Hermione watches the exchange of words, silently. "Wait a minute. Harry do you know who Emma is?" She narrows her eyes.
Harry looks to Hermione forgetting that she was even there. "No. I only met her right now. And she looks like that greasy git." He points to Snape. His hand is shaking.
Snape stands eerily calm. "A month of detention and the suspension of your prefect status. Please hand over your badge." His voice is cold.
Harry raises his chin, challengingly. Then a smirk forms on his lips. He plucks the badge off his robe and drops it into Snape's outstretched hand. "I bet you couldn't wait until I messed up. Go ahead then. Gloat. Because I sure in hell won't stick around for it." He pushes passed the Potion Master and heads up the stairs with Hermione following behind him.
Severus looks down at the shining silver badge in his hand. The shine could only be coming from polish. He did have the urge to gloat if only he didn't have a sinking feeling in his stomach. He had never seen Ha..Potter so angry before. "Come along, Emma. You shall be staying with the headmaster until other arrangements have been worked out." He helps the child off the chair and escorts her back to the headmasters office.
Dumbledore smiles when Severus and Emma return. "Did you both have a nice meal?" His eyes sparkle.
Severus unclenched his hand and lets the prefect badge fall onto the headmasters desk. "I have suspended Potter's prefect duties and he will be serving a month worth of detentions with me." He says in his usual voice.
Dumbledore's eyes soon lose their sparkle and he lets out shaky sigh. "I do not understand why Lily and James would do such a thing to Harry. Then to expect him to accept Emma with open arms." He shakes his head sadly. "The boy has been a lot. He didn't even have a childhood. He had to grow up along time ago."
Snape shifts uncomfortably. "I will not defend James but I will say that Lily would only want the best for any child of hers. But I do not see how abandoning one to have another would be anything near the best for a child."
Dumbledore looks at the child who was now asleep on one of his office chairs. "I fear that this may of pushed Harry over the edge. I have kept him anchored since Sirius's death but I fear that will not be enough."
Severus excuses himself and heads down towards the dungeons. He hears something that sounds like arguing and stops to listen.
Harry glares at Hermione and he shifts his firebolt from one hand to the other. "This is not your decision Mione This is my life. If I want to leave no one can stop me."
Hermione crosses her arms stubbornly over her chest. "If you go, I go. I will not lose you, Harry. I've already lost Ron. Don't make me go through the pain again."
Harry snorts. "My parents are alive. They gave me up to live in hell while they live their lives with a new kid. Emma is my sister but I will not care for the favored child. She got everything I've ever wanted. I would give up the damn scar on my forehead to have parents. I would give up magic if it meant I could feel the love that parents give their children. I was locked in the cupboard under the stairs until I got my Hogwarts letter. Only then did my Aunt and Uncle give me Dudley's extra room. I grew up believing that my parents were killed in a car accident and I have the unfortunate fate of living. I grew up being treated like some unwanted pet rather than a boy. Then I find out that my godfather is alive but on the run because he is accused of killing my parents." He takes a deep breath before continuing. "My life was finally looking up. I was apart of a family. It may of been small but it was there. Then that greasy haired git couldn't put his hatred for my father aside to teach me something that could of saved Sirius. My whole life was ripped away from me that night. I lost my family all over again. Not only did I lose Sirius I lost Remus too. I haven't heard from him since the summer after Sirius's death. I don't want to be here any longer. It's not worth it. The pain I'm feeling ain't worth it." He says sadly.
Hermione draws Harry into a tight hug. "Then I'm coming with you. I will not let you do this alone. I love you Harry and I will help you through this." She rubs his back, soothingly.
Harry hugs her back, tightly. "I love you to Mione I always have and always will. But I can't let you throw your life away. You're the top stupid in the entire school. Your life is set and I can't mess it up..." He is cut off as Hermione presses her lips to his.
She pulls back from the kiss and looks him in the eye. "Being top student means nothing if your not around. You could never mess my life up. You've made it better. What your parents did is unforgivable. And I understand that you need time to adjust. But your stuck with me. We've got almost seven months of school left. So we've got time." She offers him a small smile.
He interlaces their fingers together and smiles. "Thanks." He then pushes the large front doors open and steps outside into the cool night. He pulls his cloak tighter and feels Hermione doing the same thing. He mounts his broom and makes Hermione mount in front of him so he can hold onto her. He kicks off and they soar into the sky and disappear.
Severus steps out of the shadows and watches as the young couple disappears from sight. Dumbledore wasn't going to be to happy about this but he had faith in Ms. Granger to keep Potter's head level. "Merlin help them." He whispers and continues to the dungeons where he begins to work on a potion that he had been meaning to try.