Loyalty Bound; A Harry Potter Fanfic
Disclaimer: I dun own the Harry Potter lulz.
Chapter Title: Proper Girls and Proper Magic.
Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Daphne Greengrass, Seamus Finnegan, The Greengrasses.
Prompt: Beginnings [001]
Word Count: 480
Rating: PG
Summary: The Hogwarts Express, Year One, Daphne's POV.
Author's Notes: I'm going to be writing one from Seamus' POV as well...hopefully soon O: Also, I made Seamus' eyes green because he's Irish and I like green eyes, and well, Harry can't be the only one with green eyes ever, so there.
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Steam belched from the engine of the scarlet locomotive, the paint was so shiny and impressive looking, and the locomotive itself seemed endless, doors upon doors stood open on the platform. Eleven year old Daphne clung to her mother's hand, though her facial expression remained calm and carefully vacant of any extremity of emotion. Proper little girls did not cry or whine or run a muck, they did not make a scene, and Daphne knew if she were to beg her parents to just take her home, they would both give her displeasing looks. When it was time to say goodbyes, the train emitting a reedy whistle of warning, Daphne's face remained docile with the exception of her clear blue eyes, which were large with apprehension. "Daphne darling," Her mother spoke, her melodic voice emphasizing the ah, "You are a grown girl now, you need to go learn proper magic, just as all proper girls do. Make us proud, and write every once in a while, alright?"
"Yes, mum." The girl embraced her mother, who was just as blond and proper with porcelain skin, before moving to say goodbye to her father, who was holding her younger sister Astoria. Astoria would not be going with her, her mother and father would not be going with her. Daphne was going by herself, and that was why she did not want to go. Mister Greengrass used his free hand to help Daphne lift her trunk onto the train, and though she wanted more than anything to put the trunk back on the trolley, she lifted it up the steps and onto the train that would take her away. Quick kisses on both cheeks and a one-armed hug, he reminded his daughter to be good and make them proud. The doors closed and the engine pulled away from the platform where dozens upon dozens of families were waving goodbye to their kids. The kids were in turn cheering goodbye and sticking their arms out the windows to wave in return. Daphne and her trunk found a compartment, the girl peering quietly out of the window at her parents and sister until they disappeared from view.
It was then the compartment door slid open and a boy stumbled in, pink cheeked and breathless from lugging his trunk it seemed. Once he'd pulled the trunk in all the way and shut the door, he looked up at her and grinned, his emerald eyes glinting. "Mind if I sit here?" He asked, though when Daphne simply looked at him in return, he lifted his trunk up into the carrier and sat down opposite her. "My name's Seamus."
Finding her voice, Daphne finally greeted the bright spirited boy. "I'm Daphne." To this the boy grinned even brighter, pleased that she had finally spoken back.
"Nice to meet you, Daphne. I think we're going to be friends."