(A/N): Hey Guys! So, chapter 120! Woo!

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Leo

After the feast, our group was heading out, towards the Gryffindor common room, when Mia caught up with us.

"Leo!" She exclaimed in a whisper, catching my attention, but no one else's.

"I'll catch up with you guys." I told my friends, who seemed very confused, but went along with it anyway.

I spun on my heel, making my way through the milling crowd to where Mia was standing, off to the side of the hallway, before leading her down a few corridors, away from any route that could be taken to any of the four common rooms.

"What is it? Are you okay?" I asked quickly, placing my hands on her slim shoulders, examining her closely for any injury before she shrugged me off.

"I'm fine Leo! I was actually...going to ask you that." She admitted shyly, glancing back up at me.

"But...why?" I asked, confused.

"Think about the last time I saw you Leo." She pointed out, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms over her chest.

"Oh." I mumbled dumbly, pulling back a step and biting my lip. "I'm fine Mia, really." She raised an eyebrow, sceptical, but I only grinned, sweeping her up in my arms quickly.

"Leo!" She squealed as I spun around in circles, making absolutely sure not to drop her, though she was light as a feather to me.

"So, Hufflepuff huh?" I asked with a smile as I set her down, keeping her at arms length, literally.

"Yeah...better than Gryffindor." She teased with a smile, so I knew she was joking.

"Oh, but you definitely have the recklessness of a Gryffindor Miasenna." Her eyebrows furrowed at my use of her full name, but she let it go.

"And you have the loyalty of a Hufflepuff." I shrugged, having heard it before from pretty much everyone I had ever met.

"What can I say, family is important to me." I told her, looking her straight in the eye as I did so, so she knew I was serious.

"I know Leo, it's important to me too." She replied in a quiet voice, her thin arms wrapping around my waist loosely once more.

"I don't think you'll have any problems fitting in." I told her with an easy smile, confident, for real this time. "If any one teases you, they'll have me to answer to." I told her, only half joking.

"Pfft, I can handle myself big brother." She reminded me, giving me a playful shove in the shoulder that failed to move me even an inch.

"Of course you can." I said, before making a face that clearly told her I didn't think so.

"I can!" She argued, half giggling at the face I had made.

"Sure, sure, and I'm a hippopotamoose." She giggled harder, shaking her head.

"It's hippopotamus, you idiot!" She chuckled, and we started to walk in the direction of the Hufflepuff common room.

"Just be careful with the Slytherin's, okay? And don't do anything stupid." I advised her, my tone turning serious.

"Not all the Slytherin's are going to be spies for HER Leo. And when have I ever done anything stupid?" I raised an eyebrow at her seemingly rhetorical question, and she rolled her eyes. "That wasn't stupid." My turn to roll my eyes now.

"It was so idiotic I wondered how you hadn't chewed through electrical wiring yet." She gave a dry look, before shaking her head.

"It was worth it. Without me, you'd probably still be there." I paused for a second, shuddering at the thought, and just how right she was.

"Yeah." I said, keeping my eyes fixed on the ground. "Probably." I escorted her back to the Hufflepuff common room, making casual small talk as she realised that she had turned the conversation very stressful, and headed in a horrible direction.

After that, I used vampire speed to make it through the now empty halls, and reach the Gryffindor common room.

"Pineapple slices." I uttered in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady, who jumped before groaning and swinging open, complaining the whole time.

"Don't sneak up on me!" I rolled my eyes, a small smirk gracing my lips as I slipped through, only to see Elaine, Remus and James on the couch, waiting for me to return.

Their heads turned towards the door slowly, having heard the Fat lady, but I used vampire speed to launch myself into the rafters above their heads, before swinging down, holding on with only my lower legs hung over the rafter.

"Leo?" Elaine asked quietly, though James looked perplexed, having only been newly exposed to my 'secret'.

"Hi!" I announced, and their heads snapped up, all three releasing a quiet, startled little shriek.

"Hilarious." Damsel muttered as I chuckled lightly, before jumping to her feet, heading for the girls dorms.

"Aw, Damsel..." I began, using vampire speed to return to crouching on top of the narrow rafters, stalking my way across them quickly to drop down on the floor in front of her, just in front of the stairs. "...Don't go." She jumped, and the boys spun around to see me leaning against the wall cockily.

"Idiot." She muttered, crossing her arms over her chest, turning around to return to the couch with the boys.

"You love it." I called after her, before using vampire speed to sit in the chair opposite their couch, making all three jump, something I delighted in, but hid it with a smirk.

"So, what can I do for you three?" I asked with a sigh, pulling my legs up so I was sitting cross-legged on the bright red armchair as they shared a look.

"Well...we were worried. Well, Remus and I were, James is just here because he's the only other person who knows." I shrugged, shaking my head.

"Brooke knows, Mia knows, Minnie knows." Elaine raised an eyebrow.

"So, Brooke knows? And what was Mia doing while you were having that...'visit'," She spat the word. "With your mother?" Remus and James looked confused, and I paled slightly before shrugging again, trying to remain nonchalant.

"Yes, Brooke knows. And, saving me, actually." They all seemed surprised, Elaine by the action, the boys by the word, 'saving'.

"'Saving you'?" James asked, and I glanced at him before shaking my head.

"Another secret for another day James-y-poo." I teased, before turning my attention back to Elaine.

"But...she...?" She spluttered, and I shrug.

"Turns out, Mia takes after me." I rolled my eyes. "Reckless idiot..." I muttered under my breath, and Remus raised an eyebrow.

"Now you know how we feel about you." He reminded me with a smile, but I shook my head.

"Yeah, but I can handle it, she can't. She's human, I'm not." James seemed a little taken aback.

"Wow, you were right, he really does go on tangents of self-loathing." Elaine punched him in the arm roughly, looking furious, but I chuckled.

"Oh, I go the whole nine yards." I shook my head, standing up to stretch. "Tangents, putting myself in danger intentionally, crying myself to sleep, you know, the big three." I told them faux cheerfully, before starting to head for the stairs to the boys dorm room. "Goodnight!" I called over my shoulder, before climbing the stairs, and falling into my bed.

(A/N): So, what did you think?

Um...

To Featherwing:

It's better for her to be in Hufflepuff than Gryffindor, not because of the pureblood/slytherin discrimination, but because Cipicia wouldn't want Mia to follow Leo into Gryffindor and become closer with him.