Chapter Five: Jo Meets Draco Malfoy

After the feast, an older boy showed Jo and the other first year Slytherins to the common room and dormitories. Jo found where her stuff was and changed into a nightgown. Then she went back down stairs to hang out until bedtime. Jo chose a chair and sat down, laying her head down to relax. All the sudden, the blond haired kid walked up to the chair and hovered over her. At first, Jo didn't want to look at him, but then she realized he wasn't going to go away until she did. She slowly lifted her head. The boy looked at her, a sly grin creeping across his face.

"Well, well, well. Ol' Potter's sister. Wow, what a surprise. It is funny how young Potter got stuck in Slytherin with her brother a little ways up the stairs in the Gryffindor common room, chatting with his friends, probably not even thinking about his little sis." The boy said, grin getting bigger. "Let me introduce myself. I am Draco Malfoy."

"That's a stupid name." Jo told him, trying to act tough so he would back off.

"Stupid huh, not as stupid as J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-E!" He remarked. Jo realized he wasn't going to be easy to get rid of. She was about to stand up and just walk off when the boy snapped. His grin turned into a smile. Two big arms grabbed her from behind and lifted her out of the chair by her shoulders. Malfoy laughed at Jo's shocked face.

"Oh, you can't leave so soon, you haven't met my right and left hand men. This is Crabbe on your left and Goyle on your right. They will become quick friends of yours. They will be giving you a lift very often." Malfoy laughed at his stupid joke. Jo didn't think it was so funny.

"Not if I can help it." Jo remarked.

Malfoy laughed some more. "Oh really, what do you plan to do about it?" Jo just gave Malfoy that same snake like grin, and kicked backward. Crabbe and Goyle fell to their knees in pain from Jo's hard kick in the stomach. As they fell, Jo lunged at Malfoy and punched him in the chest, hard. As Malfoy's hands shot up to where Jo punched him, Jo did a flip over his head and ran for the girls' dormitories. But Crabbe and Goyle were on her tail. She dived into the room in slammed the door right before they came in. She heard a thud and then another from where they had rammed into the door and fell to the ground. Jo locked the door.

"The other Slytherin girls will have to find another way in, 'cause that door ain't coming unlocked." Jo said to herself as she collapsed onto her bed and fell asleep. Tomorrow, she would start her first classes, and maybe meet some new kids.