when she was young, she danced ballet
she doesn't retain much
apart from the rhythm,
but the memory of the pattern
soothes her even today
begin
it starts when her letter first comes
a whirl of disbelief and shock
she couldn't believe magic was real
rise
diagon alley is daze of colour and life
she thinks she's entered a heaven of possibilities
fall
hogwarts isn't the perfect place she thought it was
"it's no surprise she hasn't got any friends!"
it seems she'll always be the odd one
rise
trolls are just a forgotten thought
she has friends now!
maybe hogwarts is her paradise
fall
even with its perfection
it seems hogwarts isn't free from danger
voldemort, basilisks, escaped convicts
all silver linings come with a dark cloud, it seems
rise
she's survived the war,
something she thought would never happen
the muggleborn best friend of harry potter?
no one had anticipated her survival
(she still fought, of course,
regardless of the fear of death
that's what friendship is all about)
fall
after the war
her relationship with ron crashes and burns
they're just too different
and without protecting harry to keep them together…
well, they're better off as friends
leap
during the summer before her eighth year
she meets the dark-skinned italian slytherin
(blaise zabini
how did she never notice him before?
he's gorgeous)
they become unlikely friends
and she wonders if he can ever care for her
she's a muggleborn after all
but when she tells him her feelings
he just smiles at her
cradles her face
and pulls her in
for a toe-curling kiss
and she's soaring
drop
she's happy
until ron finds out
"please tell me you're not serious
he's a bloody death eater slytherin!"
(there's a part of her that wonders
how she ever thought he could accept it right away)
she knows he'll come around
but that doesn't mean it doesn't hurt
it's a bitter fall to the ground
rise
harry smiles at her
and tells her he understands
(she didn't expect anything else, to be truthful
after all, he's dating a slytherin too
at least hers isn't someone she's hated all through hogwarts
draco malfoy and harry potter
were definitely not a couple anyone dreamed of)
and even better
a few days later
ron comes and apologises
and tells her that as long as she's happy
he's happy for her
he says that he can't begrudge anyone
the happiness that he's found
with luna
and she's soaring once again
end
her life's been a whirlwind
of soaring highs
and hellish lows
but as she walks down the aisle
her best friends smiling at her
ginny and luna behind her
(ron already married to the blond ravenclaw
harry engaged to marry blaise's best man in the winter
and ginny dating astoria greengrass)
her father at her side
her mother sobbing away in the front
and blaise
her perfect, gorgeous blaise
waiting for her
at the end
of the longest walk
of her life
looking breathtaking in his formal robes
wearing the largest smile she's ever seen
on his face
she can't help think that
if everything she's been through
they all led her here
everything
each and every single one
was worth it.
For:
The Big Brother Competition
The If You Dare Challenge, Prompt 378. Graceful Dance
Greenhouses Competition, Alyssum
6 Senses Competition, Content (emotion)
Girl Scout Cookies Competition, Shortbread
Fantastic Beasts Challenge, Bundimun