Grief and First Meetings
[Later back in the Leaky Cauldron, Hagrid and Euphemia are at a long table, eating soup. Euphemia is moving around her food and not eating it, Everything is too quiet and Hagrid soon notices this.]
"You all right, Euphemia? You seem very quiet." Hagrid questions the dejected looking girl.
Euphemia hesitates before talking, "Mr.Hagrid sir, Did he kill my parents? The one who gave me my scar. You know, don't you?"
Everyone is silent at her question. The witches and wizards are quiet knowing how serious this is while the Greeks want to know more about this evil man.
Poseidon squeezes Amary's hand that he's holding, rubbing the back of it with his thumb. She glances at him to see him already looking at her so she gives him a soft smile to reassure him that she's okay.
Hagrid sighs and pushes his bowl away, "First, and understand this, Euphemia, 'cause it's very important. Not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad. A few years ago, there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go. And his name was V-...his name was V-..."
Draco shakes his head, "He's not going to say it." Knowing that everyone was scared of the name of the Dark Lord.
Amary looks at her childhood enemy, "Do you want to bet?"
"No! You were there so I'm not making a bet." Draco scoffs lightly while Amary looks back at the screen with a fake pout.
"I'll take up the bet."
Amary looks at Poseidon at his words. "Really?" Amary tries to hide her laughter, knowing he will lose the bet. She fails to hide the wide smile that's spread across her face for him indulging in her antics.
"Of course." Poseidon nods eagerly with a warm smile towards his love, wanting to make her happy, despite knowing she was faking her sadness and pout. "I'll give you a gold drachma that he doesn't say the name." Poseidon summons a golden drachma in his hand.
"I'll give you a galleon that he does say the name." Amary counters, pulling a galleon out of her pocket. She managed to keep some cash and wizarding money with her when they all got transported.
Everyone else just watches Amary's antics and Poseidon going along with them.
Percy and Teddy watch their parents have fun and their mom letting out her playful side that's hardly shown since their younger childhood. The wizarding people catch a glimpse of the girl who first came to Hogwarts, that girl who's been lost over the years she was at school.
The other immortals just watch Poseidon as he goes along with the woman's antic, wondering where this soft version of the god has been all this time. However, Hestia and Aphrodite both sport smiles at the couples playing, enjoying the feeling of love and family coming from the both of them.
The mortal Greeks are surprised as they sometimes forget that the gods sometimes act like normal humans when they aren't imposing their superiority over everyone else.
"You do know that you're going to lose that bet right?" Hades questions his brother, knowing that his brother has his moments when he doesn't think especially around Amary. From what he's heard from the woman herself when they have their chats.
Poseidon and Amary both look at Hades, "I know." Poseidon states with a wide smile which makes Amary's cheeks turn red. She quickly looks back at the screen, flustered by Poseidon's words and the clear reason behind them.
George and Ginny are glad that the god clearly loves their sister and is glad that he's willing to indulge in her playfulness.
The immortals shake their heads at Poseidon's lovesick nature while Aphrodite is eating up all the love felt from the two. Hades is happy for the two, knowing they make each other happy.
"Can you write it down? Will that make it easier?" Euphemia cuts in Hagrids hesitant stuttering.
"No, I can't spell it. All right." Hagrid denies before quietly saying, "Voldemort."
Poseidon puts the drachma in Amary's hand which makes her admire it up close with a smile when she turns and put the galleon in Poseidon's hand with a smile on her face as she watches Poseidon perk up at the coin in his hand. They both observe the coins from each others world while leaning against each other unconsciously, like they used to.
While the wizarding people except for Amary and Teddy flinch at the name, even after all these years. Teddy just sits relaxed as he never grew up with the terror of Voldy being around and his mom told him and Percy to never fear a name as it only gives power to the person behind it.
"Voldemort?" Euphemia questions the name of her parents' murderer.
[Hagrid shushes her loudly which makes her jump and shrink into her seat staring at Hagrid before looking around to see if anyone heard her, she watches Hagrid again once he quietens.]
People frown at her reaction to Hagrid raising his voice but otherwise stay quiet.
