Here is Chapter 8!

I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters. I do own Vespera... and I puppet over Jaelah... I'm not sure if I OWN her or not, but she's definately a partner in crime :)

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I don't know how long I sat there, crying, but I knew I hadn't been there for that long before I heard someone slide down the wall next to me, and sling an arm over my shoulder.

"Now, when I heard there was a Salazar coming to this event, I just knew it couldn't be you. However, I saw the Malfoys here, and went to find you when I heard Draco and Jaelah talking about whatever Snape would have against you. At that point, I knew it had to be you that was the Salazar that came." I looked up and smiled, then laid my head on his shoulder.

He reached into his front pocket and pulled out a hankercheif, and handed it to me, alowing me to wipe my eyes off of tears. "I then heard Malfoy the younger talking about how Jaelah should go find you in the girl's loo, because he obviously couldn't go find you. But honestly, what kind of 11 year old would instantly be okay after having a run in with Snape. I just waundered around the hallways until I finally found you. We can't have you crying here alone, now can we? You'd get lost in this place." He smiled at me, and we just sat there.

After I had stopped sniffling, he held stood up and held out his hands, "Care to join me Miss Salazar?" I took his hands, and he lifted me up. I looked in the mirror across the hall, and I was shocked that neith my hair or makeup was ruined, a benefit of it being magical I guess. "May I just be one of many to say, you look beautiful tonight Vespera." He frowned, "You know, Vespera is alot to say. You need a nickname..." He trailed off and thought for a moment, "Star. I'm going to call you my little star." He smiled at me, a natural goofy smile. "Your name, it means Evening Star, litterally. As Evening would be just a mouthfull as Vespera, just Star works. If it's okay to you?"

I giggled, "Only you have permission to call me that. Okay Fred?"

He held out his arm, "Very well Star. " I took his arm, and he walked be back to the ball room. "Come on, I know you came here with the Malfoys, but Mum has been dying to meet you ever since she ran into you at the store. Is it okay to escape them for just a little bit?"

I nodded, "Yeah. They probably won't like me for much longer anyhow. I'm not going to end up in Slytherin like all the others. They'll probably tell me I'm not actually a witch and send me away." I frowned, "Have they ever not found a house for someone?"

Fred shook his head, "Everyone belongs somewhere. Even if you aren't a pureblood, you'll find your place at Hogwarts, and it will be somewhere that you make friends. Don't worry about it, you still have a few more weeks of summer."

I shrugged, "Well it's only a few weeks that I'll be with my mom. It'll be dreadful. I might as well just stay on the streets until it's time for Hogwarts. At least there I'll make some homeless friends."

Fres looked at me horrified, "There is no way you are going to be homeless little Star!" We reached a giant group of red head, "Everyone, meet Vespera Salazar. Little Star, meet everyone."

With that, the older woman stepped forward, "Oh hello Vespera! Fred and George have spoken so nicely of you!"

I smiled politely, then curtsied, "It's a pleasure to meet you Mrs. Weasley."

She smiled up at Mr. Weasley and he steppe dforward and bowed, "I had hoped that Ron hasn't scared you off yet. You look like such a sweet little girl."

I smiled, "The keywords in that sentence were that I looked like such a sweet little girl, as I recently told Draco, I'm actually quite devious." The looks on their faces looked absolutely shocked.

Their shocked reaction was saved by george running up and picking me up, "Hello Vespera!" I giggled. "You aren't really some big bad wolf are you?"

I shook my head, "Not yet!" He sat me back down.

That was when Ron came around, assumingly to talk to his mother, and saw me. He must have had the weirdest expression when he saw me. He didn't seem to recognize me. "Hullo Miss, I'm Ronald Weasley." He bowed properly, and I, along with Fred and George, broke into a loud laughter.

"Hullo Mister Weasley. I'm glad to see that your manners have seemingly improved greatly within the past few hours. We met when Icame out of the floo today, remember?"

He looked shocked, "You're that one?" He looked at my dress, "You must be friends with Malfoy, that dress screams their name!" He glared at me, then shoved me, making me fall.

