A/N: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters JK Rowling has created!
I would like to thank my Beta Reader JoMiSm for being amazing!
Year 1
Elsa Malfoy stood at platform 9 ¾ with her grandmother, waiting for the train. Elsa looked around anxiously. She had no friends; she never usually left her home.
"What if nobody likes me?" Elsa asked as she looked up. Narcissa looked down at the small blonde girl and remembered when she feared rejection by her peers too.
Narcissa didn't hesitate in the slightest. "They will love you." Narcissa said as she bent down in front of the little girl and straightened out her black pea coat.
Elsa nodded silently and pulled her long blonde braid over her shoulder.
"Now, you get a move on so you don't miss the train." Narcissa said. Elsa nodded again.
"Love you." She said quietly. She didn't get an answer, but she hadn't expected one anyway. Her family wasn't the kind to say words of affection. She climbed onto the train without looking back and walked down the hall until she came to an empty compartment. She sat down and undid her coat to reveal her purple dress, then she sighed and started to pull out a book. She was startled when a black haired boy knocked on the glass.
"Mind if I sit? There is no empty compartments." He asked.
"Go ahead." Elsa said as the boy sat down across from her. His hair was untidy and his eyes were bright brown.
"What's your name?" she asked him curiously.
"James Potter. I think I recognize you…" he trailed off, expecting her to finish the sentence.
"My name is Elsa Malfoy." Elsa said.
"You're Draco Malfoy's daughter?" he asked.
"Yes." Elsa said, remembering how her grandfather had said that some people may not like her because of who her parents are.
"Our dads hated each other. I think they still aren't friends." James said.
"Please don't hate me." Elsa begged. All of the sudden James' eyes went from curious to confused.
"Why would I hate you?" James asked.
"Well, our dads aren't friends, and my mother said that sometimes, when adults hate certain people, their children do too." Elsa explained.
"Well, I think you're cool, so there is nothing to worry about." James said with a reassuring smile. Elsa smiled back and they both sat back in their seats as the train started out of the station.
A few moments later, someone arrived at their door. "Something from the trolley, dears?" the trolley lady asked sweetly.
"I'll take two of everything." James said as he gave her the money. He and Elsa brought everything into their compartment.
"You must be mental thinking that you can eat all of this on one trip!" She said as she stared around at all the food with wide, ice blue eyes.
"Well, maybe both of us can?" James said. Elsa shrugged and took one of the licorice wands and bit off the end of it. "So, what house do you want to be in?" James asked conversationally.
"Well, I don't really care which house." Elsa said with a shrug.
"I want to be in Gryffindor." James confided. Just then, the door to the compartment opened and a dirty-blonde haired girl walked in. She was slightly chubby and looked around nervously.
"Do you mind if I sit with you?" she asked.
"Of course not, sit down." Elsa said with a smile as she moved some of the candy out of the way. "I'm Elsa."
"Alice." The girl said.
"James Potter." James said as he nodded at her.
"My dad works at Hogwarts." Alice said.
"Really?" Elsa said as she looked at Alice curiously. She had never heard of someone's parents working there before...
"Yeah, he is the herbology teacher." She explained.
"My father works with the ministry." James said as he tried to put his arm on top of the seat like a cool kid... but he failed because he was too short.
"Mine does too." Elsa said as she mocked him for a second until she almost fell off of the seat, then she sat back up like normal. "Anyways… how long is this train ride?"
"A few hours." Alice said as she looked out the window. Elsa nodded and pulled out a book and placed it on her lap.
"So, Elsa, what do you do at home for fun?" James asked. Elsa looked up from her book.
"Nothing." James looked as though he wanted more elaboration. "I usually sit in my room. I also play piano, so I get lessons... well, used to get lessons." Elsa explained as she pushed a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear.
"I play with my iPad!" Alice said happily.
"i...Pad?" Elsa asked in confusion.
"Her parents don't let her have muggle things." James explained to Alice. Alice nodded.
"Its electronic." Alice said in simple terms. Elsa nodded and looked down at her hands awkwardly. She didn't have muggle things, and as James and Alice talked about them, she realized that maybe she had been sheltered more than she'd thought at the manor.
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