Emalia sat rigid on the couch as people began to stream into the room. Each one would catch sight of her and turn to whisper to their friend. Where was Hermione? Emalia wondered why wasn't she here already? As if her thoughts were answered Emalia's sister entered the room and without even saying 'hello' whipped her off the couch and up another set of stairs.

The girls entered another room that contained seven beds. Hermione led Emalia over to a bed and sat her down. "This one's your bed." She said gently "And that one's mine." She pointed at the next bed over. "The girls here can be a bit shallow but they're perfectly nice really." Hermione sighed and looked at her sister with sad eyes. Emalia looked up at her sister and smiled "Hermione," She said "you don't have to baby me anymore. Madame Pomfrey is a miracle worker, I feel like… I feel happy, normal… It's like," She laughed to herself "Its magic." Hermione's face lit up like a thousand fireworks all going off at once then fell slightly. "Are you sure you feel okay? If you start to feel… down again, you'll tell me, right. Straight away." Hermione told her sister sternly and Emalia nodded. Hermione rubbed her thumb across one of the still visible circles around her sister's eyes and sighed. "I should have tried to save you years ago." She whispered - more to herself than to Emalia – as another tear escaped her eye. "I have to warn you now," Hermione began, getting back into her role as big sister. "Some people are not going to want you here. Some may even… be mean to you. You come straight to me if you have any problems, please don't just take it. I'm here and I'm going to look after you properly." Emalia nodded again and Hermione smiled "Okay then, lets go meet everyone, I'm sure they're dying to figure out who you are."

Hand in hand the girls went back down the stairs to the common room. All noise seemed to just stop as they reach the bottom step. What seemed like a million eyes to Emalia's exaggerated mind, turned to face them. Hermione took a deep breath. "Okay, everyone." She began as two boys came and stood next to her. One who was tall and had red hair, the other dark, messy hair and glasses. Hermione looked to them and smiled before continuing with her speech. "This, is my sister, Emalia. She is a muggle but that doesn't mean you can treat her bad. She's here because Dumbledore himself agreed it was the best place for her, are any of you going to argue with Dumbledore?" She asked and looked round the room, no one made a sound. "Good. Now go back to your usual topics of discussion and leave my sister to get used to things."

Emalia looked round the room as every pair of eyes turned away, it was strange, the Hermione had been talking before she had assumed there would be an outcry to her stay here but everyone in the room seemed to just accept it or not even care at all. She felt very out of place in her old jeans and t-shirt when everyone around her was wearing robes, but when she mentioned it to Hermione, her sister assured her she looked fine and that if she was still feeling out of place by the end of the year, they'd buy her a cloak. Hermione introduced her sister to the boys that had stood next to her during the speech. "This is Harry and Ron. They're going to look out for you too, make sure no one bothers you." Emalia greeted the boys happily enough, though she knew Hermione was only trying to keep her safe, Emalia didn't feel she needed that much protection, with the potions Madame Pomfrey had given her, she felt better than she ever had and was perfectly capable of looking after herself, she didn't need babying.


Emalia lay in bed; she turned over every few minutes unable to find a comfy position. She couldn't sleep with all the thoughts rushing through her head. Emalia began to count again 1…2…3…4…5… She eventually drifted off into a light sleep.


Sorry If you think my plots a little slow, I'll try to make it a bit faster for my next chapters. I'm glad you guys are enjoying it :) Have you read my other Harry Potter Fanfic, The Seer's Letter? I think you may like it but you know it's your choice :D Thanks for reading and reviewing, it means a lot to me ~WeWereJustChildren