Flowers ↬ H. Granger

S E V E N

I love everything you do.

melanie martinez; training wheels

[unedited]

[All rights go to J.K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [chapter 12] as some of the text was copied straight from the book, I have no intention to steal her work.]

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River was doing better.

Of course she wasn't fully over it, all of those times her parents said they would love her no matter what, they were all lies.

Everyday she was hoping she had just faced a nasty boggart, and every morning she woke up she was hoping it was all just a dream, and her mother was down stairs making the blueberry pancakes she loved.

But she wasn't, and instead of being in her old bed in her old bedroom she woke up in Zola's older sister's room, in her older sister's bedsheets.

River was ever so greatful that Ms. Green was so accepting, and she couldn't be more thankful that she welcomed her into their home.

Despite doing better, River was definitely not ready to go back to Hogwarts, but unfortunately when September first came Ms. Green forced both Zola and River on the Hogwarts Express.

River felt bad for avoiding Hermione on the train, but to put it lightly she was the last person she wanted to see.

River knew it wasn't Hermione's fault that her parents didn't accept her, and she knew it wasn't Hermione's fault she was born this way. 

***

Hermione was confused.

River hadn't answered her letters for the past two months, and she wasn't sitting with her like she promised.

Hermione, being the intelligent girl she was, had figured out something was clearly wrong with River. After passing the compartment she was occuping, Hermione could tell River was not being her usual smiley, optimistic self but in fact looked miserable in cold. Despite being friends with River for a short time, she still cared for the girl and noticed when she was upset. She also learned that whenever River was sad or angry, she wanted to be alone. So she sent River a small wave while passing the compartment, and returned to her own.

***

A few of River's housemates gave her weird looks, and she couldn't blame them. Her eyes had large bags under them, her hair was in some sort of style that looked liked a bird's nest, her tie was in a large knot across her neck, and the stockings on her uniform looked like she'd worn them for weeks despite putting them on less than an hour ago. Not to mention, thanks to Peeves, she was soaking wet from water balloons.

Despite being absolutely miserable, River still put a smile on her face (although it was partially forced) when the jittery first years came strolling in behind a strict looking McGonagall.

She still clapped whenever a first year was welcomed to her house, although her mind was elsewhere, as usual.

But River was snapped out of her own little world while she was eating, but she was interrupted when a group of students in blood red robes came strolling in, putting on a ceremony with walking sticks.