Mirabel the Witchlet

Tainted

"Mira your bloody savage," Ron said as Mirabel munches on a arepa her mother had sent her. She found it lucky her mothers gift worked so well being so far from the candle, but she guesses it just still does work anyway.

"It was a lot cooler when Harry swallowed the ball," Mirabel grins at Harry's embarrassed expression.

"You could have said something though I can't believe you still played the game like that," Ron said. "I didn't want to ruin Harry's spotlight he deserved it, honestly I didn't do much," Ron's mouth dropped open hearing that. "Not much? You were basically winning us the match! With all those points you got us we're sure to win the house cup! Wood hasn't stopped bragging about seeing your potential the entire time, he says your the best chaser Hogwarts has ever seen," Ron explains and Mirabel gives a small blush.

At that moment Oliver came into the hospital wing to check on her and talk about how amazing the two first years had done. He admitted he actually wasn't sure about putting Mirabel on as a chaser, but how her speed her impressed him enough to put her on and how she was the best chaser they were to ever have. Mirabel was enjoying the praise, she never really got recognition for her......well anything! She remembers one time designing a tapestry for her church and the priest thanked Alma for it. Not like she was hoping to get a reward, it just would have been nice to get a smile or something not to mention she was eight!

"You got a real gift Mirabel Madrigal,"

Mirabel' good mood vanished instantly and she becomes a little more rigged, but otherwise doesn't say anything and forced the smile as Oliver kept talking.

Eventually he left, but the trio still stayed. "Are you okay Mirabel?" Hermione asks her friend who gives a small nod. "Yeah just remembered my broom going crazy, it was pretty scary Huh Harry?" The trio looked at each other. "Yeah about that, we think professor Snape was jinxing your brooms," Hermione explains and Mirabel sits up. "Why?" She asks. "We saw him muttering and not breaking eye contact, but when I set his robes on fire," "you did what?" "It stopped," Hermione explains.

"Not Mirabel's her broom got better before you did that," Ron said. "Well I treated it like how I was taught to ride a horse, you need to show it your the one in charge. That is what I did, I told it who was in charge," Mirabel said confidentiality before asking. "Now why do you think Snape jinxed the brooms?" Mirabel asks.

"Well you weren't there, but we think he's trying to get past the three headed dog and whatever it's guarding," Harry explains. Mirabel purses her lips thinking, she didn't know what was behind it, but she did know it was powerful. She also didn't think it was Snape, but she did think it was Quirl. They would never believe her though.

"Well I may know about what she could be guarding," Mirabel said and they were instantly shocked. "How?" Ron asks. "When I went to tell ms m I was on the team I got lost and ended up in the same room as the dog, who's name is Fluffy, than Hagrid came in and made me not tell anyone about it. I'm not sure what she's guarding, but I do know that Snape is one of the teachers guarding it, Fluffy isn't the only thing guarding it," Mirabel explains. "Do you have any idea about what it could be?" Harry asks. "If I tell you do you promise not to let Hagrid know I told you?" She asks. They nodded and she sighs putting down her Arepa.

"It belongs to some guy named Nicholas Fammel, I don't know who he is, but I do know that if the wrong person got their hands on whatever he has than we're in trouble," Mirabel said. The three looked at each other clearly scared by this prospect. "Do you think Snape wants it for 'you know who?'" Harry looked scared while Hermione covers her mouth at Ron's words.

"Who are you talking about?" Mirabel asks. The three look at her. "Do you really not know who he is?" Mirabel shakes her head. "My family wanted to spare me grief about the world I was missing so they never told me anything about the magical world. Not a peep," Mirabel lies, that was the lie she told so people wouldn't question her family's magical abilities.