This is a story about Artimis and Mythal. They represent me (Miki) and my best friend (Amie). Some things I write are real occurrences that have happened in the past few years. Such as my Thailand trip in 2010, and Family members…. Also tattoos.
Charcoal and Blood
"You're gay!"
"Don't talk about my sexuality out loud!" The voice echoed down the long water tunnel, water trickled past the two figures as they huddled near each other on the raised platform beside the water. One had her feet placed in the water and was trying to catch leaves that floated past, a pile of wet leaves piled up at her companion's hand who was drawing charcoal sketches on the ground to her right.
An anime sketch was forming, one bulging eye, a flattened U shaped nose and large swollen lips. The drawer was darkening the upper lip with her finger and at the same time drawing hair over the right eye that reached the edge of the raised platform. The other girl turned her head from her leaf catching to stare at her mobile then to eye the graffiti over the walls in the dim light with suspicion of the names. Written in large handwriting was the name of some sort of Gang name with guy's names and badly drawn penises surrounding it.
"What is with guys addiction to drawing penises?"
"Well their not trying to compensate for something because they are always such tiny drawings… unless these drawings really are larger then their real things…" Answered the one who was now drawing a witch's hat on top of her anime drawing, fluffy wolf ears were popping out from under the hair with small earing loops. She was adding shading to the face and blending the hair down so the lines weren't thick and dark before finishing with her online art signature and grabbed one of her small bottles of hair spray she acquired from her mother's bin collection and sprayed the picture until the bottle ran dry. The other girl flicked her fingers dry and ran them through her recently cut and dyed deep red hair.
"Amie!" Screamed the brown haired girl.
"Miki!" Returned the voice of the Redheaded girl.
"COFFFAAAAAAY!" Echo, echo.
"No more coffee for you!" Miki laughed at her friend and stared at the water, listening to cars go by on the road above them on the bridge and people walking past kicking pebbles down to the water below. Amie reached over and grabbed a leaf then they both froze, a familiar voice echoed down. The two gave each other a look, eyes widening with shock and fear.
A math's teacher was walking past with her sport group; one of the teachers Amie was MEANT to be in the class of that day. Mrs Wasper was talking to her English teacher, Mrs Waffle. Instantly the two were standing and holding their bags and folders to their chests casting nervous glances around, they moved further down the tunnel until they hit a curve and flopped down there. Amie gave Miki a look of pain and swore, "Fuck my life."
"What? You didn't get caught."
"I need to pee…" And it so happens that the sport group ALWAYS goes to the park until time to return, which was in half an hour time. Miki gave her friend a large grin, "Why don't you pee now, I will turn away."
"Fuck! I'm not doing that!"
"Then hope you can hold on." Miki laughed at her friend's crest-fallen face and turned to sketch a picture of a dragon facing towards them with wings spread out around its chest. Amie gave her friend a look of horror as Miki flipped her static wavy brown hair from her eyes with a blackened hand, then Amie turned her curly red head towards the end of the tunnel with a pained expression and longing.
Miki spotted her friends tight lips drawn down in a grim expression and hid a giggle under a snort and rubbed a hand over the dragons wings to give it a transparent leather feature then went to draw a picture of Harry Potter beside the dragon in chibi style saying, 'oh noes, it's a DRAAAAGON' and pointing at the dragon with a shocked face. Amie laughed at the picture and turned to look down the tunnel, Miki joined her friend to stare down. "Do you want to go ninja and see if they are still there? I don't think they would be all that suspicious to see a former student walking about…" Miki having finished year twelve a couple months ago.
"You go ninja."
"Very well then I…" The two were so into their ninja conversation that they didn't realize a black figure behind them. The man pulled his black scarf further up his nose and pulled out a huge switch knife and drew the already blood stained blade against Miki's neck just as she was about to move forward to investigate, snapping her thin chan Surfer necklace that held a red plastic dog tag (And I mean a real dog tag) and a plain gold cross that belonged to her mother… and a gold coin like amulet with a goat on it that was her father's star sign, Amie's whole body froze up when she watched her best friend tumble to the ground before her neck was slit as well. The two gargled on their blood and fell to the ground. Miki, being near the water, fell sideways as Amie's body tumbled into hers and fell into the water with a splash.
