Memories Lost: A Maurder's Tale
HL: okay actual first chapter
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Emily Alden was eleven-years-old, as of September 1st, and her nine-year-old brother, Vincent, was watching her pack for Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry, "Emily, are you going to miss me?" He asked as Emily looked at him she smiled, "Awe, of course I am Vincent. I'll be back in the summer. Then in two years you'll be going to Hogwarts then we'll be together, in the same house hopefully." Emily said clicking her suitcase closed. She sat on the bed and patted the side of it and Vincent jumped on it next to her. She laughed, though her brother was a pain in the ass, she still loved him. He looked at her with his light blue eyes, "I'm going to miss you, big sister." He said as she hugged him, "Your so cute when your not mean." She said, then grinned, and gave him a noogie.
"HEY! Stop it!" He said trying to pull away from his sister as she laughed. "EMILY! TIME TO GO SWEETIE!" Her mother yelled upstairs as she stopped, "OKAY MOM!" She yelled back jumping off the bed, grabbing her suitcase, wand, broom, and her owl's cage was strapped to her suitcase she went downstairs. Her mom and dad were downstairs waiting for her as she came down in her robes, "Oh. Look at her, our little girl is all grown up!" Her mom exclaimed hugging her tight, "Mum…." She muttered as her father chuckled, "Ready to go Pumpkin?" He asked as she nodded, "Uh huh!" "Off to the train station then!" He said smiling as the two walked out of the house Mrs. Alden waved to her daughter, "See you during Christmas break baby!" She called, "Bye mommy!" Emily called back waving frantically.
-at the train station-
Mr. Alden went to platform 9 ¾ seeing all the students there chattering idly. Emily stood close to her father, scared, and afraid, "Daddy, I'm scared." He looked down at her and knelt on one knee, "You'll be okay. You can send me, mommy, and Vince a letter anytime you know. We'll write back to you." He said smiling as she nodded, "I don't believe it…is that Vincent Alden!" Vince looked up at the sound of his name then smiled when he saw who it was, "Well, well, if it isn't Blake Malfoy." He said as the two gave each other a pat on the back, "How are you doing? How's Madison?" "I'm good, she's good." "That's good." He said then looked down seeing Emily hiding behind her dad, "And who's this?" "Hm? Oh, this is Emily Marie. She's my oldest. Her brother Vincent is going to Hogwarts in a few years." He said pulling Emily in front of him and holding her shoulders.
"She looks like her mother." Blake said smiling at her as she blinked, "Daddy…" "It's okay. Mr. Malfoy is a friend of mine from School. How long has it been? Ten or eleven years?" "Yes. My son, Lucius, is also going to Hogwarts. It's his first year also." He said as he looked over his shoulder, "Lucius!" He called making the blond haired boy look up as his father motioned him foreword he walked over. Blake placed a hand on his son's shoulder, "This is my son, Lucius. Say hello son." Lucius nodded and gave a 'hi' and held out his hand for a shake as Emily looked at her dad, "Don't be shy, he's not going to bite you." He said chuckling as Emily took Lucius' hand hesitantly and they both shook hands. Emily smiled slightly, feeling a bit more comfortable, as Lucius let go of her hand they both looked at their father's, "I like him/her." They both said at the same time, and the two looked at each other again, then couldn't help but laugh noticing that they had said it together. Vince shook his head as Blake smirked, "Remember our first year?" "Oh, yes, you and Maddie were fighting." Blake laughed, "I don't see her enough to fight with her any more, which is a good thing." Vince chuckled as they heard the train they both looked up.
"We should get together sometime, Alden, while our children are away." "We should." He said nodding his head as the other parents grabbed their kids into final hugs, kisses, and good-bye tears. Blake ushered Lucius away quickly so that he could get his luggage and get on the train. Vince knelt down by his daughter again hugging her, "I love you, I'll miss you, write sometime." He said kissing her on the cheek. "Bye daddy." She said as the conductor put her luggage in the cargo hold and she took Birch, her brow owl, into the train. She looked in the compartments, but all of them were full, except one, where their was a boy looking out the window. She went in and closed the door making the boy look at her and he smiled slightly at her.
