Sorry everyone! I haven't posted in awhile and I feel bad so here is our new chapter! Oh and in the last chapter when I wrote "Caroline Clarke" it should have been Christina Clarke sorry about that.

I was numb. I couldn't move at all and it felt as if the world was closing in on me. I could barely breathe and I just wanted to crawl in a hole and stay there forever. I looked around to see that no one seemed to notice the hidden pain behind it all. I smiled thinking about being with my friends and all but I have the feeling that I let my family down. Grandfather smiled at me which made me know he approved. I turned towards Gryphondore house to see Kyle staring blankly at me, and then he turned angry and stood up.

"This can't be right! Nat should be a Gryphondore like the rest of our family!" Kyle yelled clearly confused of my housing. Grandfather turned to him and smiled.

"Kyle, I was here when your father was housed. Stephan Carmichael was indeed a Slytherin. You just inherited your mother's house." He told Kyle. Kyle sat back down confused and I continued to walk to the Slytherin table.

When I sat down I was greeted by Lila, Caroline, Katie, and Christina. We started talking about how much fun it will be when we get to stay with each other in our dorms.

"When do we get our schedules?" Christina said to no one in particular.

"Kyle told me that we get them when we go to our Common room I guess." I shrugged. "Maybe we will have some similar classes with each other."

"Who knows." We continued talking and eating since everyone was sorted.

"Hello Natalie." I turned around to see Draco Malfoy standing behind me.

"Hello Draco." I nodded in his direction.

"Looks like we will be seeing a lot of each other being in the same house and all."

"Ya, I guess we will." He smiled and returned to his seat. That was when we were called to go to our common room. We followed the upper class boy to the common room.

"You will find that your stuff will ready be in your dorms your schedules will be there as well." He said and directed us to the boys and girls dorms.

Caroline, Katie, Lila, Christina, and I grabbed our schedules and began looking them over.

"We all have the same classes!" Katie grinned

"We're in Slytherin house. We always have the same class periods depending on the class." Lila grinned

"Oh ya…" I said. We laughed at each other when we heard them say lights out.

Time Skip WAH!

We all walked into potions class where we saw our house head Professor Snape. He nodded in our direction and turned towards the door.

"Hurry up everyone we have only an hour to do everything we need to…" we rushed in and grabbed the nearest seats. We were separated for the most part. Katie and I sat together while Christina, Lila, and Caroline were on the other end of the room.

"Welcome everyone, to potions class. I can teach you…" From then on I completely zoned out until Snape said, "So Mr. Potter…" I immediately looked up to see Harry Potter in the front of my class. I completely ignored Snape as he yelled at him for God knows what. I looked to Katie and we giggled slightly. The famous Harry Potter not so great after all, he was normal just like the rest of us. He didn't have anything special abilities or anything we have come to believe. He's only a kid just like the rest of us, and Snape saw it just like I did, and hopefully everyone else would too.

Time Skip WAH!

It was Halloween night and there was so much candy! I kept getting warning glances from Kyle telling me not to eat so much. I stuck my tongue out at him and laughed at his expression. I turned to Lila and we began talking about how Professor Quirl was so very strange. When we saw the doors slam open.

"Trolls in the castle!" Quirl shouted. We all stared at each other, wide eyed. He passed out on the floor and Grandfa- I mean Dumbledore yelled for us to go to our dorms. As they rushed us away, I turned to Katie, Lila, Christina, and Caroline. "Let's go find it."

"Are you crazy?" Christina asked

"Just a bit"

"Okay, let's go!" Katie yelled "None of you are going anywhere." I turned to see Grandfath- Dumbledore, standing right in front of us. "Go to your dorms. Now." We mumbled yes sir and rushed to our dorms without a second thought.

I skipped down the hallway with wind rushing in and out of the open windows. Snow was beginning to fall this winter and the holidays were coming up. I recalled a conversation we all had in our dorm and smiled to myself from the memory.

Flashback

"So if you could kiss anyone under the mistletoe in Slytherin house, who'd it, be?" Christina asked.

"John, he's cute." Caroline said.

"Nick." Lila giggled

Katie said, "Hmmm, I would kiss… Carrie he is so adorable!"