The man reached down and grabbed her before too much blood leaked into the quickly traveling water and dragged her on top of her friend corpse and dumped her. He then turned and took their bags before running away with anything valuable along with Miki's two fake jewel bracelet's, her topaz, emerald and two amethyst rings and Amie's Amethyst and diamond love heart necklace that Miki and her mother got her for her 15th birthday. Miki's stormy blue eyes stared blankly into the green-hazel of her best friend's hazy eyes.
Awake to the Moon
Miki's eyes widened as she sat up, gasping for air, rubbing her stiff neck with a shiver. Beside her Amie was still resting on her back in a twisted supine position. Miki lifted her hand and flicked the wet grass off as best as she could, she turned back to Amie and shook her after taking in the grave landscape. "Aim, wake up! Come on are you alright, oie! Light's on, no one's home."
"I'm awake!"
"Good, I was about to lick your ear." Miki pulled her friend to her feet after she struggled to stand up. The Australian student and unemployed gamer looked at the unfamiliar and cold landscape with confused frowns. Miki leaned on a grave stone and twiddled nervously at her Topaz ring that sat on her left middle finger, Amie pulled her black hoddie further around her body. The one she had shoved into her large side bag that wasn't with her at the current moment. Miki lifted her medium side bag that she always had strapped over her shoulder, one large enough to put a couple A4 books inside and little items. She pulled out a small bronze torch hooked to another green one that had red lazar lights and a normal light both together, she got it from a trip to Thailand with her parents a year ago from the hotel she stayed at, Graceland. A small 'gift' for their cat, Milo, when he was just a kitten.
She turned the white light on and pointed it through the dark, damp night. Amie joined her to stare around them, the small torch was bright but not enough to light more than 15 feet clearly. The two took a step forward as the full moon gleamed over the cloud obscuring it for a second, giving the girls a view of an old Church building in the distance and a small sign that held faded writing and covered in moss. Beside it read, 'This is the site of the Australian Ministry's death site for those Witch and wizard's who died protecting Britain's Ministry against the Magic War. Many died at the wands of the Death Eaters, and shall their deaths never be forgotten.'
A howl broke Miki's words, the two looked at each other with a look of realisation. "I suggest running… NOW!" The two turned and ran as a large, almost shoulder high wolf leaped through the darkness behind them. Amie sped ahead with adrenaline pumping through her veins, Miki ran at a slightly slower pace, her knees feeling stiff and sore. "Move into the forest, climb a tree or something!" Amie followed the instructions and was instantly clambering a tall tree as quickly as she could, going up as high as she could. Practice from her childhood, sadly Miki hadn't climbed a tree since the time she was playing hide and seek and fell from the tree twisting her ankle and causing a heavy nose bleed.
The wolf ran under the tree, pausing for a second to sniff the air before following Miki who was gaining his attention by screaming out names and shone the red laser into his eyes. "Over here! Leave her alone you big ugly…woops!" She dived to the right and ran down the hill at breakneck pace, the wolf's large paws pounded on the ground, muffled by the thorns and damp leaves. She spun as she felt her shoulder ripple with pain, she finally succeeded in ripping out a cylinder white metal bottle with a red funnel on the end pushed the button on the funnel.
The sound of a horn bellowed through the air, the wolf howled in pain and wobbled in confusion. Miki did it again as she ran around the dazzled beast and ran back to where Amie was in the tree. "Aim, get down quickly. We need to go." Amie jumped from the tree and landed on her feet, the two gave each other a look of horror as the wolf recovered. Miki shot the horn again for good measure as the two pelted through the forest to a lake. Miki paused nervously as Amie leapt into the water. "Come on!"
"My art…"
"I will get you a new book, come ON!" Miki leapt into the water with slight tears in her eyes as she held the bag over her head with the strap around her arm, the pain in her shoulder was not recognised as her heart thumped. The two moved in waist deep, then shoulder, and then they couldn't touch the ground. Miki released a sob of regret and dropped the bag into the water so she could stroke beside Amie, her bag instant getting soaked, along with the books inside. Miki's long button less woollen cardigan slowed her down but she was able to keep up with her friend as she easily moved her arms through the water, her mouth became parched as they reached the other edge of the water, and arms shaking from muscle pain and the cold.
Amie pulled her friend from the water then pulled the small torch from her mouth without a care of where it was to shine it into the forest behind them. Miki wrapped her arm around her shivering friends waist as she took in a breath, her mind quickly wrapping around everything. Werewolf, Death Eaters, Harry potter… Amie pointed to a pillar of smoke over the trees. Taking deep breaths they began to walk through the forest, Amie swore with each exhale and Miki simply held her torch up to light the path.
