Prologue: Introductions
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Draco Malfoy was broken. He supposed he had always been broken. No one loved him but his mother. His father hit him and pressured him. He broke as a child and no one could fix him. But most recently he was broken by the war, by a conflict where he had no control. He was on the losing side and in one night, last night his whole world came crashing down. The Dark Lord was dead. His father would be sent to Azkaban, his mother a hero in shambles. His best friend was dead, his ex girlfriend hated him, the world hated him. No one could fix him, he was broken, not one person knew how to put the pieces together, or even where to find the pieces. He was the Broken Boy.
Astoria Greengrass was invisible. She always had been. She lived the shadow of her perfect pureblood princess of a sister. She wore last years dresses because they were on sale. No one in Slytherin knew her, she was always just another face in the crowd. Her mother was never satisfied with her looks or manners and her father never approved of her friends. She was called a blood traitor and a coward. No one saw her, so nobody knew when she joined Dumbledore's Army. Last night she was invisible. She did not leave with her house, she stayed and helped the wounded. She wasn't on a side she was invisible. She likes reading and flying. No one saw her and she knows no one ever will. She was the Invisible Girl.
Draco knew of Astoria Greengrass, but he didn't know her. He thought she was pretty, but never said a word about her raven curls or grass green eyes, her pale skin or pink lips, or her small upturned nose. He noticed the Invisible Girl.
Astoria knew of Draco Malfoy. Everyone knew of Draco Malfoy. She thought he was handsome. Blond hair and grey eyes. His eyes told her he was broken, she never told him she knew. He was broken and she wanted to fix him. She found the pieces, but it would be a while before she glued them together. She fixed the Broken Boy. \