Memories Lost: A Maruder's Tale ch. 2

HL: Second chapter.

Disclaimer: same as last


"Well, it seems we have a 'rst year out of bed." Emily turned around to see Filch, the caretaker, standing there with a lantern and his cat growled at her. Emily backed away, a little bit afraid of Filch and his cat, "Wot are you doin' out of bed?" He asked walking foreword, "I…I…" She stammered and she couldn't find the exact words to say, "Mr. Filch." Filch turned to see Professor McGonagall standing there, "Professor, this 'rst year here, she's was out of bed." Professor McGonagall looked over the rim of her glasses to look at Emily, "So she is. I'll be taking her back now Mr. Filch, thank you." She said as Filch mumbled then shuffled off down stairs Mrs. Norris following him.

Emily smiled slightly as Professor McGonagall looked at her sternly, "Come Miss Alden." She said walking away. Emily frowned then followed her with her head down, like she was a dog that was just beaten and thrown on the street. Emily walked with Minerva back to the Gryffindor Common Room, "Go to bed, Emily, it's getting late. Don't get caught again out of bed, understood?" She asked as Emily nodded, "Yes Professor." She said as she walked upstairs into the Girl's dorms to see the others asleep. She pulled back the sheets to her bed and fell asleep.

When she awoke the next morning she went downstairs to the Common Room to see Remus laying on the couch. She smirked and tip-toed over then grabbed an alarm clock put it near his ear as it went off he jumped and fell off the couch. Emily laughed as Remus looked around half asleep, "Wot the hell Emily?" Emily smirked, "Morning." She said as he rubbed his eyes. Another hour went by as Emily and Remus sat there finishing last minute homework as the other Gryffindor boys and girls came down. Emily sighed rubbing her eyes as she watched the others come down, "Morning Remus, Emily." Sirius said as Lily and James came down, not arguing, for once. Emily smirked at the pained look on Lily's face, it had only been a day since they had gotten their Herbology assignment, and she couldn't yell at James, which probably pained her.

-At Breakfast-

"JAMES POTTER! EAT YOUR FOOD DON'T PLAY WITH IT!" Lily yelled as Emily looked at James, who was currently making it levitate and making it hurl at Lily, Lily squealed then ducked as a pancake came towards her. Emily looked at Remus giving him the 'she-finally-cracked' look. He nodded and shook his head as James made his orange juice levitate then pour on Lily making her scream, "JAMES POTTER!" The first years jumped at the angry voice of Professor McGonagall, "DETENTION AFTER CLASS!" She said as the Syltherin table snickered.

Emily shot a glare at them then started eating again as a piece of bacon flew at her Remus knocked it away and he glared at the Syltherin table also as they stuck their tongues out at them he rolled his eyes and turned around as they laughed.

-Herbology Class-

In Herbology Class it was fairly quiet except for the few sounds of things dropping Emily was busy writing as Remus kept the plant busy, which was known as the Mood changer, and it definitely did change some moods. Emily looked up for a second to see Remus stroking the plant as it purred slightly she smiled. Out of the other groups, Remus and Emily had taken care of their project. Lily and James' plant was red, Sirius and Peter's was a nice blue color, but Lucius and Narcissa's was the same color as hers and Remus' plant, the normal green which meant it was content and happy with it's caretaker. The red was bad, because the plant wasn't happy with the other caretaker, which was most likely James.

Emily looked at James and Lily from the corner of her eye, Lilly was poking the paper repeatedly and James was basically ignoring her and annoying the plant. Emily nudged Remus with her elbow and he looked at her as she motioned towards James and Lily. Remus looked and chuckled silently, took a piece of parchment and wrote a note on it, Emily took it and looked at it as it read,

It looks like the Mood changer is going to burst doesn't it?

Emily giggled silently then she wrote,

No kidding. I feel bad for Lily though.

Yeah, me too. It wasn't red before was it though?

It was green before, I saw it up in the girl's dorm. It was fine, until James held it.

Remus laughed then covered his mouth as the class looked up at him. Emily quickly shoved the note in her robe pocket as the Herbology teacher walked over she resumed to writing and Remus continued to pet the Mood Changer. The teacher stood behind the pair and looked over Emily's shoulder, "Something funny you two?" She asked as Emily shook her head, "Sorry. I was just thinking of something funny, Miss Hufflepuff, sorry to disturb class." Remus said as Ms. Hufflepuff smiled at him, "It's fine Remus, don't let it happen again. I also like the way your Mood Changer is taking to you." She said walking over to the next pair, Lily and James, and shook her head.

Emily and Remus looked at each other then smiled snickering silently.

