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

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.

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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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chained_maiden
2008-09-21 02:16 am UTC (link)

No one had ever been so efficient at putting Andromeda in her place as Nymphadora had been in that moment. She cast her eyes down as if she were fifteen again and in the presence of her mother or father, it was awkward and yet.. beautiful at the same time. Maybe it was because the words came from her daughter, or because she was right. Who the bloody hell was Andromeda to judge or resent for her child marrying someone she loved? Hadn't Andromeda done it too? That realization managed to cool her temper considerably but it didn't quell the desire to take Sirius aside and demand to know what he'd been thinking when he decided he loved his cousin any less. She'd just deal with it later, when they were alone and definitely not in front of Teddy.

Andromeda looked at her cousin and then her daughter and she nodded in agreement to let this moment pass. She also tried not to cry again because the sight of Dora holding Teddy and standing with Sirius was almost the perfect image. They were a family, a whole and very apparently loving family. She pressed her hand to her mouth briefly then laughed again and shook her head.

"If you're happy and well, there's nothing I can do but accept it.. " or lose her, again. She'd take the former. "Alright, I'll work on this," she gestured at the two of them, "do you two have a place to stay? Where are they sending the ... ones who've come through the rift?"

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srsly_sirius
2008-09-21 03:15 am UTC (link)

Sirius, still very wary of his cousin, slowly wrapped an arm around his wife as she side-hugged him....with the kid on her hip. Uh oh. She'll be wanting to take care of him now, won't she? Shit. Probably because she herself didn't have a mum or dad, too. But they didn't know the first thing about kids; Sirius had been around Dora when she'd been a baby, having already been 13 at her birth, so he had a little bit of experience with her, and with Harry, but that was really it. Surely Andromeda wouldn't just let them take the boy....right?

"Er...No, we haven't; I've been asking around, and the Ministry's trying to set up a shelter of sorts for everyone to stay at 'til they can find their own places to stay." Speaking of places to stay, "Not unless Mum's house is still standing and livable...D'you know if it is?"

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chained_maiden
2008-09-21 03:33 am UTC (link)

Andromeda brushed a hand through her semi-disheveled hair and looked at Sirius, her eyes clouding over briefly. "Oh! Harry, of course," she said and closed her eyes. "Oh he'll be so thrilled! You--well, Sirius that I know.. died about three years ago like I told Dora and he actually gave Grimmauld Place to Harry Potter.. so he's living there with Kreacher and a fair number of Weasley's, they pass in and out mostly. But, I'll be more than glad to have you two stay in my home until you've managed to settle with what's going on. I'm sure it'll be more fitting than a cot the ministry will provide, word has it there are hundreds of you so I can't imagine you lot will have rooms to yourself, unless of course you'd rather try that first," she said distantly.

She hoped not, she would love having people in the house again. "Teddy isn't much of a problem, Harry's good about gathering him on weekends and Ginny comes by now and then to sit for me." It was a simple life she lived in all reality, there was no excitement, just a day to day routine but it worked and worked marvelously. They would upset the balance, surely, but what could be done about it?

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pinkonblack
2008-09-21 01:02 pm UTC (link)

Dora made a face. Brilliant, now their home was taken over, too. But at least it was by Harry. That was something, she supposed.

At Andromeda's offer, her gaze drifted from Teddy's face to her mother's, not particularly surprised, but still a little wary about the whole thing. As much as she wanted to get to know Andromeda, she wasn't this woman's daughter, and she wasn't so sure that Andromeda would be capable of making that distinction so soon after losing her daughter. But it was still a very nice offer, and she glanced at Sirius before answering.

"That would be nice, I suppose," she said slowly, giving Sirius time to jump in as well. "As long as it wouldn't be any trouble, of course. I can help with some things around the house and with watching Teddy--" His name felt foreign and heavy on her tongue, and she glanced at the toddler again, rather surprised to find him staring right back at her. The whole thing was unnerving. "--so...right. Siri? What d'you think? Up for it? It is better than the sh--crap the Ministry would give us."

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srsly_sirius
2008-09-27 11:23 am UTC (link)

Well, if Sirius couldn't have his house, he was glad that at least Harry was the one living in it. And yeah, that sounded like something he'd do: leave his house to his almost-grown-up godson. The mention of Harry made him think of Lily and James, and he decided that at the top of the list of Things He Wanted To Do In This New Universe was visit his best friend and his wife, and his godson. A dark part of him realised that as the previous Sirius had died, surely they would all be especially receptive of him, and it made him grin in his mind.

But he saw the look on Dora's face as she looked at the kid and he didn't like it. Just because she was technically his biological mother didn't actually make her his mum. And besides, hadn't they agreed to wait before having kids? This might not technically count, but they'd wanted to wait for a reason. And they didn't know the first thing about taking care of a kid. Well, Sirius knew a bit, from taking care of Dora (only a little, though) and Harry, but that was hardly enough to make him comfortable with someone putting the life of a child in his hands.

And did they want to live with Andromeda? Yeah, it'd be better than what they'd get from the Ministry, but....he didn't think that having Andi, Dora, and Teddy under the same roof would be a good idea for very long...but he did miss his favourite cousin...oh hell, alright.

"...Yeah, staying with you for a while would be alright with me," Sirius replied, throwing his eyes back to Andi as he tried to avoid looking at his wife and the kid again. He'd have to put down his foot down and say no and very soon.

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