Emily and Harry Potter

by theShadowhuntressNymph

Emily and Harry Potter are twins, while one grows up in the House of Lions and accepted by a family of red heads, the other grows up in the House of Snakes welcomed by a very blonde family. Both dream of different futures but if either wishes to have one at all they must learn to work together to overcome the deadly obstacles in their way.

44. First

44

*warning: there is a lemon at the end of this chapter which has now been updated*

"Miss Potter, can I have a word?"

Turning Emily noticed Professor Lupin was coming down the stairs into the Entrance Hall and looking right at her. Having just gotten back from Hogsmeade Cedric was still by her side and the witch could feel Draco come up behind her. She looked oddly at the professor who up until this point had seemed determined to keep his distance from her.

"It will only be for a moment," he offered, clearly sensing her hesitancy. "Then you can go back to spending the evening with your friends."

"Go ahead, I'll wait by the stairs," Cedric offered slightly pushing her towards the teacher.

"There's no need, I'll wait for her," Draco cut in. "I can make sure she gets back to the dungeons."

There was a tense stance between the boys and Emily wasn't certain why it mattered who waited for her, she was more curious as to why the professor wanted to speak to her. Deciding she better hurry up as people were starting to stare at the small group, she turned to her boyfriend and put her hand on his chest. "Ced, Draco's right, he can wait for me. Weren't you supposed to meet with your team anyway?"

The boy nodded and looked over at Professor Lupin before turning back to his girlfriend, "I'll see you in the morning at breakfast."

"Of course," with a quick peck on the lips the boy took off rather quickly towards his dorm.

"I won't bother her for long," Lupin informed Draco, motioning for Emily to follow him outside. The pair walked over to the side of the courtyard and both looked out over the grounds from the stone arches that protected them. "I suppose this seems odd, me requesting to speak to you."

Emily didn't answer, nor did she look in the man's direction. If he was just some random professor she might have found it odd that he requested to speak with her but in fact what she found off, was that he hadn't requested it sooner. This man was supposed to have been close to her parents and had even spent his time teaching Harry private lessons but he had yet to approach her.

"Maybe Severus or the Malfoys told you, but I was a friend of your parents', particularly your father." When Emily didn't react the man kept going, "I figure this is a bit late in the year but to my own detriment you'll have to excuse my wariness. I was not prepared to come and find you and your brother on such different paths."

"Different?" the witch questioned still looking out over the grounds.

The man coughed awkwardly as he shrugged his shoulders and leaned against the stone, "I guess I always imagined the two of you being close and growing up together as Gryffindors like your parents did. It was a bit of a shock to join the staff and discover that you two seem very distant. Not to mention your affiliation with Slytherin and the Malfoys."

"And are you to warn me off them?"

The man quickly shook his head, "No, I've spoken to Dumbledore and he speaks very highly of your association with the Malfoys and your accomplishments. It's clear that having them has been of benefit to you. It was merely a mistake born out of old prejudices from my time here."

"I see."

The man smirked as he continued to watch the young witch who refused to return his gaze, "I doubt it. There are things that complicate my views on the world." Emily nodded understanding exactly what he meant but she was not about to offer that information up. "I have experienced a lot in my lifetime and holding onto prejudices is something I should know by now not to do."

Turning to look at the man for the first time Emily could see the sadness in his eyes. He looked lost in thought but all Emily wanted to do was get back inside, the conversation was going nowhere and if this was his way of apologizing it seemed a sorry excuse, "What do you want Professor?"

Lupin sighed as he took in the girl before him, "I wanted to ask you to be careful. Severus has assured the staff you can defend yourself but I have gotten to know your brother this year and he has a tendency to get into mischief, much like your father did. In fact, I just had to confiscate a rare parchment from him, of which I have no idea how he obtained it…" Lupin seemed curious but the witch had no idea what her brother had gotten into this time and merely shrugged. Acknowledging the girl clearly was unaware of what he was speaking about he continued back to his previous line of discussion. "You see, I knew Sirius Black well, he was one of the most cunning and talented wizards in our school. The spells he could cast and the magic he wielded was very strong, it was common for people to sometimes fear him or at the very least no one wanted to be his enemy, so I'm asking that you be careful. With him having been in the castle twice I worry for you and your brother."

