What Did I Come For? To Get Told Off

The night he returned to the dormitory, Draco wrote to his mother for help. His dear mother comforted him and gave him a solution.

The next day, in the Great Hall.

Only when Ron got out of the car did he discover that his wand had snapped from the impact of the crash landing. He was wrapping it in tape, hoping it would hold out a little longer.

"Go on, say it. I'm done for." Ron looked at the wand with a measure of resignation.

"You're done for," Harry obligingly said.

After all, seven Galleons was an astronomical sum for the Weasley family.

"Harry?" Mia liked taking her plate over to the Gryffindor table whenever she had time, and the Gryffindor students were used to it by now.

"Come sit down, Mia." Ginny beat Harry to it and pulled Mia down beside her.

"Good morning, Hermione."

"Good morning, Mia."

"Thank you, Ginny. Ron, your wand?" Only after sitting down did Mia notice Ron's broken wand.

"As you can see."

"Uh..."

"Hey! Harry." A camera flashed, making them all squeeze their eyes shut.

"Who was that?" Mia rubbed her eyes and looked at the little boy standing in front of Harry.

"Are you all right, Mia?" Harry had tried to shield Mia from the flash, but he had been a step too slow.

"I'm fine."

"My name's Colin Creevey. I'm in Gryffindor too."

How did he get that camera in here? No, wait, why did he bring a camera to school?

"Hello, Colin. It's nice to meet you." Though he was a little displeased, Harry replied politely.

"Um, could you get your friend to take a picture of the two of us?" He followed his idol all the way to school? Ron and Harry exchanged awkward looks. "To prove I met you. I want to show my dad. He's a milkman, and everyone in my family except me is a Muggle. They only found out I could do magic when my Hogwarts acceptance letter arrived. Before that, everyone thought I was mad."

"Amazing," Ron managed after listening to that long string of words. The boy was acting a little too familiar for someone he had just met.

"Colin, right? Sorry, but we have a few things to discuss. If you want a picture, you can wait until Harry's free." Seeing that neither of them knew how to respond, Mia had no choice but to take over the conversation.

"You're the Chosen One's sister, Mia Potter, right? I've heard about you too. You took on a dark wizard all by yourself in your first year. I want a picture with you!" As he spoke, Colin prepared to aim his camera at Mia again, but Harry was ready this time and quickly stepped in front of her. Mia didn't like having her picture taken.

"Sorry, but I think you should have our permission before taking pictures, shouldn't you?" Mia frowned.

"Um, sorry, I got too excited, but I really do want a picture with you!" Nothing seemed to get through to Colin.

"Hoot! Hoot!"

"Ron, is that your owl?"

Receiving an owl on the first day of school aroused everyone's curiosity, and all eyes turned to Errol.

Errol landed right in a food bowl, and Colin still didn't forget to take a picture.

Mia kindly rescued poor Errol and sighed when she saw the package he had delivered. This was exactly why she had come over: to sit through the scolding with Ron and Harry.

"Oh no, a Howler!" Ron took the envelope from Errol's beak. A red letter. Great.

"Everyone, look! Weasley got a Howler." Someone in Gryffindor started stirring things up too.

The people at the Slytherin table were laughing their heads off and calling for him to open it.

"Open it, Ron. I ignored a Howler from my gran once, and the result was horrible." Neville's face twisted as he remembered the painful experience.

With everyone watching, Ron opened the letter with trembling hands. Mia kindly covered Harry's ears.

"Ron Weasley!" The letter turned into a mouth and roared, "How dare you steal that car! You've nearly driven me mad! Your father is facing an inquiry at the Ministry right now, and it's all because of you. It's your fault!"

George and Fred had been snickering behind their hands, but when they noticed Mia and Harry's expressions, their smiles faded a little.

"If you don't behave yourself and do anything out of line again, we'll bring you straight home!" Ron nodded repeatedly in fright.

"Oh, Ginny, dear, congratulations on being sorted into Gryffindor. Your father and I are both so proud of you." Ginny was so embarrassed she wanted the ground to swallow her up.

Finally, the Howler didn't forget to stick its tongue out at Ron before tearing itself to pieces. The whole room fell silent.

"Well, I take it Miss Little Snake was involved too?" George leaned over to Mia and asked in a low voice.

"So you really did drive that car to school?" Fred could hardly believe it either. They had some nerve.

"Mm." Mia covered her face and nodded. Harry looked a little awkward too.

"That's quite..."

"...a surprise."

"Stop it!" Ginny saw how embarrassed Mia was, practically wishing she could crawl into a crack in the floor, and glared at her two brothers.

"Oh, all right. Want a sweet?" George rubbed his nose and pulled a sweet out of his pocket for Mia.

"No thanks. I'm going back." Mia had seen them. Draco and Blaise had been laughing harder than anyone just now, and she was going back to deal with them.

"All right, bye."

"Hey, Mia, did you see that Weasley just now..." Draco had just started to share his amusement with Mia when he saw her forced smile. Recalling her expression just now and how late she had arrived last night, he sucked in a breath. "I was wrong."

So the letter hadn't been about just one person.

No wonder Mia ignored me last night. She was in a bad mood. That's all right; if she's in a bad mood, I can just cheer her up. Little Dragon, who had been angry and upset because Mia ignored him, immediately found an excuse for her and soothed himself.

Seeing the inexplicably indulgent smile on Draco's face, Mia had no idea what was going on. She sat down beside Theodore, buried her face in her arms and held her head.

"Want something to eat?" Theodore asked with concern.

"I can't eat," Mia said glumly.

Theodore looked up and saw that Harry and Ron were much the same. He coughed and held back a laugh.

"If you want to laugh, go ahead."

"Ahem, I don't."

Looking at the adorable Mia, Theodore's eyes were full of amusement, but he decided to spare her feelings.

Fortunately, Hogwarts never lacked entertaining things, and before long, the incident was forgotten.