~Chapter 5~

Dear Harry,

Sorry about last night. I froze when I saw the Dementors. Is your cousin okay? Are you expelled? Was your wand broken? If it was, I'm really sorry. I should've been able to use the Patronus Charm without freezing like that. But Eric (my step-father) has told me that because we were defending ourselves we shouldn't be penalized.
Once again, sorry,
Sonea Direm

Sonea sent the letter that day after the attack with her family's owl. She was expecting some form of reply- at least a blank letter- but none came for four days. No one contacted Sonea like Harry had said they would. Not even Kristen or Chris. She had left without a proper goodbye and they hadn't even tried to contact her. If the family owl wasn't so old she'd have sent him along with it.

Every day, Ren and Eric would come up to Sonea's room- where she had grounded herself- to try to talk to her. But she wouldn't answer with more than a word or two or a noncommittal noise. After each one tried for about an hour, they would give up. Ren even thought that Sonea was mad at her (which she was) and that's the only reason she wasn't talking. Sonea wasn't about to tell her otherwise. She was too busy thinking about Harry and Dumbledore.

How did Dumbledore know who my father was? She would constantly ask herself. Is Harry mad at me? It wouldn't be surprising if he were.
"Sonea?" Eric's voice cut through her thoughts on the fourth night of questioning. She looked at him upside-down from where she was half laying off of her bed. "Your mother and I are going out for the night. We need to go pick some things up that we left. We'll only be gone for a few hours. Will you be okay?" Sonea just gave him a long look and he nodded as if she had said something. "Well, we'll be back soon." She continued to give him a blank stare until he left. She heard them shouting something and guessed that they were going to travel by Floo.
Not long later, darkness fell. It was a soft darkness that made her remember the long nights that her and Kristen would stay out playing tricks on anyone they could. They once dropped a bucket of sewer water on Chris' head when he came to ask Sonea out. She could still remember how bad he reeked. Kristen's uncontrollable laugh as Chris fell into a bush and on top of a sleeping skunk they had put there. The sound of a the metal bucket dropping to the ground with a clang.
But that wasn't her memory she was hearing. She had heard something like metal falling to the ground coming from downstairs. Trying to dismiss it as just her imagination, Sonea left her wand in her pocket. But she didn't stop listening for sounds. When no other sounds could be heard she relaxed once more. Shifting into a more comfortable position, she looked out the window.
Lampposts were burning brightly, no one was awake, and there was a tiny light moving down the street towards her house. Nothing was wrong except for the little light. Sonea jumped off of her bed, heart racing. Once at the window she squinted at the little light. It illuminated six figures all wearing black capes and masks.
"Wizards?" she wondered out loud. A creak down the hallway behind her made her jump. It took all of her self-control to keep quiet. Pulling out her wand, she slinked as silently as she could behind her open door. When she saw a shadow, she quit breathing. A figure appeared after the shadow. Two more followed it. They turned into Sonea's bedroom and looked around.
"Where is she?" the first one asked.
"I don't know. She didn't go with her parents" a second one replied.
"Keep looking. We have to find her before they show up," the first one said again. Sonea guessed that he meant the people coming down the street.
She couldn't decide whether to stay put or come out. It was either these people or the people coming. But at least these ones didn't have masks. Keeping her wand pointed at them, Sonea stepped out from behind the door.
"Dumbledore's going to be upset if we can't find her," The third one said.
"Not only him-"
"Why did Dumbledore send you here?" The Two figures whirled around as yelled two of them yelled "Stupefy!" and the third yelled "Expeliarmous!"
Sonea ducked and rolled away from the spells and rolled right into the closest one. Knocking him over, she scrambled up to point her wand at the two remaining.
"Who the hell are you?" she demanded fiercely.
"Is this her?" the one closest to her asked the other one standing.
"Yeah I am so shut up and tell me who you guys are!" They looked at each other and put their wands down.
