A/N: Okay folks you wanted more you got it. Let's re-cap what has happened. Celestrial is indeed a Malfoy, has been sorted into Slytherin, the one house she didn't want to be in. 'What's next?' you ask. Well in this chapter our good girl in green well make a friend with the most unexpected person. So enough of the staling lets get through the introductions and right into the story! You can also read this story at the message board at Hogwarts: Live the Magic: http://geocities.com/proffesor_s_hileson/home.html

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Journal of and Ex-Deatheater

Title: An Unexpected Friendship

Rated: G for now

Pairings: No clue, do any of you have an idea?

Disclaimer: I don't own them, I want them, but I can't have them. So I guess I'll just have to borrow them. That and I can only pay with the lint I have in my pockets.

Chapter 2 – An Unexpected Friendship

"Mr. Parrie," Snape's voice floated over the heads of students bent over their cauldrons, "what color is your potion?"

"B-b-b-b-blu-u-u-ue." The Hufflepuff stammered under Snape's ice-cold glare.

"What color is your potion supposed to be?" Snape leered at the visibly shaking boy.

His tone of voice was so cold it could very well freeze the fires of hell and then some.

"R-r-r-e-e-d-d-d?" Lon stuttered once again and his face became shades paler than what it was.

Celestrial turned back to her own potion its red bubbles popping here and there with the sounds of blips and blops. She was good at potions and lots of other classes, but her absolute favorite was Transfiguration. She loved turning pincushions to porcupines and back. Though I remember I couldn't wait to begin studying animagus. A sudden explosion to her far left broke her daydreaming. Matthias Loring had done it again. This was his sixth explosion since school started nearly two weeks ago. "Mr. Loring, go on up to the infirmary then report back here for detention." Snape sighed. Mat maybe a Slytherin, but he has had more detentions than anybody since the first day of lessons. He was above all else considered the Neville Longbottom of Slytherin by the fifth years and Draco has seen to it that the nickname stuck like glue to the poor Irish boy.

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"Did you see the way his potion blew up?!! It shot up like an erupting geyser!" Jezebel Smithering announced excitedly. She was considered a gossip queen by many first years and the fact that she was a Slytherin sometimes embarrasses the hell out of the older housemates.

"Yeah the ceiling was covered with green potion!" Edwina Jerkins laughed.

"How on earth did someone like him ever get into Slytherin?" Reece Harrison questioned more to himself than the group.

"No doubt, he should be in Hufflepuff." Westley Barton answered. Celestrial stopped, but the little trope of Slytherin first years kept going a little further until they noticed she wasn't with them.

"Hey, what's wrong Cele?" Edwina asked her neither voice nor face showing any concern at all. Her last name and family importance was a big reason someone like Edwina hung around people like the Malfoys, Harrisons, and even occasionally the Bartons.

Social class plays a big part in Slytherin society. The Malfoys were considered the wealthiest and the Jerkins' were considered the poorest, they have enough money to live on and such, while the Bartons were in the middle. Reece Harrison's family was new to the society and has just recently been accepted by the older rich families as an equal.

"Nothing Wina, I just remembered I have some work I would like to get done."

"Oh come on Cele, its Friday none of our homework is due till Monday." Kimberly Powerton complained. "It's not good for you to work all the time you know!"

"Oh lay of it Kim, you're one of the laziest girls I know." Reece shot at her. Kim stuck her tongue at him and stomped off. He shook his head and smiled at Celestrial. "Good idea though Cele, I think I'll head back to the common room and work on my History of Magic homework." 

"Where are you headed Celest?" Jezebel asked.

"I'll be in the Library. Working on my History of Magic Essay."

"We'll catch you later then." Daley Peters told them both. The rest of the group nodded and walked off. Celestrial turned and watched Reece walk down the corridor towards the Slytherin Common Room. Sighing she turned to her right and began climbing the main stairs. Though she has climbed these stairs many times before it felt strangely odd to be the only one doing so. She was used to the ever presence of fellow Slytherins or even other students. She turned a corner still in thought when she felt herself walking into something hard. Falling to the floor she heard a distinctive 'oomph' from the object she ran into. Or rather the 'someone' she had ran into.

 "I'm so sorry! Its all my fault, I wasn't watching where I was going!" a young girl's voice rang through the empty hall. Celestrial looked over at the girl. She was about the same age as herself, short dirty blond hair, and was wearing a Gryffindor emblem on her robes. At the same time the girl noticed whom she had ran in to.

"Oh great a Slytherin, I was told to watch myself around them and what do I go and do? I go and run one over!" The girl's face had at this point turned a shade of red and she franticly began to pick up the pile of books she was once carrying. Celestrial never noticed them till now. She started laughing at the other's expression, but obviously the Gryffindor first year didn't think it was very funny.

"What are you laughing about? I bet you're going to sic all the Slytherins on me and then I bet you'll get a bigger laugh at that." The Slytherin continued chuckling as she picked herself up off of the floor and picked up a couple of the books.

"No I just thought it was funny how you got yourself all worked up over me being a Slytherin." The blond looked at her for a moment puzzled at what she had just said.

"You mean you won't go and turn me into anything un-natural or hex me into next month?" Celestrial her an insulted look.

