The Flying Car

Honestly, Mia had guessed that Dobby wouldn't give up and would find some way to stop them from returning to school.

So it was no surprise when they were barred from entering the station at the start of term.

But she had never expected Ron and Harry, those two geniuses, to put their little heads together and come up with such a terrible idea.

Neither of them could use even basic protective magic, and neither knew how to drive, yet they actually dared to take Mr. Arthur's flying car to school. No wonder those two got along so well.

Those idiots actually started driving down the street in front of so many ordinary people.

"Concealment Charm!" Mia hurriedly cast the spell to avoid causing a commotion. "Could you give me some warning before you start driving?"

"Ron, do you really know how to drive?" Harry couldn't help asking as he watched the car wobble along.

"No problem. I've seen George and Fred drive it. We just have to find the Hogwarts Express." Ron confidently set off.

Mia silently cast a protective charm and a Levitation Charm on the car, ready to wrest control away from Ron at any moment.

"Aren't you going to hide the car? Most Muggles have never seen a flying car." Thank goodness they actually remembered that much.

"Oh, right." Ron switched on a device in the car. "There."

"Don't you think it's a little late to remember that now?"

Mia had thought everything should be fine after that, but halfway through the flight, something went wrong with the car.

"Oh no! Something's wrong with the invisibility booster."

"Fly lower first. Let's find the train!"

"I think I can hear the train..." Mia listened to the sound of the train drawing closer and closer. She turned her head, and there it was behind them, about to crash into them!

"Levitation Charm!" Mia hurriedly took control and moved the car off the tracks.

"That was close!" Ron and Harry wiped the cold sweat from their brows and gave Mia a thumbs-up.

"Don't celebrate yet. Keep control of the steering. We'll follow the train." Mia turned to look at the two of them, neither of whom had fastened his seat belt, and gave each of them a smack. "Seat belts!"

"But shouldn't we find a way onto the train? There's something wrong with the car's booster," Ron said worriedly.

"Never mind what we'd do with the car once we got on the train. Getting from the car onto the train would be so dangerous. Do you two have a death wish? We'll just follow the train like this. My magic can last until we reach school." As she spoke, Mia let Hedwig out.

"What's this for?" Harry asked, confused.

"First, we'll let the headmaster know. We can also contact Professor Snape and ask him to meet us, just in case, and tell Hermione and the others not to worry." She wrote the letters separately and sent Hedwig off. "I'm counting on you, Hedwig."

"Hoot, hoot!"

By the time they reached Hogwarts, it was already night, and the car had gone out of control, just as Mia had expected. Keeping her magic going the whole way had also left Mia struggling, but fortunately, Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Snape were waiting at the school.

"Protego Totalum!" After she cast the protective charm on Ron, Harry, and herself, the car made a successful emergency landing with Headmaster Dumbledore's help.

"Headmaster, Professor Snape!" After checking that Harry and Ron were all right, Mia pulled them over to the headmaster and Professor Snape.

"Are you all right, children? We received your letter and have been waiting for you." Dumbledore hadn't expected anyone to try to stop the Potter siblings from attending school, or for there to be a plot against them. His expression was rather serious.

"We're fine. Thank you for your help." Mia shook her head and looked at her own head of house. Snape patted her head.

"Calm, brave, and sensible enough to ask for help when you encountered danger. Ten points each."

"Thank you, Professor!" "!" Ron and Harry looked horrified.

"You handled yourselves very well. We'll investigate this matter from here. The Sorting is about to begin, so hurry inside. The House-elves will help take your luggage back as well."

"All right! Goodbye, Headmaster, Professor."

When Ron heard that the Sorting was about to begin, he thought of Ginny and hurriedly pulled the other two into the Great Hall.

Mia sat down at the Slytherin table. Draco frowned and asked with concern, "Where were you? Why are you so late?"

Mia hadn't decided how to face Draco yet. She pursed her lips. "Something held us up. The Sorting's starting."

Seeing that Mia didn't want to talk, Draco didn't know what to say either, so he turned to look at the Sorting Hat.

"What's going on?" Blaise had witnessed it all and asked Theodore beside him in a low voice. But he got nowhere with Theodore, so he turned to look at Pansy and Daphne without any embarrassment.

"I don't know." Daphne shook her head.

"Astoria Greengrass." "Slytherin!"

She was Daphne's younger sister, a pretty girl who looked a little delicate. She sat down beside Daphne and greeted the others.

"Colin Creevey." "Gryffindor!"

"Luna Lovegood." "Ravenclaw!"

When Mia heard someone with the same name as her own Luna, she instinctively looked over.

Mia's first impression of Luna was that she was an elf—not a House-elf, but an elf from a fairy tale. She was an elf-like girl.

"Ginny Weasley." "Gryffindor!"

Before heading to the Gryffindor table, Ginny made a point of looking at Mia. Mia raised the cup in her hand in acknowledgment, and Ginny happily returned to her seat.

After the Sorting and the meal, it was time to return to the dormitories. The new little snakes looked at Mia and whispered excitedly among themselves.

Daphne sidled up affectionately, wanting to walk with Mia. Draco glared at her, but she still proudly showed off the arm she had linked with Mia's.

During the holidays, the head of the Greengrass Family had often looked down on Daphne, and Daphne refused to accept it.

Thinking of Mia's extraordinary talent, Daphne decided to build a good relationship with her and show the old man that she, Daphne, had much better judgment than her father.

Daphne had gone out of her way to apologize to Mia for what happened last term, with exceptional sincerity. Then she had persistently written to her every day, succeeding in softening Mia's attitude.

Mainly because Mia had grown tired of being pestered.

Theodore also passed Draco without hesitation and joined Mia. Great. Everyone except Draco could get close to Mia.

Draco was about to explode with anger.