Sirius watched Rhia as the sun began to creep in through the windows. Everyone had been forced out except Sirius who seemed like he was surgically attached to his daughter. The weak winter sun lit up Rhia's face and seem to make her hair appear like gold. Sirius brushed some of it away and leant over and kissed her forehead. Her skin was a lot warmer now but she did still shiver occasionally. He didn't like the fact that she hadn't woken up yet, neither did Lily or Madame Pomfrey. Sirius bit his lip as he sat by Rhia. He had never felt so worried before. Even when April had gotten into some really bad situations he wasn't as scared as he was now. He didn't want to lose Rhia, and as bad as it sounded. If he was given the choice to keep one member of his family it would be Rhia. He'd give anything up for her or her mother.
"Come on Rhia, please wake up for me." Sirius whispered for the hundreth time that night. He lifted Rhia's hand to his mouth and looked at her anxiously. "Please." He said desperately as he closed his eyes and prayed to a God that he didn't believe in but Lily did. He felt Rhia's hand tighten very slightly and a twitch in her muscle. Sirius opened his eyes and looked at Rhia. He saw the slight movement of her eyes and he burst out into a grin. He felt like crying for happiness. Rhia opened her eyes slightly and frowned against the light.
"Rhia, you're ok!" Sirius said as he stood up slightly.
"Dad?" Rhia groaned hoarsely. Her voice sounded as though she hadn't used it for a while. Sirius felt a shiver running through Rhia's body.
"Rhia, calm down, you're warm now. You'll be ok." Sirius said, more to Rhia's body then to her mind.
"I still feel cold." Rhia said. Sirius conjured a few more blankets and put them on top of the already large pile of blankets. Sirius kept smiling at Rhia, just pleased that she'd made it through. "Dad, what happened?" Rhia asked.
"You fell into the lake." Sirius said.
"I did? What was I doing on the lake?" Rhia asked.
"We don't know." Sirius said, "We were hoping you'd be able to answer that question." Rhia turned her head slightly and curled up around the hand that Sirius was holding. She held his hand like she was a young child again and Sirius sighed contentedly.
"I'm tired." Rhia said, "You'll stay here while I sleep?" Rhia asked her dad.
"You can't go to sleep." Sirius said, "You were only asleep just now because we couldn't wake you." Sirius said seriously. Rhia looked at her dad curiously. "If you sleep you might not wake up. Stay awake and talk to me, about anything." Sirius said.
"Like what?" Rhia asked.
"How's your band going?" Sirius asked. Rhia smirked slightly.
"It's ok, we have some new songs and Orion is trying to sing but he's really off tune-" Rhia continued to talk with Sirius' encouragement. He saw Lily walk in quietly. She grinned at Sirius when she saw Rhia sitting in bed and talking to him. She went to the office to get a potion and stayed there for a while. Overnight Lily had taken over the hospital wing again and Madam Pomfrey had returned to her retirement. Sirius listened to Rhia and found it curious that Rhia hadn't mentioned Harry once while she spoke. She was beginning to regain her colour and she was smiling a lot more within a space of an hour. Lily came out eventually and gave Rhia some potion. Rhia didn't seem to find it odd at all and drank the potion quite happily. Lily sat with Sirius and Rhia for a while.
"Where's mum?" Rhia asked.
"She's been forced to stay at Grimmauld place by Dumbledore but we've already let her know you're ok." Lily said. Rhia smiled and nodded.
"How did I get out of the lake?" Rhia asked curiously.
"You're asking a lot of questions." Sirius said. Rhia shrugged and grinned.
"I feel really young again, like I've been reborn." Rhia said.
"Well the answer to your question is Harry. He got you out." Sirius said. Rhia's smile widened.
"He did?" She asked. Lily and Sirius looked at each other curiously.
"Why? What's wrong?" Lily asked curiously.
"I thought he was ignoring me." Rhia said, "Obviously not. Where is he?"
"Probably in a lesson." Lily said. Rhia cuddled the blanket and smiled to herself. Sirius and Lily knew that type of smile and they looked at each other with knowing smiles.
"Anyway, Harry will be here later" Lily said, "I'll be in my office and Rhia, don't go to sleep because you might have difficulty waking up again." Rhia nodded obediently and then started talking non-stop about Harry to Sirius to the extent that Sirius wished he had April's patience in this kind of talk.
