Location: The Burrow; Date: August 13th 1994; Time: Unknown
Time continued to fly by for Mia as the World Cup steadily approached, Hermione was arriving that day along with the two older Weasley boys, Bill and Charlie,
Mia didn't dwell on their arrival as much as she would have if she wasn't so busy. She was constantly practicing her skills at dancing, from ballet to contemporary
whenever she got a moment it seemed she was dancing. and Ginny both seemed to love her habit, and constantly praised her on her skills which helped
her lacking confidence greatly.
Much to the amusement of the twins, they enjoyed scaring her whenever she let her focus drift off as she danced. It was much easier to catch her off guard when
she danced, than any other time, which often caused the embarrassed witch to chase the cackling boys out of the house in a fit of anger. It seemed the more time
she spent with the Weasley's the more they seemed to trust her, much to her surprise. Ron had even mentioned her to Harry and Hermione in his letters, which had
been mentioned to her by the twins as they snooped through their younger brothers things on evening. Even Percy had seemed to warm up to her, as he appreciated
her hardworking personality, even if she was a bit too easygoing at times.
Luckily for Mia, it seemed as if her body was slowly breaking its habit of waking her up early, which allowed Mia in her opinion, her much needed rest. Ginny would
often wake up before the older witch, and would wake Mia before heading downstairs for breakfast each morning. Today however, she had asked Ginny to let her
sleep in due to the amount or training and planning she had done the day before. Allowing herself to doze on her cot which had now been moved over to make room
for Hermione's cot, she tried her best to ignore the sudden racket coming from beyond Ginny's door. Letting out a quiet grumble and draping her tanned arm over her
face, she let out a small sigh of relief as the noise finally stopped. Her mind drifting off again, she barely recognized the sound of the door opening as two sets of
footsteps slowly creeped towards her cot.
Turning her head to face away from the door and the intruders, Mia's ears were just able to pick out the two quiet voices before she was woken up by the cold
sensation of water pouring down on her. Mia's hazel eyes flashing open as she let out a high pitched scream of surprise, she gasped as the cold set into her skin.
Laughter coming from her right, Mia let out a ragged breath, water dripping down her face before she glared at the two grinning red heads, as they chorused
purposely stretching out their vowels, "Mooooorning, Mia." Feeling a growl rise up from the back of her throat she continued to glare at the two before mumbling,
"Run." Watching their faces pale at her threat, she quickly lunged forward, her wet blankets falling to the floor as she raced off down the hall after the twins. Shouting
at them as she gave chase her voice screeched, "Fred, George, I'm going to kill you both!" Hearing their footsteps thunder down the stairs, she quickly darted after
them before coming to the bottom of the stairs and stopping as she glared at the grinning twins before her, her chest slightly heaving.
Opening her mouth to say something else, she froze as she saw the bewildered and amused faces of the Weasley family, along with the new arrival of Hermione
before her. Her anger dying in her throat, she felt her face slightly flushed as she realized how she must have looked. Standing there soaking wet, with her thick
brown hair falling out of it's messy bun, with extremely short, black Sophie shorts and a baggy neon pink tank top that said, "Meet me at the barre" in cursive print
which now clung to her body, Mia was sure she was as pink as her shirt.
The shirt had been a gag gift from Juliet, who was one of her best friends at the Academy. She had been focusing more on her acting career, while Mia had been
working more on the dancing and performance aspect. The two had clicked when they were placed on the same project and ever since they were inseparable at the
Academy. Juliet had found her the tank top in a nearby shop, this past spring and had immediately bought it for her as a joke. Mia had actually found it amusing and
cute, but now as she watched the older brothers eyes slightly linger on her form before Bill cleared his throat, she was beginning to hate the shirt with a passion.
The brothers finally looking away as Hermione still looked shocked, Mia let out a distressed noise before she crossed her arms over her chest and cleared her
throat. Her voice high and nervous she spoke while trying to avoid eye contact with anyone, "I'm going to head upstairs now and change." Quickly backing up she
turned and darted back up the stairs towards Ginny's room. Flying into the room and basically slamming the door closed behind her she let herself slide down the
door before she drooped her head and grumbled to herself, "Great Mia, nice first impression they think you're mad…..Stupid twins…" Hearing quiet laughter from
above her she lifted her head to see the amused face of Ginny as she quickly looked over her appearance before commenting lightly, "I'd ask what happened but
based on your mumbling and your appearance I can probably guess. Fred and George wake you up with water?" Watching Mia nod grudgingly in reply, she struggled
to hold back a smile as she replied, "Sorry Mia, I probably should have warned you, I'm sure they didn't mean to embarrass you that much, and besides its just my
brothers who saw you and Hermione. She'll just feel bad for you once you explain and my brothers won't say anything about it out of fear of Mum finding out, so I
think you'll be fine."
