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As the four of them shuffled into the Great hall, Janna stared at the ceiling, beams of sunlight flooded in from the windows under the  roof, making the hall warm. The air smelled like grilled tomatoes and slightly cooked egg yolk which ran off of its butter soaked toast like a blanket off a bed.

By the Slytherin table Janna saw Albus, picking at his breakfast, Sofia and Scorpius were nowhere to be seen. "Hey, I'll just be a minutes. I'm going to talk to Albus"

    "Alright, we'll see ya at the table" Orion nodded to Janna. The walk to the Slytherin table wasn't brisk, some of the Slytherins jeered at Janna sometimes asking why she wasn't already in Slytherin if she was coming to their table, eventually Janna sat next to Albus, he lifted his chin off his fist to look up at her.

    "Are you okay?" Janna asked when Albus went back to picking at his food, it was an assorted mash of tomato, egg and toast.

    "The Sorting hat didn't give me a chance to say where I wanted to go" Albus then drank a glass of orange liquid that smelled like carrots "I know my dad is proud but... I wanted to be there, at Gryffindor, like him, having adventures and running into trouble"

    "Well... It's only the first day," Janna mused, realising she already had an exciting morning "Why don't you come with Jake, Jumo, Orion and I? We're going to go looking for Moaning Myrtle."

    "With them?" Muttered Albus, "I wouldn't trust them, their parents are bad people... Dad used to bring home stacks of paperwork, mostly about a Erdem relative causing a muck or Cintola attacking Muggles with curses, even a Siglavy who hexed the muggle landlords."

    "And me? I'm..." Janna tried to think of something while covering her wrists "I'm the daughter of two Death Eaters and am I bad?"

    "No, because you're a girl" Albus murmured, Janna's eyebrows clashed.

    "So?" Janna shrugged "Maybe...not me—but any girl can be bad, or boy... Maybe you'll be bad, or me, or Rose" Janna then leaned to Albus who sighed deeply "Maybe Rose"

Albus chuckled silently, trying to look away from Janna "Fine, you win... But really, Janna, those are still bad people out there"

    "I don't have bad people for friends" Janna smiled, Albus looked at her and smiled slightly, then he looked at her neck.

    "Hey, what's that on your neck?" Albus pointed at Janna's neck, she jumped back a little and held her neck where the deep scar was sticking out like a dull scratch on a shiny wooden door.

    "Oh, nothing... Must be a trick of the eye" Janna rushed over the bench "Um... The boys are waiting for me... Er... See you later, Albus" Janna spoke hastily as she turned the corner of the table Janna rushed to the Gryffindor table, still holding her neck, she could feel her throat swelling, her heart in her voice box.

As Janna sat down Ash leapt from her robes pocket, he landed at a plate of grilled sausages, he sniffed the steam vigorously. The white ferret  then took a steaming sausage from the plate and dragged it backwards to Janna, his back was raised while he tripped over folks and a salt shaker before stopping at Janna's side plate.  Using it as a makeshift chair as he wrapped his claws around the sausage, taking a chunk off with his teeth.

    "'Ey, yu're lookin a little peelly there, Janna" Orion said as he stuck a knife into butter while holding a slice of hot toast.

    "Speak for yourself... But I'm alright... Thank you" Janna responded, holding her neck again where the scar snuck out behind her collar.

    "Wot did Potter tell ya?" Orion questioned, Janna slid her hand off her neck "did he make fun of yer scar?"

    "No, he just pointed it out" Janna sighed pulling the plate of sausages towards herself. Orion then got up, muttering under his breathe damn Potter, Janna took a hold of his arm before he stood up straight.

    "He wasn't rude about it, Orion" Janna pulled him to sit down, she did so gently "He actually warned me about you three..." All three boys looked up at Janna, Juno and Jake who were sitting across from the table were still devouring their food "your families are bad or something"

Jake scoffed "The poor boy is just trying to get your attention... He wants you to be as lonely as him here"

    "I don't think he realised that I came from the rotten side of the tree as well" Janna sighed, stroking a lock of curly hair out her face "I'll just ignore him if he tells me that babble again."

    "Or just punch him in the face" Juno chuckled, the other three looked  up at him "well, it is a way of defending yourself"

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After breakfast the four first years left the Great Hall to find Moaning Myrtle in the girl's bathroom, as they turned a corner they bumped into Harry Potter watching them.

   "Morning, Sir" the four said, trying to be as inconspicuous as possible. Harry raised an eyebrow.

    "Morning..." He then looked behind them "is someone chasing you four?"

    "No, why?" Juno tilted his head, Janna could see his hands fiddling behind him while Orion and Jake stared dead straight at Harry.

    "Oh, well. Running in the corridor is very strange... And also there is a rule that says you can't run in the corridors. So just be careful" Harry then nodded to Janna "especially you Janna, you might catch a cold" Harry then winked at Janna as he walked past, she nodded slowly.

    "What does he mean that ye will catch a cold?" Orion asked, his eyebrows knitting together as the group began to sneak through the corridor.

    "I... get ill—very easy" Janna said, telling a partial truth "must have been all the inbreeding in my family" The boys then laughed.

When they were by the girl's bathroom, the three boys looked at Janna, she only then realised they were by the girls bathroom "Well... you're a girl, just go check for...er... any other girls" Orion uncomfortably muttered, Janna stuck her head around the corner and saw the bathroom. She slipped around the corner calming went across the corridor, when she reached the bathroom door a small giggle came behind her, making the hairs on her nape stand up. She then slapped her hand on her neck as she felt something touch it, there was nothing.