chapter 7
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For the next year, Mary stayed safely in hiding with Sirius. She had to hide in the corner of the cave when Harry, Ron, and Hermione came to visit, but she at least got to technically "see" them. Dumbledore had told Sirius that it would be too dangerous to tell anyone anything about her in case someone would overhear.
One night while Sirius was lying awake, trying to find a comfortable spot on the hard rock, he heard a soft sobbing sound next to him. He looked over and saw Mary curled up on the cave floor, crying softly.
"Mary?" he whispered as he crawled over to her. "Mary, what's wrong?" He held her in his arms and said, "It's ok, sweetie, don't cry."
"I'm s-sorry," she said tearfully, "But I j-just wish I c-could know Harry b-better. I d-don't like b-being a secret to everyone. You're the only f-friend I have."
Sirius gave Mary a soft kiss on the cheek and brushed her untidy hair out of her face and said sadly, "And I just wish I could to be as good of a dad as your father."
She hugged him and whispered, "You already are."
He smiled and a single tear rolled down his cheek.
Mary lay down under her brother's bed in dog form after the Triwizard Tournament. Albus Dumbledore, Mrs. Weasley, and Severus Snape sat in a small circle talking softly to each other. Mary knew that the time had come, and she was ready. She was going to be introduced to all the members of the Order of the Phoenix, as she was about to become one. She knew that the Order was comprised of overage witches and wizards only, but Dumbledore had made an exception. He knew that, given a wand, Mary would be very powerful, and she was going to be at headquarters all the time anyway.
Dumbledore suddenly peered under the bed and said, "Okay, Mary, you can come out now and resume your usual form."
Mary the dog stepped out from underneath the bed and almost instantly, there was an extremely thin, gaunt-looking teenage girl with untidy black hair and vivid green eyes standing before them. She had a bit of a haunted look about her, like Sirius did, from being in Azkaban so long.
Mrs. Weasley gasped, Snape scowled, and Dumbledore smiled.
Mrs. Weasley stuck out a shaking hand to Mary and said, "Molly Weasley. I'm Ron's mother."
Mary took it and replied, "Nice to meet you. Mary Potter. I'm Harry's sister."
Mrs. Weasley gasped again.
"Mary," said Dumbledore, "this is Severus Snape."
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Snape," said Mary cheerfully as she stuck out her hand. Snape only scowled at it in disgust. Mary decided she didn't like this man anymore.
"Well," said Dumbledore, "now that everyone knows each other, I suggest we bring Mary and Sirius into the other room so they can tell their side of the story."
Sirius jumped off of Harry's bed and followed the others into the room.
They all came out an hour later with different expressions on their faces. Snape was scowling, of course, and Mrs. Weasley was dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief. Dumbledore was beaming, and Mary and Sirius were looking at each other lovingly. After a few hours, they both left to meet the other members of the Order. Some were shocked, others gave her huge hugs, and others burst into tears. Finally, they arrived at the house Mary had been anticipating most: Remus Lupin's.
Sirius the dog pawed on Remus's door and a tired-looking man with graying hair and shabby robes answered. He smiled and let the two black dogs in.
Sirius and Mary both transformed, but when Remus saw Mary he gasped and looked shocked.
"S-Sirius," he stammered, "Is she who I think she is?"
Sirius nodded.
"I know everyone says it," said Remus, "but it's true. She looks just like James would if he were a girl, and Lily's eyes. Exactly like Harry. Exactly. But how Sirius?"
"I think it's best if we tell him together," Sirius said to Mary.
"Alright," she replied.
Sirius and Mary stayed at Remus's house for a few weeks, and Mary and Remus became fast friends. There were special times in which all three of them would sit together on the floor and Sirius and Remus would tell Mary stories about when they were at school with James. Remus pretty much became her uncle, so to speak. They were just very close.
Finally, it was time to move into the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Sirius seemed very unhappy about this. "Place where I grew up," he told Mary bitterly.
The threesome was the first group to arrive at the house. Mary didn't really like the house very much; it was just very depressing. But she knew she would get used to. After all, this was going to be her home for the next who-knows-how-long. At least she would be with Sirius.
