Mia's Story

Hello!   Mia sent me the story of what happened to her the night Luna, Neville, and Ginny tried to steal the Sword of Gryffindor.

Here it is......


It was nearly midnight; the other Ravenclaw girls in my year were fast asleep. I climbed out of bed and dressed as quickly and silently as possible. The common room was empty - except for the blonde-haired girl waiting for me.

“Are you ready?” Luna asked in her dreamy voice.

“Ready as I’ll ever be,” I replied.

We left our common room and slipped quietly through the corridors. It was dark, and the castle was dead silent. I felt as though any second we would get caught. Despite my misgivings, we made it to the Room of Requirement undetected.

Neville, Ginny, and Seamus sat waiting for us. They all gave us sad smiles as we entered. Neville immediately got to business. “So, do you all know the plan?”

Of course we knew the plan. Seamus and I were to make a ruckus downstairs to bring any teachers awake to us. Meanwhile, Neville, Ginny, and Luna would go up to the Headmaster’s office and take the sword. It was simple. But there was only a slight chance of success.

“I still think we need to plan more,” I muttered.

“And what good will that do? We already have a plan, Mia. Now, it just has to work,” Ginny told me.

“And the odds of that are not great,” I shot back. I sighed. “Let’s just do this.”

Ginny nodded, and the five of us left the room. We headed towards the Headmaster’s office, where the trio would hide until Seamus and I were ready.  We parted company; the three of them hide near the entrance, and Seamus and I began to make our way down to the dungeons.

Seamus and I planned to get caught trying to free anyone in the dungeons from detention tonight. We had a long walk, and it was cold. I shivered, and Seamus gave me a sympathetic frown. He took me by the hand and began to lead the way. I was surprised, but not displeased.

Finally, we reached the dungeons. We found two first years, and a third year trapped. They all looked in horrible condition. I felt a pang of guilt knowing we wouldn’t actually get to free them tonight. Seamus and I played our parts well, though. We began to unchain the kids, and I “accidentally” shot off a spell that made a loud bang.

Only minutes later, both Carrows had run down to see what was happening. When they saw Seamus and I, I once again felt the pain of the Cruciatus Curse. I glared up at Amycus Carrow, my eyes full of hatred. He smiled gleefully back at me.

The Carrows decided to take us up to Snape, have him decide what to do with us. I tried to walk slowly, but it was no use. There wouldn’t be enough time.

As we reached his office, Snape was walking up the stairs and caught Neville, Ginny, and Luna. Alecto asked Snape what they were supposed to do with us, but he was glaring at the other three. He waved us off, telling us to go back to our dormitories. I sent an apologetic look to Luna as I left with Seamus.

I left horrible. We had failed, and who knew what Snape would do to them. Seamus walked with me all the way to Ravenclaw Tower. I was about to go in, but Seamus spoke.

“It’s not your fault, Mia. We couldn’t help it. We did all we could.”

“There must have been something I could have done,” I whispered back stubbornly.

“There wasn’t,” Seamus replied, putting a hand on my shoulder.

Suddenly, Seamus stepped towards me and kissed me, just for a second.

“Night Mia,” he said, turning away.

“Night Seamus,” I whispered.

Luna

I just finished reading the news and saw that Luna Lovegood is okay.   I'm so happy to hear that!

This is horrible to say.  Please don't hate me.   But I took a few days break from reading news from the UK.   I don't know.  I guess I was trying to be in denial about what's going on over there.   It makes me feel bad because my life is so normal and okay; and over there it seems like the world is ending.

It was selfish of me.   So, I'm sorry.   It's not fair that I can shut it all out, and you guys are stuck living in it.

Anyway though, this morning I felt really guilty about being avoidant.   I figured I should read the news.  I braced myself for something horrible.   I guess what really scares me is that one day I'll read that one of you has been killed or captured.   I don't know how I'd handle that.