Miki spun around as the crack of apparation appeared behind them.
The two dived behind a tree and stared out, a tall man walked through the woods looking around. "Lumos." The white light brightened from his wand, lighting a flame in his red hair. "Hello? Please come out of hiding, my name is Arthur Weasley. I will do you no harm." Mr Weasley moved his wand to catch the face of Miki, who didn't dive behind the tree again. Instead she moved out into his light.
"Young lass, what is your name?"
"I am Artimis Knight." Miki said without hesitation, "And that is my cousin, Mythal Knight." She gestured behind her at Amie who moved slowly out from behind the tree. Mr Weasley, looked into Miki's eyes for a second then nodded his orange head then gestured for them both to follow him out of the wood.
"It's dangerous here, we have a fugitive running amok. And apparently a werewolf was sighted nearby as well." The two looked at each other when he turned away then followed him quickly.
He led them out of the woods, in to a town called Hogsmeade and into a pub called the Three Broomsticks, he waved to the bar maid and requested three butterbeers. Miki sat in the long chair and wiggled into the corner, Amie moved in beside her. Mr Weasley returned and on the other side to look at them. "If you don't mind me asking your ages?" He was looking at Miki as he asked this, his brown eyes unwavering.
"I am eighteen, and Mythal is thirteen." Amie gave Miki a quick glare before turning her attention to the tables wood patterns.
"Who are your parents?"
Miki turned her head, her eyes shifted down in a sad angle, "My parents were… killed in a fire in Australia. We lived in the bush area you see, Muggle area, Mythal lived with us after her mother died from cancer when she was seven, and her father left her with us." Amie gave Miki a look that said, 'shut up now, before I hit you'. And she did go quiet, only because Mr Weasley was giving his regards to them both. Miki gave him a slightly teary look then lowered her head to hide the small smirk that twitched on her lips. "I am so sorry to hear that! Why if I…"
"Butterbeers!" The maid dumped the three large pint glasses on the table, Mr Weasley went silent and instantly took a gulp of the golden liquid. Miki brought hers to her lips and took a sip, relaxing in the warmth that flowed through her muscles. "Thank you sir."
"Are you both hungry?"
"I'm not… What about you Myth?" Amie shook her head quickly then went back to her drink, Miki nodded her head in acknowledgment then turned her head back to Mr Weasley.
"So… you come from Australia then. And lived with muggles? Can I ask you something?"
"Of course?" Answered Amie, she gave Miki another look as the girl threw back her head to get the rest of the foam off the bottom of the glass.
"Tell me, what is the function of a rubber duck?"
Miki lowered her empty glass and looked at Mr Weasley. "The rubber duck's sound function is created by a plastic disk that is inside its body, when you squeeze it the pressure is forced against the disk and causes a squeak. But its whole function is to be a bath toy for children, or a toy for a dog." Mr Weasley was leaning forward, listening to Miki talk. Amie raised her eyebrows knowing fully well Miki was just Bullshitting her words in a detailed guess.
"Fascinating, absolutely fascinating. What about the function of ecklectikicy?"
"It's Electricity…"
"Arthur, stop asking them Muggle questions!" A man with a droopy pointy hat on top of his greying, balding head entered the pub. His moustache was drawn across his face in a stern grimace. Arthur stood up instantly from his hunching position and bowed his head. "Minister Fudge! What brings you here?"
The minister gestured for Mr Weasley to sit back down and slide down beside him. He turned his eyes to Miki then Amie then back again. "I was going to speak to Albus about arrangements for Hogwarts security, I overheard of your story. Can you explain why you are here."
"We were in a forest, visiting the Australian graves." Miki gestured around them, Fudge called over the maid and asked for a fire whiskey before turning his gaze back to her eyes, causing Miki to look down at the table quickly. Even if she acts brave, she is only acting. "I see, I will need to bring you somewhere more private. Arthur, I am taking the girls by floo powder." Mr Weasley nodded his head and followed the girls from the table as Fudge requesting his whiskey to be take-away in a wine bottle. Mr Weasley turned the girls by their shoulders, and bent down to look in their eyes sternly. "If you need anywhere to stay, my home is open to you both."
"Thank you sir, we appreciate the help."
