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A/N: This is a story about Regulus Black and his friends. I hope you like make sure to R&R!

Chapter one

Juniper was standing outside the fourth year slytherin boys room. Juniper wondered quietly to herself how she got here in the first place. Her mind was taking her back in time to September 1st 1972.

Juniper was on platform 9 ¾, her long silvery locks falling gracefully to her sides as she smiled brightly at her mom. This was her first year at Hogwarts. Sarah Freeman was an only parent to Juniper Freeman. Juniper realized she wasn't the easiest child to be with which is why she was so thankful for her mom. Juniper climbed aboard the Hogwarts Express and with one last look waved goodbye to her mom.

Her mom was very pretty, she had silvery eyes and straight raven hair. She was short, 5'3, and had pale skin. Juniper had inherited her button nose and big smile, but that was about the only thing she had inherited in looks. Juniper was short she supposed but could get taller since she was only elven, but she did not have her mom's eyes or hair. Instead she had long wavy silver hair with bangs that sparkled in the sun, she had rare purple/gray eyes that practically glowed when she was happy. She guessed she inherited the hair and eyes from her dad but her mom never told her or showed her anything to do with her dad. So it was purely a guess.

Juniper skipped down the train looking for a compartment, that's when she saw a small boy around her age sitting by himself reading. Juniper hasited at first -she wasn't the best with people- but then decided to go in and introduce herself.

She opened the compartment door and the boy looked up alarmed. He was slender, quite like herself, with cold grey eyes and dark hair. His skin was very pale and his eyes were bloodshot as if he had been crying.

She walked in tentatively and held out her hand.

"Hi, I'm Juniper Freeman." She said dreamily as he carefully took her hand.

"Hello. I'm Regulus Black." He put down his book he had been reading and looked her up and down. She sat down across him and waited for him to relax more before she spoke again.

"I hope you don't mind me sitting here. It's my first year at Hogwarts and I don't know anyone." She explained. He looked out the window and nodded. Juniper noted that he was rather odd, but what was she saying? She was very obviously the odd one.

"It is my first year too, but my brother is older and is a third year so I know him." He said clearly. He gave me an odd look but then continued to stare out the window.

"That's cool. I don't have any siblings, but I've always wanted one." Juniper said happily. He shook his head.

"No, you should be glad you don't have any. Siblings suck." He whispered the last part just loud enough for her to hear. She decided she wouldn't ask why he felt that way. Instead she asked what house he wanted to be sorted in.

"Well I better be in Slytherin or," he looked at me alarmed at what he had said and quickly covered it up. "My parents were in Slytherin." Was all he said.

"Oh, Slytherins cool and all but I don't think I could make it in that house." I said. He shrugged and I continued. "My mom was in Ravenclaw so I want to be in that house, but all the houses are great." I finished.

He nodded. Then the compartment door open again and our heads snapped up to see who was there. It was a girl and a boy their age by the looks of it. The girl was taller than Juniper and had cropped red hair. She was bigger than Juniper but was very pretty. She had deep forest green eyes and an annoyed expression. The boy next to her was short with dirty blond hair and had darker skin. He had chocolate eyes and a shy smile.

The girl did not wait for us to speak she just took a seat next to me and exhaled. The boy waited and then caught the look the girl was giving him and sat down besides Regulus.

"Hi I'm Charlotte Longbottom, but call me Charlie. And this is Finnick Garrickson." She pointed to the boy.

"Hi I'm Juniper Freeman." Juniper waved at them both.

"I'm Regulus Black." Regulus said quietly. Charlie's face lit up as if she recognized something.

"Oh I know you! Your big brother is Sirius Black! My cousins talks about him sometimes, my cousin is Frank Longbottom." Regulus eyes grew big and he shook his head.

"My brother and me are nothing alike." He said coldly, but Charlie just shrugged.

Finnick didn't say much of anything he just sat back and read quietly. Charlie went on about what house she wanted to be in, which was Gryffindor. Regulus played a game of exploding snap with Juniper and they talked about what classes they were most excited for.

"I really am looking forward to Astronomy. I love learning about the stars." She had always had a fascination with stars.

"I like stars too but I'm most excited for Arithmancy." She nodded. For some weird reason Regulus felt that he wanted to impress her. "Did you know my name is a star? And my middle name, Arcturus." She looked up with wide eyes.

"That's so cool! I noticed that your first name was one, the brightest star in the Leo constellation, but I didn't know about you middle name!" Her smile was so big.

"Yeah, it's a family thing. My brothers name is Sirius." He said smiling slightly. He didn't smile much.

"The brightest star in the Canis Major constellation!" Regulus nodded. He really liked this girl, she was very smart.

"You guys are nerds, I'm most excited about potions" Charlie said. She turned to Finnick.

