We got to the Great Hall and everyone else was finally there. There were some audible gasps from the Slytherin table when they saw Rigel and I talking calmly, but we both ignored them.
"See you later!" I said happily. He nodded and we both went to our separate tables. I sat down at mine and was immediately bombarded by my mom friend.
"Are you ok? You weren't here when we got here and you don't know how bad that scared me! Eat, the body needs food to live! What happened? Who was the boy you walked in with?" Lily asked. Dashia put a hand on her shoulder.
"Lily, she just sat down." Dashia said. But then she turned to me almost immediately. "But I have all the same questions as her and want them answered." Dashia said strictly. I ate a bit as they asked the questions again.
"Ok, I'll answer. Lily, I'm fine. I'm eating. I just went on a walk and ran into him on the way and we started talking. He is actually pretty nice, so Dashia stop looking at him weirdly." I said. Dashia quickly looked back at me.
"I'm not. It is just, he's a Slytherin, and a member of the Black family. He's got to have a hidden plan." Dashia said. Both Lily and I sighed.
"Dashia, not all Slytherins are horrible people." Lily said.
"Same for members of the Black family. Sirius is in the Black family and he's in Gryffindor, right?" I said. Dashia nodded, but still looked unconvinced. Lily and I both gave up and continued talking.
"Quinn!" I heard from the middle of the table. I looked that way and saw Sirius standing on a bench, waving both his arms in the air trying to get my attention. I face palmed.
"Think I could ignore him?" I asked them both. They shook their heads.
"Your fault you put up with them. Remus-" Dashia started, I stopped her.
"Yeah, yeah yeah, Remus you get others you don't. Heard this a thousand times before. Not listening to it again. See you both later." I said. Lily waved goodbye and Dashia laughed a bit as I stood up and walked over to the screaming Sirius. I saw from across the Great Hall, that Rigel was laughing a bit, looking between Sirius and I. 'Have fun with that.' He mouthed. I stuck my tongue out at him and he laughed a bit harder, then looked back down at his food. I smiled at him and sat down next to Remus. "Whatcha need?" I asked.
"Need you to sit with your other friends every once and awhile. Also, still helping tonight? Or did you bail on us?" Sirius asked.
"Still helping. As long as no one gets hurt, I'm fine with it. Have you guys got the charms set up, so all we need is to activate it at the same time?" I asked. They nodded. "Ok, cool."
"So what were you doing with Rigel?" Peter asked.
"Just talking." I said. Sirius looked between Peter and I.
"Rigel who?" Sirius asked. I didn't think he would be happy if we were to say Black, but Peter didn't catch that message.
"Rigel Black. Your brother." Peter said, he then shoved more food into his mouth. Sirius turned back to me.
"Quinn, I'm telling you, Rigel has a plan behind getting close to you. He is just like my family. He is my family. Don't trust him. Probably going home for Christmas to celebrate with them and do whatever." Sirius told me.
"Ok, I'm telling you guys something I didn't tell Lily or Dashia because Dashia would immediately kill Capella." I said. They nodded for me to continue. "I wasn't here when they came, because Capella had pulled me to an empty classroom, where she took my wand and tried to stun me. However, she didn't get that far with the stun part because someone came in to stop her from doing so." I said. Remus understood, James and Sirius looked like they just needs a bit more to understand, but Peter was clueless. "He disarmed her and talked back at her, even though she is supposedly family." I finished once they understood. I turned back to Sirius, having been looking between all of them when I finished. "Also, he isn't going home. He is staying here. He told me he realized that his family is bad, not including you, and that their beliefs are wrong." I said. Sirius nodded, but he still looked unconvinced, just like Dashia had been. I rolled my eyes a bit.
"What?" James asked. I shook my head.
"Nothing." I said. We continued talking until it was telling time to go to class. Remus and I walked ahead, Sirius, James, and Peter not far behind us. "Think we are just doing review?" I asked Remus. He nodded.
"No one is going to teach us anything new. There would be no point since we would forget it over break. Honestly, I think that in Charms we'll just have to cast a few charms and then we will be free to talk and do whatever. As long as we show we know the charms." Remus explained I nodded. As I was about to say more, someone jumped on my back and I quickly gathered all my strength to not fall over.
"I'm going to kill you. Whoever that is. I'm going to kill you." I said. I heard a laugh.
"Eh, I'm prepared." I heard as I looked up to see Rigel. He smirked and quickly jumped off. He then ran. I turned to Remus.
"See you in class." I said. He laughed a bit and nodded.
"See ya." He said. I nodded and quickly ran off after Rigel. I caught up to him and jumped on his back.
"You are so light! Do you even eat food?" Rigel said. I rolled my eyes.
"Shut up and get to charms. You have it as well." I said, pointing in the direction. "Onwards!" I exclaimed. He laughed and walked.
"Wanna know my favorite part about today? Other than us declaring our friendship?" Rigel asked. I tilted my head.
"What?" I asked. He smirked and looked forward.
"When Sirius yelled your name and made you embarrassed at the sudden attention." Rigel said. I smacked his head and he laughed a bit.
"I was not embarrassed!" I said. He looked at me. "I wasn't! Shut up!" I said, looking away. He laughed a bit and I smiled.
"Get off lazy, we are here." He said. I jumped off. We were the first ones there, considering we ran ahead from everyone else. I searched through my books to see if I could find parchment. "What are you looking for?" He asked.
"A piece of parchment. I need to write to my mom." I said. Then something was on my head. I grabbed it and it was parchment. "Was it at all necessary to place it on my head?" I asked. He nodded. I rolled my eyes a bit. "So… What is your favorite subject?" I asked.
"This may come as a surprise, but I actually really like Defense Against the Dark Arts." He said. I nodded. "What about you?"
"I really like charms, but in third year I want to take care of magical creatures and I feel like that is going to change my opinion to be honest." I said. He nodded. We continued talking more kids arrived.
"Did you read the latest Daily Prophet?" I heard. I listened to the conversation.
"No, what happened?" One of the kids said.
"There is a rising dark wizard, apparently. Goes by the name Lord Voldemort." The first answered.
"I'm sure the ministry will take care of it. My dad works there, actually. And if they don't, then Dumbledore can work things out, right?" Another kid said. The kid sighed.
"Maybe. I'm just worried. He's going after muggleborns and muggles. He attacked a muggle village a couple months ago, and killed two muggles. Ministry was able to cover it up and keep the statue of secrecy. No one has heard anything since." I heard.
"Where was the village?"
"On the outskirts of London." They answered. I'm slightly glad my family isn't there currently, but I know nothing bad will happen. They were right, Dumbledore and the ministry will take care of it.
"Hey, are you ok?" Rigel asked. I had almost forgotten he was there, having been lost in my own thoughts. I turned to him and smiled with a nod.
"I'm fine." I said. He looked skeptical, but let it go.