Mia's first summer after Hogwarts had to be her strangest by far. Normally she'd have spent the time in her room or pestering Tonks, but this year, she actually had somewhere to go. The first week she spent at home however, explaining to her family what had happened while she was at Hogwarts, and going over the events of the chamber of secrets. She also told them that she was going to spend the last 3 weeks of the holiday with Ginny and the Weasley's, which they all seemed happy about. Infact the only thing they didn't seem happy about was how she was spending the other two weeks. Tonks seemed to be the most disapproving of her spending times at the Malfoys, and she spent most of her time trying to talk her out of it. The worst conversation came while Mia was packing at the end of her first week,

"They're vile" Said the girl that she'd come to think of as her sister. She usually respected Tonks' views, but when it came to the young blonde, she just couldn't.

"Draco really isn't that bad you know" Mia said, whilst picking up a blue sweater and placing it into her case. She honestly had no idea what to take with her. She'd never stayed over at someone else's house for more than a few days, and the idea of meeting Draco's parents wasn't an enticing one. Making the right impression was quite high up one what she needed to do. True, she'd already met his father, and that hadn't exactly gone.. well. But that could always be changed. She hoped.

"I can't say I know the son, but Lucius and Narcissa are something else" Mia shrugged, if they really were that horrible, she'd just stay away from them. Lucius seemed to be an important man, and so it was unlikely he'd be in the house that much anyway. Taking Mia's emerald hair clip off of her dresser, Tonks raised an eyebrow,

"This is real" She said, and the younger girl nodded. She still wasn't one hundred percent sure who'd given it to her, but she could take a guess. Smiling at her sister, she took the clip and placed it in her hair, clipping back the green streak easily. "It's nice" she said after a while, admiring it slightly in Mia's hair. The black haired girl sighed, Tonks never made small talk unless she wanted something, and she wished she'd just get it over with. Luckily she seemed to take the hint and stood up, placing her hands behind her back like she did whenever she said something unpleasant,

"You aren't going"

Mia raised an eyebrow again, slightly confused. Tonks had never told her what to do before, and she had no right to start now. Draco was her friend, why couldn't she understand that?

"It's only for two weeks, then I'm going to Ginnys. Mom already said I could, and you can't change that" She couldn't understand why Tonks was acting like this. All this was coming from a person who went away on weeks on end to fight 'dangerous' people, yet she wasn't even allowed to go to her friends for 2 weeks. The pink haired woman seemed to realise the conversation was over and she wasn't getting anywhere, so turned and walked out of the room. Who the hell did she think she was?

Mia finished packing quicker than before, wanting to get out of the house before having to talk to Tonks again. Draco wasn't expecting her for another few hours, but she didn't think he'd mind. Lugging her case down the stairs, Mia said goodbye to her parents and smiled slightly at Tonks. Her sister wore an expression of disapproval, but she'd evidently realised there was nothing she could do about Mia going to Draco's.

Taking a hand full of floo powder in one hand, and her rather large case in the other, Mia stood in the fireplace smiling fully now at her family. Sure, they weren't actually related, but they'd looked after her and taken care of her since she was a baby, and for that, she'd always call them her family.

Throwing down the floo powder Mia shoot her eyes, she'd always hated travelling via the floo network, but apparently that was the only way to get to Draco's.

She wasn't sure what to expect when she opened her eyes, but it certainly wasn't Draco stood against the corner of a huge dinning room, an older white haired man that matched Draco's standing over him with his hand out. Mia's eyes widened as she stood in the fireplace, unsure if she could go back quietly enough not to be noticed. Maybe she could just blend in and look casual. What on earth was going on? Draco looked.. Scared? No. He didn't get scared, he was too cocky and arrogant for that. But that man towering over him sure didn't look nice, and she hoped that wasn't his father. Holding her breath, Mia reached for the floo powder beside her and was about to drop it when her suitcase fell over. Shutting her eyes again and making a face she took a step back pressing her back against the wall of the fireplace. Maybe if she stayed still they'd forget about the noise they just heard? Opening one of her eyes she found that wasn't true. The older male looked furious that there was an intruder seeing something that was clearly kept behind closed doors, and after giving Draco a warning, look his whole demeanour changed. Now that she'd seen his face, she realised it was Lucius, and he suddenly seemed a lot calmer and pleasant. Though Mia was sure he wasn't.

"You must be Mia" He said, showing he'd obviously forgotten or was pretending not to remember who she was. She gave a small nod, keeping her back pressed against the fireplace. Hopefully he wouldn't notice she was scared of him. He didn't bother to offer her his hand, or take her case, and instead gave Draco another vile look before heading out of the room. Mia stayed where she was until he was gone, when she turned her attention to Draco. He too looked a lot more relaxed, though there was still slight nervousness in his voice when he spoke,

"You're early" She nodded again. So maybe he did mind.. Lugging her case out of the fireplace, the younger teen walked over to him,

"I know, I'm sorry. I didn't think you'd mind I just-" She was about to start complaining about Tonks, but compared to Draco's father, her sister seemed lovely. "I'm sorry" she said again instead, hoping he wouldn't be too annoyed with her. The idea of having to go back home wasn't a nice one. She could see why he was annoyed with her witnessing that though, if she'd been in his position she would have been annoyed too. But it wasn't the other way around and she didn't like him being annoyed with her over something that wasn't her fault. Luckily he didn't appear to hold a grudge,

"Forget it, come on" He said, picking up her case for her and turning to the door. Mia hadn't put much thought into what would happen once she was here, and that included where she'd be sleeping. True, she'd stayed in Draco's private dorm whilst at school, but she doubted his parents would be ok with that whilst she was staying there.

Stepping out of the dinning room and into a huge hall, Mia suddenly realised how big the house must be. She knew the Malfoys had a lot of money, but this was.. Phenomenal. The blonde ascended up a fancy staircase, making easy work of her 'heavy' case. She really should try out for the quidditch team next year to get stronger. Maybe she could be beater. Mia couldn't help the smile that crept onto her features at the thought of her being a beater. Flying was second nature to her though, so it really wasn't that strange of a thought to try out. Maybe she would.

A door opening infront of her interrupted Mia's mind babble, and she realised she'd finished climbing the stairs and was standing on a landing. Good, those stairs were horrible even if they did look nice. Draco dropped off her case just inside the doorway, before pointing to another door down the hall,

"That's mine, come find me when you're unpacked" He said, and moved past her and down the hallway.

A/N: New chapter up, and within less than a week I think, hope it's ok. Thankyou to everyone who reviews and please keep reviewing, they do help. Z-Nugget xx