(Emily's story)

Hey guys! I am going to write as much as I can, but softball is in full tilt, so my free time as now come down to a minimum. I will try my hardest to get my chapters in though, because I love writing my story. I hope you like it too!

I do not own any of these characters (except Alana) but I would think by now you would know that...

--------Chapter 5--------

They were gaping open-mouthed at her after she finished telling them the story. "See, nothing to worry about," she said trying to stay cheerful for them.

"You can't be serious," Ron exclaimed "Some weird guy from Durmstrang is after you and you say there is nothing to worry about!"

"Shhh!"Alana looked around, seeing all of the people sitting around the common room staring at them, wondering what they were talking about. Ron slumped in the chair, his face turning red. "Let's not tell the whole school about this okay Ron?" Alana said. "I don't want people looking at me more than they already do."

"But Durmstrang is an evil school!" Ron continued in a harsh whisper. "That's where most of You Know Who's supporters come from!"

Alana looked at him and said,"I'm not afraid." And with that, she told them good night and hurried up to bed. Ginny passed her on the stairs and saw how upset she was. It tore her up seeing one of her new friends upset. She wanted to find out who caused this and give them hell for it. Ginny went back downstairs to find out the whole story.

Alana saw in her dream a huge study with millions of books all around. The room seemed very midieval.She wondered why on earth she was dreaming about books, but then a man came into the room.

He had on a long blue robe and had a long white beard. "He reminds me of the headmaster," she thought and watched as he walked up to her.

"My daughter," he started, giving her a great warm smile. She looked at him in complete and utter shock."I'm so glad I've finally been able to tell you. It's been a pain to keep it a secret, but sense they know now, there is no point in keeping it from you."

"M...Merlin? You're my father?"Alana asked dumbstruck."But you're old! There's no way..." Merlin chuckled at her disbelief. "Well I didn't think I looked that old... Now, my daughter, I am going to prove to you how I am your father." He settled into one of the old-fashioned chairs and Alana sat down in another.

"When I was about twenty-six, I was offered a job to the king to help protect his castle and kingdom. I was given access to anything you can think of, spells, potions,whatever I needed to continue my research. One day, I was trying to figure out how to make a potion that inables you to see whatever you would like from the future."

He conjured himself andAlana a cup of tea and took a sip before continuing.

"I'm not sure how it happened exactly, but the potion exploded and I ended up here about seventeen years ago. I found your mother, who is the most wonderful person I have ever met. We stayed in a cabin up in the mountains and fell deeply in love. And one day, after being together for a little less than a year, I was suddenly transported back into my own time and I could never figure out how to get back to her..."

He took another sip of his tea.

" The potion had a strange affect on me and now that I have figured it out, I can come to you in your dreams. But you are the only one I am able to visit. It seems we are connected in some way, but I haven't figured out exactly why."

"So, you really are my father..."Alana said slowly. It hadn't hit her yet that one of the most powerful wizards of all times was her dad. "Is that why I have these strange powers?" She asked, holding out her hands to show them glowing.

"Yes it is, and after your mother died," he sighed deeply," I knew I had to see you. I knew you would be found out sooner or later, so I had to come and warn you."

"Yes, you saved me from the deatheaters, but my grandfather didn't make it and Abby..."Alana was on the verge of tears. "We were going to leave that day, after packing all our belongings and getting everything set..."

"It's alright, my daughter, I already know. I am deeply sorry for what you have been through. I only wish I could have been there for you." They sat in silence for a few minutes, while Alana tried to calm down and finish up her tea. She finally spoke up again.

"I can't believe I have a father, especially that it's you...I have so many questions for you! What do I have to do with some prophecy? What are all of the powers that you have? Did I inherit them all? If me and Abby are twins, why didn't she get her powers too? Why..."

"There is something interrupting our connection. I will come to you later with answers, but for the prophecy I suggest Dumbledore with know." And with that, he was gone, and a blackness filled everything around her with dispair. "Father!"Alana screamed, but there was no answer.

