This is my first fanfiction. I am a young writer and English is not my first language so please don't be too harsh :) I hope you'll like it!
Disclaimer: Unfortunately this world does not belong to me. I would have loved to be on that train and come up with this wonderful world, but I wasn't. It's all J.K.s!
1st September. The day all Hogwarts students looked forward too. The day which they'd meet their friends in, go back to their beloved wizarding school. The day the magic begun again. For the Potter family this was no exception. They walked through platform 9 and ¾ with thrill in their eyes. James, the oldest, as usual run away and vanished through the steam. This would be his seventh and final year and his feelings were a mixture of sadness and happiness. Albus instead stayed with his parents, gloomy as ever. He slightly touched his green robes before sliding his arm back into his pockets. Through his bright aquamarine eyes he looked at his sister Lily. She noticed her brother staring at her and frowned. "What is it, Al?"
" Nothing...Just noticed Kurt looking at you. Again."
" You always seem to notice everything..." She sighed.
Albus looked away. He acted really strange. Since he started going to Hogwarts he had changed. He was darker, didn't talk much anymore. He just hung out with his Slytherin friends and when he was back home, he'd just close himself in his room doing who knows what. It almost looked like he didn't feel at home, like he was living in a world where he didn't belong to. James instead had always been the same cheerful guy. Joking and laughing all the time. It was nice to at least have one of her brothers in her house. Especially when she was in her first year. But Lily had to admit she preferred Albus. They were quite similar in a way. Understood each other without needing to be always together or even speaking.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Nott came by: " Hi Al! How are you? I've been owling you all summer. Why didn't you answer?"
" I had things to do. I'm fine. What about you?"
"Good."
"We'll meet on the train, all right?" And with this Albus patted Kurt and headed off.
" Well, hello there." He spoke to her.
" Hi."
" Ooohh, are we in a bad mood today Potter? Or is it always?" He smirked.
" Well, I was actually happy before you came by. Ever thought that maybe it's you putting me in bad mood?" Lily spat.
" Can't forget me, can you? Well, maybe one day this strong desire of yours will be satisfied by me. We'll catch up!" He walked away.
Lily tried to restrain herself by not answering. Kurt was really an arrogant prat. This had kind of fascinated her at the beginning which led her to kissing him in the first place. He had been her first kiss and they had been together for a while. The relationship had ended when Nott kissed another Slytherin girl. Two years had passed now though, she was in her fourth year and was definitely over it. Besides, she never really loved him. He was the obsessed type.
She saw Hermione, Ron, Rose and Hugo coming. They all kissed and hugged before parting. Lily believed Rose was just and insolent know-it-all. She really couldn't stand her. Hugo was nice and they were quite close. He was just so sweet and Lily felt she could really open up to him. They were each other's confidants.
" Hey, Lily! I was just putting my luggage on the train. Excited?" Hugo asked.
" Oh, don't worry Hugo. I am. I feel like this will be a special year full of surprises!" she answered.
" Well, let's hope so..." He dared to cast a glance towards Lilith Scamander, Luna's daughter.
" Come on...I know that one day you'll be together. It must happen." she encouraged him.
She herself, was not sure about anything...She just liked to state things in a positive way.
Just then Scorpius Malfoy passed by. His grey eyes were like a mirror of the tempest of his soul. This made her even more uncertain and her thoughts all scattered away in the waves of his stormy eyes. His blond hair was long and messy and he looked paler than ever. Lily felt confused so she closed her eyes and tried not to think of anything. When she opened them again he was out of sight. She felt empty for the very first time that day.
" The train is leaving and you two should really change into your robes." Rose stated in her petulant voice. Lily rolled her eyes. Just what she didn't need in this very moment: Rose Weasley. She was longing for something else, far away in her mind.
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Lily watched outside of the windows of the train. All the happy faces of parents waving goodbye, half hidden from the steam. She saw her father mouthing I love you. Her mother did too. She just answered with a wave of her hand. When the train started moving though, she saw something strange, something she probably shouldn't have seen. Maybe it was just her mind playing weird jokes but she was quite positive... Her aunt Hermione was staring very intensely at someone and that someone was staring back the same way. Draco Malfoy. Until then she had thought there was a kind of hate between the two but giving the circumstances... Lily knew Draco had married Astoria because he had to and that it was no choice of his. That marriage was never a happy one. At least from what she heard... And this seemed to have an influence on Scorpius' behaviour. But her aunt... she loved Ron and she was immensely happy, or wasn't she?
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Lily sat down with Hugo on her side. It looked as though they'd be alone in the compartment for all the trip. She opened her mouth to say something but then stopped herself. She didn't want to tell him anything about his mother. But Hugo did: " Lily, I need to tell you something...I was just waiting for us to be alone" He closed the door. " You see... the other night I was looking for something back at home... it was late and I heard mum and dad talking about... about you-know-who..."
" Voldemort" Lily interjected.
" Yes..."
" Well, what about it?"
" I didn't really catch everything but it was about your mother..."
" Are you talking about the diary-horcrux thing?" she asked.
" Yes and... no. It was clearly something we shouldn't know... Mum said that when she and aunt Ginny went on holiday together last summer, aunt talked a lot in her sleep..."
" About him? I knew there was more to this..." she murmured.
" Well mum said: it's as if she can't forget Tom, as if she knows that as much as she loves Harry, a part of her heart still belongs to him. At that point dad got really angry and they had a little fight. I flew back upstairs."
" That's it? Tell me you know something else Hugo..." she begged.
" Unfortunately not... but I know that professor Slughorn used to keep photos of his favourite students and Tom was one of them. When Slughorn died, the photos were taken and kept as a memory in the room of requirement. We could have a look... if you want." he said.
" Yes, I do. Absolutely. I want to see him."
Too many things had happened that day... as if she were discovering everything and couldn't take too much of it. She felt kind of dizzy and she fell asleep. Her last thought: Scorpius.
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