Emilia, Harry and Dudley were walking back to Privet Drive after Emilia and Harry had gone to the park to get away from their Aunt and Uncle. The night was unusually warm and Emilia was enjoying the air after being stuck in their room for so many days. It didn't bother her as much now; it had been 4 years since Emilia came to live there. As they were walking, Emilia glanced at her oversized cousin. He had been out bullying people with his group of friends. So much that it had become an almost nightly ritual. Emilia and Harry had not meant to meet up with him, but now that they had the tension between Harry and Dudley was thicker then the air. As they continued walking they finally reached the shortcut from Magnolia Crescent to Wisteria Walk. It was a small alleyway that Emilia did not recognize. She looked at Harry for some sort of sign. Harry smiled at her and followed Dudley into the dark. Emilia ran and caught up to Harry, just as Dudley turned around and started teasing him. Emilia whispered in Harry's ear,
"Ignore him, you don't want to get in trouble.", but it was too late. Harry had drawn his wand and it was pointing at Dudley's chest.
"Don't ever talk about that again," Harry yelled. "D'you understand me?" Dudley was staring at the wand Harry had pointed at his chest.
"Point that thing somewhere else!" Dudley said, a hint of fright in his voice. Harry didn't move his wand, again he repeated.
"Do you understand me?" Emilia put her hand on his shoulder
"Harry, stop it, you're scaring….." The alleyway had gone pitch black. The stars that they should have been able to see in the sky had vanished. Emilia could hear and see nothing. Suddenly, Emilia heard Dudley's voice yelling,
"W-what are you d-doing? St-stop it?" Emilia tried to follow the voice, but the walls bounced the noise every which way and so she gave up. Then she heard another voice which she recognized as Harry's,
"Shut up!" it yelled. The warmth of the night had gone and goosebumps began to form on her arms. Dudley began to whimper, somewhere in front of her.
"Shut up!" Harry's voice came again. Emilia felt a rush of wind behind her, and the rustling of a cloak. Then Emilia heard the thing that had caused the wind. Through Dudley's whimpering she heard long, hoarse, rattling breathes. She felt miserable and knew that she could never be happy again, then, in the back of her mind she heard a man yell and a women screaming. She covered her ears, trying to stop the noise. Tears began to well in her eyes when she saw a small beam of light from a wand directly in front of her.
"Harry." she tried to say, but no words came from her mouth.
"Expecto Patronum!" a voice in the distance yelled. Emilia closed her eyes and hoped whoever it was would miss her. She opened her eyes and saw a large white stag running towards her, followed by a gust of wind.
Emilia opened her eyes and stared up at the overcast sky. She shivered as a gust of wind carried a bunch of leaves from the Whomping Willow to the middle of the Black Lake. Emilia sat up and rubbed her eyes, wiping away the tears that had begun to form. She had had that dream more then once since she had arrived back at Hogwarts to start her 5th year and it was always the same. Emilia looked up towards the school and saw a couple of students on the teaching hill, but other then that the grounds were deserted. Emilia slipped off her robe and undid her shoes. She adjusted her new red, yellow and black swimsuit, and then slipped into the water's of the Black Lake. Emilia waded in the shallows, collecting shells and other interesting objects, as she reached the edge of the lake nearest Hogwarts; she saw a group of people sitting under a tree. As she got closer, she recognized the group as her friends. They waved at her to come over and so she threw her cloak back on and walked across the grass, allowing her feet to squish into the muddy ground. As she approached the grass she made out the faces. There under the tree sat her brother, Hermione, Ron, Jess, and Angel who stood out from the group because of her green robes. Emilia sat down beside Harry and her feet hit Angel's shoes.
"Eww! You're so gross Emilia!" she yelled. Everyone laughed.
"Sorry." Emilia said, still laughing.
"Aqua Erupto." Emilia muttered, and a stream of water came from the end of her wand and cleaned her feet. Emilia glanced across to Ron and Hermione who were still laughing. Their Prefects badges glimmering in the sun.
"Hey Harry?" Angel said, squinting at him.
"Ya." he said, looking at her.
"I heard Malfoy say something about you being at a hearing. Something like you got your wand broken so you had to get another." she said. At the mention of Draco's name, Emilia saw Harry tense up.
"Well, Malfoy is wrong." Harry said, glaring at Angel. Emilia saw a conflict between them arising, so she spoke up.
"Let me explain." she said. As another gust of wind carried leaves from the Whomping Willow to the Black Lake.