Alana's dreams were now tainted with an unknown presence lurking through her thoughts. She tried to find it, but everywhere she ran, it would only turn into darkness.

She felt dizzy, as if a whirlwind had picked her up and was spinning her round. She cried out, and her yells echoed as if in a deep cave. Then the menacing laugh she had heard in her dreams before rang out and vibrated her whole body.

"It is fun playing games with you," a young mans voice spoke, "but now, the games are over. The real fun begins... very soon."

She shot out of bed, ready to attack anything out of the ordinary. The enchanted clock on her bedside table told her it was 5:49. She heard Lavender snoring, and the shower running for probably Hermione, whose singing was softly filling the room. Man, did that girl get up early or what?

Alana looked out the window at the early morning mist hovered over the castle in a loomy kind of depressing way. Then, everything from last night came back to her in full force.

Anger built up inside of her and she had to concentrate to not let it get the better of her. Pansyis going to wish she had never planned to mess with me! She thought.

Then she remembered, her father! Alana's talk with Merlin ran through her head and she was upset that it was cut off so short. She sighed heavily and looked back at the clock. Once she was up, nothing could get her back to sleep.

She got out her new robes from her trunk and put them on. "Thank you Professor McGonagall for picking these up for me at Hogsmeade," she thought, glad they actually fit her.She picked up some of her books and remembered the assignments she had been given.

"I can at least get some of my homework done," she contended, heading down the stairs to sit on her favorite chair by the blazing fireplace only to find that it was already preoccupied.

"Ginny?"Alana asked, looking over the sleeping girl, who had fallen asleep in one of her class books.

"Huh?" Ginny grumbled sleepily,opening one eye and seeing Alana hovering over her. "Wait, oh no! I can't believe I fell asleep in the common room again!"

Alana chuckled. "Go back to sleep Ginny, it's too early anyways. I just umm... needed to do some homework."

Ginny looked at her as if uncertain, but then laughed. "I couldn't go back to sleep if I wanted to. Once I am awake, there is nothing that will put me back to sleep."

"That's the same for me,"Alana agreed.

Ginny noticed her tense up for a second, and asked her what was wrong. Alana shook it off, but Ginny looked her in the eyes and asked her again.

Ginny's eyes were a deep blue with a gloss of a vibrant red that suited her hair perfectly. There was also trust and honesty that filled them up, and Alana knew she could tell Ginny anything.

"Well I guess Harry told you everything about last night...,"Alana started, and Ginny nodded slowly. "Well I hate it! I hate everything that is happening and wish I had never found out who..." She stopped short. She had almost let out about Merlin being her father.The secret that has all these people coming after her.

A single tear slid down Alana's soft cheek. " I'm...scared for my sister. I, I don't know if she is even still alive or not..." A single tear slid down Alana's soft cheek.

Ginny put down the book that was in her hands and put her arm around Alana.

"Alana, I want you to always know that I am here for you no matter what," Ginny said reassuringly.

Alana looked up at her and gave her a small smile. "Thank you, Ginny. You have been so wonderful to me. And Harry too. I hope that we can become really good friends."

"We already are," Ginny said, and both of them grinned.

They talked for a while in the cozy silence of the common room, until a couple of students came down to go to breakfast.

"Should we wait for everyone before going?"Alana asked.

"Nah, I think they will be fine without us." Ginny smirked and they walked down to breakfast together.

There weren't many students at breakfast because it was so early, but, "the less the better," thought Alana.

Of the few students there, Draco was one of them. He beamed when he saw Alana, and her stomach did a flip. "That's odd," she thought. "Why would I be happy to see Draco?"

"Who's he smiling at, because it definitely wouldn't be me," Ginny said, looking at Alana with a wicked grin on her face as they sat down.

"Okay talk."

"What do you mean?"Alana said innocently.

