A/N: The quotation marks in the parenthesis are Theodore talking. Please enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters in this fanfic.
Porcelain Doll
Daphne Greengrass is like a porcelain doll…
{{And she hates it.}}
She's been told she's pretty for as long as she can remember
And she knows this is true and likes being complimented
Except that's the only thing she can remember being praised about.
Astoria has been complimented on her beauty too
((But she's been complimented on other things as well.))
Astoria's been praised for being smart
((She's top of her class even.}}
Astoria's received encouragement for her drawings
{{She really is a fantastic artist))
She's brave and outgoing
[{And people care and listen to what she has to say]}
Daphne tries hard but her grades are slightly lower than average.
She cannot draw the way Astoria does.
She is frightened of everything and rarely speaks because…
Whenever she does, it always seems as if she says the wrong thing.
She can't come up with witty comments like Astoria
[(No one ever gets Daphne's jokes.])
Daphne has come to the conclusion that being a pretty face is all she's good at.
{[So she just does what people expect of her))
({As any good porcelain doll should}]
But this porcelain doll is b~r~e~a~k~i~n~g
And she doesn't think anyone notices.
But that's where she's wrong
He notices: Theodore Nott.
He thinks she's funny
([Even though he doesn't always get her jokes, he usually does, and even when he doesn't, he laughs anyway.)]
He likes her drawings
({Even though they're hard to understand]]
He appreciates her effort.
[{"You're such a hard worker Daph. You try your best, and that's all that's matters."}]
He basks in her kindness
() "You're such a sweet girl, Daph.")(
He doesn't think she's a coward.
)}"Not everyone can be as brave or outgoing as your sister, and that's okay; plenty of people are shy, and it's okay to be scared."()
But the greatest thing that's come from her relationship with Theo …
Is that she now realizes she is more than just a pretty face:
She's not just some porcelain doll to be looked at and admired,
{{Seen and not heard,) (
She is her own person with her own thoughts and feelings.
And she can express herself and share them
Because this porcelain doll is, at long last…
Finally becoming human.
A/N: I hope you liked it! Also, just to clear something up, even though I didn't mention it, Astoria is a nice girl in this fic; she isn't mean to Daphne or anything like that. It's just that people pay more attention to her talents than they do to Daphne's, so while Daphne admires and loves her, she is just a bit jealous of her.
Anyway, I hope you liked it. Please review!
