Finally ; Harry Potter [1]

Chapter 1

There was something eerie about sitting in a confined space by yourself with the distant chatter of people dotted all around you.

That was what Robyn thought. Though, she didn't quite know why. Maybe it was because she was isolated? But she soon brushed off the idea and shook her head at her own stupidity, her hair shaking with her as if the single strands agree with her.

She has been isolated her whole life and she doesn't even know why. She didn't know what she did for everyone to hate her. And it infuriated her. It confused her. But as her eye's followed the lush green grass and the trees zooming past through her compartment window, it calmed her down, stopped the nagging thoughts in her head. Made her feel content. She brought her knees up to her chin and sighed. Not a sad one nor a happy one. Just a sigh.

She wasn't happy here. She shouldn't be here. She should be allowed to enjoy her school year happily, laughing with people. Having friends. But that never seemed to happen. Not even after three years. How pathetic.

Robyn let out a little chuckle at herself. Anyone else would have thought she was insane if they saw her, but she was completely normal. Too normal. Nothing exciting ever happened in her life. The first actual exciting thing to happen to her was magic but even that got normal eventually. She just wanted to feel something more than loneliness and sadness. That's what Robyn has felt most of her life. The only time she is really happy is when she is with her family. But her parents are always away on work trips and her brother is always at the Ministry. Her whole family is magic, so when Robyn did eventually get her letter, it didn't come as much of a surprise as she had been around magic since she was little.

She wanted to feel like any other student. She wanted to feel loved, happy. She wanted to feel like she had a meaning to this world. She wanted to feel adrenaline. She wanted to feel a rush of fear run through her veins. She wanted to feel anything. But all she has ever done is watch from a distance as everyone else felt what she so desperately wanted. She couldn't even start a conversation without stuttering. She couldn't do anything. She was useless. Pointless.

Robyn squeezed her eye's shut, trying to block out the words that were running around her head at rocket speed, trying to remind her that she has no place in the world. But instead of clearing her head of the nagging thoughts, a tear trickled down her cheek and onto her knee. Another followed after and then another. She was crying. She was all alone.

She wanted someone to wrap their arms around her and tell her soothing words. But nothing but coldness surrounded her as if trying to remind her of how alone she is. Robyn cried and cried, her body physical shaking and the inside breaking. But after crying for what Robyn thought was hours and was only about thirty minutes, she felt her eye's start to droop. She soon found herself fast asleep, dreaming of freedom.

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Turbulence awoke Robyn from her restless slumber as the train jolted about, causing many students from other compartments to poke their heads out in curiosity and try to find out what's going on.

Robyn stood with a groan, stretching out her limbs as some of her joints cracked with happiness. She rolled her head around, feeling a tight knot in her neck. Once the knot loosened, she let her own curiosity get the better of her and ended up poking her own head out of her compartment but another jolt in the train shook her as it began to slow down.

Things went spooky as Robyn tried to look for any clue to the unexpected stop but after not finding anything, she began her journey to see if the driver had anything to do with it. The chatter of the train rose as people's curiosity and confusion began to spark. Robyn kept her head down as she passed the ongoing compartments, not wanting to make any eye contact. But as luck is never on her side, another shudder racked through the train as a loud screeching sound could be heard.