A white distraction open

Who thought that it would still be snowing in late January? But, that was probably just how the weather worked. Winter was one of my favorite times of the year, mostly because of the snow. I practically jumped into some warm clothes and my winter cloak and ran outside, kicking up snow as I ran. There was nobody around, probably because it was too cold for them or something. I lay down on the cold snow and made a snow angel, then sat up and made a snowball. Just in case there indeed was somebody out here...then I got up and started to walk across the grounds, adding extra snow to my snowball so that it wouldn't melt, even though it made my hands very numb. And then I thought I heard something, maybe a whoosh or something like that. I turned around and- WHAM! Got a faceful of snow. I let out a yell of rage and wiped the snow off my face, just as WHAM! Another snowball hit me in the face, with much more force. I practically screamed. Not practically, I did scream. Who was doing that?! I threw my snowball in the general direction of the two snowballs and stomped in the direction where I had thrown the snowball, only to see someone there. Since there was no one else around, I assumed that the person in front of me was the thrower of the snowballs. "Why were throwing those snowballs at me?! What did I ever do to you?" I yelled, which was strange, because my ire wasn't usually provoked like that, and I was generally even-tempered. Plus, I had been in a good mood. Maybe it was all the drama at Hogwarts that was setting me off.

So there was the embarrassing moment for today! Violet wasn’t all alone in the grounds like she thought. There was apparently someone else here and the snowball she created hit that person, not once, but twice! And the girl she accidentally hit with..two snowballs was very angry.

"Why were throwing those snowballs at me?! What did I ever do to you?"

Merlin, could this day be any worse? Violet didn’t wanna think and worry about it.

“I am sorry, I’m sorry” she apologised sincerely to the girl in front of her, as she was also walking towards her. “I really didn’t mean to, I thought i was alone”
The girl had long red hair, like Vee had before she died it white. She had a smaller height and by the looks of what she was wearing, she was a Hufflepuff.

Violet scratched the back of her hair shyly and apologised one more time, even though she hoped she didn’t sound so vulnerable and shy at that moment. She just really didn’t want anything kind of bad to happen to her today, as she was already feeling stressed out for some reason. She took a deep breath to calm herself down then looked at the girl again.”Is there anything I can do to help with the snow?”

Damn, she felt so uncomfortable, how could she not notice someone else was here AND hit that someone with snowball and not even only one time.

"Why were throwing those snowballs at me?! What did I ever do to you?" I had yelled, massively ticked off. To recap, I had been hit in the face with not one, but two snowballs, which, I must add, were thrown with a great deal of force. My mood had switched from soaring to as sour as a lemon. The person who had thrown the two missiles of a snowball was a girl, she was most likely a first-year like me. She had white hair(that I could tell was dyed)and green eyes, like me. But the thing was that she actually looked sincerely guilty, and even apologized...twice! How, because I was sure that those snowballs were directed toward me! Weren't they? “I really didn’t mean to, I thought I was alone” she said. I took a very deep breath to calm myself down before I lost my mind. But, let's be honest. I had thought that I was alone too, hadn't I? And as it turns out, I wasn't. Though, honestly, getting hit with a couple of rando snowballs is no fun, and I swear that some of the snow went down my cloak, making me shiver. And then again, I just threw a snowball right now to clear my mind, or just release some fury. I gave a great big sigh and mumbled/stuttered from the cold, "S-Sorry I w-w-went off on y-you l-like th-th-th-that...but g-g-getting hit w-with t-t-two s-snowballs to the f-f-face is not f-f-fun. I accept y-your ap-p-pology...I'm Aurora, b-b-by the w-way." Gosh, I hate being an icicle. Fortunately, it was very easy for me to forgive and forget, and when the girl asked me if she could help with the snow, I shook my head, still shivering. "N-No, I'm good. All I n-n-need is to g-g-g-get w-warm..." I stuttered.

"S-Sorry I w-w-went off on y-you l-like th-th-th-that...but g-g-getting hit w-with t-t-two s-snowballs to the f-f-face is not f-f-fun. I accept y-your ap-p-pology...I'm Aurora, b-b-by the w-way."

Violet felt really sorry for the girl in front of her, she was totally freezing and her way of talking showed it very well."Its okay, I understand, I deserved it" Vee said, then faked a little laugh, and stopped herself from apologizing once again. "I am Violet,nice to meet you Aurora"

As a response to Violet's question to help the girl-Aurora, the hufflepuff with red hair shook her head no and said that she just needed to get warm, she was still stuttering.

"There must be something I can do" Violet said to herself loudly enough that Aurora must have heard. Then an idea quickly came to her mind. "Lets go inside,alright? It is definitely warmer out there" She stated while pointing to inside the halls. It was not a good idea to stay still under the snow, besides even Violet started to get colder because of the weather.

"Or you can go to your common room i guess, since you must have a fireplace there." She said then couldn't help but add "I was curious about the other houses' common rooms by the way, what's yours like?"
She then started to slowly walk towards the inside, checking to see if Aurora decided to follow her.

I hated feeling like an icicle. I was still shivering violently from the snowballs that had hit me. I really shouldn't have gone off on the girl, whose name was Violet, I soon learned. And all because we both thought we were alone. I rubbed my gloved hands together and shook some of the snow out of my hair as Violet proposed that we should go inside. Ah, yes...inside... I could just imagine the warm, crackling fire in the Small Hall, and probably a large cup of hot chocolate. The thought almost made me feel warmer. I nodded and said, "Yeah, let's go inside...it'll be very warm..." In response to Violet's question about the common room, I said, "Well, it's very cozy, with lots of plants and colors, especially in some of the dorms, and there is a fireplace. But I think the main word to describe it is cozy." I followed Violet inside the castle because even though I kind of liked the cold and loved winter, I was always grateful for the warm fire of Hogwarts school. "Thanks, Violet...and, I have always wondered, what's the Slytherin common room like? I know that it's in the dungeons, but do you like it? Is it cozy?" I asked. I hoped it was, because to me, living in the basements wasn't very appealing.