Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter in any form.
The minute that their eyes met, terror engulfed the soon to be first years.
She feared that he would see who she truly was through her brown eyes. She was afraid of everyone knowing the child that was so brilliant, but so alone. Her parents always have empty smiles and stage praises, but she felt as though she was a pony to show off... Come and see the child that can do quadratic equations in her sleep! She could read books by the series quick as a whip and can outshine among her peers, but couldn't make her parents proud... or make friends...
His eyes hid the child that never came to be. He never knew what it was like to play with others, or have a 'Merry Christmas'. He never even got to have a proper birthday until he met Hagrid. His childhood was replaced by fear and sorrow and the darkness of his cupboard. His uncle made him wish that he never existed, and his aunt acted as though he didn't. Dudley treated him as if he was the personal toy that he could break without any remorse... The green eyed boy feared being known as all he was ever told he was...
The two children met on the train to their new school and they hoped for a new beginning. They wanted to be released from all of the sorrow and hurt that they bore through their short lives.
"Have you seen a toad?"
They would create their new beginning. Together.