"Call me Arthur, and it's all I can do for you now. It's up to Fudge to choose your fates now, good luck in your future girls. And be careful, Sirius Black has escaped Azkaban." He left as Fudge returned with a brown bottle in his hand, he pulled the girls over to the fireplace and threw in some green powder. The flames burst into green light and the minister didn't hesitate in dragging both girls into the warmth.
"Hogwarts, Headmasters office." Fudge spoke clearly as he held the two by their arms, they felt their bodies being pulled, their skin slightly scorched. Then they were pulled out of the flames as they burst back to orange.
"Dumbledore?" Fudge walked forward, his hands peeled away from the girls shoulders, Miki winced as he jolted her arm and remembered her injury. He disappeared around a corner, once out of sight the two collapsed to the ground and leaned on each other. "M…"
Lemon Drops
"Artimis, and we will talk in private…shh." Miki held a finger to her lips and Amie instantly went quiet. Fudge came around the corner with a white haired wizard talking about them, "And I thought to bring them here for a private talk. My apologies."
The two girls looked up from their position on the ground for a second before they were on their feet, faces slightly pale. Dumbledore looked down at them from over his half crescent moon spectacle's that were hitched on the bridge of his slightly crooked nose. He was wearing long maroon robes with gold and silver stars stitched across it. He had a tilting hat on his head, reminding Miki of Santa's hat, without the Pom-Pom end. "I understand Minister, Come forward girls and give me your names."
Miki moved forward instantly, her pale pace gone blank. "M-My name is Artimis and this is my Cousin, Mythal…" She jabbed a thumb at Amie then watched Dumbledore pace around them.
"I see. The minister gave me a quick over view of what he knows, I am sorry about your parents."
"Thank you sir."
"Oh, where are my manners. My name is Dumbledore, I'm headmaster of Hogwarts of witch craft and wizardry. Do you want lemon drops?" Miki and Amie nodded and took a handful eagerly, both sweet-tooths.
"We know, my mother mentioned it to me once. She use to say you are powerful and that she wished to send us to Hogwarts."
Dumbledore's eyes twinkled over his glasses at the pair, a small smile appeared on his lips. "Your mother sounds like a wise woman. Have you had schooling in magic?"
"Theory we have, we mostly learnt Muggle things, like house work, Muggle history and so forth. No real Practical magic because we were underage to use magic outside of a school at the time." Dumbledore nodded while Amie stared at the floating orbs near the office door.
"I see, why did you not go to a school?"
"We come from Australia, my parents lived in a small town in a bushland mountain. They didn't like magic schools, believe them to be dangerous due to 'silly' children throwing dangerous hexes around with no discipline. So she made us go to Muggle schools to learn patience and how to live without magic." Dumbledore chuckled and turned his head towards the minister.
"I think these girls are quite safe, I would like to make in inquiry. May they stay here to learn?"
The minister's face matched the girls faces, shock horror. "I… of course. I trust your judgement Headmaster." He turned to the girls, "Have you a home to stay at?"
"No, Mr…Arthur… said we could bunk with him and his family. But we don't want to intrude on him."
"Very well then, I will deal with sleeping quarters for you both." Dumbledore gestured for the girls to go sit down at his desk before turning to the minister and talking to him in a low tone. Miki looked at Amie and did thumbs up then went to looking at the Phoenix who stood on the desk eyeing them with yellow beady eyes. Dumbledore glided over to his desk and stood on the other side, his hands flat on the shiny surface. "Cornelius is sending a message to The Leaky Caldron for them to reserve a room for you both. He will take you over through Floo powder, I believe he needs to go there to see one of my bright students over a small incident at home. I will see to school things, don't worry about robes at the moment, I will get you house ones when you are sorted. I will place young Mythal into year three… But you Artimis, where to put you, your already 18."
"I will go into the third year so I'm with Myth. That way we can work together, possibly… and there's not to much I need to catch up on." Miki nodded her head slowly, her fingers twirled the amethyst ring on her right middle finger to hide her nerves. Dumbledore nodded his own white head and tilted his head to look at Fudge, his silvery blue eyes shone from within.
"I would like to inquire about your arm." Amie looked at Miki's shoulder with a frown, noticing the stitching was raised slightly.
"We were being attacked, that is why I Apparated. I think it scratched me."
"What did? What was attacking you?" Fudge leaned forward, only just hearing this.
"Uh… a wolf… maybe a werewolf… it was huge…" The two adults looked at each other with shocked expressions before standing up instantly.
