Chapter 5
Mark, Emily and Harry spent the last week of the summer holidays de-gnoming, weeding and generally batteling the large garden at the back of Grimmauld place.
They managed to get it down to a something that vaguly resemeled tidy with large help from Kreacher who had decided that Emily was his favourite person because she was sleeping in Regulus's room and didn't seem to like Sirius or Harry. On the contrey she now held a grudging respect for Sirius for actually starting to fufil his role as her father.
With Harry on the otherhand she had just reached a mutual aggreement to keep the contact between the two of them to a minimum. Mark had just about started to talk to Harry again after Ron had said to Harry "Mate she was out of order but what you said was putting a cat amongst the kneazles"
Sirius still had his fingures severly crossed on the morning of the 1st of September that he would go to bed with two children and a godson. After Molly Weasley had yelled at the twins for being idiots in enchanting their trunks, Emily tiptoed down the stairs dressed in a jumper and wellies over her pyjama's. As the group for Hogwarts was about to go out the door, Mark turned around. "Em what are you doing?" "I'm coming to see you off of course!" she said sounding far less bitter than she had for months. Mark smiled and hugged his sister, "Course you are and Dad is too" Emily saw her father bounding around them as a large black dog. She smiled and then to the amazement of everyone particually Harry, started to laugh in joy.
"Hello Padfoot. Long time no see" Emily said bending down to tickle his ears. Padfoot barked in happyness. Mrs Weasley just got more annoyed, "For goodness sakes hurry up all of you and Sirius", She said dropping to a whisper,"For Heavens sake act more like a dog!"
In a large group led my a now turqoise haired Tonks and Mad-eye Moody with a bowler hat covering his mismatched eyes marched briskly towards Kings Cross. At 10.55 they passed through the concelead barrier and onto platform 9 and 3/4/.
As the students began to get on the train Mark turned around to Emily.
"Em, You know your still my Sister don't you"
Emily hugged him, "Always have done always will" She sighed, "Have a good year Mark," and then added with a more serious tone, "And don't get into trouble, the ministry doesn't believe Potter and I don't want you hurt for assosiating with him."
"Relax Em, What can go wrong with Lord Voldermort on the rise?" Mark said sarcastically.
"I'm serious, if anything happens to you...or Dad. I'm going to castrate Potter."
Mark winced at the idea of a possible threat to one's manhood.
"Look I could be in a completly different house to Harry so maybe you won't need to fret your majesty."
"Yeah", Emily said with a lump building in her throut," Your an utter Hufflepuff"
Mark pretented to swat her over the head and then gave her one last hug and got on the train.
Emily stood back from the train and waved her brother off with tears starting to run down her face.
"Hey Em", Remus said, putting an arm around her, "He'll be back at christmas"
Emily sniffed,"I know, but I've never been away from him before in my entire life."
Remus smiled sympthetically at her, "c'mon back home now, we've got History of Magic to get started on."
Padfoot whined.