Emily woke early on Halloween morning. The 3rd years and up were going to Hogsmeade that day and then they'd come back to the castle for the Halloween feast. Emily moved a purring Angel out of her way and climbed out of bed. Rosie still cried herself to sleep every night, except every night her tears lasted shorter and shorter. Emily sighed and remembered two weekends ago when her father got married. She had shut herself in the dormitory all day long and refused to leave. Tears spilled out of her eyes all day long. Emily passed the sleeping girls and opened the window and sat down on the window seat. She let the cool fall morning blow into the room. Hedwig came flying into the open window and landed on Emily's arm. Emily petted the owl and took the letter off of her leg.
Dear Emily,
Emily, I hope you're still not angry with me. I had a wonderful wedding and wished you could have been there. Gina sends her love. Emily, she'll never take your mother's place, but maybe you could let her be your friend. I hope you enjoy the Halloween feast. They were always exciting, but strange things always seemed to happen during them. Well, with Dumbledore there and much more on alert, nothing should happen.
With Love,
Daddy
Emily read the note, scowled and tore it up, throwing the ripped up papers out of the open window. Hedwig hooted in surprise and flew back out the open window. Emily ran out of the dormitory, brushing the tears out of her eyes. She saw Angie and Michael making out in a dark corner of the common room. Aaron was sitting in front of the fire, throwing something that looked like a letter into the flames.
"What're you doing?" Emily asked, sitting down next to him. Aaron looked up as she sat down next to her and smiled.
"Probably the same as you did, when you got your letter," Aaron replied, tossing the last fragments into the fire.
"You're not happy about this either?" Emily asked.
"Nope, even though I can't even remember my Dad, I still don't like the idea of getting a new one," He replied.
"But you'll love my Dad, he's the best, he'll spoil your rotten…wait a minute! What am I saying?" Emily said. Aaron laughed.
"Sounds like you're not too mad at him now," He said.
"I am too mad at him!" She snapped.
"No need to get so mad," Aaron said, holding up his hands in a defensive way.
"Sorry," Emily said quietly.
"Emily! There you are!" Kelly's voice yelled from the stairway.
"I guess I better go," Emily said.
"All right, you want anything from Hogsmeade? Mom sent me 10 Galleons," Aaron asked.
"No thanks," Emily replied and got up off the couch. Aaron shrugged and turned back to the fireplace.
"Why did you open the window?" Kelly asked.
"Because I felt like it," Emily replied.
"Oh, well Angel tried jumping out of it, Mallory grabbed her right in the nick of time," Kelly replied.
"Well I better go thank her," Emily said, heading towards the stairway.
"Have you had any dreams lately?" Kelly asked. Emily turned around in mid-step. Emily stared at her for a moment then headed up to the dormitory.
***
Emily sat quietly at the table, enjoying her Halloween feast. Rosie and Kelly were chatting happily. Grant was asking Andrew and Parker a million questions.
"So, Parker! You used to like Emily?" Grant asked. Parker blushed and didn't answer.
"He still does," Andrew whispered. Parker looked like he could have murdered Andrew.
"I'm goona go to the common room," Emily said.
"Are you feeling ok?" Rosie asked.
"I'm fine, I just need to get some sleep," Emily said, rubbing her forehead.
"Does your head hurt?" Kelly asked. Emily nodded and left the Great Hall.
"Should someone follow her?" Rosie suggested.
"I will," Parker volunteered. Rosie and Kelly giggled and Grant immediately asked a question.
"Are you going to ask her out?" He asked. Parker glared at him and left the Great Hall. He caught up with Emily outside of the common room. Emily stepped inside and Parker followed.
"Why did you leave?" Parker asked. Emily sighed and turned around to look at him.
"Because I got a bad feeling in there. Something's going to happen I just know it! So I came back to get my wand, and write a quick letter to my Dad," Emily replied.
"Why were you going to write your Dad?" Parker asked.
"Because he'd know what to do. His scar hurts him plenty of times, maybe it's a sing," Emily said.
"I'll get my wand too," Parker said and dashed up the stairs to his room. Emily grabbed her wand, patted Angel on the head and ran back down to the common room. Parker was waiting.
"What kind of feeling do you have?" Parker asked.
"Just a feeling, I can't really explain it," Emily said.
"We better hurry then," Parker said.
"Yeah, but Parker, I have a question," Emily said.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Did you really like me before school started?" Parker blushed and nodded.
"I still do," He thought to himself, but didn't say it out loud.
"We better go then," Emily said, pushing open the portrait hole.
Meanwhile…
"Andrew, Parker still likes Emily?" Kelly asked.
"Gosh, we should label you the gossip queen," Andrew said rolling his eyes. Rosie laughed and Grant joined in.
"Grant do you even understand what he just said?" Rosie asked. Grant shook his head. Kelly started laughing and almost spit out her pumpkin juice.
