Chapter 7

It had been a few weeks since Jim had turned up at Draco and Rachel's. To start with she was pretty shaken up about it, she still hated him for what he did to her. But a part of her still loved him which was killing her, and was made worst when she saw him again. She didn't want to like him, in fact she wanted to hate his guts and of course she didn't want him to come back and see her like he had promised Draco that day. Draco denied that he had said that but she heard him, she knew that he was going to appear at some point and that will always be in the back of her mind. She just hoped that when this happens Draco is going to be there to protect her again. Draco had really helped her get through everything they had become closer recently and it was giving Rachel more confidence the closer that they became.

Rachel hadn't spent much time with Emily in the past few weeks. They have both been busy working, they tried to meet at the weekends but with Hogwarts threatened at the moment Emily's job was becoming more tiring for her. Even though she was in the same place as her Father he had been avoiding her, they hadn't seen each other since the family dinner 3 weeks ago. It was starting to upset Emily because she didn't understand what she had done wrong, she just wanted both of them to sort things out so that they could be a proper family. Which they haven't been in a long time. She was putting on a brave face, trying not to let other people see that it was getting to her as much as it was. However Rachel was handling it the opposite to her sister, Snape avoiding them both was making her angry. She couldn't believe how childish he was being, Emily and Rachel had sorted things out between each other so why could he not sort it out with them? He hadn't been there for her when Jim turned up again. In fact he hadn't even asked what happened, and why she was back. So he doesn't even know what she has been through. Which makes her more angry she wants to talk to her Father about everything. She used to be really close with him and she misses that. But she cant do anything about it when he is avoiding the twins like the black plague.

Things at Hogwarts aren't exactly running smoothly at the moment. Rumours are going round that there is something wrong with Dumbledore. The teachers can defiantly see that there is something going on but no one is saying anything to him because he is a very private person. Emily knows that her Father and Dumbledore are quite close, therefore if he was going to talk to anyone then he would speak to Snape about it. At the banquets the teachers sit on the top table, Snape has now moved up to be seated next to Dumbledore on his left. Emily and Ron sit on the end at the right side so that they are no where near Snape. It was Emily's decision to move along, she didn't want to cause any more tension between them than she thought she already had.

"Em you need to talk to him"

"I cant, there is no way that I can he just walks the other way when he sees that I am coming. I just don't understand what it is that me and Rach have done wrong this time. He has never been like this before, I miss him Ron. I want my Dad back to talk to about things, and have there to support me and he is just ignoring me all of the time. I don't know how much of this I can take!" Emily broke down and cried on her husband's shoulder he sat there with her and held her until she fell asleep. He picked her up and placed her on their bed placing the covers over her Ron handling the situation similar to Rachel, he was angry about it. He blamed himself slightly as well for shouting at Snape. But he was only sticking up for his wife, he didn't like the way that she was being spoken to especially by her own father. He was getting bloody fed up of the situation, even though he was protective over his wife he wasn't the type sort things out himself. He needed help from other people, and he knew that Rachel and Draco would be the best people for the job.

"Ron what are you doing here?" Rachel was very confused as to what he was doing here; and why he didn't have Emily with him.

"I need to talk to you about your Dad, Emily is asleep so I came alone"

"Em is always asleep or tired. You better come in!" They both went and sat in the living room. "So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well like I said I want to talk to you about your Dad. Its starting to really get to Em and I am fed up of it. Everything just needs to be bloody sorted out"

Draco walked into the room slightly surprised to see Ron at first but then after hearing that understood what he was here for. "I agree with Ron, this needs to be sorted out now"

"Right now? You want me to go to Hogwarts right now drag my sister out of bed and try to talk to our Dad about everything? You know what she is like when she needs waking up, its like trying to move a log, impossible."

"Rachel you need to do this as soon as possible" Draco wanted her to know that it needs to happen soon. He had gotten so close to Rachel and he knew how much it was affecting her not being in touch with her Father. She was too stubborn to admit it but he knew that it was upsetting her a lot.

"Fine! We can go now, but I am not being the one to wake Emily up! I am not waking up that dragon!"

Once they had apporated into Hogwarts they could tell that something was wrong. All of the students were running to the outside courtyard. They were all getting pushed with the giant crowd of people. Ron was pushing the other way against the students to go and find Emily, Rachel and Draco decided that they might as well go and see what was going on. Once they got to the courtyard they couldn't see anything apart from a sea of students that seemed to have formed some sort of students. Draco pushed through them to get to the front he couldn't believe what he was seeing, Rachel not far behind him gasped with shock.

"Is that Dumbledore?" she whispered in his ear. He nodded. The famous harry potter was stood over him. The Hogwarts headmaster was dead, this cannot be good Draco thought to himself. He had an idea who would have been behind something like this and he didn't like the thought of it at all. Rachel and Draco decided that they were going to move to try and find Emily and Ron. They aren't supposed to be at Hogwarts, if any of the teachers were paying attention to who was stood by them, then they would not be happy to see them there.

Ron had been trying to wake his sleeping wife up every since he had got back to their chambers. It wasn't working, he kept whispering in her ear, talking to her, lightly shaking her and it would not work at all. She really was the worlds worst person to try and get out of bed when she was tired. Rachel stormed into the room eventually followed by Draco…

"EMILY GET THE HECK OUT OF YOUR BED NOW" She shook her sister, and kept throwing pillows at her until Emily started to slowly awake. Rachel then decided that she was going to shout at her more.

"EMILY. EMILY. EMILY. EMILY. EMILY. EMILY. EMILY" She knew that this was going to annoy her but it was the only way that she could be bothered to wake her up. Waking her sister up quietly was not an option right now.

Emily opened her eyes and looked very confused. She was confused about why she was led in, and why her sister was waking her up. "Rach what the heck are you doing here?"

"Dumbledore is dead"

"WHAT?" Emily shot her head up, and shouted at the same time as Ron.

"That's what the crowds are about outside Ron, someone has killed Dumbledore. He's led in the courtyard on the floor everyone seems to be going out and having a look. Harry Potter was stood over him looking most distraught" Draco explained.

"Does that mean that the school is going to close down, are we out of Jobs?" Emily said concerned, she loved her job and didn't want to loose it.

"Depends whether they can find a new headmaster doesn't it. Whether they will be able to find someone that is willing to take on the school" Draco wanted to make Emily feel better but he was sure that they wouldn't find anyone as good as Dumbledore to run the school.

"Wouldn't it be funny if Dad got the job? Hey Em?" Rachel joked.