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Lord Michael Stark {is on top} (liesforfamily) wrote in silverage,
@ 2011-08-24 18:26:00

Entry tags:

!log, lily evans, narcissa malfoy

Who: Narcissa Malfoy and Lily Evans
Where: A deserted alley. Yes I can do cliche ;p
What: she's just arrived!
When: Wednesday Evening
Rating: PG
Status: Complete

Narcissa had been heading to dinner when she ended up somewhere else. Somewhere she didn't recognise at all which, so soon after the war had ended up her on alert. It wasn't just everyday one was transported from their home to a completely new place and not be aware of why or where they were. At least without a decent reason, which she did not have at the moment. The sensible part of her brain said she would have known if someone had managed to get into Malfoy Manor without her knowing with all the extra wards around the Manor. Perhaps Lucius had planned a surprise for her but at the same time, even this wasn't how he would go about it.

So all in all, Narcissa had no idea how she got where she was or where she was for that matter and she didn't like it at all. Her mood wasn't improved either when she tried to apparate home and failed, in fact she just landed back where she was. Which made no sense to her as she hadn't sensed any anti-apparation wards around, it just hadn't worked. Pulling out her wand, which she thankfully had on her person still she cast a simple lumos and discovered that it still worked. That was something at least.

Now all she had to do was find where she was and then find a way home before Lucius and Draco became too worried about her.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-27 12:58 am UTC (link)

She recognised Neville's name of course from the Battle but the other name meant nothing to her. So no one she would like to spend time with essentially. Such was life though and Narcissa would make do as well as she could, until more people arrived here who she desired to spend time with. "Of course," she said with a nod to indicate she had at least appreciated the information - even if it wasn't what she had desired for.

Muggle. That made Narcissa cringe slightly but then looking around the place she supposed she had no choice even with how distasteful it was for her. She hoped there was just some stylish Muggle clothing available. If she was to be stuck here and had to blend in she wasn't going to look like she was average, she had a status and image to uphold, even in this place. "Fine," she said with utter distaste in her tone.

It wasn't like she had a choice at the moment. Perhaps in time she could leave the woman, find a way home or at the very least find the local Magical community and intergrate herself into that.

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just_lily
2011-08-27 01:16 am UTC (link)

Lily didn't miss the cringe, but she didn't comment on it, either. The situation was what it was and she wasn't in a position to change it. Nor was Narcissa, though she imagined the woman would like to think otherwise.

Tilting her head to the side, Lily turned to start to walk toward the welcome center. "You just missed the unseasonable weather," she offered by way of making conversation. While she couldn't imagine the other witch would care ... it was something to talk about. It wasn't as though that freak snowstorm had written that it was the only unseasonable snowstorm ever; for all Lily know, they'd have one in the middle of every month. "It ... snowed," she explained awkwardly, glancing over to Narcissa before she fixed her eyes forward again.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-28 06:59 am UTC (link)

"That is good," Narcissa nodded. "It was coming up to summer back home," she replied in a neutral tone. Actually she was glad to have decent weather here given she wasn't dressed for anything else - especially snow. "Is it still June here?" she asked, suddenly occurring to her that it might not be the same time.

She hoped it was, that would be one less thing to worry about in all of this.

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just_lily
2011-08-28 07:06 am UTC (link)

Lily shook her head. "Late August, here," she admitted. "It was December of '78 for me," she added. "Before I was here, I mean. Nearly Christmas." Which was nearly January which would have made her truly 19 as she was pretending to be here. Then it would have been time for her wedding. A wedding she'd never have, now.

She lapsed into silence for a moment, honestly unsure what else to talk about with Narcissa. "I ... if you had anything else to ask before we got there, I could try to answer your questions," she offered. She'd been through it all, after all, so she knew the drill.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-28 08:22 am UTC (link)

Well that wasn't that bad and a part of her was not surprised by the jump in the month either. None of this place made sense so why would the date stay the same? That would be too neat and tidy compared to everything she had picked up about the place.

"Are there a large amount of Muggles here?" she asked. The list of Wizards and Witches seemed to be rather small so she prayed that the amount of Muggles were small too - she would very much like to avoid them.

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just_lily
2011-08-28 05:05 pm UTC (link)

"Ah," Lily said, hedging a little. "It's ... it's mostly Muggles. There are a few other magical sorts that fell through, but not our sort. We ... there was a meeting, a couple of weeks ago. I went, but didn't really participate. It was just after Sirius had shown up and I ... he told me ... what happened to me and James. I wasn't really in a good frame of mind just then."

