Christmas Day finished off and soon school was back. Lily and Dashia came back, and Dashia immediately questioned about Capella. "Surprisingly, she hasn't come near me since you guys left." I told her truthfully.
"Why?" Dashia asked as we walked back into the castle. I shrugged.
"I don't know. So how was your Christmas?" I asked them. Dashia told me it was good, and then Lily explained everything. I had put the wig back on, but was about to take it off. Once they both finished and I told them about mine, I did. "Just saying, it is really hot in here and hair is very annoying. Maybe I could just pull it off?" I said, reaching up. Lily and Dashia looked at me strangely as I grabbed the wig. I started to pull, pretending to struggle.
"Quinn, what the heck? Stop." Dashia said. I continued.
"Quinn, you're scaring us both." Lily told me. I smirked a bit and pulled off the wig. They both let out a surprised screech, thinking I actually ripped my hair off. I burst into laughter.
"Your faces are priceless!" I exclaimed. I laughed so hard I almost fell to the ground.
"Your a metamorphmagus!" Dashia exclaimed. "You could actually show us our faces." Dashia said. I was still laughing.
"Hey, Severus told me about metamorphmagus, I think it's cool!" Lily told me, trying to be nice. I said thank you in between laughs and Lily sighed. "This is what happens when you leave her with Potter, Black, and Pettigrew for two weeks." Lily said. Dashia laughed a bit as I calmed down.
"I'm sorry, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity!" I told her. She rolled her eyes a bit.
"Color key?" Dashia questioned. I threw my hands in the air. "What?!"
"You are, like, the one hundredth person to ask me that!" I told her. Both her and Lily laughed.
"Color key, color key, color key, color key-" Dashia started. I glared at her but decided to freak her out even more. I morphed my nose and mouth into a beak. Dashia stopped and stared at me for a second, shocked, then laughed. Lily jumped back a bit and I changed back.
"Don't you do that again or I may hurt you." I told her. Dashia laughed a bit and nodded. We got to the common room and all saw Capella for the first time in two weeks, yelling at another first year, Marlene McKinnon.
"Stupid! I don't care if you accidentally bumped into me, apologize!" Capella said. I rolled my eyes and started to walk over, but Lily put a hand on my shoulder as Marlene shook her head.
"You shouldn't get involved, you can get hurt." Lily said. I grabbed her hand and gently took it off my shoulder and continued walking. I walked over and simply grabbed Marlene by the arm and pulled her away from Capella. Marlene didn't care and followed. We got to the other side of the common room and Capella was glaring at me. I smiled innocently and sat down with Marlene.
"Thanks. I was close to clawing her eyes out. Like your new hair, by the way, what charm did you use?" Marlene asked. I shook my head a bit.
"This is actually my natural hair. I'm a metamorphmagus." I told her.
"Freak!" I heard Capella call out. I ignored her.
"Oh, that's cool. Color key?" Marlene asked. I sighed into my hands.
"Believe it or not, you are not the first one to ask that question." I told her. She nodded.
"I'm gonna go talk to Lily, see ya!" She told me. I waved goodbye as she skipped over towards Lily and Dashia. They left the common room and Capella took this as a chance to go after me. Fun. I stood up in the chair and started going up the stairs
"So, Marley, how's your family? What's in the locket?" She asked.
"Family is fine and I'm keeping your smarts since they ran away from you and come to me a while ago." I told her. She glared at me and I smirked.
"Stop being funny." She said. She looked around the common room. "I need your help." She said. I burst out into laughter. "I'm not kidding!" She exclaimed.
"I know you are not, I can tell. That's why I'm laughing." I told her, calming down. "You have been talking bad about my friends all semester, and you think I will just help you the second you need it." I said, standing up. She came around and pushed me back in the chair. "What the heck?" I asked.
"Come on." She said angrily, grabbing my wrist. I tried to get out of her grip, but it didn't work. Sadly, there was no one in the common room to help me out. She dragged me nine tenths of the way towards the dungeons before I finally got out of her grasp.
"I see you used that small brain of yours and took a strengthening potion." I mumbled, rubbing my wrist.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on." She said, going to grab my wrist again. I stopped back.
"I would love to be dragged down to the dungeons, but I think I'm going to go back up." I said. I turned to leave, but she grabbed my wrist. "Look, Capella, I honestly don't want to be here. Can you please just let me go?" I asked sincerely, getting annoyed.
"Capella!" I heard someone yell somewhere.
"Nope." She said with a smirk. She started to pull, but I kicked her in the leg and she let go of me.
"Yep." I told her. I turned and quickly walked away as she started to stand up.
"Get back here Marley!" She yelled.
"No thanks!" I said. I turned to her and muttered a hex. I looked back and saw her ears start growing and flopping down like a Basset hound, with ears to big for them. I smirked and walked away.