"Oh don't give me that!" Ginny barked. "You too have been staring at eachother ever since you got here!"

"No we haven't..." But when she thought about it, yeah, she sort of has been staring at him.

"Okay, maybe I've looked at him a couple of times, but that doesn't mean I like him or anything. We are just friends, and anyways, Harry and Draco hate eachother..." Then bells went off in her head. They were enemies, both top in the school,... she finally found the ones she had been looking for.

She stood up abruptly. "I have to see the headmaster."

At that moment, Harry and the gang walked in the Great Hall and sat down right by where her and Ginny had been sitting. Harry gave Ginny a quick kiss, and Alana noticed Ron staring at Hermione with a dreamy look on his face.

"Ginny we definitely have some things to talk about later,"Alana said, as she started to leave the table.

"Alana," Harry said in a quiet tone," you remember what Dumbledore said. We have to stick together. I don't want anything to happen to you and neither does anybody else."

"I know, but I have to talk to the headmaster." Harry stood up. "Well then I'm going too. I'll eat afterwards."Alana gave him a reproachful look, but then agreed.

They headed to Dumbledore's office and as they approached it, the gargoyle winked at her yet again and moved out of the way.

"Wha..," Harry started, but Alana was already halfway through the office, walking towards the headmaster. "Oh hello, Miss Alana," Dumbledore said sweetly. "Headmaster," she started," I'm ready to tell you the whole story. Everything." Dumbledore looked at her surprised. "May I ask why you have decided to tell me now?" "I found out last night the last detail I needed. After I tell you, you can tell me what you know. Merlin told me you would know about the prophecy and that you would tell me what it meant."

"Which prophecy?" Dumbledore asked his curiousity growing. Just then the bell rang. "Oh no!" Harry said. "Alana we both have potions!"

"Headmaster, we will talk tonight if that is okay." Alana said, as she was being pulled by Harry out the door. "Of course, let's say eight o'clock?"

"Yes that's fine!"Alana bellowed through the door as Harry made her break into a run.

They entered the dungeons just in time for Snape to walk in the door. "Hmm, it seems you two had better things to do that to get to my class, is that right? Well 20 points from Gryffindor for each of you. Now SIT!"

Harry and Alana slid into two seats in the farthest seats they could get. Neither of them were in the mood for Snape right now.

"So class, now that all of you managed to show up," he glared at the two in the back. "I hope you managed to finish the essay I assigned about the Moonstones and its effects in potion making. I have been told that you also have to learn how to make the following potions:the Truth potion, the Love potion, and the InnerStrength potion. Now I will be assigning you into groups of three to work on this, but of course, it will not be putting your best friends in your groups."

He stared at Harry and Ron with an evil grin. "Yes, I think it will be easier to concentrate if there aren't as many distractions."

Snape then pointed his wand in front of him, and a slip of paper, about the size of a matchbox, appeared in front of every person in the class.

"On the paper you will read the names of your fellow classmates that you will be working with for the next month or so."

Alana looked at her paper and read the names Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy.

"This is going to be ALOT of fun," she thought looking at both Harry and Draco's faces when they read eachothers names. They looked like they were having some kind of glaring contest, and she walked in between them both.

"You are both going to have to work together for a whole month, so you had better get used to it," she said as they finally stopped their childish behavior, and sat down at a table to start reading up on the Truth potion.

"I can't believe I was stuck with Potter of all people," Draco sighed. "This is almost as bad as being stuck with Weasel or Granger."

Alana jerked her head up from her potions book. "You know, Draco, maybe if you stopped hating them, you would see that they are really nice. Other than you, Harry and them were the only ones who have really made me feel welcome in Hogwarts."

Draco looked at her doubtfully. "Well, that may be so, but my father would never..."

"You and I both know you are not your father," she interrupted. Draco, who first appeared shocked, snatched up one of the books fiercefully and ended the conversation.Alana looked at his eyes. They weren't moving, but looked thoughtful and almost sad. She knew he wasn't like his father.

