Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry! I'm really sorry it took me so long to get this up here :/ Well, school started and I still have about 6 essays to write before next week, so it's been busy, but I know that that isn't any excuse.
Just a little one for now so I can start writing the Chamber of Secrets, I've only done about a page of it so far.
Disclaimer-I own squat so don't hate me for it. The only thing I own is Emily :)
That night at dinner Emily and Ron were hanging off every word that came from Harry's mouth. He'd been made Gryffindor seeker, the first first-year to be a seeker in over a century. They were sworn to secrecy though as Oliver Wood, the captain of the Quidditch team wanted Harry to be a secret weapon in the opening game. As they all ate, Fred and George came over and congratulated Harry, they were in the team too, Beaters.
"Well done Harry, Wood just told us." George said.
"You must be good; Oliver was almost skipping when he told us." Fred finished for his twin. "Anyway, we've got to go; Lee Jordan reckons he's found a new secret passage out of the school."
"I bet it's the one behind the statue of Gregory the Smarmy, we found that in our first week." They were just about to leave when George remembered something and turned back around. "Oh, Emily, Professor McGonagall told us to give you this." He handed her a piece of folded parchment. "If you' keep getting detentions how are you going to help us with our pranks? You truly are a brilliant trouble maker. See you." With that they walked out of the Great Hall. Emily looked down at the letter in her hands and sighed. She'd been desperately hoping that McGonagall had forgotten about the detention. Carefully unfolding it Emily gasped and dropped the letter onto the table. Ron looked up and frowned.
"What is it Em?" He got no response.
"Emily?" Harry waved his hand in front of his friends face, trying to get her attention. She blinked and looked cautiously at the hand still moving in front of her.
"What are you doing? You look quite odd, you know." Ron snorted and Harry glared playfully.
"What did the note say? McGonagall's not making you clean toilets is she?" Ron pulled a face and Emily laughed but turned deadly serious when she looked at the note still lying on the table.
"I'm to go to see the Headmaster." She looked at Ron, fear written all over her face. "I'm going to see Professor Dumbledore." There was silence as the boys processed what their friend was saying.
"Emily…"
"No, Ron, its fine, always knew I wouldn't last long here. I never did at any other place." Harry was shaking his head in disbelief.
"They can't expel you just for punching someone! It's not right!" Emily didn't listen to their protests. She stood up and left the table and walked slowly to the Headmaster's office. As she walked Emily saw people she knew or recognized walk past her, presumably to the Great Hall.
Before the girl could truly comprehend what was going to happen to her Emily found herself standing in front of an ugly stone eagle.
"What now?" She mumbled to herself as there were no stairs leading up to the headmaster's office.
"Say the password." A voice said. Emily looked up to see the eagle looking at her.
"Erm, the password? I don't know-", a thought struck her, "wait, it said on the note. Chocolate Frogs?"
"Correct, go on up." The eagle replied and stairs appeared from the ground. Emily quickly hopped onto a step and was carried to a wooden door.
"This my stop then?" She joked with the statue but it didn't reply. Shrugging Emily tapped the door and waited to be summoned in. Once she had entered the office she saw what splendour it beheld.
"Ah, Miss Lupin, how nice to see you." Emily turned sharply at the voice and saw Albus Dumbledore sitting at his desk, smiling at her.
"Professor Dumbledore sir. Please don't expel me, I'll try harder in class and I won't fight with Malfoy anymore, even if he is a pig." Dumbledore chuckled and motioned for Emily to sit down, she did so.
"I am not going to expel you, child. No, I have asked for you to see me because I wish to enquire about your father." Emily frowned.
"Remus? He's fine I think. I haven't had a chance to read over his letter, all I know is that he had a bad transformation." She looked down at her feet, not wanting the headmaster to see the fear building up behind her eyes.
"Yes, I have heard." At Emily's questioning look he added. "I've asked him to keep me informed of his condition now he has no-one to care for him. It would be wise for somebody other than yourself to keep an eye on him, don't you think." The old man smiled reassuringly and there was silence for a few minutes.
"Sir, is that all?"
"Not quite, you see, I have reason to be cautious around you, Miss Lupin, you see, not many first years, who have yet to reach Halloween, can use Flipendo to the extent you did earlier today. I see many things that go on around the castle. Where did you learn to use a spell to that extent?" Emily shrugged.
"I read it in a book, and when Malfoy stole the letter from Remus and was reading it aloud it just popped into my head. I won't use a spell like that again sir, I promise."
"I know you will try but when emotion gets the better of us we can sometimes lose control of our magic." Dumbledore replied in a steady tone. "It is late and I am sure you are tired. Do not worry about your detention with Professor McGonagall, all she needs to know is that this was it." The old man winked at Emily and sent her on her way. She ran to the common room smiling to herself about what just happened and wanting to tell Ron and Harry about it, but when she arrived back nobody was there. The happiness vanished and she trudged up to bed, falling asleep instantly.
A/N. Let me know what you think :) Oh, have you been watching Doctor Who? I have and I can't get enough of it now :) TTFN x