Hi there! This is my first songfic, so I don't know if it's very good or not, so I would really appreciate your reviews. Also, if you haven't I would advise listening to "Carousel" by Melanie Martinez while reading this, as it is the song that this is based on. You can find it on YouTube, Spotify or Apple Music/iTunes.
Round and around like a horse on a carousel, we go
Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know
Chasing after you is like a fairytale
But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
In her first few years at Hogwarts, Pansy Parkinson had always admired Draco Malfoy from afar. She always followed him around the castle when they didn't have classes. She could tell that Draco found her vaguely annoying, but at the time she didn't care.
Come one, come all
You must be this tall
To ride this ride
At the carnival
It was in their 3rd year when she finally worked up the courage to talk to him in a slightly romantic way. Of course, before doing so she had changed her appearance as much as she could so she appeared more attractive. The result? Draco ended up asking her to Hogsmeade, which she gladly accepted. The year after, she went to the Yule Ball with him, and, much to Pansy's delight, everyone began to consider them as a couple.
This horse is too slow
We're always this close
Almost, almost, we're a freak show
Pansy's 5th year, where she and Draco were both Prefects, was probably her favourite year at school. Draco was how she imagined a perfect boyfriend. However, after that year, it seemed to all go downhill. She barely saw Draco anymore because of some kind of mission from none other than the Dark Lord, and he started ignoring her.
Right, right when I'm near
It's like you disappear
Where'd you go?
Mr. Houdini, you're a freak show
What pushed Pansy over the line is that he was so blind. Couldn't he see that she loved him? She didn't think anything should be more important to him than her, yet he spent all his time Merlin knows where.
And it's all fun and games,
'Till somebody falls in love
But you already bought a ticket
And there's no turning back now
Although Draco didn't return her "I love you" 's, she just couldn't bring herself to leave him.
Why did you steal my cotton candy heart?
You threw it in this damn coin slot
And now I'm stuck, I'm stuck
Riding, riding, riding
At the Nott family's Christmas party that very same year, he completely ignored her. It seemed to Pansy that he had eyes only for her friend Daphne's younger sister, Astoria. The whole party she trailed after him, holding back tears. When she confronted him later, he smoothly replied that he hadn't known of her attendance and only had a friendly interest in Astoria Greengrass. To be frank, Pansy didn't believe him. He broke it off with her the year after, and years later he saw that he was attending another pureblood party with none other than Astoria Greengrass.
Round and around like a horse on a carousel, we go
Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know
Chasing after you is like a fairytale
But I feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel