Chapter Ten
"Welcome back, Harry." Ems stumbled backwards and smacked into Rai. Snape dusted his robes off and all three turned to face the headmaster. Ems lowered his head and if he were in his hybrid form his ears would be flat back.
"My name is Ems." Albus cocked an eyebrow. "And if anyone calls me anything BUT Ems..."
"Ems." Rai interrupted. "Hello Dumbledore." Albus turned to Rai with a surprised look. "Long time no see Bumblebee."
"Raithos."
"You two know each other?"
"We met briefly, when Grindewald first rose." Rai answered. Ems shrugged. He ignored the small group of people standing anxiously behind the old headmaster and leaned against Rai's side.
"I have prepared rooms for you." Albus said. "Near Gryffindor Tower..."
"We prefer the dungeons or outdoors." Ems interrupted. Snape snorted behind them.
"They lived in cave like ANIMALS Albus." Ems lifted his upper lip and showed Snape his fangs. "They deserve to live outdoors..."
"Very well. You may stay in the small flat past the Slytherin Common Room." Albus walked off with a sad look in his eyes. The small group broke into whispers and one person stepped foreword.
"Ha-Ems?" It was a girl. She had curly brown hair that fell to her shoulders. Her brown eyes were watery and she looked hopeful.
"Granger." Ems narrowed his eyes at his once friend.
"What we did was wrong. I am not asking for you to forgive me.."
"You damn well better not be..." Hermione Granger winced.
"I just wanted to know if there would ever be a chance of you maybe..giving us another chance?" Ems snorted and opened his mouth to reply when Rai placed a hand on his shoulder.
'Don't be too hasty in your decision Ems.' Ems shook his hand off.
"I don't know." He said. "Doubtful but possible." Hermione smiled in relief. "But don't get your hopes up."
"Very well said." Rai muttered as the two walked away from the crowd.
LATER THAT NIGHT......
"Do you want to talk about it?" Rai settled beside Ems on their large four-poster bed. There was a fireplace roaring across from them, the only light in the room. "It might help."
"I don't know.."
"Please? You never did tell me everything. I want to help you." Ems leaned into Rai's hand, which had settled on his head.
"I was thirteen." Ems started. "After helping my godfather escape I was abducted by an older student and thrown into a cupboard. I heard the person plotting with someone else. They planned on using my hairs to make a polyjuice potion." Ems halted.
"Go on, it's all right." Rai soothed.
"They.. impersonated my and killed some first years. Everyone thought I did it...I was arrested and locked up with no trial. No one believed me except Sirius."
"That is harsh. And to do that to a thirteen year old child!" Ems snorted.
"I was nothing to them. Just a deranged little boy with no future, no life, no family." Rai pulled Ems into a hug. "Why didn't they at least use the truth serum?! Why didn't they push for a trial?!"
"Maybe they couldn't? I have had to deal with Fudge before, and he is as stubborn as they come." Ems sniffled.
"They didn't visit...or write."
"You were classed as a top prisoner so I doubt they would have let letters or people to reach you."
"I never thought about that." Rai chuckled.
"Give them another chance. If they do anything to you I will hurt them." Rai growled. Ems smiled and wiped his face off.
"Look at me! Twenty years old and crying."
"It's okay to cry pup." Ems growled at his old nickname. "I used to everyday after my parents were killed. Come on, let's get some rest. We can talk some more in the morning."
TBC
The end..is near. Not for a few chappies at least though.
"Welcome back, Harry." Ems stumbled backwards and smacked into Rai. Snape dusted his robes off and all three turned to face the headmaster. Ems lowered his head and if he were in his hybrid form his ears would be flat back.
"My name is Ems." Albus cocked an eyebrow. "And if anyone calls me anything BUT Ems..."
"Ems." Rai interrupted. "Hello Dumbledore." Albus turned to Rai with a surprised look. "Long time no see Bumblebee."
"Raithos."
"You two know each other?"
"We met briefly, when Grindewald first rose." Rai answered. Ems shrugged. He ignored the small group of people standing anxiously behind the old headmaster and leaned against Rai's side.
"I have prepared rooms for you." Albus said. "Near Gryffindor Tower..."
"We prefer the dungeons or outdoors." Ems interrupted. Snape snorted behind them.
"They lived in cave like ANIMALS Albus." Ems lifted his upper lip and showed Snape his fangs. "They deserve to live outdoors..."
"Very well. You may stay in the small flat past the Slytherin Common Room." Albus walked off with a sad look in his eyes. The small group broke into whispers and one person stepped foreword.
"Ha-Ems?" It was a girl. She had curly brown hair that fell to her shoulders. Her brown eyes were watery and she looked hopeful.
"Granger." Ems narrowed his eyes at his once friend.
"What we did was wrong. I am not asking for you to forgive me.."
"You damn well better not be..." Hermione Granger winced.
"I just wanted to know if there would ever be a chance of you maybe..giving us another chance?" Ems snorted and opened his mouth to reply when Rai placed a hand on his shoulder.
'Don't be too hasty in your decision Ems.' Ems shook his hand off.
"I don't know." He said. "Doubtful but possible." Hermione smiled in relief. "But don't get your hopes up."
"Very well said." Rai muttered as the two walked away from the crowd.
LATER THAT NIGHT......
"Do you want to talk about it?" Rai settled beside Ems on their large four-poster bed. There was a fireplace roaring across from them, the only light in the room. "It might help."
"I don't know.."
"Please? You never did tell me everything. I want to help you." Ems leaned into Rai's hand, which had settled on his head.
"I was thirteen." Ems started. "After helping my godfather escape I was abducted by an older student and thrown into a cupboard. I heard the person plotting with someone else. They planned on using my hairs to make a polyjuice potion." Ems halted.
"Go on, it's all right." Rai soothed.
"They.. impersonated my and killed some first years. Everyone thought I did it...I was arrested and locked up with no trial. No one believed me except Sirius."
"That is harsh. And to do that to a thirteen year old child!" Ems snorted.
"I was nothing to them. Just a deranged little boy with no future, no life, no family." Rai pulled Ems into a hug. "Why didn't they at least use the truth serum?! Why didn't they push for a trial?!"
"Maybe they couldn't? I have had to deal with Fudge before, and he is as stubborn as they come." Ems sniffled.
"They didn't visit...or write."
"You were classed as a top prisoner so I doubt they would have let letters or people to reach you."
"I never thought about that." Rai chuckled.
"Give them another chance. If they do anything to you I will hurt them." Rai growled. Ems smiled and wiped his face off.
"Look at me! Twenty years old and crying."
"It's okay to cry pup." Ems growled at his old nickname. "I used to everyday after my parents were killed. Come on, let's get some rest. We can talk some more in the morning."
TBC
The end..is near. Not for a few chappies at least though.