"What about you Garrickson? What are you most excited to learn?" He looked up and shrugged.

"I guess anything. I'm Muggle-Born so I'm new to all of this." He went back to his book, Quidditch Through the Ages. Juniper saw Regulus freeze immediately. She was hoping that Regulus wasn't a Blood Purest but the way he reacted to Finnick said otherwise.

Regulus had a pained and worried expression while he looked out the window. Juniper was troubled by the way Regulus thought, perhaps she could help him get to know Finnick. Then maybe he would change his views.

"So Finnick you like Quidditch?" Juniper asked. Finnick looked up and nodded.

"I want to play Chaser, that is, when I'm able to tryout."

Juniper nodded and turned to Regulus.

"What about you Regulus?" Regulus turned abruptly and stared at her. Before replying "Seeker."

"Oh Seekers fun, but I don't think I could ever be one. I don't have the best eyesight." Finnick looked back down at his feet before continuing. "What's your favorite team?"

Regulus thought for a moment before answering. "Falmouth Falcons." Juniper thought that he was done but then he did the unexpected, "What's your favorite team?" Regulus asked quietly, unsure he was doing the right thing.

"Oh I like the Tutshill Tornados. They aren't very good though." Finnick said.

They continued their conversation on Quidditch. Juniper smiled to herself, she had brought them closer. She then turned to Charlie and they talked all the way until they reached Hogwarts.

All the first years road on boats up to the castle. When they got in the Great Hall, Charlie, Finnick, Juniper, and Regulus promised they would remain friends no matter what house they were sorted into.

In the end Regulus was put in Slytherin, Juniper in Ravenclaw, Finnick in Hufflepuff, and Charlie in Gryffindor.

And to this day -their in their fourth year now- they are still friends in their own weird way.

Juniper did not get much taller only 5'1 but she did fill out her body more. Regulus got taller but was still very slender. Charlie was thicker than Juniper and had also started to fill out her body. She still had chopped red hair and was one of the most popular students in school. But Finnick had changed the most, he was now the tallest out of the four reaching 6'2 and was very athletic looking. He joined the Hufflepuff Quidditch team in second year as Chaser. He had dirty blonde hair that hung in his eyes and would most often wear a blue sweatband around his head.

Juniper was brought out of her thoughts when a loud crash could be heard from inside the boys room. She went to open the door when a Slytherin boy walked out.

"I wouldn't go in there if I were you." Then he walked out of the common room.

"I'll take my chances." She muttered to herself happily. Then she opened the door slowly.

He was sitting criss crossed on his bed with his head in his hands. Juniper walked in slowly and then stood next to his bed.

"Freeman, how did you get in?" He said in a cold voice, he kept his head in his hands. She sat down next to him.

"Some guy gave my the password." She said in an airy voice.

"Yeah, well they all want to sleep with you." He said irritably.

She laughed. "Well they can all keep dreaming because it's never gonna happen."

"Oh they will, it gets bloody annoying when they moan your name in the middle of the night." He finally looked up from his hands to glare at her. She just laughed, he was very funny at times even when he was trying to be mad.

"Don't look at me like that Black." She was still giggling. "It's not my fault."

"Whatever." He rolled his eyes. She could tell he was not in a good mood.

"Hey what's wrong?" She said caringly. She scooted up next to him and put her arm around him. He shook his head. "Do not try to lie I know something's wrong, you're my best friend." He sighed knowing he could not lie to her.

"It's my family and…Garrickson." He finally whispered. She nodded for him to continue. "Sirius...Sirius left during the summer." She looked into his grey eyes and gave him a hug.

"I know you and Sirius weren't very close but I'm sorry." He shrugged and willed himself not to cry. It wasn't that they were very close it was just that he thought that his brother cared a little bit. It turned out his brother only cared about his friend, Potter. Regulus parents weren't all that sad when he left, they disowned Sirius immediately.

"Now my parents are expecting even more, they say they always knew I was the better child, but I don't want to be put under that kind of pressure! I just want to be a normal teenage boy with normal issues, not all this family crap I have to deal with now." He finally looked up at her and she had a caring look in her bright eyes. He felt instantly calmer and then continued. "You know how my parents are with their Pure-Blood beliefs, and now the expect me to uphold those beliefs since my brother obviously didn't. And I don't know what to do, I really do like Garrickson, we have a lot in common and I would hate to break our friendship off just because of my parents." He finished.

"You're parents won't find out, I mean how could they?" Juniper asked. He shrugged and then stood up.

"It's just if they find out, I just….I saw how they treated Sirius and I don't want to be treated like that. I just want to make them proud." He changed out of his school uniform and into a black tee and jeans.

Juniper stood up as well and gave him a hug, "we'll figure it out. Don't worry." She gave him a kiss on the cheek then left for Ravenclaw Tower.