"It was dark times, Euphemia, dark times." We flash over to a flashback on the night at Godric's hollow, consisting off a cloaked man walking towards a house, breaking in with his wand, and proceeding to terrorize. Hagrid narrates. "Voldemort started to gather some followers, brought 'em over to the dark side. Anyone that stood up to him ended up dead. Your parents fought against him, but nobody lived once he decided to kill 'em." Euphemia's mother, Lily, screams in pain as she is killed by Voldemort's wand. Green flashes are seen from the windows outside the house. Then, we see Voldemort pointing his wand at an infant Euphemia Potter's head. "Nobody, not one. 'Cept you."
Amary flinches at her mothers scream and the sight of her murder while Poseidon's face is set in anger as he glares at the murderer on screen while holding his precious love tenderly in his arms.
Annabeth and Grover comfort Percy at the murder of his grandmother as Teddy is comforted by his aunt and uncle.
The room is silent as the memory plays out.
[We flash back to the present time. ]
"He tried to kill me?" Euphemia looks shocked. She can't believe that she's the only one to survive. She can't be the only one, she wasn't anything special. She was a nobody. She's sad and upset at the news of the truth behind her parents death but doesn't say anything about it for now.
Everyone; especially Poseidon, Teddy, Percy, George, Ginny, and Hades are angry that someone tried to kill her when she was a baby. However, her self-deprecating thoughts make everyone pause.
Her sons are beside her in a flash and scolding her about her thoughts and to repeat what she told them during their childhood when she caught them saying those types of things about themselves.
Poseidon looks to be in pain at the thoughts that his love had about herself when she was younger. She was extremely special and she was everything to him, he hates that she used to think that she wasn't special and that she could possibly think that she was a nobody when she has always been an important somebody.
Artemis and Apollo are upset, knowing that she got those thoughts from her abusive family. Hades looks mad at the thought of his sister-in-law thinking lowly of herself when she didn't even think lowly of him, even though his own family does.
Hagrid confirms, "Yes. That ain't no ordinary cut on your forehead, Euphemia. A mark like that only comes from being touched by a curse, and an evil curse at that."
"What happened to... You-Know-Who?" Euphemia hesitates before asking the half giant about the evil wizard.
"Well, some say he died. Codswallop in my opinion. Nope, I reckon he's out there still, too tired to carry on. But one thing's absolutely certain. Something about you stumped him that night. That's why yer famous. That's why everybody knows yer name. You're the girl who lived." Hagrid tells the girl who looks shocked and a little overwhelmed by her new title and fame. Also the fact that her parents' murderer might still be out there.
[At King's Cross Station, up on a crossing bridge, Euphemia, with her cart of her baggage, equipment and Frost, walks beside Hagrid. A couple looks at Hagrid, suspiciously.]
"What're you looking at?" Hagrid tells the couple before checking his watch. "Blimey, is that the time? Sorry, Euphemia, I'm gonna have to leave you. Dumbledore will be wanting his, uh... well, he'll be wanting to see me. Now, uh, your train leaves in 10 minutes. Here's your ticket." He hands the train ticket to her. "Stick to it, Euphemia, that's very important. Stick to your ticket."
Euphemia looks at her ticket. "Platform 9¾? But there isn't a Platform 9¾. This must be a mistake." Euphemia looks up, but Hagrid has vanished and Euphemia is all alone with her cart. "Mr. Hagrid? Sir?" She looks a little anxious as she looks around for the half giant which isn't coming back to help the confused and lost girl.
"He left you there?!" Multiple people shout, furious and incredulous. Percy understands how his mom is feeling from when he started camp.
Amary chuckles a little, "Yeah, Hagrid is a little oblivious but he means well."
[Euphemia is walking down a lane between trains. A man rushes by, almost bumping into the girl. Euphemia sees a guard. She hesitates before walking over.]
"Um...Excuse me, sir." Euphemia tries to get the guards' attention.
"Oh no." The wizarding people, including Percy all say while Amary sinks a little in her seat as she covers her face in embarrassment.
The Greeks are confused as to why they are saying that. "Why are you saying oh no?" Athena questions before anyone else can ask.
