Dear mom,
Hi, it's Quinn. If you can, could you try and get another Defense Against the Dark Arts book? I have this friend who really likes it. He's also gotten me out of multiple situations. He is really nice, but because of his house and family, people assume the worst of him. Kind of upsetting, that some people can't see past that. I got drenched in water today. Remember the girl named Capella? She did it right as I was about to cast a charm in front of the class. Fun. Because of that, my wig was soaked, along with my robes. So, I managed to keep my hair brown throughout an entire class! Then again, as I'm writing this letter, I am in that class, so I don't know if I do it the entire class. James and Sirius, the pranksters, dragged me into a prank of theirs. Hope you aren't upset I'm helping them. It isn't that bad, just making knights horribly sing Christmas carols. I think it will be more of a type of thing that entertains people than annoys them when you include a couple other things. I hope you guys have fun in America.From, Quinn
I started walking down to the owlery through the light snow after rereading my letter an hour before the feast. Since I was alone, I stopped trying to keep my hair brown. It was green right now. I gave my letter to an owl and it flew off.
"Thought your hair was brown?" I heard from behind me as I watched the owl fly off. I jumped a bit and looked to see Rigel.
"Dang it, you scared me." I said. He laughed a bit.
"So it isn't green either? Purple and yellow?" He said. I shrugged. "So are you a… metamorphmagus?" He asked.
"Maybe." I said. He smiled.
"It is so much fun watching your hair change color. Why does it change?" He asked as I saw some purple appear.
"It changes due to how I'm feeling. I usually wear a wig, but I didn't feel like wearing a wet wig so I've just been trying to focus on keeping it brown." I said. He nodded.
"Color key?" He asked. I laughed a bit and shook my head.
"You know, you are the second person to ask." I told him as I managed to get my hair back to brown. "I'm gonna go get my wig since I don't think I can do this all dinner, see ya." I said. He nodded and watched as I walked off. I quickly went to my dorm and put the wig on. I left and went to the Great Hall, where I found Rigel was watching the doors waiting to see me come in, James and Sirius were smirking, Remus was shaking his head and seemed disappointed, and Lily and Dashia were taking. Considering what was happening tonight, I sat down with the marauders.
"Half way through the feast, right?" Peter said. James, Sirius, and I nodded as Remus sighed.
"What exactly is going to happen again?" Remus asked. We explained it once again and he just sighed again. The feast started and James and Sirius were getting excited. Halfway through the feast, we all shared the same glance and pointed at the knight's first, making them start singing horribly. Soon, they were dancing up and down the aisles between tables while singing. The next was the spinning trees. The food that was on the table floated into the air, so it didn't fly off and hurt anyone. The trees jumped on the tables and spun around up and down the table. Some kids were laughing, some were terrified, some, including all the professors, were annoyed. Except Dumbledore, who seemed to be somewhat into the prank, smiling slightly at the trees and knights. Considering he didn't stop it immediately supported my theory. I looked over at the four boys in front of me.
"I'mma go dance with them, they seem lonely." I said with a smirk. I stood up and saw a couple other kids doing the same. "Come on!" I exclaimed. James and Sirius smiled and joined in, then Remus, and finally Peter.
Once everyone looked drained of their energy, Dumbledore stopped the chaos with one flick of his wand, which brought all the trees and knights back to where they were, made the knights stop singing, and drop the food back down on the table.
"I think that that situation can be assessed tomorrow, since it was honestly quite fun to watch. I hope you all finished." Dumbledore said. Peter quickly grabbed one more piece of food and then it all disappeared. There were a couple of upsetting whines, but most people just started to stand up and leave the Great Hall. I walked back to the common room with the Marauders, ignoring Remus's disappointment.
