(Emily's story)

Hey everyone! I hope you like my story! Please review! I want to know what you think! Oh and by the way, if ya'll like humor stories or DMHG stories, you should read my sister's story, Falling for a Mudblood Star. It's cute. I like it.

By the way, I own none of the characters except forAlana but I think you all already knew that... or at least I hope you did.

----------Chapter 4-----------

A month had passed sinceAlana appeared at the Hogwarts gates. She was fitting in nicely, forming friendships with many students, especially with Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.Alana was enjoying every minute she spent at Hogwarts and was excelling in her classes. She wasn't up to Hermione's standards, but she wasn't far off.

Actually, right at this moment,Alana wasn't feeling all happy and joyful. She was positively fuming. She had been in potions class and Pansy thought it would be funny to throw a dungbomb into her potion. Of course, the potion exploded, showering the whole class with it's green liquid. Everyone who had been hit started to grow nasty blisters and their skin became raw.

Professor Snape performed a spell that made everyone's skin back to normal. He glared into Alana's cauldron and then glared at her. "It seems MissAlana thinks it would be funny to disrupt the whole class with her little jokes, doesn't she," Snape hissed. "But I didn..." She started, but it was futile. "You will see me after class," was all he said and then returned to his desk.

When the bell rang, she stayed seated while everyone else filed out. Hermione gave her a sad look and Harry whispered, "Don't worry, we know it wasn't you. He is just biased to every student who isn't in Slytherin." They all walked out, leaving her behind to be punished for something she didn't do.

"How unfair is he?" She thought crossly. "I can't believe he didn't get mad at Pansy; I know he saw her put that dungbomb in my cauldron. And why is he always watching me?"

Professor Snape then finished whatever he had been writing on his desk, and came over to where she was seated. "I told you your first day here that I would not tolerate any misbehaviors in my class." He spoke softly but she caught every word. "But I..." she started, but he waved her off. " I do not want to here excuses. You will be here tomorrow night at eight o'clock for detention. Do not be late." When he dismissed her, she flung her bag over her shoulder and she walked briskly out of the room with her fists shaking.

Alanawas in such a bad mood walking back to the common room, she accidently blasted one of the suits of armor across the whole corridor.

She ran into the common room, threw her things on her bed, and then went straight to dinner.

She was so angry at dinner, she couldn't focus on anything that she was doing. The result of that was her table's silverware kept shaking and Snape's plate shook all the food it had onto his robes.

"I definitely need to get my mind off of things," she thought, while shaking her glowing hands to make them stop. "And I know just the thing."

Alanaleft dinner andwalked out on the grounds. She checked to see ifit was dark enough and that no one was around. She silently called the wind and let it pick her up off the ground. "I love flying." she sighed contently, floating over the moonlight reflecting lake. She remembered her grandfather telling her that she had inherited it from her father.

"Grandfather, why can I fly?"Alana asked him after she had taken her nighttime flight in the clouds around her neighborhood."You take very much after your father."

"My father!" I shrieked. "Where is he? Why have I never met him? When is he ever going to come see me?" Her grandfather wrapped her in a tight hug. "He is very busy, but I know he will come and see you someday."

Alanascowled. "He hasn't come to see me and I'm nine!" She looked at her grandfather sadly. "Does he not want me?" "Of course he does. He will come to you when you are ready to see him," he answered sweetly.

Just then Alana's mother, Jillian,came through the door. Her mother shooed her out, andAlana pressed her ear to the door to hear what they were saying. It seemed though she didn't need to.

"What were you thinking!" her mother screamed."She can't ever be told who he is or she will be in danger! Don't you see? They will come after her if they know who her father is. If they find out that, they will know she is part of the prophecy!"

alanahad always wondered what her mother had meant, but when she asked her grandfather about it, he quickly shut his mouth. It seemed he took her mother's lecture seriously.

She heard voices shouting, and she headed in that direction. She sensed seven students flying around the quidditch pitch and she remembered that Draco had practice.

Alanadrifted as close as she dared to try a glimpse him. She heard the captain yelling his head off at the team, and the team grumbling.Alana chuckled to herself and headed back toward the castle.

She stopped at one of the towers when she heard her name. She followed the voice and found inside a window about five Slytherin girls in a deep conversation.

"Yes, he said he wants her," Pansy was telling the group. "The boys won't help us because they are too busy ogling at her. She's not even that pretty."

"Why does he want her?" Millicent asked. "I thought he was going to pick one of us!"

