AN: This story is placed after the war, where Scorpius, James, Albus, and the other new generation are at school. But in this, Snape survived to continue to teach DADA at Hogwarts.
It was the first day, and everyone had gathered in the common room to greet the first years. The strangest thing was that one of the first years was singing, but it was unfamiliar.
Oh Beautiful
For spacious skys
for amber waves of grain,
for purple mountain magesties
above the fruitlfull plain,
America, America
God Shed His Grace on thee,
and crown thy good,
with brotherhood,
from sea to shining sea.
"What in the name of Merlin's blue knickers are you singing that song for!" Albus nearly shouted when the girl had finished. The girl was reading a book titled, Quod Pot, a history, and why it's better then Quidditch.
"Oh, I'm from the US, I like singing, most of the songs I know have muggle swears in them, so, I had to sing that one. It's not the national anthem, the real one is much longer. Or I could sing the spoof version.
Oh Ugly,
Through Darkened Skys,
for red waves of flame
for short mountain travesties
above the fruitless…
"Stop it!"
"'K. Take a chill pill. Just a joke. Oh yah, want to know about Quod Pot?"
"What, that game american nutters play since they can't fly?" James said derisively. Scorpius kicked him.
"That was rude."
"Mah. Don't mind. You do know it was an English wizard," with the last two words she made a mocking imitation of an english accent, "who invented it? The story is that some guy came over to recruit a Quidditch team, and he started tossing the quaffle around, but it had, well if you've read Quidditch Through the Ages, you'd know the story. Yawn. I'm going to bed now" She trooped up to the girls' dorm, leaving two confused english boys behind her.
That night, Celestia explored Hogwarts. She was an unregistered animagus, and she was a Boa Constrictor, but she was good enough at hiding that she was able to stay unseen. She then met another snake, a black snake with black eyes.
"Hello, my name is Jewel, what'sss yours?", She knew she was speaking Parseltongue, but it sounded like she was speaking normally.
"My name is Nightssstar. Are you an animagusss?"
"Yesss. Are you?"
"That iss not your buissnesss."
"Ok. How long have you been at Hogwartsss?"
"I've been here longer then any other sssnake. I will ssshow you different places. Are you alright with that?"
"Yesss!"
Jewel had a great time with the strange black snake, exploring parts of Hogwarts that she was positive were made on purpose for people in animagus forms, or animals. At around midnight, she slithered back to a hallway aways in front of the Fat Lady, turned back into Celestia, and she entered the common room with the password "Wingardium Leviosa". Celestia went up to bed, and she was exited for the first days of class.
The next day, she nearly leapt out of bed she was so excited. She went up to her cousin, Helena, and asked "can you show me how to get to the great hall?"
"Sure, it's hard to get there on your first day here."
After a few minutes, they made it to the great hall. Professor McGonagle was about to give a speech, and Professor Potter (James and Albus's dad) was pointing a hex directly at the Slytherin table, which made Celestia happy. Of course, he was caught by McGonagle.
A girl, Ariana Mars, whom she'd met on the train, said "look, I've been bursting with this secret, and you seem nice, so could I tell you?" Celestia shrugged.
"I'm an unregistered animagus, my form's a blue jay." She looked hopefully at Celestia.
"Well thunderations, I'm one too! I'm a emerald boa, and I was out an about last night. I'm going to be meeting a snake I met last night, want to come?"
"Sure, but make sure it doesn't eat me, or my mom will kill you!" Celestia hastily agreed, saying she wouldn't let the black snake hurt her.
"Hello Nighssstar, this is my friend Desss. Do not eat her, or I will strangle you. Underssstood?." The black snake looked startled that she was protecting this bird, but he saw that Jewel was bigger then him, so he backed off, even though he'd been staring at the bird intently (AN: I dare you, guess who Nightstar is. Look at his description. I will name whoever guesses correctly in my next chapter)
"Oh no, not good, I'm stuck as a snake. Blast. What am I going to do!" Ariana looked at her friend worriedly. She was hissing up a storm, and it seemed she was stuck in her animal form.
"I guess we're going to have to go to the Headmistress." Ariana knew that wasn't good, since Celestia was an unregistered animagus, but it was the only thing she could do.