"He seems more focused on Harry at the moment."

"That he does, but never the less you should be cautious." The witch looked unimpressed by his warning, looking back onto the grounds the man realized his words were falling on deaf ears. It was silent for a few moments before he spoke again. "You are quite close to Mr. Diggory."

"We're dating."

"So I've heard, your brother hasn't seemed to show the same interest yet. I had thought perhaps he and Miss Granger might be together but as of late they've had a falling out." Emily merely nodded not taking her eyes off the smoke she could see in the distance coming from Hagrid's hut. "How are your lessons going?"

"Well. I see no need to complain."

"Are you sure? You've seemed tired lately in my classes, I know you are working with Severus outside of school but you've already added so much more on your plate this year."

"Harry is working with you, is he not?"

"Yes, your brother and I have been working together but I have urged him to not over do it. From what I understand you and Severus are working together far more frequently then I meet with your brother. I made your brother cut back on lessons because he was wearing himself thin by trying to squeeze in his lessons with me and Quidditch on top of all his school work."

"Professor Snape would never do anything if he thought I couldn't handle it."

"I'm not saying he would, I'm merely making an observation and asking you to think about it."

"May I go?"

Lupin looked a bit disappointed but nodded his head in agreement. Emily made her way back into the castle and was instantly greeted by Draco and Severus. Emily took Draco's arm and the pair followed the older man down into the dungeons before stepping off to a side corridor very few people knew about.

"What did Lupin want?"

"To warn me about Sirius Black and to say he thinks I look worn out due to our lessons. He thinks I'm doing too much."

Severus' eyes narrowed as he examined the girl, "Are you taking on too much?"

"No, I'm fine. I would be better if people would stop asking me that or trying to tell me what they think I can handle, I'm perfectly capable of making those decisions myself."

"I expect you to be honest with me and come to me should you need to."

"I always do."

"Good, now both of you should head back to the dorms, I have a few things I need to get done to prepare for the week. Emily, I will see you later in my private lab, I think its time you did a full step for the potion on your own."

"You will really stand back and just watch?" the girl questioned. Severus was an amazing teacher but with how complex the potion was he had not yet let her prepare everything for a new stage of brewing by herself yet.

"I think you are perfectly capable of doing this step on your own. Now off with the two of you."

Emily smiled as Draco led her back towards the dorms.

0o0oo0oo0o0

Emily's confidence was starting to grow again, Severus was allowing her more freedom to prep the Wolfsbane potion on her own. He had even stepped out of the lab a few times to work on other things, proving how assured he was in her abilities.

Lupin, for his part, had not approached her again and her boyfriend Cedric seemed disappointed that she was still attending nightly lessons with the Potion Master. "I really don't see why you can't take a few nights off. Didn't Professor Lupin tell you he thought you seemed a bit worn out?"

"It's not for him to decide. Ced, I'm doing really well at the project we are working on."

"A project you won't even tell me about."

"I can't, it's a complicated potion and if I told you what it was then I would be breaking Severus' trust in me."

"What about my trust? What about us?"

"What about us?" Emily looked curiously at her other half. "I spend most of my free time with you. The only times I'm not with you are when I'm in lessons or you have practice. I'm barely able to see Draco and he's my best friend!"

Cedric looked as if he wanted to respond but something had clearly caught his attention off in the distance. Following his lead Emily looked over to the stairs leading down to the paddock where CoMC was usually held. Her brother and his friends seemed to be arguing with Theo but it was Granger who surprised her. She pushed past Harry and swung her fist, hitting Theo squarely on the nose. The group looked stunned at each other before Granger's hand pulled back again like she was going to hit the boy for a second time. Weasley was quicker than her and grabbed her from behind urging Harry with his head to move quickly. It wasn't long before the trio had vanished and Crabbe and Goyle were left staring at their leader unsure of what to do. Emily sighed, "I better go help him so Madam Pomfrey can get him fixed before his next class, unless you are any good at healing spells?"

Cedric shook his head, "I'm not wonderful with bones, if he broke something I might make it worse."

Emily nodded and turned to her boyfriend, the pair had a moment of awkwardness. Clearly, they were not going to get to finish their discussion. Finally Cedric leaned down and gave her a peck, "Go."

