Disclaimer: As much as I freaking love Harry Potter and wish he and his whole world was MINE, its not. It's JK Rowling. Sucks for me.
Friendly Love
Teddy Age: 13
Victoire Age: 11
Victoire POV
I rubbed my eyes as the incessant beeping of my alarm clock woke me up. The day had finally come! I was finally going to Hogwarts. Me being me, I had already packed two weeks before and my new trunk lay by the door. I threw off my flower- patterned covers and stretched as I got up. I walked over to my dresser and pulled on a pair of jeans and a pretty, flowy top. I evaluated myself in the mirror. All my life I had been told I looked exactly like my mother. My silvery blond sheet of hair fell to my elbows, my porcelain skin glowed and my high cheekbones stood out against my heart shaped face. Only my warm blue eyes marked me as a Weasley. I grabbed the stiff handle of my trunk and the cage of my new owl, Ash, and walked downstairs to where the rest of my family was having breakfast.
"Bonjour ma chérie!" My mom said as she swooped around from the stove and placed a plate of eggs in front of me.
"Bonjour Maman." I responded as I hungrily attacked the eggs. My sister Dominique wrinkled her dainty nose as she watched me eat. As I continued to shovel food into my mouth, her expression became more and more disgusted.
"Gross, Tori. Could you eat any more messily?" she asked, quite sarcastically for nine year old. I playfully flicked her shoulder as Louis snorted, his mouthful of food spraying us all. My dad lowered the Daily Prophet to glance at us all and raised an eyebrow. Maman sat gracefully down next to Dad and we all kept eating. I was the first to finish and I carried my plate to the sink while everybody else finished up.
Once everybody was ready Dad gripped my hand and Dominique's while Maman grabbed Louis's. With a sudden whoosh and tight feeling we apparated to King's Cross Station. With Dad by my side I ran at the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. We reappeared on the other side of the barrier and I felt myself gape in wonder as I looked around and saw the masses of kids talking, mothers hugging and fathers awkwardly standing off to the side. Through the crowd I caught a glimpse of distinctive turquoise hair accompanied by red hair and black hair. I grinned and raced over to say hi to my best friend, Teddy Lupin.
"Teddy!" I barreled into him, making the air fly from his lungs. With a loud oof noise, he hugged me back.
"Hey Toire! How the two days that I didn't see you?" he joked in his typical, playful way.
"Very funny Teddy." I retorted. He smiled crookedly at me and then mussed my hair. My Maman, Dad, Louis and Dominique had caught up to me at this point and were standing off to the side talking to Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny. The whistle on top of the train blew shrilly then and I was overwhelmed with kisses and hugs and goodbyes from my family until I was swept into the train. Teddy kept a firm grip on my hand so that we didn't get separated and together we walked down the corridor of the Hogwarts Express. We walked nearly the entire length of the train before Teddy spotted the compartment that his friends were in. Smiling at me he slid open the door before realizing that there was only room for him left in the compartment. He looked worriedly at me and then at his friends. His now gray eyes looked at me apologetically and slipped inside the compartment to join his friends.
I balled up my hands, hurt welling up inside me. Why! Why was he doing this to me? Fuming I stalked off to find another compartment. Finding one that only contained a few girls I slid open the door.
"Hi, I'm Victoire." I said. "Can I join you?" The girls looked up at me. There were only three of them in the compartment. One had sandy brown hair and green eyes. She was small, dwarfed by the tall girl sitting next to her. The tall girl had dark skin and laughing brown eyes. The last one was small and slight with pale skin.
"Sure." The girl with the green eyes said. "I'm Casey Finnigan, and this is Mia Thomas (she indicated the tall girl) and Skye Creevey." (She gestured to the small girl). I sat next to Casey and soon all of us were talking about what Houses we wanted to be in.
"I want to be in Gryffindor!" Mia declared proudly. "Like my Dad."
"I do too." Casey added.
"Me too." Skye said softly. "What about you Victoire? What House do you want to be in?" she asked. I thought for a little while. What House did I want to be in?
"I think I want to either be in Gryffindor or Ravenclaw." I said. "I am really expected to be in Gryffindor because that's where my entire family ended up and my best friend Teddy Lupin is in that House too. But I am still not so sure."
"What do you mean by best friend?" Mia asked.
"Well he used to be super nice and everything but just now he abandoned me to find my own compartment." I said. I continued on with the tale while they listened. Finally Casey said,
"Why don't you give him another chance? Maybe it's hard adjusting to you being here."
"Maybe…" I said and the discussion quickly turned back to lighter topics. As we neared the station I reached into my bag and pulled out my school robes.
"I'm going to go change." I said and smoothly made my way out of the compartment. I had changed and was on my way back through the deserted corridors when three, fifth year Slytherins cornered me.
"Hey sexy…" One said in a slimy voice, his bulk towering over my willowy frame. I shivered at the disgusting sound of his voice. "Why don't you come over here to my compartment?" he continued. His two gorilla looking friends laughing too hard and long at the gross remark. I backed up against the wall of the train. The leader drew closer and closer and I shrank back. I could feel his hot, wet breath on my face and looked around for help. If on cue somebody strolled around the corner. My heart leapt and then sank as I caught a glimpse of the all too familiar turquoise hair.
"Toire? What's going on here?" I heard him ask. The leader or Slimy as I had taken to calling him in my mind turned around.
"Nothing Lupin. She just wanted to know some things." He said quickly. Teddy raised one eyebrow.
"Toire? Is that what's going on?" He asked as his hair melted from turquoise to jet-black.
"No." I managed to squeak out. He stepped smoothly into the center of the circle and took me by the hand.
"Well in that case I think we should just take our leave of you gentleman." He said. "Oh and if I ever see you touch her again… You're dead." He added in a threatening voice. I felt my knees go weak in relief as he grabbed my hand and pulled me out of the group. He towed me down the corridor and once we were in a more secluded area he stopped.
"What the bloody hell, were you thinking?" he exclaimed. "You should have been more careful!" I bit my lip as I looked at him. He seemed to soften slightly as he looked at me. "Just be careful." He finished with a sigh.
"I'm sorry Teddy." I said quickly.
"No I am. I shouldn't have abandoned you." He said. I smiled and he turned his hair my favorite shade of purple. He leaned in and quickly kissed my cheek. His lips were soft and slightly chapped against my skin. I breathed in and could smell something that was just irrevocably Teddy. He pulled back and grinned at me.
"See you at Hogwarts." He said. And that was when I knew, just knew that I was in love with Teddy Lupin. My best friend.