Chapter 22: Family
She sat down nervously among the sea of blues. The other children looked at her curiously, and she stiffened under their gaze.
"Hello, I'm Isabella Flamel." The girl with short brown hair to her left introduced. She had dark ember eyes and a friendly smile.
"Hello I'm Harry." Harry replied shyly.
"Welcome to Ravenclaw. I'm a first year, just like you. Aren't you excited to learn new things? You really spent a long time under the hat didn't you? For me, you see, Ravenclaw has been my decided choice ever since I heard of Hogwarts. School is going to be so fun! Want to be study partners?" The girl spoke in short, rapid sentences, and Harry nodded tentatively at her offer, still adjusting to her speed.
"Hey, why don't you have a last name? Don't you belong to a family?" The person to her right pipped up. It was a boy with shoulder length blond hair and the most interesting shade of purple eyes. Harry stared at him, unable to come up with an answer.
"Ahh, excuse my manners." The boy added hastily, "I'm Cecil Lovegood."
Harry remained silent at his introduction, and the boy's face fell.
"Sorry, my parent's always told me I was too blunt … I guess you don't have to answer if you don't want to." He looked away, eyes downcast.
"No. That's not what I mean." Harry cut in abruptly. "I … just don't know. I never had a family before, I'm an orphan."
The two by her side gasped in surprise.
"Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to pry." Cecil apologized quickly.
"It' alright. It would have come out sooner or later." Harry smiled weakly at him.
"No." The girl besides her stood up resolutely. "You are not alone anymore Harry. you've got us now." She motioned to herself and Cecil.
"We will be your family." The girl nodded at her own statement.
"Ehhh?!" Cecil exclaimed, "When did I agree to this?"
"Why, are you going to disagree, Mr. Lovegood?" Isabella countered with a dangerous glint in her eyes.
Harry giggled slightly at their antics.
A/N: Longer snippet. I blame Isabella for talking too much.