Disclaimer: I don't even own this minor character Oh well.
AN This was written for Minor Character Boot Camp Challenge! By MrsHedwigBlack. Emma Dobbs is a girl who starts Hogwarts in Harry's fourth year and she has SIX stories about her, compared to Su Li for example, who has none and has 243! And yes, the title is a nod to a certain book with a similar title.
If Emma Dobbs was to describe her feelings, the one thing she would never do would describe herself as afraid. Slytherin's like her never showed fear, never admitted to it and certainly never told anyone they were afraid. Merlin no, people might mistake them for Hufflepuff's!
No, Emma Dobbs wasn't ever afraid, not her. But she was definitely…concerned whenever she passed the Carrows, a unsubtle thugs who made Gryffindor's seem positively intelligent.
No she wasn't afraid. She just preferred to avoid them. That wasn't being afraid, that was being sensible.