Disclaimer: I own only the plot and any original characters I care to create, the rest belongs to Rowling.
A/N: As I myself am not a witch I do not have an extensive knowledge of spells. That being said I inform you now that the spells you see here (the majority being made up by myself) will be latin if possible. And I still would like some input on Mia's animagus form, which shall be coming up in later chapters.
"Mia?"
"Yes Severus?" Mia turned around and looked towards the Slytherin.
"Precisely how deep are you planning to delve into the Forbidden forest?" Severus asked.
They had been walking for thirty minutes.
Mia smiled dangerously. "Far enough so as the residents of Hogwarts won't hear the loud booms soon to be emitting from said forest."
The two purebloods raised eyebrows but consented silently.
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"You did what?" Lily screeched at her boyfriend.
James cowered before her. His fellow marauders, having long fled behind the sofa and various beds in their dormitry.
"We just confronted her about some issues we were having."
"Issues! Issues! You call what you've told me so far issues! Don't answer that! I want to see."
"See?" James asked, uncomprehending.
"Yes. You're from a rish pureblood family. Meaning, by tradition, at age eleven, as you prepare for school, you are given a pensieve. Show me," his girlfriend's voice left no room for argument.
"But, Lily," he attempted to justify his words.
"No!" Lily cut him off.
"Lily, please, we were just..."
"Sirius Black you shut up! I will hex you all into next tuesday and then bring you back and repeat the process. I want to see exactly what you did and I want to see it now!" Lily yelled, already taking her wand out of her pocket.
She took no notice of the heads popping up in the doorway.
"But Lily," her boyfriend began.
"Five minutes. And if you don't find the pensieve, I swear to god that you'll, you'll..."
"What?"
"Never be able top have children!"
Quite suddenly she wished Mia was there. She'd calm her down. Explain they weren't worth it. Tell her they were being imature and threatening wouldn't help. She'd suggest something subtle. She understood her. Like her sister, except Petunia didn't understand her. But like a sister should.
Warily, she turned to the doorway and saw a concerned, familiar face. Frank Longbottom.
"Frank, can you take them downstairs?" she asked, politely, motioning to the crowd that stood in the doorway.
"Sure thing Lily," Frank said. A loyal friend. She had helped him manage his way into advanced potions, as he fully intended to become an auror.
As the crowd vanished at Frank's persisting jabs of the wand, he smiled worridly. Mia LaBerge was a friend to everyone. She had helped him earlier that same day with a tricky wand movement he had for homework in transfiguration. She was a Slytherin, but she didn't laugh when he turned his own hair pink by accident, or hex him when he turned her's electric blue. She had explained what he had done wrong, and helped him fix it. He hoped she was okay.
He left the room in time to see James pulling out the pensieve.
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Severus and Lucius ducked as a pieces of a tree flew their way. They recovered only to dodge shards of rocks.
Lucius managed to put up a shield as Severus threw various spells at the impending objects.
Mia stood at the center of the once crowded forest area. It had now turned into a lovely clearing.
Her wand flew this way and that. No words escaped her lips but you could feel the magic in the glen.
"Mia!" Severus yelled.
"I wonder what the marauders said to her?" Lucius pondered as a shard hit him and knocked him into the mud.
"MIA!" he yelled at her, furious about his sullied robes. A 'scourgio' was sent his way.
"I'm not sure, but I pity the fearsome four once the mudblood gets through with them," Severus smirked, referring to Lily.
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Lily pulled her head out of the pensieve gasping. She fell to her knees in shock.
"Lily?" James asked, coming forward and kneeling beside his girlfriend.
She promptly slapped him.
"I'm disgusted. Come within three metres of me, any of you and I swear I shall sic the professor's on you. How could you?" Lily asked, distraught.
The pain of losing someone was still fresh in her mind. The first attack of you-know-who had been on her parents. That very summer. Petunia had blamed her.
For good measure she hexed the three remaining marauders, even the non-participants Remus and Peter. They hadn't stopped the onslaught of cruel words that had come from her boyfriend's mouth. Never mind their own friend Sirius.
Lily strode off to her own rooms, appaled at their actions. A good cry for her parents would do her some good. Then, she'd find Mia.
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Severus and Lucius were currently hiding under a shield. Turned away from the hellion that was their friend. They had been in that position for a minute, before the realization that the booms had stopped hit them.
Turning around, they were suprised to see one Mia LaBerge kneeling in the middle of the glade.
"Mia?" Severus asked.
"Death is meaningless if you have nothing left to live for," Mia said.
"Nothing left to live for?" Lucius asked, as the Slytherins righted themselves and began striding over to the distraught girl.
"Do you truly think those whimpering Hufflepuffs could survive the Marauders without bawling, without you?" Severus asked harshly.
Mia looked at him defiantly, but not a word escaped her lips.
"Remember when you told us they're not worth it?" Lucius asked, demanding of himself at the same time why he was doing this.
Mia nodded.
"They're not. The Marauders aren't. But you are."
Lucius shifted uncomfortably, embarresment obviously displayed in his demeanor.
"Lucius being an insufferable know it all should know," Severus added, his voice tinged with dark humor.
"You know, I really hope you guys make the right choice. Some people aren't all they seem to be," Mia said. A smile slowly coming to her solemn face.
Both men went white at the comment. How could she know?
"Do you have any chocolate?" Mia asked.
Both men glanced up as Mia stood up.
"Umm, no," Lucius stuttered.
"Why?" Severus asked cautiously.
"Aunt flo, is all. Now, we should get back to Hogwarts, so as Narcissa won't hex me for ruining her snogging scheduel with someone who shall remain nameless," Mia said, while looking pointedly at Lucius, who ignored her.
Mia began walking ahead.
"Did we just give Mia LaBerge a pep talk?" Severus asked.
Lucius shuddered.
"We will never speak of this again."
Both men shook on it, before following the once again, stoic, single, hottie of Hogwarts.
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A/N: So, what did you think? PMS is making her way through into the next chapter. And Halloween is coming soon. I enjoyed writing this chapted because I wanted more depth into the characters. Especially two certain Slytherins. Just to show they can be nice, even if they choose not to show it. And even though I don't quite mention it, James really hit a nerve. She doesn't belong there. Period.