"And we should call her the laugh monster," Andrew said. "You know Grant, you remind me of stories my father used to tell me about his youth."
"That's not a compliment," Grant said.
"No duh!" Kelly said, trying to stifle her giggles. At that moment a loud explosion erupted through the Great Hall.
"Kelly what did you do?" Andrew asked at once as students ducked under the tables. They ducked under the tables and Kelly glared at him.
"Death Eaters," Rosie whispered, seeing a bunch of black robes walk into the Hall. Kelly paled and grabbed onto Rosie's arm. "OW!"
"Sh!" Andrew hissed.
"I can't feel my…" Rosie began, but Andrew put his hand over her mouth. Kelly let go of Rosie's arm and Rosie grew quiet, and relaxed when her arm returned to feeling normal.
"Where's the girl?" a death eater asked.
"Gryffindor table," Dumbledore replied. Kelly gasped, Rosie paled, and Grant looked like he was going to pee his pants. Andrew turned and saw the Slytherin's snickering under their table. Suddenly the table flew to the other side of the room. A bunch of students screamed. Rosie looked up to see an evil grin on Dumbledore's face. The teachers were staring at him with disbelief written all over their faces. A death eater walked up to Rosie and picked her up off the ground.
"Where's Potter?" He demanded.
"I-I don't know," Rosie whimpered. He took out his wand and pointed it at her.
***
"Shh, be quiet," Emily said, coming to a halt in the entranceway.
"Do you hear something?" Parker whispered. Emily nodded and crept farther. Emily gasped and paled.
"What?" Parker mouthed.
"Death Eaters," Emily mouthed back. Emily gasped again as she saw one point his wand to Rosie's head. Emily tried to run forward, but Parker grabbed her by the back of her shirt. At that moment Hedwig flew in and dropped a cloak over Emily and Parker.
"What's this?" Emily asked.
"Looks like an invisibility cloak," Parker whispered.
"Who would…Dad!" Emily almost shouted. Parker elbowed her in the side, and Emily glared at him rubbing her side. Emily stepped forward a few steps and Parker followed her. They went into the Great Hall and watched all the teachers turn on Dumbledore at once. Dumbledore had pulled out his wand and was about to point it at the Gryffindor students. Dumbledore fell on the ground. McGonagall then pointed her wand at the Death Eater holding Rosie.
"Put her down!" She commanded. The Death Eater ignored her and started to walk out of the room. The other Professors started firing spells at the remaining Death Eaters, only able to hit a few. The one who was carrying Rosie was almost to the door when Emily put her foot out. He tripped over her foot, dropping his wand a few feet away, and making Rosie hit the hard floor. Rosie groaned in paint as her elbow smacked against the floor. Parker snatched up the Death Eaters wand and put it under the cloak.
McGonagall pointed her wand at the Death Eater and put him unconscious. She then helped Rosie up and commanded Hagrid to contact the Aurors and the ministry. Emily and Parker quickly left the Great Hall, pulled off the cloak, stuffed it in Emily's robes and ran back in, holding out their wands. Parker handed McGonagall the death eater's wand and took his seat at the table where the Gryffindor's were sitting again.
"Miss Potter, would you kindly explain to me how the Death Eater fell?" McGonagall asked.
"I don't know Mam, but the wand rolled over to me and Parker. We were just coming back in," Emily half lied.
"Please take your seat," Emily nodded and sat down next to Parker and Rosie.
"Emily, what just happened?" Rosie and Kelly asked at the same time. Emily pulled out the invisibility cloak and showed it to them, then quickly stuffed it back inside her robes.
"Where did you get that?" Andrew asked.
"Hedwig dropped it on our heads," Parker replied. At that moment the ministry member and Aurors showed up. They carried out the unconscious Death Eaters and soon they were all gathered around Dumbledore.
"What's this?" A guy who Emily thought looked a lot like her father's description of Mad Eye Moody.
"He tried to harm the students. He didn't even bother to fight the Death Eaters. It was like he wanted them to come," McGonagall explained. The Aurors all had shocked looks on their faces. Mad Eye Moody was about to pick up Dumbledore when suddenly he disappeared. Everyone in the hall gasped. Emily stared at the spot where Dumbledore had been and thought she saw the tiniest of snakes crawling away.
"You'll pay for this," It hissed and disappeared through a crack in the wall.
A/N: I'm sorry! Please don't yell at me! I just think that Dumbledore is going to go bad! Please don't leave too harsh of words! But please review! And I promise it will get better, but I don't think Dumbledore is going to be good again. And it might be some time before I get the next chapter up. I have to think about what's going to happen.
Disclaimer: I forgot to right a disclaimer, but you all know that Harry Potter belongs to JKR, and I only own the plot and some of the characters!!!!