I'm not a coward, just shy (Hogwarts fanfic)

ch 2 ~ hate and love at first sight

We took the Floo network to Diagon Allay. It was Harry's first time, so Mr Weasley went first, with my reluctantly going second and I didn't lose my breakfast which was lucky. Next came Fred, George, Percy, Ginny, Ron, Mrs Weasley but no Harry. Mr Weasley suspected that he just got off at the wrong fireplace. We looked for Harry, bumping into Hermione who helped to look but we couldn't find him. I even tried to luck into the future but I couldn't see, there were too many paths and it was like trying to read subtitles on ten TV's at the same while someone was shouting 'can you see him!?!' in your ear. Lucky just before Mrs Weasley was about to go into a full blown panic attack Hagrid showed up, a huge hand on Harry's shoulder who looked quite pale. Mrs Weasley clutched him to her chest also most in tears while him awkwardly patted her shoulder.

We finally got round to visiting Gringotts to get money for shopping. Me, Harry, Mr and Mrs Weasley and Ron, hopped into a carted and visited Harry's volt first. There was a lot of gold in his Volt and Ron's jaw dropped. Next was the Weasley which only had a small pile of silver coins in the middle. Lastly was mine and I wasn't ready for the sight I saw. I knew I had a lot of wizard money since I was told no one from my father except my father or my mother's side were alive, but this was too much. Inside the volt were mountains of gold, bronze and silver and I wasn't kidding. It was so much I felt physically sick. I had so much and my family had so little. I couldn't let this go on. I turned to the goblin.

"I want to combine, the Weasley volt with my volt" I said not even having to think about it. Ron, Mrs Weasley and Harry gasped while Mr Weasley looked faint.

"No Dear, you can't this is your families volt" Mrs Weasley said looking horrified at the thought.

"Didn't you say we were family" I asked, trying to sound sure of myself.

"Of course you are dear, but this is too much I can't except it"

"Then it is your family volt to, just like you feed me for your volt... I-I never knew I much I had, It should be this, in the volt is enough to feed a third world country and I want to share, I don't want this family to have to worry about money... You're my Mum and Da-d" My body was trembling and I wiped my eyes. I didn't really know why I was crying but I was. Mrs Weasley and Mr Weasley looked shocked.

"You finally called me Mum" She started sorry and pulled my into a hug, sobbing uncontrollably. I felt Mr Weasley's hand on my shoulder. We stayed like that until I felt the goblin tap my shoulder.

"I apologies, but you may not have full control of this back until you have reached the wizarding age of 17" He said in a high voice. I felt a pit drop in my stomach, I couldn't even help my new family, the only I knew as family.

"Listen, Taylor, It's ok, we might not be the richest family in the world but we are happy" Ron stepped forward.

"Ron is right, now come on the others will start to wonder where we are" Mr Weasley said.

Once out of the bank we started to get everything on our letters. The strange thing was almost every book on the book list was by a guy named Gilderoy Lockhart. Harry, Ron, Hermione went to got some other stuff, while Me, Ginny and Mrs Wea- I mean Mum waited in the Flourish and Blotts book shop. I brought my books not wanting a sighed copy but decide to have a look around while I wait for Mum and Ginny to get signed copies for Gilderoy Lockhart. He was a handsome man, with salon hair and a bright smiled which only served to annoy me and personally I didn't want to be within five meters. I wondered rounded the shelves in the shop, my finger run over the books. I found myself at the right back of the store, where there was almost no people, only one girl. She was wearing very odd clothes with odd patterns. She orange radishes hanging from her ears and almost white hair. She was reaching for a book on the top shelve. I found myself walking up to the girl.

"Would you like some help" I asked.

"That would be wonderful, I can't some to reach that book, I think the Giffies probably stunk me" she said in a dream like voice.

"What are giffies?" I asked taking the book from the shelve and handing it to her. She had very big blue eyes and she was very pretty.

"They are small Mosquito like creatures, the feed off of your grew rate, it is the main cause of stunted growth" she explained and babbled some more nonsense.

"Do you happen to go to Hogwarts" she asked. I nodded.

"It's my second year" I said, even though this girl was extremely weird I felt draw to her.

"I am going in first year" She nodded, her eyes searching the air, as if she was trying to find a Giffie.

"So is my sister" I continued, "Maybe I'll see you there, I am Taylor Fleet" I stuck out my hand.

"Luna Lovegood" She shook it and smiled. I felt a blush raise in my cheeks.

"I-I better be going my family will be leaving soon, S-see you at Hogwarts" I said quickly making my escape.

By the time I got back to The Weasley, harry, Ron and Hermione had returned and were almost at the front of the line. I came to stand by stand next to them. I started to get a very bad gut finding.

"Harry, you should hide" I whispered.

"Why?" he turned to me confused.

"I don't know-"

"Well if it isn't Harry Potter" I jumped so violently my glasses went askew. Lockhart had spotted Harry was now rounding his autograph table and was walked quickly towards us. "Oh my if it isn't the famous harry Potter. It is a Pressure to meet me, isn't it." He said pushing me to the side to shock Harry's hand. "Harry Potter walked into Flourish and Blotts today only thinking that he was going to pick up his school books, However he will be not only be leaving with all of the Hogwarts books discounted he will also receive a free sighed copy of my new book 'magical me' completely free!" he spoke to the crowd of people capping harry on the shoulder as he tried to get away. A small man with a big camera jumped in front of them again shoved me and Hermione out the way.

As Lockhart went on and on about how amazing he was harry managed to slip away, grumbling as he dumped his books into Ginny second hand cauldron.

"I bit you love all that attention, potter" An all too familiar sneering voice called. We turned and there stood Malfoy. "Oh look, the girl hasn't realised her gender yet" He smirked at me. I blushed dark crimson and stared at my feet.

"You better shut it Malfoy" Ron growled, Fred and George suddenly by my sides. Before Malfoy could sneer anything else, a man in dark robes and long white blonde came out from the book shelves, a look of disgusted painted on his face.

"Malfoy, I thought I told you not to talk to inbreeds and blood traitors" He said in the same sneer that Malfoy had. His eyes brushing over Me and Hermione and then the others.

"Mr Malfoy I would prefer if you didn't speak about my family like that" Mr Weasley looked very angry. His face had gone bright red and he was gritting his teeth.

"Well if it isn't Arthur Weasel, Where you these" He said a ratty one of Ginny's book with his thumb and index fingers like it was something rotten. "Can even afford something as simple as a book, are you really that poor" he say leaking sarcasm. I had an instinct bad feeling.

"That's it!" Mr Weasley lunged at Mr Malfoy. At the same time I stepped forward and caught his fist, using all my strength to stop him for punch him.

"Look, Dad, don't let him get under your skin. Be the better man, think of what he could do" I said Foreseeing all his moves and blocking them. Until he was panting and I lead him out of the shop.

"Taylor, why didn't you let me attack him" Mr Weasley said still fuming with angry.

"Because if you didn't it wouldn't end well, sometimes you have to turn the other cheek, it's not submitting, It shows control, he was tensing you, he wanted you to start a fight." He asked. Mr Weasley took a shaky breathe and calmed down.

"Your right, thank you for stopping me" He sighed.

"Arthur! What on earth did you think you were doing" Mrs Weasley shouted. I don't think I have ever seen a man's face change from red to a sickly pale so quickly. He was in trouble.