The next day when I woke up, Lily and Dashia were getting ready to leave for the train. I helped them pack and we soon went down. I said goodbye to them at the gates of the castle. I volunteered to stay until the carriages arrived, but they told me they'd be fine. I went back in and put on my winter cloak. I went outside down towards the lake. It was snowing a bit. The lake was starting to freeze over on the opposite end of the lake, and there were some patches of ice all around the sides of the lake. I started tossing pebbles into the lake, counting how many times it would bounce before falling.

"How do you do that?" I heard from behind me after I threw a pebble that bounced for about five times before it fell in the water. I turned around quickly and saw Rigel. I turned back to the lake and smirked.

"Muggle magic." I said. Rigel rolled his eyes and I laughed a bit. "Grab the pebble and throw it." I said. He did so and it fell in the waterwater, not bouncing at all.

"That didn't help." He said. I nodded.

"I was giving you an example of what you don't do." I said. He sighed and pulled out his wand. He pointed it at a pebble, mumbled the levitation charm. The pebble bounced, before he dropped it in the water.

"I did it!" He cheered. I laughed a bit.

"You cheated." I said, rolling my eyes. He shook his head.

"No… I used my resources!" Rigel said, leaning back against a nearby tree. I laughed a bit.

"Whatever." I said.

"You know, news travels fast at Hogwarts." Rigel said. I nodded, not understanding what he was getting at quite yet. "So… What happened with Capella? From your point of view, most of the other Slytherins make it sound like you tried to kill her and then start talking about blood status and superiority and mainly I never get the full story with them. So what happened?" He asked cautiously. I started explaining what happened. Once I finished, he huffed and layed on the ground, arms crossed.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm staying here until you get Capella back." He said. I nodded and stood up to walk away. "You aren't going to stop me?" He said. I shook my head.

"I will be back in ten minutes though. You better still be there." I said. He sighed and didn't move. Once out of view, I started creating snowballs. I gathered them and slowly crept back to where Rigel was. Still there. Slytherins can be just as stubborn as Gryffindors sometimes… I silently crept behind the trees as he tried catching snowflakes on his tongue. It looked weird, since he was laying down. I got close enough, and started throwing.

"What the heck?!" Rigel said, sitting up quickly. I came out from behind the tree.

"Thought you were going to lay down until I talked to Capella?" I said with a smirk.

"Rude." Rigel said. He threw snow at me. "It is on these moments I question why you aren't a Slytherin. You can be pretty sly and cunning. We could switch houses and it would probably somewhat match, with how stubborn I can be." He said. I rolled my eyes as I threw snow at him as well. Then it was full on war. We were throwing snow back and forth, hiding behind trees to not get hit by the other person. We laughed and were very competitive. We wouldn't give up until the other person chose to forfeit. He was determined to win, and I wasn't as determined as him, but still wanted to win. Then, he pulled a smart move and instead of throwing a snowball at me, he threw it at the big branch above my head which was covered in snow. The snow fell on me and my wig was no longer brown. More like white. My shoulders were coated with the white fluffiness as well. We both laughed, Rigel the hardest. "You look hilarious!" Rigel said, laughing very hard. I laughed slightly as I took of my glasses. I then shook my head multiple times.

"Did I get it out?" I asked. He nodded.

"Also got your wig off." He said. "Maybe you should keep it off. Your actual hair is very pretty." He said. He then realized what he said and his cheeks were tinted pink as he looked to where my wig was. I ignored it as I sat down, putting my glasses back on.

"I would… but I don't like people being able to read me too easily. And what if in class, it distracts people and I get in trouble for it. Capella will just make fun of it, and she already messes with me enough. It's way easier to just wear the wig and not worry about that." I explained,

"Well… First of all… How would they be able to tell what you are feeling if they don't have a color key? And if people were distracted, I don't know how they've made it through half of the semester here at Hogwarts. And who cares what Capella thinks? Wouldn't it be easier not to wear the wig and not have to worry about maintaining it all the time? Or about what would happen if it fell off?" Rigel said. I looked at him. He looked back at me. I smiled a bit and grabbed the wig, which was covered in snow.

"I guess you're right." I said. He nodded.

"As always." He said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes lightly and threw the wig at him. His face was now covered in snow and I fell to the ground laughing. He looked at me and laughed a bit as well. "Kind of funny that your hair is yellow when there is snow everywhere." He said. I glared at him and tackled him, trying to cover him with the snow. Soon, I got tired and layed down on the ground under the tree next to him instead of holding him down while he tried to escape. "Hey look! I wasn't buried alive!" He exclaimed. I laughed a bit. I let out a sneeze, since I was a bit cold. "You good?" He asked. I nodded.

