I'm not optimistic enough to think there are that many of you who care how long it's been since the last chapter but for those few that do I have a good excuse. I

had genuine English exams to do so sorry.

The name of this chapter is a bit misleading as theres not much about dreams but its a bit of a tribute to an epic dream i had once that my friends now refer to as The dream. If your reading I will meet him and we will drink Crabbies!

Chapter 10

Sophia dreamt that night; well they were more like nightmares.

She dreamt of her parents, of the night her mother was murdered and how she watched her father turn crazy.

Sophia sat and watched as her father built a pyre and placed her mothers body on it. She sat and watched as he used a spell to set fire to pyre. She sat still as he disappeared into the night. She sat and waited, not moving a muscle. She couldn't move, couldn't even begin to comprehend what had just happened. She sat in the mild breeze that had picked up. She sat not because she didn't know what to do but because she wanted to keep a vigil.

Eventually her father returned, with prisoners. She sat and watched as he punished them. That night she saw her father lose his sanity.

At dawn, the prisoners at last beyond pain, he spoke to her.

"Take this," he told her, giving her a wand. It was her mother's. " This is yours now. It is the exact opposite of mine. Look after it and when your old enough use it"

Sophia woke in the darkness. That was the last time she had seen her father until the Quidditch match. After that day she had lived with her the Death Eaters who had protected her.

She dreamt of Draco and of her identity being revealed. In time morning came and she was free of the dreams, although this meant she had to face the reality.

"You look terrible" Gwen told her, in a very uncomforting way.

"Yeah, bad dreams" She muttered.

"I'm not surprised." Gwen replied.

They walked down through the common room, Gwen keeping up a stream of chatter to mask her silence. She kept her gaze on the ground, to scared to meet anyone's gaze. Well to scared to meet someone's gaze.

She adopted the same approach in the hall, staring at the ground as if there was a most interesting painting there that nobody but her had noticed.

Once seated, as close to the door as possible, she became single-mindedly interested in her plate.

"Look lively" Gwen whispered "trouble this way comes" she tensed, relaxing a second when she saw Snape approaching before remembering she had reason to fear a confrontation with him also.

"Miss Smith please come to my office when you've finished eating" he told her, striding of before she had a chance to reply.

"What have you done now?" Tom teased from across the table.

"I haven't got a clue," she told him. In the brief second it took to look up at him she saw that Draco wasn't in the vicinity.

She sat listening to Tom and Gwen's banter, trying not to consider why Snape wanted to see her.

There were many students in the hall at this time and it took a lot for a noise to be heard over the combination of conversations but the explosion of magic couldn't be missed be anyone. Sophia looked instantly for the sources of the noise, immediately assuming it was something related to her.

The noise had come from many simultaneous apparitions. Unknown to the people of Hogwarts significant proportion of death eaters were working on keeping the castles defences down. Many more were now standing around the edge of the hall.

Most staff had eaten earlier and were now in their offices. Most students recently got up and were now eating. Students sitting nearest the staff desk screamed and backed away from Voldermort who lowered himself into Dumbledore's chair.

Most people seemed frozen in place at the sight of the dark lord however a couple turned and ran from him.

"Big mistake" she mumbled. It was a comment made more to herself however Gwen and Tom questioned it.

"Why?" Gwen asked.

"Seems sensible to me" Tom added with a laugh that portrayed his fear.

Sophia swore inwardly as before their eyes Voldermort raised his wand and cursed the pair. She could only hope he had chosen a spell that wasn't fatal.

"I hate cowards," he said in a low voice that nonetheless carried across the now quite hall.

Her two friends were now looking at her, suspicious of how she had predicted his actions.

"My parents." She said as way of explanation " stay quiet and don't move" she shouted over her shoulder, moving towards her father. With the casting of a curse every student decided to move for the doors. Death eaters began throwing curses into the crowds. She fought against the crowds to make her way up the hall. She stopped about halfway to try and gauge what exactly was happening.

The death eaters close to the doors had secured them with numerous spells. Already those on the outside were trying to break through but she knew they would have no luck. She noticed Draco making his way down the aisle. She grabbed his arm as he passed her.

"Draco hide"

"Is that an order?" he asked her sarcastically.

"I'd never give anyone an order, I'd rather get away from all this"

"You can't," he hissed at her.

Sighing she tapped his forehead with a spell to disguise him.

"What are you going to do? Do you not think you might be in danger?"

"That is irrelevant. This is my problem, my fault. I have to make him go"

"He's not some embarrassing father he's a dark wizard!"

"I know that! It doesn't change anything. I have to deal with this and you have to leave," she cried looking once at his changed features before moving once more towards her father.

As she drew close she looked up at him and saw he was preoccupied with cursing Harry who was unfortunately in the hall. She could tell he wasn't really trying. His black wand was sending out only occasional spells.

