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Andy ([info]chained_maiden) wrote in [info]shards_of_time,
@ 2008-09-20 14:00:00

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look at the stars and see how they shine for you
Who: Andromeda, Nymphadora Tonks (Black) and Sirius Black
What: Andy is meeting her daughter
Where: St. Mungos Hospital
Warnings/Status: Pretty low, will change as needed. Started;incomplete



Andromeda didn't quite know what to do with herself. The implications of her daughter being alive again after this last year was just so momentous and amazing but nerve wracking and frightening all in one moment. She was Nymphadora but not her at the same time, she was alive and yet very much dead... Andromeda was torn between relief and disgust at herself but the former won out due to the desire to hold her little girl in her arms again. So with thoughts of a reunion the woman had finally rose from her writing desk and scrambled around her home, taking pictures from their frames, haphazardly dragging a shawl across her shoulders and throwing her hair up into some semblance of order before she'd gotten around to gathering Teddy as she'd said she would do.

She wasn't sure Nymphadora understood who Teddy actually was, but she'd do her best to explain and it would be rather harsh to drop Teddy off with Harry so she could gallivant across London to visit a woman who came from another dimension anyway. Even if she was supposed to be her daughter. So, with a few misgivings but ultimately giving in to the notion Andromeda smoothed out her long skirts and very gently lifted Teddy out of his pin and with a whispered word of soft happiness she apparated with the boy in tow.

***

St. Mungos was intimidating on a regular day, it was large and chaotic and oddly overwhelming but even more so now; Andromeda's heart pounded in her chest and she felt weak from her excitement and nervousness and was trying not to run but still looking left and right eagerly for the right door.

And there.

Andromeda paused and exhaled a very slow breath then blinked back her tears. She didn't move, couldn't. She just stared, adjusted Teddy's position on her hip then very slowly pushed the door open.

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[info]chained_maiden
2008-09-20 09:27 pm UTC (link)
Time stood still, there was no better word or phrase to describe it. Everything had stopped, even the pounding rhythm of Andromeda's heart beat, and it seemed to take an eternity to begin again... it was the sound of that disbelieving voice touching her ears that pulled the woman out of her stupor and thrust her into the reality of what was happening. She stood dumbfounded and uncertain for a moment longer but with a burst of sharp laughter she bounced forward.

"Dora! Nymphadora," she said tearfully while trying to maintain her strength. She wanted to hug her and hold her in her arms and never let her go again for anything in the world but instead of frightening the girl with such familiarity Andromeda reached out and framed Dora's face with one hand and stroked her cheek with gentle fingertips.

She was so real, she was solid and warm and very much alive. "Dora," she whispered again and with an indifferent toddler in her arms she gave in to the initial desire and pulled Nymphadora close for a hug and her determination not to cry wavered enough to shake her with a stifled sob.

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[info]pinkonblack
2008-09-20 09:41 pm UTC (link)
Nymphadora blinked several times, trying to pull herself together to say something intelligent. While she was a familiar face to her mother, her mother was a virtual stranger to her, little more than a forgotten memory. She stared at her mother, trying to memorise her features as if she were afraid she'd only get these few precious minutes.

Making a small, surprised noise in the back of her throat when she hugged her, Nymphadora managed to hug her back, though her nose was now inches from the toddler, who stared back at her with eerily familiar eyes.

"Hi," she said softly, intended to be for the little boy, but also for Andromeda as well. Her arms felt heavy around her mother, and while it was a sort of warmth that was vaguely familiar to her, she eventually let go.

"Who's this?" she said, giving the little boy a nervous smile. Did she have a brother in this timeline?

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