Author's Note: Well, here is Chapter 2. And I already hate it. I'm not good at this. Honestly, I jump from one idea to another too fast and I have no narrative talent. I suck. Can you believe my basic plot line is what I've written for a short description? Why am I writing this here? I don't know. Maybe just because I wanna make things clear and show you that I know I suck. And also, the girl that they will fall for is a character I invented, so… whatever…
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The journey was long and they didn't talk almost at all. Ron and Hermione kept glancing over at Harry but all he did was look out the window, a couple of times looking their way and giving them a shy smile.
Ginny, Neville, Dean and Seamus were only barely talking so an awkward silence was in the small room. They were all eager to talk to each other, to discuss what they did during the summer holidays but none of them spoke. Why? Neither knew. Maybe because Harry was there and just looking at him made you forget all the small, unimportant things you could talk about. It is said that silence is golden. Harry made this silence painful.
And finally Hermione broke the silence. She began asking silly questions and soon they were almost having a normal conversation. Harry, now awake from his state of 'drifting away' was participating to the discussion.
Some time later, just as they were starting to enjoy each other's company, Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin whom Harry hates and his two henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle (who are said to share the same brain) came to visit the Gryffindors. But this time it wasn't just the 3 of them. There was a girl with them. Harry remembered seeing her around. She was a Slytherin, the same year as Draco, but Harry really couldn't remember her name and he really didn't care too much. But the girl was pretty, even Harry had to admit that. As she came in last after Goyle, Harry could observe her features. She was almost as tall as Draco, long straight brown hair and beautiful green eyes. Not emerald green as Harry's but golden-green and the shape was identical to Harry's. She was wearing Muggle clothes which is very surprising for a Slytherin. She had on a pair of ripped old jeans and a T-shirt that read 'Smashing Pumpkins'. Harry knew it was a Muggle band and was surprised. A Slytherin knowing things about the Muggles. Weird. The girl was standing in a corner, looking bored. She was waiting for Draco to finally finish what he came in for.
"Well, hello, there Wonder-Boy, Weasel and Mudblood. And the other people who nobody gives a fuck about" Draco drawled.
"Sod off, Malfoy" Harry calmly said, still looking out the window
"Or what, Potter? You'll mend your dog on me? Oh, wait, you really can't do that, because that mutt is…"
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
(Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet With Butterfly Wings)
But Draco couldn't continue because he instantly felt something hard and fast hitting his nose. Normally he didn't realize he was falling until the floor hit him in the head.
The world is a vampire, sent to drain
Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames
And what do I get, for my pain
Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game
(Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet With Butterfly Wings)
Now he was dizzy and he couldn't get up. He then felt a couple of soft arms pulling him up and dragging him away from the Gryffindors. ('Strong arms for such a fragile-looking girl'). At first, Draco objected. It wasn't fair that he was retreating. He had to stand up to Potter. But there was no way you can fight her.
She took Draco to their own compartment and as they all entered, Pansy jumped up and almost started crying when she saw the blood that wouldn't stop flowing from her Drakkie' s nose. So she practically threw herself over him and sat him down on her lap now trying to mend his nose. The other girl rolled her eyes and left them.
Harry couldn't believe it. He was boiling. He was on the verge of crying. He was 50 different things all at once. ('How dared he? That fucking piece of shit?!'). But he also knew that it wasn't surprising. He expected that from Draco. But how the hell did he know about Sirius' Animagus form? Harry felt like he was going to puke soon. He needed air, so he left the compartment ignoring everybody.
Not worth asking, who I'm supposed to be
Not worth saying, seems I'm free
Not worth reaching, to anyone at all
Not worth reaching out to stop this fall
I'm on my own
Yeah, I'm on my own
(Smashing Pumpkins- On My Own (Not Worth Asking) )
He started walking. Luckily nobody else was out of the compartments. He was still angry and didn't notice how somebody came and rested next to him.
"He can be such an ass sometimes. Oh, well, he's a Slytherin so… whatever…But I'm not gonna apologize for him.'" a soft voice spoke waking Harry up from his daydream (he imagined torturing Draco… stabbing him with pencils and cutting his head off with a ruler).
Harry looked up and the girl that was earlier with Draco was standing next to him smiling kindly. And she was a Slytherin. Smiling kindly? But Harry quickly forgot about that as he remembered what she was talking about.
" How did he know?" said Harry trying to appear as calm possibly in the given situation.
"Oh, honestly, Potter. He's the son of Lucius Malfoy. That man knows EVERYTHING. Duuh!"
"Well, yeah… I guess… umm… who are you?"
The girl looked a bit shocked and roller her eyes.
"I'm Christina. But people call me Tristessa, so you can do that too, thank you"
"Tristessa?"
"Yuh. It's a Smashing Pumpkins song. You'd think that living with Muggles 11 years is enough for someone to know a bit about them"
"Well, not actually."
"Oh, whatever. I gotta go. Nice chatting with you, Potter. You're really not the loser I've heard you are. Of course I won't admit that in front of anybody else."
And she was off.
Harry realized he was calm now so he went back to his compartment. When he entered everybody stopped talking and looked down at their shoes or out the window.
("Guess what or who they were talking about")
"You ok, Harry?" Ron asked looking a bit lost
"Yeah, I'm ok"
And Harry resumed his place and started once again to look out the window.
("Tristessa." J )
Do you ever wake up and find yourself alone?
Do you ever wake up far from home?
