In The Shadows
A cookie by Al
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I hated growing up in a large family.
Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers and sister.
I love my parents to death. I know that they feel the same
way about me.
It's just that I had so much to live up to when I
first got into Hogwarts. Bill was Head Boy. Charlie was
Captain of Quidditch and an excellent seeker. Percy was a
prefect, later to be the second Head Boy in the family.
Fred and George were funny; everyone liked them, They got pretty
good marks, for all the times that they goofed off in class. And,
they'd made the Gryffindor Quidditch team in their second year,
beaters.
And me, I wasn't much good at anything. I wasn't the best
at Quidditch, I wasn't funny, and I wasn't smart. I could never
surpass anything they'd done, because they'd done it first, and therefore,
when and if I did it, it wouldn't be such a big deal.
Then, I was best friends with Harry and Hermione. It wasn't
Harry's fault that he was famous, not his fault that he was always pushed
into the limelight. It wasn't Hermione's fault that she was smart, good
at anything academic that she tried.
Harry and Hermione tried to understand how I felt about being
shoved into the shadows, they really did. But, no matter how hard they
tried, they just could not understand.
The only other person in my shoes was Ginny. Ginny and I understood
each other pretty well, but it's hard talking to your little sister about "life
issues."
When I won the Schoolwide Wizard Chess Tournament, things
started to get better. Mum and Dad were estatic, said I was just like my
Granddad, good at chess. I began to find myself at that point.
I am still trying to find myself. I really have no clue about what
I want to do with my life...but I do know that I don't want to be in the
shadows anymore.
A cookie by Al
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I hated growing up in a large family.
Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers and sister.
I love my parents to death. I know that they feel the same
way about me.
It's just that I had so much to live up to when I
first got into Hogwarts. Bill was Head Boy. Charlie was
Captain of Quidditch and an excellent seeker. Percy was a
prefect, later to be the second Head Boy in the family.
Fred and George were funny; everyone liked them, They got pretty
good marks, for all the times that they goofed off in class. And,
they'd made the Gryffindor Quidditch team in their second year,
beaters.
And me, I wasn't much good at anything. I wasn't the best
at Quidditch, I wasn't funny, and I wasn't smart. I could never
surpass anything they'd done, because they'd done it first, and therefore,
when and if I did it, it wouldn't be such a big deal.
Then, I was best friends with Harry and Hermione. It wasn't
Harry's fault that he was famous, not his fault that he was always pushed
into the limelight. It wasn't Hermione's fault that she was smart, good
at anything academic that she tried.
Harry and Hermione tried to understand how I felt about being
shoved into the shadows, they really did. But, no matter how hard they
tried, they just could not understand.
The only other person in my shoes was Ginny. Ginny and I understood
each other pretty well, but it's hard talking to your little sister about "life
issues."
When I won the Schoolwide Wizard Chess Tournament, things
started to get better. Mum and Dad were estatic, said I was just like my
Granddad, good at chess. I began to find myself at that point.
I am still trying to find myself. I really have no clue about what
I want to do with my life...but I do know that I don't want to be in the
shadows anymore.