-- the years had not been kind to mary macdonald , that was for sure . her beginning years at hogwarts were amazing . she was popular and she had her friends , and things were looking promising for the girl . but then roman mulciber happened . there had always been a question about what exactly he did to her , and only a few know the truth . he was cruel and everything they were taught the slytherins were . he had used the cruciatus curse on her , but it could not be proven or else he would have sent to azkaban straight away . but he had not and mary had been left broken .
unbeknownst to many , she spent the whole summer between sixth and seventh year in st. mungos because of the damage he had done to her mentally . and mary had never spoken about what she went through or how it felt to be placed under that curse and at his whim . she would never forget it nor would she forget the look upon his face when he did it . like it didn't bother her -- like he could be doing any number of things while torturing her . it haunted her nightmares for years after she left the walls of hogwarts .
but over the years , she had learned to cope . she had begun to heal the broken parts of her psyche and she was starting to feel at peace with everything that happened . it had been almost ten years , and she refused to be a victim forever .
which was why she decided to go to a group set up for survivors . maybe finally talking about it would help and she couldn't keep doing it alone . it had taken her the entire morning to keep from psyching herself out as she finally left her flat and headed for st. mungo's where it was being held . entering in the rehabilitation center , she was the first person there as she knew that she needed to be so that she wouldn't chicken out . she couldn't leave if she was already there , could she ?
that thought changed quickly when she saw someone walk through the door that she never thought she would see again . and she hoped that she wouldn't . dark eyes widened and she nearly fell from her chair as an almost pathetic sound drew from her throat . " oh no .. " no . no when did he get out ? why wasn't she notified ? her head shook frantically and she pushed her feet against the floor which scooted her chair back until it hit the wall with a thunk .
" is this some kind of cruel joke ? are you bloody serious ? " she cut her gaze at the mediator with a look that could kill someone mixed with that of a deer caught in the sights of a wolf .
@enchaenti gets a starter from mary macdonald for roman mulciber