The incidence with Rhia falling into the lake was somewhat of a mystery for a long time. No one knew what had happened exactly but after Bo had heard from Emma about Rhia's eyes he had a suspicion that the same thing had happened to Rhia that had happened to Emma a while ago. Bo and Emma still weren't talking but Bo did catch Emma looking at him a few times like she wanted to talk to him. Bo made no effort to talk to her, she had been the one who caused the rift between them, after all so he flourished in his relationship with Katie. Meanwhile Emma continued to get strange looks from Draco Malfoy. He had sent her a few letters, which Emma read then burnt straight after for fear that someone else would read them. Rhia sometimes read one or two and presumed that Emma was ignoring it but Emma couldn't help being attracted to Draco Malfoy. She wrote a few letters back until one day she got an invite from Draco Malfoy to meet her in Hogsmeade the first weekend of March. There were going to be teachers in the village to keep an eye on the students so Emma knew it would be difficult to meet Malfoy without being seen but she was willing to try. Nothing was impossible, was it not?
So on the Saturday of the hogsmeade weekend Emma went out with Rhia and Kara as usual. Once they were in Hogsmeade Rhia was quickly taken away by Harry and they disappeared into a café. Emma urged Kara to go with their room mates to the three broomsticks, leaving Emma on her own. Emma stood in the middle of Hogsmeade for a while. She hated the weather. It was a very sunny day but it couldn't be able to decide whether it was going to be hot or cold. Emma watched McGonagall watching her. Emma smiled at her and walked towards Honeydukes. She saw McGonagall walking towards Honeydukes rather slowly. Emma slipped through the crowd and then into the basement. She pushed up a trapdoor that led to outside the building and ran over the open ground to a spot behind Dervish and Banges. Malofy was sitting on an upturned box and was playing with his wand. He was on his own and well hidden from the teachers in the village. Emma tried to sneak upon him but he saw her before she even got close. Malfoy stood up and gave her a smile that she was now used to seeing.
"Hi." Emma said. She felt very slightly nervous but she wasn't going to show it.
"Hi, you want to walk?" Malfoy asked. He pointed a hand towards the countryside. Emma scowled slightly.
"I really shouldn't. I don't trust you enough to go into the countryside alone with you." Emma said. Malfoy nodded.
"Fair enough but hopefully you'll learn to trust me." Malfoy said. Emma smiled slightly
"I don't know about that. You have bullied me for what? Four years at least." Emma said with a shrug. She sat down on a crate and looked at Malfoy. He was a little skinny but that didn't really matter to Emma. He was one of the better looking Slytherins. Malfoy sat down again and looked at Emma like he was studying her.
"What are you looking at?" Emma asked after a few minutes. Malfoy leant his elbows on his knees.
"You." He said, "You know you're incredibly good looking for a Gryffindor." Emma smiled slightly.
"Well, they say I inherited my looks from my mum" Emma said. Malfoy nodded.
"Well, Mud-ggle borns are quite pretty you know." Malfoy said. "You know, a lot of Slytherins would kill to be able to talk to you."
"I hope not. I don't want anyone hurt on my account." Emma said. The memory of her fight with Bo flared up in her mind but she shook her head to clear it away. Malfoy took that into account.
"I'll keep that in mind when I try and get you for my own." Malfoy said.
"You want me for your own?" Emma asked, repeating Malfoy's words. Malfoy gave her a smile before leaning back.
"I'm willing to wait, after all, a Potter and a Malfoy, imagine the scandal." Malfoy said with a smirk. Emma smiled slightly at the thought. "I heard you're one for scandals and rebellions." Emma started to nod then shook her head.
"No! No! Not any more, I'm over that stage of my life. I'm trying to be a good daughter and friend now" Emma said. Malfoy nodded his head sceptically and stood up. He sat down next to Emma and put his mouth near her ear.
"I know you're different to the others." Malfoy said into her ear. "Don't be scared to rebel, it's what makes life interesting." He said. Emma turned her head to look at him.
"Like you've ever done something against your father's words," She sneered. "You're his pet." Malfoy smirked.
"Maybe but at least being bad is fun." Malfoy said. He had her there. Emma couldn't deny that breaking the rules was fun, but every time she'd done that she'd hurt someone she loved. She noticed how close Malfoy was and she had to admit, he seemed to smell nice. She closed her eyes and Malfoy spoke again.
