This time she not only deflected the curse, but threw an Expelliarmus back at him.

(i keep re-reading the fluff i wrote and... it's adorable

(aaaaa i neeed to see it
i will in min)

Moody blocked the disarming spell, though he barely managed to do it quickly enough, and his wand jumped slightly in his hand.

'Better,' he said. 'Once more, just to be sure you can do it decently.' He threw two spells at her, a few seconds apart; the first was a Stinging Hex, while the second was a Disarming Charm.

(the f l u f f)

Feeling rather proud of herself, she deflected the first spell with ease. The second nearly hit her, but the just managed to scoot to the side and dodge it. She then fired a Stunning Spell at him.

*she
not the

Moody successfully deflected the stunner, though the strength of it made him stumble backwards a little.

'Almost perfect,' he said encouragingly, once he'd steadied himself. 'All you need is a bit more speed and accuracy. We'll work on that another time. Anything else you think you need to learn or practise?'

She grinned with pleasure.
"I've got to say, you're great at teaching.
No specific things are coming to mind... do you have any suggestions? You've seen me duelling,"

'You did mention a few days ago that you'd be interested in learning the Disillusionment Charm,' said Moody. 'It's not Defence, but it's a pretty useful trick, especially if you haven't got an invisibility cloak on hand.'

(i need to make up an incantation for the disillusionment charm, it doesn't have a known one)

(i think the word will be Abscondo
it roughly translates to hide or conceal, and also cover)

(Hmm that sounds good
you could use it)

"Oh right, I remember that!" she said. "It would be pretty useful to know. ...And this is unrelated, but I /really/ need to get myself some shorter robes at some point so I stop tripping over them."

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but this is a no dying zone

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posted somethig

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they can be angy
because mary fails something
yes we can do this sss sssss

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i posted something small
also
i want to continue thissss
we can get to the argument drama at some point
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STOP AAAAAING AND QQQQING
i'll reply later when i'm on my ds

'They don't make them any smaller than that,' he said, dryly joking. Then his voice turned serious again.

'So, the Disillusionment Charm. Pretty handy if you haven't got a cloak or if you just want to keep your arms free while you're casting spells. But it's hard - infamously hard - to do. And if you can't do it well enough, you'll be too visible.'

(I FINALLY got a Toyhou.se account)

"Infamously hard? Oh dear. Dosn't sound like something I'll be able to do." Mary looked a little intimidated. Then she shrugged and said, "Well, worth a try. I'll get there in the end, I'm suppose... oh, and I'm not THAT short."

(woop woop now you can post pazzias
and other people
not just pazzias of course

*I suppose

He ignored her last comment. 'It's still worth trying, though. Even a weak Disillusionment Charm is a pretty useful spell to know.' He looked around the room, grabbed a cushion from the sofa and handed it to her.

'The incantation is Abscondo. Say that while lightly tapping the thing you want to conceal. In this case... the cushion.'

(ooh they both said its worth a try
i ought to read mary's dialogue better)

(itts wotth a trRRRYYYY)

Mary gave the cushion a little tap and said, "Abscondo!" The cushion faded slighty.
"...At least it did /something./"

'Keep practising it, you'll get better,' he said, performing the spell himself on another cushion, which immediately became the colour of the sofa behind it.

She tried again, and nothing happened. //Keep on trying, go on...// she thought, determined to do it properly. She cast the charm again, and this time the cushion became almost completely invisible. "Getting there," she said with satisfaction.

soup intensifies

um?

i like posting strange comment in the browser
because i can't actually reply until i get on my ds

*comments

Moody was watching her efforts intently. 'That's good enough. Even if you can't manage it any better than that, a Disillusionment Charm of that strength should be sufficient for whatever you need it for.'

"Sweet success..." she grinned, placing the cushion back on the sofa. "I'll practice it bit more some other time. ...What are we going to do now?"

(i'm not sure what should happen now
you need to give me plot ideas or something

actually i sorta have an idea for how we could continue this RP but i dont know if it's any good)

(spill the beans
if it doesn't work i'll try and think of something

also working on wedding thig

(well rather than trying to write a continuous story, we could just RP specific scenes and time-jump between them
and we can choose what kind of scene we want to do each time

stuff like uhhh the storm fluff thing, one of them nearly dying, other people dying, random fluff, particular scenes from Harry Potter books, etc.)

hmmmmm that could work
so just leave out the boring in-between stuff and and do specific scenes and dramatic bits or fluffy bits
what part can we do next
i want several more events before mary suddenly exclaims 'i luurve you man'
and then we make more things happen
yis

(maybe we could do something from later in OoTP
like the part where arthur nearly dies and a bunch of people go to see him in the hospital
mary could go too

otherwise, you suggest a scene to do)

(alssooo i'm just gonna say right now that i dont know how the romance stuff will go, if it does happen

i cant write romance worth a krap and especially not with someone like him)

(yeahhh let's do that one)

(i'm sure it'll be finee
i imagine he wouldn't be very used to being romantic
so it doesn't matter too much if he's going to be awkward as heck anyway

(alright we can skip to that scene whenever you want

also i think we should use one of my other rooms to do some other RPs while we're doing this, it's been a long time since we've done any of our original stuff)

(sss
let's do it now
why not

okkkk, which room and what sort of rp)

(you start something then

we can use the newest room in the chatroom tag for original RPs. It currently has a forgotten RP involving Rikk and Pandora's creep gang in it)

(u hh i can't remember how it's supposed to start in the book
um
i'll just wRIte SOMEThing)
(kk, we can do something in that one)

--

Mary sat up very suddenly and looked around. She seemed to have somehow fallen asleep at the dining table.
Trying to remember what she was meant to be doing, she got to her feet.
She was feeling quite unusually tired that day.

(you didnt say where she is
i'm guessing grimmauld place but)

yeee grimmauld place

Just then, there was an explosion of green fire from the fireplace and someone stepped out, trailing ash across the dusty carpet behind them. It was Alastor Moody.

'Have you heard about what happened yet?' he asked without greeting her.

She looked startled for a moment, then replied, "No... I was asleep for a while. What happened? Nothing awful, I hope?"

i drew a thiiiiiing

'Depends on your definition of awful,' he said grimly. Brushing some stray ashes off his coat, he added, 'Arthur Weasley's been attacked by a giant snake. None of us know for sure how bad it is. All we know is that the Potter boy saw the attack in some vision, and minutes later we found out that it really happened.'

"Um. Oh. Oh wow." she said, looking as if she didn't know what to do. "I hope he'll be all right! And Potter having a vision or something? And a- a snake? This is... curious."

'Not just any snake - supposedly the snake belonging to You-Know-Who himself,' said Moody. 'Anyway, we're supposed to be escorting the Weasleys to St. Mungos to visit him. Do you want to come along?'

(nearly wrote St. Mangos)

(i'm jumping on the 'draw your shipping characters as anthros hugging' train
and drawing some of my characters as anthro dragons)

(welcome to st mangos, where we send the damaged fruit n squishy bananas)

"Gladly," she replied with a little nod. "I'd like to visit him, and it might help me wake up properly."
She did indeed still look a little dozy.

(mary this what you get for stsying up past your bedtime you naugty gril >:Y)

(hello, welcome aboard the train, can i see you ticket)

'We won't be using the Floo network to get there, though,' the Auror said with a quick glance at the fireplace he'd just come out of. 'You can't Floo or Apparate into the hospital. Instead, we'll be Apparating to a street nearby where we can meet up with everyone else before walking the rest of the way.'

(meh i cant draw anthros)

"Fine with me," she said, trundling over to him. "Where is this street? Am I going to have to hold onto you? I don't want to go to the wrong place by accident..."

(you can
you draw gins fine

'You've probably never seen it,' Moody replied as he left the house and stepped cautiously into the square outside. 'So it might be easier if you go Side-Along the first time.'

(OK i found an EASIER way to draw them
by making them... more human?

im doing Zach and Jerald first because i love tem

and then i'll do gin and heath)

(also if you don't mind i might post little private story things with my characters on your/our account

with pictures

like your shippy fluff stories)

"Mmm'kay."
Mary followed close beside him, glancing around quickly to see if there was anyone about.
There was no doubt that Moody's cautious behavior had rubbed off on her a little.

(hm hmmm coolio
jerach for liffe

also posted a bunch of scene ideas we could rp)

(okkki go ahead
ill read them

ill still be spamming my shippy fluf tho

Moody led her to a small alleyway between two buildings and then, after making sure nobody was close enough to see them or hear the crack of their Disapparation, he stuck out an arm for her to hold onto.

(i want to post more stuff with zach and jerald

i hardly ever mention them and i want people to know who they ARE so i can talk about them more

i've written a lot of private stuff with them and now i really like them both)

(and yes we can both spam fluff)

(you need to draw zach and jerryyyyy so people know them
fluffspam4life
spamit
spamtillyoucanspamnomore

She took hold of his arm. "Ready to go," she said, giving him a thumbs-up.
She then told herself that she should not be making silly hand gestures.

They Disapparated together, reappearing on the side of a deserted pavement with a light drizzle falling from the bleak, overcast sky. Moody looked the street up and down. 'Seems safe enough,' he growled quietly, 'but they should have chosen a less open spot to meet at...'

"Yeeeaaah... not sure why they'd pick /here/, but... well, I'm sure they had their reasons?" she shrugged her shoulders and let go of Moody's arm.

A couple of minutes passed. The rain started falling more heavily. Moody leaned on his staff and peered around suspiciously; there was no sign of the Weasleys or anyone else approaching them. One Muggle walking along the opposite street gave them an odd look and sped up until she was out of sight.

Mary shifted closer to Moody as if thought he'd somehow keep the rain off her. "I, um, don't like to doubt you, but... are you sure this is where we're meant to be?"

*she thought

'Of course I'm sure,' he replied, somewhat irritably. 'I don't Apparate anywhere without being sure it's the right place. Too many risks involved with not knowing where you're meant to be.'

The rain intensified as he spoke, prompting him to wipe some water off the end of his nose with his sleeve. 'They're just late, if they don't show up soon we'll have to assume something might've happened to them.'

"I do hope they'll be here soon. And that nothing bad happened." Mary said worriedly, edging even closer to the Auror and tucking her hands into her pockets.

Finally, he heard footsteps in the distance, echoing faintly through the pattering of the rain against the tarmac. Several figures were hurrying towards them, among them Mrs Weasley, Tonks, and Harry trailing along at the back.