Luna speaks up, "The wizarding world is a secret so normal mortals don't know about it. There are certain things in place to even prevent them from seeing our world. However, it's only on certain things." Her soft voice telling the Greeks which clears up that question.
Percy adds in, "Like the mist, kind of." He gives a slight example of what it could kind of relate to.
"Yes but also no. The mist is constantly at work and disguising things however the wizarding world is much more out in the open. Muggles see our world all the time, however there are government branches which take the memories of the magic away since magic is part of a secrecy act." Amary explains a little further and corrects her son.
The guard is helping an older woman and pointing out the direction, "Right on your left, madam."
Euphemia asks the guard, "Excuse me, sir. Do you know where I might find Platform 9¾?"
Guard becomes incredulous and angry at the absurdity, "9¾?! Think you're being funny, do ya?!" Euphemia backs up and the guard walks off, muttering, "9¾."
"Don't be rude to her." Poseidon tells the man through the screen even though this is the past and the man can't hear him. Amary snorts and chuckles a little at Poseidon's words which only make the god look at her fondly.
Teddy and Percy just shake their head at their dad even though they agree with his words towards the guard.
[Euphemia then notices a woman, daughter, and four boys walk by, pushing carts.]
At the sight of the family group; Amary, Ginny, and George's breath hitch. Poseidon, who hears Amary, looks over to see her staring at the screen with wide eyes, nervous to see the faces of people she's lost.
"It's the same year after year. Always packed with Muggles, of course." A plump redheaded woman says. This woman is Mrs. Weasley.
Euphemia quietly mutters, "Muggles?"
Mrs. Weasley instructs her children, "Come on. Platform 9¾ this way! All right, Percy, you first."
Percy jolts hearing his common name, realizing it's another Percy they are talking about.
[A tall boy with red hair, called Percy, comes forward and runs towards a brick wall. Amazingly, he disappears right into it. Euphemia is shocked and amazed.]
Mrs. Weasley looks to one of her sons, who stands beside his twin. "Fred, you next."
Amary, Ginny, and George all freeze seeing the boy on screen, the loss striking them all once again.
The Greeks realize that George is a twin by seeing a younger version of him beside his identical other half.
"Freddy..." George whispers his twins name in the quiet room, his voice heard by everyone. Everyone stays silent as the loved ones look upon their fallen loved one.
Amary feeling a knot lodge in her throat as she holds back tears of her lost first love. She takes a deep shaky breath to calm the rising grief, pushing it back once more.
Poseidon holds Amary's hand, knowing she wouldn't want to be coddled at the moment.
George and Ginny move closer, comforting each other.
Fred, who's actually George, tells their mother, "He's not Fred, I am!"
George, who's actually Fred, shakes his head at their mother, "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother."
[Euphemia, who can tell the difference between the two twins, laughs at their antics, assuming that they are messing with their mother. 'George' whose actually Fred see's her laughing at their antic, catches eyes with her and winks at her with a smirk which makes her cheeks turn pink at him. 'Fred' who is actually George see's the interaction and nudges his twin with a subtle smirk when their mother starts talking again. 'George' just nudges his twin back while still looking at the cute redheaded girl with glasses who's enjoying their antics.]
Amary, George, and Ginny chuckle at their antics with tears forming in their eyes at their fallen loved ones. The light laughter is joined by Percy, Teddy, Grover, Hermes, and Apollo.
Poseidon, who sees the interaction between the boy and the younger version of his love, can't help but glare at the boy on screen, remembering his son's words from earlier.
Aphrodite feels the love that Amary still has for the boy on screen, "You loved him, didn't you?"
Everyone looks between Aphrodite and Amary at the goddesses words, "Yeah, I did. He was one of my first loves. We were going to get married after the war." Her words make everyone who didn't know, realize what happened to him.
Poseidon is jealous but also sad for his love and what she lost. He thinks that if she never lost the redheaded boy then she would have never come to America where they met on the beach which makes him have mixed feelings.
Aphrodite however realizes Amary's wording, "You said one of your first loves, was there also another?" This makes everyone who doesn't already know look at the woman.
