Chapter 2:

"Wake up, Mia!" Mia heard before she quickly turned over without missing a beat. This time the owner of the voice shook her. Mia got up and realized it was Katie. "You know your father won't hesitate when it comes to taking away points from Gryffindor, even if you are his daughter."

Katie was right; Mia had gotten points taken away for being late before. She had a feeling her father still wasn't happy that she was in Gryffindor but she had a pretty good relationship with him regardless.

As Mia made her way to potions, all she could hear was how excited students were about the Triwizard competition. Mia was pretty excited about this as well, not really the whole tournament thing, although that is pretty cool, but more of the whole different cultures that would be visiting. She had a fascination with other cultures, as did her mother. When Mia was young they would move every 6 months or so to a new and exciting exotic place. Just her, her mother and her little brother, those were the days. Her father often complained and accused her mother of trying to hide Mia and Tristan away from him although Mia didn't believe that was the case. She believed that her mother was just meant to move around and be free, probably one of the reasons her parents got divorced. Now that she was at Hogwarts Mia didn't travel much, not even during the summer although her mother did.

Mia was so deep in thought that she ran into a Weasley twin, and barely noticed until he said "Watch it, Mia."

Mia just kind of stared at him for a second then snapped back to reality. "Sorry, just got a little lost in thought I guess," she said, turning red.

"It's ok, I would say that it happens to me sometimes too but it really doesn't," he said. She was pretty sure that he was Fred but she wasn't completely sure. "So what do you do for fun?" He asked.

"Well, I like reading-fiction mostly and I also love to run," she thought for a second. "Flying too, I enjoy flying a lot."

"Why would you run if you're not running from something?" Fred laughed at the thought of running nowhere.

"Because it feels so freeing," she smiled and looked deep in thought. "But anyways, I'd better get to class. I hear Professor Snape has a temper," she laughed and so did Fred.

Potions went exceptionally well today, most likely because it was the first day and the potion wasn't that hard. She was paired up with a Slytherin boy named Callum who was a pretty good looking guy but wasn't very bright. Mia found it funny that her father always partnered her up with a Slytherin, probably trying to get her to make friends in his house.

"What are you doing this weekend?" Callum asked while Mia packed up her stuff.

"Oh you know the usual. Study and hang out," she said wondering if he was asking because her father was trying to set them up.

"Maybe we can hang out sometime," he said confidently.

"Maybe," she answered, picking up her bag and saying goodbye to Callum. She didn't have much of an interest in hanging out with him outside of class but she also didn't want to be rude. Maybe I should have been put in Hufflepuff, she thought to herself and made her way to History of Magic.

After class she grabbed a sandwich and went to change into clothes that were suitable for running. After putting her hair back, she headed outside and just started running. She got her love for running from her mother who loved it and made it apart of their lives. Her brother enjoyed it also but Mia hadn't seen him run in a while.

"Hey Mia!" someone yelled but she wasn't listening because she was too wrapped up in running. "Miiiia!" she turned to see someone running towards her, it was Fred. Mia slowed down a bit so he could catch up but she didn't stop.

"What's up?" She asked him, a bit annoyed at him for interrupting her run.

"Nothing much, just seems like it's a good day to run for absolutely no reason," he laughed.

"Well, it only sounds ridiculous when you put it like that," she said, setting her pace a little faster.

"If you say so," he grinned. She really is very pretty, he thought.

They ran for a while, talking about classes and how ridiculous their professor's can get with their

homework assignments. He's pretty cute, Mia thought to herself. Too bad he's a Gryffindor. I

can't imagine my father letting me date someone that isn't in his house.

They headed back so that Mia could make it to class on time. "I guess that wasn't so bad," Fred

admitted to her. It was actually kind of fun to Fred. When he saw her running, he followed her to

be funny but he actually enjoyed himself. She was a really cool person to be around. Too bad he

couldn't say that about her father, Fred him for double potions next and didn't have high hopes

of not falling asleep.