'Hi, Mary!' greeted Tonks cheerfully.

'About time!' Moody growled. 'What was the holdup for?'

"Hey, Tonks!" Mary gave her a little wave and a smile. "Yeah, um, what took so long? Got lost? Distracted?"

'Well, it took a bit longer than we expected to get here,' Tonks replied. 'We spotted someone who looked like one of You-Know-Who's followers - it probably wasn't, just our imaginations playing up - but we had to take a detour to avoid them and it took about ten minutes longer than it should've to find this place.'

Moody was eyeing the group, as if counting them. 'Everybody here? Then let's not waste any more time and get going.'

"Someone who looked like a follower of You-Know-Who? Huh... what if that's what they really were?" Mary wondered, following a little behind him and still talking to Tonks. "They could've been up to something weird."

She shrugged. 'We didn't stop to stare at them or anything, so we couldn't be sure. And they were in an odd place for a Death Eater, just wandering around a street in London, so maybe it wasn't. By the way, Mad-Eye,' she added, 'have this.'

She reached into a bag she'd been carrying and pulled out a black bowler hat, which she passed to the other Auror. 'You don't want to send all the Muggles screaming, that might blow our cover slightly.'

"...Yeah, they probably weren't a Death Eater..." Mary agreed, then she paused to imagine Moody wearing a bowler hat.
The thought made her start giggling uncontrollably, and quite loudly as well.

Tonks, and most of the other people in the group, turned their heads to glance at her strangely. 'Something, er, wrong, Professor?' asked Harry.

Moody took the bowler hat, but didn't put it on yet. His magical eye watched Mary out the back of his head as she suddenly started laughing.

"Pffft- no, no, I'm fine, it's just-" she laughed, "Alastor - wearing a bowler hat. It seems really strange, and - I don't even know!"
She attempted to calm herself, looking a little guilty for causing a disturbance.

'I'm glad you've found something to amuse yourself with,' Moody growled from a little way up ahead.

Tonks looked for a moment like she was going to have a fit of giggles as well, but managed to hold it in. 'Yeah... I don't know why he bothers, he draws enough attention to himself with or without it.'

"If we pass by a lot of Muggles we're going to get /so/ many weird looks," Mary said, giving Moody a quick glance and wondering if she should apologize for insulting his hat.

mmm mmm m mmmmmmmmmmmm cheese

o.

i wrote an adorable fluff storyyy

'We're going to try our best to avoid them,' said Tonks, 'but I think it's best if we take advantage of the shopping crowds to keep us hidden.'

'If you keep talking about our plans that loudly, you won't have to worry about whether they can see us or not,' growled Moody from in front. 'We're almost there, so keep your voices down.' Tonks rolled her eyes.

(i might just start calling him Alastor now
i'm bored of typing Moody all the time and mispelling it as Noody and Moddy and Mopdy and other things)

(mopdy pfffffft
oki doke)

"Oh - sorry," Mary quickly apologized. "And, um, also sorry for laughing at you..."

(heyyy i posted some amusing little writing of what mary's like after having waaaay too much butterbeer? sorta a test for if we rp it later
it would be funny)

(i saw the thiiing)

'Don't worry about it,' he replied, not sure why she was apologising. As they reached what appeared to be a busy shopping centre, he put his hat on and carefully tilted it forwards, hiding his magical eye. He also slipped his wand into his jacket pocket, but continued to hold onto it.

'Conceal your wands and anything else obviously magical you're carrying,' he growled quietly. 'And keep an eye out for anyone suspicious!'

'Actually, Mad-Eye,' said Tonks, 'YOU'RE the most suspicious-looking person here.'

'Shut up, Nymphadora.'

Mary already had her wand hidden away in her pocket. "Uh, Tonks, you might want to make your hair a more natural colour..." she suggested, surveying Tonks' bubblegum-pink hair. "Or at least make it less bright. Make it look like you've dyed it."

'Ooh, yeah, it might be a good idea if it didn't stand out quite as much...' Tonks closed her eyes for a second and her hair morphed from pink to blonde. 'That's a bit better.'

"Much better," Mary gave an okay-sign. "Do I look odd at all, or... am I good to go?"

'Nah, you look fine,' she replied. 'Just be sure to keep your wand hidden like Mad-Eye said.'

'Everything will be fine, Tonks,' said Molly a little anxiously behind them. 'We don't have far to go.'

(Moom(c) said she might have to sleep soon
want to go on pictochat for a while if she does
assuming your ds has charge

i just wrote 'dies' instead of 'does')

"I sure do hope everything'll be fine," Mary mumbled, mostly to herself.
She wished her robe had a hood. It was raining rather heavily.

(uuh i cant remember if it has charge
nuu moom will dies

'I'd cast a spell to keep us dry,' said Tonks under her breath, 'but someone might notice, we'll just have to get damp.'

Moody led them up to a large, seemingly abandoned department store and paused by the window, which had a couple of deformed plastic dummies on the other side. He waited there for everyone else to get closer.

Looking forward to getting indoors, Mary hurried over to the tattered-looking building.
As usual, she tripped over the ends of her robes while running and nearly fell face-first onto the concrete.

(gotta have mary being clumsy allll the tim

Tonks let out a hastily-stifled snort that might have been a laugh. Moody shot a slight glare at Mary through his good eye, which was the only one visible from under his bowler hat.

Then Tonks hurried forwards and whispered something to the dummy behind the window, which came to life and beckoned them inside.

Looking slightly embarrased, Mary silently went over to the window. //Ah, you wouldn't be yourself if you didn't do something dumb every ten minutes.// she thought dryly.

Tonks went first. Instead of appearing on the other side of the window, she walked straight through the glass and vanished completely. Moody looked down at Mary and jerked his head towards the window, silently gesturing for to follow. The Weasleys and Harry were all waiting behind in a sort of messy queue.

(i posted that one minute after you posted yours
I AM A SPEED TYPER)

*for her

(pahhh it says 2 minutes on here)

Mary gave a small nod and stepped through the glass after Tonks, into the hospital.

As usual, the reception room of St. Mungos was full of people, most of whom had odd injuries or were transfigured in some strange way. After Mary stepped through the glass, Moody and the others quickly followed, looking around at the scene.

'We'll need to go to the floor for creature injuries, I think,' said Tonks, noticing the sign.

"Which floor's that?" Mary asked, peering at the sign. "Do we ask someone at a desk, I guess...?"

(my short comments rip

'I'll just run over there and ask,' said Tonks, hurrying over to the desk and nearly knocking an elderly lady on her face. About a minute later, she hurried back saying, 'It's the second floor, they said.'

(i dont remember which floor it was so I'll just say that)

"Second floor, okay, cool," Mary said, happy that it wasn't too far up due to her feeling just as tired as she'd done earlier. So far, this outing had /not/ helped. //Oh well - it's something to do and I want to see if Mr Weasley is okay.//

Molly took the lead this time as they went up the stairs, clearly anxious to make sure her husband wasn't still bleeding to death. Her children followed her closely, and Harry trailed along at the back, seeming deep in thought. This left Moody climbing the stairs beside Mary, his foot clunking loudly on every other step.

"So, um, why do you think Harry had that vision thing?" Mary asked, looking up at Moody. "Have you got any interesting theories or something?"

'A few,' he said in a low voice. 'But I'd rather not discuss it with him right there.' He pointed his thumb over his shoulder at Harry. 'Besides, Dumbledore's probably already got a pretty good idea of what happened, even if he won't tell anyone else.'

"Ah. Hm. Well. Probably. ...I wonder if it was really You-Know-Who's snake?" she said. She just wanted to keep talking about something.
Even if they were perfectly comfortable, she didn't like long silences.

'Considering it was in the Ministry, it probably wasn't a normal snake,' Moody said. He started to add something else, but by then they'd reached the door to Mr Weasley's ward and Molly led them all hurriedly inside.

(the rest of the scene will probably go the same as in the book, and i cant remember exactly what anyone says so maybe we should scene jump again)

(oooooh new scene
which one should we dooo)

(hmmm i think i suggested this one
so you can suggest the next scene)

ahaaa
ok we'll do a non-book one this time
soo the two i'm thinking about are
a) either of them are sad and then there's comforting (for sadcute)
b) because i planned a bit for this, mary getting drunk and losing it slightly (for humorr)
hm

(maybe we should do the drunk one
we'll have to decide WHY she's drinking though
maybe some random party at Grimmauld Place that doesn't take place in any specific book/scene?)

(also i'm probly gonna go do stuff now so we can start it tomorrow
or you can start and i'll reply tomorrow)

(yeahhh a party will do

kk, ill write something

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Mary stood in the small-ish crowd of people in Grimmauld Place. There was a party going on. She hadn't really tried to talk to anyone, since she was a little shy and could never think of anything to talk about.
Rather bored, she wandered over to the refreshments table and poured herself a glass of Butterbeer. //Just one, though. Unless I still don't know what to do after I've finished this.//

(i'm deciding what to write)

Most of the Order were already there, except for Kingsley and Mr Weasley who were still at work. The room was, obviously, a bit crowded.

As Mary started drinking, Moody decided to wander over, pushing past Fred and George who were setting off miniature fireworks in the middle of the room. 'I don't suppose you bothered to check that for poison?' he growled. //Though actually, everyone here is a member of the Order so they probably wouldn't poison the drinks... but if they're being impersonated...//

"Ummm... no," Mary admitted. She stared anxiously at the frothy caramel-coloured drink. "It, er, doesn't look or smell weird. I think it's okay..."

'If you say so,' Moody replied, pulling up a chair and sitting down beside her. His magical eye roved up and down the refreshments table while his magical one continued fixedly looking at Mary's glass.

The glass was half-empty when Mary next spoke. "So... what do you think of the party?" she asked casually. "I'm surprised you're here at all. Big crowds doing weird things in a noisy room... really doesn't seem like your kind of thing."

He reached out to get himself some butterbeer as well, eyeing it warily and casting a couple of poison detection charms over it before drinking any.

'Molly invited me and I didn't have a decent excuse not to come,' he answered. 'So I'm here.'

"Oh, okay. Nice to have someone I feel comforable talking to here," Mary smiled. She finished her drink, and completely disregarding what she'd told herself earlier, got another one.

'You're comfortable talking with ME?' His magical eye continued to follow her movements as she got herself a second butterbeer. '...And how many of those do you plan on drinking?' he growled.

"Well, yeah. I know you better than most people in this room," she responded.
"And just a couple... this stuff's nice." She drank some of her butterbeer, looking quite pleased.

