Buckbeak and The Snowball 95. Snowball

Winter comes earlier every year it seems to all creatures
no matter where they live. For Buckbeak, winter was a
time of carefree carousing with very little responsibility. There were
snowsqualls to fly through joyously, blizzards to prevail upon eagerly.

Flying low over Hogwart's, Buckbeak was interested in the games
the kids were playing, their squeals of laughter always intrigued
him. Several Slitherins were doing something in haste, then suddenly
throwing snowballs in the air to hit Buckbeak. He dogged
them artfully then suddenly rebooted some back at the students.
Problem was, some snowballs hit Professor Snape instead of the students.