Chapter Sixty-One
House Mia
We're teenagers.
We count the years,
We think we're smart
But we're not.
We don't know anything
(Teenagers - Haley Williams)January 9th, 1977When the Marauders, Mia, and Lily arrived at King's Cross, they were shocked as
the train left the station with one of their friends missing. They had not heard a word from
Peter over the hols. Not even his usual Christmas package for all of them, filled with a large
selection of Honeydukes sweets, had been sent; the one for which Remus was historically
known for keeping the chocolate part all to himself, setting aside the Sugar Quills, Ice Mice,
and Licorice Wands for the rest of them. But Christmas came and went with not a single
owl.
A part of Mia had been happy not to have to think about Peter over her hols.
Nevertheless, after dealing with her nightmares regarding the Carrow twins and her
lingering guilt over the accidental death of a future Crabbe Sr, she felt a strange worry for
Peter, especially since James, Sirius, and Remus were a nightmare of concern over their
missing comrade.
When they arrived back at Hogwarts, all five teenagers made their way to
Dumbledore's office, lingering outside, shouting random sweets names at the gargoyle.
Finally, it opened; not to let them in, but rather to let Dumbledore and a terrified-looking
Peter out.
Purplish-blue skin puffed out from underneath the boy's eyes, adding to the
prominent five o'clock shadow on his chin. Mia frowned at the sight. As much as she hated
the person Peter would become, as much as she disliked most of who he was now, she knew
the look on his face and felt mildly sympathetic. She had worn similar shadows under her
eyes during the year that she, Harry, Ron, and Sirius were on the run from Death Eaters