A/N: So, this is my first freeverse, and it's about Daphne Greengrass, during the final battle because I felt like I needed to develop her character some.
Disclaimer: Ph, I wish I owned Harry Potter.
[We SLYTHERINS stick together]
(said Gemma Farley 7 years ago)
Daphne has lived by the SLYTHERIN i d e a l s
since she was s o r t e d
she's never q u e s t i o n e d them
{not even once}
B E C A U S E
she's a SLYTHERIN
& SLYTHERINS are
traditional
& SLYTHERINS don't
q u e s t i o n tradition
BUT NOW ALL THE SLYTHERINS
are S T A N D I N G
{together}
&& Daphne is W O N D E R I N G
{alone}
w h y she's goingalongwiththem
[all this time]
(S E L F – P R E S E R V A T I O N)
SHE keeps on t e l l i n g herself
(tradition)
(tradition)
(tradition)
{there must be something better}
and so she S T O P S
{stops?}
(tradition?)
[SLYTHERIN?]
she stops
the RAVENCLAW table looks
{inviting}
like
{home}
maybe they'll
{accept her}
let her
{be one of them}
S I T W I T H T H E M
?
so she takes a {cautious} seat
she receives few {seventeen}
o d d
LOOKS
BUT SHE
REMAINS THERE
and listens
{for once}
B E C A U S E
if she doesn't
LISTEN
{FOCUS}
she'll
{die}
be
e m b a r a s s e d
B E C A U S E
she's the only SLYTHERIN
{but she's not sure what that means any more}
l e f t
but then she's not
B E C A U S E
theodore nott
{THEO!}
is sitting BESIDE her
he S M I L E S
{at her!}
and tells her
"we SLYTHERINS stick together
[together]
remember Daph?"
and she S M I L E S
at him
{HIM!}
B E C A U S E
THEY'VE got a BATTLE to W I N
[together]