"Listen. Dumbledore sent us to get you. You need to come with us. Death Eaters are coming here as we speak. We need to get you and Harry to the head quarters."
Sonea narrowed her eyes suspiciously at them. The man on the ground groaned but stayed down. She knew he had hit his head on the door when he fell but she didn't think that he was knocked out. She just hoped there wasn't any blood.
"Fine," Sonea said. The closer one nodded.
"Get your trunk and we'll go. Hurry."
"I don't have a trunk yet. I need to buy a new one. I only have a small suitcase and my broom."
"Fine, pack the suitcase and grab your broom," the other one snapped. He walked towards the window. "Just hurry." Sonea scrambled over to her bed and reached under it. Pulling out a small suitcase she threw some clothes from one of the boxes into it. Once it was full, she grabbed her Firebolt as well.
"Ready," she stated. The guy on the ground was sitting up then. The one near the window walked over and grabbed her suitcase from her.
"Let's go."
Sonea was led down the stairs and towards the back of the house. Not having a chance to explore it before, she was surprised when they went out a back door. Looking outside to make sure the coast was clear, the one carrying her suitcase began running down the street. As she followed him with the other two behind her she thought of how easy it would be to go back. The Death Eaters were her father's faithful followers. She knew that he had come back from a dream she had before school had ended. It wasn't a regular dream. It was one of the many visions she had had throughout her life.
They kept running down the street until the reached a familiar house. A very large group of people was already waiting inside when Sonea got there with her escorts. Everyone turned to look at her as they entered and shut the door behind them.
"So, you're Sonea, eh?" Sonea looked at the owner of the low, growl like voice. She recognized him from a book she had once read. Alastor Moody, better known as Mad-Eye Moody. "The Dark Lords daughter." A few gasps of surprise could be heard coming from the wizards around Sonea.
"And you're Mad-Eye Moody. The amazing ex-Auror who couldn't even keep himself from getting locked in his own trunk," said Sonea in reply. She didn't like the fact that he told everyone there who she was. He growled at her.
"Watch your tongue girl. We could easily hand you over to the Death Eaters right outside. It wouldnt-"
"Alastor, please," a shaggy looking wizard put his hand on Moodys shoulder. "You're never going to get her trust like that." Sonea snorted. None of them were going to get her trust after this. Turning to Sonea, the man held out his hand. "I'm Remus Lupin. Nymphadora Tonks is upstairs with Harry."
"No we aren't!" a woman's voice came from were Sonea knew the stairs were. "We're right here and ready to go."
"Sonea this is Nymphadora."
"Tonks," the woman corrected. Lupin sighed and shrugged.
"Sonea!" Sonea looked at Harry who was carrying a Firebolt as well. He looked really happy to see her. "Sorry I couldn't return your letter. Your owl left before I could respond and mine has been gone." He paused as he looked around. "Why are you here?"
Before anyone else (especially Moody) could tell him anything, Lupin said, "Excellent. We've got about a minute, I think. We should probably get out into the garden so we're ready. Harry, I've left a letter telling your aunt and uncle not to worry-"
"They won't," said Harry.
"That you're safe-"
"That'll just depress them."
"-And you'll see them next summer."
"Do I have to?" Lupin smiled and Sonea laughed softly. It reminded her of how mean his family was.
"Come here you two," Moody said beckoning both Harry and Sonea towards him. "I need to Disillusion you."
"You need to what?"
"Disillusionment Charm. Lupin says you've got an Invisibility Cloak, but it wont stay on while were flying; this'll disguise you better. Here you go-" Moody tapped Harry on the head. When he reached for Sonea she backed away. "Girl, you're trying my patience," he growled.
"I don't care. You're not doing anything to me. You might go and jinx me," said Sonea. Harry laughed but Sonea didn't stop glaring at Moody.
"Sonea, please," Lupin said calmly. "What if I do the charm?" Warily, Sonea nodded. Lupin took a step to close the distance before tapping her on the head. A cold feeling trickled down Sonea's body.
"Come on," said Moody. Everyone stepped outside onto Vernon's lawn.
As Moody rambled on about cloud cover and some formation, Sonea zoned out and stared up at the bright stars. As they twinkled in the sky she thought of her new life.
If this is what my new life is like, maybe it's not so bad that I moved...