Chapter One Hundred Thirty-Four
Twin Troubles
Hello again, friend of a friend
I knew you when
Our common goal was waiting for the world to end
Now that the truth is just a rule that you can bend
You crack the whip
Shape-shift and trick
The past again
(Black Sheep - Metric)September 21st, 1998The commotion died down after a while, though each and every person came
forward to either reacquaint themselves with Mia or meet her for the second first time. Old
friends from the original Order excitedly shared their joy over her being alive before
eventually departing. Poor Hagrid had to have time travel explained to him several times
as he kept repeatedly asking Mia how come Hermione had not remembered him from
when she went to Hogwarts in the seventies.
The only person that stayed away from her, for the most part, was not exactly a
person at all. Dobby hovered in the corner of the room, staring at her with big eyes,
worrying his floppy ears in his hands with an anxious look on his face. Eventually, Harry
had gone over to see if he was all right. Dobby joyfully hugged Harry and then
Disapparated away without a word. Mia took no offence, assuming that the house-elf's
reluctance to approach her had been for the fact that she was sitting with the Malfoys.
Charlie spoke to Mia away from the table; being Tonks's ex-boyfriend, he kept his
distance since her marriage to Remus a year earlier out of a deep understanding of creatures.
Remus had assured everyone that he was perfectly fine and had no problem with Charlie,
but Bill, effectively the omega wolf of their strange little pack, insisted that his brother
remain away from his Alpha's mate, as a matter of respect, if not for anything else.
Bill approached Mia with Fleur at his side almost nervously. "You smell different."
"What Bill means to say is he can tell there is something different," Fleur said sweetly,
patting her husband on the arm. "I can sense that too."