Disclaimer: I do not own anything apart from Mia, and the plot. The rest belong to J.K Rolling. Also, Bellatrix Lestrange is not related to the Black family in my story.

Mia walked through the deserted streets of hogsmead alone. As usual. It was early in the morning around 7am, and there was hardly anyone else around, this was the way she liked it.

Mia Lestrange lived with her foster parents, Andromeda and Ted Tonks, and her sister Nymphadora. They weren't actually related, but they were very close. Her hair was pinned back for a change, lose jet black curls pulled off her face and hanging down to her shoulder blades, a single green streak of hair standing out from the rest, of which was somehow natural.

Her mother was Bellatrix Lestrange. Yes, the infamous Bellatrix Lestrange, and had been locked in Azkaban ever since her daughter was a few months old, she probably wouldn't win mother of the year any time soon. Her father was... well, she knew the name, but that's really as far as it went, anyway knowing her mother, he probably wasn't that great a person and not worth the acknowledgement.

The 11 year old girl was starting Hogwarts next month, her letter arriving several weeks ago and was getting all her supplies from Hogsmead early. The shops were starting to open and more people were appearing in the street.

As Mia walked to hunny-dukes to get something to eat; Yes sweets were her form of something to eat, she bumped into a little redheaded girl, causing her to drop the few books out of her bag that she was carrying, two of which were muggle ones. Living with a muggle born as a stepfather really had rubbed on her taste.

"Sorry" said the redhead, as she bent down to pick up the books, her face a flush of embarrassment.

"It's fine" Mia tried to reassure her, a friendly smile on her features as she took the books back. Why was it an embarrassing thing to bump into someone? Annoying maybe, though luckily it took more than that to get her annoyed.

"I'm Ginny," the redhead introduced, either the smile at put her at ease or she was a very friendly girl herself. "Ginny Weasley".

"Mia Lestrange" Mia put the books back in her bag, making sure the titles were kept hidden in case anyone walking past disapproved, hey it wasn't rare to find purebloods with a hatred for anything muggle in Hogsmede after all, then turned and looked at Ginny, taking in every detail quickly. Her clothes looked old and frayed at the edges, the jacket possibly a hand-me-down suggesting she had a sibling, maybe many.

"Where are you going to then"? She asked finally, attempting to make conversation.

"Flourish and blots" Ginny replied "you?"

"I was going to go to Hunny-dukes, but I need to go to Flourish and Blots anyway, isn't there some famous person there?" Mia asked, though she did like to be alone, maybe making a friend that appeared to be in her year would be a good idea.

"Yes, I'm meeting my mother and most of my brothers there, mum wants to see Gilderoy Lockheart" Ginny grinned, she did have a slight crush on him, no matter how old he was. "Who are you with?"

"No-one, I came by myself" The darker haired of the two replied with a shrug. She wasn't one of those clingy people who felt the need to go everywhere with a parent, she was independent. Or at least that was the word she preferred.

"Really? Why?" The intrigued look the new girl gave suggested she wasn't the same, in fact Ginny could never think of going into hogsmead by herself.

"My mother's locked up in Azkaban, and my adopted parents are too busy right now" she said matter-of-factly, not ashamed of who she was. It wasn't like it was her fault anyway. Might as well get everything out the way now right?

"You're mom's in Azkaban? What did she do?" Resisting the urge to sigh and giving a shrug instead, Mia gave an answer,

"Killed someone I think, I don't really know" Ok, so maybe she'd lied and did actually know what her mother had done, but that was going too far to admit after knowing the girl for all of give minutes.

"Oh, sorry" Ginny mumbled, feeling slightly guilty for asking in the first place. It wasn't really any of her business and she should have known better.

The two girls started to walk towards Flourish and Blots when Ginny stopped and looked into one of the shop windows. The other stopped two when she realised she was no longer being followed, her eyebrow raising.

"What is it?"

"That broom" The broom in question was the new Nimbus 2000 in the window. It looked beautiful, and was ridiculously overpriced. "I would love that broom"

Mia couldn't help the laugh that parted her lips.

"Don't you have a broom already?"

"Kind of, two of my brothers are on the quidditch team so they need brooms, the rest of use share an old one" the rest of us? Just how many siblings were there in her family.

"We don't have that much money" Ginny added onto the end, finally tearing her eyes away and walking forward again, following Mia.

"Oh" Mia said guilt flickering through her, there was a vault full of gold and many other items she had never even heard of in Gringotts that because her mother no longer had access to it, was now all hers.

As the girls reached Flurish and Blots, they were met by a plumpish woman, a huge smile on her face, with flaming red hair to match Ginnys.

"There you are!" the woman said, "I thought you were going to miss him" Mia resisted the temptation to recede into the shadows.

"Mums been going mad wondering where you were" said another red head, this time a boy that had appeared behind the woman that was obviously Ginnys mother, the boy most likely one of her brothers.

"She was going to send a search party out-" another boy, which looked exactly like the first one said, though stopped mid sentence and looked at the new girl he'd not seen before and only just noticed. He tilted his head to one side and gave a lopsided grin. He put his hand forward and was just about to speak when his twin jumped infront of him.

"Feorge Weasley, nice to meet you" the first twin said laughing slightly. The other twin then pushed his brother out of the way and addressed Mia.

"Gred Weasley, the better looking twin" he said giving Mia a wink before smirking at his brother.