Amary smiles bittersweetly at the goddess, "Yes, I had two first loves. However, you can be patient as I believe that my other first love will also show on screen soon." Poseidon sports a frown at the reveal of another man who held Amary's love before he did.
Mrs. Weasley tells 'George', "Oh, I'm sorry, George." 'George' looks back at his mother before moving towards the wall.
"I'm only joking. I am Fred." He runs through the wall and is followed by his twin brother. Euphemia shakes her head with a laugh.
"Excuse me! C-could you tell me how to...?" Euphemia moves closer to the family, trying to speak to Mrs. Weasley.
Mrs. Weasley cuts in, "How to get on the platform? Yes, not to worry, dear. It's Ron's first time to Hogwarts as well." It pan to show a red haired boy, called Ron, who smiles. "Now, all you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."
Amary, Ginny, and George freeze once more seeing Ron on screen, his loss striking them even more into their grief.
"Ron..." Amary says the name of her lost best friend. Teddy and Percy looking close at their fallen uncle.
Everyone else who wasn't there, remember Amary's earlier words of the boy being her best friend. They stay silent as the boy's loved ones grieve him.
Amary moves a little closer to Poseidon, as he squeezes her hand. George and Ginny comforted each other even more.
[The young redheaded girl stands next to her mother, this is Ginny. Ginny wishes Euphemia good luck when she sees the older girl is nervous.]
Teddy makes a joke to distract his family from their fallen family and love, "Look its Aunt Ginny as a baby."
People laugh at his words, giving the reactions he wanted while Ginny huffs, "I was not a baby, I was 10."
"Same thing." George, Amary, and Percy say at the same time which just makes people laugh even harder.
[Euphemia takes a few breaths to prepare herself before she starts running at the wall. She shuts her eyes and emerges on the other side a magnificent station at Platform 9¾ with a red steam locomotive, which is the Hogwarts Express, and bundles of people. Euphemia grins in excitement as the engine's whistle blows.]
[Later on, the Hogwarts Express is travelling through the countryside. Euphemia is sitting alone in a train compartment while she fiddles with her hair and clothes, and Ron appears in the doorway.]
"Excuse me, do you mind? Everywhere else is full." Ron tells the famous young girl.
Euphemia freezes and sits up at the arrival and words of Ron, "Please sit." She gives the boy a hesitant small smile after he spooked her.
Ron sits across from Euphemia, "I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley."
"I'm Euphemia. Euphemia Potter." She gives her introduction back to the other redhead. Ron goes agape at her name.
Draco jokes, "Someone's a fan."
Amary raises an eyebrow at the man, "So were you or did you forget our first introduction?" Her words make the man look embarrassed, knowing she's right while some chuckles are heard.
Ron stutters out his words, "So-so it's true! I mean, do you really have the... the...?"
Euphemia is confused about what the boy is trying to ask, "The what?"
Ron whispers, "The scar?"
Everyone sits in silence for a moment before a collective, "Huh?" is heard through the room. They can't believe he asked that while Percy glances at Grover, his mothers best friend reminding him of his own and his awkwardness regarding the use of words.
Euphemia sits in shock that someone would want to see the ugly scar that made her look even worse, "Oh." She moves her hair to the side to reveal the scar on her forehead.
Poseidon grabs Amary's hand and kisses the back of it which gains the attention of Teddy who sits between the two, Amary herself, and Percy who sits on his mothers other side.
"You have always been radiant. Don't think lowly of yourself my love." Poseidon urges her with soft but determined eyes.
Teddy is happy for his parents but also a little grossed since he's stuck between the two. Percy glances towards his own girlfriend with soft eyes.
Ron gets even more excited once he sees the famous scar, "Wicked!"
[A trolley comes by the compartment, full of sweets.]
"Anything off the trolley, dears?" The woman manning the cart asks the two kids.
Ron holds up his mushed sandwiches, "No, thanks. I'm all set." Ron smacks lips while eyeing the cart.
Euphemia seeing that Ron wants some, pulls out coins. "We'll take the lot, please." Which makes Ron exclaim in surprise.
