Into The Light (Golden Trio Era) {2}

Mikayla's Side of the Story

Mikayla and Avery stood across from Dumbledore's desk, waiting for him to begin their discussion after he reads the letter Fergal sent Mikayla. "Sit girls please." Dumbledore spoke gently, the girls followed his instruction quietly, sharing a confused expression on their faces. "Avery, I'm about to share something with you that is extremely confidential, do you swear that whatever is said during this meeting will never leave this room?" Avery swears to keep her word, she wonders why Mikayla didn't have to swear to secrecy, but decided to not to question it verbally. "Mikayla, you trust her?" Mikayla nods saying she trust Avery with her life. Dumbledore goes on to explain the Order of the Phoenix, who are members, why it's a secret and then goes into why it's relevant. "You will be living in the burrow with the Weasleys, Molly and Arthur are happy to take you in." Mikayla beamed looking at her sister in sheer joy of living under the same roof again, "you will be with a order member 24/7 due to your parentage, as we want to keep you safe from them. You will also know the location of Mikayla's father Sirius Black, you can not tell anyone where he is. He's an innocent man and is a part of the order." Avery agrees to Dumbledore's requirements before she is excused from his office and sent straight to bed.

Mikayla looks nervously at the older man that she was now alone with, "thank you professor." Mikayla smiled slightly as she thanked him about helping Avery. "Mikayla, you seem to have a complicated relationship with Professor Umbridge... she came to me to demand that you and Harry are banned from Hogsmeade, I understand why she doesn't want Harry there after his interview but why you?" Mikayla was surprised by this question, she looked down at her fingers before adjusting her posture. "I took the liberty to learn all the Educational Decrees, and what the High Inquisitor has power over and often challenge Professor Umbridge when she oversteps." Dumbledore smiled lightly under his beard, "keep up the good work, we need to keep her in her place but please be careful Miss Black, I hear her methods are medieval." Mikayla promised to be careful with pushing at Umbridge. "I want you to meet Professor Snape in his classroom at 9 o'clock tomorrow night after your interview. I want you to teach him your healing potion." Mikayla reluctantly agrees to teach Snape her healing potion, she didn't question how he knew about the interview as she knows that Dumbledore somehow knows all.

As Mikayla made her way to Gryffindor Tower she saw Professor Trelawney look quite upset, against her usual judgement of the woman she rushed to her side. "Professor is everything alright?" She ask as she reached Trelawney's side, the bushy haired woman turned to see Mikayla. "I'm fine dear...just don't think I'll be around for much longer." Mikayla was saddened by this news, she may not like Trelawney whatsoever but she knows a lot of people who do, Mikayla walks the professor back to her office, "why don't I come to your class Wednesday and give some fun little predictions to your fifth year class?" Trelawney looked at her confused, making Mikayla laugh, she never told Trelawney, "I'm an Aevus Seer, found out two years ago." Trelawney looked like she had a new lease of life, "that would be amazing Mikayla thank you." "No problem Miss." Mikayla said goodbye to Trelawney and decided to tell her Arithmancy teacher, Mrs Vector, that she would be helping Professor Trelawney and that she'll get the work off Hermione. Professor Vector is usually strict but once Mikayla explained that Umbridge is trying to get rid of Trelawney and that she really needs her, Vector accepted since she hates Umbridge for calling her subject Muggle Maths.

Mikayla waited in the Three Broomsticks for Rita Skeeter, who was fifteen minutes late. "Xenophilius told me he wants the truth, so don't worry about me twisting your words." Mikayla nodded, taking a deep breath, "where do you want me to start?" Rita taps her chin, "how about the morning of the third trial?" Mikayla nodded, "I woke up quite early on June 24th, I was terribly nervous about the day, I was performing in front of the school and my friends were going to be doing another extremely dangerous task...."
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Mikayla snook to Professor Snape's classroom, seeing the slick black haired man talking to Professor Umbridge, good thing Mikayla had the invisibility cloak wrapped around her and Snape came up with the reasoning of the door opening and closing was due to the dungeons draft. Snape knew that she was in the room but Umbridge didn't, "and why are you in here so late Professor?" Snape cleared his throat, "I wanted to brew some potions that are lacking in my study, just to ensure I don't run out of anything." Snape's cold drawn voice could put anyone on edge, "very well. I'll see you in the teacher table tomorrow morning." Umbridge looked satisfied with Snape's answers, Mikayla watched as she went back to her office before revealing herself to Snape. "Ready to learn Professor?" He nodded setting up the cauldrons. Mikayla walking him through the method of making the healing potion, writing down the steps so he'll know how to make it next time when she's not there. Mikayla took fifty vials of healing potion that she had made, and Snape walked away with 100 vials. "You're very bright Miss Black." Mikayla thanks her potions teacher for the compliment saying that she definitely gets it from her mother. "Goodnight Professor."Mikayla pulled on the invisibility cloak, and looked at the map before returning to Gryffindor tower.
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The next morning everyone in the school received a three page interview from the Quibber to add to Harry's, I ask Xenophilius to disguise them as letters for the school students because of Umbridge's new Decree

MIKAYLA BLACK SPEAKS UP:
THE NIGHT I WATCHED THE BOY I LOVED DIE

As demanded by our readers, Rita Skeeter sat down with 15 year old, Mikayla Black, to share her side of what happened on June 24th. Mikayla was up early that day filled with nerves about performing in front of the school and seeing so many of her friends take part in deadly task, Mikayla was the Prefect for the Beauxbaton Academy Girls and had quite a close friendship with Fleur Delacour, she was good friends with Viktor Krum from Durmstrang School and one of Harry Potter's best friends. She also happened to be the late Cedric Diggory's girlfriend. Looking back Mikayla felt stupid for worrying about meeting Cedric's parents and singing in front of the students, when later that day she would lose the boy she loved.
Mikayla is the only living Aevus Seer, so while the rest of the crowd were waiting anxiously to see what would happen next, Mikayla had a premonition of the events. When she told Dumbledore, he instructed Professor Moody, later found out to be Barty Crouch Jnr, to bring her the school matron to take a calming draught as she was hyperventilating in panic. "Once we were out of sight, Barty hit me with a freezing charm and then knocked me unconscious with his metal boot, I didn't reawaken until Harry and Cedric arrived in the graveyard." Mikayla explained, that she had been shaken awake by Cedric, wondering if she knew what was happening. "I told them to go, to get out of there, but they wouldn't leave." I could see the pain in this beautiful girl's eyes as she continued, tears brimmed and even my cold heart broke at the sight....

Mikayla could hear whispers fill the halls after everyone had read the article, Hermione and Cho had tears in their eyes, Mikayla was staring down at her breakfast that she suddenly lost her appetite for, even Draco Malfoy looked upset after reading the article. Mikayla slowly stood up, gathering her things and made her way out of the Great Hall, standing tall.