MONA LISA, regulus black

01. can you see them?

t.w. this chapter has mentions of the abuse regulus receives from his father

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RAMONA
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RAMONA DURMIER boarded one of the carriages that would take her to one of her favorite places, Hogwarts. She vividly remembers what it was like six years ago to ride in the boat as a first year. It was her first time seeing Hogwarts and she would never forget it. Six years later, Ramona feels a small hint of anxiety in the depths of her head at the thought of returning.

Her mind is brought back to the present when a brunette with striking blue eyes enters the carriage. Ramona could recognize those eyes anywhere. "Marie Potter, is that you?"

"Hey Ramona, fancy seeing you here!"

Ramona gaped at the girl who looked so much like one of her closest friends, "What are you doing in the seventh year carriages?"

"Jame's didn't tell you? I skipped a year" Ramona's mind was whirling in about a thousand directions. One of those directions felt like a blow to the gut as thoughts trailed through her mind. James and her hadn't talked since he left Hogwarts at the end of last school year. In fact, she hadn't talking with any of the marauders or Lilly during the summer.

"Ramona, are you okay?" Ramona recentered herself and took a good look at Marie. She had definitely grown and matured over the summer. Her eyes looked more knowledgeable and her hands worn out as if she had written essays during the summer.

"Call me Mona," Ramona mumbled. Her head was still whirring with the reminder of all that had left her showing up in her very own carriage.

"What was that?"

"You can call me Mona, it's what everyone calls me anyway." By everyone, she means James, Sirius, Peter, Remus, and Lilly. She hadn't been called Mona in a while now. With a small shake of her head, Ramona brushed her thoughts away and plastered a smile on. "So how's everything at home?"

"It's good, James and Sirius just started auror training and mum and dad are lonely as ever but it is what is it, you know?" In truth, Ramona didn't know, her muggle parents didn't even know she was a wizard. They're art professors who wouldn't even try to believe her if Ramona told them. So, she kept it a secret and told them she was off to boarding school for seven years.

"I feel like I know nothing about you, Marie." It was the truth. Being two years younger than James, The Marauders, Lilly, and Ramona never hung out with her much.

"I'll give you the rundown: You probably already know everything about my family because James is such a blabbermouth but I'm the youngest of two and I live in Godric's Hollow. My mum thinks I'm a genius so she asked Dumbledore if I could skip a year and much to my suprise, he said yes. What else? I absolutely adore snakes, flowers, and purses. Oh! And I can't see the thestrals so I'd like to say I've lived a pretty good life!"

"See the what?"

"The thestrals, you know? The creatures that look like black horses but you can only see them if you've witnessed someone die. You didn't know? What did you think pulled the carriages?"

"Magic?" Ramona felt dumb after that but she was able to brush it off and laugh with her new friend.

"No, I can't see them"

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REGULUS
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