When I wake up in the morning, I take a shower and get dressed. I go down to breakfast with the rest of my new house, I talk to Ginny on the way. I do not want to talk to anyone else after my explosion last night.
"What happened last night?" Ginny asks me
"Everyone was getting on my already very short nerves, I basically dealt with it the only way I could have, without killing somebody, anyway." I respond
"My brother."
"Yeah, Ron"
"Why was he pushing your buttons like that?"
"I don't know, but he should be glad I'm not his DADA teacher today, or they might just learn how fair Snivv- Professor Snape really is"
"What were you about to call him?"
"None of your business, and that could be a point from Gryffindor if we were in class." I joke
"No really,"
"It's just something my family said, I don't want you to get in trouble."
"Said, past tense. James said it didn't he?"
"Yes, so did his friends, no, I will not tell you. You will get in trouble. I can promise you that."
"You won't get me in trouble will you?"
"No, but do your brothers get in trouble every time the pulled off a prank?"
"Yes."
"Exactly"
"But this is different."
"No, not really."
"Okay, whatever." Ginny says, dropping it. We go through the rest of breakfast silently, I go to all of my classes like normal, until it was my free period, I went up to the DADA classroom, and waited for all of the students to come in. Murmurs of "Where's Professor Lupin?" or "Who's that?" rang out through the classroom.
"Everyone, please sit down" I say, everyone does. "I know you all have questions about where Professor Lupin has gone, and I will try to answer them before we start this lesson, does anyone have questions?" I ask, almost everyone's hand shoots into the air. I look at Professor Lupin's seating chart and call on someone, "Yes, Luna?"
"Where did he go?"
"Professor Lupin is currently ill, he will be back quite soon. Seth?"
"Who are you?"
"I am Emma Shawn, I am a fifth year Ravenclaw, I am in the house exchange program, and no, you do not have to call me professor, Emma will do. Kristen?"
"Never mind, you just answered my question."
"Okay, anyone else?" I ask, everybody's hands drifted down towards their desks.
"Who knows what a Dementor is?" I ask, nobody raises their hand. "Nobody? Dementors guard Azkaban, they suck hope and happiness out of the beings which they are closest to. Does anybody know what a patronus is?" I ask, Luna raises her hand. "Yes, Luna?"
"A patronus is a guardian spirit, that takes the form of an animal."
"Correct, five points to Ravenclaw." I say, everyone whispers, 'you can do that?' "Yes, I can, and the next person who talks loses five points from their house. Anyway, Luna is positively correct, a patronus is a guardian spirit, it does take the form of an animal and it is the only known spell that fends off Lethifolds and Dementors" I say, someone raises their hand,
"Ash?"
"What's a Lethifold?"
"Exactly what I was just about to explain. A Lethifold is a rare creature found in tropical climates, it looks similar to a black cloak half an inch thick, please open your books to page 48, and we will read about Mr. Flavius Belby's survival of a Lethifold attack." I say, when we finish reading, I teach about Dementors, towards the end of class, Ginny raises her hand for the first time, "Yes, Ginny?"
"I was wondering, could you possibly show us your patronus?" She asks me, I am astonished, I honestly hoped that nobody would ask me that, seeing that I share a patronus with Lily Potter.
"Sure, why?"
"Because I'm sure we are all curious."
"You are aware that none of you are allowed to ask any teacher to show you theirs, it is an invasion of privacy, correct?"
"Yes, but can you?"
"For the sake of the lesson, yes." I say, pulling out my wand "Expecto Patronum!" A doe shoots out and gallops across the room, everyone 'ooh's' and 'ah's' as it came back to me and vanished into thin air. Kristen raised her hand again, "Yes?" I asked her
"How do we do that?"
"You don't. You are too young and I would get in trouble."
"For what?"
"Teaching you a spell that is over OWL level."
"Then how do you know it?"
"I am the top of my year."
"Are you a prefect?"
"No, I did not want to be"
"Are you going to teach us tomorrow?"
"No, Professor Lupin will be back."
"What's his patronus?"
"I don't know, besides, I wouldn't be able to tell you anyway. Your homework is to write a paragraph on anything you learned in this class today okay?" I ask, everyone mumbles in disagreement. "Would you like me to make that ten rolls of parchment?" I ask, everyone quiets down. "Good, now you are dismissed." I say as everyone walks out. Professor Snape walks in.