It was okay though.   I mean I see Ron Weasley is wanted by the Ministry.  That's kind of bad news, but not extremely surprising.   On the bright side....at least he doesn't have that Spattergroit disease thing.  

I was so happy to see the news from a few days ago.   Luna's alive and okay.   It feels like it might be a good omen.  

Lynette, Mia, and Sophie....I hope you're doing okay at Hogwarts. 

Proud Mudblood, did you ever find a way to get into the school?   Is it possible?

Aoife, I am wondering how your friend is doing?   Are you adjusting to your one eye and the patch?

SC Mather,  I'm worried about you, and please know that you're in our thoughts. 

Scotland and Stuff

I just read what happened in Scotland a few days ago.    I hope all of you are okay.  

I haven't heard from Proud Mudblood in awhile.   I hope he wasn't one of those captured.  

I also hope the rest of you are all still alive.  


Has anyone heard anything about Luna or Harry Potter?  


My dad and I were thinking of forming a group here for Muggle family members who want to help in some way.   We're not sure how we can help though.   


Malcolm says we need to worry more about the war coming here.  He says it's only a short time before you-know-who wants to make his conquest worldwide instead of just the UK.   And he says he knows of wizards who completely support what's happening in England.   They're really mean to Malcolm and his family for being friends with my family.   Fortunately they're a minority here.   Most wizards in Australia are pretty friendly towards Muggles, even if they're like Malcolm and dislike the Muggle way of living.  


I haven't heard from Jason in a few days.   I hope he's not mad at me.   I was in a blah mood the last time I talked to him on the phone.  My dad says I should call him.   I'm not against that at all.   I just feel a bit shy about it.   


Maybe I'll just email him.   I emailed him last though, and he hasn't written back yet.   I'm afraid I'll look desperate.   


I know.  I'm being silly.  


I'm still practicing with the Magical Muggles book.   Still no luck there......

Secrets

My two best friends right now are Jason and Malcolm.   I like them both a lot.   By the way, Jason hasn't said anything really boyfriendish lately.   Maybe the snogging was a one-off kind of thing.   That's fine.  

Anyway, back to what I was saying.   I feel I'm keeping secrets from both of them, and it puts this huge wall between us.  

The secret with Jason is huge.  He has no idea about one of the most important things in my life.  I hate that.   I feel I can never be truly close to him.     It's like when I was little and we went on a weekend holiday to Canterbury.  There was this toy store.   My parents said we could go in and look, but we couldn't buy anything.   We had just celebrated Christmas a few weeks before, and they thought I had enough new toys.   And to be fair, that was true.   

Going to the toy store wasn't as fun though because I couldn't get anything.   It's not fun to just look.

It's hard to explain, but that's how I feel about Jason.   I feel if I didn't have this secret, we could be great friends.   I wish it didn't have to be a secret,  but I understand why it needs to be this way.   It sort of makes me wish I was someone else.   I love my life though, especially the wizarding part.  

Maybe what I wish is that Jason was a wizard.  Then I wouldn't need to keep things a secret.   I've had this fantasy (more than once) where he confesses that he's a wizard.   Wouldn't that be funny if he was keeping the same secret all this time?   

No, but then I'm sure he would have said something when Julia mentioned Harry Potter.

Oh well.

I don't have to keep things a secret from Malcolm.  That's the good thing.   The thing with him is he acts totally bored when I talk about anything Muggle related.    He won't say anything or he'll change the subject.

So with one friend I have to keep my Muggle life quiet and with the other friend I have to keep my wizarding life secret.  

I guess that's fine.   I know there's worse problems in the world.   I read about Luna, and how she's still missing.   I heard about the the Creevey parents being found dead...and Ted Tonks as well.   It's so depressing and I'm very worried about all of you.    I wish you would come here to live.   I know you want to fight and make things okay, but what if they never become okay?   Maybe it's better if all the good wizards come to Australia.   Leave England to the bigoted evil wizards.

I know.  I know.  It's not that simple.    Sorry.