"Were you bitten? Come, let's get Poppy to look at it." Dumbledore led them from his office, past his gargoyle and down the corridors then up some flights of stairs. They reached a large door many minutes later that the Headmaster threw open, and then he disappeared into a door out the back. Miki fell to the bed with Amie across from her, the other girl's eyes looked slightly worried. Fudge looked at her with narrowed eyes. "…Headmaster. Oh hello Minister. Which girl is it, Sir?"
Dumbledore gestured a long thin hand at Miki, who was beginning to remove her woollen trench coat. Amie gasped and looked faint, Fudge paled and looked at Dumbledore who hesitated. Red blood soaked through Miki's white blouse, turning half of her torso red.
"I don't know, I didn't realise it was so bad… I'm thirsty…" Poppy returned with a weird red drink and forced it down Miki's throat, who grimaced in disgust.
"Take off your shirt so I can take a look at this wound." Miki went as red as a tomato, one thing she hated was showing skin to strangers, especially to men no matter their age. "Headmaster, Minister. Please go into the office."
"I think I will have some tea, care to join me Cornelius?"
"Yes I think I will." The two walked into the back office and disappeared behind the oak door. Miki undid her many small buttons and Poppy pulled it gently from her blood caked shoulder, Miki winced as her skin turned pink from the blood being peeled away. Amie watched silently, her eyes glistening. "Myth, I thought you wanted to pee?"
Amie choked on a laugh, her face red with embarrassment. Poppy gave Miki a look that said, 'Are you serious?' and Miki had the urge to say 'No I'm Artimis.'
"There is a bathroom down the hall, just turn left and go down some stairs."
"Don't get lost!" Miki cried out as Amie disappeared through the large doors. Poppy probed at her wound when the two were alone. She clicked her tongue as she drew soft fingers over the sensitive skin. She cast a scourgify spell and the blood cleared gently from Miki's skin leaving the wound clear to the eye. She sized up the shape of the wound, jabbed it at times with her wand to keep blood from pouring out of her skin. Poppy hissed a word and Miki was wrapped in a blanket, the short plump woman waddled into her office and pulled out the Headmaster and Minister. The three adults stood around the young girl and looked at each other like she wasn't there. "Where did the other girl go, Mythal was it?"
"Bathroom…" Was her curt answer, her nerves building up to tower height. Poppy moved to her side and pulled the blanket past Miki's shoulders, the girl released a sound of protest but stiffened as Poppy jabbed her with her middle and pointer fingers in the ribs. Dumbledore and Fudge leaned over to look, Miki fiddled with her ring silently as they whispered to each other. "It definitely looks like a bite to me." The minister leaned back, his eyes shrunken back into his head as he moved away from her as if she would turn right there.
"Calm down Minister, the full moon past by over an hour ago, Plus someone freshly bitten wont turn until the venom is completely in their system." Dumbledore tilted his violent blue eyes down to look at Miki's own grey blue eyes. "What we are to do with you though is yet to be seen."
"Headmaster…" The doors opened again, and in came Amie being held hostage by a tall, lanky, hawk like nosed man dressed in long, flowing black robes. His dark eyes shifted around the room, his fast pace paused when his eyes fell on the girl sitting on the bed, half nude, covered from below her breasts down by a blood covered blanket. Her blue eyes looked at him, wide like an owls, mouth agape in a small-pursed O before she pulled the blanket up. "Ah, Professor Snape. I see you have met Miss Mythal Knight." Amie dived away from Snape's loose grip on the hood of her hoodie, she moved back to her position on the bed across from Miki, her eyes drawn to her shoulder. "Come over here, this is Ms Artimis Knight. I think it is a good idea to acquaint you both." Dumbledore led Snape over with a gentle hand on his shoulder, Dumbledore had his elbow almost straight with Snape's height. "It will be a week before school starts, I suggest we all get to know each other."
"Yes well, I will have to take the girl with me. There is the matter of her blood to deal with." Miki gave the Minister a look of horror, Amie looked like she was going to go into a swearing fit. Dumbledore raised his hand to silence everyone, and gain the attention of the Minister. "I will be her Defender." The minister gave Dumbledore a questioning stare, everyone looked between the two powerful men as they stared into each other's eyes. "Very well Headmaster. I will hold the court tomorrow at noon, I will place the werewolf in custody." Miki looked at the Minister with widening eyes, pulling the blanket over her shoulders. Poppy butted in instantly, hands on hips and lips pursed, "The girl is injured. I would rather her here for my care, you can pick her up here."