The three of them studied silently til the end of class. When the bell rang, Draco sprang up and half ran out of the class.

Harry and Alana exchanged glances, and headed out of the dungeons to get to their next class, which was Charms with the Hufflepuffs, who, by Alana's opinion, were a much better bunch than the Slytherins.

Alana shivered. "It's like -5 degrees down there. No wonder Snape is so cold. The dungeons are always freezing!"

Ron let out a snort, and Hermione looked at him disgusted, but then let out a very girly giggle. "Oh yeah,"Alana thought. " They definitely fancy eachother."

She walked to Charms in silence, thinking over what happened in Potions.

"I wonder why he acts like that?" she pondered to herself, taking her seat in the Charms classroom. "I know Draco's mean to Harry and I know about his family and all, but he's so different than them, especially his father."

She shook her head with shivers going down her spine. How could she ever forget Lucious Malfoy?

"Today class," began Professor Flitwick, "we will be making all of these difference fruits... dance!" Everyone in the class was bursting out laughing after he said this.

Alana looked at her pinapple, wanting to eat it rather than make it tap dance.

She grabbed her "wand" from her bag. There were splinters sticking out of it, and it was looking more like a stick than a magic wand. "Oh well, that can't be helped right now. And anyways, no one is going to be studying my wand."

She again performed her waving her "wand" foolishly and her left hand glowing underneath. Her pinapple was the star of the classroom. Hermione's orange made a very good dance partner and even Flitwick was enjoying the show.

"My my! This is the first time I have seen someone do that! Now, that was a show!" He gave 10 points to Gryffindor, and Hermione and Alana grinned triumphantly at one another.

"How fun was that!" Hermione exclaimed, sitting down beside her at lunch. "I mean, who would have thought we would be making fruit dance as a class assignment?"

Alana saw Harry and Ginny talking in whispers to eachother, and she thought about Draco. "What if I do like him?" she thought.

She couldn't help it; she stole a glance at the Slytherin table, only to see Draco stealing a glance back at her. She blinked, then mouthed to him, "I'm sorry for this morning."

He gave a short nod, but then mouthed back, "I need to talk to you later," and he looked back at his plate.

Alana gave a big sigh, and then remembered about needing to talk to Ginny. Thankfully, Ginny was right across from her and Hermione was in a deep conversation with Ron at the moment.

"Hey Ginny," she said leaning into the table. Ginny leaned forword also and gave her a questioning stare. "Haven't you noticed something between Hermione and your brother?"

"Oh that." Ginny laughed. "They have been like that since my first year here. They both are madly in love, but are too stubborn to admit it."

Alana smiled mischievously, and Ginny caught on quickly. "I say we play a little matchmaker." Ginny looked at her brother and then Hermione, and said, " Let's do this. It's been long enough for them to catch on. If they haven't now, we should give them a little push in the right direction."

Alana had a free period, and wanted to go to the library to do more research on her father."Hermione, will you go to the library with me? I, I have to finish some reading for Professor Binns."

"Of course!" Hermione answered." I have to go there anyways. I wanted to look up something about that InnerStrength potion we have to make."

They headed down to the library and Alana quickly went to the section on Medieval Witches and Wizards. She found a very promising book called, "Merlin, the Wizard of the Round Table", and she sat down at the nearing table reading rapidly through the think, yellowing book.

"Alana."

She looked up from her reading and saw Draco standing beside her looking nervous. " I, I'm sorry for acting the way I did in potions," he stammered, peering at her through his dazzling blue eyes.

"Don't be," she said softly, taking his hand and giving it a squeeze.

He sat down next to her, and took in a deep breath. " The reason I was like that... I don't want to be like my father. Harry just pisses me off sometimes, him and his golden trio." Draco snorted. " Alana, I hate my father. He only cares for himself. If you could see the way he treats my mom..." He broke off, staring at the floor.