I fell onto my side, onto my arm. I squeezed my eyes tightly, as I felt a sharp pain go through my arm. The first thought that went through my head was, 'I'm glad that my wand was on my leg and not my arm, if it was it would have snapped.' The second thought was , 'My arm hurts. Alot.' I sat up nd glared at Ron. "Ronald Weasly. It's rude to push girls down."

Fred was kneeling next to me, "Are you okay?"

I nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine. My arm just hurts a little." I wasn't going to let them know how much pain I really was in. I took Fred's hand with my non-hurt arm, and stood up.

"It's been nice meeting you. I really should go back to Draco and the Malfoys. They're in charge of me. I'll mail you or something." I turned around, and walked off, trying not to cry again. I was a few feet away before Mrs. Weasley started yelling at Ron, and I had to smile just a bit.

I looked around, trying to find a Malfoy, when I spotted Cissy. I ran up to her and wrapped an arm around her. She looked at Lucius and smiled then knelt down to me, "Vespera dear, what's wrong?"

When she asked what was wrong, I lost all control and started crying, "First Professor Snape told me I could never be a Slytherin because of who he says I am. Everyone keeps saying I'll be in Ravenclaw, but I don't want to be in a house with book worms. I ran off from Draco and then Fred found me, and he introduced me to his family, which was pleasant until Ron came. Then he shoved me down and made my arm hurt alot. I ran off from them to find someone that hasn't managed to hurt me yet when I saw you."

She smiled sweetly at me and hugged me, "You'll be okay Vespera dear." She stood up, "Lucius, I'll be right back." She stood up then took my hand and walked out of the main ball room. She opened her bag and pulled out a bottle, "Drink this Vespera, you'll feel better." I did as she said, and it tasted disgusting. "Better?" I nodded. "Good, now let's go find Draco. I don't want you leaving him the rest of the night okay? He'll keep you safe." I nodded, and we walked back towards the stairs, where we saw Draco and Jaelah.

Draco saw me with him mother and his face automatically relaxed as we approached. "Vespera, I was so worried about you. You'd been gone for 15 minutes at least, and I didn't know where you had been." He took my arm and Cissy let go of my hand.

"Draco," Cissy started, "it seems that Vespera here doesn't have a very good relationship with Ronald Weasley. He sprained her arm by shoving her. Please keep her safe for the rest of the evening. " She looked at Jaelah, "Miss Faymore, you're growing up aren't you?" Jaelah nodded, then Cissy left us alone.

"I swear Vespera, when I get my hands on Weasley, he will pay." I smiled at Draco's determination. Then, a bell rang, "That's signifying that the dinner will start soon. Come on, we'll find our seats." I nodded and Draco held my arm standing on one side, while Jaelah walked on my other side. I assumed they were trying to keep a lookout on Weasley.

We walked over to a table that no adults were at, assumingly the ones for Hogwarts children. I sat down at the placemat with my name at it, Draco was sitting next to me, and jaelah on the other side of him. After a few minutes later, another boy walked in and sat next to me, his name was Neville Longbottom. I sighed in relief, that horrid Ronald wasn't sitting next to me. I smiled at Neville, and starting chatting, although Draco was glaring at me.

"Uh, Vespera? Are you okay?" Neville waved his hand in my face, "Draco, something's wrong with your cousin."

Then the stupidest voice said, "She's probably just scared that her precious snakes are going to turn on her." A chair scraped from right across me.

"Weasley, you're sitting at a table with me and Jaelah here. If you dare harm Vespera in anyway, it will be the alst thing you do for a while understand?" Draco started threatening him, while I tried to sit as far from the table as possible.

Then I heard another chair scrape and looked up to see Fred and George sitting on either side of Ron, "Ronikins, if you hurt Vespera," the twin on the left said.

The twin on the right said, "Then you'll become the number one target,"

Then both twins said, "for all our pranks." The both smiled while Ron looked between the two and nodded, but still glared at me.

I went back to my conversation with Neville, "So, Neville, which house do you think you'll be in?"

He shrugged, "I was hoping Gryffindor, I'm not nasty enough for Slytherrin, and not smart enough for Ravenclaw. I'm probably not outgoing enough to be in Gryffindor thouhg, so I'll end up in Hufflepuff." He seemed upset about that. "What hosue were you hoping for Vespera?"

