Rosie left on Friday after lessons to go to her Mother's funeral. Rosie was known to burst into tears at any moment for the rest of that week. Her friends couldn't comfort her. Once it was time to leave for the funeral, she seemed a little happier, and her tears stopped for a moment. Emily was hoping that she would be ok and get through this. Emily had had many people there for her when her Mother died and she hoped that Rosie would let her be there for her. Kelly had cried when she found out the news, but was happy that she was allowed to take time off of school to go to her funeral.
Emily was wandering up the stairs to her common room after dinner on Friday night. She was in a better mood, besides the fact that she hadn't been talking to Parker. She walked down the hall and found that she was in the same hallway that she had been in when she had heard those cold, evil voices. Emily shuddered and quickened her pace. She noticed the same door was ajar, and wished she had told Dumbledore, but then her anger got the best of her.
"Anyone who is a friend of my father shouldn't be trusted," She thought angrily.
Emily continued down the hallway, almost running by the ajar door. She ran up to her common room and said the password. The Fat Lady swung open and Emily climbed into her common room. Angie was sitting on Michael's lap and Zach had a girl sitting on his lap. Emily shook her head and found Penny crying in a corner, sitting by herself. People had been ignoring her lately. It seemed that Penny had gotten a much worse attitude problem then Emily. Emily walked slowly over to Penny and sat down across from her at the table she was sitting at.
"What's wrong Penny?" Emily asked quietly.
"You wouldn't care," Penny said, looking up from the table. There was a puddle where her head had been bowed.
"I do care," Emily said.
"Why do you want to listen, when everyone else is avoiding me?" Penny demanded.
"Because I think we have some things in common. You and I both seem to be having problems with our friends and our attitudes," Emily said slowly.
"Oh, so you're saying I have an attitude problem?" Penny asked angrily.
"No, I wasn't saying that," Emily began.
"Yes you were! You're just like everyone else!" Penny said, glaring at Emily. She then stood up and ran up to her dormitory, with a bunch of tissues in her hand. Emily felt her heart grow heavy again and slumped back into her chair. She closed her eyes and thought. She was thinking about nothing in particular when someone tapped her on the shoulder. Emily looked up to find Kelly standing over her.
"Are you sleeping?" She asked, sitting down next to her.
"No, just thinking," Emily replied.
"About what?" Kelly asked.
"Nothing in particular," Emily said.
"Something's bothering you," Kelly said.
"No, nothing is," Emily said rather quickly.
" I know something is bothering you. I wish you would just tell me, friends tell each other things and I'm sorry to say this but you haven't been acting much like a friend to me this week. You and Rosie have become good friends, but I feel like you don't really want to be friends with me," Kelly said.
"I'm sorry Kelly. I've just had a lot on my mind," Emily replied.
"We all have a lot on our minds from time to time, and I have no idea what's going through your head right now, but I want to be there for you, friends help each other out," Kelly said.
"I know, but I just don't think I should tell you this before I tell Dumbledore," Emily said.
"Well tell Dumbledore now, Emily. If it's something bad, you have got to tell him!" Kelly replied.
"He probably wouldn't care, it's just about me is all," Emily said, sitting up in her chair.
"Dumbledore would care. He cares about everything that happens to all of us students," Kelly said.
"I know, but I just can't bring myself to tell him. I was going to, but then I found my father in his office and I just got so angry," Emily said, feeling hot tears drip slowly down her face.
"You should tell him Emily, and forgive your father, it seems like he loves you so much," Kelly replied, trying to comfort Emily.
"Then why is he marrying Gina?" Emily demanded.
"Because they love each other," Josh said, coming up to Emily. Emily looked up at him, a little embarrassed.
"My Mom doesn't want to take your Mom's place, Emily, she loves your father," Josh said, after a few moments of silence. "I overheard you guys talking, Emily you should tell Dumbledore whatever you need to tell him. He's a wise man." Emily stood up.
"Ok, I will, but will someone please come with me? I'm afraid I'll back out otherwise," Emily asked.
"We both will," Josh said, looking at Kelly and Kelly nodded her head. The three walked out of the common room and down many corridors until they reached Dumbledore's office. Emily said the password and they followed her inside. Emily knocked on Dumbledore's door.
"Come in," Dumbledore said. "Ah, Miss Potter, I've been expecting you."
"Professor, I need to tell you something," Emily said and spilled out her whole story of the night she collapsed. Kelly and Josh sat down in chairs on either side of her and listened too. Kelly turned pale when she found out that two men were after Emily.
"Thank you for the information Emily. This will help me greatly, now if you would please show me the room where you heard these voices," Dumbledore suggested. Emily nodded and followed Dumbledore out of his office. Kelly and Josh followed, rather reluctantly. Emily led Dumbledore up to the corridor where she had heard the voices from and pointed out the door that was slightly ajar. Dumbledore opened it slowly to find an empty room.
"Miss Potter, are you sure this is the room? This is just the Ancient Runes classroom. There are no secret doors or anything in this room that I have found," Dumbledore said.
"I'm positive sir," Emily replied.
"Very well, you go back to your common room," Dumbledore said. Emily nodded and Kelly and Josh hurried to catch up with her.
"Oh my gosh Emily! This is scary! It seems we aren't safe no matter where we are," Kelly said sadly.
"Dumbledore will protect us. You-Know-Who's only fear is Dumbledore and Harry Potter," Josh said. Emily wasn't paying attention, but when she heard her father's name she looked up.