'Just don't drink any more after that,' he said warningly. After a short pause, he added, 'Although... I suppose it's nice to know you'd rather talk to me than anyone else.' He let out a bark of laughter. 'That's not something I hear every day.'

He took a swallow of his own drink, leaving it now three-quarters empty.

(i have a finished drawing of Zach and Jerald as anthros that i might post later
and i'm working on a similar thing with Astrid and Larrus
i'm gonna draw all my couples as anthros)

(ALL the couplesssss like lastrid)

Mary felt a strange, fluttery feeling in her chest when he spoke to her. She shrugged it off - //Probably, um... something to do with the alcohol...?// - and said nothing.
She took a little sip from the butterbeer now and then.

(she loaf him. ha

(bread love)

They continued drinking in silence for a few minutes. At one point they were rudely interrupted by Fred who wanted to know whether they were having a drinking competition, but Moody's glare quickly convinced him to slide off back into the crowd.

The room was growing noisier as the guests around them steadily got more drunk and more excitable.

Mary finished her second drink. She felt like having one more, just a small amount. It couldn't hurt.
//But Alastor told me not to, and I should probably listen to him. He knows best...//
She smiled widely to herself. "Is it because he cares about my safety?" she said aloud, and then realised what she'd said and quickly cleared her throat. "Sorry, didn't mean to say that,"

Moody's magical eye whizzed around to stare at her. 'Who are you talking about?' he growled. 'Or, WHAT are you talking about?' He swirled the contents of his own glass around before downing the rest in one go. He didn't reach out to pour himself more.

"Nothing," she hastily replied. "Nothing at all, just... thought out loud. Heh. That's it."

'...Are you already drunk?' he asked suspiciously.

Just then George sauntered over (though it could have been Fred again) and, grinning, said to Mary, 'Just so you know, there's no shortage of butterbeer and nobody here's a Death Eater, so feel free to get inebriated. It'd give us all a laugh.' He said the last part under his breath so she wouldn't hear.

"Um, I-I don't know if I should," Mary said worriedly, looking at George, then Moody, then George again. "I was told it wasn't a good idea, Gred. Or Forge, or... whoever you are."

(mary's going to develop a shoulder angel and a shoulder devil in a minute
''drink the beeeer msry''
''no mary dont do it moody said nou''
''DRINK THE BERT MARY''
''why did i just type bert'')

she'll drink the bert in the end
because she is a wimp who gives in to the shoulder devils

'It's Forge,' said the twin, patting her calmly on the shoulder. 'And you're an adult, right? You're a Hogwarts' teacher, for Merlin's sake! You can make your own decisions, plus what could go wrong?'

"I, um... okay, okay then, just a little then, okay..." she mumbled, pouring herself a third glass of butterbeer. "If you're suuuure that nothing could go wrong, Forge."

'Nothing will go wrong, I swear,' replied 'Forge', before quickly running off back to his twin brother, stifling his laughter.

Moody had also partially refilled his glass and was drinking it slowly while glancing at Mary every so often; he looked a little disapproving, but seemed to be tired of telling her to stop.

(my bed is uncomfortable and i think i've broken my back 5 times

also i just saw someone on a website called 'IAmAvocado'' or something like that)

Once she'd emptied most of the glass, Mary started properly acting 'off'.
"Soooo, Mr. Eyeball, do you remember when we firsht met ou'side this house?" she asked, leaning close to Moody.

(1. fix your bed and back
2. i'd like to be an avocado

//Mr Eyeball?// he thought, briefly wondering who the heII she was talking to before realising it must be him.

'...I do remember,' he replied slowly, looking down at her. 'You were making excuses about being lost.'

(i'm guessing butterbeer isn't strongly alcoholic because Harry and his friends drink it when they're like 13
mary must have /really/ poor alcohol tolerance)

"Yeaaah! I prob'ly wasn't lost, thought," she said. "I might've been draaaaawn over here by magical forces because is where I meet my besht freeeinds... d'you think so too, Mr Eyeeebaaaall?"

yehh she does
i was going to mention it at some point
poor mary, she gets really drunk after 3 glasses of something that 13 year old kids drink all the time

'What I think,' he replied, finishing the last of his own butterbeer, 'is that you shouldn't drink this much ever again.' He wasn't sure whether he was more amused or irritated by her behaviour and decided he'd just wait and see if things got any worse.

(sad
don't ever give her firewhiskey)

"But thaz' like, 3 cups! Izznot much at aaallllll!" she exclaimed. "I'm oooobviously not drunk! I could like, go fight Mouldymort right now!"

(oh no don't
that would be bad

'Watch it,' he growled. 'What if someone from the enemy side hears you calling him that? You'll be marked for death. And no, you can't go and fight him.' He leaned back in his chair, wondering if she was going to go completely mental at some point and he'd have to Stun her.

"Oh, thatz'bad..." she said, and didn't do anything for a few seconds. Then she suddenly leapt sideways off her chair and tackle-hugged Moody. "Wheeee! Did I ever tell you that your eyeee is really aweeesome?" she said, grinning.

(ok now she's flirting
stop her

There was an outbreak of giggles from various people around them, while Moody was momentarily lost for words. 'Er, what?' he managed after a few seconds, both eyes wide with surprise as he stared at her, contemplating whether he should try to shove her off.

(i might go now
i need to go read a super long fanfic
if the internet is still on later i'll come back and reply)

(nobody will stop her flirting
it's great entertainment)

(oki doke)
(i'm also having too much fun with this)

"Yeah, s'really nice," she said, still tightly clinging to him. "I like it a lot... s'why I call you Mr Eyeball!"

(ey i'm still 'ere
i'll just keep replying until i need to go i guess)

'I figured,' Moody replied, now actively attempting to push her off or at least get her to loosen her grip a little. 'I think you should go home, you're very obviously drunk.'

"But I wanna stay right hereeeee..." Mary protested. "Hey, d'you remember when you taught me some stuffs here an' we had hot 'shocolate? It was greaaat!"'

'Of course I remember, and don't talk about that when other people are around!' he said, slightly concerned that she might blurt out the marshmallow thing in front of the whole party.

At the other side of the room, Fred and George were watching the two of them and wondering if they should go and convince Mary to drink more, and maybe slip a love potion into said drink as well.

"Okay then, I won't..." Mary said, looking a little disappointed. She still didn't stop clinging.

(ah, gred and forge, that would be amazing)

(post4d thing

'Good. Now please get off.' He got to his feet, intending to find someone else to take care of her so he could make a getaway before she said something embarrassing.

Across the room, Tonks was laughing so hard that pumpkin juice had just come out of her nose.

"Aw, but I wanna stay here wif' youuuu..." she complained, though she did let go of him and stagger backwards a little. "Who'my gonna talk to if you're not hereeee?"

(tonks what the heckk

'You don't need to talk to anyone else, you need to go home and sleep,' he growled, folding his arms and looking down at her.

"But..." she looked back up at him. "I don'ave the foggiest idea where my house is, Mr Eyebaaall..."
She was about to say something else, but at that moment she passed out.

(wow really mary
you just pass out)

Moody was just quick enough to catch her before she hit the floor.

'Dammit,' he growled, supporting the motionless Mary against his side and looking around for anyone else who could help. When nobody did anything other than give him amused glances, he added a couple of other swears under his breath, pulled out his wand with difficulty and tried a couple of reviving spells on her.

Her hand twitched slightly, but she stayed stubbornly unconcious.

(haha moody you'll have to take her home or something)

(mary y)

'Oh dear, did she drink a bit too much?' asked Molly Weasley, noticing their predicament and hurrying over. 'Alastor, I don't suppose you could take her home, could you?'

'Do you think I know where her house is?' he shot back. 'I don't.'

'Well, in that case you'll just have to put her in one of the spare bedrooms upstairs. Try the first one on the left, it should be the cleanest.'

She was about to add something else, but then Fred distracted her by setting off a firework and she ran over to scold him instead.

(I'll write another comment, unless there's something Mary can do while unconscious)

(there's not much she can do until we skip to the next morning

(i'll do another bit)

Glaring at Tonks, who was still giggling uncontrollably at the scene they were causing, he carefully picked Mary up and carried her off towards the spare bedroom, grateful that she was at least quite small.

Upon reaching the room, he pushed the door open with his good leg and set her down on the relatively clean-looking bed inside. Then, after a quick glance to make sure she wasn't waking up, he walked out, closing the door quietly behind him.

---next morn'---

Mary awoke slowly. //Why on earth am I in here?// she wondered. She tried to lift her head up to look around before noticing that she also had a rather nasty headache. //Oh my... what happened last night?//

idrewanotherthing

There was a soft knock at the door and Molly's voice drifted through the wood. 'Mary, are you awake yet, dear? Can I come in?'

"Huh? I mean, yeah, sure, come in," Mary replied. //I think I'm in Grimmauld Place. I think that's Mrs Weasley.//

The door was pushed open and Molly came in, holding a glass half-full of some slightly transparent purple liquid, which she handed to Mary. 'Take this. It's a Hangover Potion - I'm going to guess you're not feeling very good after the amount you drank last night.' She smiled slightly. 'It'll help with the headache and any other symptoms.'

"I was drinking? I wonder if I said anything weird."
Mary took the potion. "Thanks, Mrs Weasley." she drank it, then gave the empty bottle back. "Seems to be working already."

'Weird? Of course you didn't, dear. Well, except for when you were flirting with Alastor for... quite a while,' Molly replied.

Mary felt herself blushing. "Flirting... with Alastor? Oh dear. I hope I didn't annoy him too much."
//I imagine most of what I said was true, though.// she added in her head.

'Oh, no,' Molly said, turning towards the door with the empty potion glass. 'I'm sure he didn't mind that much, besides, he was the one who carried you up here after you suddenly passed out during the party.' She smiled a little and left the room.

//He carried me up here?// she thought. //I wish I could remember what happened.//
She sat up in bed and stretched. //I don't know why thinking about him makes me happier...//

A moment later Molly's voice came again, this time shouting from downstairs. 'Breakfast is ready for anyone who's not too hungover to eat!' She sounded faintly annoyed; obviously Mary wasn't the only one who'd drunk too much last night.

Mary slid off the bed. //Maybe I should try and eat something. Or at least go down to say hello.//
She went out the door and headed downstairs to the dining room.