Nodding she hurried up the path and instructed Crabbe and Goyle to head to their next class. "We just have divination but it's a bit later," Theo mumbled.

"Fine then you two head back to the common room, I'll get him up to the Hospital Wing." The pair nodded and vanished down the tunnel that led to the dungeons leaving Emily alone with Theo.

The two Slytherins walked silently up towards the hospital wing as the boy tried to halt the bleeding as best he could. "You should tilt your head back a bit."

The boy looked at Emily slightly annoyed as he motioned at the stairs beneath them. Sighing Emily moved to guide him, "I'll help you, just try it."

Theo did as instructed and the witch lead the pair successfully to the Hospital Wing. As they entered, Madam Pomfrey came rushing out from her office and immediately took over for Emily, leading Theo over to one of the beds. "How did this happen?"

"Granger punched him."

The woman stopped what she was doing for a moment and looked over in disbelief, "That doesn't sound like her."

"I know but I saw the whole thing. Theo was at the top of the stairs that lead down to the paddock for Care of Magical Creatures, I don't know what was said but it wasn't very much and then Granger just snapped."

"I see, well I will have to inform Minerva about this event. Is there anything else you would like to add to this story Mr. Nott?"

With a quick episkey there was a sharp snapping sound as Theo's nose fixed itself and the blood stopped. Madam Promfrey vanished the blood and gave the boy a towel and bowl of water to finish cleaning himself up. "No Madam, but Granger has seemed a bit unhinged lately. We were just talking about how boring Care has gotten. We weren't attacking the Gryffindors at all."

Emily nodded at the boys statement, the muggleborn had been looking more and more disheveled as the year went on and CoMC had become so boring even she had taken to skipping the class on days that Cedric had a free period.

"Perhaps I have more to discuss with Minerva then. You are free to go when you feel ready. Thank you for bringing him up here, bones are rather complicated business. Your brother's disaster last year should be lesson enough of that."

Emily smiled at the witch and turned back to Theo, "Ready to head back down?"

"I need to get to the library to pick up a book before divination."

"Do you really need extra material for that class?"

"It's not for divination, I mostly just make up answers about seeing death omens and she gives me an O. Its actually a Charms book Professor Flitwick put on hold for me."

"I didn't realize you liked Charms so much."

Theo smile and shook his head, "I'm not Emily Potter at magic but I'm decent enough. If you tell anyone I said that…" Emily raised an eyebrow at the boy before her, who just shook his head again. "Thank you for helping me."

"Snakes stick together, have a good afternoon Theo."

"You too."

0o0oo0oo0o0

The Easter holidays were rather busier than they had been in the past two years for Emily. The teachers had assigned far more homework than she had ever seen and the entire House was abuzz with anticipation over the upcoming match between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Everyone in the castle, outside of Slytherin, was hoping for the Lions to win and take the Quidditch Cup. The Slytherins had dominated both the House and Quidditch Cups ever since Charlie Weasley had left the school and it seemed they were ready for that to change.

Things had even turned violent in the halls, people had even come to physically fighting a few times which was something most Slytherins saw as a rather muggle tactic. Needless to say, even Madam Pomfrey couldn't wait for the game to be over.

The mayhem was absurd and Emily desperately wished it was over. "I'm going to start hexing people if they don't start moving out of the way. We are going to be late."

"Its your brother's bodyguards, you'll only make it worse." Draco appeared bored as he leaned against the wall calmly waiting for the large group to pass.

"Bodyguards? Why on earth does he needs bodyguards?"

"Because us evil snakes may pop up and take him out of the running so he can't play on Saturday if they aren't careful."

"Wouldn't the smart thing to do, be to catch him when he is alone late at night and on the Friday before the match so he doesn't have time to heal? Harming him on a Tuesday does nothing, Pomfrey would have him fixed by game time."

"I know that and you know that but try explaining that to a Gryff." Draco examined the crowd and sighed. "Want to just skive off? We can go down by the lake and study, it's not like Binns is going to notice we are gone."

"Please."

0o0oo0oo0o0

"I'm using your broom," Draco announced as he fixed his hair in the mirror.

