m i r a n d a (stageleft) wrote in valesco,
@ 2010-07-01 13:50:00

Entry tags:

frank longbottom, glenda prewett, james potter, megan bones, miranda frobisher, ralph frobisher

Open
It was a beautiful funeral, as funerals go.

Miranda puffed her cheeks, hunched forward with her hands clasped between her knees. She felt like a child, stuck at an adult party and forced to sit on the couch in silence until it was time to go. There were things she could be doing, that she was supposed to be doing, but Miranda couldn't get herself up off the couch. How were people able to stand around and talk, and eat, and---some were even laughing. They had just buried their friends, their family, and now, apparently, it was time to eat off of trays and share stories and start talking about this funky smell that was coming from---

She let out a long breath and slumped back into the couch, putting a hand to her forehead to try and numb the headache she'd had for the past two days. For the past few months she'd had this constant throbbing in her skull and it didn't look like it was going away any time soon. Miranda stretched out her legs, knowing that she would have to stay at this gathering of funeral attendees until the last of the guests left. She was like family to Madam Rosemerta, she had to stay.

The sarcastic thought made Miranda's chest hitch and her hand slipped to cover her eyes to hopefully stop herself from crying again.

(Post a new comment)

Sirius!

misterprongs
2010-07-01 05:38 pm UTC (link)

James stood on the back porch of the Three Broomsticks with his hands stuck in his pockets, staring across toward the Shrieking Shack with narrowed eyes. He was lost in his thoughts but still managed to notice Sirius come up beside him, and the two men stood in silence for a moment.

He'd been to far too many of these gatherings in his young life. James remembered the first funeral he'd gone to had been for his grandmother, and as his family passed on, his mother, his grandfather, his friends began to join the ranks of the deceased. Marlene, his first love, Dorcas, his cousin who was basically a sister. Dearborn had just disappeared but the feeling was the same, then Fabian, his captain, and Gideon, a man he'd respected no matter what they fought over it...It didn't get easier, he wasn't used to it, and James was terrified of the day when he would be the one the guests were giving their consolences to because it was Lily that had been killed, or that Lily would have to go through the pain that so many of the Order's family had because he was being lowered into the ground---

It was almost selfish to think, just for a second, that he hoped Lily died beside him, like the Bones. James couldn't fathom being able to survive without his wife, and to put her through such pain would be unbearable even in the afterlife...James looked over to Sirius, hoping that he would never have to see his best friend, or Remus, or Peter, or---James hoped he wouldn't have to see their funeral. He couldn't stop these morbid thoughts.

"We need to find out who it is," he said finally, only slightly turning toward Sirius. "This has to stop."

(Reply to this)

open!

chickidy
2010-07-03 03:16 pm UTC (link)

What number funeral was this? As horrible as it sounded, Glenda had simply stopped counting the number of black outfits she had donned for her past friends and family. It hurt too much to go back and think of all the people that had been lost-- in the past year alone! It was such a depressing thought....

She had allowed Tristan out of her grasp for the time being. There were a few other children here he could play with, but--- it had been a very difficult to decide on whether to bring him here or not. Of course he had met Edgar and Gilly, the Bones had been like family. But--- the atmosphere was so sober, so dark; she hoped it would all go over his head.

Glenda kept to herself for the time being, standing off to the corner of one of the main rooms. Her presence, she hoped, wasn't too noticeable (she actually felt very vain for even thinking of that). The point was this was about the families and she and Tristan were readying to leave to go back to Italy within the next few days. The Longbottoms had been more than hospitable, but it wasn't very hard to see how their lives were quickly becoming too hectic to be watchful of more and more people.

Taking a in small breath, Glenda continued to stare across at the opposite wall as she thought. The sudden presence of another body next to her snapped her out of her trance, and she blinked quickly as she turned slightly. Her thin lips pressed together flat to muster a flat-lined smile.

(Reply to this)

scribbld is part of the horse.13 network
Design by Jimmy B.
Logo created by hitsuzen.
Scribbld System Status