So I had wanted to write only one chapter for this but I couldn't get Mia, Angel, and Fred out of my head at all! So here is the next chapter! Please review and tell me what I did wrong and if you have any suggestions! Thanks~
The small cottage was perfect for Mia and Angel. A mile or two outside of Milltown Ireland, the cottage loomed on top of a small hill. It was secluded from outsiders but near a couple of other houses in case they wanted some company. To Mia, this was her heaven.
The cottage was a warm light brown color on the outside with a huge tree beside the left side of the house. There was a large yard surrounding it so that Angel would have a lot of space to play around, exploring the world of her home. Every time Mia walked on the dirt road home she couldn't help but smile at the now familiar sight.
Since it was summer Mia walked to and from work, not wanting to try to use a car that she had gotten a couple of years ago. It always seemed to act up when she used it in the heat. Oh well, Mia thought to herself shifting her bag on her other shoulder, I need the exercise since I cant use magic all the time to transport me into town.
Pushing the door open she walked into the cool house. She walked left and headed into the open kitchen/living room. Mia sat her bag down onto the counter opening the refrigerator door with her foot. Mia grabbed the milk and juice out of the bag and placed it into the refrigerator. That was one thing she hated about no using the car. Groceries were difficult to carry without the use of a car.
Mia glanced around the small front room looking for any signs of Angel. The house was silent. Mia frowned slightly but knew that her daughter was probably playing with their neighbor's kid, Samuel. That gave her some time to herself. That wasn't a good thing, not to Mia.
Even though it had been 4 years since she had left her memories still manage to take a hold of her at the worst of times. Running away should have stopped them, Mia thought bitterly to herself as she went into the living room to clean up the house. Cleaning helped to ease the pain when ever an unwanted memory resurfaced, like now.
"Yo Mia," A heavy body plopped itself down in the spot next to her on the couch.
"What do you want Weasley?" Mia demanded pushing away her potions essay to glare at the red headed twin next to her.
The Gryffindor common room was mostly empty at this time of night. Only a few stray 6th and 7th years were milling about the room, pretending to mind their own business. Mia knew that all of the nosy Gryffindors were watching them. They all wanted to know why a silly carefree Weasley twin would be talking to studious quiet girl who most people ignored.
"Nothing, I just wanted to talk to a beautiful girl," Fred shrugged grinning at her.
"Would you like some help with finding one?" She questioned raising an eyebrow.
"No," Fred shook his head. "I'm already sitting next to the most beautiful girl in all of Hogwarts."
"You need your eyesight checked," Mia snorted as he frowned. "I am in no such way pretty let alone beautiful."
"You are beautiful," Fred argued a upset glint in his bright blue eyes. "I thought that all girls thought themselves as beautiful."
"Not this one," Mia sighed reaching out to begin editing her essay. She didn't want to talk to Fred anymore, especially with people looking at them. He always causes people to look at us, Mia angrily crossed out a line from her paper, I don't want to be noticed. I already had enough people looking at me because I'm Sirius Black's daughter.
Mia glanced around finally noticing that the other intolerable twin was no where in sight. "Where's your twin?"
"With Angelina," Fred shrugged his arm resting on top of the back of the couch. He raised an eyebrow, grinning slowly. "Why? You don't happen to fancy him do you?"
Mia narrowed her eyes at him. "No I do not. It's a surprise seeing you two away from each other is all."
"Just because we're twins doesn't mean we have to do everything together," Fred informed her.
"You two just seem join at the hip," Mia shrugged, rolling her eyes when Fred gave her an odd look. "Together all the time."
"We aren't the same person," Fred shook his head. "We do have separate lives."
"I never said you didn't," Mia muttered turning back to her essay. "Its just odd to see one of you without the other. When someone mentions one of you two, people automatically think about the other twin as well. It would be weird if one of you disappeared."
Fred smiled slowly. "Who would you miss more? Me or George?"
"Who said anything about me missing you two?"
"You said it would be weird if one of us disappeared so that must mean that you care about us in someway," Fred's wide grin was plastered on his cute face.
"I wasn't talking about me per se. I was just making an observation about how everyone else would react," She informed him.
"Admit it, you would miss us," Fred grinned making her insides melt at the sight.
"No, I would be glad that no one is bothering me anymore," Mia testily informed him, not wanting to give away her true feelings that she might actually miss them.
"Bother you? When have I ever bothered you?" Fred demanded.
"Now is a good example," She muttered gesturing at her almost finished essay.
