Into The Light (Golden Trio Era) {2}

Returning to Level Nine

Warning this Chapter contains a PTSD attack, readers discretion is advised, read at your own risk.

Mikayla grudgingly rolled out of bed after her alarm sounded at 8, flinching as she rolled onto her broken collar bone, once she was on her own two feet she turned off her alarm and woke Ginny and Avery up. "We'll be leaving in two hours, we need to get ready and wake everyone else up." She explains to the girls as to why she's waking them up so early, Mikayla picked up her outfit, and toiletries that were laying on top of her trunk at the bottom of her bed, in preparation of the morning. Mikayla got Avery to take off her sling, before the blonde journeyed to the bathroom to shower.

Once she was dressed in a white floral tube top and green high waisted corduroy pants and white runners. Mikayla threw her pyjamas and used towel into the laundry basket, grabbing her toiletry bag before returning to her bedroom. Ginny helps Mikayla put her hair into a top bun whilst Avery helped the blonde put her sling back on. "Merlin, I hate being this helpless." Mikayla groans as she sits on her bed in a mood, "it's just for another couple of days and then you'll be back to your independant self." Avery tries to cheer Mikayla up, "you just got to get through today and then you'll mood will be forever lifted." Ginny smiled before leaving the room to get ready. "I'll go wake everyone up." Mikayla stood up leaving Avery in the room alone. Mikayla went down a floor first, where her and Ginny used to sleep and woke up Fleur and Bill, then she woke up Charlie and Ron who were sharing Percy's old room because the twins were staying the night in Ron's room on the top floor. Mikayla's last stop was Molly and Arthur's room, she knocked on the door first, "mum, dad, it's time to get up." Mikayla called through the door, "I'll get them, you go ahead downstairs." Charlie told the blonde, Mikayla agreed to let Charlie wake up his parents, descending down the staircase into the full kitchen.

Mikayla began breakfast, making omelettes for the Weasleys and the order, since Molly wasn't up yet and she wanted to busy herself. Fred agreed to help her so they could make two omelettes at a time and make sure everyone gets something to eat as fast as possible. Mikayla couldn't help but get drunk on the smell of Fred's minty cologne as it filled her nostrils, it reminded her of all the memories of them being together, she shook her head trying to keep her mind clear and focus on not burning Lupin's omelette. "You ok?" Fred speaks with worry wrapped around his gentle voice, "yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Mikayla put on a very unconvincing smile, Fred shook his head as if he was offended by Mikayla's lie, "going back to the ministry since..." Fred trailed off, Mikayla sighs slightly at his words, "I haven't thought about it, I don't know how I'll feel until I get there. Right now, I'm just worried about how Avery is coping with all this." Mikayla spoke honestly, Fred placed a comforting hand on Mikayla's left shoulder, "we're all here for the both of you." Mikayla sent Fred a sad smile, breaking their eye contact, knowing she could drown in his gorgeous hazel eyes so easily, to look back at the omelette she was cooking.

Once breakfast finished, everyone was getting ready to for their journey to the Ministry of Magic, Mikayla gathered her belongings such as her little blue bag and her travelling cloak. They were apparating straight inside of the Ministry's Headquarters Atrium, they split the group into four, separating the four underage wizards into different groups. "I'll wait in the Atrium for you ok?" Avery whispered as was preparing to leave in the first group with Charlie, Bill and Moody, "be careful." Mikayla whispered in response, stepping back and waving goodbye to her sister, watching Avery take a hold of Bill and Charlie's arms before they apparated out of sight. "Right Ginny, us next." Arthur smiled as him, George and Kingsley step forward to usher the young redhead to go with them, Ginny sent Mikayla a sad smile before linking her arms with Arthur's and George's, with a crack the four disappeared. Next up was Ron, Molly, Lupin and Mundungus, Ron hesitated before linking arms with Lupin and his mum, his eyes not leaving Mikayla's, she could see the worry swimming behind them. Once the group of four was gone, it left Tonks, Fred, Fleur and Mikayla in the burrow, "you ready?" Fred questioned looking down at the blonde's face, "not at all, but let's go." Tonks and Fred linked arms with Mikayla and disapparated from the burrow.

Mikayla was suddenly overwhelmed by flashing lights, reminding her instantly of the aftermath of the 18th of June, she was desperately looking around for Avery, Tonks began to drag her towards the elevator, "wait Avery said she'd wait for me here." Mikayla tried to argue as she searched for her sister, "Moody wouldn't have let her if there is this many reporters here." Fred explains to Mikayla, who slump with worry as she couldn't find her sister and with fear of seeing level nine as the elevator began to move. When they arrived on the ninth floor Mikayla spotted everyone who left the burrow in a group to the left. Dumbledore was waiting with them.

Mikayla felt a like her heart was going to beat out of her chest. Avery, Ron and Ginny spotted the blonde's distress almost instantly, the three of them rushing to her side, but Mikayla spun around as she heard a heart-breaking scream, there it was the door into the Department of Mysteries. Mikayla had gone pale, her ears ringing as her heart taunts her thoughts by beating so hard in her brain, tears began to flow from her eyes. Mikayla kept seeing flashes of the archway, her dad's face losing colour and life, and feeling flashes of pain, she could hear echoed worries from the others through the ringing of her ears. Mikayla felt herself being picked up and rushed down stairs, but her eyes were sown shut. Suddenly Mikayla returns to the white room with a golden door, she was confused as she walks towards the door to see Avery's name written above the door, something she hadn't noticed before, when she opened to door and entered Avery's mind, she sees Dumbledore staring back at her, "Mikayla you need to breathe, it's not real, its like a mix of anxietas and a panic attack, you can fight it." Mikayla nodded as she turned and walked back out the door.

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