Mary sat there with her head propped up with one hand that was on the table and her other hand covering her other ear as she tried to teach Maria to sing.
"All right, Maria, can you do me a favor and turn around?" Mary said as she stood up.
"Sure." She turned around and Mary snapped her fingers.
"All right, let's try that song again shall we?" Mary asked as she sat down at the piano that she had made appear out of no where a few hours earlier.
Maria took a deep breath and sang, this time beatifully, the song Mary had taught her.
Do, a deer, a female deer
Re, a drop of golden sun
Mi, a name I call myself
Fa, a long long way to run
So, a needle pulling thread
La, a note follow so
Ti, a drink with jam and bread
And that brings us back to Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do!
Mary finished the song off and Maria was overjoyed. She had finally gotten it!
"I did it Mary Poppins! I did it!" She said jumping around.
"Congratulations." She replied, she felt sad again, she missed Bert, she put her head in her hands and began crying, Maria then knew something was dreadfully wrong.
"Mary Poppins? Is there something I can help you with?" She asked putting her hand on her shoulder.
Mary looked up at her. Her mascara was running down her face. She took Maria's hands in her own and replied, her voice breaking as she tried to talk through her tears. "Maria, always follow your heart, I can see now that you will make a wonderful young woman, and I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think you will be a nun, but a mother to children who need you dearly." Mary said and Maria nodded.
"Like you?" She asked.
"Yes, like me." She said hugging her.
A few hours later, the two were walking through the crowded market place, when a 17 year old boy ran by, knocking Maria to the ground.
"I'm sorry!" He said quickly as he helped her back up. Once she was on her feet, he continued on his way, rushing to wherever it was he was going.
"Who was that?" Mary asked looking at a scratch Maria had on her forehead.
"Georg Von Trapp, I hate him." Maria saaid sticking her tongue out in the direction he came.
Mary laughed, she knew that something would happen between those two, but she wasn't exactly sure what though. They got everything they needed, and before Maria went to bed that night, she prayed for Mary, that she would follow her own heart, and of course, like every other child, that Mary would stay for a long time.
Bert was drawing a picture when he heard his name being called by two children, Jane and Michael obviously.
"Bert! Why didn't you tell us Mary Poppins was here!?" Jane asked.
"Because I only had a few hours with 'er meself." He replied getting up from the ground. He had been drawing propped up against the tree in the park, change of plans when he heard his name.
"Bert? Is something wrong? You're not your usual cheerie self today." Michael said.
"I miss 'er Michael." He sighed and ran his hand over his face.
"Oh. Well, she might come back." He replied, not knowing really what to say.
"You two 'ad better het on 'ome, it's getting late." He said as he looked up at the first star in the sky, making a wish on it, not knowing Mary was looking up at the same star, making a wish on it as well.
"Mary Poppins? You really love him dearly don't you?" The parrot asked.
"I do, but I can't let sentiment muddle my thinking remember?" She asked annoyed at the bird now.
"Of course I do! Well, I have looked far and wide, and it seems there isn't a way on this Earth for you two to be together." He said sadly.
"There's got to be a way! True love always finds a way." She said as tears brimmed her eyes.
"Well, for you, there is no such thing as true love." He said.
"Then why do I feel this way?" She asked as she got madder and madder as the seconds passed.
"I'm guessing because you're different, and maybe, just maybe, you can escape this curse." He said.
"You bet I am, and I am going to get out of this if it kills me!" She said throwing down the umbrella on the ground and stomping back inside.
"Mary Poppins! Come back! Oh dear." The parrot said as he laid on the snow covered ground, and then he heard thunder in the distance, a blizzard was coming. "So she really is the Ice Princess isn't she?" He asked himself.
The snow fell down and the thunder rumbled as Mary lay awake, looking at the ceiling.
"Mary Poppins! " Maria said as she rushed into her room and literally jumped under the covers, hiding from the storm.
"My dear Maria, it must be two in the morning, whatever is the matter?" She asked as the little girl popped up from under the covers.
"I'm frightened of storms!" She said hugging Mary and burying her face on Mary's left shoulder.
"Just think of your favorite things, and you'll go right to sleep." She said, then she heard a strange mumbling from outside.
"I'm going to get her I am. Just you wait Mary Poppins, I'll leave you out in the cold one day." The parrot snarled.
Mary's eyes grew wide as she jumped up and opened the window. The umbrella was propped up against the wall. Mary grabbed the top of it and pulled it inside.
"I'm so sorry." She said as she wiped the dust off.
"I'll have your a..." Mary snapped his beak shut before he could finish.
"Mary Poppins? Did that umbrella just talk to you?" Maria asked.
"Uhhh, no." She said as if she were offended.
"All right, well do you mind if I sleep in here with you tonight? I'm scared of snow storms." She said as she layed her head on the pillow. Before Mary could answer, the girl was fast asleep.
"Parrot? Can I talk to you about something?" Mary asked when she found herself not being able to sleep.
"Go on, I'm to frozen to sleep to." He replied.
"Well, you saw how Maria came running in here, hoping I'd let her stay in here to hide from the storm?" She asked.
"Yes I heard actually." He answered back.
"Well, ever since I was little I dreamed about, my own children, running into me and my husband's room during a storm. And also I can hear them wherever I go, it's like a strange haunting feeling, but how can you miss someone that's not there?" She asked.
"Mary Poppins, you are, like I said before different, you have something very rare to find in people like you." He said.
"What is that?" She asked.
"You actually have a heart, filled with love and compassion for everyone." He replied.
Mary sat back in the rocking chair and thought hard about what he meant. She knew that everyone had a heart, but it was rare to find, in people like her, that it was filled with the love and compassion to give back to someone else.
"Parrot? Why won't they let me go? I am no destined for this." She said as she stood and looked out the foggy window.
"They're trying to break your soul apart. That's the honest truth." He replied.
"Why though?" Mary asked.
"If you don't become what they want, they will do anything to make you that way, even if it means eliminating the reason you aren't the way they want you to be." He said, and this frightened Mary.
"They'd... they'd kill Bert?" She said.
"That's why I took you at an early age, you couldn't get attached to him, or those children, Janis and Mathew, or whoever they were, see? I did that to protect you, but Bert is your true love and I'll see what strings I can pull to get you out of this." He said.
Mary smiled and she patted his head, sat back in the rocking chair and went to sleep, finally.
Here's chapter two, I hope you enjoyed it, my cowriter, Ash, was a big help. (hugs her) R AND R!
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P.S. Maria is Maria Rainer from the Sound Of Music, so ya there u go. Thnx to ForeverJulie for telling me her last name, chapter is dedicated to you! Also, some more of Julie Andrews' past roles may appear, such as Lili, not sure though