"I figured." Emily didn't much feel like getting out of bed yet and was reading while Draco got ready to head down to the Slytherin locker room.

"You'll be watching?"

"Yes, I told you I'm going to be with Daphne. Even Cedric agreed it wouldn't be the best idea for a Slytherin to sit among the Puffs right now. They've had a few trips to the Hospital Wing this week as well."

"Everyone is against us." Draco fussed with an odd hair that seemed to refuse to stay in place.

"Aren't they always, at least you'll have my broom, you'll be on equal footing with Harry."

"And everyone is going to be angrier for it."

"Is it really worth stressing over?"

"I just want to prove that I belong on this team."

Emily closed her book and sent it floating back to its spot on Draco's desk. "Clearly you're better than most, you've beat all the other seekers, even Cedric."

Draco smirked as he remembered catching the snitch before the witch's boyfriend. "That was a good day."

Rolling her eyes Emily pretended not to care as she continued, "Slytherin is 200 points up in the standings, it's obvious you belong. You just want to beat my brother."

"You have to beat the best, to be the best."

"Just go meet the team, you'll be amazing as always." Draco rolled his eyes at his best friend but moved to give her a hug. "They're serving you breakfast in the locker room right? You guys need to eat before you play."

"Yes mum," Draco quickly ducked the pillow that was thrown at him as he grabbed the Firebolt and left the room.

Emily eventually dragged herself from bed and met up with Daphne to head down to the pitch. The pair were quick to get to the stands, both giving off an air of indifference as they passed other students, neither one fancied a duel before the game. Taking their seats among the mass of green, Emily waved to Severus who had apparently passed on the teachers' section to sit with his House.

It wasn't long before Dean could be heard announcing the players for each team as they took the field. Emily had expected more booing as the Slytherins came flying onto the pitch but instead the other Houses were rather quiet.

"Word is they all thought Flint would make massive changes to the team," Daphne told the other witch, as they both applauded for their team.

"What kind of changes?" Emily was surprised she hadn't heard of this before, usually due to Cedric she knew all the gossip surrounding the Quidditch teams whether she wanted to or not.

"People thought he would go for size over talent, since he has some back ups who are rather large, in order to try and muscle Harry off his broom."

Emily rolled her eyes at the idiocy, Marcus was smarter than people gave him credit for, there was no way he would compromise a chance at a win to have the small potential at injuring Harry. In all likelihood only Draco would be able to catch him anyway, brutes on brooms or not.

"AS THEY TAKE TO THE AIR IT APPEARS THE SLYTHERIN SEEKER HAS GOTTEN HIMSELF A FIREBOLT."

Most of the crowd booed as they realized that Harry no longer had the advantage of riding the fastest broom. The game was going to be close and it made them very nervous.

"HAVING A RICH FATHER MUST BE NICE."

"JORDAN!"

"WHAT?! I'M SERIOUS."

"Isn't your dad well off?"

"YEAH BUT HE DIDN'T BUY ME A FIREBOLT."

"JORDAN, THE GAME IS BEGINNING!"

"ALL RIGHT MINNIE, AND SO GRYFFINDOR HAS POSSESION OF THE QUAFFLE. SPINNET IS GETTING CLOSE… ARGH, WHAT A NASTY INTERCEPTION BY WARRINGTON. SPINNET SEEMS TO BE RECOVERING OKAY BUT IT ISN'T LOOKING LIKE SHE CAN REPAY THE FAVOR. – OH MAN LOOK AT THAT BLUDGER WORK BY GEORGE WEASLEY… IS THAT GEORGE, IT COULD BE FRED. I CAN'T REALLY TELL FROM HERE. MATE WHICH ONE ARE YOU?!"

"MR. JORDAN THE GAME PLEASE!"

"RIGHT, SORRY MATES. JOHNSON NOW HAS THE QUAFFLE THANKS TO ONE OF THE WEASLEY TWINS AND SHE SCORES! TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!"

The game started to get nasty from that point on and all Emily could do as she watched was shake her head. Each team tried to find different ways to injure the other, which resulted in multiple penalty shots. The game was evenly matched and that suited the Slytherins just fine. Even if Harry was to catch the snitch they wouldn't be able to gain the 201 points they needed to win the Quidditch cup for the year.