She raised her wand, the white one she had inherited from her mother.

"Stupefy," she whispered still not convinced she wanted to fight him. The spell bounce harmlessly of an unseen shield. It was similar to the shield he had used at the Quidditch match, no one could passed it. She stepped effortlessly through.

"Stop this"

" But I'm having so much fun" she started to curse him once again but he got there first. She was sent flying and landed painfully on one of the tables. Before she could move she was grabbed by some masked figures and dragged into a side room. A couple of seconds later her father appeared.

"What are you doing here?"

"To give you your present," he told her in half teasing tones

"You could've sent it by the post" she told him sternly "you causing chaos out there"

"Causing trouble for you is what you mean"

"Well yes that to" she admitted.

"You cannot hide forever. Even Mr Malfoy understands that. Sooner or later the truth will come out," her father told her sternly.

"I can try," she said resolutely staring at the floor.

"You shouldn't. It would be better if you truthfully told the world yourself rather than it being dragged out from under the carpet," he paused for a second "Anyway your present"

He pulled out a small box.

She took it almost worried as to what it contained.

She opened the lid to see a silver locket with the emerald serpent of Salazar Slytherin.

She opened it find a picture of her mother and her father, before he became twisted by dark magic.

"It was your mothers. I have a similar one myself which I use for something very important. I hope this will be as important to you. Once you put it will connect with you and no one will be able to take it of you, though you will be able to move it yourself. I should also warn you that if anyone but an heir of Slytherin puts this on they will die. It's a spell I've taken of mine but I think it was a mistake so I've left it on yours." he explained to her.

"It's beautiful, thank you" she told him and did something she hadn't done in years. She hugged him.

"Don't forget who you are Sophia," he whispered before he flew out of the room.

After putting the necklace on under her robes she ran out herself to see the situation had changed somewhat. The death eaters were now being forced out of the hall by a mixture of teachers and order members. Most students were stood towards the staff's table. Even as she watched however the situation changed. Her father flew towards the centre of the room and, with a gesture she missed, commanded his followers to leave. When they were all gone he said to her

"Goodbye my daughter" in perfect parseltongue, she nodded in reply. He then disappeared.

The students were told to sit and the teachers made their way to the front. It was only then that Harry walked up to her.

"What did he mean daughter?"

Looking back late she was sure he had aimed to speak to her subtly however Ron ruined this by loudly exclaimed

"What do you mean mate?"

Seemingly unaware that the hall had gone very quite Harry continued.

"When he left he called you daughter and you understood" he accused. She realised that her time was up. In the back of her mind was the thought that her father had said that on purpose, knowing that Harry was watching.

"Yes" she said looking down at the floor as she backed away from Harry

"Is it true?"

She nodded and turned to face the hall. There was a second or two of silence. Instinct made her pull her wand from her the strap in her trouser and put up a protective shield just in time for a hundred spells sped towards her. To her surprise he shield withheld. She had made the strongest one she could but the amount of force sent should have been more than enough to shatter it and do her serious harm. The mystery was explained when she saw Harry standing with his wand raised, also creating a shield.

Draco appeared next to her, the spell having just worn off. He to was protecting her.

"like I'd leave you to face this lot" he smiled down and her and winked.

"STOP" Dumbledore's voice, echoed through the hall " I think you have some explaining to do"

She nodded almost tearful.

"But not here. Will you come peacefully?"

Again she nodded, unable to speak.

"Will you give your wand?"

"No" she said firmly "I have done nothing wrong" she wanted to retain her wand so that she could make a quick getaway if need be. Dumbledore nodded in acceptance of her refusal. The wizards and witches who had been fighting the Death Eaters moved in to escort her out. After a small confrontation where Draco and even more surprisingly Harry rebuffed the attempts to move them. They both stayed either side of her.

She was taken to a small classroom where she was left with Harry and Draco. She heard the door being reinforced with the same spells the Death Eaters had used earlier. There weren't any windows

After a couple of minutes of silence she attempted to lighten the mood.

"Well at least it isn't the dungeons"

"You don't deserve this Sophia. If they were locking me up I could understand it but not you." Draco told her earnestly.

"Try to see it from their side. If Voldermort found Harry's child was a Death Eater what do you think he would do?" she asked him.

"I don't think my child would survive long" was Harry's input.

"Exactly"

Before Draco could respond Dumbledore entered flanked by McGonagall and Snape.

Dumbledore looked at her curiously before asking her

"Will you answer my questions?"

She nodded.

"And will take Veritaserum so we know you are telling us the truth?"

She put a restraining hand on Draco's arm, knowing he was about to leap to her defence. She paused for what seemed like minutes when in reality was seconds.

"I will, I have nothing to hide."

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