Sending a small smile back to the red headed girl, she let out a small sigh before standing and walking over to her bag to pull out a navy blue and floral printed
sun dress before slipping out of her soaked clothes and into the dress. Pulling her hair out of it's bun to fall freely past her shoulders, Mia mumbled a drying charm on
her hair before running her hand through her now soft and straight hair. Running her hands through her hair once more, she followed the younger girl out of the room
and down to the main floor. Nervously rubbing her arm, she looked over to Ginny as the younger girl bumped her shoulder and commented reassuringly, "If any of
them try anything I'll send a hex at them." Allowing a small smile to appear on her face she mumbled her thanks as they stepped into the now empty living room.
Hearing a voice coming from the kitchen, she paused as Ginny walked into the room. Taking a breath and straightening her posture she walked into the kitchen
and quietly slipped into the open seat next to Ginny. Seeing the younger brown haired witch speaking with Ginny she waited for a moment to catch her eye before
she introduced herself. Seeing her cautious look and Ginny's reassuring one, she spoke with a small smile on her face, "Hello, I'm Amelia West but you can call me
Mia. I'm terribly sorry for earlier, it's just the twins have seemed to make it their mission to annoy and embarrass me as much as humanly possible." Seeing her
expression shift to a more accepting and open look, she smiled before replying, "Hermione Granger, it's a pleasure to meet you I've heard a lot about you from Ron."
Laughing a bit Mia replied jokingly, "Hopefully only good things, I know I can be a bit of a mess sometimes."
Grinning as the younger girls laughed at her comment, Mia shook her head as Ginny added, "Yeah today was nothing compared to some other things that have
happened." Leaning back into the chair Mia asked curiously, "So where have the boys ended up now? Are they still hiding from me, because that would be a very
smart idea. I swear I will be getting them back for this morning." Seeing the younger girl barely hold back a giggle at her words, she continued to grin as Hermione
replied, "Um.. well Ron and the twins were out in the lawn with Bill and Charlie, I think they were thinking about playing Quidditch or something but I'm not sure."
Nodding in response, Mia replied slowly her words slightly dragged out as she spoke, "Well, as much fun at that sounds I don't think I want to play or watch
Quidditch, so how about we do something instead?" Seeing the curious look on Hermione's face as Ginny quickly grew excited and replied, "I think I know how you
can get back at the twins, and we can get some fun out of it as well." Her eyebrow ticking up in interest at her words Mia glanced over to a slightly nervous looking
Hermione as she asked, "What did you have in mind?"
Although Hermione was extremely reluctant at first, somehow Mia and Ginny had convinced her to help them in their plan of pranking the boys back. Now all they
needed was the right time to strike back.
Even if she had never really spoken to the older Weasley boys after the "incident", Mia had thankfully managed to apologize and explain the situation to them
much to her embarrassment. Thankfully, they had brushed it off and properly introduced themselves to her, but sadly that was her last real interaction with the oldest
brothers. As the day went by, It was extremely amusing to Mia to watch the twins eye her with a barely hidden uneasiness as they saw each other throughout the
day. Apparently Ron and Percy had heard what had happened to Mia as well and had steered clear of her in an attempt to avoid her retaliation. Her previous retorts to
the twins pranks had been funny, but extremely intricate and could be quite scary sometimes, given the fact that her normal demeanor was usually so laid back. But
it seemed the more time that passed, the more the twins relaxed.
The girls had decided they would strike on the day Harry arrived so that they would be less likely to be blamed if their prank went wrong, and it gave more of an
audience to their plan. As the day of their prank finally arrived all three girls met in the kitchen that morning to discuss their plan one last time. Hermione who had
helped with the actual planning, would not be taking any credit for it, and had only agreed to help due to the embarrassment the twins had put Mia through. Ginny
and Mia would be performing the prank and extracting their "revenge" for the icy wake up call. Mr. Weasley would be taking the twins and Ron to go pick up Harry,
which left more than enough time for her and Ginny to sneak into the twins room and set up their prank.
Confining herself to Ginny's room with the younger girls, Mia calmly sat on her cot while waiting for and the boys to leave. Hearing the voices of the boys vanish
Mia quickly got up and sneaked out into the hallway, Ginny right behind her. Stopping right outside of the slightly blackened door she nodded to Ginny before opening
the door and slipping inside to leave Ginny on watch. Blanching slightly as she looked around the room she could see half finished products, clothes and other
unidentifiable things scattered around. Swearing she saw something move on the floor she quickly pulled out her wand and began to whisper spells. Grinning in
satisfaction as she saw her prank fall into place she quickly slipped out of the room and nodded at Ginny. Both girls grinning and laughing quietly, they quickly high-
fived before walking back to Ginny's room to wait for the boys to come back.
Falling onto her cot, Mia allowed herself to laugh again as she crossed her hands behind her head. "Oh this is going to be so good, I can't wait to see their
reactions." Hearing Ginny snort in reply to her excitement, Ginny commented as Hermione shook her head, "I swear you're the only person I've met that is dedicated
to getting them back. Everyone else would have just let it go out of fear of being pranked again, but you just keep going." Hearing the younger girls curious tone she
turned her head to look at the two young witches. Hesitantly replying, Mia unknowingly spoke with a reminiscently fond tone,"I've always grown up with pranks and
jokes, my best friend seems to be the king of them. I guess it's just rubbed off on me from all of the pranks I've seen him pull." Shaking her head slightly to clear her
thoughts she looked back over at the girls who had unidentifiable expressions on their faces.
