Thinking

Emphasis on a thought/word

Reading letters

~Chapter Two~

That morning when John Winchester woke up he had no idea he would be walking down into the kitchen to not only find his wife there, but a little red-haired girl as well. For one moment he stood in frozen-surprise in the doorway and watched Mary cooking breakfast while humming "Hey Jude" under her breath. The girl though just sat there at the table while clutching what looked to be some sort of locket that hung from her delicate white neck, the entire time she stared blankly at the table top in front of her. Every few minutes Mary would glance over at the girl, obviously worried about her, before going back to her cooking.

Finally getting his bearings, John strode into the kitchen. The moment he made his entrance the redheaded girl's head snapped up and stared at him with bright emerald-green eyes that looked to be flecked with hazel. Her almond-shaped eyes were sharp as they watched the dark-haired man, but also held a deep sadness in them too.

As he walked over to Mary, she looked up and gave a smile. "Morning John," she greeted him.

"Morning," John said, placing his hands on her shoulders and pecking his wife on the cheek affectionately. "Who's the girl?" he whispered softly, making sure only Mary could hear him.

"That's Margaret Lily Evans-Potter," she told him, also whispering. "She's my cousin from Englands's daughter. She showed up with a letter which, upon reading it, states how on the night of Halloween, both of her parents had been murdered in front of her and her brother had also been close to being killed that night as well. Her brother, Harry, is now living with my cousin's older sister while she is to live with us."

Frowning, John stood there silently to let this information sink in. Before he could say anything, Mary continued. "Apparently Margaret goes by Daisy and ever since seeing her parents murdered, she has been having nightmares where she screams herself awake and hasn't spoken a word since that night."

His eyes widened. "Does she perhaps have PTSD?" John asked. "Experiencing something like that as a kid could mess anyone like that real good."

Mary frowned now. "I haven't thought of that, but I think it would be best to wait a couple of days," she murmured softly. "You know, just to get her settled and see if she gets any better."

"It's your call," John said simply before walking over and joining the red-haired girl at the table. He barely managed to sit down before a little boy of two, almost three, came running in. The toddler had blonde hair like Mary's except, instead of blue eyes, he had green. Although the color was a few shades darker than Daisy's.

"Daddy! Daddy!"

John smiled and allowed his son to hop into his lap. "Hey, Dean! You hungry!"

Little Dean nodded enthusiastically before he saw Daisy, who had looked up when the little boy ran in, and pointed at her and asked John, "Daddy? Who's 'at?"

"That's Daisy," John explained. "She's going to be staying with us from now on."

"Why?" Dean wanted to know.

His father sighed. "I'll tell you when you're older," was all he said before sitting his son onto a seat that put him across from the older red-haired girl.

At that moment Mary handed out breakfast and everyone ate in silence. This went on until Dean looked up at Daisy with wide curious eyes. From where he sat across from her, Dean saw that she wasn't even bothering to eat, only staring at the breakfast food in front of her with unseeing eyes.

"A' 'ou no' 'ungry?" the toddler asked Daisy, mouth full.

"Dean!" Mary chided. "Don't talk with your mouth full!"

Swallowing, Dean repeated more clearly: "Are 'ou naw 'ungry?"

Daisy looked up in surprise before shaking her head in a silent "no".

Before Dean could ask why, John quickly said, "Dean, eat your breakfast."

After breakfast was finished, Mary led her cousin's daughter upstairs and showed her her new room. She told the girl that they could paint it or fix it to how she wanted it, but Daisy shook her head "no". For the next few minutes Mary showed the redhead where the bathroom was and where the other rooms were before she left Daisy to her own devices.

That night, and many other following nights for the next couple of months, Mary raced into Daisy's room to find the girl had screamed herself awake from a nightmare. The little redhead had cried out in her sleep, and it would only be in following episodes when Mary came to realize that those cries were "Mommy!" Daddy!" and "Harry!" Like the first night, and every other following night, Mary Winchester would hold Daisy until, and sometimes after, she cried herself back to sleep.

During the first year, Daisy Potter didn't say a single word. Not even little Dean could get her to talk. It was only when the surprise visit of one Petunia Evans-Dursley had came to the Winchesters with Harry in tow that Daisy finally talked. The redhead showed great happiness for the first time that the Winchesters had seen since she came to live with them, and it was all because of seeing her little brother.

Mary thought it was the sweetest and most surprising thing when Harry actually seemed to remember his older sister. What made it even more so was when, according to Petunia, he had said his first word: "Daisy", or rather "Day", and the redhead had actually cried. For the those few days that Harry and Petunia stayed at the Winchesters, Daisy had spent every moment she could with her little brother. She even went so far as to have him sleep in her room, which Mary and John soon found out was how it was like mostly back when the Potters had been alive. So, after Harry and Petunia returned to England, Daisy ended up moving into Dean's room, and the older child had no more nightmares.

So there you have it! If any of you have any questions, concerns, thoughts or comments, please leave them in a review! And no flames! Also I'd like to ask for a vote on what I should do about Mary, should I have her be killed by Yellow-Eyes? Or somehow have her live? The reason I'm asking is because I don't know if you'd all think it would be too cruel to Daisy, as she had already seen both her parents get murdered by Lord Voldemort, or if it would be just fine so...yes to killing Mary or no to killing Mary?