Mary woke up two days after Christmas and was transferred from St. Mungo's to the Hospital Wing at Hogwarts a week later. That way she could keep up with school work easier. Every now and again Madam Pomfrey allowed her to walk down to the Green Houses, which was what was doing at the current time, wearing her jeans, long sleeved shirt, with her hair down. Why she was uncomfortable wearing her Gryffindor robes, she couldn't explain.

She walked into the Green Houses and almost ran into another student named, as she had just so recently learnt to be named Luke Harper. He was there when she woke up and had tried to kiss her. She looked down and hugged herself before mumbling, "Sorry."

"Mary, wait," Luke said as he reached out to stop her, pulling away when she flinched away from his hand. "How are you doing?"

Mary was silent for a moment before turning back, though she didn't look up. "I'm alright. I still can't remember who people are, so don't ask."

"It will come back to you eventually. Just give it some more time." He smiled sadly.

She slowly glanced up at him and was instantly drawn to his eyes. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure. Ask as many things as you want to."

"Why did you try to kiss me?"

"Because you are my girlfriend and I love you." Luke said almost automatically.

"Even after what I did to you?" She asked curiously and continued when his face turned to surprise and confusion. "I don't remember, but people talk. They give me a funny looks whenever I pass them in the corridor. They whisper things like whore and how bad of a friend I am."

"Mary. I have loved you from the moment I laid eyes on you. You are brilliant at the things you do and you are the most important person in my life. What you did was not your fault."

"I'm not as sure as you are and I may never be sure. I'm sorry."

After her encounter with Luke she decided to visit her dorm in the Gryffindor tower. She thinks that it might help jog her memory. After saying the new password ("Flubberworm") she walked directly to her room, ignoring the eyes on her. Pulling on the end of her sleeve she opened the door slowly and came to a room full of people. Well, a room full of four people. Sirius stood quickly and moved across the room to pull her into a hug – to which she evaded and moved to the opposite side. There were two brooms next to one of the open windows which would explain how James and Sirius got into the room. Lily and Charlotte were sitting on their respected bed while James was sitting on Mary's. She pretended to ignore them as she ran her fingers against her belongings.

She could remember being in Diagon Alley and buying her school books. She could remember how to cast spells and how to heal someone. What she couldn't remember was people. It felt like everyone was a stranger to her; she didn't even recognize her own parents.

"Mary? Are you okay?"

Lily's voice pulled her from her thoughts and Mary looked over at her and nodded a little. It was a lie but she had no idea what to say to someone who was supposedly her best friend and she had hurt beyond repair.

"No she's not. She may not be the Mary she was before but she still has the same telling signs," Sirius said as he leant against a post of Charlotte's bed. "Her voice waivered and she bit her lip."

Mary closed her mouth and looked down because she was indeed biting her lip. It was weird that Sirius knew almost everything about her and she knew nothing about him. "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to apologize for McDonald." James stated, running his hand through his hair.

"Yes I do," She snapped at him, taking everyone by surprise. "It's like I told Luke before I came up here. People talk, so I hear things. I'm a screw up. I said all these awful things to you and disappeared for two months. I have no idea what happened, but I suspect I probably deserve whatever it was."

"Has Luke not told you yet?" Charlotte asks curiously and sits up straighter.

"Told me what?"

Charlotte launches into explanation of what the St. Mungo's Healers told them what might have happened during the past two months. She told her that she had been put under countless of curses and had been cut multiple times. She told her about the miscarriage, which clearly points that her captor was male. She told her about the charges against Erik Mulciber and that he will be getting off with nothing as they have no evidence to go off on apart from the word of two 17 year old boys who had previously beat him up.

Mary had sunk to the floor and was in tears by the time Charlotte finished talking. She wanted to remember. She tried so hard to remember what happened to her or who people were and upon hearing a version of what might have happened was a tad too much for her to accept. It would explain why she didn't want to be touched or why she didn't feel comfortable wearing anything that wasn't long. She looked up as Sirius knelt down in front of her, appreciative that he didn't try to hug her again, and just watched his facial expression – that was one of loyalty and kindness.

"We should be the ones who are apologizing. We – I left you to fend for yourself. A few hurtful words shouldn't be cause to do that. I should have known that something was wrong when you didn't act like yourself. I'm sorry we didn't find you sooner. We won't ever leave you again. We are with you until the end."

"I may never be able to remember what people were to me before, but I am willing to start over new," she says softly and smiled a little. She slowly extended her hand out to Sirius. "My name is Mary McDonald. It is a pleasure to meet you."

A lopsided grin appeared on his face as he shakes her hand. "Name's Sirius Black and the pleasure is all mine."