The last Alarie, a Delacour legacy

7

I entered the bustling carriage, students were running around everywhere, some reconnecting and some just plain confused and panicked looking. I was standing next to Leo still when I felt him loop his arm in mine and start pulling us towards a compartment.

 "what are you doing" I chuckled looking at our arms 

"making sure I don't lose you seeing as there are people running around everywhere" he looked down at me smiling

"well thank you" I matched his smile

He continued to guide me through the carriages many rooms and compartments until we finally found an empty one. I immediately ran to the window being met by my grandmother, who was smiling and waving while choking back tears. I smiled at her as I felt the carriage start moving.

"wow" I breathed out, finally sitting down, sinking into the cushions of the couch

"this is going to be my third time on the carriage, well fifth if you count the ride back, and it still amazes me every time." he sounded like he was in a daze, just staring out the window breathlessly, like a small child seeing stars for the first time

About 30 minutes into the flight I began to feel a bit sleepy and out of instinct I began to lay down and get myself comfortable, my head ending up on Leo's lap. I heard him chuckle briefly before I felt his hands go and begin playing with my hair. I melted into him as I felt myself drift away from reality.

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 about another forty minutes later, I heard someone enter our compartment, and then soon I felt a smack on my cheek. Before I could regain full conciseness, I heard Leo yelling and arguing with a familiar voice... Fleur? It couldn't be...

I began to flutter open my eyes, only to be met with dangerous blue ones and protective amethyst ones. I put my hand up to my cheek, red from the contact, and began rubbing it.

"ow," I muttered slowly, "Fleur what was that for?" I let out slowly, still rubbing my cheek

"for disappearing without telling mother or father where you went," she said smirking, "oh and mom told me to give you something." 

before I could even react and tell her I left a not behind on the counter to the left of the sink, underneath the third cabinet, she slapped me again. hard. Then she walked out again as if nothing ever happened.

"okay, one, THE Fleur Delacour is what? your sister? and second of all why did she slap you for your mother, and third of all why did you leave?" Leo bombarded me with questions

"woah, woah slow down, my head hurts like a lot and you asking me so many questions is not helping in the slightest." I groaned, my hand still pressed against my head, I began getting up from my laid down position on the seat

"oh sorry," he trailed off, "are you okay? do you need me to get you some water, do you need me to get you anything?" his amethyst eyes laced with concern

"No, no I think I'm alright." I paused before fulling getting into a seated position, "Also to answer your questions, yes Fleur is my sister, my mother has always really despised me and so has my sister and this started like four or five years ago, and finally I left because I couldn't handle being forgotten anymore, they left on vacation without me saying that if I didn't need to take a shower I would've possibly been taken with them." I explained, now rubbing my temple with my right hand

"wow, to be honest I didn't even know that the Delacour's had a third daughter." he gaped

"yea, I'm known as the forgotten Delacour by my used to be friends" I sighed, all of those painful memories of that night coming back to me, I shook it off before it began effecting me again