"What would you know about being good, that's fun as well." Emma said.
"Yes, but you have to stick to rules, suppress your wants and desires if it goes against your leader's ideals. If you displease your parents you feel guilt." Malfoy said, "But if you're bad that you can break the rules and you'll be questioned for a while at first but after the first few times people accept it. It's who you are, you, Emma Potter, were not meant to be kept in a cage of rules and restrictions. I can see you're just waiting to get the opportunity to burst out." He said. Emma felt like she was drowning in his words. He was right but she didn't want him to be right. She had broken the rules enough times, once more wouldn't hurt. She felt Malfoy's lips against the base of her neck. Emma suddenly opened her eyes and tensed. Her mind rushing and her heart pounding.
"Oh my god." Emma whispered. She stood up quickly and looked at Malfoy. "No, stay away from me." Emma said. "You're wrong, you don't know anything about the world of good and what people are like. You don't know what I'm like so just stay away." Emma said. She took a few steps back. Malfoy moved around her. Emma wouldn't take her eyes off him and ended up walking backwards into a wall. She stopped and put her arms against the wall. He had her cornered, just the thing to be with a Malfoy. Malfoy smiled and went towards her slowly.
"Emma, don't worry, I won't hurt you." Malfoy said. Emma looked at him sceptically. He moved forwards and Emma watched him until his face was so close she closed her eyes to stop going cross-eyed. She felt Malfoy's lips against hers. She tensed slightly but responded to his touch. She returned the kiss slowly until Malfoy made the kiss more urgent. Emma put her arms around Malfoy's neck and he pulled her closer. Their kiss broke apart as Malfoy kissed Emma's face and then slowly descended the kisses down her neck as his hands moved upwards. Soon his hands were somewhere where, if Harry had seen them, Malfoy would be dead and Emma would be severely hexed.
Emma took several deep breaths, she was thoroughly enjoying herself. The fact that she was enjoying herself with a Malfoy did make her a little more cautious, though. After about half an hour Emma came round to her senses and pulled away from the passionate kiss she was sharing with Malfoy. She pulled away and tugged her shirt straight. Malfoy was looking at Emma with a hopeful smile. Emma combed her hair with her hands then fanned herself.
"Oh my god, that was very wrong, very very wrong." Emma said to herself. "Harry's going to hate me, so's Rhia. My parents are going to kill me, oh Merlin." Emma muttered to herself. Malfoy came up behind her and put his arms around her. He kissed the back of her neck.
"Who said they'll find out?" Malfoy said, "I won't tell them." Emma stood still for a moment before turning to Malfoy slowly.
"You tell a soul and I will actually kill you. I'm not scared like my brother, I will kill you if I have to." Emma said dangerously. Malfoy nodded and backed away. "And stay away from me or you'll have my brother to answer to." Emma started to go back to the main village when Malfoy started laughing.
"Always going back to your brother. I thought you were tired of living in his shadow yet you cower behind him when there's trouble." Malfoy said. Emma turned around and looked at Malfoy. "Typical of you good guys." Emma went to him and hit him round the face as hard as she could. Malfoy fell backwards onto the floor and Emma stormed off. As soon as she turned the corner she shook her hand and bit her lip with the pain the blow had cause her.
"Ow." She whined as she went into the Three Broomsticks. She pushed the door open and went into the crowded building. She searched for Rhia or Kara but she couldn't see either of them. She was about to head out again when someone took her hand. Emma raised her other hand ready to hit the person if it was Malfoy again. It was highly unlikely but she couldn't help being a little suspicious. She turned to look into Bo's brown eyes.
"Bo." She said jumping slightly. Bo gave her a reluctant smile.
"Hey" He said slightly awkwardly.
"What do you want?" Emma asked.
"I just wanted to talk to you." Bo said to Emma. Emma looked at him suspiciously. She knew she had no right to be suspicious but she didn't want to end up arguing with Bo again. It was safer if she kept her distance from him. Bo pulled her to a table. "Come on, I won't bite." He said with grim humour. Emma gave a small smile and followed him as he squeezed through the crowd to the bar. Emma felt some eyes on her and turned to see Hagrid being 'inconspicuous' in the crowd. He looked as though he was trying to spy on her and failing miserably. Emma sat down next to Bo at the bar and Bo ordered two drinks. Emma sat quietly with her hands folded in her lap. She bit her lip very slightly and looked anywhere but Bo. They got their drinks before they started talking.
