Harry Potter ran through the wall of platform 9 3/4 and was immediately assaulted by the cameras of reporters flashing.He covered his face and turned his trolley, hurriedly moving into the crowd.
He turned to see his mom,Lily Potter and dad,James Potter with his sister,Rosaline Potter,following him.He craned his neck and saw his best mate,Ron Weasley,waving madly at him,alongside him stood Hermione,his other best friend.
He grinned and pushed his trolley towards him.He hugged Ron and Hermione before hugging the rest of the Weasley except for Ron's sister,Natalie Weasley.
You see,Natalie was way too open with her feelings relating to Harry.She was always either on top of Harry or right next to him.This made him quite uncomfortable.His dad always said that, and I quote,"this was his and Lily's story in reverse".In their story James was besotted with Lily,in theirs Natalie was.He said that soon enough Harry would start liking Natalie too.So far, Harry didn't see himself with Natalie.At all.
He shook hands with her and gave her a smile while she gave him a disheartened look, which didn't affect him.
Suddenly,the entire platform was silent.The Potters and Weasleys turned around to see the Malfoys with their younger son,Luke Malfoy,stepping into the platform.But that wasn't what shocked everyone.Along with the Malfoys was another person, Ginevra Ariana Marvolo Riddle,popularly known as the Dark Princess.Her face was completely emotionless, not even a speck of emotion.
The Potters looked at the distressed face of Molly and Arthur who had his arms around her.They shared a look.
It was common knowledge that the Dark Princess was initially Molly and Arthur's daughter, Natalie's twin sister.But she was kidnapped by Bellatrix Lestrange at the age of 5 when the Burrow had been attacked by death eaters.The aurors had conducted a 2-month long search operation before she was found in Malfoy Manor.However,when the aurors went to take her with them, she had screamed at them that she wasn't going anywhere and then had done some accidental magic which caused all the aurors to be thrown out of the manor.
James,who was now the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in Hogwarts,was the one to lead the search team.He had quit soon after that search operation.Anyway,it had later been decided that some strong form of Imperious Curse had been used to make Ginny believe that the Weasleys were traitors.Ever since then, she had been kept in the dark, behind the curtains.She was never seen outside.But according to a lot of people, she had helped in a lot of attacks which had taken place not just in the Wizarding World but also in the Muggle world.But those were just rumours.This was the first time she had come out in front of the crowd.
You could hear a pin drop as she gracefully walked through the platform with her head held high and those emotionless eyes looking nowhere but forward.She didn't even glance at the Weasleys as she walked past them.But as she passed them, her robe got caught in Harry's belt.She froze where she was and turned to him,her gaze sliding to his belt.He gulped and his family and friends had their wands ready to defend him if she did anything.
But she simply lifted her hand and pulled her robe out of his belt.She then turned forward and walked on as if nothing had happened, but not before their eyes met, giving him some strange chills.A good strange.
Everyone stared as she was lead by Draco Malfoy towards another family, who were like the Malfoys,rich and snobby-the Greengrasses.Astoria Greengrass hugged Draco,who hugged her back, and Ginevra,who remained emotionless and stoic.They boarded the train and slowly conversation rose again,mainly about Ginevra.
Harry watched as Molly wiped tears from her eyes before pasting on a smile.She gave all of her kids a hug, and for once, no one protested.As they all boarded the train,Fred and George went to sit with their friends,Oliver,Angelina and more.Natalie joined the Trio as they searched for a compartment.Finally they found one at the back of the train and settled in it.The train started and the four of them started to talk.
Fifteen minutes later, the door of the compartment slid open and Draco Malfoy stood there with a bored look on his face.
"Slide in"he said to Natalie,who glared at him.
"No she won't...find some other compartment, jerk"Hermione said
"Shut up,muggle-born,no one's speaking to you"he snapped
"Well,she's also sitting in here...so shut your trap and get going,ferret"Ron said
Draco's hand moved for his wand but a slender hand grabbed his arm.They looked over to see Ginevra standing there.
"Let it go,Draco...Astoria's found a compartment back there, come on, let's go"she said softly but strongly.
Malfoy glared at them once more before they left.
Ron went to the door and shouted after them
"Yeah,Malfoy,be lucky she came to save you, you wouldn't have known what to do with a wand anyway"
Draco simply gave him the middle finger without even bothering to look at him and entered the compartment.
Ron came back and sat down with a grumpy look.
"It's strange"Harry said
"What?"Hermione asked
"He called you 'muggle-born' instead of 'mudblood' like he always does"Harry replied
The four of them mused on this for a while before the Natalie,Ron and Hermione had to leave for prefect duty.Harry pulled out one of the books he had been reading lately,Into Thin Air.He didn't realise that it had been two hours until the trolley-lady came to ask them if they wanted anything.She seemed to be ecstatic and was muttering
".....not what everyone says at all....sweet little thing...generous and kind..."
"Umm,ma'am,what are you talking about?"he asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.
"Oh,nothing dear, just about the girl sitting in the compartment next to yours...everyone says that she's evil and all, but she was actually very kind to me, much kinder than the other kids your age...she even offered to push the cart for me"she said "Ah...it's true, not everyone is as told to be...anyway,anything from the trolley dear?"
He faintly shook his head as he was lost in his own thoughts.
"Hey mate, did you buy something?"Ron asked as he, Hermione and Natalie entered the compartment.
"No"he said as he stared out of the window,lost in his thoughts about Ginevra and what the trolley witch had said.
Maybe she really wasn't what everyone said she was.
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His Dark Princess
Fanfiction"She is not normal. She is very different and I know I will probably never understand how different she is but I'm willing to spend the rest of my life trying to" ___...
