We continued talking as the door opened. We went in and sat in our own seats after saying goodbye. Remus walked in a couple seconds after and came to sit next to me. James and Sirius came in a couple seconds after, Peter trailing behind them. As everyone filed in, Professor Flitwick got on top of the books he typically stood on. I felt a glare on the back of my head, and, knowing who it was from, ignored it. A piece of paper landed on my desk from behind me. I looked at Remus. "I'mma be stupid." I mumbled.
"Don't be stupid." Remus said, sighing. I shrugged. I ripped the note in half and turned around.
"I think this belongs to you." I said, placing the note on Capella's desk. She looked slightly shocked and I rolled my eyes as I turned back around. "I don't know why she appears shocked every time." I said. Remus laughed a bit and shrugged.
"Guess she just won't get used to you." Remus said. I laughed a bit as Flitwick started.
"Today, I want to see all of you perform the three main charms we've gone over for me. Lumos, Wingardium Leviosa, and Expelliarmus. Ok?" He asked. "I'll call you up individually, you can talk and practice while others are going up. Please don't practice Expelliarmus on each other, we have the targets for a reason." Flitwick finished as everyone laughed a bit except for the people he was talking about. People started moving around to sit near friends. Lily and Dashia went to sit near Alice Prewett and Marlene McMillan. Capella walked over to the Slytherin side and sat with her friends. James, Sirius, and Peter moved closer and started bugging Remus. I laughed a bit as he suffered. He wanted to practice, but they kept distracting him.
"Why ya laughing? I'm distracting you now." I heard. The feather that was in the air dropped. And I looked forward.
"Dang it Rigel!" I said. He laughed a bit and sat next to me.
"Why can't it be easier? Why can't I just say fly feather, and it go up?" He said. As he said 'fly feather' as a joke, I mumbled the charm and once he finished it flew. He stared at it for a second and I tried to focus. He then realized what I'd done. He slumped down in the seat. "Rude." He mumbled. I laughed a bit.
"Oh come on, that was hilarious! Your face was awesome, you should've seen the confusion!" I said. He rolled his eyes. He then held his wand up and cast Lumos, but it went out after a couple seconds even though he didn't cast Nox.
"Dang it." He mumbled. I nudged him a bit.
"Sit up and try again." I said. He did so. "Concentrate and I'm sure you'll do great. Look, I'm rhyming." I said. He rolled his eyes.
"Lumos." His wand lit up and it stayed. He looked happy.
"Told you so." I teased. He mumbled nox and it went out.
"Oh be quiet." He said. "How about you try now?" He said. I nodded and cast Lumos without a problem. I kept it on, waving it in his face. "Stop bragging." He whined. I laughed a bit and put it out. Then Flitwick started calling kids up.
"Alice Prewett, come on up." He called. Alice walked down nervously, but did all three spells wonderfully. He continued calling names and I practiced the spells quietly. Soon, Rigel went up and did them all good, except for Wingardium Leviosa, which the feather flew up a couple inches off the table, then went back down. Lumos was his best one. He came back and sat down next to me. I gave him a high five. Then Remus went up and, being Remus, performed them all perfectly. He came back and I gave him a high five as well. Names continued to be called and soon I heard mine. I stood up and went down. I cast Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa well. Then it was time for Expelliarmus. As I was about to perform it, I got sprayed with water. I held my hands above my head, stopping any more water from hitting me, considering it was still coming. A couple people were laughing, however, I could feel the anger radiating off certain people where the Gryffindors sat. "Ms. Black! Stop that at once! Twenty points from Gryffindors!" Professor Flitwick said. The water stopped. I turned toward Capella and she was hiding her smirk from Professor Flitwick. "You will have detention with me for two months, once we get back from break. I hope that will teach you to learn Ms. Marley alone. Ms. Marley, you may go sit down." Professor Flitwick said. I nodded and went back to sit down. I sighed into my hands after wiping off my glasses.
"You good?" Rigel asked. I nodded.
"I just wish she waited until after I had finished." I said, looking up.
"Quinn, are you sure that I'm not allowed to hurt her?" Dashia, who was now in front of me, asked. I nodded. She hit the desk a bit. Luckily, class was dismissed early. We had History of Magic next, which I could easily go in late, since Professor Binns will probably be asleep since we have nothing to do.
"Why didn't Professor Flitwick dry your clothes?" I heard Peter ask from behind me.
"Because he was probably focused on dealing with Capella." I said. He nodded. "It's fine, I'll just quickly go to the dorm and change. I'm pretty sure Binns will be asleep, since we have nothing to do. See ya." I said, going in the separate direction and heading for the dormitory. I got as far as the moving stairs before someone interrupted me.
"You know, your friends are really stupid to let you go alone. Should've known I would show up." Capella, who was at the bottom of a stairway I just walked up, said.
"They aren't stupid. Smarter than you, but then again, who isn't?" I asked. She rolled her eyes and started walking up.
"You look wonderful. Wonder what else I can do." She said. I then realized what was about to happen. I only smiled at her. She was confused and stopped moving. "What?" I didn't answer. "Why we you smiling? What?" She asked. Then the staircase moved.
"Bye." I said. She yelled as it moved and I continued up. "That was easy." I mumbled as I approached the Fat Lady. I told her the password and she allowed me in. I quickly went to my dorm and changed. I couldn't dry off my wig or anything, so I didn't try. However, an idea popped into my head. Maybe I can try to keep it at the brown color that the wig is. Maybe I could pull it off. I took the wig off and my hair was a mix of purple and yellow. I closed my eyes and scrunched my face up. I opened my eyes and the ends were becoming brown and it kept moving up. I cheered for a second, and there was a streak of yellow. I quickly got it away. I placed the wig in a drawer and hoped it would be dry by the end of History of Magic. I was about to leave, but stopped. Won't people question how my hair is dry? What happens if I get too emotional and it changes? I looked back at the drawer again, but shook my head. Can't wear a wig forever! I tried to focus on keeping it brown, and it was working, surprisingly. I got to History of Magic and I was right, Professor Binns was asleep. "Called it." I mumbled as I walked to where I normally sit.
"How's your hair already dry?" Remus asked immediately. I didn't think of an excuse quick enough. "You took it off, that's awesome!" He said with cheer. I rolled my eyes a bit.
"Only until it is dry. This is giving me a headache keeping it this color and this way." I said. He laughed a bit. I continued writing the letter I was writing for my mom, trying to ignore socializing since that usually would cause me to feel something like happiness or other things. I started thinking of how I felt comforted at Hogwarts and how protective I was of my friends, believing that would help since when I think of that, my hair typically turns brown. I continued writing my letter for the rest of class.
Sorry I forgot to update yesterday. Hoped you like this late chapter.