The next day, I woke up to my curtain about to be pulled open. I quickly grabbed my blanket and covered my head. It flew open and there was Capella Black. "Get up idiot." She said with an eye roll. She shut the curtain and I opened it from the side with my dresser on it. I put on my wig and then went to change. I changed quickly and then went back up to grab my stuff. I grabbed my book for Charms and my wand. I went down to the common room to see Remus waiting on the couch with Lily.
"Where is Dashia?" Lily asked. I sat down next to them.
"Still getting her stuff. Remus, who are you sharing a dorm with?" I asked.
"James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black." Remus explained. Lily nodded as Dashia came down.
"Let's get to Charms." Dashia told us, pulling me off the couch. Remus and Lily stood up and we all walked to Charms. We went in and saw that a couple of the Slytherins were already there, including Severus. I waved at him and he waved only a bit back, then looked back at the ground. I took a seat in the front row and Remus sat next to me. Dashia and Lily were going to sit directly behind us, but someone that had their hood up pushed them and sat directly behind me. Dashia looked like she was about to punch them, but Lily just pulled her down and had her sit beside her. She sat next to Remus. I looked at Dashia and saw she was still glaring at the person above us. I stood up and walked over to her. "Quinn." Dashia said, not looking at me.
"Dashia, calm down. It's not a big deal. You guys have a seat and so do they, it doesn't matter." I said to her. She looked at me. She stared into my eyes for a couple seconds but then sighed and nodded, facing the front. I smiled and went back to my seat. I felt a slight kick against my chair and turned my head around to see that the person was Capella Black. I just ignored her. That angered her, because the next kick was a bit harder. I continued to ignore it as more kids came in. However, she then kicked hard enough to make me fall out of my seat. I hit the back of my head a bit and rubbed my head a bit.
"Quinn, are you okay?!" Remus asked, helping me up. I looked back at Black and saw her smiling down at me. I looked back at Remus and just nodded as I sat back in my chair. I noticed that a bit of hair fell out of my wig. It was a mix of gold and purple. I quickly put it back in and ignored the concerned looks I was getting from Remus, Dashia, and Lily. Soon enough, Professor Flitwick came in and started teaching class.
"Does anyone know what the charm Lumos produces?" Professor Flitwick asked. I raised my hand along with only a couple of other people. "Ms. Marley?"
"It is a wand lighting charm, sir." I said. Professor Flitwick smiled at me.
"Excellent answer, Ms. Marley. 5 points to Gryffindor." Professor Flitwick said. I felt a pat on the back and turned to see Remus. I smiled at him as Professor Flitwick continued. "Let me demonstrate." Professor Flitwick announced. He demonstrated the charm and then told everyone else to try it. A couple seconds later, I saw a light out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw Remus had successfully cast Lumos.
"Good job, Remus!" I exclaimed.
"Wonderful Lumos, Mr. Lupin. Ten points to Gryffindor." Professor Flitwick said. Remus smiled and cheered a bit. He put his wand down and watched the other kids try and cast Lumos. I held my hand up and tried casting it. I didn't do it on the first try, but I did on the fourth.
"Cool!" Remus said. I smiled at him and out my wand down. Soon, Professor Flitwick dismissed the class and everyone went on to their next class which for Gryffindor and Ravenclaw was Transfiguration. After Transfiguration, where Black had also chosen to sit behind me and Dashia almost killed her, we went to lunch.
"I'm not hungry, anyone want my food?" I asked. Lily looked at me.
"Eat your food Quinn, or I will make you eat your food." She said like she was going to kill me if I didn't do so. I stared at her, scared and surprised. "Anyways, I got this cool book from the library." Lily said, like nothing happened.
"I quit." I said. Everyone laughed a bit. "For real though, I'm honestly not hungry. I'm going to go wait outside of Potions." I told them. Lily opened her mouth to protest but Dashia stopped her. I stood up and left after waving goodbye. I walked through the halls to Potions, but ran into Black on the way. "Oh, sorry." I said. I was going to walk away like it was nothing, but she stopped me.