-After Herbology-

As the bell rang Emily grabbed the Mood Changer and got down from her stool walking out of the Greenhouse a sudden blur passed her grabbing the plant, "Nice plant you have there Alden." Emily blinked then saw who was holding her plant, Severus Snape, "Hey! Give that back!" She said jumping for it as he held it above his head, he was taller then her at the time, he laughed as she tried to get it from him, "Come on Alden, jump for it." He said as she tried to get it still.

The Syltherin boys and girls laughed watching the scene before them, "Give it back Severus!" Emily said still trying to get it. Snape smirked holding it higher over his head, "Hey, give it back to her." Snape looked over his shoulder to see Lucius there, "Why should I? Why don't you back off Malfoy?" Emily growled then sneered, "I don't need your help.." She muttered crossing her arms. Snape still held the plant as it started turning black Emily's eyes went wide, "GIVE IT TO ME YOUR KILLING IT!" Emily screamed nearly tackling Severus to the ground for it. At this point Sirius, Remus, James, Peter, and Lily came out of the Green House and went wide eyed at the two wrestling on the ground. The Syltherin group stood back as the Gryffindor group didn't exactly know how to break up the fight.

Remus walked foreword grabbing Emily's robe and pulled her back off of Severus. Severus stood scowling, "Stupid mudblood." Emily's eyes widened, "YOUR SO DEAD SEVERUS!" She screamed lunging at him. Sirius dropped his books and grabbed her arms, "Emily! Calm down!" He said holding the struggling girl's arms. Emily growled trying to get away from Sirius' grip but the only thing she could manage to do was kick Severus' leg over and over again. Sirius started to drag her back as she started screaming 'no' Remus got in front of her, "Emily, you need to relax." He said looking over his shoulder at Severus on the ground. Emily stopped finally then ripped her arms away from Sirius as she stormed over to grab her books and her timetable off the ground, she walked off away from the scene.

-Common Rooms-

Emily was sitting at the table doing some of her homework before Dinner. She had been quiet the whole day after the fight with Severus. She knew it was pathetic to protect the plant, but she had grown attached to it, she looked at the plant that was looking at her with round eyes. She smiled and scratched the side of it as it purred she smiled again. It was still September and she wanted to get out of Hogwarts already, just get away for Christmas Vacation which was in two months, too long for her. Birch hadn't come back that morning so there were two possibilities, either her parents hadn't written back, or Birch got lost.

Before dinner the common room started to fill with talking and laughing. Emily still sat sullenly at the table petting the Mood Changer plant that she had restored back to it's natural color. As she sat silently Professor McGonagall came in with a sad expression her face, "Emily Alden." She looked up, "Professor Dumbledore would like to see you." She said. Emily stood and followed Professor McGonagall up to Dumbledore's office.

Emily looked at her, "Go ahead dear." She said as Emily walked in the door closed behind her, "Ah, Emily, come sit." A voice said. She walked foreword seeing Birch on Dumbledore's desk, "Birch?" She walked over and petted his head then sat down in the chair in front of him. Dumbledore smiled at her slightly as Blake and Aida walked in sitting on either side of Emily. She looked at her Uncle slightly confused, "Emily…something has happened to your parents." Dumbledore said folding his hands in front of him.

Emily blinked, what did he mean by that? Something had happened to her parents, did they die? Did they get hurt? Blake looked at the young girl and put his hand on hers. Emily blinked looking at her uncle with confusion in her eyes, "Emily…your parents they got into an accident, leaving your father dead." Dumbledore said as her eyes went wide, "My mum, my brother, are they okay?" She asked looking at her aunt then her uncle, "Your mother and brother are in bad shape." Emily stared, "I need to see them! Professor, please!" She said as Blake shook his head. "Your mother sent Birch to me this morning, but if you'd like I have the letter for you." He said handing the letter to her.

Emily opened the letter that had blood stains on it and her mother's hand writing was scribbled.

Dear Emily,

I'm glad to hear that you made a new friend baby, now why where you late for potions class? That I don't like. I'm also surprised you got into Gryffindor not Ravenclaw or Syltherin. I hope your behaving yourself, Dumbledore and Minerva are good friends of mine, so mind them well. I would of written sooner, but, I couldn't because your father and I were attacked…no need to worry though. Your brother and I will be fine, I'm sure Uncle Blake and Aunt Aida will let you stay with them for Christmas Vacation, you'll visit us then. Just to let you know, Birch had trouble getting out of the house when he delivered the letter to us because of the attack on the house.

No need to worry, sweetie, mommy and Vince are okay. I'm sure daddy will be too, I must go, Aunt Aida is here to pick me up to take me, your father, and Vince to St. Mungo's Hospital. If you get this letter, write back, I'll try to write back to you when I can. Professor, allow her at least two days to recover from shock if she passes out. I'm sure she'll see the blood stains, but I will be fine.

Love,

Madison Quinn Alden.

P.S.

Vince says he misses you Emily.