"I would kiss Draco Malfoy." Everyone turned to me. "Well it's true! I'm not going to lie about it."

"Well, I'd kiss Brendan, you know the 3rd year. Definitely him." Christina grinned. We all laughed while we got yelled at to go to sleep. Our laughs turned into quiet giggles and we slowly succumbed into sleep.

End flashback

I twirled in the snow and laughed as I did. I loved Saturdays since you could do pretty much whatever you want. No classes today that is. When I walked farther into the courtyard, I saw Draco sitting alone so I went over to talk to him.

"Hi Draco." I grinned.

He looked up from his book. "Hello Natalie."

I sat down next to him. "Call me Nat. Everyone else does."

"But with such a beautiful name you should have people say that." I blushed and looked down. "And besides, I like to have my own way of calling you."

We laughed a bit and smiled at each other. "You know, its weird being a Slytherin and all." I said.

"Why is that?"

"Well, my older brother and mother are both Gryphondores. My father was a Slytherin though. Mother says I'm a lot like him. Father thinks I'm a lot like her." I was about to say what grandfather thought but caught myself before I did.

"I can see your discomfort." Draco smiled. With that two owls came into view. We both saw that they were from our parents. I opened mine and read the contents.

"Looks like we are having the holidays at your house." Draco said.

"Yes, it does." I nodded.

Time Skip WAH!

The holidays were here and we had all said our goodbyes. I saw Kyle for the first time since we came to Hogwarts and I was so happy to see him. I rushed over and hugged the living day lights out of him.

"It's good to see you too Nat." Kyle smiled.

"Did you hear we are having the Malfoys over for the holidays?"

"Yes I did, just now."

"So I guess that means Grandfather won't be coming." I said quietly.

"Ya, but we'll see him afterwards." We both walked towards the train.

Time Skip WAH!

We arrived at home to see that the Malfoys weren't there yet. I ran up the stairs while Mom called, "Wear something nice Nat!" But I already knew I would. When I got to my room, I searched through my closet for the perfect dress to wear. I searched and searched until I finally found it. It was a dark green dress that went up to my knees. It sparkled on the outside and was just perfect. I let my black hair fall down to its natural curls and sighed slightly. I hope I give a good Impression on the Malfoys.

When the Malfoys arrived, I was sitting down talking to Kyle about my first year at Hogwarts and what I was looking forward to.

"Hello Natalie" Draco smiles then turns to Kyle. "Kyle" and nods at him.

"We were just talking about Hogwarts and all." I smiled and motioned for him to sit next to me. Kyle gave him the death glare.

"Well, I know I am looking forward to see how defense against the dark arts is going to be like a couple years from now." Draco said.

"Ya, that'll be so much fun!" I smiled

"It's awesome now. Well, besides the fact that Professor Quirl creeps me out." Kyle shuddered. We laughed in agreement until Kyle said, "Draco, not to be rude or anything, but why are you so friendly now but not so much at school?" Kyle asked. Draco paused for a moment.

"I feel more comfortable to be myself here than I am at school. I have to hate Harry Potter because well… He thinks he is so great because he is Harry Potter and he thinks he can do whatever he wants." Draco sighed, looking to the ground.

"I'm with you there." I said shaking my head. Draco smiled at me.

"Dinner everyone!" Mother called. The three of us rushed to the other room and took our seats. Father was at the head with mother to his right and Kyle to his left. Luscious was in between his wife, Narcissa, and Mother. I sat between Kyle and Draco. We talked about Hogwarts and how we were doing and what we wanted to do. It was exciting and much more fun than I thought it would be.

After dinner, the adults pretty much dragged Kyle into the living room to talk about other things. Draco and I walked the hallways with nothing to do until we stopped for a moment under the doorway to the stairs.

"I'm glad you were put in Slytherin house." Draco said.

"Why is that?" I asked

"I have a true friend in there now. Sure Crab and Goyle are friends but not like you. You're special." Draco looked to the side. I grinned and looked up and my eyes grew twice their size. Draco looked up as well and turned a deep shade of red and said, "Well tradition is tradition." I looked towards him. We slowly leaned in to each other until our lips connected. Electricity shot through me. I can safely say that this was the best Christmas ever.

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