For Emily (Why The Caged Bird Sings) - I hope you like it; it turned out completely different to what I had planned.

"Once upon a time, I fell in love with the wrong person."

When she was ten years old, she thought that he was the love of her life. She followed him everywhere she could; he played with her when her brothers wouldn't; she thought they were perfect for each other. It didn't matter to her that he was nine years older, that he had already graduated from Hogwarts when she had yet to start, she thought that they were going to get married one day and live happily ever after with lots of children.

Two years later, her cousin became Mrs. Victoire Lupin.

When she was eighteen years old, she fell in love for only the second time in her life. She blushed whenever he spoke to her; he smiled whenever he passed her in the corridors; she thought that this time it could be real. It didn't matter to her that he was two years younger, that she was just about to graduate from Hogwarts, she thought that maybe one day they could get marries and have 2.5 kids.

Five years later, her cousin became Mrs. Lucy Scamander.

When she was twenty years old, she fell in love yet again. They spent all of their free time together; they told each other everything; it felt right – better than the last two times – and she was sure that they could make it work. They liked a lot of the same things and had enough differences to not get bored, they could spend hours talking to each other every day and still not run out of things to say, she thought maybe they could go out for coffee some time.

One year later, her cousin became Mrs. Rose Malfoy.