A.N. Hi, hi, hi, HI! So I went to see the latest Harry Potter movie on Thursday night with my dear, dear friend, Benny. I dressed as Bellatrix and I had about a pound of eye makeup on. Then, I ended up looking like a raccoon when Snape died. CURSE YOU ALAN RICKMAN! And finally, I "pulled a Hermione" when we were coming out of the theatre. I tripped on something in my heels and hurt my ankle. Lovely. But the movie was fantastic!

Now, I know that it doesn't mention what year Narcissa and Bellatrix are in. So, I put them two years ahead of our little group. And I know Lucius wasn't in their year but he is in this one. Deal with it.

And I'm eighty percent sure that Slughorn was the Potions teacher. And I kept the other teachers. No clue about Defense about the Dark Arts so that will not be mentioned. At least the teacher won't.

So a quick little explanation for what some people might take as Bellatrix being out of character. When she was a child, I imagine her having a little bit of multiple-personality disorder, like her older self. She can be a little, sort of freakily, friendly and quite childish. Then she can be kick-ass evil when threatened. So that explains her scary friendliness.

Oh, and for some reason unknown at this moment, I wrote this chapter sort of from Piper's perspective instead of Snape's. I had to have this scene before they got sorted and Snape and Lily already rushed off. So yeah.

Disclaimer : I own nothing except my OCs. Poo.

Enjoy and R&R!

Piper hurriedly grabbed her bag and slung it over one shoulder, beginning to rush out of the door, only to run right into someone. Rubbing her head, she looked up to apologize to whoever it was. It turned out to be one of the boys from the other compartment. The one with shaggy hair.

"S-Sorry," she stammered.

He gave her a cocky grin, sticking his hands in his pockets.

"S'okay. I'm Sirius by the way. You're…not interested right?"

Piper smiled nervously at his attempt at humor.

"Yeah, but you can call me Piper."

Sirius grinned at her, nodding his head in acknowledging her response.

"Pleasure. So tell me, I saw those two kids come out of this compartment a few minutes ago. Is the guy as much of a freak as he looks?"

Piper frowned deeply at him. She clutched her books closer, fixing the shaggy haired boy with a hard glare.

"Excuse me, but he is not a freak. And I would appreciate it if you would watch what you say about people before you say stuff like that."

Sirius rolled his blue eyes, as if what she said was not of importance.

"Oh come off it, you don't have to defend him. He's a freak, it's so obvious…the way he dresses…way he acts…"

Before she knew what she was doing, Piper had slapped him across the face.

"Oi! Padfoot! Get lost before I make you!"

Piper turned to the sound of a girl's voice. A girl maybe a bit shorter than Piper stood, leaning against the wall. Her brown eyes were hard towards the boy, a confident glare on her face. Her hand hovered above the wand strapped to her hip. Sirius gave one last scowl to Piper before stalking off. The girl laughed quietly and almost skipped over to Piper.

"Nicely handled. That's my cousin. He's a prat."

Piper blinked at the girl's friendliness. She looked a little intimidating; quite tall with a long mess of dark brown-black curls piled on top of her head in a lopsided up-do, quite a lot of black eyeliner for a girl her age, and a finely boned face that basically screamed 'regal'. She extended one long, pale hand.

"I'm Bellatrix but you can call me Bella if you want."

Piper took the girl's hand, still quite startled. Bellatrix smiled even wider, shaking Piper's hand viciously.

"I-I'm Piper," she stammered.

Bellatrix just grabbed her hand and dragged her down the hall.

"Come on! Let's go! I hope you're sorted into my house!"

Piper, still quite discombobulated, followed the dark-haired girl, wondering how many other students here were as…odd as Bella.

So, I hope you enjoyed this. Special shout-out to my reviewers.

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