She smiled back slightly as she looked out the window seeing her dad, she waved good-bye again, with tears in her eyes as he smiled and waved back. When her dad was out of sight she stopped waving and sat down again, sighing. She was fairly quiet for the train ride, but the silence was broken by the compartment door opening, "Treats." A woman said as she grabbed a few things and the other boy did the same. The compartment door closed she opened the chocolate bar and bit into it. The boy looked at her, "Your first year too?" He asked as she jumped slightly startled, "Um, yes, it is my first year." She said, "It's mine too. By the way, my name is Remus Lupin. Yours?" "Mine's Emily Marie Alden. Nice to meet you." She said as he smiled, "Nice to meet you too." He said as Birch tweeted from his perch Emily looked down at him, "Birch, shush." She said as Remus smiled, "Your owl?" "Yes. He's a pain, sorry if he starts to tweet during the ride, he can get loud." Emily said holding a piece of bread that she had stashed in her pocket and she gave it to him.
He tilted his head at it then took it in his beak and tore it apart. Emily rolled her eyes as Remus chuckled. Emily continued to eat before Birch would nibble her robe's collar for more bread. She kept giving some to him until it was gone. He tugged on her robe this time, "Sorry Birch, I don't have anymore." She said, which made him very mad. He started flapping his wings and screeching. Emily covered her ears, "AH! Shut up!" She said as Remus covered his ears also. After awhile the compartment door opened, "Something wrong?" "The stupid Owl." Emily said loud enough as the boy grabbed something out of his pocket then handed it to Birch. Bitch stopped tilted his head then grabbed the object out of the boy's hand tearing it apart.
Emily cringed, it was a rat, which was disgusting to her the way Birch was mauling it like it was still alive. "First years?" Emily nodded, "You'll like Hogwarts. It's a very good school, we should be arriving maybe in an hour or so." The boy said as Emily nodded, "Thank you for shutting my bird up." He laughed, "No problem." He said closing the compartment door then walked back to the front where he was sitting. Emily started to drift off, but Remus shook her awake, "Emily, we're here." He said. Emily opened her blue eyes and rubbed them looking out the window to see a great big castle, a lake, and a forest. Her mouth dropped in awe, this was Hogwarts? It looked more like an over sized mansion for a huge family.
As the first years grabbed their things the other grades took off to their means of transportation, "First years over here." A loud voice said and the first years went over. They looked up to see a man standing there, "C'mon you lot, get in the boats." He said s they climbed in. Remus and Emily got in one with a boy named James and his friend Sirius. Emily stared at the lake, it was huge. As she looked she felt the boat jerk and she jumped, "It's okay Emily. It's just James and Sirius acting like idiots." Remus said with a glare. James grinned. A few minutes later they appeared at the castle, the older grades walked into the Great Hall as the first years waited outside the doors of the Great Hall. A teacher with green robes came out looking at the first years sternly.
Most of them stood in a huddle in the back on the group so that they weren't seen, "All first years. Follow me." She said going through the Great hall doors with a hat the first years ran to follow her seeing the older kids looking at them and smiling at some as they stood behind the others uneasily as the hat started belting out the new song the first years jumped as the older kids snickered and laughed at some of the expressions then it stopped and Professor McGonagall spoke, "When I call your name you will come and be sorted into your houses." She said unrolling a piece of parchment, "Emily Alden." Emily walked up from the very back of the group and sat down on the stool as the hat was placed on her head the hat was silent for a moment, seemingly contemplating which house to put her in.
"Hm, an Alden eh? Your mother was a Ravenclaw and your father was a Gryffindor, then again your mother's brother was a Syltherin." The Syltherin table smirked as the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw table looked on edge. Emily closed her eyes hoping it was either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, "And it's…Gryffindor!" A rush of calm ran over Emily as the Gryffindor table clapped welcoming her. "Remus Lupin." Remus went up, "GRYFFINDOR!" Another round of applause came as Lily, Sirius, Blaine and James were sorted into Gryffindor also.