"Ohh he is so gorgeous! Why didn't he come to Hogwarts, rather than Durmstrang," a pudgy black-haired girl said dreamily.

"I don't know why he wants her, but it's definitely not about that. I am expecting him to choose me anyhow," Pansy said confidently.

"Why would he choose you over me!" another girl bellowed. "I'm so much smarter than you are!"

"Yes," Pansy said evily," but I am so much prettier than all of you. That's why he is going to want to marry me."

"Well what are we going to do about Alana?" Millicent said trying to change the subject and stop the quarreling.Alana was startled to hear that they were talking about her. "I wonder why?" she thought.

Pansy answered this with a sneer that was competitive to one of Draco's. "I think we are going togo with our planon Saturday, so it gives us three days to prepare." She laughed maliciously. "She will never figure out our great plan until it is too late."

Alanazoomed toward the ground, landing much harder than she had intended and making her knees give out. She gingerly picked herself off the hard ground and headed back as fast as she could into the castle and toward Professor Dumbledore's office.

She sprinted to the gargoyle, which winked at her and sprang out of the way. "That was weird," she thought but, remembering why she was there, she let it go and bursted into the office.

"Well Miss Alana, I think this is the second time you have come in on our meetings," Dumbledore said as Harry turned around in his chair and gaveAlana a warm smile. I'm sorry professor, I didn't mean to interrupt."

"That's quite alright, we were almost finished anyways. Now why were you so anxious to see me?And how, may I ask, have you gotten in here without the password?"

" I am here because I overheard some Slytherin girls talking," she stated," about me." She knew it wouldn't be smart to answer the second question. Especially because she had no idea either. "Oh, and what were they saying?"

"That some guy from Durmstrang, I didn't catch the name, wanted me but they didn't know why. Then they were talking about how they all wanted to marry him or something. Pansy said the girls were going to be the ones to get me because none of the guys would. She also said that they were going to do it on this Saturday."

"I don't know what to do, but I know I can take them!"she said but Harry saw her face flickered with doubt. Harry stood up and put his arm around her.

"It's okay, I promise nothing is going to happen to you." She looked up at him expectantly, and then turned her gaze back at the headmaster.

"Now, Alana," inquired the professor," do you know which girls were there?"

"The only ones I knew were Pansy and Millicent. All the others much be in different years, because I have never seen them before."

She saw that the headmaster was deep in thought. "I don't know what they are planning, but I know it won't work.They'll know soon enough that they are messing with the wrong girl!"Alana shouted, her hands in fists.

"That may be, but I don't want to be taking any chances with this. I want you to be careful for now on. I will inform all of the teachers about this, and Harry, I would like for you and your friends to stay withAlana at all times until after this weekend. Alana, you are not to go off anywhere without them, understood. We do not know who we can trust right now. Harry, you should go with her back to the common room. We can continue this tomorrow night, same time."

Alananodded quickly and left with Harry to head back to the common room. "Oh, I hate it when people treat me like I'm fragile or something!" She screamed suddenly, startling Harry. " I mean, I've been through so much, but no, it doesn't matter does it?"

Harry madeAlana turn to look at him. "I know, Alana. I know exactly how you feel. They have treated me like that ever since I got here. They think I am weak and scared because Lord Voldemort is after me." Harry was surprised that she didn't flinch at the sound of the name. "I've just learned to deal with it. When the time comes, we both will be able to prove ourselves stronger than we look."

"Yeah I guess you're right," she said, smiling at him. "Thanks Harry." "No problem," he said giving her a big hug.Alana walked into the common room feeling much better about everything.

Ron was playing Seamus in an intense game of chess and Hermione was watching very closely, almost as if she was trying to get tips. "Hey guys,"Alana said as she sat down on the couch beside them. "Hi," said Ron and Seamus quickly, not removing their eyes from the game.

Hermione rolled her eyes and then greeted her warmly. "Hey Alana, I haven't seen you since potions. Where'd you go?"

"Long story," she said, looking at Harry as he said down in one of the fluffy chairs across from her. "Yeah, we'll fill you in later when I can tell both you and Ron. I don't want to have to say it all twice."Alana laughed, as Hermione pulled Ron from his game toward her.

"Hey, wha.. I wasn't finished. This isn't over Seamus!" Ron yelled, as Seamus walked up the stairs toward the dormitories chuckling.

"What was so important that you had to stop my game!" Ron said loudly to Hermione. "Oh for heaven's sake Ron, there are much more important things than your little chess game."

"Ahem,"Alana said stopping the little argument. "Okay here's the story..."

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-Emily