Prologue
Victoire never had cause to be lonely, never needed to make friends; for as long as she could remember, she'd had Teddy.
Teddy, with his turquoise blue hair, and his clumsiness; had always been there by her side.
They had only two years between them, and Teddy, ever since he had realized that, had become instantly, to everybody's amusement, excessively protective of her. She in turn, at the tender age of four, had announced one day at the Burrow, that she was going to marry Teddy someday.
When they were younger, they used to spend a little part of every day in each other's company; and the longest they had gone without seeing the other was the one very long week when Victoire had gone to France with her parents one winter. Teddy was a picture of misery in England, and on finding that Victoire was in the same state in France, the children were allowed to Floo each other every night for an hour till Victoire returned. January the 1st, that year, better known as the day Victoire returned to England with her parents; was celebrated at the Burrow with such pomp and grandeur that Victoire's Maman was heard saying that "eet ees just like a wedding!" New Year's and presents forgotten, Teddy's rapturous welcome of Victoire on that eventful evening was enough to make even the most unyielding person shed a few tears, and Victoire herself was tearful as she flung herself on her best friend and kissed him full on the mouth, right under the little mistletoe that her Uncle George had slyly placed above them.
It was after this separation, that Victoire and Teddy grew closer together. From spending hours in each other's company, to staying in overnight at each other's houses more than three times a week; wherever Teddy was, one could always be sure that Victoire would be there. Even at that tender age, both would understand each other at a level that surprised and touched the adults caring for them.
Victoire was by Teddy's side when he was told by his Grandma and Harry that his parents had passed away in the War. She slid her little hand into Teddy's and told him lovingly in her little voice that she would share her parents with him if he wanted, and once her parents came to take her home, told them firmly that she wasn't going home until Teddy was happy again.
In turn, Teddy watched over Victoire when they played together. He treated her gently as though she had been a flower. He would amuse her for hours by changing his hair, and nose and ears for her, and was most obliging when she would show him a colour and ask him to change his hair to that. Teddy was the gallant knight to Victoire's fair princess. When out in the meadows by the Burrow or in the rocky beaches of Shell Cottage, it was a common sight to see Victoire and Teddy running and playing hand in hand, their laughs echoing and drifting with the wind.
Their first crumpled rose leaf came when realization dawned that Teddy would go to Hogwarts, leaving Victoire behind. Instantly, the excitement of the letter was forgotten; the wand, the new robes, the owl, and books, were all forgotten; and when it became apparent that Victoire would not get her Hogwarts letter until she was eleven, the little friends had to dry their eyes and promise to write each other everyday, which they did fervently, with childish faith that the other would remember. Victoire and her family stayed over with Teddy and his grandmother the night before September 1st; and Victoire and Teddy were allowed to stay up late. They talked and talked: about the classes and the teachers, where the Sorting Hat would put Teddy, and about the food. Teddy even confided to Victoire about his fears of being the odd one out, of being friendless; she assuaged his fears by pointing out his hair, saying sensibly that everyone would want to be his friend when they knew he was a Metamorphmagus. But there was one fear of his that even she could do nothing about. Teddy was going to the place where his parents died. So she snuggled closer to him, saying nothing, and gently stroked his hair till they fell asleep. Later on, Teddy's grandmother coming in to check on them with Victoire's Maman, would say, with tears in her eyes, that she, Victoire was giving him all the love and care that dear Dora and Remus were not able to.
Nothing but a pathetic catch in her throat as she said bye to him, betrayed that Victoire was close to tears and Teddy, slightly pale, went around hugging everyone: all the Weasleys and Potters, even the babies; his grandmother, and Harry; and then returned to hug Victoire, his normally bright hair a dull, mousy brown.
Victoire held back her tears until Teddy had boarded the train and as the train slid away from the platform, Teddy, looking out of the window, saw a bravely smiling Victoire waving to him.
They kept their promise to each other, writing everyday, and sometimes multiple times each day. So much so that Victoire's Dad jokingly told her that he might soon have to buy her an owl of her own, only to send letters to Teddy with.
Christmas, Easter, and the last day of school, were the most important occasions of the next two years, and Victoire was seen, counting off the days every night before she went to bed.
Then, when Victoire received her letter, and went with her parents and Teddy (of course) to buy her wand and other school things, she was ecstatic; it was a dream come true for her.
When September 1st finally came, Victoire forgot to be tearful at leaving home in the excitement at actually boarding the train, and the other things that Teddy had done without her for the past two years.
Though a little disappointed that she was not put in Hufflepuff with Teddy or in Gryffindor like the rest of her family, Victoire soon found that Ravenclaw was wonderful in its own way; and rejoiced openly that Teddy and she were still as close as ever. Her initial dread that she might not be able to spend enough time with Teddy was put to rest almost within a week of her being in Hogwarts, as the two of them found plenty of time between classes and after mealtimes to spend time together.
The fact that Teddy had other friends did not bother Victoire in the least. Nor did it affect Teddy when Victoire spent time with her new friends.
They continued to preserve their idyllic friendship.