Heroes Shed No Tears
Part I - Prologue
By: VirtualFaerie
"Why are you crying? Stop crying," a pale, blond boy, with dark grey eyes, said to the red-headed little girl who was sitting on the swing, with tears streaming down her face.
"My brother's won't play with me," she said shakily, looking up at the boy hesitantly.
"Oh," he said softly, then notice the tears were still flowing down her face, "Please stop crying."
"I can't," she said.
"What are you doing here son? We have better things to do," the man looked down at the girl, "And better people to associate with. Come now."
The boy bowed his head, "Yes father," he said following the man quietly. They stopped not far away.
"What are you wearing boy? Didn't I tell you not to take that again? It doesn't belong to you and it does you a disgrace!" The man reached down towards the boy's neck and yanked off a silver chain. The boy cried out. The man scowled at him and said, "Remember son, crying gets you no where." The boy nodded slowly and the man threw the silver chain, which the girl had just noticed had a silver dragon pendant hanging on it.
"You are becoming a disgrace to me boy! You better shape up before it's time for you to go to school." He said coldly.
"Yes father," he said subdued.
The silver chain bounced on the ground near her and she watched it silently. As soon as she was sure that the man and the boy had left she got off her swing, drying her tears, and picked up the necklace clasping it on her neck.
A red-headed boy walked up to her, "What's that you have there Ginny?"
She looked at him worriedly and said quickly, "It's nothing."
The boy rolled his eyes, "Hey! Fred! George! Wait for me!" he shouted, running off to follow more red-headed boys around the park.
She watched him go and fingered the dragon pendant, wondering if she'd ever see the blond headed boy again.