Out of The Shadows (Golden Trio Era) {1}

Barcher?

Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout hovered over Hermione and Mikayla, "we'll have to do these at the same time because they're holding hands." Madam Pomfrey explains, they poured the Mandrake draught down the girls opened mouth, and the sprung alive, stretching profusely. "Here, drink up all of these and you can head straight to the feast." Madam Pomfrey handed them pumpkin Juice to remove the mandrake taste from their mouths. "It feels good to me mobile again." Mikayla laughs as she begins to do jumping jacks, Hermione copying her as they both laugh. "MIONE! KAYLA!" Ginny rushes over to the girls, the trio share a hug, Mikayla noticed Ginny looked very pale. "Are you ok?" She nodded, she then told them what happened last night. Mikayla hugged Ginny again, "thank god, you're ok." Ginny laughs, "I'll see you at the feast." Ginny turns and rushes out of the hospital wing, Mikayla groaned as she held her stomach, Hermione soon follow. "I don't think I've ever experienced this type of hunger before." Hermione whined, they finished their juice before heading to the Great Hall.

When they arrived at the door, they were greeted by Sir Nicolas. "Ladies! Welcome back." The girls thanked him and welcomed him back as well. Ron and Harry pokes out their heads from the Gryffindor table with massive smiles on their faces. The girls ran to their friends, Mikayla engulfed Ron in a hug whilst Hermione hugged Harry, they swapped over but Ron and Hermione only shook hands while Mikayla hugged Harry. "Welcome back girls." Hermione beamed at Ron, "It's good to be back." Mikayla's eyes flickered between the boys as spoke, "Congratulations, I can't believe you solved it." Harry said that they loads of help because from the girls and they couldn't have done it without them. The foursome took their seat after McGonagall requested everyone's attention, she had a smile planted on her face as Dumbledore rose, "Before we begin the feast, let us have a round of applause for Professor Sprout and Madam Pomfrey, who's mandrake juice has been so successfully administered to all who had been petrified." Everyone clapped, the foursome was probably the loudest considering they've finally been reunited. Dumbledore then announced that the exams have been cancelled, everyone cheered loudly. The Great Hall doors opened and in walked the gentle giant himself, Hagrid. "Sorry, I'm late. The owl that delivered my release papers got all lost and confused. Some ruddy bird named Errol." Ron's eyes widened while some students, Hagrid stopped in front of the foursome, "I would just like to say that, if it hadn't been for you, Harry, Ron, and Hermione and Mikayla of course, I would ehh, still be you know where. So I'd just like to say, thanks." Harry got up to hug Hagrid, Mikayla and Hermione were tearing up at the vulnerable side of Hagrid. "It's not Hogwarts without you, Hagrid." Harry told him. Dumbledore stood up clapping, McGonagall joined in. Then Harry, Ron, Hermione and Mikayla stood up and soon the whole school was clapping and cheering for Hagrid

Soon the feast began, friends talked happily with one another, the twins welcomed back Mikayla and Hermione with bear hugs, literally squeezing the life out of them. Mikayla has never felt so happy, Avery rushed over to her sister. "Thank god, you're ok!" She yelled hugging her tightly as they both smile, and soon silence fell in the hall as an owl bursted into the Great Hall. "Barcher?" Avery spoke confusingly, as she let go of her sister the owl landed in front of them, tied to his foot was a howler, the sister shared a glance before Mikayla picked it up and broke the seal. The letter came to life, the sound of their father's voice filled the hall, it was quiet and sad, his voice was trembling.

