Maddie watched the interaction between the prefect and the younger boy. Ohh? She was supposed to stand up and formally introduce herself to the prefect? She didn't know this for sure, but the other boy had extended his hand and done the whole introduction thing, so Maddie assumed she should, too. She bounced to her feet and held out her hand. She'd never shaken someone's hand before! "I'm Madeline Claire Kemp, but you can call me Maddie," she said. Nobody had ever called her Madeline. She caught the look from the boy she now knew was Ryder, but she had no idea what his look meant.

Side-eye to YOU, TOO, RYDER.

Ryder had questions, which of course Maddie wanted the answers to. He got to punish people? ...and CATS MIGHT EAT OWLS? But what about Pepper? Maddie didn't want her owl to get eaten! She tried not to think about that and instead focused on bubble baths. "In bubble baths?! You mean, the rest of us never, ever get to take bubble baths? You have to be a prefect to do that kind of thing?" she asked. MEAN. Talk had turned back to owls and how to keep them safe, though, so Maddie's mind changed direction and left all thought of bubble baths behind. "Do cats have their own special places? What about toads? Do they live in the swamp on the fifth floor?" she asked.

In the next few seconds, she was torn between bolting for the food trolley and figuring out who or what was coming down the corridor. It was a boy, according to the prefect, and apparently, something made him think Ryder was hiding from him. Ohhh, that sounded interesting! Maddie bounded over toward the door and stood on her tippy toes to get a better look. "There's a whole other person who looks just like you!" she said to Ryder. He hadn't mentioned he was a TWIN.