I Was Made For Loving You - James Potter

08: past

content warning: acts of physical abuse and bad parenting. read with caution.

Elodie's parents hadn't said a word to her when she cane home for Christmas break. The day they sent her off she was told all about Ravenclaw, every Westwood had been sorted into Ravenclaw, and Elodie was so excited to see what the Common Room was like. Apparently there was a photograph of her great great great grandfather in there.

She was told she'd make an exemplary student, that Ravenclaw was something to be eternally proud of. She was told to befriend specifically her housemates, though they didn't really mind that rule. However, the one thing they were insistent on was being a Ravenclaw.

She remembers the exact feeling of when her name was called. With her surname, she was one of the last, but she didn't really mind too much about that. When her name was called, she confidently walked up to the stool, and seated itself.

The confidence was shortly replaced with dread when the Sorting Hat called Gryffindor. The cheers from the house were muffled, everything went quiet in Elodie's ears. She felt dizzy when she stood up, walking over to the long row of tables and sat down.

She lost her appetite for the food she was so excited to taste. She lost her excitement to make friends. She lost everything that day.

When she woke up the next morning, a letter from her parents sat on her desk. She decided to get it out of the way and open it.

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𝐸𝓁𝑜𝒹𝒾𝑒 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒶 𝒲𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓌𝑜𝑜𝒹,

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝑒𝓌𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓌𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈. 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓈𝒸𝓇𝓊𝒷𝒷𝑒𝒹 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝓇𝑒𝑒, 𝒶𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒶𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝓎𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻. 𝐼 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓇𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓋𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒, 𝒶𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓇𝓇𝒶𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓎. 𝒟𝑜𝓃'𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈, 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝒶 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒.

𝑅𝑒𝑔𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓈,
𝒜𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒲𝑒𝓈𝓉𝓌𝑜𝑜𝒹

*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Her first panic attack at eleven. She cried all day, much to the annoyance of her roommates, except for one. Lily Evans, her first friend - she thought since Elodie was pureblood, never in a million years would they talk. But on that day, an inseparable friendship was formed. The girls didn't know it yet, but they'd never be apart for too long.

Lily introduced her to Marlene and Mary, their other roommates. Marlene was hilarious and chaotic, while Mary was a lot quieter and more shy. The muggleborn, pureblood, extrovert and introvert would probably not have even looked at each other given separate dorm rooms. Yet here they are, 5 years later. Closer than any of them would've ever even imagined.