*floats around*

nO FLOATING ZONEE

The were still traces of last night's party around the house; multicoloured banners and remnants of dead fireworks lay in a pile beside the living room doorway. Inside, however, all the dirty glasses and plates had been cleared away, and the floor was spotless. On a small table in front of the sofa was a rack holding several slices of toast, alongside a large jug of freshly-made coffee which Mrs Weasley had just set down.

'Help yourself if you want anything,' she said when she noticed Mary.

(*dining room/living room/same thing?/i dunno)

"Thank you very much," Mary said, smiling and taking a slice of toast. "Is... anyone else going to show up?"

(assuming there's not already people there)

Before Molly could answer, Tonks wandered into the room, looking half-asleep and stumbling slightly. 'Morning, Mary,' she said in greeting before dropping onto the sofa and reaching out to pour herself some coffee.

"Good morning," Mary replied, taking a small bite of toast. She went to the couch and sat on the armrest. "When'd the party actually end last night? You look tired."

(sofa? couch? same thing man)

Tonks drank a mouthful of hot coffee, then replied, 'Um, I think it finished about two hours after you passed out. Except it never really ended, it's just that most people got tired and went up to bed before long. I was one of the last to go.'

"Oh, okay," Mary gave a little nod. "So, um... I want to hear the details of what I said while I was drunk. I'm sure it was amusing." She gave an awkward laugh and added, "I was told that I was flirting with Alastor for quite some time."

'Wait, so you don't remember anything? You must've REALLY been drunk.' Tonks was quiet for a moment, thinking back to last night's events. 'Well, I wasn't watching the entire time, but the first thing I remember you doing was jumping at Mad-Eye and telling him how cool he was or something like that.'

"Oh yeah," Mary said. "That must've been really awkward for him!"

She rather hoped that Tonks wouldn't notice if she started blushing again or talked about Moody a little too fondly.

'He looked sort of freaked out, but it wasn't too bad,' replied Tonks, mildly amused. 'And then... what did you do next? On yeah, you said something about hot chocolate and he told you to shut up.'

//Hot chocolate? Merlin's fluffy slippers, I'm glad he stopped me before I could say anything about marshmallows.//

"Really? Well, I know why he told me to shut up," Mary gave a little hum. "We've got a little secret and I was probably about to blurt it out."

Tonks raised a magenta-coloured eyebrow. 'Now I'm curious... but I won't ask what it is.' She paused to think again, sipping from her mug of coffee. 'I don't remember much else happening after that. You clung to him for a while and said things I couldn't hear, and then you suddenly collapsed and Molly asked Mad-Eye to take you upstairs to one of the spare rooms, which he did.'

"...Wow. Well, next time I see him I'm going to thank him for putting up with me," Mary laughed. "He's really quite bri-" she broke off, shaking her head. "I, er, no. I dunno where that came from. Maybe my head's still a bit messed up."

There was a hint of nervousness in her voice.

Tonks peered at her curiously over the rim of her coffee mug. 'What were you going to say?' she asked. 'You don't have to tell me, but I wouldn't blab your secrets to anyone else...'

(yeah you definitely wouldn't tonks)

"Uh..." Mary looked very scared now. "I-I was just going to say, he's... brilliant. Like, an amazing person." she took a bite of her toast. "Tell nobody, OK? Partly because Alastor told me not to go around telling people my secrets when they might not keep them safe..."

'Pff, like I'd tell anyone something as personal as that!' she scoffed. Then she looked thoughtful, and reached out to grab a piece of mostly-cold toast for herself. 'But I guess you're right, he's actually pretty cool when you get to know him.'

"Heh, yeah..." she looked slightly relieved. "I just... well, love him. I can't help it."
She took another bite of toast.
"It's just that I'm pretty sure doesn't like me. He's too busy to have feelings for anyone, and if he did, there are much better people out there than me. I'd just get in the way."

Tonks chewed very slowly, and starting speaking almost before she'd remembered to swallow her mouthful of toast. 'I wouldn't assume things like that,' she replied. 'You can't know for sure, and he definitely likes you as a friend, so why not something more?' She shrugged. 'I'm not an expert or anything, though.'

"Mmm... maybe. but I'm not sure how I'd tell him without making a fool of myself." Mary sighed, before taking another small bite of toast. She swallowed it, then said, "Maybe one day I might tell him. If I feel like I can do it properly."

'Yeah, best to wait until just the right moment,' said Tonks, obviously meaning for it to sound wise, but it was undermined slightly by the half-eaten piece of toast in her hand. 'And even if for some reason it DIDN'T work out that way... Well, you're still really lucky to be friends with him! But I guess that's not much of a comfort if you actually like him in THAT way.'

"I... could still be friends with him if it didn't work," Mary said, "I wouldn't give up on him completely." she chuckled slightly and added, "It'd be sort of funny to see him being romantic."

She put her toast down, not in the mood to finish it.

Tonks absently-mindedly picked up Mary's abandoned toast and started to eat it. 'I think it would be funny too... I really hope it works out for you someday.'

"Thanks for the support," she said appreciatively. "It's strange... when I first met him, he really didn't seem nice. And then some time later, I find myself really caring about him. You're eating my toast, by the way."

'That's how I felt about him originally, too,' she replied, still nibbling on the toast without thinking. 'But I always had a feeling there was more to him, somehow. He trained me when I was trying to become an Auror, so I'd say I know him pretty well, but it looks like you're getting there fast too.'

"He's very deep." Mary commented. "Doesn't let most people know a lot about him. And I know his wonderful secret that relates to hot chocolate in a way." she said happily.

mary X moody forever

'Hey, careful - if you keep bringing up that hot chocolate thing, I'll have to somehow force you to say what it's all about.' Tonks finished the toast and stood up, leaving the dregs of her coffee going cold in her mug. 'I have to go out for a bit. And you should probably get back to Hogwarts... you kind of ARE a teacher.'

(scene skip?)

(kkk, we can do a scene skip
aaae what we do next)

(i dont know
go look at your lists or summing)

here's some stuff that was on my list
a) stormfluuuuuuuuuuff
b) arguments
c) birthdays?
d) sads
e) loaf confessions,,,!!
f) some character dies
g) one of them very nearly dies

thtts a lot
depends if we should do something more fluffy, or dramatic, or funny

(hmm weeell
moody just had to deal with mary being drunk and annoying so maybe this time mary should do something? maybe they fight deathmeaters and he nearly dies and she saves him

ooor we could do the sitting-in-house-together-during-a-big-storm one?

also random idea, but maybe somtime we could do an RP bit where they are actually fluffy anthro cats, that might be interesting in a weird way)

(that was a lot of maybes)

let's do deathmeaterr fights > storm fluff > something with fluffcats which will be fun

since i started the last two you can start tis timeee

also drawing another random thing of them kinda holding hands?.?

yeeeeess
also i posted somerhung on yiyr account

wy am i commenting in the browser again

aaaa
i saw eeeet

(when's tonks going to tell moody that mary likes him, is it going to be a surprise, or should mary just tell him when she finds te right moment?)

(Tonks may tell him in a future scene, or if enough time passes without her doing it then Mary will probably end up telling him herself)

(mk
you make a staaart then we can have Dramatic tHings

(before i write anything how should i make the death eater fight go?

maybe they could be out walking together and then they get attacked by a gang of them

or should it be a group battle with other Order people?)

hmm maybe they're walking together
but then the deathemebbfersars turn up
and stuff happens
moodyhasanexcusetowearayellowscarf

posted thING

(i saw iiiiiit

i'm probly not gonna be here for most of tonight but i'll write a thing now)

A cool autumn breeze was whistling through the treetops and over the lake. Alastor Moody adjusted his rather bright yellow scarf as he surveyed their surroundings with his magical eye. They were in an ordinary Muggle park near Grimmauld Place, where they'd decided to go for a short walk, having nothing else to do at that moment.

(me neither, ill provably sleepp)

"Pleasant day, isn't it?" Mary said casually. "Not that warm, but I personally prefer a slight chill..."
She was very pleased to be spending time with him.

(imma go s leeee p, ill chheck back in morning)

'It's quite nice,' he replied. 'But there's not much cover, and we're prime targets for any Death Eaters who might try to attack us while we're unprepared...'

As if to contradict his own statement, he withdrew his wand from his coat pocket and held it close to his side, still looking around somewhat mistrustfully.

(literally everyone i know can draw nice-looking humans and i can't
i guess i'll just stick with cartoony dragons because apparently that's the only thing i'm allowed to draw

*ragequits and evaporates*

"I s'pose that's true," Mary said, looking at him as he took out his wand, and then doing the same.

She kept walking until she stopped suddenly and picked something up off the ground. She then presented it to Moody. It was a smooth, shiny rock. "Here, want this? It looks kinda nice."

She didn't feel like mentioning that she'd given it to him because it was heart-shaped.

(LISTEN TO THE ALL-KNOWING LOVE ROOOOCK)

(your humans are /good/
i honestly don't see anything wrong with them
it's a nice human style
at least they don't look like cereal boxes with golfball heads nudge nudge hint hint)

He took the little stone and turned it over in his hand, as if he thought there might be something more interesting on the other side. '...What's it for?' he asked after a while. 'Other than the fact that it looks like a heart.'

(ehhhhhhhhh
usually when i'm actually drawing them they look weird and i cant get any of the expressions right

also there are worse things out there than cereal boxes and golfballs)

"You just... put it somewhere," she replied with a smile. "and look at it. You will keep it, won't you?"

(expressions are generally hard to get right
you just have to keep redoing them

cereal box golfballs with BIG EYES AND POINTY NOSES)

'...Alright,' he replied, slipping the stone into one of his pockets. A few seconds later, he paused and leaned down to scoop something out of the grass. It was a shiny grey pebble shaped vaguely like a star.

'You'd better have this one, then,' he said, handing it to her.

She took the pebble and inspected it. "A star...? Thank you!"

Her eyes were shining with delight as she kept hold of the little stone (not having any pockets to put it in). //He liked my present! And he gave me one back...//

(i've got an extra little idea that i might shove in this scene or in a near-future one

(oooo what sort of idea
or is it a secret)

i decided that one thhing mary is actuall good at s playing pianoo (with only nine fingers! that's extreme talent right therre)
and she just suddenly starts making musics at some point

(oooh OK
they'll have to be somewhere where there IS a piano)

yee
there will be a piano at some point
i dunno when, it depends how things go

'No problem,' he said gruffly, putting botn hands in his pockets as they continued walking (with his wand held firmly in one). The park was quiet, almost unnaturally so... Of course, it was probably because all of the Muggles were at school or work that day.

