Hey guys! Just saying, at some point soon, it's going to shift to the fourth year. Be prepared! Sorry this took so long. My friends were texting me. -cough, cough- The Artemis -cough, cough-
Emily's POV
I walk up to the stool . Some people nudge each other and whisper. The Slytherins take on an arrogant look and nudge one another. Others smirk. The Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione have all gone white as a sheet. I look down, mortified. I put the hat on my head and wait for what I know is coming.
"Well the choice should be easy," the hat whispers, "but, no. I see you do not want to follow your family's path. Hmmmmm..."
"Please."
"Alright then, if you insist." He says only to me. Then- "GRYFFINDOR!"
The crowd is silent. The Slytherins are shocked. Then, very slowly, the Gryffindor table begins to clap. As I walk down to the seat. They are on their feet. I smile.
Maybe I'll be okay. Then a rumble of thunder nearly deafens me. My father must believe otherwise.
I sit down next to Harry. "Hey," I say quietly.
Cautiously, I look up at him. He isn't disgusted. I guess that's a start. "You broke the family tradition. Thank you." I smile slightly and look down at my hands. My first friends were mortal enemies of my father. Kind of like the old saying: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Then again, that was said by an Arabian prince that was beheaded. Bad example.
That night I dream of him again. I feel the hairs on the back of my neck stand up as cold washes over me. "No." I hear his cold laughter, but everything remains black. Suddenly I am falling. "Stop!"
A face appears. Pale with red eyes and slits for a nose. I scream. No. Nonononononono. I am shaking. No, someone is shaking me. I sit up, still in bed.
"Emmie, what happened?"
"Nothing. It was just a dream."
Sorry the chapter was so short and probably horrible. I was a bit rushed. Review!