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

Freddie and Mia

After a long night of harmony between Slytherin and Gryffindors came to an end. They all headed back to their houses. The common room was empty before they all arrived most people went straight to bed, until all that was left was the foursome and the Weasley's. They all sat together while the fire roared, "It definitely doesn't feel real... I don't think it'll sink in until the funeral." Mikayla admitted, then her eyes widened. She ran upstairs grabbed her guitar and song book. "What's going on?" Ginny asked, "I was supposed to write a song." Mikayla tells them, "Maybe you should wait until tomorrow. Just give yourself a chance to breathe." Fred spoke softly, Mikayla nodded and put the guitar down, everyone soon started to file out around 11ish.

Mikayla was lying on the couch alone watching the fire roar as she began writing lyrics for her mother's funeral. She thinks about the last few days they spent together and the words flowed out with the tears. Mikayla wipes her cheeks, before turning to a book she was reading. Her mind was fully awake, she couldn't sleep and it was almost 4am. The fire has burnt out, there wasn't a sound through the castle, Mikayla went to her dorm grabbed a jacket before making her way outside the portrait. She walked to the top of the astronomy tower, laid on the balcony and just looked up at the stars. She spotted a shooting star and remembered her mother, "I wish to have a life filled with love." Mikayla whispered to herself. She continued staring at the stars, watching the constellations and remembering the good times. In two days she'll be back at the manor and in three days she'll be saying goodbye to her mother forever.

"Hey Mikayla." Fred spooked Mikayla, she sat up in fear before relaxing seeing the handsome red head. "Hey Freddie." She patted the floorboard beside her, Fred took a seat. Mikayla curled her knees up to her chest and Fred interlocked their hands before placing them on Mikayla's knees. Mikayla rested her head on Fred's shoulder. "How come you're up, Freddie?" Mikayla asked the boy as the sat together stilly, "I couldn't sleep, and then I saw you were up here so I wanted to make sure you were ok." Fred turned his head to face her, Mikayla smiled and followed his actions. "I'm not ok but I will be." She told him, he nodded understanding what she meant. "Well I'm always here for you, if you need me." Fred told her, Mikayla stayed still just taking in the red heads features, "I'll always be here for you too, Freddie." She returns her head to his shoulder, "You know since you have a nickname for me. I should be allowed come up with one for you." Fred argued, Mikayla nodded, "My name isn't exactly easy to become a nickname." Mikayla told him but also told him if he thought of one to go ahead. They sat in silence for a couple of minutes, "How about Mia?" Fred asked, Mikayla smiled at Fred brightly, "I like it." She kissed his cheek. Fred's cheeks burned a bright red at the sudden kiss. "Mia and Freddie." Mikayla whispered with a hum, as she smiled, "The perfect duo." Fred whispered in response.

They laid down and watched the stars together until the sky began to warm. "That's such a beautiful sunrise." Mikayla smiled sitting up, watching the sun get higher and higher, Fred looked at Mikayla while she watched the sun, "Beautiful." He whispered at Mikayla's awe. The golden sun projected onto her porcelain face, bring light to her blue green eyes and soft blonde hair. "We should go to breakfast, the others might worry." Her eyes glistened, Fred was lost in her soul as he continued looking at her ocean like orbs. Mikayla just looked back at him, neither of them said a word, just looked in each other's eyes, a hazel brown meets oceanic blue. Someone coughed making Fred and Mikayla jump, there stood George with a massive grin on his face. "We've all been looking for you everywhere." He told Mikayla, Mikayla and Fred quickly stood up and followed George to the common room. He said the password to Fat Lady portrait and it showed the Gryffindor common room full of worried faces. Mikayla felt slightly guilty about wondering off but she needed head and air space. "I found her." Everyone relaxed. Hermione and Ginny hugged her tightly, "you're freezing!" Ginny whined, Mikayla told them that she was fine. "I'm going to freshen up before breakfast." She heard everyone question Fred about what they were doing, she was just glad to escape.

The hot water ran down Mikayla's face, as the tears and dirt from the past washes off her body. She shampoos her hair as she tries to relax, after rinsing in went the conditioner, Mikayla loved how it made her hair soft. Mikayla turned off the shower, dried herself, got dressed and did her hair in a space of 5 minutes. She returned to the dorm room and saw her four roomies talking and sitting on their beds, Mikayla took a seat on hers. "Sooo... What happened last night?" Hermione asked, Mikayla put a silencing charm on their room so no one could here them. "Well I couldn't sleep, I had too much going on in my head, so I went to the astronomy tower because something about the night sky relaxed me, I stared up at the stars, thought about some old memories and Fred shows up because he couldn't sleep and saw me leaving, which worried him. So we sat there all night just talking, looking at the stars, we watched the sunrise and had this pretty intense staring competition which George stopped when he found us." Mikayla giggled at the thought of the night, Fay, Lavender and Parvati left for breakfast. "You really like him. Like a lot." Hermione spoke cooly after she watched how Mikayla talked about this boy, she seemed so happy and that made Hermione happy. If Mikayla needs anything right now is to be surrounded by the ones she loved. "Let's go eat, I wanna check up on Avery." Mikayla jumped off the bed, Hermione followed her. In the common room stood Fred, George, Harry, Ron, Ginny and Percy. "Ready?" George asked, Mikayla nodded and the whole group walked down for breakfast together.

"Hey Pansy, have you seen Avery?" Mikayla asked the Slytherin girl as her sister was no where in sight, "She's still in the common room, Draco is going to walk her up." Pansy informed Mikayla, Mikayla sat in between Fred and Harry. She looked at the food on her plate, she didn't really feel like eating but she knew the others would worry if she didn't. "You ok, Mia?" Fred asked in a whisper, Mikayla nodded, "I will be Freddie."