Dad and mum had waved goodbye on the platform that was hidden from
Everyone except the people like her, the
Special ones, the ones who left that secret
Platform in that secret train to learn the
Incantations and spells and the castle where they would
Teach her magic, and it really was magic, it was real, it was amazing, but it was also
Everything she had worried it would be
Everything was a rush, a blur
Vain girls and mean girls and kind girls and
Elves and werewolves and still there were muggle things like
Rainy days and homework and food and
Yes, her heart ached for the safety and warmth of
The home she used to live in, but
Her life was exciting now and
In a rush, she made friends and made enemies and worked and worked and
Nothing was as important as work, because she needed to prove she was
Good enough to be here, to belong here, because she didn't have a family of wizards
Sometimes, she felt
Homesick, sometimes she felt nothing would
Ever be alright again because how could it, when everything was so terrible right now
Weeks and months and years went by and
Over time she thought the feeling would lessen, that she would
Understand her life better but it didn't, and every day she saw people with
Lives that weren't ruined, that weren't mocked because they were just
Dirt on people's shoes, because not everybody's lives meant
Nothing, and how could she live like this, where she couldn't do anything
To change the fact that she was different
What could she do when
Anything and everything she tried did
Not help her make a difference because it was
Too much, it was too much, and if this was a battle then she was losing it
Two boys, two friends, and the worst seemed to be
Over because of those two boys, those two friends, and why can't it be over now
Crying and screaming and yelling and
Hadn't it been over, she had thought that it was over
And now it was just as bad and worse and it was worse even though she had thought
Nothing could be as bad as that, she had thought it was better now, it was
Great now, but she had been wrong, she was never wrong but she was because now
Everything was worse again
And then it was good again and the storm had passed and the war was won and
Nothing could go wrong again because she'd had her fair share when she was
Younger, and now she was older, and
Those years were behind her and she had
Harry and Ron and all those things that had
Immobilised her before were long gone and
Now she had a family with her best friend and finally her life was
Great
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Inspired by Lizzie (TheNextFolchart)