rotten / SUGAR !

               mary  usually  liked  halloween.  but  ever  since  the  aurors  had  knocked  on  their  apartment  door,  mary  had  spent  all  night  in  a  half-drunk  haze,  waiting  to  wake  up  to  a  crisp  november  morning.  she  wasn’t  stupid;  she  knew  what  a  nightmare  felt  like,  and  she  knew  that  this  was  most  definitely  one.  it  was  that  slow,  sinking  feeling  that  gave  it  away.  like  she  was  moving  through  tar,  or  quicksand;  like  the  world  around  her  was  muffled  somehow,  in  slow  motion.  but  the  biggest  giveaway  was  that  lily  wasn’t  dead.  she  couldn’t  be.  it  didn’t  make  sense.  anyone  who  knew  her  could  tell  you  that  lily  potter  was  not  the  sort  of  girl  who  died  young.

               and  still,  mary  still  hadn’t  woken  up.  so  she  needed  a  distraction.

               alice  had  disappeared  somewhere  –  off  to  her  boyfriend’s,  maybe.  mary  would  have  knocked  on  kitty’s  bedroom  door,  but  suddenly  she  wasn’t  sure  –  was  that  kitty’s  room,  or  was  that  lily’s  ?  maybe  lily  moving  out  had  been  a  dream,  too.  and  then  the  thought  of  knocking  on  that  door  and  not  seeing  lily  behind  it  became  too  dreadful  to  bear.  so  she  had  left,  alone.

halloween  ,  though  awfully  muggle  ,  could  be  found  acceptable  only  if  one  called  it  all  hallow’s  eve  .  a  night  to  go  out  and  just  live  life  ,  with  great  amounts  of  alcohol  and  maybe  a  stolen  kiss  or  two  .  and  besides  ,  penelope  always  had  enjoyed  dressing  up  -  whether  in  the  most  glamorous  robes  or  in  costume  .  

and  that  night  was  no  different  .

her  dress  was  skin-tight  ,  short  and  shimmery  -  with  iridescent  wings  that  were  charmed  to  slowly  flap  behind  her  .  she  always  did  have  a  certain  taste  for  fairies  ,  a  shared  vanity  tying  them  together  .  she’d  already  been  fawned  over  a  time  or  two  ,  each  time  blooming  more  of  the  vanity  in  her  .  

she’d  not  been  back  in  the  pub  for  long  ,  having  snuck  off  with  septimus  rowle  when  he’d  offered  some  clever  line  and  a  reminder  of  old  times  .  she  was  sure  he’d  be  cleaning  off  glitter  for  days  .

she  lifted  her  drink  -   barely  noticing  the  other  until  she  was  already  speaking  -  and  took  a  long  sip  .  ❛    isn’t  it  just  ?   ❜  a  beat  .   ❛    yours  is  cute  too  .  love  the  skirt  .   ❜ 

In fact, we’re kinda similar.

“ can you cast a patronus? ”

“ i saw muggle textbooks when i was visiting family for the holidays, and honestly? sure, i could maybe die falling off the stairs if i had a sleepwalking habit, but at least i’m not doing algebra right now. ”

“ do you think a dog animagi could have puppies? ”

“ how did you explain to your friends why you were switching schools? ”

“ sorry, all the other carriages are full, i’m sitting here whether you want it or not. ”

“ i wonder if there are people who can speak parseltongue but with like… bunnies. ”

“ i’m tired, and i want to go to bed, and i’ve been sitting here, trying to figure it out for like an hour, save me: what has a head but no body, but does have a tail? ”

“ what do threstals look like? ”

“ do you ever wash your cauldron? ”

“ trying to sneak into the forbidden section three times in a row is either the most badass or the most nerdy thing you’ve ever done. ”

“ if i go to hospital wing, i have to explain how i got it. i need to solve this with a spell. ”

“ no, i just never realised other people see the carriages being pulled by thin air. ”

“ when did you get the dark mark? ”

“ SOMEBODY CATCH MY TOAD! ”

“ mudblood. ”

“ who was the guy your boggart turned into? ”

“ where did you learn that? ”

“ sorry, but you couldn’t pay me to put my name in that thing. ”

“ do you still have that leaf in your mouth? ”

“ you’re the most injury-prone [quidditch position] i’ve ever met. ”

“ congratulations, head [boy/girl/pupil]. ”

“ imagine being a straight couple right now. ”

“ i’m going to have to fight my parents. ”

“ sorry, is this your owl/toad/cat? [they’re] beautiul. ”

“ do you think you could sneak to the astronomy tower with me tonight? ”

“ i actually haven’t asked anyone for the yule ball with me. ”

“ [name] got petrified, didn’t [they]? i’m sorry. ”

“ have you met the new DADA professor yet? how was it? ”

“ next time [name] pushes you again, i swear to god i’m hexing [their] arse. ”

“ i ate something and now my face is purple. i’m NOT coming out! ”

“ it’s vinegar. i knocked on the wrong barrel. ”

“ don’t look at me like that, i’m just trying to steal your body heat. it’s cold down here, okay? ”

“ how the hell can someone like you be in [house]? ”

“ come to think of it, i don’t think i’ve ever seen a ginger slytherin. ”

“ i didn’t even know i was afraid of heights before i came to this bloody school. ”

“ finding places to cuddle in would be a lot easier if we were at the same house. ”

“ are both of your parents muggles? ”

“ when you said you wanted to go to hogsmeade together with me, did you mean like… a date kind of ‘together’? ”

“ i wonder how many peole have banged in the room of requirements. ”

“ why must the plants sing? ”

“ sorry, you’re not getting the password from me. ”

“ have fun in potions. try not to punch anyone. ”

“ of course i’m fine. i mean, who wouldn’t want to be told they’re going to have a painful, grim death, on their first divination class? ”

“ are all [ravenclaws/gryffindors/slytherins] assholes, or is that just you? ”

“ dude, it was definitely two feet on vampires. how screwed are you? ”