Sirius took Mary upstairs and showed her her room. The walls and ceiling were all painted green, the carpet was white, and the bedspread was blue. That's all there was in the room, actually.
"Sorry it's not better," Sirius sighed. "You deserve so much more than you have." He hugged her. "Anyway, this is a secret room in the house. You can get here by tapping the blue statue of the snake in the hall with your finger and whispering "Frusewa", okay?"
"Thank you, Sirius," she said sweetly. "I love you."
"I love you too, Mary," he said as he gazed upon his beautiful goddaughter. "Come on, let's get some dinner."
She followed him out of the room and they went down into the kitchen to eat.
(One week later.)
Mary was sitting at the table where the first Order of the Phoenix meeting had just been held. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were having their never-ending argument about Mary.
"I stand by what I said, Arthur. She is too young to be in the Order!"
"Now, Molly! For the last time, Dumbledore wants her to be in!"
Mary sighed. She knew this would never end. She quickly made her way back to the room, making sure none of Harry or his friends saw her.
"Frusewa," she muttered as she approached the blue statue. She was suddenly whisked away into her room. She immediately ran to her bed, jumped on it, and started crying her eyes out into her pillow. She did this everyday, where she could be alone. She cried over every pain she had experienced in her life. Not having any kid friends, sent to Azkaban, captured by Death Eaters, the dementors, not having her own brother know her, her dead parents, and of course the never-ending physical pain she had experienced from the Cruciatus Curse.
She was lying in bed a few hours later, just finishing up her crying, when she heard a pop! at the foot of her bed.
She heard a teenage boy's voice say, "Where the bloody hell are we?"
"I don't know," said another teenage boy's that sounded almost exactly like the others. The two boys turned on the oil lamps on either side of them and looked at the girl on the bed.
Fred and George Weasley gasped and stepped back.
"Who are you?" Fred and Mary said in unison.
"Well, we're Fred and George Weasley," said George in a slightly shaky voice. He raised his wand. "You'd better not try anything, we've got wands."
Mary looked slightly taken aback at this, but knew how she would have felt if she'd found someone she didn't know in a house that was supposed to be secret, not knowing if they were friend or foe.
"Alright," she said, "I guess there's no hiding it now. I know this sounds weird, but I'm Harry's twin sister, Mary. I've been with Sirius for a long time. Come sit down, I'll tell you the whole story."
Fred and George sat down on the bed with Mary and she told them everything.
They shifted uncomfortably at some parts on the story, especially when she explained the feelings of the Cruciatus Curse. When she finished, they both had slightly shocked looked on their faces.
They popped into her room every day to talk and learn about each other. They became fast friends.
And Mary didn't cry anymore.
The day finally came when Fred and George had to go back to school. Mary gave them good-bye hugs and kisses in her room.
"Don't worry, mate," said George to Mary. "We'll see each other again soon."
"I'll miss you guys so much," she said as she gave them one last hug before they went.
(8 months later)
Sirius was reading the newspaper in the living room of Number 12 Grimmauld Place. He heard Mary and Remus talking in one of the rooms, and smiled. They did this often. It was nice for Mary to have a friend around besides himself.
Suddenly there was a deafening BANG! and the wall exploded. Sirius was thrown backward a little, and he heard Mary and Remus panic, but they stayed in the room.
Sirius looked up to see 8 tall figures in black cloaks. Death Eaters
"Hello, Black," said a voice. It was Igor Karkaroff.
"You!" Sirius yelled.
"They've come for Mary," he thought. If only he could reach his wand. It was sitting on the damn bloody table!
"Stupefy," Karkaroff muttered, and before Sirius could do anything, he blacked out.
The eight Death Eaters made their way into the room where Remus and Mary were.
The two were holding each other in the corner, frightened at what awaited them.
"Well, well," said Lucius Malfoy, "It looks like we'll be having a bit of fun tonight." The other Death Eaters laughed.
Mary spoke up. "W-Where's Sirius? W-What did you do to him?"
"He'll live," said Malfoy with a smirk. "But you, however, may not."
Remus reached for his wand, but Malfoy stopped him. Thin cords shot out from Malfoy's wand and bound themselves tightly around Remus. He did the same to Mary.
"Let's go," said Karkaroff, and they swept out of the gaping hole carrying Mary and Remus.