"That was sweet of you." Hestia says.
Amary just shrugs after getting her hand back from Poseidon, "I saw he wanted some so it was a win-win since I've never had any wizarding candy before."
Teddy moves on the opposite side of his dad so he's not squished between his parents while thinking about candy that he wants. Percy likes wizarding candy, having since had some after finding out about the wizarding world.
[A bit later, Euphemia and Ron are now sitting together eating bundles of sweets. Ron's rat is perched on Ron's knee, a box over his head.]
The sight of the rat makes Amary's lips thin in annoyance.
Euphemia picks up a box of candy, reading off the name, "Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans? Every flavor?" She quietly questions the truth behind the name.
Ron confirms, "They mean every flavour! There's chocolate and peppermint, and there's also spinach, liver and tripe. George sweared he got a bogey-flavoured one once!" He swears.
Everyone looks at George who looks embarrassed while Ginny snickers quietly to herself.
"How do you know what a booger tastes like?" Thalia questions.
George looks away from everyone, "I have multiple siblings and a prankster twin brother, You would know what they taste like." (He says that like he isn't also a prankster.)
People start laughing at the already embarrassed man while Demeter comments to herself, "That isn't the type of nutrients someone needs."
[Euphemia starts choking at the boys words and quickly spits out the bean she was chewing, however the bean goes flying out of her mouth and hits the box that's over the head of Ron's rat.]
The rat squeaks as it's box is hit and Ron flinches back away from the projectile, an instinct from living with the twins. Euphemia covers her mouth as she coughs betweens words, "Sorry, Sorry."
People in the theater start laughing hysterically at the girls reaction and the reaction to her reaction.
Amary sinks in her seat and covers her red cheeks, extremely embarrassed. Her sons and siblings are not even trying to hide their laughter.
Poseidon tries to hide his laughter but she can feel the god shaking beside her.
She glances beside her to see a beautiful smile on Poseidon's face which ends up making her stare at him from over her hands, at the sight of his smile and happiness. Poseidon glances at her and sees her looking at him with soft eyes and his shaking calms down and he turns softer while the two look at each other basking in each other's presence.
The laughter eventually calms back down.
Once her coughing calms down, Euphemia picks a blue and gold package, "Chocolate frogs? They aren't real frogs, right?" She questions while looking concerned and a little grossed out at the package.
The Greeks look a little grossed at the idea of eating an entire frog whole, especially Aphrodite.
The Greek mortals look kind of grossed out, especially Grover. Except Percy who's eaten the candy before.
"It's just a spell. Besides, it's the cards you want. Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard. I got about 500 myself." Ron tells her about the candy.
Percy speaks up with a smile, "I have about 150 right now." Annabeth just watches her seaweed brain with a smile.
"About 320 myself." Amary says. Poseidon is a little surprised that she doesn't have more, but knows she is not a chocolate addict like their oldest son.
While Teddy tops their amount, "Around 1,180." Proving Poseidon's inner thoughts, while everyone else stares shocked, except for Teddy's family who know full well about his chocolate addiction.
Euphemia calms down at his words before opening the package, and a chocolate frog jumps up at the her face which makes her flinch back with a yelp. It lands on the window and climbs up.
Ron yells out, "Watch it!" The frog reaches the open gap in the window and jumps out. "Oh, that's rotten luck. They've only got one good jump in them to begin with."
Euphemia sits for a moment as her heart calms down, shs see's Dumbledore's image on the card. "Oh, I've got Dumbledore." Looking at the man on the card who has been mentioned multiple times by Hagrid, still not knowing who the man is.
The Greeks wonder who this man is, including Percy as there has been mention of him and they seen him at the beginning of the film but they don't know much about the man.
When Percy was learning about the wizarding world, his mother never spoke of this Dumbledore man, unaware of his mothers mixed feelings regarding the man. She's come to terms that while he did things for the greater good but the feeling of loss due to some of his actions still ache after all these years.
Ron nods with his mouth full, "I got about six of him."
Euphemia looks back down at the card, but Dumbledore has vanished from the card. "He's gone?!" She says in shock at the sudden disappearance.
