The End As I Know It

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the original characters.

Authors Note: Hello everybody! Well after a two month wait I am back, and with a new chapter. I am so sorry to have had to keep you guys waiting for so long but it's been an excessively busy month, my birthday was on May 2nd, and I have had about 6 projects due this month. And my horse has also kept me very busy. So I give you chapter 3! But before you go, please review, constructive criticism welcome, this chapter is unbeta'd because my proofreader has been grounded from not doing her homework and is not allowed on her computer. Bummer eh? Hopefully this chapter will still be alright. The new characters introduced (Megan Jones and Rose Zeller) ARE infact in the book. Haha.

Summary: Taken from the Potters at birth, Justine grows up at the home of the Dark Lord. At the age of 17 she is granted the chance to finally attend Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry where she befriends the quiet Blaise Zabini. But is there a catch?

Chapter 3: Dormitories

Justine spun around startled and simultaneously jolted off the staircase. "Oh thank god!" she squeaked, tilting her head up towards Blaise, who smiled and offered a hand to help her up. "You alright?" he asked while gently pulling her upright. "Yeah, as good as it can get when it's your first year and you have no idea where to go" Justine huffed. "Need a tour guide then?" he asked. Brown eyes alight with amusement at watching the stubborn girl attempting to wiggle her hand free from his grip. "That would be lovely…. But you're in Slytherin, how could you know where the common room is?" she breathed, raising an eyebrow accusingly.

"Prefect."

"Ah right."

"Cupcake?"

"Good Man"

Hand still firmly entwined between the fingers of the shorter girl, he drew his wand and muttered a quick something, and with a crack, a cupcake appeared. He handed it to her. Taking a bite out of the frosted treat she gasped a quick "Muchly" and finished off the cupcake, leaving a lovely creamy white mustache.

"You're almost as bad as Crabbe or Goyle!" he said, handing her a tissue. A look of outrage crossed her face.

"You wouldn't mind letting go of my hand would you?"

"Yes. And if looks could kill I'm guessing I'd be dead?" Blaise suggested wickedly, studying her darkened face. "Damn Right. A crumpled heap on the floor." Justine muttered darkly and glanced towards the gliding staircases. "Blaise, why are the staircases moving?" she asked, taking a hesitant step onto one. "Dunno, S'been like that for ages." "Ah, so if I fall off one, you'll come to the rescue and be my knight in shining armor?" she questioned. "No, loser in aluminum foil." He laughed. She smiled and poked him in the arm with her wand.

"So you actually do magic with a wand!"

"Of course I do!"

"Lets see it then."

"Eleven and a half inch, willow and unicorn hair." Justine announced proudly. "Know how to use it?" "Well yes, I'm seventeen. I did learn magic before Hogwarts. Josh taught me." Justine said irritably. "Josh your boyfriend?" Blaise asked, brushing a mess of heavily dark brown hair out of his eyes. "No, family friend." Blaise rounded a corner and stopped. "That's your entrance." He explained, pointing towards a painting of a black horse in a setting of deep yellow-leaved birch trees. "Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled and entered the common room.

She was startled by a mass of yellow, black and purple furnishings that covered the rooms. A few heads turned her way but then returned back to whatever the owners where working on. She sighed and began making her way up the tiny steps leading to the bunk rooms. She slowly made her way down the hallway and noticed a blond girl about her age with a prefects badge neatly pinned across her chest. "Um, you wouldn't mind helping me finding my dormitory, I'm a bit lost." Justine said shyly.

"Sure, I'm Hannah Abbott, and you are?"

"Justine Evans."

"Ah, so you're the new girl. Same room as me, straight down to you're left. I'm pretty sure Susan and Megan are inside already. But I think Rose is downstairs" Hannah said and then turned towards a first year. "Right thank you." Justine muttered politely and quickly strode over to her dorm. She quietly opened the door and slipped inside. Inside were four, four-poster beds, three already unpacked and clothing neatly stacked in cabinets and on tables. And then there was the fourth bed, covered in trunks.

"You must be Justine Evans?" a slightly pink faced, red haired girl said happily and then extending a hand. "Susan Bones. Nice to meet you." Justine shook her hand and then sat down on her bed. "Oh and don't mind Jones over here. She just loves to read, and I wouldn't interrupt her, you might lose a body part." Susan said, tilting her head towards a stockier, brown haired girl engulfed in a very large leather-bound book. "Jones? Isn't Jones somewhat a boys name?" Justine asked. "Well her real name is Megan, but I call her Jones for short." The redhead replied. Justine smiled and turned towards a mirror. As far as she could remember she had hated her black hair. Sure, unlike Harry's it was smooth and straight. But the color black didn't fit. Pulling out her wand she muttered a quick spell and pointed it at her hair, suddenly turning it a lovely dark shade of brown. Hopefully with this color she would look relatively different from her brother. After another quick glance at the mirror, she turned back towards her bed an opened a book.

As the sky had become a very dark shade of blue, Justine had found herself enjoying her dorm-mates company. Although Megan spent most of her time reading long novels, she was quite the artist and comedian. "Has anyone seen my scarf? I had it a minute ago." Justine tore her eyes away from her diary and glanced towards the doorway, where a skinny, blue-eyed, blonde girl stood. "Is this it?" Susan asked, picking up a yellow and black scarf and handing it towards the girl. "Thanks Susan." She said smiling. "Oh Justine this is our other dorm-mate, Rose Zeller, Rose this is Justine Evans." Rose raised a hand and Justine smiled. "Oh and don't be fooled by those white teeth and acne free skin, Rose has an aptitude for not doing her homework and a great love for pranks, she and Megan have a Fred and George fan club. You should have seen their faces when the twins left Hogwarts." Hannah Abbott joined in, taking a spot beside Rose. Megan put down her book and grinned. "Best guys on the planet. Well Neville is pretty good too." She added. "I still love Diggory, even though he died two years ago." Susan added. "Don't we all." Agreed Hannah and Rose. Justine laughed and nodded.

"So Justine when did you get sorted?"

"Wuh? Oh yeah, Uh when I got here I went up to the Headmistress's office and she plunked the sorting hat on my head. How I got into Hufflepuff I don't know. I mean, just? I don't even share my cookies!" Justine exclaimed, making everybody in the room laugh. " The hat's smart, it must have a reason." Megan chided. "True." Susan nodded. "So what's your timetable for tomorrow?" Justine asked. "Uh first I have transfiguration, then potions, DADA, Charms, Ancient Runes and then Arithmacy." Megan said.

"How…. Fun."

"Mmhmm."

"Anyone want to go downstairs with me?"

"Sure in a minute."