the little lamb was no more

history is told by the survivors, but what they don't tell you is... there's nothing more heartbreaking than being the last one standing. mary . 24

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e. vance·

   She’d recognize her anywhere. She was younger and she wasn’t sure if she’d recognize her. She often wondered how it had affected her with she died and if she had been okay. That’s the thing about death. It’s all those people that one leaves behind that hurt the most. She had been one of her closest friends and Emmeline considered her a sister even. She approached her slowly and took a seat as she didn’t want to startle her. “Hey, Mary. Do you recognize me?” 

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           Mary flipped through the newspaper in front of her and raised a brow when she heard her name. She glanced over at the woman who spoke and her brow furrowed for a moment. Then, the recognition set in and her brows rose in surprise. “E-Emmeline,” she asked as she turned more towards Em and tilted her head to the side. “Is that you?”

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j. potter·

            ‘  twenty-four ???  by  merlin ,  you’re  so  old ! ’  james  always  one  to  tease  those  he  CARES  about.  the  prankster  never  missing  the  opportunity  for  a  little  jest.  ‘  let  me  just  say––  you  look  much  better  than  sirius  does.  but  don’t  tell  him  that  ,  that  bugger  would  curse  me  mean. ’  his  friends  from  the  future.  how curious  they  seemed  to  have  changed.  it  setting  his  mind  off  into  a  wander.  ‘  do  i  still  look  good  at  twenty-four?  i’m  not  bald  am  i? ’

        Mary’s eyes grew wide and she placed her hand against her heart. “How rude of you, James, I thought we were friends! How dare you tell me I’m old. I’m in the prime ,” she chuckled and shook her head. Slowly, she smiled. “Now that’s exactly what I needed to hear, thank you. I do look much better than Sirius.” Mary stopped herself from wrinkling her nose. Looking up at him, Mary knew it wasn’t a good time to say the truth. As much as it hurt her, she knew she didn’t want to be that messenger. “You are definitely not bald,” and that wasn’t a lie, “but with that thick mop, do you really think you would be, mate?”

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e. vanity·

* ╰   THE  CLICK  of  her  shoes  against  the  floor  brought  no  attention  to  them  ,  the  sound  of  the  OVERWHELMING  chatter  drowning  it  out  .  hastily  marching  towards  a  corner  table  ,  emma  looked  back  to  find  mary  following  and  wavered  a  shell  of  a  smile  .  draping  her  cloak  over  the  back  of  a  chair  ,  she  sauntered  towards  the  gryffindor  ,  arms  tightened  around  her  own  elbows  ,  and  eyed  the  sweet  display  .  “  i’ve  .  .  .  i’ve  been  well  ,  mary  .  how  are  you  ?  find  any  of  your  friends  yet  ?  ”

           “Yeah, a few of them,” and a couple that she thought she wasn’t going to ever see again. She was still dealing with the possible consequences of letting others in on the truth. But she didn’t want to cause more trouble than what was needed. “Any of yours,” she asked curiously and looked over at the other girl.

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r. lupin·

“The two go hand in hand. It’s perfect really.” Remus agreed with a laugh. “It hasn’t helped me, yet, given I don’t have a job at the moment, but it will.” He added. “I won’t.” Truthfully if he felt he was only going to be adding to the baggage, he probably would hold off, but he wasn’t going to stay that. “We can always talk to each other, yeah? As probably the only two here that know what we do.”

        “Yet, but totally going to change in our favor. We’re the reliable ones.” Mary chuckled and she reached up to tuck her hair behind her ear. She nodded at his words and took a deep breath. “I saw Lily,” she said after a moment. “Lily before everything happened and she has been spending so much time trying to figure out a way back and all I can think about it, i have her back and I don’t want to go back to a point I don’t have her anymore.” She wrinkled her nose at her own rambling. “I’m a horrible person.”

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a. longbottom·

“good, i wouldn’t expect anything else.” she laughed. “i can imagine, sirius is like a rock.” she said.

        “Definitely a thick skull,” Mary snorted and looked over at her friend. “How are you dealing with everything,” she asked softly.

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p. lovegood

             pandora  hadn’t  meant  to  upset  her ,  the  girl  cursing  herself  in  her  head  as  she  wiped  her  mouth  &  gently  RUBBED  the  other  girls  back.  ‘  everything  is  going  to  be  okay ,  mary.  t..  they  beat  grindelwald  once  without  us  ,  &  they  will  do  it  again.  you  know  who  is  gone––  we  just  have  to  wait  for  a  way  home. ’  the  words  of  comfort  were  words  pandora  couldn’t  get  herself  to   b e l i e v e   despite  how  much  she  wished  she  did.  there  were  rumors…  that  voldemort  came  back ,  but  it  was  BEST  not  to  mention  that  now.   ‘ we’ll  get  through  this. ’

           Mary knew that Pandora didn’t meant to make her upset. Sometimes, Mary simply couldn’t control when the panic took over. She hadn’t had any real control since her fifth year. She gave a quick nod and she pressed out a small smile. “You’re right,” she murmured, “we’ll get through this.”

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j. potter

                   james  took  her  word  ,  shrugging  the  unsettling  feeling  off  as  an  upset  stomach  or  a  HUNGRY  one.  gentle  fingers   w r a p p e d   around  her  shoulders ,  rubbing  her  arm  up  &  down  to  give  some  relief  from  the  cold.  ‘ i  agree…  so  far ,  nothing  has  impressed  me  so  far  about  this  time.  not  that  ours  was  much  better  truthfully–– ’  dark  times  it  was  back  home ,  but  at  least  it  was  home.  ‘  did  you  come  from  the  future  like  sirius? ’

          Mary’s eyes closed for a moment. James made a small gesture with helping her warm up but it meant the world to her. She truly had missed him. “I did,” she replied, “I’m almost twenty four in my time.” Her nose wrinkled as she spoke and she shook her head. It had been a long time since they both were young and carefree. 