"How have you been?" Bo asked. Emma rolled her eyes.
"You know." Emma said with a slight smirk. Bo nodded.
"Yeah, we have pretty much been living together" Bo said. He looked at his drink and licked his lips. "Has anything happened between you and Malfoy?" He asked carefully. Emma choked on her drink and looked at Bo.
"How-I mean, what are you talking about?" Emma asked. Bo's eyes flashed dangerously.
"He's done something to you hasn't he?" Bo asked.
"He's only spoken to me, how do you know about him?" Emma asked.
"Katie and I overheard him talking about you" Bo said. Emma went back to her drink.
"Don't worry about me, I've got everything under control and if does anything to annoy me, I'll introduce him to hairy Bo." Emma said with a smirk before she took a sip of her drink. Bo smiled slightly before continuing with his drink.
Rhia crept up to Harry's room the weekend later. It was Saturday and there was a quidditch match against Slytherin later that day. She glanced around the dormitory and went to Harry's bed. She opened the hangings and glanced in. Harry was staring at the ceiling of his bed. Rhia turned to see what was so interesting. Harry laughed softly and pulled Rhia into the bed. Rhia smiled and straddled Harry's chest.
"Good morning." Harry said. Rhia gave him a smile and put her hands behind her back.
"Morning." Rhia said quietly. Harry looked at her amused.
"Are you ok?" Harry asked. Rhia nodded
"This is for you." Rhia said laying down next to Harry and giving him a soft kiss. Harry pulled her closer and brushed her hair away from her face. "Happy valentines day" Rhia added after the kiss. Harry pulled away and swore.
"It's valentine's day?" Harry asked. Rhia smiled and rolled her eyes. She rolled on top of Harry.
"Don't worry, I predicted this." Rhia said. Harry smirked slightly.
"And?" He prompted.
"Well, I woke up and felt like spending all day with you. In bed after your sister made a comment but lets forget that." Rhia said. Harry raised an eyebrow and looked at Rhia curiously. Rhia playfully bit Harry's nose before kissing him on the lips. "But I knew that if Orion or the twins found out you'd be a dead man." Harry pulled his duvet over Rhia and turned so he was on top of her. Rhia giggled and Harry put his hand over her mouth.
"Sh." He said, "You'll wake up the others."
"Right, that makes sense. I doubt Ron got much sleep last night." Rhia said with a knowing smirk. Harry looked at Rhia confused.
"Eh?"
"Oh, didn't you know? Hermione didn't return to her dorm room after patrol last night." Rhia said cheekily. Harry got up slightly and opened the hangings slightly. He opened the curtains slightly and looked towards Ron's bed. Rhia sighed and rolled her eyes. She sat up and pulled Harry towards her. She pressed her lips against Harry's and pulled him into a fierce kiss. Harry was slightly taken aback by this but was more then happy to return the kiss. They got slightly more intimate as Harry began to pull Rhia's shirt off.
Ron opened his eyes and tried to stretch. Someone was holding his arm down. He turned and saw Hermione asleep in his arms. She was fully clothed, she appeared to have fallen asleep in her uniform. Ron smiled and kissed Hermione's forehead. He slid his arm free and got up. He was going to go and get ready for the quidditch match against Slytherin. He put on his slippers and rubbed his eyes. He walked past Harry's bed when he heard a giggle. He stopped in his tracks and looked at Harry's bed.
"Harry, stop it" Rhia laughed quietly.
"Sh, you'll wake up the others." Harry said. Ron frowned and was about to walk away when he heard Rhia laughing again. Ron turned and grabbed the hangings. He pulled them open. His curiosity getting the better of him in his half awake state. Rhia gave a short scream. She pulled a duvet over her while Harry jumped slightly. Ron looked in slight horror.
"What are you -" Ron looked at Rhia and looked away. She held the duvet high up her body. Ron knew she was lacking anything on her top by just glancing at her bare shoulders. Harry himself was just wearing his boxers.
"Ron, close the hangings." Rhia hissed. Ron let go and turned around. He felt suddenly awake and alert. Harry pulled on his trousers and stood next to Ron.
"Tell anyone and I'll kill you." Harry said.
"Don't worry mate" Ron said. Harry looked at Ron slightly amused. Ron looked slightly shell shocked. Harry smirked at Ron's expression as he went to the bathroom.