"Hey! Fix this now!" I heard her yell behind me.
"No, I think you can have fun with it." I said, looking back at her.
"Capella? Where are you?" I heard someone say. Capella smirked.
"Over here! Help me out!" Capella yelled.
"See ya later!" I said. I then quickly turned the corner.
"What the hell?" I heard. I quickly walked back to the Gryffindor tower.
"Hey Quinn!" I heard behind me. I turned to see Rigel.
"Hello there Rigel." I said with a wave.
"Love the ear thing, can you teach me?" He asked. I smiled a bit and shrugged.
"Well, I'd have to demonstrate on someone and you're right here." I said. He held his hands up.
"Nevermind!" He said. I nodded.
"Ms. Marley, five Points from Gryffindor." I heard from around the corner. "It would be ten, but that was a wonderful hex." Said the DADA teacher, as she walked around the corner, a smile planted on her face.
"In my defense, she started it." I said with a smirk. Professor Smith laughed a bit and left with a wave. Rigel and I talked and I sent a couple of hexes his way, considering he asked for a lesson.
"Oh come on!" He yelled after I made his nose grow out to be an extra couple of inches. I laughed as he pushed me slightly. I glared at him and we continued walking after I fixed it. I pushed him into the wall.
"Sorry I tripped." I said with a smirk. He smirked back and kicked my leg lightly.
"Sorry I tripped." He said. I laughed a bit.
"You know, if I didn't care about getting detention then it would be war right now. Luckily for you, I do care." I told him. We went our separate ways and when I got back to the common room and over towards the couch, it was flooded with books. In between them all were Lily and Remus. "What the heck?" I asked, going to pick up a book.
"We completely forgot about exams! We need to start studying now! Come on!" Lily said urgently. I shook my head lightly.
"Would rather not. Have fun." I said. Remus rolled his eyes and continued reading as I walked away. I heard Lily sigh, but it didn't sound upset, more whatever. I walked away. A bit early to start studying, but they can be themselves. Probably going to ask me if I've started studying everytime I see one of them now, but whatever. The next couple of months went by usually with classes starting up again. However, I will say that many more pranks were pulled due to the fact that people knew I was a metamorphmagus. I honestly don't know what I was worried about. It's awesome, so far. However, everyone was in the Great Hall after exams, it being one of the last days, when workers from the ministry barged in. I jumped a bit at the slamming of the huge doors as all went silent in the Hall. I looked up and down the Gryffindor table and saw Peter hiding behind James, Sirius, and Remus. James and Sirius were being held back by Remus, who was stopping them from doing anything stupid. I looked back at Dashia and Lily.
"What do you think is happening?" I asked. Dashia shook her head lightly.
"I don't know. Maybe something to do with Voldemort?" Dashia suggested. I looked down towards the professors. Dumbledore didn't seem affected, like always. However, if you looked elsewhere you would see Professor Smith shifting around in her seat, Slughorn looking back and forth between Dumbledore and the workers, McGonagall seeming to be extremely confused but concealing it in the best way possible, and Flitwick adjusting in his seat so it would be easier to stand up quickly if something bad happens. The ministry workers looked around the Great Hall, inspecting the Slytherin table and professors more than anyone else. Rigel seemed just as confused as everyone else, looking between the professors, the other tables, and the workers.
"I'm sure you are all wondering why we are here." One of the ministry workers started. Filch then ran in.
"You are not supposed to just barge in here!" Filch said angrily. Dumbledore held up a hand.
"It is fine, Filch, I knew they would show up soon enough." Dumbledore said simply. Filch backed down, but he still seemed upset. "Continue, please." Dumbledore told the workers.
"We were sent here to interrogate the staff and some of the students. We've been given evidence that there is one or more people who are working with Voldemort here at Hogwarts." The man said. The students immediately tensed. At Hogwarts? I thought this is one of the safest places in the world? How did someone working with Voldemort get in? "We would like to tell you all to not worry, it is just a safety precaution. Please cooperate." The man told the students, talking more to the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws, which made my fist clench. I hate stereotypes. All of a sudden, a seventh year Ravenclaw shot up in their seat and fired a jinx at the man. Many spells and charms were sent their way as all the kids in the hall ducked. However, Dumbledore fixed this all quickly. He used a charm to freeze the student and there was a protective bubble around them. The charms and spells slowed down and soon came to a halt as Dumbledore stood up.
"I would like for you people to stand outside the Great Hall. You can call up students as we eat, but please do not call a disturbance like this in my school again." Dumbledore said calmly. Dumbledore undid what he did to the student and the student tried to run, but I don't know why they tried. They got caught by the ministry, which wasn't a surprise.
"Join the Dark Lord while you still can! He will rule!" The person yelled as they were dragged out.