(*both

heeeeey, can we think of an original RP we can do in the other room multitasking with this one?
it could be a 'story' we already have (like VH) or we could just throw in random characters that need developing)

Mary said nothing for a while.

Then all of a sudden she froze, staring at a clump of trees a little way away. "...Could've sworn I heard something creeping about in there," she said uncertainly.

(hmmm
we couldjust chuck in charwcters
and see what happens)

Moody immediately turned to look in the direction she'd indicated, his magical blue eye flicking rapidly from place to place. 'Dammit,' he growled quietly a few seconds later. 'There are people there, all right... I think they're using an Invisibility Cloak... Seems to be four of them.' He pulled out his wand from his pocket.

(i'll go to the other room and list some characters i want to develoop)

Mary held the star-shaped pebble in one hand and her wand in the other, looking partly nervous and partly irritated that their peaceful walk had been disturbed. "Do we... wait to see who they are? Or do something now?" she asked in a whisper.

(kkkk i will too

'They look like Death Eaters to me,' he replied in a low voice. 'I even recognise one or two of them.'

From behind the trees, the invisible figures seemed to have realised they'd been discovered. They threw off the Cloak and ran forwards, quickly surrounding Mary and Moody in the middle of the park. All of them held drawn wands.

"Well then..." Mary looked at each of the surrounding Death Eaters. "Someone's gonna burn. Incendio!" She said, aiming at the closest one.

//I haven't fought since Alastor gave me lessons a while back... hopefully I won't mess up too much now.//

The Death Eater she'd fired at blocked her spell, though the force of it blew his hood back. He then retaliated with an unknown curse that Moody deflected back at him with some kind of magical shield, before getting Stunned and thrown back into a nearby tree by the Auror.

The other three Death Eaters closed in tighter, giving Moody and Mary less space to dodge or block the curses they fired in rapid succession.

//Oh right - non-verbal magic,// Mary remembered, firing a silent Stupefy at one of the Death Eaters while dodging an unknown curse. She /almost/ slipped on her robes again, and reminded herself that it would be best to just cut them shorter when she had the chance.

The Death Eater yelped in surprise as the Stunning Spell hit him, collapsing unconscious on the ground. The remaining two fought even harder to compensate for losing two of their comrades. One of them shot a Cutting Curse aimed at Mary's wand arm.

(hmm i'm wondering how i can make one of them nearly die)

She deflected it just in time and and threw a Disarming Charm back at the Death Eater.

The other one shot a Crucio at Moody.

(I just wrote 'sh.it' instead of 'shot' whOOPS)

(shitting a Crucio
sounds like quite advanced magic)

Unable to dodge the curse, Moody resorted to conjuring a round metal shield to bounce it back at his attacker. The Death Eater instantly crumpled to the ground with a howl, but as nobody was holding the spell on him, he quickly recovered and retaliated by firing an unknown curse at the Auror. It missed by centimetres, passing by the side of his head with an audible /woosh./

Moody aimed a Stunning Spell at the Death Eater who kept attacking him, but missed as the hooded man threw himself aside to avoid it. Then, while the second Death Eater continued to fire rapid curses and jinxes at Mary, the first shot Moody with a poorly-aimed Sectumsempra. It slashed into him in multiple places, and he stumbled and collapsed, unconscious.

(OK that was far too long)

(I commented in the other 'room)

Mary, still duelling the last Death Eater, looked down at Moody and felt a wave of panic when she saw him unconcious and bleeding everywhere. //Oh no, oh no, I need to get him somewhere safe... and protect him...//
She then turned and fired a quick Expelliarmus at the Death Eater, just to distract them while she took Moody and Apparated somewhere.

(long is gud

(whoops thwre were two death eatets hahaha um let's say maey tred to shoot em both

The one she'd aimed at yelped in surprise as his wand flew out of his hand, while the other Death Eater fired a stunner at Mary, seeming to realise what she was about to try and do.

It nearly hit her, but she just managed to clumsily dodge it. Breathing heavily, she threw a Petrificus Totalus back at the Death Eater whilst leaning down to hastily grab Moody's arm.

The Death Eater crumpled, leaving only his unarmed companion who was frantically gazing around in hopes of spotting his fallen wand in the thick grass. Moody was still very much unconscious, and lying in a steadily growing pool of his own blood.

Mary, her eyes wide with fear, Apparated. She needed somewhere safe and comfortable where she could take care of him, and the first place that'd come to mind was home.
She appeared outside the little cottage where she lived and put a levitation charm on Moody so she could carry him inside.

(ill wrte more if tgeres nothin you can do)

(you can continue until a point where he wakes up
right now he's sorta just bleeding n stuff)

She went inside and walked straight to the bedroom. It was hers and there wasn't a spare room, but she'd decided that he needed it more than she did.

She very gently laid him down on the bed and started doing various healing charms, hoping they'd be enough. She also went to quickly grab a box of bandages from the bathroom cabinet, and she wrapped them around him.

"Alright then, dear... you're going to be fine," she whispered.

(aaeeeee that last bit)

The Auror, who had been completely motionless up until that point, stirred slightly when she spoke. His normal eye was still shut, while the magical one was gazing blankly at the ceiling, unable to close.

'...I always am,' he rasped, almost too quietly to be heard.

"..."

Mary just looked at him for a long moment, then replied softly, "I know. You've been through an awful lot, and you're still here. You really had me scared, though."

She stood up. "Rest for a while, okay? I'll be in the living room doing stuff."

(this is so cute i'm Literally going to die)

'You're not injured, are you...?' he asked, his magical eye roving over her in search of damage, apparently too exhausted to open the other one.

(no don't)

"No, I'm not, don't worry," she replied with a small smile. "I think those things you taught me helped."

'Good,' he said, a faintly approving note to his voice. He settled himself more comfortably upon the bed and his magical eye returned to staring at the ceiling. It was hard to tell whether he was sleeping or not.

(you're gonna have to draw this scene at some point)

She looked around and spotted a fuzzy blue blanket in a box in the corner. She picked it up and draped it over him.

She then quietly left the room.

(i'm gonn skip a little way ahead)
---

With nothing else to do, Mary had decided to play some things on her old piano. //Hope it isn't too loud... don't want to wake him up or anything.//

(Y ESSSS I WILL DRAW IT

Alastor Moody woke up some time later, momentarily unnerved by finding himself in an unfamiliar place before all the memories of the fight in the Muggle park came back to him. He slowly sat up, wincing slightly at the pain from his numerous half-healed wounds. He was just climbing up out of the bed when he heard something odd... the sound of piano music drifting from another room in the house.

He looked around for his wand and found it sitting on a bedside cabinet. Picking it up, he walked out of the bedroom towards the source of the music, limping even more than usual.

Mary kept playing until she heard him enter the room, then turned her head to look at him. "Oh, Alastor, I'm glad you're okay!" she exclaimed, jumping off the piano stool and running over to gently hug him.

He patted her on the shoulder, slightly surprised at how worried she'd been for his safety. She was probably the first person who'd ever gotten into THAT much of a state thinking he might be about to die.

'I'm fine. Was that actually you playing?' he asked, magical eye taking in the piano behind her.

"Yeah, that was me," she answered. "I guess it's one thing I can do pretty well... and without a full set of fingers," she added, laughing a little.

(it must be quite hard to play piano with a middle finger
that's the longest and maybe most important one)

'That's pretty impressive, I'd say,' Alastor responded. He glanced around the room and, spotting a small couch, sat down on it. 'Go ahead and keep playing. I need to send a message to the Order or they'll start worrying where we are.'

"Okay, and then we can have some tea or something," Mary nodded happily and went back to the piano, taking and opening one of the music books that were on the floor and starting to play.

(yeaahh
she got sKILL

Alastor summoned his vicious-looking hawk Patronus and quickly told it the message to deliver to Kingsley Shacklebolt. As the last hints of silver light from the hawk faded away, he stared into space for a moment, letting the sound of Mary's playing wash over him as he contemplated why the Death Eaters had chosen that time and place to ambush them.

(that moment when you want to type Kingsley Shacklebolt but you accidentally type Kingsley Shacklestone)

(this,, this is just so wonderful and awwww)

While she played, Mary was having deep thoughts.

//I could have lost him. I also could have told him I love him around that time, but I didn't. I wonder if he already knows? It's obvious I'm pretty attatched to him...//

(marys thought train 101

(plot twist:
shack'estone is relatted to ta sha ptter wor'd and wizzards made it anyg it wasscv nAMED AFTer shaccklebnoolt

ok um yeah

(i'm on your account so i'll just reply on it)

There was no immediate reply from Kingsley, so Alastor slipped his wand back into his coat pocket and turned to watch Mary. When she reached the end of the piece she'd been playing, he said gruffly, 'Feel like having some tea or something?'

(shacklebnoot?)

"Of course," she said, getting to her feet.

"Fancy some cake to go with it?" she offered, looking at him over her shoulder as she walked to the kitchen.

(noot nooot)

He considered, then shrugged. 'Why not?' Vaguely curious about her kitchen looked like, he got to his feet with a grunt of pain and followed her.

The kitchen was small and cosy, with yellowish-gold walls and dark orange tiles on the floor. There were two windows with a row of counters beneath them, and cupboards and shelves made of light brown wood on the other walls. There was a small fridge in one corner.

Mary went a took two mugs and a teapot down from one of the cupboards and set them down on the counter top. Then she got the teabags, milk and sugar and put them there as well. She waved her wand and the various things began to heat themselves up and mix themselves together.

She watched them thoughtfully, then looked over at Alastor. "Do you have anything else in your tea?" she asked.

(I WROTE A BOOK ARE YOU PROUD)

He entered the kitchen behind her, curiously surveying the cosy space. 'No,' he replied, then after a moment added, 'Certainly not marshmallows.' He started wandering around looking at the things in her kitchen, even opening the fridge to see what was inside (not that he needed to, of course).

(oh whoops now mine looks really short)

ggddhhgsh
i typed something and then colors died)

"Alrighty then." Mary took down a rectangular tin from one of the shelves. Inside it was a fruit cake, which she cut two slices off of. She found some light purple plates and placed the cake on them along with the finished cups of tea.

She handed one of the plates to Alastor. "Enjoy," she said with a smile, taking the other plate for herself.

(drew a thingg)

'Thanks,' he said as he accepte the tea and cake. 'Shall we, er, go and sit down?' he added, as there were obviously no chairs in the kitchen area.

