Green jets of light and screams were all coming back at once. A woman cradling her son while running and trying hard not to trip over the rocks and bodies of most of the villagers, a man trying to guide his wife and kids to the mountains, a whole town being burnt to ashes right before her eyes... It was all far too cruel and sadistic for anyone to even bear looking at. Let alone thinking of it every time one closes their eyes. The pleasure and guilt undistinguished among all thoughts. Not knowing which was stronger burned her insides.

''...the massacre of Feyden became one of the most important events in Magic's History. What most people are ignorant of is that all of the massacres that occurred from the beginning of time and up until today have one common factor...''

''Magic used for the wrong reasons'' George mimicked Professor Binn's words.

Professor Binn's class had started to get interesting in a surprising amount. The students had actually started to pay attention. Things didn't change so drastically, though. There were some moments were half the class ended up drooling down their chins with their foreheads against the desk. ''...you must all know of the founders of Hogwarts, I expect. I had been denied to teach the students that part of their past, but I've finally been granted that wish. It is very important you know that there has always been this secret that has come down generation to generation. A secret no one knows, a question without an answer and an answer without a question''

''That doesn't even make sense'' Angelina whispered to Katie, making Emmeline chuckle silently.

''Magic no one knows of and witches and wizards that did great things... Magical beings that were much more powerful than any other we've ever heard of... ''

''At least one roll of parchment talking nonsense? Has he gone mad?'' George threw his hands up exasperatedly while shaking his head.

''He didn't exactly order us to do a whole roll, he just suggested that it might just be the right amount we'll use for this'' clarified Alicia with her arms hugging her book against her chest.

''A bit more than one roll of parchment may just do the trick if you find what I've asked'' Fred mocked Professor Binns's voice. He rolled his eyes and said, ''It's been too long for anyone to find any information about the founders or the whole Feyden thing''

''And I repeat. He is mad!'' said George.

''Thank Merlin he didn't ask us for all about the massacre,'' said Katie. ''It might've taken us until our seventh year to only find out the exact dates''

Fred shook his head and said, ''I'm just not doing that essay! Either about vampires, massacres, or the founders, it's too long. Besides, we have to practice for the Quidditch try-outs''

''Not even dirt will be at the bottom of the Gryffindor Hour-Glass if you boys keep going the way you are,'' said Emmeline, her back against the wall while she passed the pages of the book in her hands.

''It's Quidditch, Warmsley, I rather have a year of detention with Snape than miss the try-outs,'' said Fred. ''Oh, but wait! You already got that covered'' He grinned sarcastically at her when she glared.

''At least I don't lose as many House points as you'' she snapped.

''No, you're right. You double what I lose in a day'' he snapped right back at her. Just when they reached the Great Hall, she slammed her book shut and threw it at him, but he was fast enough to dodge it.

''It's not my fault Snape has it in for me'' said Emmeline.

''He has it in for anyone who isn't in Slytherin, Em'' sighed Angelina.

She opened her mouth to say something but a group of first years walked in with Charlie in the middle, all of them mumbling something to him at once while he listened to each one of them intently. A very pale dark haired girl finished the last mumble and then all of them ran upstairs to the dorms. Charlie sighed and looked up to the long table they were sitting in. ''What's going on, Charlie?'' Fred asked him when he sat down next to him. Charlie hesitated but sighed once again.

''Just what happened at the lake last night,'' said Charlie.

Everyone but Emmeline looked alarmed. She looked at them frowning and asked, ''What happened at the lake last night?''

''You don't know?'' he raised an eyebrow.

''She magically appeared this morning, didn't you notice?'' said Alicia without thinking. She frowned and looked at Emmeline curiously and said, ''Where were you, anyway?''

Emmeline looked down at the same table she hadn't been at the start-of-term Welcoming feast and shrugged, ''I was in a different compartment and was too tired to eat''

''I searched every comp-'' Lee said.

''So what happened last night? At the lake?'' she ignored Lee and looked intently at Charlie.

''Simon Kettletoft, a first year Ravenclaw, saw something moving under the water and told the other three on the boat he was in. A girl that was going in there moved over to the edge to see what it was and then this kid that was in there too thought it'd be pretty funny to scare her but only ended up making her jump into the water''

''She fell on the lake?'' Emmeline raised her eyebrows, surprised.

Charlie nodded and kept going, ''They pulled her right back up, but she still had the chance to see something of what really was down there''

''I didn't hear that part'' whispered Alicia.

''What did she see?'' asked George.

''Probably the Squib'' mumbled Fred.

''I don't know,'' shrugged Charlie ''All Madam Pompfrey got her to say was that she saw... dark''

''Dark? She saw dark?'' Angelina asked incredulously.

''Yeah,'' mumbled Charlie, who slowly looked up intently at Emmeline and then said even slower, ''She saw dark''

... ...... ...... ...

Whatever it was that girl had seen, it alarmed the whole school. Even the portraits and ghosts whispered to each other. The staff itself tried to put a stop to this, but it only made things worst.

''She saw dark,'' Emmeline had rolled her eyes one evening back at the Common Room. ''The Lake itself is dark, obviously that's what she saw''

''I don't know... it sounds to me that it was something else'' Katie sighed.

Emmeline had been dragged by the girls down to the library, but refused to go unless the boys went there as well. Fred, George, Lee, and Emmeline sat glaring at Katie, Angelina, and Alicia as they browsed through books for their History of Magic assignment. Fred and George had managed to survive with a Muggles' Invention's book. Lee and Emmeline just sat together annoying Angelina as much as they could. She jerked her head up and threw Fred and George's book right at Lee's head. It landed in Emmeline's lap.

''Warmsley,'' Fred said in a surprised tone. ''I never thought you enjoyed what we do''

''Then you don't know me well enough, Weasley'' She smiled up at him, handing the book back to George.

''Annoying might as well be her middle name'' groaned Angelina.

Emmeline grinned widely and turned back to Fred. ''What are you doing with that, anyway?''

''Nothing'' The twins chorused.

''Who really does know you?'' Lee wondered out loud.

Emmeline shrugged, ''Dumbledore knows me best'' she said.

''I think he knows all of us best'' chuckled Katie.

''Don't let them distract you'' Alicia whispered.

''We're in the furthest corner of this library, Ali. There's no need to be all quiet'' Emmeline said.

''Shh!''

She rolled her eyes and said, ''Anyway, what have you found?''

''Just some pictures and writings that I don't really understand,'' mumbled Angelina. ''I think it's in some other language'' She sighed, about to give up.

''What is it that we're supposed to be looking for, anyway?'' Lee asked.

''Now you bother to ask?'' snapped Alicia, who had her nostrils all over a book.

''At least he asks,'' Emmeline chuckled, glancing at the twins, who ripped out pages of some novel and began making paper planes.

''Salazar Slytherin is mentioned a lot here'' mumbled Katie.

''What does it say?'' Angelina asked, searching for anything to do than trying to decipher what she figured was Latin.

''Just talks about his ancestors,'' She said frowning as she kept on reading.

''He had ancestors?'' George asked.

''Of course he did'' Alicia said, glaring at him.

''I thought he was too old for that,'' Lee thought out loud.

Emmeline laughed and sat up, ''I'm done. I'll write whatever you guys find''

''Where are you going?'' asked Katie.

''I'm off to Hagrid's before it gets too late'' She said walking backwards. ''I must admit those rock cakes have grown on me''