Chapter Nine
Emily gaped at the picture. Her eyes widened and her jaw seemed to touch the ground.
"Do you know him?" Ella asked. Emily shook her head, vigorously.
"N-n-no. Um, I gotta go. I forgot some homework." Emily fumbled with the picture, handing back to Ella and raced back inside and up to her room.
"Missy!" She yelled out and closed the door. Missy climbed out from underneath the bed, yawning.
"This better be important. I was napping."
"Oh, it's important. Ella's great-grandfather is Dumbledore!"
"What!?"
"I know, I know. I can't believe it. But why wouldn't she know about Hogwarts?"
"I have no idea. But, don't you go asking her!"
"Why would I? If she knew, she would've recognized the story I told her about Hogwarts." Emily paced about the room, breathing fast.
"This is all so weird! I leave here in a week and a half and Dumbledore's coming to get me. Probably acting as my grandfather!"
"Well, it's going to be a sticky situation, I'll bet."
"Dumbledore said that he had other business to attend to in his letter to Professor McGonagall!" Emily remembered, stopping her pacing. "I'll bet Ella will find out what she really is when he comes, there's no other reason why Professor Dumbledore, of all wizards, would come and get me!"
Missy sat in front of the fire, gazing into the red flames licking at the grate.
"The question is: why didn't Ella know she was a wizard?"
"We'll just have to wait and find out." Emily calmed herself and sat down, fiddling with her wand that had fallen out of the bag. She was in complete shock. Her stomach growled loudly; she had skipped lunch walking outside with Ella. Suddenly, happiness dawned on her. Ella would come to Hogwarts then! She'd meet Hermione and Harry and Ron and Lavender and everybody! Emily wouldn't have to keep her secret to herself any longer! Oh, this was great! But, then.Emily thought aloud to Missy.
"Dumbledore must have kept her from the wizard world for a reason. She might even be in danger. If she were really safe, she would've already been in Hogwarts in fourth year with me. Then, no, I couldn't tell Ella about Hogwarts. If Dumbledore had kept it from her, then there must be a very good reason, probably for Ella's life. So to save her, Ella mustn't find out unless Dumbledore tells her." Emily jumped to the sound of the dinner bell and walked over to the door, trying to fasten her shoes along the way. Missy asked for something to eat. Emily didn't hear her as she pondered over recent happenings. It was all so strange to be real. She pulled open the door to see Ella's face with her mouth wide open.
Emily gaped at the picture. Her eyes widened and her jaw seemed to touch the ground.
"Do you know him?" Ella asked. Emily shook her head, vigorously.
"N-n-no. Um, I gotta go. I forgot some homework." Emily fumbled with the picture, handing back to Ella and raced back inside and up to her room.
"Missy!" She yelled out and closed the door. Missy climbed out from underneath the bed, yawning.
"This better be important. I was napping."
"Oh, it's important. Ella's great-grandfather is Dumbledore!"
"What!?"
"I know, I know. I can't believe it. But why wouldn't she know about Hogwarts?"
"I have no idea. But, don't you go asking her!"
"Why would I? If she knew, she would've recognized the story I told her about Hogwarts." Emily paced about the room, breathing fast.
"This is all so weird! I leave here in a week and a half and Dumbledore's coming to get me. Probably acting as my grandfather!"
"Well, it's going to be a sticky situation, I'll bet."
"Dumbledore said that he had other business to attend to in his letter to Professor McGonagall!" Emily remembered, stopping her pacing. "I'll bet Ella will find out what she really is when he comes, there's no other reason why Professor Dumbledore, of all wizards, would come and get me!"
Missy sat in front of the fire, gazing into the red flames licking at the grate.
"The question is: why didn't Ella know she was a wizard?"
"We'll just have to wait and find out." Emily calmed herself and sat down, fiddling with her wand that had fallen out of the bag. She was in complete shock. Her stomach growled loudly; she had skipped lunch walking outside with Ella. Suddenly, happiness dawned on her. Ella would come to Hogwarts then! She'd meet Hermione and Harry and Ron and Lavender and everybody! Emily wouldn't have to keep her secret to herself any longer! Oh, this was great! But, then.Emily thought aloud to Missy.
"Dumbledore must have kept her from the wizard world for a reason. She might even be in danger. If she were really safe, she would've already been in Hogwarts in fourth year with me. Then, no, I couldn't tell Ella about Hogwarts. If Dumbledore had kept it from her, then there must be a very good reason, probably for Ella's life. So to save her, Ella mustn't find out unless Dumbledore tells her." Emily jumped to the sound of the dinner bell and walked over to the door, trying to fasten her shoes along the way. Missy asked for something to eat. Emily didn't hear her as she pondered over recent happenings. It was all so strange to be real. She pulled open the door to see Ella's face with her mouth wide open.