What you believe
you'll wish to receive
I won't believe in you
Tristessa
Tristessa
Tristessa
(Smashing Pumpkins- Tristessa)
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A/N: Please drop a review. It would help me improve this and it's good to know I'm not the only one reading this.
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The journey was long and they didn't talk almost at all. Ron and Hermione kept glancing over at Harry but all he did was look out the window, a couple of times looking their way and giving them a shy smile.
Ginny, Neville, Dean and Seamus were only barely talking so an awkward silence was in the small room. They were all eager to talk to each other, to discuss what they did during the summer holidays but none of them spoke. Why? Neither knew. Maybe because Harry was there and just looking at him made you forget all the small, unimportant things you could talk about. It is said that silence is golden. Harry made this silence painful.
And finally Hermione broke the silence. She began asking silly questions and soon they were almost having a normal conversation. Harry, now awake from his state of 'drifting away' was participating to the discussion.
Some time later, just as they were starting to enjoy each other's company, Draco Malfoy, the Slytherin whom Harry hates and his two henchmen, Crabbe and Goyle (who are said to share the same brain) came to visit the Gryffindors. But this time it wasn't just the 3 of them. There was a girl with them. Harry remembered seeing her around. She was a Slytherin, the same year as Draco, but Harry really couldn't remember her name and he really didn't care too much. But the girl was pretty, even Harry had to admit that. As she came in last after Goyle, Harry could observe her features. She was almost as tall as Draco, long straight brown hair and beautiful green eyes. Not emerald green as Harry's but golden-green and the shape was identical to Harry's. She was wearing Muggle clothes which is very surprising for a Slytherin. She had on a pair of ripped old jeans and a T-shirt that read 'Smashing Pumpkins'. Harry knew it was a Muggle band and was surprised. A Slytherin knowing things about the Muggles. Weird. The girl was standing in a corner, looking bored. She was waiting for Draco to finally finish what he came in for.
"Well, hello, there Wonder-Boy, Weasel and Mudblood. And the other people who nobody gives a fuck about" Draco drawled.
"Sod off, Malfoy" Harry calmly said, still looking out the window
"Or what, Potter? You'll mend your dog on me? Oh, wait, you really can't do that, because that mutt is…"
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
(Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet With Butterfly Wings)
But Draco couldn't continue because he instantly felt something hard and fast hitting his nose. Normally he didn't realize he was falling until the floor hit him in the head.
The world is a vampire, sent to drain
Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames
And what do I get, for my pain
Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game
(Smashing Pumpkins- Bullet With Butterfly Wings)
Now he was dizzy and he couldn't get up. He then felt a couple of soft arms pulling him up and dragging him away from the Gryffindors. ('Strong arms for such a fragile-looking girl'). At first, Draco objected. It wasn't fair that he was retreating. He had to stand up to Potter. But there was no way you can fight her.
She took Draco to their own compartment and as they all entered, Pansy jumped up and almost started crying when she saw the blood that wouldn't stop flowing from her Drakkie' s nose. So she practically threw herself over him and sat him down on her lap now trying to mend his nose. The other girl rolled her eyes and left them.
Harry couldn't believe it. He was boiling. He was on the verge of crying. He was 50 different things all at once. ('How dared he? That fucking piece of shit?!'). But he also knew that it wasn't surprising. He expected that from Draco. But how the hell did he know about Sirius' Animagus form? Harry felt like he was going to puke soon. He needed air, so he left the compartment ignoring everybody.
Not worth asking, who I'm supposed to be
Not worth saying, seems I'm free
Not worth reaching, to anyone at all
Not worth reaching out to stop this fall
I'm on my own
Yeah, I'm on my own
(Smashing Pumpkins- On My Own (Not Worth Asking) )
He started walking. Luckily nobody else was out of the compartments. He was still angry and didn't notice how somebody came and rested next to him.
"He can be such an ass sometimes. Oh, well, he's a Slytherin so… whatever…But I'm not gonna apologize for him.'" a soft voice spoke waking Harry up from his daydream (he imagined torturing Draco… stabbing him with pencils and cutting his head off with a ruler).
Harry looked up and the girl that was earlier with Draco was standing next to him smiling kindly. And she was a Slytherin. Smiling kindly? But Harry quickly forgot about that as he remembered what she was talking about.
" How did he know?" said Harry trying to appear as calm possibly in the given situation.
"Oh, honestly, Potter. He's the son of Lucius Malfoy. That man knows EVERYTHING. Duuh!"
"Well, yeah… I guess… umm… who are you?"
The girl looked a bit shocked and roller her eyes.
"I'm Christina. But people call me Tristessa, so you can do that too, thank you"
"Tristessa?"
"Yuh. It's a Smashing Pumpkins song. You'd think that living with Muggles 11 years is enough for someone to know a bit about them"
"Well, not actually."
"Oh, whatever. I gotta go. Nice chatting with you, Potter. You're really not the loser I've heard you are. Of course I won't admit that in front of anybody else."
And she was off.
Harry realized he was calm now so he went back to his compartment. When he entered everybody stopped talking and looked down at their shoes or out the window.
("Guess what or who they were talking about")
"You ok, Harry?" Ron asked looking a bit lost
"Yeah, I'm ok"
And Harry resumed his place and started once again to look out the window.
("Tristessa." J )
Do you ever wake up and find yourself alone?
Do you ever wake up far from home?
What you believe
you'll wish to receive
I won't believe in you
Tristessa
Tristessa
Tristessa
(Smashing Pumpkins- Tristessa)
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A/N: Please drop a review. It would help me improve this and it's good to know I'm not the only one reading this.