DISCLAIMER: so far the only characters that i own is Arabella and Penelope Snape, the rest are creations of JK Rowling

I sighed. Why was I so bored? I've been sitting on the steps leading to my house for almost an hour now. Penelope and Scorpius should have been back 20 minutes ago. I was having the feeling mother was going to make me go get them.

"Arabella dear?" I heard the tell tale tone of mother's voice. Smiling, I stood up and went into the home.

"I'm going to the Malfoy's now mother." I said walking into the kitchen. The pot and pans where cleaning themselves in the sink and the broom was sweeping up some dust. Mother was sitting at the table sewing. The old woman looked up as I kissed her on the cheek.

"Mind stopping in diagon ally on the way back? Take your sister, get your school books." The woman dug around in her pockets and handed over about 13 galleons. I nodded and walked over to the fireplace. The best way to get to the Malfoy home was through the Floo network. I shoved the money into my traveling robes. Grabbing some powder, I stepped into the fireplace.

"Malfoy manor!" I shouted and threw the dust on the ground. I began to spin but forced my eyes open. I held my breath as I landed with a thud on the floor of the Malfoy's living room. Coughing, I stood up and dusted my skirt off. As I looked up I almost jumped out of my skin.

"Hello Arabella." Mr. Malfoy said with an amused expression. He was sitting with his wife on their love seat. I went pale all over. I forgot about the fact that I was entering someone's home.

"Oh, uh…hi…I was l-looking for Penelope" I stuttered. Mrs. Malfoy laughed and put a hand on her husband's arm.

"Draco, don't scare the poor girl." She said. "She's outside practicing Quiddich with Scorpius, Albus and James." She said addressing me. I nodded and walked out of the living room. I've been here plenty of times to know where I was going. Mentally, I groaned, I hated James Potter. He was such a flirt. I smiled to myself as I got an idea. I could see them through the back window. James's was playing keeper on one team, Penelope on the other.

I let my hair change from blue, my preferred hair color, to black. My arms grew fatter and I shrunk a bit, my face changed shape and my eyes changed from purple to brown. I gained about 100 pounds as well. I was glad that I was wearing my special Metamorphmagus clothes, or they would have ripped right off. I clunked through the back door and waved at James.

"Jamesy Wamsey!" I called, masking my voice. His eyes widened and he gave a little shriek. I looked over at Penelope and she was trying hard not to laugh.

"What are you doing here Sarah?" he almost yelled. He landed and I walked over to him. I pouted as I opened my arms to give him a hug. He shook his head and backed up a bit.

"Don't pretend you don't love me" I imitated the Ravenclaw that stalks him. I heard laughter behind me and glanced back. Penelope was on the grass rolling around, laughing her head off. Scorpius was laughing as well, Albus was smiling. I looked back at James and he was confused. I rolled my eyes and began to shift back. I blinked as my eyes changed back to a bright purple. I pulled my blue hair up into a bun.

"Nice trick Snape." James said, recovering. "I knew it was you." He lied.

"Oh yeah right James." Albus said, coming up by my side. "She scared the pumpkin juice out of you." I snorted as James said something that sounded like whatever. When he walked away toward the house I turned around and stalked toward Penelope.

"You!" I said with anger. I pulled her off Scorpius, whom she was snogging. She made a choking noise as I pulled her back by the collar.

"Whoa! What the hell?" she exclaimed as I let go of her. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at her.

"I'll use Severus curse on you unless you tell me why your still here." I threatened. She rolled her eyes.

"Right, you going to use our dead cousin's curse. What would mother say if I bled to death?" She shot back, rubbing her neck.

"Oh stop being so uptight Snape." James whispered into my ear. "Let the girl have a bit of fun, huh?" he finished. I jumped back a step and glared at him. He laughed. "payback." He said. I made a noise of disgust and turned toward Scorpius.

"We need to leave Score, we're heading toward diagon ally. Want to come?" I asked. I figured I'd ask, he is my sister's boyfriend after all, even if he's a Gryffindor. He shook his head.

"No thanks Ara, I've got all my stuff. Plus Albus's family is staying for dinner." He said with a grin. I shrugged.

"Come on Penelope." I put my wand away and held out my arm. She groaned as she came near.

"I hate disaperating!" she complained, grabbing my arm. I waves to Albus and sneered at James before I thought of diagon ally. Strange though, the last thing I saw before the Malfoy's yard disappeared was James's face. He looked grave, sad. It shook me. James potter, showing emotion? Blasphemy!

After the pull behind my bellybutton I forgot all about James. I smiled as we landed in the busy bar. I nodded at tom as we passed by the counter. When we got to the wall of stone I tapped away with my wand, giggling.

"What's your problem?" Penelope asked, giving me a strange look.

"I'm having fun! I'm 17, able to do magic out of school!" I nearly shouted. She rolled her eyes.

"Why do you always act so uptight when we're at school? But when we're home, you're the most exuberant person alive?" she asked me seriously.

"Because, I'm a Slytherin. We don't goof off. We do the work and be done with it. Plus I'm head girl now, I've got responsibilities. But when I'm home…." I hesitated. "I'm the real me, I'm Arabella." I said simply. My sister looked at me like I grew another head.

"Why live up to a standard you don't believe in?" I opened my mouth to protest. But she held up a hand to stop me. "I know you hate the idea of houses, I've heard to rant about it to your owl." I saw the disgust slowly creep into her eyes but she said no more. Her one simple question and the tone of her voice shocked me into silence. We didn't speak the rest of the night.

this was only the first chapter. more soon... i am posting pictures of all the characters on my Devient Art account. and i want to do IDs as well. so far i have Arabella's picture up. im working on the other ones. my account: guyswhosparkle