Harry and Draco seemed to be hovering just above everyone else and while both were looking for the snitch it was clear by Harry's movements that he wanted to delay anyone ending the game too quickly. If Draco moved, Harry was quick to try and cut in front of him.

"He needs to get free of Harry," Emily said as she watched her brother swing in front of the Slytherin seeker again.

"He will, I think he's just testing him. But he really needs to find the snitch soon and end this thing, they just called another penalty shot in favor of the Lions."

Daphne was right Gryffindor was starting to back off on their aggression towards the Slytherins and Emily wondered if that had been the plan all along. They had gotten the Slytherins riled up and now the Snakes were the only ones getting the penalty calls against them. The points were starting to add up in the Gryffs' favor. When they were sixty points up you could almost cut the tension with a knife. Everyone in the stadium were holding their breath unsure of who would win, this gave the Gryffindors the opportunity to pull out the win.

Suddenly both Draco and Harry went into dives and Emily grabbed Daphne's hand. Her nerves were getting the better of her. The entire stadium was silent as they rose to their feet and watched. The two seekers were neck and neck. Suddenly there was a howl that seemed to echo through the stadium and then both seekers were tumbling from their brooms. As they rolled, no one knew if either had caught the snitch. Harry's arm went to cover his face and in that instant Emily knew Draco had been successful, the blonde's face broke into a smile and the whistle blew. The Slytherins exploded in applause as the rest of the school looked on in disappointment.

Emily along with the other Slytherins rushed onto the field as the cup was passed around the team. Draco spun Emily in a circle the second they found each other in the madness. "I did it!"

"You were brilliant. I was nervous at the end there," Emily said enjoying seeing her best friend smile.

"I think it had to do with the howl." Emily looked puzzled as she waited for Draco to finish his thought as he nodded in thanks as another person congratulated him on his catch. "When your brother heard the howl he seemed to hesitate and looked away for a second, it was the opening I needed. I was able to bump him off to the side and in turn I was able to reach the snitch first, granted we both ended up on the ground, but I DID IT!"

"I'm so proud of you!" and Emily was, though she wondered why a howl would have caused her brother to hesitate. Shaking her head she stepped aside so Daphne could have a turn. "Great flying out there Marcus!"

The Slytherin captain turned and smiled widely at the third-year witch. "It feels even better since this is my last year! Are you going to be celebrating with us tonight or do you have to go placate Diggory?"

"She'll be at the party," Draco answered for her. "Mr. Hufflepuff can sulk on his own."

"I quite agree," Severus added joining in the mayhem. "That was a brilliant game, well played."

"Thank you, Professor! It was an honor to do this one last time for our House, but the praise really goes to our little Snake over here and his quick grab."

"And don't forget my broom!"

The group laughed as Marcus nodded in agreement to Emily's statement. Severus merely smirked as he nodded towards the group, "I need to get back up to the castle, but I have ordered the House Elves to prepare a small feast in the common room. Please don't completely destroy the place."

"Wouldn't dream of it!"

"Good," with that Severus turned and vanished off through the crowd.

The night turned into a bit of a blur for the witch. Wine and Butterbeer flowed freely, there was an abundance of food and the music was so loud Emily wondered if Severus could hear it in his own quarters. Draco had been monopolized by people wanting him to go over the moments of catching the snitch and questions about what it was like to fly on a Firebolt. Emily found herself curled into a couch next to Marcus with a drink in hand. The burly seventh year had kept a protective arm around her all night ensuring the other boys stayed clear of her.

"Perhaps we should get you to bed," Marcus said as the room slowly started to clear. Emily merely nodded in her tipsy haze and took one last sip before setting her glass down. The pair made their way slowly towards Draco's room but when they got there it was clear the room wasn't empty. The door slightly rattled as someone was likely pushed up against it.

Marcus looked down at the witch who was clearly shocked at the development. "You can stay with me tonight if you want?"

"What about Olivia?" Olivia was betrothed to Marcus and Emily didn't want to get on the girl's bad side.

"She's all the way in France, who is going to tell her that I let a friend stay with me for one night?"

