Challenge 2.

Title: He Never Liked Snakes.

House: Hufflepuff

Characters: Justin Finch – Fletchley, Ernie Macmillan.

A/N: So this happens just after the snake incident between Harry and Justin in CoS. Friendship Ernie/Justin, but can be looked at differently if you want.

Enjoy. xx

"What do you think you're playing at?" Justin shouted.

Then he ran.

Ernie, who was still back with the other students, snapped into action and ran after him.

When he found him, he winced. Justin was pale and shaking like crazy. Ernie sat down next to him and put a comforting arm around his shoulders.

"He didn't know you were afraid of snakes."

Justin bit his lip. "But he was chasing it towards me!" His hands curled into fits on his lap. He was angry and shaken. He didn't think Potter was the type of person to do such a thing.

"Oh come on, tell me why snakes are so scary then." Ernie said, taking his arm from Justin's shoulders.

Justin frowned and shook his head, hunching over a bit.

Ernie sighed and stood up, pulling his friend up with him.

They walked to the Hufflepuff dormitories in silence, their shadows bouncing on the walls.

When they made it there, they went straight to the second year boys' dorms.

Justin instantly collapsed on his bed. His anger was fading, being replaced by tiredness.

Ernie sat down next to him and wrapped his arms around him.

Not a very 'manly' thing to do to do but Justin was too mixed up to care.

Ernie, feeling more than slightly awkward, took his arms away and cleared his throat.

"Susan, Zach and Hannah are probably looking for us"

Justin nodded, "Lets go".

Together, the walked down to the common room, where they met up with their fellow Hufflepuffs.

Zach patted Justin on the back, "Potter shouldn't have done that. Didn't know he had something against you"

Justin shook his head and muttered, "Neither did I."

A/N: Okay, so that's it. I know it wasn't the best story in the world, but I tried. I triple checked it for spelling and stuff so it should be close to perfect for that.

Good luck to all the other contestants! GO HUFFLEPUFF!