The Greeks are surprised by his sudden disappearance. "Where did he go?" Clarisse questions.
"The pictures in the wizarding world move so the person can sometimes disappear." Neville explains to them.
"Well, you can't expect him to hang around all day, can you?" Ron says then his rat, Scabbers, squeaks. "This is Scabbers, by the way. Pathetic, isn't he?" Ron pulls off the box that's on his rats head.
"Very." Amary says while glaring at the rat on the screen, the fury in her voice surprises everyone except one. Almost everyone who knew the truth of her hatred and pain for that wretched rat have long been dead.
Hades being the only one alive to know why that rat caused such a reaction for her, as that very soul caught his attention when it passed through his realm and he assigned the furies to that very soul.
Amary, noticing everyone's silence, looks around noticing the wide eye looks, especially her loved ones, she just clears her throat. "It will be explained later, let's just keep watching."
Poseidon, while surprised, felt a thrill rush up his spine at the idea of seeing the true extent of her fury. He hopes to see more of her fury. Thinking about how she did mention how she murdered her teacher, he's excited to see more of her bloodthirst.
Euphemia looks at the rat with narrowed and confused eyes, "Umm...maybe." Euphemia says in an unsure voice. Not sure how he wants her to respond to his statement.
"Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow. Want to see?" Ron asks the girl, confused as to why the girl's cheeks turn a light pink and a subtle smile appears on her face, not knowing it because of the mention of his older brother.
Poseidon sports a pout at her reaction towards the boy. Which makes Amary chuckle at him, giving his arm a quick squeeze before letting go again. Poseidon quickly loses his pout.
Euphemia perks up, "I'd love to see." Excited to see more magic.
Ron clears his throat, "Ahem. Sun-" He's cut off by the appearance of a girl in robes at the doorway. This girl with bushy brown hair is called Hermione Granger.
Amary's breath catches, "Hermione." The sight of another one of her deceased best friends makes her chest ache even more. Amary blinks away the tears at the sight of all three of them together on screen.
Poseidon hugs Amary and comforts her, their sons joining the hug for a moment before taking their seats once again. While Poseidon keeps his arm wrapped around Amary.
Aphrodite cringes at Hermione's hair but keeps quiet for Amary's sake.
Hermione ask the two in the compartment, "Has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost one."
Neville perks up at the mention of his name.
Ron answers for both of them, "No." Euphemia just shakes her head in response.
Hermione see's Ron's wand in hand, "Oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then."
Ron clears his throat again, "Sunshine, daises, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!" He zaps Scabbers, but nothing happens. Ron shrugs. Euphemia presses her lips together to keep from laughing, realizing that Fred tricked his younger brother, just like him and his twin pranked their mother.
Those watching let their laughter loose at Ron being tricked by his older siblings. Amary relaxes into Poseidon's side as she laughs while he smiles at the sound of her beautiful laughter.
"Are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it? Of course, I've only tried a few simple ones myself, but they've all worked for me. For example..." Hermione rambles as she goes over and sits across from Euphemia. She points her wand at the girls glasses and Euphemia flinches but freezes in place.
The laughter stops while everyone sits tense at Euphemia's reactions. Amary being the only one whose relaxed, she squeezes Poseidon's wrist from where his arm is wrapped around her to remind him that she's okay and he can relax.
"Oculus Reparo." The tape on the noseband vanishes, repairing her glasses as if they were good as new. Euphemia takes them off, amazed by the magic. "That's better, isn't it? Holy cricket, you're Euphemia Potter! I'm Hermione Granger. And you are...?"
Everyone relaxes in their seat, knowing that she's alright.
Ron answers with his mouth full, "I'm Ron Weasley."
Hermione looks grossed out, "Pleasure. You two better change into your robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon." Hermione gets up and leaves, but stops in the doorway and looks back at Ron. "You've got dirt on your nose, by the way. Did you know? Just there." She points to the dirt mark on Ron's nose. Ron scratches his nose, embarrassed. While Euphemia leans forward to look and realizes he does have a dirt mark on his nose.
Hermione finally leaves which makes Euphemia also stand up, "I'll be back." She tells Ron while getting her robes to change.