Emily shrugged and followed Marcus down to the seventh-year hall. If he wasn't worried about offending the other witch, she wouldn't be either. When they got to the boy's room he moved to his dresser and grabbed a large shirt that he passed over to the witch. Not really caring that the older boy was standing there, Emily started changing until the only things she was wearing were the t-shirt and her panties.

Turning around she found Marcus was already in bed and patting the space next to him. Emily crawled into the bed and snuggled right up to the older boy. He was clearly just in his boxers and as her hand ran over his chest she found he was rather more muscular than she had originally thought. Her leg came over his settling in the space between his legs. He seemed to try and adjust himself, "Careful little Snake."

Emily couldn't help but giggle at the phrase, her mind slightly clouded by the alcohol, "Doesn't feel so little." Marcus looked down at the witch with a shocked impression. Smiling back Emily looked the picture of innocence, "What?"

The boy shook his head and moved to look up at the ceiling, "You have no idea do you." Emily's hand trailed down Marcus' chest and started running her fingers over the skin by the band of his boxer briefs. The boy groaned and a trill of excitement ran down Emily's spine. Feeling more confident her hand slid over the top of his underwear and felt the hardening bulge. His hand came over hers and stopped her motions. "Emily."

"Marcus," she called back, her body pushing into his on instinct, that earned another groan from the boy. Within seconds she was pushed onto her back and he hovered over her, his arms keeping his body from touching hers.

"You are drunk," the boy lowered himself to brush his lips against the girl's before attempting to lie back down but Emily reached up and stopped him. He allowed himself to be pulled down and rested gently on top of her, waiting for her to make the next move. Reaching up Emily gently nibbled at his lower lip with her teeth before letting go and kissing him. He gave into the kiss and allowed himself to settle fully on the girl beneath him. Pushing up her hips, Emily could feel his hard length and she couldn't help the small moan that it caused.

Marcus pulled away again, "We need to stop."

Emily looked confused, "Why?"

"What about Diggory?"

Emily paused and her mind was flooded of images of her boyfriend, though for some reason she couldn't bring herself to care. The witch had never felt this completely comfortable with her other half, especially recently. Shaking her head she looked in the boy's eyes, "What about Olivia?"

"She's in France."

"He's in Hufflepuff."

That earned a laugh from the wizard, "Yes but I think your binds to him are a bit stronger." The boy sat back on his legs.

"We aren't betrothed."

"But he wants to be. It's different for Olivia and I, we barely know each other. I see her for a few days each summer and next year after she graduates, we will be married. It's not like we've built a relationship or that she's under the delusion that I'm faithful to the contract our families signed." The words 'he wants to be' were the only words resonating in Emily's mind. Something in her face must of worried the older boy because he was quick to lean back down once again hovering over the girl. "It's okay, Em." The boy kissed her forehead and moved to lie down next to her.

"No, it's not," even though she wasn't really grasping things, there was a pit in her stomach as she imagined a contract laid before her and Cedric standing by her side handing her a quill.

"We don't have to tell Diggory, Merlin knows he'd be upset if he knew how much you had been drinking tonight anyway."

Emily practically scoffed at that, hadn't Cedric been the one constantly ensuring she had a glass of champagne in hand at Yule? He didn't get to decide how she spent her time with her friends and if she was going to have a few drinks at her House's party she would. "No." Marcus looked confusedly over at the girl who looked straight back at him. This time she sat up and swung her leg over his body so she was now straddling him. Leaning down she kissed the boy again.

"Em…"

"Please Marcus." The boy seemed to be looking for something in her eyes before he nodded and allowed her to continue kissing him. The kiss deepened and the witch found herself on her back again, the large boy kissing his way down her body. When he reached her panties he gave her a kiss over the cloth before sliding them down her legs. Soon his hot mouth was licking at her lower lips and the girl squirmed slightly loving the feelings that were flowing through her body. She could feel herself building up and her back arching off the bed while her legs tightened around his head. Suddenly her world exploded and she felt a light high as she came down.

Marcus chuckled lowly as he kissed her right above the sensitive area and enjoyed the shiver he got in return. As he moved to lay back down next to her Emily reached for his shaft but the boy pushed her hand back and pulled the smaller witch into him and kissed the side of her head. "Go to sleep Little Snake, I have you."