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.