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e. vanity·

* ╰   WITH  EYES  flicking  back  and  forth  to  keep  watch  on  curious  orbs  ,  emma  turned  to  face  mary  .  she  felt  like  she  was  back  in  hogwarts  -  she  didn’t  like  it  .  “  either  way  ,  it’s  going  to  take  more  than  sentiments  to  make  people  feel  better  .  ”  and  with  a  quick  shrug  ,  emma  jerked  her  head  towards  the  shop  .  “  it’s  cold  .  come  on  .  ”  she  wanted  to  add  that  it’s  safer  to  hide  from  prying  eyes  inside  ,  but  she  didn’t  want  to  offend  .  “  we’ll  talk  inside  .  ”  she  urged  ,  not  waiting  for  a  response  .  it  seems  that  bossiness  was  forever  going  to  be  in  her  character  .

        Mary clicked her tongue. Most would get frustrated by Emma and her steely guard. But Mary, by now, was use to it and it stopped bothering her for quite some time now. She followed Emma into the sweet shop and carefully undid the clasp of her cloak. The warmth of shop brought a slight flush to her cheeks and she reached up to look at one of the chocolates. “How are you?”

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r. lupins·

“Two of the best traits to have. Especially when it comes to getting something you want.” Sheer determination often did better than anything else when it came down to it. “I appreciate that, really.” He told her with a smile. “It’s good to have you here, Mary. I’ve got Sirius too, but he doesn’t get it like you do, and he’s got enough on his mind to worry about my stuff too.”

        “Definitely the traits to help getting what you want,” Mary chuckled. “And definitely that traits that most of us Gryffindors possess.” She looked to Remus and nodded with agreement, “he does. Don’t ever feel like that about me. If you need to unload, don’t stop yourself from talking to me.”

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p. lovegood·

               ‘  i  agree.  it   feels  like  tensions  are  rising  every  day.  you  know..  i  met  a  boy  the  other  day.  he  had  the  DARK  mark  upon  his  forearm.  showed  it  to  me  as  if  it  was  nothing.  he  told  me  reasons  of  why  he  had  it ,  but  followers  of  you  know  who  are  excellent  fibbers.  there  could  be  so  many  more  of  his  followers  here  that  we  don’t  know.  it  worries  me. ’

      Mary’s back stiffened. The thought of a death eater was there with them, as well as others that might be hidden in plain sight, made her sick. They had already won that fight in her time, and now, Grindelwald’s fight was only just beginning. It was too much. Clearing her throat, Mary tried to find her voice. “I can’t deal with that again,” she whispered, “I can’t.”

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r. black

regulus went back to sipping at his own drink, not sure of what to say next. honestly, he couldn’t even fathom why the girl would want to talk to him, knowing who he was. ‘i know it isn’t much, but my word is all i have and if… he shows up, i’ll take a page out of my brother’s book and beat his arse muggle style.’

        Despite herself, Mary snorted. She honestly couldn’t see him, in particular, beating someone’s arse but she kept that to herself. “Personally, he can stay far, far away. In hell preferably,” she replied and lifted her glass in a small salute.

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r. lupin

“Of course we will. Between the two of us I think we’re pretty convincing, and if not that then we’re definitely stubborn.” Remus said with a laugh. “And it doesn’t have to be anything perfect, just enough to get by I suppose. But if you ever need someone to talk to, I’m here.”

          “Convincing and stubborn. Basically all we need in life.” Mary ran her fingers through her hair and pushed all troubled thoughts to the back of her mind. Whatever happened, she was going to enjoy what this accident had given her in that moment. If they had to go back, she at least knew she had Remus there with her. “You too,” she bumped her shoulder against his.

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a. longbottom

alice let out a sigh of relief at what mary said. “good, because then i can hug him instead of cursing him when i see him.”

        “Well I punched him before he got a word out,” Mary admitted softly and wrinkled her nose. “My hand regretted it,” she added with a laugh.

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r. lupin

“I’m not sure when the curse began, if I’m honest. But apparently I must only last the year. Maybe I wasn’t cut out for it in the end.” He shrugged. “I get it, Mary. You shouldn’t have had to help those people anyway, not them.” He shook his head. Not everyone deserved to this, those who inflicted pain on others for their own amusement certainly did not. “I don’t think anyone’s able to take care of everyone. I don’t think you did anything wrong. You were right to leave. Maybe we can find something here together?”

          Mary nodded as she tried to listen. To take in what he said and not feel bad about herself. She could hear her own mother’s voice in the back of her head telling her not to give up. She looked over at him and nodded, “definitely, we’ll find something.”

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r. black

reg looked away when she said her name and frowned. he was familiar with the tale, though he wasn’t immediately involved. ‘not mine. however i do know what you’re referring too. it was horrific and in no means a laughing matter. choose to believe me or not, mary, i’m very sorry for my poor choices and additionally for associating with the likes of any of them.’ he was sincere but revisiting those times was not what regulus wanted. he wanted to move on.

        Mary didn’t have a clue of what she had expected his response was going to be but an apology certainly didn’t cross her mind. It left her speechless for a moment and she had to take a sip of her drink to collect herself. “Well, I appreciate that,” she finally replied.