"Draco, your not like him, and you never will be,"Alana said soothingly. She put her arm around him and he smiled at her.

" You know, you are the first person who has ever told me that."

"But I also know that it's true."

Alana looked at Hermione, who was getting up from her table. "I have to go," Alana said when Hermione walked over. Draco nodded and gave her a big hug. "Hello Granger," he said to Hermione, then walked swiftly out of the library.

"What was that all about?" Hermione inquired, butAlana said, "It was nothing. Draco is just going through a tough time right now."

Alana was bothered by the thought of Saturday, which was only two days away. Every time she saw Pansy in the hallways, she would glare at her, almost daring her to try something. Pansy would smile sweetly, but the evil glint in her eyes couldn't be covered.

"I wonder what they are going to try," she thought. "And what does that Durmstrang guy want with me? I wonder if it has anything to do with that prophecy thing..."

She had been pondering all the way up to the Gryffindor common room, where her and Ginny were going to work their plan. " It's all set," Ginny said. " I'll go get Ron, you get Hermione."

Alana told Hermione that she needed her help in the common room. Hermione came down just as Ron was walking down with Ginny.

"What's..." Ron started, but he was cut off as Ginny and Alana shoved them both in a small closet. Ginny yelled at them," You can't magic yourself out, I put a charm on it and only I can take it off. We want you two to finally figure out that you are meant for eachother and you aren't coming out until you do!"

Ginny walked up the stairs laughing histerically. Alana got Harry and together they went to Dumbledore's office.

About halfway to the headmaster's office, they met up with Blaise.Alana groaned inwardly, when he stopped right in front of her. "Hello again, Alana," he said sweetly. "I was hoping you would be interested in going with me to Hogsmeade in two weeks."

Alana choked back a laugh and said," Ohh, Hogsmeade. Sorry, but I was planning on going with a group of people to go shopping." He smirked at her. "You can't keep turning me down, you know. You don't know what you are missing."

"Don't worry about that. I don't want to know," she said turning to leave. "You should try your luck with another girl."

"We aren't finished yet, Alana," he said quietly, hurrying off. They finally reached the office, and once again, the gargoyle leaped up when he eyedAlana and moved to let her through.

"You know you will be explaining that later, don't you?" Harry told her. "I would tell you if I knew, but I don't." she said, walking to the headmaster's desk.

"Ahh, Miss Alana, Mr. Potter, I'm glad you could make it. Are you ready to tell me your story?" he asked Alana, ushering them both down to sit in the two chairs. "Yes I am." She took a deep breath.

"Oh and by the way, I'm missing a detention for Snape right now, so maybe you talk to him for me?"Alana looked at him pleadingly. "I will see what I can do," Dumbledore said, a smile playing on his lips. And Alana began her story...

REVIEW

Well if any of you are confused about Alana's family here it is...

Alana's mother met Merlin while she was on a trip in the mountains. Merlin, who messed up a potions experiment, was brought to the future. They lived together for 1 1/2 years and when Alana's mother had become pregnant with Alana and her sister, Abby, Merlin was brought back to his own time and couldn't find a way back. Alana lived with her mother, grandfather, grandmother, and sister in a small house, because they didn't have much money. Her whole family was magical, but she was the only one to inherit Merlin's magic.

Her mother had to remarry a man who was a muggle because she couldn't support her family financially. He was very abusive and Alana and Abby both hated him. When Alana's mother died when she was 15, her stepfather left the same day. Less than a year later, Merlin contacted Alana, telling her the message to the headmaster and hinting about her powers. The reason he can only talk to her is because they are connected by their powers. This is the reason that the death eaters are after her; because she is a desendant of Merlin. The question is though, how did they find out...?

Read and review please!!! I hope this maybe helps clear some things up. tell me if anything is confusing you and I will gladly help explain it.

-Emily-