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"Wow..." Janna gasped in awe "Harry, how did they ever fit these staircases in here, there has to be at least more than a thousand stairways—And there must be more portraits in this hall than there seems to be"

"Well... there are a hundred and forty two staircases in this castle alone but I bet there are more" Harry said as he looked up to the ceiling with Janna.

"Harry..." Janna then looked at Harry away from the ceiling "why did everyone seem shocked about Albus being made a Slytherin? I mean—they should have expected him to go somewhere"

Harry paused as he stared at the ceiling, the sheen from his glasses shined into Janna's eyes as he slowly turned his head to look at Janna "Everyone expected Al to be like me, but Al is his own person, so is James and so is Lily. I'm actually quite proud that he chose Slytherin" Harry then smiled weakly as he began to lead Janna up the stairs "By the way, I meant to congratulate you on joining Gryffindor" Harry then sucked in a breath "—do you remember Sirius?"

"Yes," Janna answered "he was my—uncle... Why?"

"Oh, Sirius was the first Gryffindor in your family, they were all Slytherins before him—and now you," Harry then helped Janna hop over a gap between two stairs by putting his hand out to her "Sirius would have been extremely proud"

Janna smiled softly before hopping over the gap, she quickly plunged her hands into her robes pockets asking "Um, Harry can you send a letter to Mr Winslow telling him that I'm fine, that I do have friends and about Gryffindor? I-If you wouldn't mind" Janna stuttered.

"No, I will do it, do you mind if I tell Teddy too?" Harry asked Janna who meekly smiled.

"Not at all, I like Teddy, I wouldn't mind him knowing" Janna said before Harry stopped at a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress who leaned forwards to him. Janna gaped in amazement, she had seen photographs that were taken move but she never thought a painting would ever move.

"Agh," the portrait groaned "what's the Password?" The fat lady grumpily asked, Janna felt her jaw drop even lower as the portrait spoke.

"Cupita suborior" Harry said to to the fat lady who made a snorting noise as she looked at Janna as Harry lead her in.

"Another Black!" The Fat lady muttered "Let's hope this one doesn't tear up my portrait and wake me up every other night after getting lost" The fat lady continued. Janna retaliated by only thinking of maybe ripping the portrait, if the Fat lady went on.

"Janna wasn't lost, she actually got an early tour so now there's a guarantee she won't be late" Harry grumbled at the Fat lady who gasped at him in offence before folding her arms and glaring at Harry.

Through a hole behind the portrait Janna saw a common room, she stepped up before Harry. Suddenly she studied the round room around her which was full of over stuffed armchairs which looked like large red marshmallows scattering the room. Large windows let pale moon light shine in, letting the mahogany staircase which forked two separate ways. The flames of the fireplace let the gold on the staircase pop out with the scarlet red. Overhead a large gold chandelier tinkled that had been crafted from polished topaz.

"Your dorm is up that staircase" Harry said pointing to one of the two forks in the staircase Janna had looked at "Rose will be up there"

While Harry spoke Janna looked down from the chandelier she was staring at to where Harry was pointing, she watched the stairs with a slight awareness of how scared she was now. As Harry put his hand down Janna turned to face him while pursing her lips "Harry, you know that feeling?" Janna then doubted he did "you know, that feeling in your gut like something is going to happen? I'm feeling it already..." Janna then saw Harry's face contort "I'm terrified"

Harry subconsciously put his hand on Janna's shoulder, she bowed her head slightly causing a strand of curly hair to fall in her face "Janna, you have every reason to be scared," Harry said softly, Janna's head lifted slightly as her eyebrows puckered "but you'll have a while to get to know everyone around you before you start schooling" Harry laughed, Janna's lips formed a small smile before she moved the piece of hair out her face and tucking it behind her ear.

"Thank you, Professor, for your advice" Janna said before smiling a little less vaguely and turning to the staircase "I-I'll go find Rose" Janna then looked at the first step of the staircase, her foot hovered over the polished wood before she turned her head to Harry "Good night"

"Good night, Janna" Harry said before Janna looked back at the step before ascending, her long legs skipped a couple of steps, she felt a sudden euphoria in her stomach as she turned a corner to the girl's dormitories. But suddenly Janna found herself looking down a curved corridor which was lit dimly by a row of torches on the walls, she looked on one of the seven red doors which on bold gold letters: FIRST YEARS

Janna put two and two together, she lifted her left hand out of her pocket before timidly moving her hand to the doorknob, she jumped as the door swung open; Rose was the one who had opened the door, she was a wearing long red pyjamas and her hair was tangled on her shoulders like she had been scratched her head a lot.

"Oh thank Merlin" Rose then pulled Janna into the dorm by the sleeve of Janna's robes "I thought I had lost you to the Slytherins like I had with Albus" Rose said as she closed the door while pulling Janna behind her and turning around to introduce Janna to the two other girls who were also in their sleeping attire. "Janna, these two are Aimee Miller and Olive Bough"

The fair haired girl named Olive Bough lifted her hand and waved slightly while the shorter girl with Ebony hair watched Janna with a gaze that bordered on obsession and awe but her mouth moved like a fish's gaping for water.

"You're—" Aimee gasped "You're Julianna Black!"

Janna didn't know how to respond to this or even how to react—"I prefer Janna"

Aimee let out a squeal, Olive leaned away slightly before Rose put her hand on Janna's shoulder, clenching them tightly and leaning to Janna's ear "they're my friends" threatened Rose then she patted Janna's shoulder when she advanced to the two other girls.