Emily stared at the letter, and sure enough, like Madison said she would, passed out from the shock. Blake caught her before she hit the ground as Aida looked at her niece Blake shook his head, "Professor, do you want me to bring her back to the dorm?" He asked as Dumbledore nodded. "Yes. You can." Blake stood along with Aida and both walked down the corridors some students stopped to see what was going on, but then quickly went along with their business. Blake walked into the Gryffindor Common Room making the kids jump then blink, "Emily!" "Is she okay?" "She'll be fine. She just needs some rest." Blake said going up into the girl's dorm and laying her on her bed. Her blond hair spread out on the pillow. Blake covered her with the sheets, then took off Vince's ring putting it on her bed side, "Your father would want you to have it." He said to her as she turned on her side.

Blake smiled softly then went back down stairs to Aida's side. The other kids started whispering to each other saying remarks on how that was 'Lucius' father' and other remarks that he ignored as he put his arm around Aida's shoulders then both walked out together.

-Two days later-

Emily woke up to see letters and such on her bed stand. She sat up and stretched looking around. She got up and went downstairs, which was a bad idea, because she still felt slightly dizzy. Downstairs Birch was looking at her. She blinked and went over to him, "Hey, what are you doing in here?" She asked stroking his head. Birch closed his eyes as a figure walked in, "Hi Emily." She jumped ten feet in the air and turned seeing Sirius there. She blinked then put a hand over her racing heart, "Bloody Hell, did you have to surprise me like that?" Sirius smirked, "Well, obviously if your awake now, how are you feeling?" "Still a tad dizzy, but I'm as fit as a fiddle." She said smiling slightly.

Sirius leaned against the wall, "Where are the others?" "The others or do you mean just Remus?" He asked. If looks could kill Sirius would have been dead ten years ago, but this was the deepest and deadliest look he had ever gotten, "Their at class." "Why aren't you?" "Professor McGonagall told me to stay here, she said that James didn't need to be in anymore trouble then he was in." Sirius rolled his eyes as Emily giggled. The two stopped talking as Emily started to do her homework. Emily stopped when she got to her Trigonometry homework and stared. After a few minutes of not figuring out what the hell she was suppose to do she threw the quill down and ran her hands through her hair laying on the couch.

Sirius looked up from doing his homework and went over to her, "Something wrong?" "Yeah, Trig. I never got maths anyway." She said closing her eyes slightly. She was still feeling dizzy, even though it was lunch time, which was when her dizzy spells stopped normally, "Emily?" "Yeah?" "You okay?" "I'm fine, still a bit dizzy that's all." She said rubbing her forehead closing her eyes again. "I'm just going to sleep here." She said groggily as Sirius nodded, "Alright. Just call if you need me." He said going to another corner of the Common Room.

Sleep swept over Emily very quickly, like someone had just knocked her out, she was off in Dreamland.

-Emily's Dream-

It was the normal day at Hogwarts. Emily went to all her classes with Remus, Sirius, James, Lily, and Peter, but it must have been in fourth year, because there was a competition going on. Emily was walking by the lake with Lily and Narcissa talking and laughing about the stupid things the boys did.

As they walked though, they saw something come up out of the water. Emily looked then tapped Lily on the shoulder, "What is that? Lily looked over and looked blinking, "I don't know, a merman?" Lily said shrugging as the figure swam foreword to the edge Emily put her books down and went over, "Emily, I wouldn't…" "Be careful…"Narcissa and Lily said. The merman appeared in front of Emily as she knelt down on the grass. The merman slowly wrapped his fingers around Emily's arm, as she smiled he smirked and pulled her in. "EMILY!" Lily yelled as Narcissa gasped then ran off to get Remus, Lucius, James, Sirius, and Blaine.

Emily had a lead ball around both her ankles. Her eyes were wide as she tried to get back to the surface, but the struggling made it worse. She was running out of air, and when she went to breathe water filled her lungs. Her head was upward, but as she was dragged down she saw someone or something jump in after her. She couldn't exactly tell which of the boys it was, but they were stopped before they could reach her.

-End Dream-

Emily bolted upright and gasped looking around, she was still in the Common Room, but she turned her head seeing Sirius shaking her, "Are you alright? You were tossing and turning." Emily blinked then looked down at her clothes, her shirt and pants were soaked, "Sirius….why am I wet?" She asked and he looked just as puzzled as her. That wasn't just a dream then…She thought to herself as she still stared at her clothes.


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To HeatherBee: Yes, I'm really bad at summaries, but my stories aren't that bad, well, most of the time, lol. Thank you for reviewing and since I have no life, I'll be updating when I can since I'm on February Vacation! Thank you for saying I'm a good writer. I haven't gotten many reviews like that. TT lol Here's the next chapter, hopefully it's a little longer, keep reading on it gets very interesting after the first year.

TBC…