Golden Girl; 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓵𝓮𝔂

Third Year: In Which Bambi Decides She Needs to Learn to Tie Her Own Tie

It was silent for a long moment, Bambi just sat there thinking for a long time after the twins left. "So, I'm assuming those are your friends?" Her hazel eyes slid over to Lee's dark ones.

Lee, who had been scribbling something or other on a parchment labeled "Grand Ideas that Will Most Definitely Land Us in Detention", nodded. "Uh yeah, I've been friends with them for about two years now. They can be a lot sometimes." He smiled. "They seem to like you."

"Like me??" Bambi sighed, rolling her eyes. "Please tell me they aren't coming back here!"

"Oh, they will, once they find that toad and explode it or something."

"Explode it??" Bambi let out a gasp of air.

"Don't worry about it!" Lee said dismissively, "Toads are stretchy, they won't be hurt by a little exploding."

"But-"

Lee gave her a look, "A wizard's toad is different than regular toads."

"Oh," Bambi shut her mouth again. She remembered the lady in the pet store had mentioned something about Monty having some magical capabilities. Maybe a wizard shared some of their power?

She had another question on her mind but was almost afraid to ask. Was Lee going to give her as much of a hard time as the other two boys? She knew she was going to sound stupid asking, but the thought kept popping up in her mind.

"First we meet the famous "Boy who lived", and now we meet the daughter of the famous S.L Hargroves..."

"Who's... the person, uh... one of those twins mentioned? The "boy who lived?"" She asked cautiously in a low voice.

Lee looked at Bambi with such a look of shock, as if her head had just fallen off, "You sure you weren't raised by muggles?" He leaned in, raising an eyebrow. "You know, the famous story??"

"Famous story?" Bambi repeated. "Like Beedle the Bard stories?"

Lee didn't blink. He opened his mouth, then closed it, his mouth forming a straight line.

Bambi watched as he pressed his hands together, bringing them up to his chin as if he were trying to hold himself back.

"So first, your dad didn't tell you he was famous... and now, you're saying that you don't even know about Harry Potter??" He had a bewildered expression.

"Harry Potter?" Bambi tried to remember the same, but it rang no bells. Maybe she'd heard it before? "Is he famous here too?"

"He's more than famous! He's the one... you know who tried to kill, but couldn't!" He whispered the words, "You know who".

Bambi nodded her head, pretending to know what he was talking about. "Oh, cool..." Her eyes fell down.

Lee watched Bambi for a while, not saying anything at all. Perhaps it was because she genuinely didn't know, and Lee didn't want to make her feel embarrassed, he softened his face, quietly explaining to her the whole story about the Potters.

It seemed the more Lee talked, the more she realized that she didn't know all that much about the Wizarding world. She could easily name a long list of magical plants and creatures, tell you where to find them, and answer any question you had about them, but she couldn't tell you a single thing about the uprising and defeat of the biggest dark wizards of the decade.

It made Bambi wonder if it was another thing her father purposefully kept from her. But then, why? If, in his words, "Wizards all over the world know the story," how was it that she never heard it once?