"Just a bit cold, I guess." I said with a shrug. He took off his green and silver hat and handed it to me. "Oh, thanks but I'm good." I said. He gave me a look and placed the hat on me himself. "Fine. You win." I said. He stood up and cheered as I laughed. "Take your reward." I said after rolling up a snowball. He turned around, obviously confused, and I threw it at his face.

"Hey!" He said. I fell to the ground, laughing. "Rude." He said.

"I saw her go over here!" I heard someone say. We both sat up and looked in the direction.

"Sirius… Couldn't this have waited until I was fully awake? I don't even have my scarf on yet." I heard someone else say.

"He can deal with it. You were here first and also, I still have your hat on. Don't you dare take it off, I'm warm." I said as he raised his hand to grab his hat. He groaned and put his hand down. "Ha. I win." I said, sticking my tongue at him. He threw snow at me. "I will start another snowball fight again, don't test me." I said.

"Sure." He said, rolling his eyes. I smirked and stood up. I moved out from under the branch and then kicked the tree, causing snow from branches to fall on him. He turned to me and I smiled innocently. He smirked and grabbed a handful of snow.

"Thought you were doubting my ability about being able to start a snowball fight two seconds ago?" I said. He shrugged. Then Sirius and Remus finally arrived just as we started throwing snow at each other.

"This is pleasant." Remus said. Rigel and I turned to them. Sirius was looking slightly disgusted at the Slytherin hat I had on, but that disgust was replaced with confusion when he saw what was under that hat.

"Oh. Hi. Forgot you were coming. Sorry about that." I told them. Rigel was looking around awkwardly. I took this as my chance. I threw the snowball that I had in my hand at Rigel and pretended to act like nothing happened. "So whatcha need?" I asked, trying to hold down laughter as Rigel looked up at all three of us, obviously confused.

"Well, first, you need to explain that to Sirius." Remus said. I remembered about the wig thing.

"Oh. That. I'm a Metamorphmagus. I can handle the shape shifting part, but not really the hair. I've worn a wig for the first semester, but I believe I'm not going to wear it anymore." I said. Remus smiled as Sirius nodded.

"Anyways, I got an idea to prank the entire school! James wouldn't listen and like Remus would care-" He stopped and leaned forward to whisper something. "We are definitely making him help on this one." He whispered.

"Wait what?!" Remus said, hearing it. Sirius turned to him.

"How'd you hear that?! You weren't supposed to know. Now I can't trick you into helping!" Sirius said. I fell to the ground dramatically.

"Oh no! Whatever shall we do? We can't trick Remus into helping with something that could get him in trouble! I may faint!" I said, lying on the ground with a hand over my forehead. Rigel through snow at me. "Hey!" I said, sitting up as Rigel and Sirius laughed.

"That was good." Sirius said. Rigel nodded. I rolled my eyes a bit.

"Hey, Sirius, I'm sorry-" Rigel started, but Sirius interrupted.

"You're fine. Quinn is friends with you and you are also my brother. Even if you are a Slytherin." Sirius said, looking slightly disgusted once he said Slytherin. Rigel smiled a bit and nodded respectively. "Hold up, Quinn, can I have a color key?" Sirius said, turning to me. Rigel and Remus laughed.

"Three people! That is the third person!" I said, holding up three fingers. Sirius joined in their laughter and I threw snow at all of them.

"Oh you do not want to start a snowball fight against me, Quinn Marley." Sirius said. I smirked and kicked snow towards him. He motioned Remus and Rigel to come closer so he could whisper something. They started whispering and I didn't have a good feeling about it. I slowly backed away, but the next thing I know, it was three against one in the snowball fight. I ended up climbing up a tree and throwing snow from there.

"You cheated!" Rigel told me as we walked back to the castle. I shook my head.

"No…I used my resources." I said with a smirk. He glared at me and I took off his hat and threw it at him. I heard Sirius laugh a bit. It was about two hours or so till dinner, so once we got inside and split up, I took a walk around the castle. People seemed shocked by my hair, and when they asked, I gave them the same answer I would give everyone else. I've begun keeping a mental list of how many people ask for a color key, thinking they were being funny. I didn't run into Capella, so didn't even have to worry about her. I ended up in the library about twenty minutes before it was time to go to dinner. I went to dinner, talked with the Marauders, and then went back to my empty dorm and fell asleep.