Disclaimer: I own nothing of the Potter world. I own only Mia Ferris and Sylas the owl. I wish I owned it, but sadly that's not the case.


Broken Roses: Reunited

The first years were told to follow the prefects to their common room. Mia got as far as outside the doors of the Great Hall before she snuck into the shadows to wait.

Mia didn't have to wait long, for soon enough the teachers started filing out of the Hall, some talking and some thinking. She wasn't paying very much attention until she felt a pair of eyes on her.

She looked up to find no one looking at her. Mia was confused, but her confusion was soon pushed away when she saw her father exit the Hall last, no one talking to him. He stopped outside the doors for a few minutes looking around.

When he started to leave, Mia stepped out of her hiding spot.

"Daddy!" she said while running to the man. He looked up just in time to catch her as she flew into his arms. He held her close.

"I'm so sorry, darling. I'm sorry..." his voice broke here as he choked back tears.

"Dad, don't cry. We're together now, that's all that matters." He looked at her in amazement.

"I love you, you know that right?" he waited for her to nod then continued. "I never stopped looking for you. Never. I had no idea where they had taken you. I-I thought you were dead. I'm so sorry."

"They took me to France."

"What?" he asked, looking at her incredulously.

"After they took me they brought me to France. Th-They left me o-on the street, thinking I would die. But I wandered around, trying to find anyplace to live. The only thing I had eaten for a week were scraps out of the garbage.

"A kind woman finally found me and brought me to an orphanage that she thought would be good for me. But the woman there was cruel. She hit us if we cried or did anything wrong. She would hit me on my birthday when I was crying because you were gone.

"On my birthday this year she hit me because I accidentally ran into her after going to get things to clean. I-I became really scared and upset and the next thing I knew she was blown into a wall and knocked unconscious. Another orphan named Katherine helped me escape. I came back home to England and wandered those streets for a month.

"On August 31 came upon The Leaky Cauldron. Tom let me stay for the night and he bought me all of my supplies.

"Daddy, I'm still scared!" she finished her story with a very large sob and collapsed into her father's arms, who had kneeled down in front of her during her story.

"I'm sorry. So sorry."

"Why, dad? Why did they take me?" she asked tears streaking her face.

"Mia, I-"

"And you always talked about my brother. Where is he? Is he alive? Dad-"

"Mia," he said, cutting her off, "I will answer your questions some other time. Right now you need to sleep."

"But, I-" here Mia gave a rather large yawn, while still hiccuping from crying.

"See. You're tired. Let's get you to bed. No more buts." He picked her up and started walking away with her. Mia smiled into her father's shoulder as a sudden thought struck her.

Just like old times.


A/N-They're getting shorter and shorter! I just felt like this was the place to end. Update again soon. Can't promise anything though. Four reviews too much? Thanks for reading!

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