"You should be thanking me from letting your life be filled with boredom and school work," Fred grimaced at the thought. "What kind of life would that be if you only did school work?"
"Mine," She rolled her eyes grabbing her bag and books to retreat to the library so she wouldn't have to deal with him right now.
"Well we'll just have to change that, wont we?" Fred grinned wickedly.
"You can try," She shrugged. "I wont bow down to your ways as easily as you might think I will. I actually know how to use my brain so I wont be swayed off of my path."
Fred watched her as she walked toward the common room door, his eyes trailing her small slightly curvy body. "We'll see about that Mia."
Mia leaned against the brick wall breathing deeply. That memory was one of the more painful ones. This was the one that had started it all. Their friendship, their love, everything started with their little competition of seeing if she would change her lifestyle. George had called their competition "The War of Love" making sure to say as many lovely love references and jokes when Fred and Mia were together.
The War of Love had been a good name since Mia had fallen in love with Fred during the many times he pulled a prank her, teased her, or embarrassed her in front of the whole school. It didn't help with Umbridge patrolling around the school catching them whenever one pulled a prank on the other. Detection had only brought them closer together.
As months past on Fred decided to declare his love for her in front of the whole school, much to the amusement of Professor Dumbledore. The professor was all for young love. Fred stood on top of the table in front of Mia and declared his love for her with cheering and 'awing' in the background. Except…he was turned down coldly. Mia would never admit that she liked him, especially not in front of the whole school.
That caused the second stage of the War of Love. With everyone knowing that Fred Weasley was in love with Mia Black, Fred made it his job to tell her he loved her all the time. Always embarrassing himself and herself when she always said no when he asked her to go out with him. Fred didn't even seem to notice when they were laughed at by all the passing students. Mia on the other hand hated being looked at by everyone.
Mia and her best friends Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell walked through the common room door just returning from dinner. Many of the other students were heading back as they but stopped when something caught their attention. There was a large group of students surrounding Fred, George, and Lee in the middle of the common room.
"What is going on there?" Alicia raised her eyebrow pushing her strawberry blonde hair that was in two pigtails back over her shoulder.
"Shouldn't you be the one to know?" Katie questioned her playing with her long blonde hair.
"What does that mean?" Alicia demanded narrowing her eyes at her friend.
"I think she means that you are in the same year as them so you would know more about what they are doing," Mia suggested.
"Me?" Alicia snorted. "Excuse me love but you are the one with a Weasley following you, not little ol' me."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Mia demanded angrily.
"Ooh, you got her mad," Katie sang laughing.
"I'm just saying that you would know more than me," Alicia shrugged. "Shall we walk up and see what they are doing?"
"Yes!" Katie brightly declared hurrying toward the large crowd.
"I guess," Mia sighed following behind her curious friends.
They stood at the back of the crowd watching as everyone was pushing and shoving to get to Fred and George who were selling more of their glorious sick treats. Lee in all his dreadlock glory was standing on a random wooden box taking orders from students who wanted certain kinds. When Lee noticed them he waved before someone started to yell at him to get his attention back.
Mia shook her head as Katie stood next to her shoulders shaking from trying to unsuccessfully keep in her laughter. "They are encouraging students to skip class."
"Come on Mee," Alicia nudged her lightly with her elbow. "They are just having some fun, plus every kid needs a day or two out of class once in a while. I mean seriously, I think you are the only student who has never missed one of their classes…besides Hermione."
"Well then obviously I'm not the only one then," Mia huffed crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"You have to admit that this-" Katie gestured to the crowd. "-is an awesome way to earn money."
"You mean taking money from children," Mia muttered.
Katie narrowed her eyes at her. "That is not what I mean and you know it. I mean that they have to be smart enough to make these pranks that actually work and then be able to sell them to students who just want to lighten the mood during this dark time."
"Especially now," Alicia agreed. "We need more laugher since Dumbledore is gone."
"Why do you think so many people watch when you and Fred are doing your War of Love nonsense?" Katie questioned quietly, not wanting everyone in the common room knowing what they were talking about.
"To laugh as we embarrass ourselves," Mia shrugged hating how everyone's eyes followed her when she and Fred were near each other.
"Yes that," Katie laughed like bells (no pun intended haha). "But also because you two remind everyone that hope is still alive and that thinks could return back to normal in a while."