Opening her mouth to ask what was wrong she was cut off by the sudden explosion of noise from downstairs. Sharing a look with the other girls, they all quickly
left the room and ran downstairs. Finally entering the room, Mia paused in shock as she saw yelling at Fred and George as Harry and Ron stood off to the side along
with Bill and Charlie. Hearing something along the lines of a growing tongue and Muggle wizard relations, Mia quietly asked Ron, "What in the name of Merlin
happened?" Keeping an eye on Fred and George along with his father he quietly spoke to Mia, "Fred and George brought along these sweets that make your tongue
grow. Harry's cousin got a hold of one and it was pretty funny if you ask me."
Making a small noise of recognition, she looked over at Harry seeing him looking curiously at her. Sending him a small smile she spoke, "Amelia West, it's a
pleasure to finally meet you Harry." Seeing a look of surprise cross his face he quickly replied, "Nice to meet you as well Amelia." Making a face she added jokingly,
"Ah that makes me sound too old just Mia if you could." Seeing him smile slightly at her joke she moved her gaze to the twins and as his rant abruptly stopped.
Seeing standing in the doorway Mia mumbled, "Not good…."
Looking back to the doorway to see Ginny and Hermione finally enter the room behind her, Mia was quick to fill them in as greeted Harry before questioning her
husband again. By his flustered look and 's dangerous tone Mia felt sorry for the twins and , as Hermione suggested showing Harry is room. Seeing Ron about to
protest Mia gently shoved Ron and Harry over to the girls to head over to the staircase. Shooting her a look before realization dawns on his face Ron silently
apologized before heading out of the kitchen with the girls and Harry.
Hearing Mrs. Weasley begin to yell at the twins she quickly exited the room and headed out into the yard, with the older Weasley siblings racing out right behind
her. Wincing as she heard the echoes of 's yelling, Mia walked further into the yard before stopping and letting out a breath before turning to see the older redheads
right behind her. Clearing her throat to gain the attention of the two men before her she asks somewhat hesitantly, "So how long before she fizzles out?"
Watching as Charlie shrugged, she looked to Bill who sighed before replying, "Probably not long, she'll yell a bit more and then cool off. But I haven't actually seen
or heard her this angry at the twins before." Hearing a chuckle she looked at Charlie curiously as he interjected, "Well they've done it this time though, I'm pretty
sure Mum was going to explode. They have great ideas and they really are funny but they've got a horrible sense of timing." Laughing a bit at his words Mia added as
she glanced to the house, "No kidding….."
Looking back to the curious face of the second oldest Weasley she asked, "What?" Holding his hands up in a placating manner he quipped, "Easy there, West I was
just going to ask if it's true that you're going to be teaching at Hogwarts." Her face coloring a bit out of embarrassment she replied, "Sorry, it's just I'm a bit out of
sorts today, normally I'm much more docile I promise, and yes I'm supposed to be teaching Performing Arts." Looking surprised, Charlie continued, "Performing
Arts?", before Bill added, "She means dancing and acting." Looking back at Mia with a grin Bill continued," But the mighty Dragon tamer over here wouldn't know
what that was even if it hit him in the face."
Ignoring Charlie's noise of protest, Mia laughed before asking jokingly, "Oh and you would?" Shrugging in reply to her words he replied easily, "Hey even Curse
Breakers can get bored sometimes, it's not always action and explosions, we've got to do something to occupy our time." Feeling a smile settle on her face she
halfheartedly shook her head before adding, "I'll believe it when I see it with my own eyes." Grinning back at her with an eerily similar grin that the twins often wore,
Bill easily replied, "Alright, you've obviously questioned my skills so I'll show you that I, can in fact dance. Maybe while we're at it you can even teach Charlie here a few things."
Rolling her eyes at his words, Mia quickly shook his outstretched hand, before looking at the two grinning red heads and adding, "Fine, If after dinner you can
prove to me that you can dance, I will admit I'm wrong and I'll give Charlie here a dance lesson." Hearing Mrs. Weasley call for their help from the house, Mia quickly
headed back with Bill and Charlie as she thought to herself, Well Mia, this is sure to be interesting."
Authors Note:
Hey guys, I'm so sorry that I didn't get to update last week, It was the week before Spring Break so It meant lots of last minute tests, quizzes and projects that I had to finish. But now I'm on Break thankfully, so updates are back on track. Also I have been toying with the idea of posting little one shots about Mia and Teddy as they grew up together and her adventures before she was thrown into the past. It wouldn't really have a schedule in updating but would any of you be interested in reading that? If so, please review or message me your thoughts! Thanks again to all of the favorites and follows I love to see every alert for a new reader, and thank you to all the viewers. Hopefully I'll see you all next week!
-The Detectiveinthephonebooth