Lily exhaled before glancing almost apologetically to the woman. "You'll have to ... find some sort of Muggle job. I'm ... working as a secretary. Remus is at the library. Sirius found a place to play with cars and bikes, and Gin managed to get something at least close to what she'd been doing at home.

"I'm not sure ..." Lily trailed off before she shrugged helplessly. "I'm sure you'll find something." She was equally sure the woman would find it distasteful, but what really was to be done about it? She'd have to work to afford things -- or marry someone who was willing to pay for her.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-28 10:40 pm UTC (link)

Well that sounded horrible and she didn't bother to hide her reaction to that and the bit about the job either. Narcissa did not work and she wouldn't, for all she knew Evans was just having her on to see if she would actually work. Yes, she didn't trust the other woman but that was to be expected considering she didn't know her or agree with many of the things she knew of her.

"We'll see," she murmured under her breath though loud enough for the other woman. Plus even if it was true, she would have at least a month before she had to start working for real and that was surely long enough to find a way home or at the very least find a respectable job for one of her standing. One that actually didn't involve working.

"So where is this place?" she asked looking around them, having no idea where they were.

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just_lily
2011-08-28 10:47 pm UTC (link)

Well, she would see, and Lily felt the same sort of sympathy she felt for everyone who was displaced, regardless of what role they'd played at home, or whether or not she'd known them. She nodded her agreement to the woman's murmured words before she gestured ahead with one hand.

"It's not ... very far," she assured her. She nearly said they could take a bus, but for the distance it was she didn't think it was worth subjecting Narcissa to the crowd of Muggles that would be on it.

"So ... so when are you from, exactly?" Lily wasn't sure Narcissa had said, or if she was interested in sharing more details to fill the silence on their walk toward the center.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-28 11:01 pm UTC (link)

"June 1998," she replied glancing around the area as she walked. It looked a bit like the New York she could remember seeing when she was a teenager, the differences were noticeable though. Then again, she had only really stayed in the Magical area of the city, not venturing out to the Muggle section. After all her family would have sooner died than have done that.

Narcissa had no idea what else to say, not that she really wanted to spill her entire life story to Evans. They weren't friends and it was none of her business. Instead she just walked next to her in silence.

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just_lily
2011-08-28 11:07 pm UTC (link)

Lily nodded, but since Narcissa didn't seem inclined to converse -- and she didn't blame her, really -- she'd join in the silence as well. She was glad it wasn't far, because she'd never dealt well with uncomfortable silences and this one was headed that way.

She decided she'd tell the others once she got back to the flat, though beyond that ... she wasn't going to broadcast it. She was sure Narcissa would use the boards if she wanted to contact anyone else, and they could explain everything at the welcome center. So really, Lily felt no compulsion to try to take care of any of that.

Once they had turned onto the street the center was on, she gestured toward it. "That building, there," she said. She assumed Narcissa wouldn't want her company longer than necessary, but she'd wait to ensure she made it in all right all the same.

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liesforfamily
2011-08-29 12:01 am UTC (link)

"Thank you," Narcissa said with a nod of her head. She might not like that woman but it was better than being left alone to find her way her by herself. That would have been disastrous. She could be polite though and at least thank her for going out of her way to direct her to the building she was after. Many people would have just left her to make her own way there - she wasn't delusional about that.

Hopefully this place would allow her some normality in her life, but she wasn't holding her breath given what she had learned so far. All in all, she was glad to have somewhere to stay when it came down to it. She would see how this place fared, though her hopes weren't high for it.

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just_lily
2011-08-29 12:09 am UTC (link)

"You're welcome," she replied. "Best of luck," she added sincerely. They were all in the same situation, yes, but some of them were better equipped to handle it than others. Lily had grown up on the Muggle side of things, so she was better set to adapt than someone like Narcissa or Ginny.

Lifting her hand in a wave, she turned to head away toward her flat, pulling out her mirror to let Sirius and Remus know why she was going to be running later than predicted just so they wouldn't worry.

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	liesforfamily 2011-08-29 12:32 am UTC (link)
	Giving Lily a nod she watched her start to walk away before taking a deep breathe and entering the building. She hoped she could get it sorted out quickly and either home or settled. Either way she didn't want to stay here for a long time. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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