Lust and Roses

Prologue

"Kailee, run!"

I turn and see my best friend, Ginny Weasley, smiling and looking at me with her usual fiery hair and fierce eyes. I ran towards her, her brother, Ron, was chasing me trying to tag me. Suddenly, I tripped over a rock and scratched my knee.   

I look up and see Ron next to me "Tag! I've got you, Kailee"

I frown and put my head down and try to hold back my tears, I hate it when Ginny sees me cry. Ginny turns around and runs towards me, of course, she does. She's always been like that, kind and generous.

"You okay Kailee?"

She smiles at me and kneels beside me. I look at her in her eyes and nod. She touches my knee and says "Hey, hey, don't cry, Nystorm. It's just a scratch"

Ginny lifts my head up with her hand.

"Ginny, you know how awkward I get when you do that"

"I'll always be there for you when you fall off your feet"

Ginny smiles, she looks into my eyes and wipes away my tears and helps me up, I look at her, and hug her, there, at that moment, I felt safe. I felt at home. I felt loved. I touch her shoulder and grin cockily.

"Tag, you're it."

She looks at me, filled with complete shock and lets out a teasing giggle.

"You little..."

*11 years later*

Here I am, remembering that sweet memory of Ginny and me when we were 5. It's been 11 years now and we're sitting on the Hogwarts Express on our way to Hogwarts for our 5th year. I look out the window and see the hills, the hills are covered in green and you can see little specks of colour that remind me of the flowers back at home in The Burrow. The Weasleys took me in after my parents got into some really dangerous Death Eater business.

My parents were Death Eaters when they had me. They were super close to You Know Who when he was at his most powerful. After the war, they left the country and me behind. Before my parents went dark, they were close to the Weasleys. From what Mrs. Weasley has told me, they were like family. Besides what I make people believe, it bothers me a lot. I don't have many memories of them. It's nice that I have the Weasleys though, they're my real family, they raised me.

"Kailee... Kailee... Come on, do you want a pumpkin pastie or not?"

I lose my train of thought and look back at Ginny. I nod and hand her my change. I take a bite from the baked goods and am filled with pure joy. Suddenly, Hermione walks into our compartment.

  "Just reminding you two, we'll be at Hogwarts soon, you should put your robes on."

"Of course Hermione, don't throw a fit" I reassured her.

"Gin, move over, I need to change," I say to Ginny.

She laughs slightly. "Okay okay" She grabs my hand and I get a slight wave of something. What's this feeling? It felt new.

"Wait up, I'm coming with"

Huh, I've never felt like that for Ginny before. I've always seen her as a friend, my best friend even. Maybe, it was just a fluke.

We both get dressed and jokingly model our robes.

"Gryffindor Pride," Ginny says annoyingly.

"I still don't get why you hate Gryffindor so much," I reply calmly, "it's seriously not that bad."

"It's just annoying, my brothers think it's so cool that we're brave and all that, it doesn't validate acting all entitled and stuff." I can tell she's just ranting at this point,  so I just nod, it's the best I could do.

We finally ended up at Hogwarts. The big castle-like building, as per usual, the towers are so tall that it appears it'll tear a hole through the sky. The windows look like little stars glistening in the night sky. I love it here, I feel secure. It's beautiful.

Ginny and I step off the train platform and make our way up to the front door. It looks even bigger up close. Ginny grabs my hand and the same feeling I experienced in the train washes over me. I close my eyes and inhale and take in all the butterflies. I look at her and she looks at me. Her brown eyes twinkle slightly. Her smile feels so warm and cozy. She brings me so much comfort and I can't be any happier to have her as my best friend.

"This is our year, Nystorm," Ginny says confidently.

"Let's do this," I replied confidently.

A/N

This is my first story lol, I know the writing kind of sucks. This story is mostly a joke so let me know if I should continue :)