"I think you're looking too deeply into this Kate," Mia blinked at her friend shocked.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not," Katie shrugged knowing that it would be useless to argue with Mia since she always won the arguments. "You'll notice it soon-"
Just at that moment Fred looked up and noticed her. His eyes lit up and the smile on his face grew even wider as he pushed his way through the crowd toward them. George shook his head but laughed anyway at his brother. When Fred paused in front of her everyone's eyes seemed to be trained on them and all was silent.
"Hey Mia," Fred smiled. "I was wondering-"
"No," She shook her head.
"But I didn't even finish my question!" Fred objected, his eyes still shining at her.
"Whatever it is I don't care because it will still be a no."
"Come to Hogsmeade with me?"
"No."
"Come to the Burrow over Christmas?"
"No."
"Walk around the school grounds with me?"
"No."
"Snog in the corner?"
"No."
"Come to the empty classroom with me?"
"No."
"But I need help with my homework!"
"Don't care."
"Pull a prank on Umbridge with George and yours truly?"
"Fine."
"Come-Wait? What?"
"I said yes."
"You said yes?"
"Yes."
"Good then we'll talk to you later about creating the right prank," Fred smiled brightly at me before heading back towards his brother.
The noise volume instantly went from dead to a whole ruckus of cheering and yelling. I sighed when Katie and Alicia were jumping up and down squealing joyfully. George patted Fred on the back saying something that made Fred burst out laughing. Lee was grinning wickedly and winked over at us.
"I knew it! I knew it!" Katie jumped up in down causing the first years to look at her worriedly. "You do like him!"
"I never said that," Mia shook her head. "I'm only doing it because I cant stand Umbridge."
"Uh-huh sure you are," Alicia smiled brightly laughing as Mia stomped up the girls' staircase leaving them to trail after her. "Hey Kate?"
"What?" Katie questioned looking back as they got to the stairwell.
"I didn't hear her deny liking Fred, did you?" Alicia grinned wickedly.
"No I did not!" Katie laughed bolting up the steps to interrogate their friend about Fred Weasley.
Mia sighed, shaking her head roughly, trying to get all the images out of her head. This was not the time to have memories creep up on her. She needed to finish cleaning then start dinner before Angel got home. Keeping busy would help Mia return to her original self.
"I don't want Angel to worry about me," Mia spoke to the comfy house believing that the house was in fact apart of their family.
Mia picked up Angel's toys and some random objects that somehow got into the living room. Once she nodded at the clean living room Mia went into the kitchen to start to cook dinner. Pasta was the easiest thing to make so she placed a pan on the old worn out stove and waited for the water to boil.
Taking a frying pan and setting it next to the almost boiling water she threw some meat on it to add it to the sauce. Mia grabbed an onion and began to dice it up to add it to the meat. That's when Angel decided to run into the house. Her black curly pigtails flying as she hurried over to her mother.
"Hi sweetie," Mia smiled sweetly at the little girl but it faltered when she saw the frightened look on Angel's round cute face. "Angie whats wrong?"
"Mummy, theres someone outside," Angel whispered her eyes wide.
"What do you mean?" Mia instantly looked out the window above the counter but only saw the approaching darkness.
"They were out there mummy," She insisted yanking on Mia's jeans.
"Who?" Mia questioned thinking that maybe it was a neighbor because no one from her old life knew where she was now living. She had made sure that she ran away without living any trail.
"Scary people in black," Angel's blue eyes were wide and frightened.
"Scary people?" Mia echoed taking Angel's hand and pulling her toward the living room so that she was able to grab her wand. Her wand was sitting on the low coffee table.
"Very scary people," Angel insisted.
Mia didn't doubt her daughter for one minute. Angel never joked about strangers, so it was better to be safe than sorry. The second she grabbed her wand the door exploded into the room letting in the dark figures. Mia shoved her daughter behind her and pointed her wand at the first person she saw.
"Petrificus totalus," Mia whispered and watched as the big man froze instantly then fall to the ground. These weren't people who were her friends, in fact when she saw the second figure come calmly into the room she knew instantly who they were. Death Eaters.
The man was tall with light blonde hair. The dark soulless eyes were filled with death and despair. He looked the same as he did when they had been in school. Robert Lestrange, brother of Rodolphus Lestrange. Who had been married to Bellatrix, the bitch who killed her father. The sight of this man froze her insides, her hatred for him burned as brightly as her hatred for Bellatrix.
"Well, well, well," Robert's voice was cold, menacing. "I have finally found you my dear Mia."
Yay! Another chapter done! I'll update as soon as possible. Thanks! Please Review if you have time! Ask me if anyone has any questions!