"You don't walk into me and just say sorry!" She yelled. She pushed me to the ground and ran off. I sat up and rubbed my arm since I fell on it.
"Are you ok?" I heard. I turned around and saw James Potter standing there.
"I'm fine." I said quickly. I hurriedly grabbed my things and started to walk away fast. I followed everyone else inside of Potions once I got there. I sat down and I saw Dashia's rushing to sit behind me, but Black got their first. I just shrugged a bit as Dashia's sat down next to me. During class, something landed on my desk. It was a paper bird. I turned around and saw Black smirking at me. I cautiously unfolded the paper. I unfolded it, but kept it face down, deciding to read it after class. Class ended and I turned it a minute before Slughorn was going to dismiss.
'I know what you are, mudblood. If I were you, I'd stop trying to be a brave little lion. Also, if you are ever rude to me like what you did earlier, remember that I know where you sleep.'
I felt a shudder go down my back and then Slughorn dismissed everyone.
"You ok, Quinn?" Dashia asked. I nodded.
"I think I'm going to skip dinner, I'll see you guys back at the common room." I said. I started walking away, but Lily grabbed my arm.
"Nope. You aren't allowed to skip food." Lily said. I smiled a bit.
"And since when are you my mother? I thought she was at home?" I asked. Everyone laughed. Lily rolled her eyes slightly.
"Since I said so. At least eat a bit." Lily told me. I sighed a bit and turned around and walked with then to the Great Hall. Lily smiled and Dashia ran ahead while Lily, Remus, and I walked and had a chat about Lily becoming the mom friend. We got to the Great Hall and Dashia was already sitting at the table. However, she was upset. There was no food on the table, so I was a bit confused. Lily and Remus sat next to her and I sat across from her.
"And what's wrong with you?" I asked her. She lifted her head up from the place it had taken in her hands and looked at me.
"There is no food." She said. Her head then took its place back in her hands. I laughed a bit.
"I'm sure the food is coming." I told her. She lifted her head to say something, but Professor Dumbledore beat her to it.
"Hello students. I have an announcement that I forgot to make yesterday, then there will be food. This year there will be a rare tree added to school grounds. I advise that you do not go near the Whomping Willow, for it will hurt if you do. You may now eat." He said. The food appeared and Dashia sat up in excitement. I grabbed a bit of food and slowly ate it. We all talked until Professor McGonagall came over.
"Mr. Lupin, may I talk to you?" She asked. Remus nodded and followed McGonagall.
"See you back in the common room, Remus!" I told him. He smiled back at me and then faced forward, following McGonagall out of the Great Hall.
"What do you think that was about?" Dashia asked. I shrugged.
"I don't know." I said simply. I stood up, having finished my food, and started walking out of the Great Hall. "See you guys back at the dorm." I told Lily and Dashia. They nodded. I got to then end of the Gryffindor table, however, as I was about to walk away from it, someone grabbed my arm. I looked at the owner of the arm and saw Black. "Yes?" I asked. She smirked.
"Did Loopy Lupin have to talk about his insanity to the professors?" Black asked. My fist clenched, but she couldn't see since it was on my other arm. I smirked back.
"And why do you care, Black? I'd say if you acted like you actually care about him anymore, that you like Remus." I told her. She let go of my arm, shocked. Some people around us laughed and others stared at me just as shocked as Black was. I ignored them and went back to the Gryffindor house. I couldn't help but feel like someone was following me. When I was climbing up the enchanted stairs, I quickly turned around and saw Black there.
"Do you really think you can get away with that on me? I might as well knock you off the stairs now. How lovely a feeling it would be." Black said. She slowly started walking towards me.
"You think that Remus is Loopy? Check out yourself." I said. I looked back and saw that the Fat Lady was waiting for the password. I told her it and the portrait swung open. I quickly went in and it shut just in time. I sat in the common room, where there were multiple other people. Black raced in and everyone looked at her like she was insane. She looked at me and I motioned to the other people in the room. She huffed and marched back to the dorm.