*accepted

"Sure thing," Mary said brightly. She left the kitchen and walked back to the living room, sitting down on the dark grey-blue sofa. She placed her plate down on the coffee table.

Alastor followed and carefully sat down beside her, putting the plate of cake on the table and keeping hold of his teacup, using it to warm his hands. 'Well,' he said after a moment, 'that's why you can't go out for a stroll anymore. Not in these sorts of times.'

"Nope," Mary sighed. "Always going to be someone fishy lurking around. By the way..." she gazed curiously at him. "Have you still got that stone I gave you?"

She showed him the star-shaped rock that she'd managed to keep hold of.

He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the tiny heart-shaped pebble, smiling faintly. 'Still got it.' He put the stone back and tried some of the fruitcake she'd given him. 'Have I got to carry it around from now on, then?'

"Well, you don't /have/ to," she gave a shrug, drinking some of her tea. "But... it'd be nice. We could keep them with us so we can look at them and stuff if we're apart or-"

She then realised that what she was saying might sound a little weird to him and hastily turned her attention to the cake.

(follow ur dreams mary
b sap
sAP TILL THE END OF TIEM

He eyed her strangely when she suddenly broke off, but didn't comment on it, instead saying, 'Well, I can't promise I'll keep it on me all the time. I'd rather keep it at home where I can be sure it won't get lost or anything.'

(mary breaks off things she's saying a LOT)

"That's probably a better idea," she said. She was having urges to ask him a question, but she knew he'd want to know why she was asking, and then she'd have to explain her feelings and everything. And now was not the time, she thought.

The question was a subtle way of asking if he liked her, really. But she imagined he wouldn't be entirely truthful.

She took a thoughtful sip of tea.

Not knowing what things were going through her mind, Alastor stared into his teacup for a while, then took a gulp and fixed his magical eye on her through the side of his head. 'You're quieter than usual.... Are you sure you're Mary?' His eyes narrowed in suspicion when he remembered that he'd woken up to find himself in this house, and this Mary might not even be her, but an imposter.

"'Course I am, I'm just... thinking about some sort of important things." To prove she was indeed Mary, she added, "You put marshmallows in your hot chocolate."

He snorted with amusement, but then said, 'I mentioned the marshmallows while you were making tea, don't you remember? I'll ask you something myself.' He took another sip from his tea and watched her intently over the rim of the cup. 'What form does my Patronus take?'

"Red-tailed hawk, I do believe," she replied, taking a bite of cake. "Yeah, defenitely a hawk..."

He seemed to relax slightly. 'Good. You're right.' He finished his tea and set the empty cup down on the table. 'I've never let anyone else see my Patronus' form, so there's no way you couldn't not be yourself...'

(the background is currently a horrible eye-burning greenish-yellow, make it stop)

She looked a bit surprised. "Not ever? Why would you decide to show me, then...? Did you know you could use it as a security question at some point?"

haha
mines got nice colours

'At the time, I didn't have much choice,' he replied. 'I needed to send a message, and as you can't do that without a fully-fledged Patronus... It was a choice between trusting you or Obliviating you. In the end, I decided your knowledge of it might prove useful in the future, which it has.'

(mine has autumn colours now)

"Oh, cool, I'm glad you did that instead of Obliviating me," she said. "I have a slight fear of memory loss and forgetting important things and stuff..."

She still wanted to ask her question. Maybe, if there was a moment of silence, she'd go for it.

mines blue now

He settled back comfortably into the couch and let his normal eye drift shut, still somewhat tired from the day's events. 'Maybe I already have Obliviated you for some other reason,' he growled humorously. 'You wouldn't know, would you?' He then fell silent.

//Silence. Yes. Now how do I word this so it doesn't sound weird?//

"Um..." she said slowly. "Just wondering about stuff, and things. Er.
Haveyoueverlovedanyoneorsomething?"

//Oh. That was WONDERFUL. I congratulate myself.//

(wow mary that wasn't obvious at all)

Alastor was quiet for a minute or so, then opened his normal eye slightly to look across at her. His expression was somewhere between amusement and disbelief. 'Why?' he asked, then responded before she had time to say anything. 'No, never have. My life's dangerous enough without putting anyone else at risk too.' He paused to think, then added more quietly, 'Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't do that. It might be... nice? To be able to trust someone completely.'

"Yeah, it's nice - not that I, y'know, care about anyone THAT much," she laughed nervously, then went back to concentrating on her tea.

"It must be even nicer to have someone who trusts you in return." she added under her breath.

no waluigi im not doing weird stuff

finished the thing

Moody glanced over at her when she muttered something, wondering if he should ask her to repeat it. Then he decided it didn't matter much, and went back to staring into space. It was rather unusual that he had time to sit down with absolutely nothing to do, so he wasn't really sure how to fill the silence.

"So... um." Mary began, not sure if he wanted to keep talking. "..."

No subjects were coming to mind. All she could think about was that the last bits of her tea were going cold, and how incredibly wonderful her googly-eyed true love who probably didn't love her back was.

(shall we save them from the awkward silence and do another scene)

(ooo ok save themm
what next)

(hmmm i still dont remember the scenes
there's the storm fluff one
and eventually we'll do something where someone COUGHtonksCOUGH tells moody about /it/)

(i dont know what to do for the storm idea though
as you already wrote it)

hmm um
we could try a slightly different storm fluff? or i could wrte another listand pick from that
i still have lootsa ideass C:

(okkk make a new list of scenes we could do and we'll decide on something

and i need to stop typing decide as decode)

(after we've done one more scene we should also make a new room)

(okie doke

-someone's sad or something
-...birthdays?
-i dont think mary has nearly died yet? i want to know how moody would react
-they go for an actually peaceful fluffy walk somewhere?
-its snowing and mary drags moody outside to throw snowballs or somethin
-hm lemme check my other list,,

-one's been away for some time amd,, reuniting
-arguments :(

(hm
i think either the peaceful walk, snow fluff or reunion scene)

(i'm probably gonna go and draw or something
and the internet will be off soon anyway)

maybeee a walk

o kk

(although we did just do them having a walk
even though they got attacked by deathmeaters during it)

thennnm the reunion scene mayb?

(okk we need to decide why they were seperated for a bit
and who was the one who 'left')

a few reasons for leaving:
-important mission
-family stuff.?
-uhm
-thats all

and i dunno who leftt

(hm well either mary goes to... uhh visit long-distance relatives
or moody goes on a dangerous mission and refuses to take her with him because she Would Die)

hm
maybe ill make mary visit her long distance relatives
just bcause
and then she cones home

*comes
she is a cone

cones home
rollin' down the road like a rollin' pinecone

kkk pincons
ill start

//Home again... soon. If I don't somehow die on the way or something. ...That wasn't a nice thought. I should think nice thoughts more often.//

Mary Lotus found herself thinking some rather random things as she walked down a narrow dirt path through the woods, heading towards her house. She had just got back from visiting some relatives who lived far away.

When she'd got to her front door about 10 minutes later, she cast a Patronus so she could tell her friends she was back. Her silver corgi leapt from the end of her wand and immediately rolled over on the grass.

"I need you to tell the Order I'm home from my trip and I'll be making tea if anyone wants to pop over." Mary told the little dog. It got to its paws and darted away, fading and disappearing.

that was too long oh wo

(aaae
i'll write something later when i'm less braindead
also quick question, how long was she away for)

hm
i'm gonna say liiike... 2 or 3 weeks??.? i dunno

Some time after Mary sent out the Patronus, there was a crack and Tonks appeared just outside her house, hurrying over and knocking loudly on the door.

(i also think i'm gonna take a break from this after we've done this scene
we've been doing the same RP every single day for like... a month now
i'm not bored of it yet but I'm running out of ideas and my writing is getting more boring)

Mary opened the door. "Hello, Tonks!" she greeted. "Come inside, I'll make you some tea if you want,"

(wHO doesn't like TEA
Oh wait i don't

(hhhhh
k
you can take a break and think of fresh ideas an stuff

(if im in desperate need of some loaf i could write small things likd i did with storm fluf

(also will prob be asleep
its p late
but i shall very reply in morning

Tonks entered the cottage and immediately went to snoop around Mary's furniture. 'How did your trip go?' she asked as she investigated a particularly interesting-looking cabinet. 'Weren't you going to visit someone or something?'

"Mhmm - my cousin. We were quite close growing up, though I don't see him much anymore." Mary responded. "Got himself a wife and then moved away. We still send eachother owls sometimes - if the owls feel like flying that far."

Tonks moved into the kitchen and opened a few cupboards to peer inside, nearly knocking over the Auror # 1 mug sitting on a shelf. 'That's pretty cool. At least you can still visit each other,' she said. Then she looked around and said casually, 'By the way, Mad-Eye's been pestering me about when you're coming back.'

"Oh, really? I didn't think he'd be that bothered," Mary said, looking both pleased and mildy surprised. "Well, tell him I missed him... and be careful with those cups, please, they're special."

'Well, a lot of things have happened since you left,' said Tonks, carefully pushing the mug further back onto the shelf so she wouldn't hit it by accident. 'First of all, Harry Potter had this big fight with some Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic, we showed up just in time to help, and then You-Know-Who revealed himself to the whole wizarding world and everything's been in an uproar since then.'

There was a pause, then she added, 'I think Mad-Eye was kinda worried something might happen to you - travelling alone in these times.'

"Oh, deary me... You-Know-Who, showing himself to the public... nobody was too badly hurt in the battle-thing, were they?" she asked with a little concerned frown.
//And Alastor being worried about me. I worried, too...//

'Actually, nearly ALL of us were hurt in some way,' said Tonks with a slightly strained smile. 'We're all OK, though... but Sirius...' She gazed out of the kitchen window, her expression blank. 'He didn't make it.'

"...Oh, I'm... sorry." Despite not really knowing Sirius, she felt a little wave of sadness. "He won't be forgotten anytime soon."

'At least he died the way he would've wanted to.' Tonks surveyed the kitchen, casting around for a change of subject. 'So, are we going to have some tea or something?'

"Oh, yeah, right - tea." Mary hastily started preparing the tea, levitating the various ingredients into two mugs, one being her personal 'I drop my wand' one. "I'd offer you some fruitcake, buuuuut... I think me and Alastor ate the last slices at some point." //Ah, how I like it when he comes over to visit.//

(phaha mary shush
concentrate on tea

'That's alright, I wasn't hungry anyway.' Tonks hovered in the kitchen doorway, watching Mary prepare the tea. 'So, you and Mad-Eye really did have tea here together once? I thought that was just a rumour that got out of control.'