"Don't worry Poppy, I will have a nurse on hand." The Minister said in a tone that meant business, he gave Miki a look that said he doesn't care about her wellbeing. Miki gave Amie a silent look, Snape stood at the end of the bed staring down over his nose at the werewolf girl who gave him one glance before returning to Dumbledore and Fudge.
"Very well Minister, but I will treat the wound now to lessen infection." Poppy summoned all the potions and ointments she needed.
"Come Cornelius, Severus and Miss Knight. Let us have some more tea, and talk." Dumbledore led Amie and Snape to the back door with a hand on their backs, Fudge followed quickly while sending a glance at Miki. When the door closed Poppy cleaned up the blood soaking into Miki's underwear and at the same time sent her shirt and trench coat to the house elves to clean and mend so she could freely give Miki her full attention. She then began to dab liquid onto the bite then rub a warm runny ointment onto the wound and skin surrounding it. Then she lathered a thick cream over the whole shoulder that was raised and going pink from the spread of Werewolf saliva that was coursing through Miki's veins nice and slowly.
Miki could feel the curse pounding into her chest that strengthened with every passing minute, making her wonder why she didn't notice it before now, constricting her heart like a boa constricts its prey. Poppy gave her some Blood Replenish potion, the red stuff she gave the girl when she first arrived. Miki could feel her dry lips starting to feel normal again with each mouthful of the bitter liquid. Poppy waved her wand over the wound, muttering spells that protected the ointments and potions then one that summoned bandages that wrapped tightly around her shoulder. A second latter mended, clean and perfectly folded beside her appeared her clothes.
"There we go, the elves are so helpful." Poppy pulled the blouse over Miki's shoulder after replacing the red tank top and cast a spell that did up her buttons then gestured Miki to her feet. She stood before the nurse as the woman cast small spells to clear blood that covered Miki's pants and hands and then sent the bloody blankets away. The old woman was clicking her tongue as she picked up the trench coat and folded it over her arm. "I will look after this for your return, I will watch over your bag as well."
Miki thanked Poppy with a quite whisper and small shy smile, the coffee in her system disappeared as nerves settled in, she followed the woman into the office. Dumbledore and Fudge were in a deep conversation while drinking from delicate mugs of tea. Snape was sneering at Amie, who looked like she was prepared to throw her own mug that she held in both hads at the man's greasy head. "…And I have Potter staying at the Inn, been a week now. Blew his Aunt up like a ball and ran away from home."
Snape sniffed, then looked over at Poppy and Miki. "Ah Poppy, Miss Artimis. Please join us." Dumbledore summoned a mug of tea for Poppy, Miki shook her head against the tea. She sat heavily down between Snape and Amie on the long couch, Snape's face twisted into an angry grimace and tried to shift over as far as he could. Hunching up against the armrest, the couch far to short for his long legs. Pausing because Miki was sitting on the hem of his cloak, she pretended not to notice as she looked at Dumbledore.
"…Yes, but away from Harry Potter and to Artimis Knight here."
"Yes, very well then. If she gets out of court easily enough and get added to the register then we can speak of what to do with her then. And Miss Mythal Knight can stay at the Leaky Cauldron." Amie looked at Miki with worry before turning to Dumbledore.
"Very well Cornelius. I will be by early tomorrow Noon for the court conference." Dumbledore stood to shake hands with Fudge, who in turn tilted his hat in Amie and Poppy's directions then a quick good bye to Snape. He was followed by Dumbledore, Miki and Amie back to the Headmasters office, Snape rushed down the hall, his black cloak bellowing out behind him giving him a bat like appearance.
"Here we go. I will send off Miss Mythal myself. I will leave Ms Artimis in your care, Cornelius." Dumbledore handed Fudge a small bag of Floo powder, the minister poured some into his hand and threw it into the fire. "Very well then. Goodbye Headmaster." Fudge took Miki by the arm after she grabbed Amie's shoulder and said a quick goodbye.
"I will be back before you know it, Myth. Don't break anything while I'm away, including your fists."
"Aw….. fine!" Amie slapped Miki on her good shoulder as a goodbye, Miki let Fudge grab her and pull her roughly into the fire. "Ministry of Magic!"
The last thing Miki saw was her young friend's stricken face, and Dumbledore standing beside her with a bowl of Lemon Drops held out in front of her and one hand on her shoulder protectively. She was in a safe place.
End of Chapter 1