"This is horrible!" Lily whispered as a student from Slytherin was called. I nodded.
"A bit much as well when it comes to the students in my opinion. The kids probably don't know what they are doing and are following their parents. They shouldn't be in trouble if that's how they were raised to think." I said. Dumbledore told everyone to continue eating, but it wasn't as loud as it had been. More hushed whispers across the room as the student came back, seeming shaken up. The ministry continued calling up kids and weren't even done with the Slytherins when we were allowed to go to our dorms to sleep.
"Students may return to their dormitories." Dumbledore announced.
"Headmaster, these students need to stay here so they can't escape." A ministry worker, who was standing guard at the door, told him. Dumbledore shook his head.
"These are children who need sleep. The most I will do for you is allow you to keep the Slytherin's in here and call the houses one after another, but these students need sleep. Continue on students." Dumbledore said. However, everyone was hesitant to stand up. When Dumbledore sent everyone a reassuring nod, they went on. The Slytherin's had to stay, considering they weren't done. I gave Rigel a look of reassurance, considering he didn't seem happy about any of this. He slightly smiled towards me and I continued walking back to the common room. The common room had a sort of depressed feeling to it currently, which was upsetting. Lily, Dashia, Mary MacDonald, Alice Prewett, Marlene McMillan, and Dorcas Meadows talked and I decided to just read, considering I didn't know the other girls that well. I looked towards the couch and saw Remus, James, Peter, and Sirius talking. Sirius and James were on the couch facing away from me and I smirked, deciding to try and lighten the mood.
"Watch this." I told Lily. She sighed as I stood up, placing my book behind me. I slowly tip toes over, holding a finger over my mouth to tell Remus and Peter to keep quiet. I tapped James on the shoulder and quickly ducked. He looked back, but didn't look down. I did the same to Sirius and he did the same as James. I tapped on their shoulders at the same time and they both swung their heads quickly to look. However, their heads collided and I held in laughter, unlike other students. I quickly moved around to the front of the couch and made myself look like McGonagall. I stood up, trying to appear strict. James and Sirius turned back and faced me. They both jumped back, letting out a somewhat girly scream.
"Boys." I said strictly.
"Aw great what'd we do now." Sirius said, throwing his hands in the air.
"Were complete idiots and didn't realize I was doing that and that I'm not really McGonagall." I said, changing back to myself, laughing. James and Sirius glared at me. The majority of the common room was laughing and I smiled. "Can't believe you guys fell for that!" I exclaimed, sitting on the floor.
"When I said that being a metamorphmagus makes you better at pranks, I meant pranks that benefit us, not ones that prank us." James said. I rolled my eyes.
"Should've just looked down." I said with a shrug. The common room seemed to be a bit more playful now, which made me feel better. However, someone always has to ruin it.
"Who do you think is working with the dark lord?" Capella yelled above the chatter. The room fell silent.
"Why do you say dark lord? Isn't it smarter to say Voldemort? Not that you would have any experience in being smart." I said. Capella glared at me as I heard Dashia stifle a laugh. "Hey, I got a game, describe a person without using their name and I will try to change into them as accurately as possible." I said, trying to change the subject. I looked hopefully at my friends, trying to get them to help lighten the mood. However, it was actually a sixth year Gryffindor who took the first hit.
"Tall, long beard. Really long beard. Old." They started. Easy. I stood up and did my best Dumbledore. "That seems accurate." They said with a smile. I laughed a bit. I turned to Lily, who was starting to speak.
"Black hair that reaches mid back. Female. Bluish hazel eyes. Needs to learn to stop snoring." She said. I smirked. Dashia snoring all the time was something we continuously made fun of her about. I turned into Dashia and Dashia glared at Lily as people laughed. Capella glared at me and marched to her dorm. One of the third years raised their hands. Kids seemed to be getting into this.
"Fair skin, wide blue eyes, love of my life, male, white hair that doesn't know how to move out of the way." He said. I smiled as the boy next to him blushed. He fit the description. I did my best in becoming him and he smiled. The game continued and Remus seemed to understand what I was doing.
"Knows how to lighten the mood of people who are way older than her, kind, funny, needs to shut up half the time." Remus said. I had no clue who he was talking about.
"But this one's easy!" Peter said. Remus continued trying and I soon realized. I didn't change.
"This seems good enough." I said, wiping down my clothes. The common room was joyful again, which is what I loved most. No one seemed to want to go to bed anymore. The sun slowly rose and soon enough Professor McGonagall came in. She was surprised to see all of us awake.
"What're you all doing awake at this time? Did any of you get any sleep?" She said. Everyone looked around awkwardly. She sighed. "Gryffindor is up. Please behave." She said. She seemed to look slightly sorry for us. We all nodded and helped get the students who had gone to their dorms. We woke the kids up and then went down to the Great Hall.