"S'all true," Mary replied with a satisfied smile. "We went for a walk, there were Death Eaters and stuff, and I sort of... saved his life? And then we went here and had tea."

(hhh even to my clock thats several minutes late its LATe
this conversation is enjoyable tho, :<

'Hm.... I heard about the Death Eater ambush, he told me after he got back from your house,' said Tonks. 'Of course, he didn't mention everything else, like the having tea and cake part.'

(go to bED
i'm not staying here anyway, I only meant to check in once or twice
i'm doing other stuff)

*several minutes /early/
aaaa
one more then ill go bye--)

"I didn't think he would... but one should never be shamed by tea and cake." she gave a shrug. "Anyway, it was very nice. I wish I could just sort of hang out with him more often."

'You'll be lucky if you get to spend much time with him now,' said Tonks. 'Everyone in the Order's been so busy lately, I've barely even seen him since you left. But I'm sure he'll want to see you now you're back again.'

(a thing about HBP:
we never see Moody in it
he could be doing /anything/)

(yeaaaah
we can make him do anything)

"I'd definitely like to see him too," Mary gave a little hum and passed Tonks a mug of tea. "I'll come down to Grimmauld Place soon. There might be some useful Order stuff for me to do."

Tonks accepted the tea with a murmur of thanks, then said in between sips, 'I think there might be. Of course, You-Know-Who isn't just running around murdering people on the streets. He's being careful, so we are too.'

Mary took a gulp of her own tea before asking, "What sort of important things are we doing? Anything specific, or just... general protecting stuff and trying to find things about You-Know-Who?"

'It depends what's going on, really,' she replied. 'But mostly we've been trying to spread awareness of him and the Death Eaters, because there are a lot of people who just don't understand exactly how dangerous things are. And of course we've gotten into a couple of fights too - Remus and Kingsley fought off a gang of Death Eaters the other day, they'd been attacking a Muggle family.'

"Attacking Muggles..." Mary sounded disgusted. "Well, I'll try and do the best I can, spreading awareness and anything else you need to do... trying my best until the day I die. And hopefully that won't be for a while."

Tonks drained the last of her tea and stood up. 'There'll probably be an Order meeting soon, either tonight or tomorrow, so you can come and discuss everything with us. You should get a Patronus in a few minutes to let you know when it all starts.'

Mary nodded. "Very well. I'll see you a bit later, then," she said with a smile. "Thanks for coming."

'No problem,' Tonks replied, smiling at Mary before heading towards the front door. 'See you later or tomorrow.' She left, closing the door behind her. A minute later, there was a loud crack as she Disapparated.

Mary flicked her wand and the empty mugs cleaned themselves and drifted back onto their shelf. Then, with not much else to do, she went to the piano to play it for a little while.

It wasn't spectacular since she was a little tired from her trip, but it was nice.

Five minutes after she started playing, a burst of silver light exploded in the middle of the room, forming itself into the familiar shape of a vicious-looking hawk.

She stopped and looked round. "Oh, hey," she said, not really caring that the Patronus wasn't meant to say hello in return. She waited to hear what it had to say.

The hawk swooped down and landed on top of the piano, stretching its wings before suddenly speaking in Alastor Moody's low, growling voice. 'Order meeting at eleven o' clock tomorrow morning. Make sure you show up.' There was a long pause, and then the hawk added, 'I'm glad to know you're alright.'

Then it disintegrated, leaving only traces of silver light that slowly faded as well.

Mary's cheeks went rather red at the last part of the message. //Yep, you too- wait, no, I'm paying attention to the wrong thing. Eleven o'clock tomorrow - I can do that. I should probably get some sleep or something...//

She got off the piano stool and went to her bedroom. She found one paticular fuzzy blue blanket and draped it over herself.

(you can skip to the next morning)

-le next mooOORning-

Mary awoke and sat up in bed. She'd been having quite a wonderful dream. //I think what happened was- eh, wait... oh the Order meeting!//

She checked the clock on the wall. It was 9:43. //Mmm. I think I overslept slightly. Oh well, got plenty of time...//

She went out and made herself some late breakfast, read a book for a while, and then finally went outside and Apparated to Grimmauld Place.

While still wearing her dressing gown.

When she appeared in the square outside Grimmauld Place, a passing witch gave her an odd look. Luckily it WAS a witch and not a Muggle, so she didn't remark on Mary suddenly materialising out of thin air.

The big dark house stood there silently as usual.

(mary why)

(that's the second time she's done that pffhahaha)

Mary briefly wondered what that witch's problem was, then she went and confidently knocked on the door the old house.

There was a long pause before anyone answered. 'Who's there?' a voice shouted through the locked door. It sounded like Lupin.

"S'me, Mary," she replied. "There's a meeting going on around this time, isn't there?"

Lupin's voice was quieter as he turned to address somebody inside the house with him. 'She knows when the meeting starts - it must be her.'

Then he opened the front door and stood aside to let her in. 'Good to see you again, Mary. Have a nice trip?' He looked tired, but smiled at her.

"Very nice, thank you," she said, stepping inside. "How've you been?"

She was going to mention Sirius, but she decided it was best not to.

'Well enough,' Lupin answered, smile fading. 'Considering the circumstances.' He shut the door after her.

Just then, Tonks emerged from another doorway - her hair a horrible shade of green today - and spotted Mary. 'Hi, Mary!' she called out in greeting. 'We're all gathering in the living room to talk. By the way, you're wearing a dressing gown.'

"Huh?" Mary looked down and noticed the dressing gown. "Oh, for Merlin's sake, not again. Ah well - at least it's soft. And alright, let's go then," she gave a little nod.

'Is that what it is? I thought they were just some slightly unusual robes,' commented Lupin, heading off towards the living room. Tonks fell back to walk beside Mary, looking thoughtful.

"Nope - one hundred percent dressing gown," Mary said, laughing a little. "Perfect for warm hugs and sleeping. Unfortunately not so great for professional Order meetings."

'I could fix that,' Tonks butted in. She quickly drew her wand and, with a swishing wave, turned Mary's fluffy dressing gown into a set of plain black witch's robes. 'It's only temporary, that spell. They'll revert back in about an hour.'

"Ooh, thank you," Mary smiled. "Much more apropriate for the situation. They're still a bit too long, but I don't think anybody in the whole world has made robes my size."

'Why don't you shorten them with magic?' Tonks enquired. 'Then you could buy stuff any size and they could still fit you.'

A bit ahead of them, Lupin went through a doorway into the living room.

"Why haven't I thought of that?" Mary exclaimed, feeling slightly stupid. She paused and tapped the temporary robes with her wand, and they shortened themselves to just the right length. "Perfect."

'That's much better,' said Tonks, admiring the robes that now weren't almost dragging along the floor. 'Oh look, nearly everyone's here already!' She hurried after Lupin into the living room, which was full of people - some on chairs, some on sofas, some standing up. It all looked quite informal and not like their usual meetings.

Mary entered the room close behind Tonks and looked around. "...Is Mad-Eye here? I always sit next to him," she asked the green-haired witch, surveying the group of people.

'Oh no, he's late today,' Tonks replied, finding an empty armchair and flopping down in it with a sigh of contentment. 'He's often late, or arrives literally right before the meeting's supposed to start.'

"Oh, okay... I'll wait for him here," Mary went and sat on the armrest of one of the sofas, a not very sophisticated habit of hers.

'I'm sorry we're not using the proper meetings room,' said Lupin as he sat down in an armchair opposite from Mary. 'Someone 'accidentally' dropped a few Dungbombs in there last night. We're not sure who did it, they won't own up.'

Mary fought the urge to laugh. "Really, now? Sounds like something the Weasley twins would do. But anyway, it's fine, this room's comfortable."

'Well, yes, we all thought it might've been those two,' said Mrs Weasley, who was standing near the warm fireplace. 'But it's impossible, they haven't even been here recently.'

"Are there any other people here that are likely to do that?" Mary asked, glancing around the room with curiosity. "Someone who likes to joke around... or was trying to screw up the meeting, maybe..."

'It could have been Kreacher, he did that once last year,' said Mrs Weasley, in a dismissive voice that made it clear she wasn't very interested in where the Dungbombs came from. 'Anyway, we should probably start the meeting - oh, where IS Alastor? He's usually not this late.'

Mary frowned slightly. "Do you think something happened to him?" she asked, deeply anxious. "It wouldn't be too unlikely, with all the You-Know-Who stuff going on..."

'I could send him a Patronus if he doesn't show up soon,' Tonks offered, but Lupin shook his head.

'I really doubt anything's happened to him. We all know that nobody is more cautious than he is--'

Before he could finish, heavy footsteps sounded in the corridor outside and a tall figure loomed for a moment in the living-room doorway.*

'It's fine, Remus,' Moody growled. 'I'm here.'

(* COUGHas lightning flashed dramatically in the backgroundCOUGH)

(dun dun DUUUUUN
epic marshmallow eyeball man is here)

"Hey, Alastor," Mary grinned in relief. "I was scared for a moment, but that was a great entrance, I really..."

Upon remembering that she was in a room full of people, she stopped talking before she said something a little too lovingly.

He didn't answer, but slowly clunked his way across the room before sitting down on the sofa beside her. Only then did he actually speak. 'Didn't run into any kind of trouble while you were gone, then?' His magical eye flickered from person to person while the normal one stayed fixed on Mary.

"No, I managed to stay away from most of the bad stuff going on," she replied. "Glad you've been pretty OK too." she lowered her voice and added, "I missed you."

She wanted to hug him rather a lot, but she was still in a room full of people.

'Good. Never be too careful.' He looked down at her with both eyes for a moment, trying to convey that he'd sort of missed her too, without having to say it out loud in front of the whole Order.

While all this was going on, Lupin had already started talking about Voldemort and the Death Eaters and other important things.

(i'm not gonna write the entire meeting so in a minute we'll skip to the end of it)

"Mhmm. Constant vigilance," Mary said, looking back into the Auror's mismatched eyes. "Especially in these times."

(i swear if mary ends up hugging him or something in the Room of People--)

(hold it in mary
just h o l d i t i n--)

His mouth twitched into a faint smile. 'Looks like you've already got a good idea of how things are.'

He was aware that they should both probably shut up and pay attention to the meeting. Though they were talking quietly and no-one had noticed anything yet, they were bound to be overheard sooner or later. However, he figured he could talk to Mary and listen to Lupin at the same time.