 "What makes you think I would do that?" she asked while handing the other the two books. Then began the task of dusting herself off.

"Slytherins despise Gryffindors and vise versa." She replied. While trying her best to do the same while balancing the four books on one hand. It didn't work and the books ended up on the floor again. Celestrial smiled at her.

"I don't despise any of the houses. To tell you the truth I didn't want to be in Slytherin because of my cousin Draco Malfoy and the rest of the Deatheater wannabes." The Gryffindor looked at her thoughtfully. Suddenly her hand shot up.

"My name is Samantha Hileson, I guess we're in the same year."

Celestrial nodded and took her hand. "I'm Celestrial Malfoy, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Samantha smiled. "I was just heading up to the library, want to join me?" Now it was Celestrial's turn to smile.

"I was heading up there myself." The Gryffindor nodded her head and bent to pick up the fallen books again. "My guess is History of Magic Essay."

The Slytherin's smile grew bigger. "How did you know?"

Samantha grinned. "I noticed that I all of a sudden had four books instead of three."

Celestrial looked at her puzzled then remembered her own book was among the pile the other girl had.

"Oops sorry about that." She said while grabbing the book.

*Three months later*

Laughter was heard outside the castle as students played in the snow. Quidditch was postponed till the spring so everyone enjoyed their time outside doing various things. To Draco's anger Celestrial decided not to join the quidditch team her first year. Her schedule and schoolwork, as it was, already took up much of her time so quidditch would just be an extra burden right now. Fun but not what she needed. That and the not so secret meetings she had with her new friends didn't exactly put her on the older Slytherin's good side. She didn't care though, this is better than the stuck up society the house of serpents placed themselves in. 

Samantha's laugh grew louder as the snowball she threw hit another Gryffindor. He smiled and began to pack snow in his hands making a snowball.

Though they come from rival houses Samantha and Celestrial's friendship grew. They did lots of things together. Most of the other Gryffindors accepted the Slytherin, within a couple of days, others a month or two, while most it took a lot of urging, but they finally let in. Some of the older Gryffindors still looked down at her with disgust. Potter's best friend was one of them. He couldn't get past the rivalry between their houses to accept her. Nor the fact that she was a Malfoy 'with good intentions' worked either. Now the Slytherins were another matter. They saw Celestrial's friendship as a betrayal and she was constantly ridiculed for being a traitor. In the end she was still a Slytherin and from an important family so they couldn't do anything about it, but complain.

To Celestrial's surprise though, Reece and a Gryffindor by the name of Darius Matheson were secretly best friends since they met earlier that year in the library. Reece openly announced it to the rest of the Slytherins after finding out Celestrial's own Gryffindor friendship as will.

Samantha gave a yell and ducked behind a tree. The boy smiled wickedly and began creeping up to the tree. To his surprise he was attacked by a sudden barrage of snowballs as two other girls ganged up on him. Samantha laughed and looked up at her friend. Celestrial smiled and waved. The blond gave her a wave to come and join them. That's when the Slytherin noticed a dark figure lurking at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

As suddenly as she saw it, it was gone and found Samantha plopping down beside her.

"Aren't you going to join us?"

"I don't think so. I don't want to be accused of trying to kill someone with a charmed snowball."

Samantha gave a hurt look, "I don't think they would do that, I mean Reece is playing and so far everything is alright."

Celestrial notice for the first time the dark haired Slytherin among the Gryffindor's snowball fight. Right now the guys were attacking the girl's snow fort none stop trying to take it over. "Alright I'll join, but we better hurry those girls are getting out numbered."

Samantha grinned and took off running with her friend to help defend the girl's fort. The sudden appearance and disappearance of the dark figure completely forgotten for now.

Not far off another dark figure was watching the two Slytherins among the Gryffindors. Not long he was joined by another.

"You seem to have two renegade Slytherins Severus." McGonagall teased.

"I don't seem to be the only one Minerva. It seems most of your Gryffindors have befriended them as will." Snape smirked.

McGonagall turned and continued watching the snowball fight. "I seem to recall a similar event happening back when you were a student. A Gryffindor girl and a certain Slytherin boy, who shall remain nameless," she gave Snape a playful glance, "became best friends against their housemate's wishes and, if I remember correctly, eventually fell in love with each other."

Snape continued to stare out the window.

"That was a long time ago Minerva, and Katherine James disappeared not long after graduation. If you remember, and I also recall a certain Gryffindor boy stealing her heart later that year thus ending our friendship."

McGonagall grew silent and her smile faded. "No I have not forgotten that. I could tell you were heart broken when Katherine and Sirius started dating."

Snape gave her a cold glare. "And I put it all behind me since then. Kathrine made her choice and I accepted it."

"I believe she and Sirius broke up just after six months." Snape gave her an odd glance.

"I never knew that." McGonagall gave him a surprised look. "Really? I thought you knew, she broke up with him because he kept picking on you."

Their conversation continued through the hours. Once again house rivalry was set aside and McGonagall and Snape could almost be mistaken for friends.

A/N: There I rewrote the entire chapter and added some more. I figured the eventual friendship with Potter and 'his gang' could be put off until later. Please review and tell me what you think!

Thanks to my first three reviewers. I'm glad someone is actually enjoying my little story.

~ Celestrial