Alyss Granger: First Year

Another Life

CHAPTER 23

Teddy grumbled all the way to Gryffindor Tower where we met Matt and Tom looking quite paranoid with each other.

“I told you they just went with her sister.” Tom said.

“Yeah, what was it about?” Matt shot at Teddy.

“Golden Trio stuff, we got told to get lost.”

“Not in that way.” I tried but decided it was hopeless. Instead I turned to Matt. "I need to talk to you." I said. He looked confused but followed me out. Teddy and Tom were about to follow so I added. "Alone."

We walked down the corridor. "What’s this about?" he looked very confused now.

"Well, us. We aren't really in a relationship. We’re just friends, Best friends. I really don’t know why I said yes in the first place but I am glad now because you're a great friend but the key word is friend." I explained.

"Yeah, I feel the same way. I just thought you were pretty. I never had any friends before Hogwarts. My parents are over protective. Just looking at someone I knew I could be friends with. I mistook it for love." he said and it all made sense, finally.

"You've never had a friend?"

He nodded. "They were scared of magical children hurting me by accident so they encouraged Muggles. But they were all scared of me. I was the kid who talked of a fantasy world.

"But the real issue was that I said they were Muggles. I said they couldn't be part of it. They thought I was excluding them from a game.

"It was the worst time of my life. When I realized this was the problem my magic had revealed itself and I was a freak. I made an ice cream truck multiply. It didn't seem like much but after time they began to see it was more than one mishap. They had seen magic. Nine of them, my only friends who abandoned me. My father came home and told me I could never see them again. They had had their memories erased and they didn't, wouldn't ever remember me again. I was alone. Again.

"I just asked you because you were something to me. A possibility for life. For happiness for everything that had been taken away from me as a child. I grew up so much. I kept to myself. I ran away. I ran far away. I was born in Ottery St. Catchpole. I ran to Yorkshire. I went 

to an orphanage.

"I said that my parents hadn't wanted me. I told them I was Mathew Ester and that in a year, on my birthday someone would come for me.

"They didn’t believe me. They searched for my parents. But I was so far away it was impossible. My parents believe I died. The orphans believe I'm a freak. The employees think I'm odd. My parents are impossible to locate by Muggles. They haven't looked for me. They don't care.

"Having someone who you believed loved, then to have them abandon you. It's the ultimate betrayal."

I didn't know what to say. "I’m sorry."

Matt sighed. "Don't be. They aren't my family as far as I'm concerned."

"I know. Now you have a sister. Me."

He looked at me. "Thank you."

"And two brothers," Tom said as Teddy nodded.

"Can you stop spying?" I asked.

"Nope," Teddy said.

"There are enough Weasleys. You can be one of them. My sister would love to adopt you."

He looked at me with wonder in his eyes, he wouldn’t believe me. “She would love help with Ron, and Hugo and Rose, but mostly Ron.”

Matt smiled weakly but he didn’t reply. Did he not know me enough to tell that I don’t lie, ever? I lie less than Hermione and Hermione never lie or lied. Okay, she did on occasion but not often! “We’ll ask her tomorrow if you still refuse to believe me.”

“It’s just, different, I suppose.” Matt said.

“Now can we be finished with this word fun fest and lay chess or something?” Teddy just had to say right then.

 “And do your homework!” Tom added.

But Tom and I exchanged a glare. Teddy wasn’t going to do his essay and Matt was in no condition to even try.

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Alyssa