"Yeah, Tonks told me some stuff about Death Eaters attacking people..." she sighed quietly. "I hope that this will all be over someday, and everyone can just chill and be happy together."

(she cannot hOLD IT

'Well, that's what we're all fighting for,' he said gruffly. 'So everyone can live in peace without You-Know-Who floating around... of course, it's best to never get too relaxed... There are other things besides Death Eaters who'd try to kill you while your guard is down.'

"That's true, but we can be a /bit/ relaxed," she said. "And drink hot chocolate. We just got to stay alive through all of this You-Know-Who stuff."

(but mary,,,,,
moody dies
jk i don't imagine he does in this au, it'd be too awful

He shot her a warning glance when she mentioned hot chocolate, but just said, 'I'll be doing my best to make sure we all DO survive this blasted war... So you'd better not get killed doing anything stupid.'

(OOOH HE DIESSSSS
naah
it'd be annoying to do all this relationship building stuff and then let him be killed later)

(though i want to know how mary would react if he did die)

(hm
if we want the reaction from her, we could do a bit where she actually thinks he's dead and she has her small (large.) mental breakdown and then he's like 'da frick are you doing lady')

"I won't," she promised, trying to look brave. "And I'm going to help people too, if I can! And then, if it goes well, we won't have to deal with this heII anymore and we can be /free./"

Alastor looked at her grimly, but approvingly. 'That's the way to think,' he growled. 'Keep fighting as best as you can and don't let anyone Avada Kedavra you, and everything'll be alright in the end.'

(we could do the seven potters bit where moody supposedly dies but then dramatically comes back later)

(yeaaaaaah
that would be cooool
it would be fun to make mary suffer a bit but they need their happy ending <3)

"You... are so inspiring." she smiled. "And clever... Don't YOU die, will you?" //Because to be honest, I think that would damage me slightly.//

(its pretty late and i should goo
ill return for more of these two cinnamon rolls (not really?) tomorrow

(making mary suffer is f u n)

'I'll try,' he said. 'Can't promise anything, though. There are too many people out there who want me dead.'

(i'm gonna go draw and stuff probably, it's late)

(oh nevermind
yes you should go)

(yehhh byeeeeeeeb
mary will suffer but the ship will not be broken

"Well... if you, um, do die... I will personally go and blast the head off whoever's responsible." she said. "...Unless it's You-Know-Who himself... but if it's someone less powerful..."

She thought back to the time when she accidently Stunned someone after setting them on fire.

(overprotective girlfriend 101--)

He looked a bit surprised, but then said, 'Thank you. But if it ever comes to that, make sure you don't die doing it.'

(mary and moody's relationship in a nutshell:
mary: omg man dont die
moody: ok i wont
mary: good
moody: you dont die either
mary: i'll try
moody: i'll protect you from bad things
mary: i'll protect you too
moody: k
mary: k

(preeeetty much
and a drew Something)

"I won't," Mary assured him. "...Would you do the same if I died?"

*I
not a drew something

'Of course I would,' he replied. 'I'd go up against You-Know-Who himself to avenge you. But I'd rather you didn't die in the first place.' He added in a quieter tone, 'Would be very quiet around here without you.'

Mary, for a couple of seconds, wasn't sure what to say. "I... I, uh, thank you, I'll try - try not to die," she said, giving him a slightly shaky smile. She looked away for a moment, perhaps to check if anyone was looking, then gave him a quick hug.

('ho mary
you're the queen of strange behavior)

ha um
i made a silly comic thing

He didn't hug her back, as they were still in a room full of people, but patted her on the shoulder as inconspicuously as possible after she drew back. 'We'd better pay more attention or Lupin'll kill us both on the next full moon,' he growled, turning to focus on the Order meeting.

(i'll look on the computer later)

"That's probably a good idea," Mary agreed, and looked over at Lupin. //I do hope I haven't already missed something important.//

(we gonna skip tl the end of the meetng?)

(alrightyy
also i saw the comic thing, i had to go post something on your account )

------------

The meeting ended nearly an hour later, after everyone had discussed, in detail, what measures should be taken against Voldemort now he had risen back to power.

Moody was one of the first to leave, getting up and limping out of the living room while the other members were tidying all the paperwork and plans away.

(i dont know what to do so i'm just gonna let mary do something)

Mary stretched and stood up to go after him, but she flinched and stopped herself after finding that her leg had gone very numb and was now tingling painfully. //I'll just. Stay here until my leg feels normal again, then.//

(oooo
k i s s e s)

Tonks jumped to her feet. 'I'm just gonna go talk to Mad-Eye for a sec,' she said, then walked quickly out of the room. 'See you later, Mary.'

(whaaat aaa
i cant write kiss scenes
unless it's literally just
"tHEY KISSED")

"Er, okay, see you later!" Mary called, still leaning against the sofa. After a short while, she gingerly put her foot down and started to walk out of the room.

(yep they can be simple no-detail kissing
just... 'they kissed n stuff'

Meanwhile, Tonks sprinted off through the house and was able to catch Alastor just as he was about to walk out the front door. 'Hey. Mad-Eye! Wait up!'

'What is it, Nymphadora?' he growled impatiently, halfway through pulling his travelling cloak on.

Slightly out of breath, Tonks nonetheless grinned as she said, 'Y'know, I think I have something to tell you...'

Mary wasn't really sure where she was going. //I should probably leave... I don't think I have anything else to do here, do I?//

Lupin exited the living room behind her and noticed her dithering somewhat. 'Is everything alright, Mary?'

----

Moody stared at Tonks without replying. The young witch just smiled more evilly, moved in closer to him and whispered, 'Someone in the Order has feelings for you...'

"Oh, yeah - everything's fine, Remus," Mary said quickly. "I just don't really know what to do now."

(oh tonks
so good at keeping secrets)

'Are you still teaching at Hogwarts?' the werewolf enquired. 'Term starts in a couple of days. Maybe you should travel there ahead of time - if you still work there, of course.'

----

The Auror gave Tonks a look like she'd just announced a desire to marry Voldemort.

'...Is that a joke?' he growled irritably. 'I suppose you think it's clever, don't you?'

'Nope!' replied Tonks. 'Not a joke at all, Mad-Eye. I won't tell you WHO it is, but if you've got any sense, you should be able to guess yourself quite easily.' With that she turned and hurried away before he could consider jinxing her, or forcing her to take Veritserum.

"Yes, I think I'll do that... I'll see you another day, then," she gave a friendly little smile. //Shame Alastor's probably already left... well, I'll see him again soon enough.//

(it's already p late
ill go bed soon

(then g o

i'll reply in the morning
wait it is the morning)

(wHOOPS
youll reply when its light again
that works

byeeeeeeeeee

i made another art

'See you soon, Mary,' Lupin replied, wandering up the stairs to the upper rooms.

Alastor stared at the spot Tonks had last been, then grunted in annoyance and let himself out the front door. Checking his surroundings habitually for anything dangerous, he began to walk to the square where he could Disapparate.

Mary headed to the front door and let herself out. Too busy wondering what Tonks had said to Moody, she didn't notice that the Auror himself was pretty much right in front of her.

alastor let himself ou the front door
mary let herself out the front door
unintentional, but yes
they did let themselves out the front door.

geT oUT the FROONT DOWR

(posted yet another thinggg
immago sleep tho

Alastor stopped dead when he heard somebody coming up behind him. Without bothering to check who it was, he pulled out his wand and cast an Impedimenta (sp?) jinx to slow down whoever they were.

Mary 'yeep'ed loudly in surprise as the spell hit her and she was forced to slow down. "Hey, you could've at least looked to see that I'm not a Death Eater." she complained, though she didn't sound genuinely annoyed. "You can see out the back of your head for a reason!"

'Sorry,' he said, ending the jinx and stowing his wand away in his coat. 'That was quicker.'

(whoops
reverse novel syndrome)

"S'okay." Mary shrugged her shoulders. "I expected you to have already left. Did Tonks hold you up?"

Alastor eyed her suspiciously, as if suspecting she'd overheard the conversation he'd had with Tonks by the front door. 'She did want to talk about something,' he said in an offhand voice. 'It wasn't important. Are you heading back to Hogwarts?'

"Yeah, I am." she replied. "Going early so I'm not late or anything. What about you? Just going home? Or do you have something to do?"

cHECK THE OTHER ROOM I REPLIED AND LEFT SOME QURESTIONS

i chscked
i replie
no shoutng

'I was planning to go home,' he replied. 'Until something comes up...'

(i'm braindead
we need to switch to a more exciting scene)

(DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DOOOOOOooo)

"Okay then," Mary said brightly. "Speaking of home... since you've seen mine, I'd, well, like to know what your house is like. At some point. Maybe. If it's okay."

(yoi can write something to finish this scene or ill fnish it after you next bitt)

(I just... thought of the most adorable thing
when mummy and daddy hand-feed eachother stuff? but mary and moody doing it

also
made a picture with a bunch o marys quotes on it

aaaaaaaaa
ok, here's how to think of cute things for them to do:
just think of things mummy n daddy do

He considered for a moment, then nodded. 'I don't see a problem with that. Maybe I'll invite you over one day - just don't tell anyone else what my house looks like.'

(you can skip now if you want)

mk let us skipppp
maybe you ca pick the nextscene if you want? becquuse i ususlly do

(you can pick if you want
to be honest i'm still braindead and i think i need to take a few days' break from this RP
i cant write anything interesting and i'm only in the mood to do original stuff)

(hh
tbh, i'm kind ov the opposite righ now but you can take an break if you want my dude!
we an carry on w/ the vh stiff and jus comeback to tis in a lil while
also im going to mke then gwt stuck in the raiin next

(well go and write some stuff on your own if you want to
we've just...been doing the same RP without a break for weeks and weeks
i ne ed t o s top)

(we'll do that scene whenever we get back to it)

(hyeah ill proably be writing small stories n stuff

soo
we stopping here then?
byeeeeeb yeeee
byeb ye? k

byeb confirmed

fish fish fish fish fush dush dishvis fish fueh

also you should make a new room when we ome back to this

yeahh we can use the one i posted recently

yis
they grey room
called soup

it will no longer have an abandoned conversation between you and fade
it will become full of shippy ships and people dropping teir wands

(hey um i wrote a short but really sad thing
basically the aftermath of the battle of seven potters but a version where moody actuslly does die, and mary is just talking about her sad thoughts

i finished another story
a fkuff one

la de da