I too shrugged, "Professor Snape is under the impression that I won't be in any house. I was hoping to be in Slytherin though. It seems the most promising. Clever people who aren't bookworms."

Neville nodded, then stopped talking to me, instead chosing to talk to the twin that was sitting across from him. I just assumed he didn't want to talk anymore.

Overall, it was a fairly nice dinner, there was even a chocolate cake for dessert. Ron was quiet the entire time, and Fred kept making jokes. Draco seemed confused as to why Fred kept calling me Star, and I wasn't going to explain it to him. Jaelah seemed to get along with the rest of us, and she was by far my favorite. After our initial meeting, she had become increasingly better. I hoped to be in the same hosue as her, she would make life quite fun.

When it was time to clean up, all the plates just disappeared into the kitchens, and I was fairly shocked. My shocked expression wasn't questioned though, because Fred kindly decided to say something absolutely ridiculous at that moment.

"You know, if I remember hearing Mcgonagall correctly, this is Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts too." Everyone had the same shocked expression, and I looked around, trying to see this famous boy.

George replied, "He's not here though, apparently he's missing and hasn't been seen in the wizarding world since the fall of you-know-who."

Draco rolled his eyes, "He's probably dead. I doubt a one year old killed the greatest wizard alive."

Fred glared, "Not all of us are dark wizards in the making Malfoy."

George shared a similar glare, "Most of us are light wizards."

Draco snorted, "More like mudblood lovers and blood filth, isn't that right Vespera?"

I looked up at Fred, the only one who knew the truth. I nodded, "I'm sure they are. I don't actually know them that well though." I then looked down at my feet, then looked at Neville, who looked as if he wasn't sure what to think of me.

Draco stood up and then pulled my chair out and took my hand. "Come on Vespera. Let's get out of here before the blood flth starts wearing off on us." Jaelah looked like she was uncomfortable at the table, so she too followed us.

I figured it was time to leave soon, as Draco was looking for his parents. Mister and Mrs. Weasley came up to us and looked at me. Mrs. Weasley said, "Vespera, dear, I am so sorry for Ronald's behavior. I hope you will forgive him. Please write to us sometime, we would lvoe for you to come over."

I smiled and nodded, "Thank you very much for the offer. I will have to ask my mother first." Draco pulled my arm, "Good bye." Then we found the Malfoys.

"I really hope you don't plan on going over there Vespera. They're horrible!" Draco was trying to convince me.

I sneared, "As if I would really want to stay in a place where Ron might very well kill me. I might see if the twins will meet me in Diagon Alley one day, they seem to be good company. I refuse to spend time in that house though. I'm not stupid remember?"

He nodded, then we heard someone running up behind us, "Hey Star!" I turned to Fred, "So long. I'll send you an owl tomorrow to discuss things." He winked, "We need to get you started on the prank training."

I laughed at him, "Thanks Fred. Have fun dealing with Ron." He laughed, sneered at Draco, then went off.

"What do you even see in him that makes you want to hang out with him? And what's with the whole star thing?" Draco was once again confused as to how I saw him differently than Fred.

"I know he's not well off Draco, and I know he seems goofy. He's still a pureblood though. That's what matters right? For all we know, one day he has potential to be strong, seeming that you think blood purity is everything." I smiled, "You should open your horizons of people who are important."

Draco rolled his eyes, and Jaelah decided to speak up, "I think Hogwarts will be interesting once you join all of us next year Vespera." She smiled, "although you may want to keep your opinion on blood purity to yourself. Especially with any hopes of being in Slytherrin."

I smiled, "I will be in Slytherin. One way or the other."

She shrugged, the walked off. When Draco and I reached his parents, took their hands, and apparated back to their house.

Today, had been a fairly interesting introduction to the wizarding world. I went into my room, took off the dress, and slid into a pair of pajamas that I had found in a drawer. I laid on my bed and sat my wand next to me.

Tomorrow, I would work on reading all the books.

Tomorrow, I would be able to fit in more with the wizarding world.

AN: That's the end of Chapter 8.

Don't worry there will be some more Jaelah involvement.

Some Draco complaining about Harry.

Some Fred and George added in.

And alot of twists. :)

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