Into The Light (Golden Trio Era) {2}

I'm Beyond the Archetype

Mikayla wakes up with a start on Saturday morning, she groans as she stretches awake and slowly pulls herself out of bed. Mikayla went to her trunk at the end of her bed, grabbing her bag of toiletries before heading to the wardrobe and choosing her outfit for the day. Today she decided to go all black, black turtleneck, black crop jean jacket, black jeans with red flower patches on them, black belt, black socks and black doc martens.

She grabbed her clothes carrying them into the bathroom with her, so that she could get dressed after her shower. As Mikayla scrubbed her skin clean, she tried to cleanse her mind of her reoccurring nightmare, of watching Cedric and her Dad being murdered, it's a vicious cycle. She tried to focus on the happy things, her friends were alive and safe, Fred was still single, and she would be able to explore Diagon Alley with her sister after their shifts at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

When Mikayla returned to her bedroom, Ginny and Avery were awake and dressed. Ginny was wearing a black long sleeved Bardot top, with high waisted camouflage pants, a black belt, black socks and black docs. Avery was wearing a black cropped cami, a yellow cropped jean jacket, dark plaid high waisted pants, a black belt, black socks and Mikayla's second pair of black docs.

"Are you two up for some flying after breakfast? I want to try and make the team this year as a permanent members instead of a fill in." Ginny asks, Mikayla and Avery instantly agree to help Ginny later on as long as they wait 30 minutes for their breakfast to settle. "We could do some song writing in between breakfast and flying," Avery suggest, which Mikayla and Ginny instantly agree on doing. The three girls walked down the stairs to the kitchen, Mrs Weasley greeted them with a smile Mikayla noticed that it was 10am, meaning Arthur, Bill and Fleur were gone to work.

"Thank Merlin, Phlegm is gone." Ginny sighed taking her seat whilst Molly chuckled following her daughter's actions, "I don't understand why you two don't like Fleur." Mikayla admitted as she piled her food onto her plate, "I'll get Ron," Avery speaks before rushing out of the kitchen, "she's bossy." Ginny gives somewhat of a explanation, Mikayla laughs lightly, "she's French, they're all like that. I think you should give her a chance." Ginny scoffs rolling her eyes, "she's not right for Bill." Molly says as she hands Mikayla chocolate for her pancakes. "That's Bill's decision though isn't it, he must see something in her that you two are blind to because of your dislike of her. I think that no matter what girl Bill brought home, you'd dislike, which is normal but there's no need to hate her." Mikayla said, the conversation died as Avery re-entered the room with Ron close behind her.

"Ron, do you want to join us in flying later? Ginny's trying to make the Gryffindor team this year." Mikayla questioned as Ron piled on his food, she took a bit of her pancake, watching the red headed boy, "I don't know, I think I'll be replaced this year." Mikayla shook her head in disbelief of Ron's negative attitude especially since he's the reason they won the cup this year, Avery was the one to speak up, "I'm sure you won't Ron, you just have to believe in yourself." Mikayla smiled at her sister encouraging Ron to keep up Quidditch. Ron agreed that he would be more optimistic about his Quidditch skills whilst they finished up their breakfast.

"I'm going to write some letters, call me when you're going outside." Ron informed and ordered the three girls, the promise to fetch him, before rushing up to their bedrooms and setting up Mikayla's instruments. "I have an idea for a song about no matter what life throws at you, you will survive and that the more problems you face you will adapt." Avery pitches an idea for the first song they were going to right. "That's a brilliant idea." Mikayla smiled, Ginny agreed, "it's exactly what we need with everything going on right now."

"Ok Ginny, why don't you start us off with the lyrics?" Avery suggests once the trio completed making the melody, "can you play the first chorus melody?" Ginny asks, the girls nod, and began to play the tune, "I won't just survive. Oh, you will see me thrive. Can't write my story. I'm beyond your textbook style..." Ginny sings before Avery chips in, "I won't just comply. No matter how you shake my core. 'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh..." They stopped the melody, smiling happily, "I have a few notes..." Mikayla begins, Ginny tells her to shoot. "Ok, so I think we should change 'I'm beyond your textbook style.' to 'I'm beyond the archetype.' and I also think we should switch 'comply' to 'conform'." Avery scribbled down Mikayla's corrections to the lyrics.

"Right M, take it from the top." Ginny says as she takes the keyboard away from Mikayla, "I won't just survive. Oh, you will see me thrive. Can't write my story. I'm beyond the archetype. I won't just conform. No matter how you shake my core. 'Cause my roots, they run deep, oh... Oh, ye of so little faith. Don't doubt it, don't doubt it. Winning is in my veins. I know it, I know it..." Mikayla sings a bit for a pre-chorus, before Avery chimes in once again to finish the pre-chorus. "And I will not negotiate. I'll fight it, I'll fight it, I will change..." "Ok, instead of 'winning' it should be 'victory' and instead of 'change', it should be 'transform'." Ginny tells them and the girls agree on the changes.

Ginny rushed upstairs to get Ron after the girls finished writing 'Rise', whilst Mikayla and Avery grabbed the brooms. "Have you and Parvati decided what day of the week is going to be your 'date' day yet?" Mikayla asks Avery, just to fill the air with some small talk, "no since I'll be working with you we've decided to wait till Fred and George tell us our schedule." Mikayla nods understanding where the couple were coming from. "Thank you, by the way." Avery says out of nowhere, "for what?" Mikayla questions as she closes the broom shed, "I know testifying is going to bring back a lot of bad memories for you, and the fact that you agreed to go ahead for me, means the world to me." Mikayla smiled taking a hold of Avery's hand, squeezing it gently, "I'll do whatever it takes to keep you safe from him Avs, even if it terrifies me." Avery smiled giving her sister a light hug, "ready?" Ginny's voice sounds, pulling the pair out of their hug, "sure am."

Ron got into position of the makeshift Quidditch goals that Bill had put up for the kids to train and have fun playing actual Quidditch instead of just possession. Mikayla grabbed the Quaffle throwing it to Ginny, "Me and Avery, are going to try and steal the Quaffle, you need to get past us and try to score." Mikayla informs Ginny of the gameplay, Ginny nods indicating that she understood the objective of the game. "We should try Parkin's Pincer.." Avery whispers to Mikayla, "you need three chasers for that move." Mikayla whispered in response, "just do it, put her under some pressure," Mikayla agreed to Avery's idea, Ron called the start of the game, Mikayla and Avery split before both them attempted to attach to Ginny's sides, Mikayla on the right, Avery on the left. Ginny dove seconds before the girls reached her, making them crash into each other, knocking Mikayla off her broom, and she fell slapping her back off the hard ground with a 'oof'. "You ok?" Avery asks after she lands next to her sister's flattened body, "yeah, alright, just got the wind knocked out of me." Avery nodded holding out her hand to Mikayla, who took it allowing Avery to help her off the ground. "Oh my Merlin, Mikayla I am so sorry." Ginny rambled as she landed, "don't be. You're definitely making the team."