The First Hello

Memory Blocker

Another boy came in. "Dro?" Ted.

Three girls came in after. The one ran up to Ted, and they both went to where the girls were and hid. "What is happening?" Emmeline. Mary didn't care enough about the conversation after that.

The other two girls were sitting on the couch watching the drama unfold. One had pure black hair. Bellatrix. The other one had short white hair. Rita.

Mary couldn't hear the voices anymore. Instead, she heard similar but different ones. They were pulling her out of her trance. But, she wanted to stay. She wanted to stay where her friends were. But, they were too strong and pulled her out of it.

She heard a wavering voice. "Mary, please, wake up."

She opened her eyes and saw the exact same people she had just seen in her dream, just older. With far fewer of her friends but they were replaced with ones that looked exactly like them.

She started to cry. "Mary? What's wrong?"

"Lils."

"Did she just -"

"She got her memory back."

She opened her eyes to see Regulus, Narcissa, Andromeda, Sirius, Bellatrix, Dorcas, and Remus right next to her.

"Oh, Mar, I'm so sorry." She remembered their names and started saying them in her head again. Narcissa.

"What happened? How did you get your memory back?" Sirius.

"I had flashbacks. Flashbacks to when you pulled that prank on the Slytherin's."

"Which one. There were so many." Remus.

"The one where Reg got stuck and every one of us came in the Gryffindor common room to see it unfold."

Someone laughed. Regulus. "I was so mad at James that day."

"You came running in the common room, and we all hid behind that wall." Dorcas. She was smiling.

"That was the funniest prank ever." Andromeda.

"I got stuck in it!" Bellatrix. Everyone laughed. Even Mary. Mary sat up on the couch.

Mary looked over at Draco. "You look like Lucius. Just without the longer hair." She smiled.

"I think I look more like mom."

"No, I do."

"I was there for every single one of your births." She pointed at Draco. "Your Draco." She pointed at Lila. "And your Lila."

She looked over at Hermione. "Your Hermione." And Mione smiled at that.

"How do you know that?"

"You look like your mother."

"How did you know her?"

"I'm Muggle-born. I have connections in both worlds." Hermione smiled.

Mary turned to the Weasley kids and pointed at them one by one. "Your Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny Weasley." They smiled.

Next, she turned to Luna and gasped. "You look exactly like your mother."

"How?"

"Her hair, eyes, face. Emmeline would agree. So, would Evan." Luna smiled.

"Who's Emmeline?"

"Your mothers soulmate." Mary smiled.

Next, she turned towards Nymphadora. "You.... have your mother's smile."

"Really?"

"I'm not so sure about that, Mar. I barely smiled."

"Exept when you were with Ted." At that, Andy smiled. "See, you have your mother's smile." Dora smiled.

She turned toward Blaise. "Your mother was very famous."

"Oh, I know. I hear it every day." Mary smiled.

"Now you," she was facing Pansy. "Look like both your mother and father."

She had a confused look on her face. "How?"

"Your mother's face and your fathers nose and eyes." Pansy smiled.

"Ah, Lorenzo Berkshire. I still don't get why your mother didn't use Black, too, or even Lestrange. Lorenzo Berkshire-Lestrange-Black."

"That doesn't sound right."

"Sush. I'm talking to your son right now."

Bellatrix gave a little laugh. "Whatever you say, Mar."

"You look more like your dad than anything. But, you have that disappointed look in your eye, just like your mother."

"How do you know the eyes?"

"We were called the Valkyries because we knew each other like best friends for a reason." Everyone laughed.

"You," She was pointing at Delphini. "I am so glad you don't look anything like your father. Like he does now, at least. You look a lot more like your mother."

"What did he look like before?"

"Like Tom. An identical copy. Like your twins."

Tom looked skeptical. "How do you know that?"

"Time Turner. The Valkyries, Mauraders, and Slytherin Skittles all used it at once. It was fun."

"Cara and Mandy Lestrange. You two look nothing alike. Yet, you look just like your mother with your fathers dimples."

Cara and Mandy laugh. "Sounds about right."

"And the Riddle twins. Aliana, you look just like Trixie. And Mattheo, nothing like your father. More your mother."

Mattheo laughed. "That's a relief." Aliana laughed.

Mary got up off the couch and walked over to the other one. Harry was sitting down with Lillian right beside him and Rose laying on their laps.

"Rose," Rose sat up and sat between her siblings. "You look like your mother."

"How?"

"Same red hair, same eyes, dimples, everything. You look nothing like James." Rose smiled.

"Lillian, you also look just like your mother." Lillian smiled in victory. "With James' proudness and braveness." Everyone laughs.

"That sure sounds like James to me."

"You would know."

"Mar! Gross!"

Mary laughed in victory. "Harry, you look just like James."

Regulus smiled. "More and more every day."

"Except.."

Harry smiled. "My mother's eyes, I know."

"Yes, that, but also, her smile, her proud, pretty smile." Mary started to tear up. "You three remind me so much of Lils."

Mary felt like her heart was going to rip out of her chest. She wanted to see Lily so bad, but she couldn't. At least not yet, anyway.

Dorcas came by her side. "It's ok, Mar." Let's go sit back down.

"It all came rushing back." Mary said, teary-eyed. "I couldn't take it."

"It's ok, Mar. Just rest."

"Mmh." Mary layed down and went to sleep.

Molly

"Alright, all of you, to bed." No one wanted to argue with Molly, so they just went up to bed, and Molly was the last one to go.

"Mary, I'm so sorry. It wasn't fair to any of us. But, it is what it is." After Molly knew Mary was sleeping soundly on the couch, she went up to bed, just like everyone else.