Met before Hogwarts
The Golden Snitch!
Prompt of the day!
'Hey, trainwreck! This isn't your station.' (Today)
And, Strawberry (yesterday)
Words: 1070
Sorry for any major mistakes! I did not have that long to write and post this! And I just want to say I am grateful to everyone that reads his and reviews, favourites or follows.
Harry Potter was hiding up an oak tree in the local primary school's grounds. He was hiding up here until the bell rang for school to start because then he could go to the classroom and be safe from Dudley and his gang; Dudley would not dare attack him in there. That was why Harry was up here, after all. Dudley nor his friends could or liked climbing trees, which made them the perfect hiding place.
Right then, Harry noticed his class teacher and the principal going out to talk to a family who had just arrived. A man, a woman and their child; and one was wearing strong smelling strawberry perfume as even from up here, Harry could smell it. He was quite hungry as a result.
Thinking he'd be safe and curious about who his teacher was talking to, Harry made his way down the tree. Just his luck though, the bell rang as soon as his feet touched the ground which meant he had to go to his classroom, even if the teacher might not be there for a while.
Five minutes after the class was supposed to start, and after the children had been seated for five minutes, the teacher walked in followed by the girl whose parents Harry had seen their teacher (Madam Valerie) talk to.
"Alright, everyone! This is Hermione and she will be with us for the rest of the week. She is trying out our school, okay? And be nice, please," Madam Valerie said, then she nodded her head at Hermione, who went and sat down next to a girl at the front of the class.
Harry felt sympathy for Hermione as her hair was very bushy, which probably meant it was hard to look after and brush. Harry's hair was hard to look after and brush and his was nothing compared to hers! He also could not help but notice she had front teeth that stuck out like a sore thumb which probably got her a lot of bullying, knowing other school kids.
At lunch, all the kids sat outside to eat. Madam Valerie had been called inside just as Hermione went to try and sit next to the girl she had been sitting next to for all the classes.
"No! Get lost!" the girl replied.
"But I have strawberries to share!" Hermione pleaded as she opened her lunch box to share the girl.
"Get lost! No one what's to sit with trainwrecks!" the girl Hermione had been talking to replied. Then she turned away and Hermione sadly walked away.
Just then, Dudley called over to Hermione, "Hey, trainwreck! This isn't your station! Get out of our school!"
Hermione had looked a little hopeful when Dudley said hey, but when she heard the rest of what she had to say she went sad again. Harry felt very guilty: he should invite her to sit with him! But he was scared; no one ever wanted to sit with him, and when they did, they normally got chased off by Dudley and his gang.
The next day, the same thing happened. When the teacher nipped inside for a minute, Hermione would try to sit somewhere with no avail and Dudley or a member of his gang would cry 'hey, trainwreck! This isn't your station.' Then most of the children would start laughing and Hermione would go and sit by herself.
Today though, Harry was feeling brave and he got up and went to sit with Hermione. "What do you want?" Hermione testily asked as Harry reached her.
"To sit with you; don't worry, they do not what to sit with me, either," Harry said as he sat next to Hermione.
"They don't?" Hermione repeated and Harry nodded. Then she excitedly opened her lunch box and asked, "What you like some strawberries? I have heaps."
"Yes, please! I am not normally allowed them," Harry said taking one.
"It's the only fruit I'm allowed to eat. other then this, my parents don't let me eat fruit, or sweets except for none sugar ones, which taste horrible," Hermione said, taking a strawberry herself.
"Why?" Harry asked.
"Because of the sugar in them being bad for my teeth: they are dentists, you see," Hermione said.
"Ah, that must be pretty bad," Harry said.
"It is a bit annoying, but you get used to it," Hermione replied casually.
After they finished eating, Harry and Hermione talked for the rest of the lunch break. It seemed they had a lot in common: Hermione did have her parents and they were lovely to her, but they were both bullied a lot, and many other things made them similar too. Like, they both had had strange things happen around them for no apparent reason, and they both got bullied because of odd things that happened around them.
Harry and Hermione started sitting together at classes after that, and during lunch. They would always defend each other if someone dared to bully them.
However, after the week ended and the weekend had been, Hermione stopped coming. Harry supposed her parents did not want her to come to this school. But still, Harry was quite upset about it. His first friend had come, then gone without even giving a proper goodbye.
All the other children noticed, too. And they would tease and taunt Harry by saying things like, "Trainwreck realised this wasn't her station after all, huh." "See, freak? Even trainwreck doesn't like you!"
Harry started ignoring them though. It also meant though, he partly forgot about Hermione as that was part of ignoring everyone else was forgetting about her.
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When Harry was walking down the Hogwarts Express looking for a compartment, he passed one with a bushy haired girl in it, looking quite lonely. Harry decided he would try his luck with her.
The girl looked up as Harry opened the door, and was Harry immediately shocked at who it was, "Hermione?"
"Harry?" Hermione said, standing up.
"It is you!" Harry cried, giving Hermione a hug.
"It lovely to see you!" Hermione said, hugging him back.
When they let go, Harry put his trunk in the overhead rack, and Hedwig on the table in the compartment.
"Would you like a strawberry? I have heaps," Hermione asked, pulling out a lunchbox and offering the strawberries in it to Harry.
"Thank you," Harry said smiling as he took one. Some things never change!