Ginny sighed and shook her head at the things she was told were her brothers.

"These are two of them, Fred and George. And they will stay away from you don't worry" Ginny threatened, giving her brothers warning looks. The raven haired girl smiled back, she wasn't anything if not polite.

"I'm Mia Lestrange," she said, taking the hand that had been offered by the twin who'd winked, shaking it then crossing her own arms loosely.

"Lestrange?" Fred asked, giving his brother a worried look, ofcourse the Lestrange name was well known among older wizards, but these two really weren't that old.

"Yes, why?" A slight frown appearing on her features. Why were questioning about her last name? Was she about to lose the friend she'd just made?

"Isn't that a name of a death ea-" before George could continue his brother had elbowed him in the ribs, causing him to take a sudden intake of breath. He looked up at Mia's face but she was suddenly looking at the floor. Ok, so maybe she was slightly bothered by who her mother was and what she'd done.

"Oh erm, sorry…" he gave his brother a look as if to say how was he supposed to know better and they both walked off to find their friends who had just walked over to a desk.

Just as Ginny was going to say something, two more people had walked through the doors towards them; catching Mia's attention and making her look up. One of the boys had red hair and was clearly another brother of Ginnys. Just how many siblings did this girl have? The other boy had black hair and emerald green eyes like Mias. The redheaded boy didn't seem to notice her, then again he barely acknowledged his sister. Before any of them could speak however, there was a clattering noise and Gilderoy Lockheart, or at least she presumed he was Lockheart, walked up to them and grabbed the black headed boy.

"I don't believe it!" he said, his voice incredibly annoying even after the first few words. "It's Harry Potter!"

Mia stood and watched while they took pictures and Lockheart spoke for a while. She didn't really understand the fuss. Ofcourse she'd heard of Harry Potter, the boy who lived, but he was just a person after all. She'd hate to have all this fuss over, so she imagined he must hate it too. When Harry finally walked back over to them, a boy with platinum blonde hair came walking down the stairs sneering at them. He wasn't bad looking in all honesty, but his attitude sure sucked.

"Bet you enjoyed that didn't you Potter." The boy hissed. "All the publicity there. Can't even go to a bookshop without getting your picture in the local paper."

"Now now Draco" an older man with the same coloured hair, though a lot longer whom Mia assumed was his father appeared out from behind a shelf. "Try and be civil to the less fortunate" he smirked slightly, showering where his son got it from.

"We aren't less fortunate," Ginny stated, annoyed.

"Shut up Weasley". Draco hissed, showing he obviously knew who they were.

Mia turned all of her attention to the blonde, glaring up at him,

"Leave her alone"

"Oh and who do we have here?" Draco's father said looking at Mia curiously, a blonde eyebrow arched.

"Mia Lestrange" she watched the man as his eyes widened, a general response to her last name, though his was more extreme than usual.

"Your mother, who was she?" he demanded his eyes fixed firmly on hers. Why was he asking, wasn't it obviously? I mean, how many people did he know with that as a last name? It was hardly common.

"Bellatrix Lestrange, why, did you know her?" Now it was her turn to raise an eyebrow, the man's face changing to anger, but before he could start saying something, yet another redhead, an older man this time, possibly Ginnys father walked over.

"That is quite enough Lucius." He said standing infront of the two girls, as if shielding them.

Lucius watched the girls silently for a moment before taking the few books out of Ginnys cauldron and looking at them, shaking his head and putting them back.

"Even these books are in tatters" he said with distaste, before turning around to face Mr Weasley. "I shall see you at work on Monday I expect those papers finished"

He had a smug look on his face as he turned and left the shop expecting Draco to follow him. Draco looked at Harry a smirk on his face that seemed to be a permanent feature.

"See you at school Potter" he sneered again, turning around and following his father out of the shop.

Mia looked at the clock on the wall, before glancing at Ginny. "I have to go…" she muttered picking up her bag that had been dropped "I'll see you at Hogwarts?" she smiled at the thought knowing it wasn't that far away. Her friends face fell and she nodded, the idea of being left with her brothers again saddening.

"Ok… I'll see you then" she gave a half hearted shrug, an attempt at showing it was no big deal as Mia walked out of the shop making her way back home.

Fred and George looked at Ginny wondering where Mia had gone. "Where is she?" Fred asked looking around the shop and pushing George out of the way, his brother nearly tripping over his own feet.

"Watch it" he muttered, pushing him back, more playful than anything.

"She went home" Ginny looked up at her brothers and couldn't help but laugh at the look on their faces. She wished she'd had a camera with her they were priceless! "You'll see her at Hogwarts" She added, fearing slightly for her new friend.

Author notes: ok I rushed the end so I know it's not very good. This is my first fanfic but I didn't know how to start it tbh so I hope it's not to bad. ADDED: Ok, so the new updated version is up, hope you liked it, I still rushed the ending slightly, I really didn't know what to write. I know it's not a great chapter, but the problem is I have her in a few years time when Mia's in 4th year ready, but obviously I need this bit done first. I have the plot and everything in my head, I just hope I can get it onto the page correctly. Please comment with your ideas and what you thought,, I really do appreciate them Z-Nugget

ADDED: updated again, mainly because one review made me realise these first chapters could be better, so i'm starting with this one. If you're a new reader, some of the chapters still need updating so please just give it a shot, they get better I promise. Well, you can be the judge of that!