"Ok, yes, it was a good prank. I have to admit that it was. It was also fun and no one got hurt." Remus finally admitted once we got to the enchanted stairs. We cheered since Remus finally understood. He smiled a bit. We got to the common room and I went to the dorm real quick to take off my cloak since I was kind of hot. I went back down and told them I was going to find Lily and Dashia, considering I didn't see them. I did not know that they were just using the bathroom. I walked back to the Great Hall, since I knew there was still some students there. On my way, I got pulled into a classroom and my mouth was immediately covered. I stomped on the toe of whoever was holding me and quickly turned around. It was Capella. I pulled out my wand and held it up to her.
"Will you ever leave me alone?" I asked. She smirked a bit. She shook her head. Before I could even think, she pulled out her wand and actually hit me with something.
"Petrificus Totalus!" She exclaimed with joy. My arms and legs snapped together and I feel to the floor, only able to look around with my eyes. She laughed a bit and kicked me in the side. It hurt, but I couldn't move. She smirked and kicked again. She could probably see that it hurt through my eyes. I wanted to curl in, but couldn't. She kicked one last time, this being the hardest. She put me in a closet and put something on the handles so I wouldn't fall out. I heard the door open and close. I wanted to do something, but couldn't, still stuck. After what felt like forever, but it was in reality only ten minutes, I heard the door open again.
"Quinn?" I heard Dashia's voice say. I couldn't do anything to alert her I was her. "Well here is her wand… Where is she though?" Dashia thought out loud. Soon enough, she realized that whatever was keeping this closet stuck was there. She moved it and I immediately fell out. Luckily, Dashia is strong and quickly caught me before both of us fell. "Quinn!" She exclaimed. I couldn't say anything back. "Quinn? Answer me please." I did the only thing I could do and moved my eyes around. "I don't know how to fix this. Crap." She said. Then someone else came in the room. There was a wand pointed at me, and I was able to move again. I turned on my side and grabbed my stomach. "Quinn? Are you alright?"
"Yeah, my sides just hurt a lot." I said as Dashia helped me up. I looked to see who the person was and it was Lily. "Thanks." I said. Lily nodded.
"Told you something was wrong." Dashia said to Lily. I tilted my head.
"What happened?" I asked.
"We left the bathroom and saw Remus and the other three but not you. We asked them where you were and they said looking for you. I didn't have a good feeling, so I forced Lily to help me look for you." Dashia explained. I nodded.
"Well, how about we get back to the common room?" I said, standing up.
"Yeah, and on the way you can explain what happened." Dashia demanded. I rolled my eyes a bit as I pulled her up. We left the classroom and started walking to the common room. "So?"
"It isn't really that big of a deal." I said with a shrug. Dashia laughed a bit.
"Yeah right. Speak." Dashia said. I laughed a bit.
"Fine. I went left the common room to find you two, not knowing you guys were in the bathroom. I walked around, got pulled into that classroom by Capella. She did that charm and then kicked me a couple times, then shut me in that closet. After that, she left." I said. Dashia picked up her pace.
"I'm going to hurt someone." Dashia said angrily. Lily grabbed her arm and pulled her back with us.
"Leave it alone, none of us will have to deal with her all break so whatever." Lily said. I nodded, not remembering the fact that Capella was staying at Hogwarts.
"Do I have permission to speak with her on the train tomorrow?" Dashia asked. Lily nodded as I sighed. We got back to the common room and it was less crowded than it was earlier, but there was still three other people and the Maruader's people. My side hurt a bit, but I ignored it. As I walked in, I saw Capella glaring at me in a corner. I looked at her and smirked, causing her to almost pull a page out of the book in her hands in rage. I followed Lily and Dashia to our dorm to grab a book. Once I got there, Tweety flew down and landed on my head. I laughed a bit along with Dashia and Lily. I decided Tweety could come as well, considering she wasn't leaving any time soon. Mr. Wrinkles was asleep on my bed and had a paw underneath Fluffers, who was asleep as well. Lily and Dashia told me they were going to continue packing as I grabbed a book. I nodded. I took off my shoes and socks and put on fuzzy socks that were much more comfortable. I left them and went downstairs. I sat on the couch and leaned against the arm, knees up and legs in front of me. Tweety sat on my head. I took up one third of the couch, since the couch was big. I happily continued to read my book.