"Hello Emma."
"Good afternoon Professor Snape, how was your day?"
"Good thank you, and yours?"
"Mine was fine, you are filling in for Professor Lupin as well?"
"Yes, what did you just teach the second years?"
"Patronuses, Lethifolds and Dementors."
"And did you show them your patronus?"
"Yes, Ginny Weasley asked, I told them not to ask any teachers."
"You have a doe, correct?"
"Yes, how do you know?"
"Expecto Patronum" A doe patronus shoots out of his wand, I stare in awe.
"We have the same patronus, why?"
"Because of Lily,"
"Sev, that's you, right?"
"Don't use her nickname for me please."
"Okay?"
"I believe you have a class to get to."
"Oh, no I'm finished for the day" I say walking out "But I can take a hint" I say, turning around. He chuckles. I go to the Gryffindor common room and sit at the desk. I am almost done with my last essay when Hermione comes in.
"Emma, do you mind if I take that desk when you are done?"
"No, not at all Hermione, here you go" I say, gathering my stuff and moving over to the couches. I finish my essay, the last bit of homework, and start to read a book. Everybody is now coming into the common room. Ginny walks in and starts to look for something, she walks over to me
"That was so cool! I hope we never have Snape again"
"Thanks Ginny, I think everyone in Ravenclaw likes me even better now"
"I wouldn't be surprised, but do we really have to do that essay?"
"Ginny, it's a paragraph, I would be fine with anything more than two sentences. So yes, you do still have to do it"
"Hi Emma" Harry says
"Hi Harry"
"Remember last night when you said you had a picture of my mum and dad?"
"No, I didn't tell you anything about my picture, how did you know? The only people that know are not here"
"You told us?"
"No, I told you that Sirius was innocent and who your secret-keeper really was. By the way, remind Ron not to tick me off again"
"Yeah, okay, but can I see the picture anyway?"
"I guess? I'll go get it" I run up to my room but I cannot find the picture, I'm in the right room because the rest of my stuff is here, I just cannot find the picture. "Accio Photograph" I say, it does not work I try every summoning spell in a book, and the one I invented, nothing works. I walk down the stairs and sit back down. "It's gone" I say
"Accio Picture" Hermione says in her usual know-it-all voice.
"Don't you think I've already tried that? In case you haven't noticed, I tried every summoning spell I can think of! So stop being a know-it-all who thinks they can solve every problem in the world!" I said to Hermione
"I don't"
"Really? Good luck proving that one."
"Raise your hand if you think I'm a know-it-all" Hermione says, everyone's hands drift towards the sky. "And if I'm not?" Everybody drops their hands.
"I'm done, goodbye." I say, walking out of the common room. I walk outside, to the Quidditch pitch, I know that my broom is in the closet, but I don't need, nor do I want it. I run around the large field, it is relaxing, especially considering nobody else is out here.
"What are you doing out here, alone?" Someone asks me from behind. Startled, I stop running to face the voice.
"Oh, Professor Lupin, it's just you"
"Yes, now what's wrong? You're too much like Lily, she always went for a run when she was mad."
"My picture, the one of all of us, it's missing. I tried every single spell I knew, and that one I made up, nothing worked."
"And what else?"
"Professor Snape,"
"He didn't do anything today, did he?"
"Not that I know of, I was talking mostly about his patronus."
"A doe? Correct?"
"Yes, but what I meant was that is my patronus too"
"And you know what my patronus is as well?"
"You mean the one time that you did a corporeal patronus in public? Yes, a wolf"
"And you know why I prefer non-corporeal?"
"Yes."
"What did you teach the second years?"
"Patronuses, Lethifolds and Dementors"
"And you gave them homework?"
"A paragraph on what they learned."
"Good"
"I called Hermione a know-it-all, that's the main reason I'm out here."
"I know, you aren't exactly quiet, do you really believe Sirius is innocent?"
"I do."
"After all he did,"
"Professor, I have Lily's letter"
"What?"
"Mum gave it to me when she got the newspaper the day Sirius escaped"
"Can you get it?"
"Accio Letter" I say, it flies into my hand, I hand it to Professor Lupin. He reads it as I go back to my room. I go to sleep, still wishing that I had my picture