of furniture and his own paintings to chase him out. So the dishevelled Slytherin decided that it might be a good time to go to classes. He’d skipped out on breakfast, opting for a cigarette and a packet of raisins. Khaat wouldn’t be too impressed with that because they both knew that he wouldn’t give Fauve that option. He’d make sure she sat down and ate a stack of pancakes or at least three bowls of cereal before sending her on her way. But then again, Elijah never claimed to be saint and wasn’t about to start now.
So, looking every bit like he’d rolled out of bed with his school uniform on, Eli made his way through the corridors trying not to kill the first years that seemed to multiply after dinner. He guessed it was something the house elves put in the food but he wasn’t going to voice his opinions to the elves that would likely chase him out with frying pans and would probably get a few good hits in before he’d escape. Eli just thought he’d play it safe and actually attend classes, that way he could avoid detention and spend more time on homework painting.
Eli walked inside the Defence against the Dark Arts classroom and yawned loudly. He shrugged out of his outer robe and slung it on the back of the nearest chair. He quickly tied his tie and left it hanging halfway down his shirt which was seriously lacking in buttons near the top. Eli sat down in the chair and took his sketchbook out of his bag. He took a pencil out from behind his ear and licked the end before pressing it to paper. What to draw... Eli just let his pencil wander across the pages instead of really deciding what to draw; he had no idea and missed his charcoal pieces which had been left behind in the Room of Requirement that morning. After a while, his drawing began to turn into a well decorated title which looked nice even if he said so himself. It was obvious that his usual chicken scratch writing wouldn’t do any longer and he’d have to write like a normal person. Oh well, it was only class.