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Keep Moving Forward

In hindsight, Emmy's defeat at the Olympics really wasn't that surprising. What would have been surprising was if she had pulled it off. The ministries of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and the rest of Europe shared a similar disdain for all things Muggle, and preferred not bothering to learn about their technology. Given their superior attitude, Emmy had long ago assumed that all magical ministries were the same, as were all magical communities and had never bothered to do any research on foreign ministries, including South Korea's.

She had mixed feelings regarding her lack of research. While it had it led to her latest schemes failure, if she had known she probably would have gone ahead and preceded with her plan anyway, seeing it as a challenge. Maybe knowing what to expect she might have succeeded, or maybe she would have failed anyway. Her biggest regret over not doing her research, was that she hadn't done it when she was younger.

That was the biggest maybe of them all. Maybe if she had only read a bit more, or pursued other options, she wouldn't have had to run away, fake her death, and leave her family. If she had known about South Korea and their realization that the only way to keep their traditional wizarding way of life was embracing Muggle technology- not shunning it- her life would be different. Over break she would have begged and pleaded with her parents to send to the Seroaksan Temple, a school for wizards that was even older than Hogwarts, but recruited students at a young age for an elite program that would eventually result in a job with the Department of Muggle Monitoring and Technology Integration, the one that Yeong was head of. If they had said and she wasn't allowed to go to Yeong, she would have done something to gain enough attention to bring Yeong to her. There was at least thing that Emmy had learned about herself by starting the Order of Prometheus, and that was how to get attention.

As her grandfather used to say, there was no use in crying over spilled butterbeer. What was in the past, was in the past, and Emmy only had her future to look forward to. Which was considerably brighter than it was five days ago in South Korea. Once her foul mood lessened, she had became very curious about who foiled her plan. She was well aware of who Darren was to Harry and the Ministry, but he alone couldn't have pulled off such a feat. It had taken weeks for Emmy to set everything up, and that was with the help of Ash and Nick. One man alone could not have managed to defeat her plan which included multiple scenarios and back-ups. One man and an entire division of men (and women) was another story entirely.

Her answer came the following day, splashed all over the Prophet. For the first time the Ministry was ahead of the Order of Prometheus and wanted the rest of the country to know about it, give them some good news for a change. It was how Emmy learned about Yeong and his division. It was also why she decided to forego her revenge on them, and just settle with Darren. From what she had read about Yeong, they would have been friends, and she appreciated what the South Koreans were doing. Sure they weren't planning on destroying their version of the Statute of Secrecy any time soon, but they were headed in the right direction, and were much more progressive than Emmy's own Ministry. Meanwhile the Golden Boy (her new nickname for Harry Potter, the man who was in charge of taking down the Order) was staying for the remainder of the Olympics to ensure the Order wouldn't succeed if they bothered to try something else.

After she had her answers and completed her revenge (a rather nasty and complicated curse she had invented and had been waiting for the right person to use it on) she moved onto to planning her next scheme, which would also hopefully be her last.

When she told Ash that she knew the when and not how of it, she hadn't been lying. At the time, the when part was the only thing she did know. May second, also known to the wizarding world as the day Voldemort was finally and truly defeated. It had become an unofficial holiday in the wizarding world in the years since, and her victory would have had much more meaning than her victory at the Olympics would have had. The torch was a symbol of Prometheus's fire and the Order, May second was a symbol of hope for the wizarding world and a cause of celebration. By achieving her ultimate victory on such a date, not only would she conquer the wizarding world physically, but emotionally and mentally as well.

The only downside was that after spending several days locked in her room figuring the logistics of her plan, when she had finally figured out all those pesky little plot holes, she had nobody to share it with. What was the point of coming up with a genius plan if you were unable to share it with anybody who would appreciate your genius?

The day she had her final break through also just so happened to be Valentine's Day, and the two people she wanted to share her genius plan with just so happened to start dating. Emmy was happy that Ash and Nick had finally made things official, but she wasn't happy that they had to do actual couple things like going out on Valentine's Day, especially when she needed somebody to listen to her.

Somebody like Louis. He would listen to her no matter what she was rambling on about. She did watch what she said around him and kept her tong silent on sensitive issues such as her past and everything Order related. Louis and her would get into deep conversations regarding who the better Darren on Bewitched was (Louis found Muggle's interpretation of magic amusing, and was determined to see all the different versions in existence, including TV shows that were made an ocean away and sixty years ago) to whether a wand or a light saber (Emmy had insisted he explored science fiction as well as fantasy) would do better in a battle against Voldemort. A wand could shoot out spells and curses, while a light saber could cut off limbs and behead Death Eaters if one was able to close enough, as well as vaporize Voldemort's wand.

When she was around Louis, Emmy felt lighter, bouncier, more carefree, almost... normal. She hadn't seen him the beginning of January when she left for South Korea, claiming she had just been in the area on winter break. It'd be tricky to explain why she was back in the middle of February with no school breaks in sight, but it would be much better than what she was currently doing now- sitting in her flat, alone, on edge to tell somebody her genius idea.

Telling Louis her genius idea was tempting, but still stupid. What she really needed him for at the moment, was to take advantage of his ability to easily distract her and get her mind off her plan and being unable to tell anybody.

With that decided, she reached for the mobile that belonged to 'Kelly' and was used to get in touch with Louis. Five minutes after sending a message consisting of a simple 'hi' Emmy had a response: Busy. Tomorrow?

Tomorrow? Emmy couldn't wait till tomorrow... she could, but she needed him now. Just as she decided to track his geographical location and go see what (or who, she really hoped it wasn't who) was keeping him so busy, Ash and Nick walked into the flat solving her Louis problem.

"Finally. Now who wants to hear about my brilliant and genius plan?"

Ash and Nick traded expressions before resigning to their fate and sitting down on the living room couch. The sooner they appeased and listened to Emmy, the sooner they could get back to themselves.

"Fine," sighed Ash. "Tell us your brilliant and genius plan."

Emmy smiled and began.

**Author's Note**

I'm back! Sorry there was no chapter last week, but it took a while to get internet at my new place. Even if I had it, I don't think I would have been able to update since I had no time to write last week. It's part of the reason this chapter is so short, I've been too busy moving and unpacking things, and getting adjusted to a new job. The good news is I have a good idea of what I want to do next chapter and should get around to writing it this weekend.

For those who did review two weeks ago, I'd like to thank them: Wise Girl16, Son of Whitebeard, and SilverRaven7. Reviews are always nice to receive, and I will respond to signed ones.

Next chapter Emmy's revenge will be revealed, as will her final plan, which took me as much effort to figure out as it did Emmy. I think I've managed to figure out most of the plot holes.

Seroaksan is a national park in the northeastern part of South Korea. It was close to North Korea showing that it could have been a school for the entire country at one point, and is located in a mountainous region, making it a perfect place for a wizarding school.

Thanks again for reading, and if possible review!