Betrayal : Part One
Harry Potter & Co. Not mine. Duh.
So to start this out: Jana Marshall is in her 6th year of Hogwarts. She meets Ginny Weasly, who at this time is going out with Harry Potter. Ron and Hermione aren't together yet… and tons more is about to happen.
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Head bowed, she made her way down the uncommon hallways of the large stone building. Her black hair draped in curls down her back, her brown eyes wandering the cold stone floor.
Finally arriving at the portrait hole, she breathed a sigh of relief, happy that she finally found her way back.
She carefully crept into the common room and snuck up the staircase. Creaking her door open just wide enough for her to slip through, she tip-toed to her bed, laid down and pulled the covers up over her head.
Reaching under her pillow, she pulled out a small red leather bound book. Opening to the first page, she used the moonlight to write, her quill scratching softly against the parchment.
Finishing her entry she ended with a flourish: Love, Jana C. Marshall
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The sun was showing through the windows as Jana made her way down to the common room, her silky hair piled atop her head into a loose bun. It bobbed up and down as she walked towards a seat near the end of the Gryffindor table. Looking around, she settled on a seat next to a small red haired girl, and sat down quietly.
"Hello." The girl said.
Jana nodded at her silently.
"My name's Ginny. What about you?"
Jana looked up at the girl. She was pretty in sort of a plain way, her golden red hair placed in two braids on the side of her head, her green eyes twinkling.
"Jana."
Ginny nodded and turned back to her food.
Five minutes later, she started again.
"I'm a fifth year, what about you?"
Jana smiled at her. "I'm a sixth year."
"Really?" Ginny squealed. "My boyfriend's a sixth year."
Jana laughed. "Really? Who is he?"
Ginny sighed happily. "Harry Potter."
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"Stupid books." Jana muttered angrily. "How annoying." She was balancing a pile of books atop her arms, and they were falling. She ran towards her classroom, hoping that she could make it before they --
"Crap." She said, saving herself from uttering a word of profanity.
"Do you need some help?" A voice asked behind her.
She swiveled quickly and found herself looking into kind green eyes.
"Uh… sure?" She said, and then clamped her mouth shut for fear of saying something stupid. But then again, she supposed it was too late.
The boy smiled and reached down to help her pick up her books.
The bell rang.
"Well, I guess we should go in." He gestured towards the classroom.
Jana barely managed a nod.
"Okay." He said, and walked into the room.
It was all she could do to follow.
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"Harry Potter?" Jana jerked her head up from her daydream at that name. That was the name of Ginny's boyfriend!
She turned her head around to look for a Harry Potter, when the green eyed boy that had helped her in the hallway stood up and went to the teacher's desk.
Jana felt her face pale.
He just HAD to be Harry Potter, didn't he? The one guy that had been nice enough to her during her first week at this school was taken by her first girl friend at the school.
The boy she had come so close to falling for, even though she knew absolutely nothing about him.
As far as she was concerned, Harry Potter was just the nice black hair, green eyed boy that didn't care whether she was the "new girl" or not.
"Jana Marshall?" The voice asked. Jana sat up with a start. She looked towards the desk where the teacher was looking at her expectantly and realized that she was supposed to go talk to her.
She stood silently and made her way through the tangle of desks to the front of the room.
"Miss Marshall?" The teacher asked her. Her sharp features in combination with the tight bun made her look especially vicious. Her lips were pursed and her eyes bored into Jana.
"Yes?" Jana said.
"I understand this is your first year at Hogwarts." Jana nodded at this statement.
"I also understand that you took several of our courses at another school." Jana nodded again.
"So you should already know the basics of transfiguration, charms, potions…" Jana nodded yet again.
"Good. My name is Professor McGonagall and I am the transfiguration teacher." It seemed like all Jana could do was nod.
"I have already asked Mr. Potter, and he agreed that if you had any problem with this subject to help you." Jana felt her heart soar, but quickly squelched the feeling.
She nodded.
"Good. You may go back to your seat."
Jana turned and sank back into the wooden chair. Someone walked over to where she was and perched atop the chair next to hers.
Jana looked up curiously. A girl with long bushy brown hair and brown eyes was studying her.
"Hello. My name's Hermione." The girl informed Jana.
"Jana." She replied.
"Yes, I know." Hermione said. "I heard Professor McGonnagal call you up."
Jana nodded- yet again.
"Why are you in this class?" Hermione asked curiously. "I mean, the rest of us have taken this class since our first year- but I haven't ever seen you around."
"Well, I-" But Jana was cut off.
"Hermione, give her a rest already." A boy called from the other side of the room. He stood up and walked over to Jana, knelt beside her and whispered into her ear, "She gets jealous when anyone seems smarter than she is."
"Ronald! I heard that!" Hermione glared.
The red haired boy's ears turned the shade of his hair as he whined, "Hermione! Don't call me that! It's RON!"
Jana laughed. "Don't worry Hermione; I'm really bad at transfiguration. I'm just in this class because I've taken it for just as long as you have- just in a different place."
Hermione nodded and smiled. "Well if you ever need help-"
"She'll come to me." Jana looked up. Harry Potter was standing in front of her desk, looking at Hermione. "McGonagall's already asked me."
Hermione sniffed.
Ron rolled his eyes at Harry. "She's jealous."
Harry laughed.
"Yes, I know."
This earned them both a sharp glare and a sniff of the nose from Hermione.
Jana burst into giggles.
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After that, her days fell into a happier pattern.
She had made friends with many people, but hung around Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny most often. She even sat with them at meals.
"So then I said, 'Parvati! That's ridiculous! EVERYONE knows that he DYED his hair. Dyed hair is NOT sexy." Ginny explained to Hermione.
"Oh, I know." She replied.
Ron rolled his eyes at Harry. "Girls."
Harry nodded.
Jana glared at them. "Hey! I'm a girl…" She glanced at Ginny and Hermione. "And I'm not giggling and gossiping…"
"…Yet." Hermione said, turning from her conversation with Ginny.
"What?" Jana asked.
"From what I heard from McGonnagal, your old school records said that you were a total Gossip Master. Everyone looked up to you because of that and you got in trouble a lot because you spread rumors about people." Hermione said matter-of-factly.
Jana laughed. "Okay, you caught me."
Ginny giggled. "Just wait until you hear about MIKE."
Ron and Harry looked at each other and rolled their eyes simultaneously. Twice.
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Kay so that's the first part!
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Also- if you're going to review and ask about Jana's background, please don't because I'll explain more in later chapters/parts, yeah.
Hope you liked!
Judy