a/n: for the 'My Favourite Character Competition'.
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molly II ;; birth of a younger sibling
Molly looks at the squirming ball in front of her with wide eyes, one pudgy finger reaching down and jabbing it between the eyes, which are pretty much the only discernable thing on its face.
"Molly, don't do that," Audrey scolds, pushing her daughter's finger away; but her voice is soft and her eyes do not leave the thing's face. She seems entranced by it, though Molly can't see why – it's all ugly and red, like a squashed beetle on a burgundy brick.
"Mummy, what is it?" she asks, and her father starts to answer. Responding to every question asked seems to be ingrained in him, which works out perfectly as Molly likes to ask every question possible.
"It's a baby, Molly. Your baby sister," he says, pushing his bronze-coloured glasses up his nose. The thing – the baby – giggles and then gulps, its pursed mouth grasping for something that isn't there. "Her name is Lucy," Percy continues, a proud beam lighting up his face.
"Luwcy," Molly repeats. She touches her finger to the baby's nose, and Lucy giggles again her eyes shining with something. It feels inevitable to little Molly that she would have a little sister - like fate or destiny, or whatever it is her dad and Aunt Hermione argue about all the time. She's kind of cute really, Molly thinks, and exchanges smiles with her parents. It might be kind of nice having her around.
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