"Avery...Mikayla... I thought i-i-it would come easier t-t-to y-you if you heard muh-muh-my voice when I-I have to gi-give you this in-infor-information. This morning, your m-mo-mother passed away... She w-wan-wanted you to know stra-straight away, so you wo-wouldn't come h-ho-home and f-find out. I'm so sorry girls, but there was n-no-nothing we could do, I-I-I love you both, I'll s-se-see you at her wake and her funeral will be the day after you return from Hogwarts. D-Da-Dad." The howler torn apart just as the girls did, "oh my..." Mikayla heard McGonagall gasp as the hall filled with whispers, Mikayla has never heard her father so vulnerable. She turn to her sister who was already crying and she wrapped her arms around her. Trying to calm her down, "Girls... follow me." Mikayla took her sisters hands as they followed McGonagall out of the Great Hall tears streaming down both of their faces, Mikayla's entire body trembled as she tried to stay strong for her sister, she instructed her on taking deep breaths even though hers shook terribly. They walked into McGonagall's office, McGonagall transfigured two comfy armchairs in front of her desk. The girls separated and sat in their designated armchair. A little table straddled the girls legs, and dinner plates surfaced on them. "I think you two should still eat, just for some comfort. But I must ask, do you want to be alone or would you like some company?" Avery stayed silent, "I would like company, whoever is comfortable with joining me." Mikayla smiled sadly, Avery nodded which meant she agreed.

McGonagall left, Mikayla stared at the food on her plate and slowly began eating it. "You're just like her." Avery smiled at her sister, "Just as strong but sis it's ok to show weakness during this situation." Tears still streamed down her face and her voice scratched as she spoke, Mikayla turned to her sister, "I think I'm just going through so many emotions that my body doesn't know which one to act on." Mikayla looked at her feet, "Or maybe because I haven't eaten in a while, my body is just trying to survive before I can act on them." She shrugged and finished all her food. After ten minutes of talking about everything, "Maybe you're just trying to be strong for both of us, just like her and once someone else can comfort me, you can unleash your emotions." Mikayla nodded telling her sister she's probably right, the door opened again the room was transformed into something that resembled sensory room. Mikayla and Avery's chairs turned around, their food disappeared and they saw the faces of their friends. Hermione, Harry, Ron, Fred, George, Ginny, Percy, Lee, Oliver, Katie, Alicia, Neville, Dean, Seamus, Parvati, Lavender, and Fay, stood there for Mikayla. Draco, Pansy, Blaise, Daphne, Theodore, Tracy, Gemma and Goyle stood there for Avery. Each of them had a different facial expression. McGonagall told them all to sit down, talk relax and she'll leave. Mikayla stood up, her knees trembled as she walked over to her fellow Gryffindors and engulfed them in a hug. Avery was definitely right, the second she saw her friends faces, she fell apart. She then hugged everyone individually, thanking them for coming to comfort her before the room was split in two circles. One surrounding Mikayla and the other surrounding Avery.

Mikayla moved to a couch in between Fred and Hermione, they all talked for a bit about how Mikayla feels and stuff. Then everyone tried to make her laugh or even smile genuinely but nothing worked. The Slytherin's join the group, Avery squeeze onto the couch as well, the sister just held hand as everyone socialised. "Mikayla remember the time you almost broke my nose?" Draco asked, making Avery laugh, "or the time you called me a wig wearing pug?" Pansy added causing everyone to laugh, "What about the comment, 'your blood status isn't a personality sis'" Avery added, causing Fred and George to laugh as they remember reenacting it. Mikayla looked at her feet, they're all laughing but she couldn't help but feel like a horrible person for doing and saying those things. "What about the millions of times she has save our butts?" Ron obviously saw how Mikayla was hurting, "Like the Troll." Hermione smiled at her, "The Bludger." Harry added, "Fluffy! And the Revival Charm." Ron smiled, "The constant need to save us from falling off our broom." Fred smiled at her, "The time you reversed Malfoy's curse on me." Neville added. "The time you covered for me at Christmas." Pansy smiled before Draco and Mikayla shared a nod. "The time you protected Harry from the Unicorn Killer while I ran." Draco added. "But there is always the time you wiped chicken poop on my face." Everyone laughed, "Well they did say that while we're here, we're family." Mikayla shrugged. She hugged her sister as everyone changed the topic again.