[After getting changed, Euphemia looks at herself in the mirror. She plays with the end of her skirt, not used to feeling so exposed but liking the look of the skirt. She twirls a little, watching as her skirt swishes around which makes her sport a wide smile, liking her skirt and feeling pretty for the first time.]
Poseidon smiles at the wide smile on Euphemia's face, turning his smile to Amary who's in his arms, "You're quite adorable when you were younger." His voice is quiet and soft as he speaks to her.
Amary's cheeks flush at his words, "That's sweet, thank you." Poseidon watches her for a moment more before turning back to the film once more. Amary's heart thuds speedily in her chest at Poseidon's staring before looking back at the screen.
[Euphemia gets her stuff together and leaves the bathroom, the corridor is crowded as people try to get to the bathrooms and change before they get to the school. Euphemia tries to avoid bumping into people, however, someone knocks into her while rushing to the bathroom. Euphemia is knocked into someone who steadies her as the person who bumped into her just shouts their apology as they continue rushing away.]
Euphemia turns to the person she was knocked into to apologize to them, "I'm so sorr–", she freezes and her voice catches in her throat as she makes eye contact with bright gray eyes.
[The boy holds Euphemia's arms where he steadied her when she was knocked into him. Said boy is older than Euphemia by about two years, he's tall and handsome with dark hair and those bright gray eyes that are still locked with Euphemia's.]
Amary chokes on her breath at the sight of her other first love, the image of his body flashing through her mind.
His ghost.
His last words.
Echoing through her mind.
Gasps as her only breath.
His murder replaying again and again before her mind's eye.
Struggling to her feet to get away.
Only thoughts of his dead eyes staring back at her.
Her stomach churning.
Eyes burning filled with long forgotten tears.
Acidic bile rising up.
Feeling hands helping her along.
The sound of her brother's voice assuring that she's okay. That he's got her.
A sob breaking past the knot in her throat.
George gets her out of the room fast enough as Ginny closes the door to the bathroom behind her siblings.
The theater room is silent, after witnessing the grief of Amary. Poseidon holds his sons to him, wanting to go to Amary and help her but deciding it's best to leave her in the care of her brother who knew the boy as well.
Ginny speaks up, breaking the silence, "Let's continue watching, they'll be a while so let's at least finish this part."
Everyone takes their seat, Poseidon sitting between his sons and holding them to him. Comforting them and himself at witnessing Amary in her grief, something none of them have witnessed before in the woman.
"Are you alright?" The tall boy asks, his voice knocks Euphemia out of her stupor. She steps away from him with pink cheeks, his hands fall to his sides with her distance.
"Y-Yes, I'm alright!" She squeaks out which makes the older boy smile at her, thinking that she's very cute. Her heart stutters at his smile which makes her cheeks go even more pink.
Poseidon barely smiles at Euphemia getting flustered over the older boy's attention, his worry still residing with the woman leaning over the toilet, puking in her grief.
He sports a small laugh, "I'm Cedric Diggory." He holds out his hand.
"Um..Euphemia Potter." She shyly gives her own name, putting her hand in his for a handshake but he turns over her hand, kissing the back of it which just makes her whole face red.
Aphrodite spots a small smile at his action, approving as she almost feels the girl swoon through the screen.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Euphemia." He gently pulls her closer to him as someone rushes past, almost bumping into them as they rammed through where she was previously standing.
Euphemia is completely flustered, "You as well." She stutters out. However before Cedric can say anything else, the train whistles signaling that it will be stopping very soon so everyone needs to go back to their compartments.
Cedric looks down at the red faced girl in his arms with a charming smile, "I'll see you at the school, Make sure to take care." Euphemia just nods, too flustered to say anything else. Cedric lets go and she starts to walk away before peaking over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of the handsome boy again, only to see still watching her with soft eyes and a smile.
[When she see's him still watching, she quickly looks forwards again as she rushes back to her compartment, embarrassed that she got caught looking back at Cedric.]
The screen turns black signaling that part is over with. They sit in silence for a moment before getting out of their seats to make use of their break.