"So that's why they want me. I wish I wasn't a Potter," Emily said angrily. Kelly and Josh looked at her.
"So you're saying you don't want to be your fathers' child?" Josh asked after a few minutes.
"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying!" Emily said and ran off ahead of them.
"I'll help her with her attitude problem," Kelly whispered to Josh. Josh laughed and they hurried up after Emily, so the Fat Lady wouldn't be angry for being awakened so many times in one night.
Emily slept fitfully that night. She had many dreams of being taken away by men in black cloaks, being eaten by a giant snake, watching her father die, watching other people she cared about die, and seeing the Dark Mark above her home. Emily awoke with a start, sweat dripping down her face. She sat up and rubbed her head. It was pounding. She felt her heart beating fast, and was afraid to fall back to sleep. She lay back down on her pillows, Angel curling up beside her. Emily did everything she could to stay awake, but eventually fell back to sleep, dreaming of those horrible things happening.
Emily awoke with a start the next morning; the sun was shining in through the open window. The house elves had been in to clean, the laundry was taken down. Emily sat up in bed and looked around the room. She was the only one left in there. Emily looked at a clock hanging on the wall and found that it was almost noon. At that moment Kelly ran in and spotted Emily sitting up in bed.
"You're up!" Kelly said.
"You should have waken me," Emily replied.
"I was going to, but you looked so tired, like you had just fallen to sleep or something," Kelly explained.
"Well I didn't sleep to well last night," Emily said.
"How come?" Kelly asked.
"Dreams," Emily replied.
"Did you have those one's about the snake again?" Kelly asked.
"No and yes," Emily said quietly.
"You should tell Dumbledore," Kelly suggested.
"No, why should he know about all my dreams?" Emily demanded.
"Because he's very wise," Kelly said.
"Kelly, I'm not going to tell him," Emily said. "Now could you please leave so I can get dressed?" Kelly left, with a hurt look on her face. Emily shook her head and got dressed quickly. Emily walked out into the common room, to find it empty except for a few people. Emily scanned the whole room, but couldn't find Kelly anywhere. She sighed and left the common room and started to wander the corridors.
"Someone's found out our plan! Wormtail I'm blaming you!" A cold voice said. Emily stopped where she was walking and traced her steps backwards a bit. She stopped in front of a door, the door she showed Dumbledore last night.
"I'm s-sorry M-Master!" The man called Wormtail cried in terror.
"Wormtail, I know that name," Emily thought to herself.
"We will have to find a new hideout, and then we will form a new plan! Have you fed Nagini?" The man demanded.
"Y-yes Master," Wormtail squeaked.
"Wormatil! Oh my gosh! Dumbledore!" Emily thought and ran down the hall. She stopped in front of Dumbledore's office and knocked on the door.
"Dumbledore! I need to talk to you!" Emily yelled, banging on the door. The door opened and Emily found Snape standing there.
"Let her in," Dumbledore said from his desk. Snape glared at Emily. Emily glared back and sat down in front of Dumbledore. "What do you need to tell me so badly that you tried knocking my door down?"
"Wormtail! I mean Peter Pettigrew is here in the castle!" Emily spat out.
"How do you know this Emily?" Dumbledore asked.
"You're supposed to know everything that goes on in the castle! You should know!" Emily said, standing up. Dumbledore looked at her questioningly.
"Miss Potter, what do you mean?" Dumbledore questioned.
"You are supposed to be the wisest wizard around. I shouldn't have to tell you what goes on here, you should know! I don't know what my father sees in you!" Emily yelled and ran out the door.
"I can give her detention Headmaster," Snape said.
"That won't be necessary," Dumbledore said.
Emily ran out of his office and down the corridors. She ran out the oak front doors and stopped running when she reached the lake. She found Kelly, Parker, Andrew, and Grant were sitting nearby. Emily ran over to them, clutching a stitch in her chest.
"I need to tell you something!" She said, when she caught her breath.
"What?" Kelly asked, forgetting that she was angry with Emily.
"P-Pettigrew is in the school and I think Voldemort is in there too!" Emily whispered. Parker jumped up.
"We need to tell Dumbledore!" Parker exclaimed.
"I'm not going back in there, and I don't trust Dumbledore, just like I don't trust Fudge, like I don't trust Pettigrew, like I don't trust Slytherin's, like I don't trust Snape, and Death Eaters and Voldemort and…" Emily said.
"You sure don't trust a lot of people," Andrew said.
"I know I do, and my father has a lot of enemies, so therefore I have lots of enemies," Emily replied.
"You have to tell Dumbledore," Parker insisted.
"I'm not going back in that castle," Emily said.
"But where are you going to sleep?" Kelly asked. Emily eventually let them drag her back into the castle and she sprinted down the corridor where she had heard the voices. She stayed in the common room for the rest of the weekend, her friends bringing her food. Emily refused to leave.
"I don't feel safe here anymore," Emily said.
"But you have to come to classes," Kelly replied.
"Fine, I'll go to classes, and meals, but other then that, I'm not leaving this common room," Emily said.
"How about you write to your father," Kelly suggested.
"I wouldn't write to him, even if he was the only person left in the world to write to!" Emily snapped and ran up the stairs to her dormitory.
A/N: Well this one is a little longer and I'm sorry to say, but I'm at a writer's block again. I'll try to think through it soon. Well thanks for all the reviews!