After the sorting was finished the Great Hall emptied out after dinner and they went into their dorms. Emily crawled into her bed, laid her head down, then fell asleep.
-The Next Day-
Emily woke up and saw that there was no one in the girl's dorm. She sat up, went downstairs, and no one was there either, OH NO! I'M LATE! She thought to herself grabbing her timetable and looked at it, Potions was first, she groaned and ran as fast as she could towards the dungeons. When she got there, she started to catch her breath, then went into the room as the door creaked the class turned their heads, "Your late Miss. Alden." The teacher said as she sat next to Remus, "Your first day, your late for class, not a good start for you. You will write me a 3000 word essay on how a Sleeping Potion is made, details of the ingredients and all due on my desk by tomorrow morning." He said as the Syltherin side snickered. Emily sunk in her seat as she wrote it on her piece of parchment.
After class, Emily, Remus, Sirius, Lily, James, and Blaine walked to their next class which they had together, ironically, "Why were you late?" Remus asked as Emily shrugged, "Over slept." She said as Sirius rolled his eyes, typical girl, "I tried to wake you up." Lily said as Emily shrugged again, "I'm a hard sleeper." She said as they walked to their Herbology Class. As they soon found out, it was another class with Syltherin. Emily muttered something incoherent as they sat down in their seats.
Herbology wasn't as bad as she thought it would be, they had partners, James and Lily were put together, Sirius and Peter were another group, and then their was Emily and Remus. The other two groups laughed at James and Lily as Lily yelled at him for doing something stupid. The assignment was to take care of the plants for a whole month without them dieing. They were sensitive to yelling, arguing, or crying. Remus chuckled at the look on Lily's face. No yelling at James? That was going to be hard for her.
-Back at the Dorms-
Back at the dorms after classes and lunch they Gryffindor Common Room was fairly quiet, because of the plant care taking, and some where doing homework. Emily sat at the desk flipping through her Potion's book to find what she was suppose to write her essay on. An hour went by and she still hadn't gotten it done. She groaned putting her head down on the piece of parchment and Remus looked up from his Transfiguration homework and stood going over and looking over her shoulder, "How's it going?" "I don't want to write this." "You shouldn't of been late." "Oh bloody hell, Remus, shut up." She said as he shook his head, "Come on get up. I'll do it." He said as she stood and blinked at him, "You don't have too." "We don't want you up late and have to write a 6000 word essay." He said taking the quill and started scribbling down the essay from the notes he took in class. Emily watched over his shoulder and blinked as he set the quill down in the ink, "There, finished." He said handing the rolled up parchment to her.
Emily blinked again, then smiled hugging him, "Thank you Remus! I promise I won't be late again!" She said going up into the girl's dorm, then came back down with another piece of parchment. Remus moved as she sat down, "What are you doing?" He asked as Emily dipped the quill in the ink, "Writing a letter to my mum, dad, and brother." She said starting to write.
Dear Mum, Dad, and Vince,
Hogwarts isn't so bad after all. I was sorted into the Gryffindor house along with a new friend I made, his name is Remus Lupin, he's really nice, but he has his other friends Sirius, James, Peter, and a girl named Lily here also. Even though I was late for Potions today, I still got to my other classes O.K., because Remus and his friends walked me to them. What was ironic though was that we have all the same classes together! I really miss you guys, but, I'm doing okay. Tell Uncle Blake that I say 'hi' if he comes over anytime I'm here at Hogwarts.
I'll write a longer letter next time, I promise.
Love your only daughter,
Emily Marie Alden
P.S. Tell Vince I miss him also and to send me some candy! Teehee write back soon!
After she was finished writing the letter she stood, walked out of the Common Room, and walked up to the Owlry. She whistled slightly and a hoot answered her. She walked over to the cage that she heard the hoot from, opened the cage door, and put her arm out. Birch jumped onto his owner's arm and held out his leg as she tied the letter to his leg, "Send this to mum and dad, okay Birch?" She said as the owl nodded she went over to window and Birch took off. "Well, it seems we have a 'rst year out of bed." Emily turned around to see…
HL: hehe Cliffy!
TBC…