"Don't worry everyone, we can beat Slytherin. Just do what we practiced and we've got the cup in the bag." Harry said to the Gryffindor Quidditch team as they lined up to go out into the heavy rain to play Slytherin.
"I hope we'll be able to actually see the quaffle." Ginny said as she looked into the heavy rain. Katie frowned slightly.
"I'm more worried about our beaters." Rhia said looking at the beaters. They were having a mock swordfight with their bats. Rhia looked at Ginny uncertainly.
"Just concentrate on winning." Harry said. Madam Hooch came and told them to get outside to play. Rhia and Harry hung back slightly.
"Good luck." Rhia said before giving Harry a quick kiss.
"Watch out for the bludgers." Harry told Rhia.
"Don't worry about me." Rhia said. She grabbed her broom and went into the rain. Harry followed her and walked to Malfoy. They shook hands quickly at Madam Hooch's order and got ready to play. Once the balls were released the game progressed quickly. Neither the Slytherins or Gryffindors seemed to have any trouble trying to see the Quaffle. Harry watched briefly as Ginny caught he quaffle and darted for the goals. She wove in and out of players and was about to try and get a goal when a bludger hit her in the side of the face. Ginny drifted to the side and dropped the quaffle to Rhia who was directly under her. Rhia threw the quaffle and scored a goal. She turned to Ginny who had blood coming out of her mouth.
"Ginny!" Rhia called. She flew to Ginny. Ginny looked slightly pale and touched her chin. She winced and gave a short cry of pain as she did. Rhia looked up at Harry and indicated for him to call a time out. Harry called for a time out and Rhia flew to the ground with Ginny.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked as he landed by their side. Ron flew over as well and looked at Ginny. His face went suddenly red and he looked in the sky at the Slytherin Beaters. The Slytherins looked rather smug with themselves. Harry put a hand on Ron's shoulder to restrain him. Rhia looked at Ginny concerned.
"Jaw boken" Ginny said painfully.
"Do you want to go to the hospital wing?" Harry asked. Ginny looked up at the Slytherins.
"No, keep paying, show dem" Ginny said. She found it difficult to form the words with her broken jaw and it was obviously painful but she wasn't about to let the slytherins beat her. Ginny mounted her broom and flew in the air.
"Watch her" Harry whispered to Rhia. She nodded and followed Ginny into the air. Harry and Ron went up after and the game carried on. Ron suddenly had a vengeance against all the Slytherins again and tried to block every goal a bit too enthusiastically. He missed quite a few and soon the Slytherins were beating the Gryffindors. Harry was become more and more frustrated as they did. He would catch that snitch before Malfoy. Harry looked in the rain for the snitch. There was a clap of thunder and Harry just caught the light reflecting off the tiny snitch. Harry smirked and shot after it. The rain hit him like bullets he was going so fast. A bludger missed him by millimetres and he was easily outdoing Malfoy. He was at the snitch within seconds and held it in his hands. He grinned and looked down. A Slytherin beater hit a bludger and it appeared to be going at Harry at first but it suddenly changed direction and hit Rhia in the back and knocked her off her broom.
"RHIA!" Harry shouted. Katie had caught her moments after she fell off her broom and Harry glared at the Slytherin beater. He kept the snitch in his hand and flew at the beater. The beater was laughing and turned to see Harry coming at him. Harry went into him and they both tumbled out of the air and onto the ground. Harry got to his feet and was about to turn to the beater when someone held him down.
"Don't do anything stupid." Hissed Rhia in his ear. Harry turned in the mud and looked up at Rhia. She looked at the beater with a look of hate before helping Harry up. They had won the match but it didn't feel like it to Harry. He pulled Rhia into his arms and held her tightly. She put her head on his chest and smiled to herself. She loved it when Harry felt protective over her. It reassured her that he still loved her.
A/N:-Sorry for not updating for aaaages, i've kinda lost the flow for this story and I'm incredibly busy. I have 10 weeks before my exams start so i've been doing a lot of work. These exams will determine whether i'll be getting into Uni or not, and i think some of you may know...I REALLY wanna go to uni. Also been busy with birthday celebrations that seem to have lasted for about 2 weeks, at my friends requests. Anyway, to summerise this chapter, Emma tempted by dark side again (aka MAlfoy), did you really think i'd kill Rhia? lol and the match that i loved to write. Ginny is coooool